Gigs in space: Amazon breaks bandwidth barrier with Kuiper's satellite broadband Signs up JetBlue for in-flight connection, but not until 2027 Amazon showed off download speeds peaking at 1.28 Gbps from its nascent Project Kuiper internet satellite service and announced an airline deal with US commercial airline JetBlue to provide Wi-Fi in the sky.… #theregister #IT

Amazon demos 1.28 Gbps Kuiper satellite speed

: Signs up JetBlue for in-flight connection, but not until 2027

China-aligned crew poisons Windows servers to manipulate Google results Defrauding search with custom malware, Potato-family exploits A new China-aligned cybercrime crew named GhostRedirector has compromised at least 65 Windows servers worldwide - spotted in a June internet scan - using previously undocumented malware to juice gambling sites' rankings in Google search,… #theregister #IT

New China-aligned crew poisons Windows servers for SEO fraud

: Defrauding search with custom malware, Potato-family exploits

Sky-high budget gap: FAA launches air traffic overhaul, lacks cash to finish it Agency wants a single private integrator to herd 74K bits of kit with only 40% of the funding so far Get ready to start flying American skies with a renewed sense of confidence, at least eventually, as the Federal Aviation Administration has finally decided to start soliciting ideas for an overhaul of th… #theregister #IT

US air traffic control systems finally set for a reboot

: Agency wants a single private integrator to herd 74K bits of kit with only 40% of the funding so far

No chips for you! Senator wants Americans to get first dibs on GPUs, restrict sales to others We’ve got hungry American datacenters to feed, argued the lawmaker - a revival Nvidia dubs ‘doomer science fiction’ +Comment  US lawmakers are looking to apply Trump's America-First agenda to advanced semiconductors by giving US buyers first dibs while restricting the sale of most hi… #theregister #IT

US senator wants to give Americans first dibs on AI silicon

+Comment: We’ve got hungry American datacenters to feed, argued the lawmaker - a revival Nvidia dubs ‘doomer science fiction’

Microsoft inches toward Rusty Windows drivers, production use still a no-no Crates, cargo-wdk, and kernel hooks show progress, but hurdles remain Developers keen to write Windows drivers in Rust now have improved tools and samples, but progress is slow and obstacles to production use remain.… #theregister #IT

Microsoft shows slow progress on Rust for Windows drivers

: Crates, cargo-wdk, and kernel hooks show progress, but hurdles remain

SpaceX Dragon gives International Space Station a kick up the orbit But what goes up will also have to come down SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft has successfully reboosted the International Space Station (ISS), raising the perigee of its orbit by approximately one mile and further eroding the complex's reliance on Russian rocketry.… #theregister #IT

SpaceX Dragon reboosts the International Space Station

: But what goes up will also have to come down

Windows starts asking for admin rights where it shouldn't after security fix Patch closes vuln but leaves standard users locked out of common apps Microsoft's August 2025 Windows Security Update is causing pain for administrators after a fix for a vulnerability led to some unintended consequences.… #theregister #IT

Windows asks for admin rights where it shouldn

: Patch closes vuln but leaves standard users locked out of common apps

PostgreSQL 18 eyes analytics boost and distributed future Async I/O and UUID v7 highlights of the September release, though some SQL features are delayed Users and developers can expect the release of PostgreSQL 18 in September, the new iteration of the popular open source database, promising new features to enhance analytics and distributed architectures.… #theregister #IT

PostgreSQL 18 eyes analytics boost and distributed future

: Async I/O and UUID v7 highlights of the September release, though some SQL features are delayed

Atlassian acquisition drives dream of AI-powered ChromeOS challenger 'A cross-platform browser as an OS is now closer than ever,' claims $610M richer cofounders of The Browser Company Atlassian today revealed it has purchased New York startup The Browser Company, and it appears the pair have plans to reinvent the ChromeOS wheel with added... AI.… #theregister #IT

Atlassian buys The Browser Company, challenges ChromeOS

: 'A cross-platform browser as an OS is now closer than ever,' claims $610M richer cofounders of The Browser Company

Linux Lite relief: 7.6 keeps it simple, shiny, and mostly slim Ubuntu 24.04.3, with a prettified Xfce 4.18 Linux Lite 7.6 is the latest, slightly updated release of this technologically moderate distro from New Zealand.… #theregister #IT

Linux Lite 7.6 keeps it simple, shiny, and mostly slim

: Ubuntu 24.04.3, with a prettified Xfce 4.18