Open Document Format turns 20, but Microsoft Office still reigns supreme A look back at two decades of ODF, from open source hopes to patchy real-world adoption It's been 20 years since the Open Document Format (ODF) became a standard, marking a milestone in the push for open, vendor-neutral file formats β€” and the beginning of a long but largely unsuccessful attempt to loosen Microsof… #theregister #IT
Open Document Format standard turns 20
: A look back at two decades of ODF, from open source hopes to patchy real-world adoption
Trump wants to send quarter of NASA budget into black hole – and not in a good way Proposed cuts would mean: No Lunar Gateway, Artemis hardware to retire, ISS toast in 2030 The White House has proposed slashing NASA's budget by 24 percent, dropping it from $24.8 billion to $18.8 billion. If approved, it would mark one of the agency's deepest single-year cuts in federal support, and crash its i… #theregister #IT
Trump wants to send quarter of NASA budget into black hole
: Proposed cuts would mean: No Lunar Gateway, Artemis hardware to retire, ISS toast in 2030
Meta blames Trump tariffs for ballooning AI infra bills Capex could jump by $7B to $72B, Zuckercorp says World War FeeΒ  Meta's AI ambitions are going to cost more than expected thanks to increased competition and β€” who could have seen this coming? β€” the Trump administration's obsession with tariffs, which is driving up the price tag of key components.… #theregister #IT
Meta blames Trump tariffs for ballooning AI costs
World War Fee: Capex could jump by $7B to $72B, Zuckercorp says
Oregon State University's Open Source Lab is running on fumes FOSS incubator is short a quarter of a million bucks Higher education across the USA is facing federal funding cutbacks – and and now the Oregon State University (OSU) Open Source Lab (OSL) is in trouble.… #theregister #IT
Oregon State University Open Source Lab is running on fumes
: Shakeup in US higher education funding means FOSS incubator is short a quarter of a million bucks
NATS custody battle ends with CNCF and Synadia sharing nicely Trademark, domain name, GitHub repos stay under control of open source foundation – no word on any forking off for now The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) has reached an agreement with Synadia, the company behind open source messaging system NATS, which will see it control the trademark, domain name, and GitHub repositories.… #theregister #IT
CNCF and Synadia settle NATS dispute
: Trademark, domain name, GitHub repos stay under control of open source foundation – no word on any forking off for now
20% discount offer on Windows 365 expires around same time as Windows 10 support Can't run Windows 11? Microsoft suggests renting it instead Microsoft has announced a price cut for Windows 365 alongside a not-so-subtle suggestion that Windows 10 users might consider taking advantage of the offer to keep security updates flowing.… #theregister #IT
20% off Windows 365 expires as Windows 10 support ends
: Can't run Windows 11? Microsoft suggests renting it instead
Disney Slack attack wasn't Russian protesters, just a Cali dude with malware A 25-year-old California man pleaded guilty to stealing and dumping 1.1TB of data from the House of Mouse When someone stole more than a terabyte of data from Disney last year, it was believed to be the work of Russian hacktivists protesting for artist rights. We now know it was actually a 25-year-old Calif… #theregister #IT
Disney Slack hacker was Californian, not Russian: DoJ
: 25-year-old fella pleads guilty to stealing, dumping 1.1TB of data from the House of Mouse
Three Brits charged over 'active shooter threats' swattings in US, Canada UK starts prosecution days after FBI vowed to clamp down on the crime Three young Brits are accused of stateside swatting offences and will appear in a UK court today to face their charges after a joint investigation by the FBI and Merseyside cops.… #theregister #IT
Three Brits charged over US, Canada swattings
: UK starts prosecution days after FBI vowed to clamp down on the crime
TikTok fined €530M after EU user data ends up on servers in China Ireland privacy watchdog says transfers violated GDPR, as Chinese app confirms €1B datacenter in Finland Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) has confirmed a fine of €530 million ($600 million) against social media biz TikTok for transferring European user data to China.… #theregister #IT
TikTok fined €530M for sending EU user data to China
: Ireland privacy watchdog says transfers violated GDPR, as Chinese app confirms €1B datacenter in Finland
Generative AI makes fraud fluent – from phishing lures to fake lovers Real-time video deepfakes? Not convincing yet RSACΒ  Spam messages predate the web itself, and generative AI has given it a fluency upgrade, churning out slick, localized scams and letting crooks hit regions and dialects they used to ignore.… #theregister #IT
Gen AI is great at phishing, pig butchering scams
RSAC: Real-time video deepfakes? Not convincing yet