Open source to closed doors: RubyGems control fight erupts Ruby Central is accused of ousting maintainers from core gems under pressure from Shopify Ruby Central is said to have quietly snatched control of several flagship Ruby open source projects from their long-time maintainers without their consent, following pressure from Shopify, one of its biggest backers.… #theregister #IT

Open source to closed doors: RubyGems control fight erupts

: Ruby Central is accused of ousting maintainers from core gems under pressure from Shopify

Google reminds EU that Microsoft's cloudy licensing still stinks a year later Mountain View gripes over slow-moving regulators while Redmond rakes it in Google is like a dog with a bone over Microsoft's cloud licensing policies, not letting Euro regulators forget about what it sees as anti-competitive practices that penalize those wanting to run Windows software on rival cloud plat… #theregister #IT

Google points out Microsoft

: Mountain View gripes over slow-moving regulators while Redmond rakes it in

Oracle saddles up with $18B debt amid AI infrastructure gamble Ballooning leverage and shaky customer funding could strain Big Red's balance sheet Oracle has raised $18 billion in debt, which could help fund massive datacenter investments aimed at meeting surging demand from AI model builders and enterprise customers.… #theregister #IT

Oracle takes on $18B debt amid AI infrastructure gamble

: Ballooning leverage and shaky customer funding could strain Big Red's balance sheet

Zero-day deja vu as another Cisco IOS bug comes under attack The latest in a run of serious networking bugs gives attackers root if they have SNMP access Cisco has confirmed a new IOS and IOS XE zero-day, the latest in a string of flaws that attackers have been quick to weaponize.… #theregister #IT

Zero-day deja vu: Another Cisco IOS bug is under attack

: The latest in a run of serious networking bugs gives attackers root if they have SNMP access

Bcachefs goes DKMS after Torvalds' kernel banishment Performance of new version mostly good, but future uncertain The bcachefs file system, now "externally maintained" outside the Linux kernel codebase, offers packages of its first version to be loadable on the fly.… #theregister #IT

Bcachefs goes DKMS after Torvalds

: Performance of new version mostly good, but future uncertain

SAP's 'simplified' licensing leaves users more confused Business Suite nostalgia unlikely to ease customers' public cloud journey SAP experts are doubting the enterprise software giant's message that it is simplifying licensing after the changes were discussed at the German-speaking user group conference.… #theregister #IT

SAP

: Business Suite nostalgia unlikely to ease customers' public cloud journey

EU starting registration of fingerprints and faces for short-stay foreigners Biometric Entry/Exit System phased in from October to 29 Schengen countries Travelers including Britons and Americans visiting most European countries will have to register their fingerprints and faces under a system that goes live next month.… #theregister #IT

EU to register fingerprints, faces for short-stay visitors

: Biometric Entry/Exit System phased in from October to 29 Schengen countries