EU lands 25% counter tariff punch on US, Trump pauses broad levy hike – China excepted So this is what it's like living in reality TV World War Fee  The EU voted Wednesday to introduce 25 percent import tariffs on American goods, with the first duties being collected from European consumers on April 15 – but bear in mind this action is a response to US President Donald Trump's earlier steel tariffs, and… #theregister #IT

EU OKs 25% counter US tariff, Trump pauses levy hike

World War Fee: Middle Kingdom gets 145%. So this is what it's like living in reality TV

Commercial space station outfit plans two Orbital Data Center nodes by the end of 2025 Yep. It's Axiom's datacenters in SPAAAAACE Axiom Space says it is planning to launch a pair of Orbital Data Center (ODC) nodes to low Earth orbit by the end of 2025.… #theregister #IT

Commercial space station outfit plans 2 Orbital DC nodes

: Yep. It's Axiom's datacenters in SPAAAAACE

Microsoft puts $1B US datacenter builds on hold amid tariff uncertainty Committed $80B capex for DCs as recently as January. We wonder what changed? Microsoft has called a halt to construction of three datacenter campuses in central Ohio, in a sign the tech giant is having to reappraise its infrastructure requirements amid uncertain economic circumstances and shifting AI deman… #theregister #IT

Microsoft puts $1B DC builds on hold amid AI, tariff worries

World War Fee: Committed $80B capex for DCs as recently as January. We wonder what changed?

Tech hiring stalls as AI hype, layoffs, tariffs, economic uncertainty, more collide And coming up next, Trump's World War Fee The hint of optimism to be found in February's tech jobs numbers? Yeah, it's pretty much gone, according to multiple analyses of the latest data out from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics for March. … #theregister #IT

IT unemployment remains high as economic uncertainty reigns

: And coming up next, Trump's World War Fee

UK officials insist 'murder prediction tool' algorithms purely abstract Even though policing department spent 2 years on study predicting which criminals will become killers The UK's justice department has confirmed it is working on developing algorithms to predict which criminals will later become murderers.… #theregister #IT

UK’s MoJ testing algorithms to uncover future killers

: Even though policing department spent 2 years on 'Minority Report' evoking study predicting which criminals will become killers

Google's got a hot cloud security startup, a new unified platform — and its eye on Microsoft's $20B+ security biz Chocolate Factory doubles down on enterprise security at Cloud Next Google will today reveal a new unified security platform that analysts think can help it battle Microsoft for a bigger chunk of the enterprise infosec market.… #theregister #IT

Google

Cloud Next: How Chocolate Factory hopes to double down on enterprise-sec

FreeDOS 1.4: Still DOS, still FOSS, more modern than ever The 1990s called – they're impressed The FreeDOS Project has released version 1.4 of its fully open source DOS-compatible OS – but you'll need a BIOS for bare metal.… #theregister #IT

FreeDOS 1.4: Still DOS, still FOSS, more modern than ever

: The 1990s called – they're impressed

Microsoft resets 'days since last Windows 11 problem' counter to 0 SenseShield the latest company to fall foul of 24H2 Microsoft has thrown up a Windows 11 24H2 compatibility hold for devices running SenseShield Technology's sprotect.sys driver.… #theregister #IT

Microsoft resets

: SenseShield the latest company to fall foul of 24H2

UK's answer to DARPA sprouts new ideas, like programmable plants Updated programs suggest ARIA will keep singing for another year The UK's Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) has appointed a second tranche of program leaders and announced new program areas, suggesting confidence in its long-term funding.… #theregister #IT

UK DARPA copy appoints new program directors

: Updated programs suggest ARIA will keep singing for another year

Microsoft lists seven habits of highly effective Windows 11 users Strangely no eighth tip to use something else Microsoft has published seven tips for getting the most out of Windows 11, and the pitches for the operating system – which has failed to win hearts and minds of users – are not very compelling.… #theregister #IT

Microsoft publishes seven tips to get more from Windows 11

: Strangely no eighth tip to use something else