Free Blue Screens of Death for Windows 11 24H2 users Microsoft rewards those who patch early with bricks hurled through its operating system Keeping with its rich history of updates that break Windows in unexpected ways, Microsoft has warned that two recent patches for Windows 11 24H2 are triggering blue screen crashes.… #theregister #IT

March, April Windows 11 updates cause BSOD pain for users

: Microsoft rewards those who patch early with bricks hurled through its operating system

Signalgate chats disappear from CIA chief's phone Extraordinary rendition of data, or just dropped it out of a helicopter? CIA Director John Ratcliffe's smartphone has almost no trace left of the infamous Signalgate chat – the one in which he and other top US national security officials discussed a secret upcoming military operation in a group Signal conversation a journalist was inadvertently … #theregister #IT

CIA

: Extraordinary rendition of data, or just dropped it out of a helicopter?

Microsoft admits it's not you, Classic Outlook can be a real CPU, power hog sometimes Bug or migration strategy for New Outlook, we wonder Far be from us to suggest Microsoft is trying to force people onto its New Outlook application, but it has admitted Classic Outlook occasionally and mysteriously turns into a system resource hog. It's a SNAFU that may just push folks over the edge to t… #theregister #IT

Microsoft probing why Classic Outlook is so CPU-hungry

: Bug or migration strategy for New Outlook, we wonder

First Nvidia, now AMD: Trump trade turmoil threatens $800M in China chip sales Is that MI in MI308 going to be Mission Impossible? World War Fee  Turns out Nvidia's not the only chip shop caught in the crossfire of Trump's tit-for-tat trade battle with China.… #theregister #IT

AMD warns Trump trade war with China could cost it $800M

World War Fee: Is that MI in MI308 going to be Mission Impossible?

Microsoft blames 'latent code issue' after Windows 11 upgrades sneak past admin blockades Intune policies turn out to be mere suggestions Microsoft has admitted that some users are being offered Windows 11 upgrades despite Intune policies configured otherwise.… #theregister #IT

Windows 11 upgrades sneak past admin blockades

: Intune policies turn out to be mere suggestions

Figma bucks market trends, plunges into IPO waters after Adobe's failed buyout Timing not ideal with Wall Street fearing recession It's been a little over a year since Adobe abandoned its plans to purchase web-based design tool Figma. Now, the smaller of the two app makers is bucking market uncertainty by filing for an IPO.… #theregister #IT

Figma files for IPO in wake of abandoned Adobe acquisition

: Timing not ideal with Wall Street fearing recession

CVE program gets last-minute funding from CISA – and maybe a new home Feds extend vulnerability nerve-center contract at 11th hour In an 11th-hour reprieve, the US government last night agreed to continue funding the globally used Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Program.… #theregister #IT

CVE program gets a last-minute save, maybe a new home

: Uncertainty is the new certainty

20 years on, DART still a masterclass in how not to rendezvous in orbit Two decades have passed since NASA made two spacecraft collide It is twenty years since NASA's DART mission collided with a satellite after depleting its fuel during a rendezvous attempt.… #theregister #IT

Two decades since NASA

: Two decades have passed since NASA made two spacecraft collide

Law firm 'didn't think' data theft was a breach, says ICO. Now it's nursing a £60K fine DPP Law is appealing against data watchdog's conclusions A law firm is appealing against a £60,000 fine from the UK's data watchdog after 32 GB of personal information was stolen from its systems.… #theregister #IT

Law biz appeals £60K ICO fine over 32 GB digital burglary

: DPP Law is appealing against data watchdog's conclusions

AWS claims 50% of Azure workloads would jump ship if licensing costs allowed Bezos' biz and Google tell regulator higher cost of running Windows Server in their clouds isn't fair AWS estimates that half of the workloads Microsoft enterprise customers run on Azure would migrate to its own datacenters if only the licensing costs of doing so were not prohibitively high and a competitive de… #theregister #IT

AWS: Customers would flee Azure if licensing costs were fair

: Bezos' biz and Google tell regulator higher cost of running Windows Server in their clouds isn't fair