Ex-NASA chief: China likely to land humans on Moon before Uncle Sam does again Overly complex architecture featuring SpaceX's Starship to blame A former NASA administrator has told the US Senate Commerce Committee that it is "highly unlikely" the US will return humans to the Moon before a Chinese taikonaut plants a flag on the lunar surface.… #theregister #IT
China likely to land on Moon before US does again
: Overly complex architecture featuring SpaceX's Starship to blame
Enterprises sticking with Windows 10 could shell out billions for continued support Nexthink estimates ESU bills could top $7.3B as millions of devices set to miss upgrade deadline Free support is ending for many editions of Windows 10 on October 14, and enterprises unable to make the jump are on the hook for billions to keep the fixes flowing.… #theregister #IT
Enterprises staying on Windows 10 could shell out billions
: Nexthink estimates ESU bills could top $7.3B as millions of devices set to miss upgrade deadline
SAP splashes €20B on Euro sovereign cloud push German giant takes aim at US hyperscaler dominance as some EU customers fret amid Trump 2.0 rhetoric SAP says it will pump €20 billion into expanding sovereign cloud infrastructure in Europe over the next ten years, pitching itself as a secure and compliant alternative to American cloud giants.… #theregister #IT
SAP to invest €20B in European sovereign cloud push
: German giant takes aim at US hyperscaler dominance as some EU customers fret amid Trump 2.0 rhetoric
UK DARPA clone spared savings squeeze while Treasury raided government ARIA spent Β£16.5M, has Β£600M in the tank, and no one asked for it back ARIA – the UK science and technology agency inspired by DARPA in the US – was not asked to make savings leading up to the Spending Review, unlike other government departments.… #theregister #IT
UK science agency ARIA spared Treasury savings squeeze
: ARIA spent Β£16.5M, has Β£600M in the tank, and no one asked for it back
UK government trial of M365 Copilot finds no clear productivity boost AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don't bother with anything more complex A UK government department's three-month trial of Microsoft's M365 Copilot has revealed no discernible gain in productivity – speeding up some tasks yet making others slower due to lower quality outputs.… #theregister #IT
M365 Copilot fails to up productivity in UK government trial
: AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don't bother with anything more complex
Sainsbury's eyes up shoplifters with live facial recognition Privacy campaigners cry foul as grocer joins Asda, Iceland, and others in retail surveillance boom Sainsbury's, Britain's second-largest supermarket chain, has caught the attention of privacy campaigners by launching an eight-week trial of live facial recognition (LFR) tech in two of its stores to curb shoplifting.… #theregister #IT
Sainsbury
: Privacy campaigners cry foul as grocer joins Asda, Iceland, and others in retail surveillance boom
Microsoft open-sources the 6502 BASIC coded by Bill Gates himself GOTO 1976 Microsoft has open-sourced the version of BASIC it created in 1976 for the MOS 6502 processor used in many early microcomputers.… #theregister #IT
Microsoft open-sources 6502 BASIC coded by Bill Gates
: GOTO 1976
France fines Google, SHEIN, for undercooked Cookie policies that led to crummy privacy Web giant and Chinese e-tailer whacked for dropping trackers without permission France’s data protection authority levied massive fines against Google and SHEIN for dropping cookies on customers without securing their permission, and also whacked Google for showing ads in email service.… #theregister #IT
France fines Google, SHEIN for undercooked cookie policies
: Web giant and Chinese e-tailer whacked for dropping trackers without permission
IBM Cloud to end free human support, suggests customers use enhanced AI instead Shift to self-service will apparently improve support IBM Cloud will update the services it provides under its Basic Support tier, which will move to a self-service model in January 2026.… #theregister #IT
IBM Cloud ends free human support, suggests AI instead
: Shift to self-service will apparently improve support, presumably Big Blue's bottom line too
US puts $10M bounty on three Russians accused of attacking critical infrastructure Seven-year-old Cisco vuln that remains inexplicably unpatched is their way in The US State Department has put a $10 million bounty on the heads of three Russians accused of being intelligence agents hacking America's critical infrastructure - primarily via old Cisco kit, it seems.… #theregister #IT
US puts $10M bounty on Russians accused of infra attacks
: Seven-year-old Cisco vuln that remains inexplicably unpatched is their way in