Uncle Sam speedruns AI chatbot adoption for federal workers The GSA is letting AI chatbot makers jump the FedRAMP queue The US government wants more AI chatbots in fed employees' hands, and its push to do so means that tech companies keen to provide other services will have to get in line behind the LLM makers.… #theregister #IT
GSA to prioritize select AI models for FedRAMP approval
: The GSA is letting AI chatbot makers jump the FedRAMP queue
Microsoft tweaks Windows Out of Box Experience for enterprises to adjust control freakery Administrators can get patches installed via Intune before the first login From next month, Windows administrators will be able to inflict Microsoft's quality updates on users via the Out of Box Experience (OOBE) by default.… #theregister #IT
Microsoft adds updates to the Windows OOBE for enterprises
: Administrators can get patches installed via Intune before the first login
Citrix patches trio of NetScaler bugs – after attackers beat them to it Criminals already abusing its latest zero-days Citrix has pushed out fixes for three fresh NetScaler holes – and yes, they've already been used in the wild before the vendor got around to patching.… #theregister #IT
Citrix patches trio of NetScaler bugs
: Criminals already abusing its latest zero-days
ESA engineers trace anomaly in silent Juice spacecraft to a bug in the code Timer fail blamed for probe going quiet as Venus looms The European Space Agency (ESA) is breathing easier after communications with Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) were restored – the spacecraft is currently barreling toward Venus for a gravity-assist flyby on August 31.… #theregister #IT
ESA engineers trace anomaly in silent spacecraft to code bug
: Timer fail blamed for probe going quiet as Venus looms
Google to require dev verification for all Android apps by 2027 Sideloaders face ID checks, fees, and paperwork as Chocolate Factory tightens gates Google will extend developer verification to all Android apps, not just those installed from the Play Store, beginning with Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand in September 2026, and followed by global rollout in 2027 a… #theregister #IT
Google to restrict Android app sideloading to verified devs
: Sideloaders face ID checks, fees, and paperwork as Chocolate Factory tightens gates
Asahi, Nikkei sue AI search outfit Perplexity for copyright infringement Tokyo filing adds to mounting actions against startup AI search outfit Perplexity has been hit with yet another copyright lawsuit, this time courtesy of Japan's Nikkei and Asahi media companies.… #theregister #IT
Asahi, Nikkei sue Perplexity AI for copyright infringement
: Tokyo filing adds to mounting actions against startup
Crypto thief earns additional prison time for assaulting witness Remy Ra St Felix led a vicious international crime ring A violent home invader and gunpoint cryptocurrency thief will now spend more than 50 years behind bars after being found guilty of assaulting a witness.… #theregister #IT
Crypto thief gets six more years after assaulting witness
: Remy Ra St Felix led a vicious international crime ring
Two scrubs, one Starship: Third time lucky for SpaceX? We've going to Mars! Oh no – anvil clouds! Elon Musk's monster rocket, Starship, remains firmly on the launchpad after two scrubs in a row, first due to an oxygen leak and then some clouds.… #theregister #IT
Two scrubs, one Starship: Third time lucky for SpaceX?
: We've going to Mars! Oh no – anvil clouds!
Docker Desktop bug let containers hop the fence with barely a nudge Isolation? We've heard of it Docker has patched a critical hole in Docker Desktop that let a container break out and take control of the host machine with laughable ease.… #theregister #IT
Docker Desktop bug let containers hop the fence with ease
: Isolation? We've heard of it
Farmers Insurance harvests bad news: 1.1M customers snared in data breach Crims raided third-party systems and lifted personal data, including license numbers and partial SSNs US insurance giant Farmers Insurance says more than a million customers had personal data nicked after a third-party vendor was compromised.… #theregister #IT
1.1M Farmers Insurance customers snared in breach
: Crims raided third-party systems and lifted personal data, including license numbers and partial SSNs