Ukraine's techies a 'pillar of support' for national economy after Russian invasion Experts in IT services held up while other sectors fell over the last 5 years, says report Ukraine's technology industry has held up during Russia's invasion, with activity falling markedly less than other industries and increasing as a proportion of national exports since 2019.… #theregister #IT
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: Experts in IT services held up while other sectors fell over the last 5 years, says report
UK convicts five romance fraudsters who stole millions from duped singles Prosecutors said individuals were scammed repeatedly until they had nothing left Five romance scammers-turned-money launderers were convicted in the UK today after police shuttered a multimillion-pound fraud operation.… #theregister #IT
UK convicts five scammers who preyed on widowed for £3.25M
: Prosecutors said individuals were scammed repeatedly until they had nothing left
US DoE wants developers to fast-track AI datacenters on its land But Bernstein analysts say tariffs could disrupt equipment supply chains The US Department of Energy (DoE) is looking to co-locate datacenters with energy generation facilities to further America's AI ambitions, and is putting up its own land for this purpose.… #theregister #IT
US DoE wants devs to fast-track domestic AI datacenters
: But analysts say tariffs could disrupt equipment supply chains
Windows 11 poised to beat 10, mostly because it has to Market share increase accelerating, but Microsoft's flagship OS not yet at the 50% mark The gap between Windows 10 and Windows 11 continues to narrow, and Microsoft's flagship operating system is on track to finally surpass its predecessor by summer.… #theregister #IT
Windows 11 closing the gap on Windows 10
: Market share increase accelerating, but Microsoft's flagship OS not yet at the 50% mark
Ubuntu 25.04 beta takes flight – but this Plucky Puffin is still molting 'Pudgy' might be more apt given the download size The beta version of Ubuntu 25.04, the next interim release of this Linux OS, has arrived.… #theregister #IT
Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin beta takes flight
: 'Pudgy' might be more apt given the download size
30 minutes to pwn town: Are speedy responses more important than backups for recovery? The industry’s approach to keeping quality backups may be masking the importance of other recovery mainstays Maintaining good-quality backups is often seen as the spine of any organization's ability to recover from cyberattacks quickly. Naturally, given the emphasis placed on them by experts of all stripes… #theregister #IT
Do backups mean little when incident response dawdles?
: The industry’s approach to keeping quality backups may be masking the importance of other recovery mainstays
Governments cling to private cloud despite inexorable public cloud adoption The need to scale still battling security worries ... on both sides Governments continue to adopt cloud services, for better or worse, hoping to modernize their IT services, leading big cloud operators to aggressively court public sector bodies for lucrative contracts.… #theregister #IT
Public sector still hanging on to private cloud
: The need to scale still battling security worries ... on both sides
Home Office haunted by 25-year-old asylum system 'Full benefit' of replacement will not be realized until old one is shut down, projects watchdog warns The effectiveness of new IT systems designed to speed up asylum claim processing in the UK continues to be held back by the Home Office's failure to decommission its 25-year-old case management database, five years after it promised to ret… #theregister #IT
Home Office haunted by 25-year-old asylum system
: 'Full benefit' of replacement will not be realized until old one is shut down, projects watchdog warns
Alan Turing Institute: UK can't handle a fight against AI-enabled crims Law enforcement facing huge gap in 'AI adoption' The National Crime Agency (NCA) will "closely examine" the recommendations made by the Alan Turing Institute after it claimed the UK was ill-equipped to tackle AI-enabled crime.… #theregister #IT
UK can
: Law enforcement facing huge gap in 'AI adoption'
How do you explain what magnetic fields do to monitors to people wearing bowling shoes? Techie demoed the effect in about 3 seconds, as On Call again tries to break tech-support world records On Call  The working week sometimes speeds by, sometimes crawls, and often ends with a crash. Each Friday, we try to avert the latter by delivering a new edition of On Call, The Register's reader-contributed tales of … #theregister #IT
How do you explain magnetic fields to bowling alley staff?
On Call: Techie demoed the effect in about 3 seconds, as On Call again tries to break tech-support world records