IT pros are caught between an AI rock and an economic hard place Tech gigs slide according to analysis of US jobs data The US jobs market grew faster than expected in April, but most IT pros aren’t among the beneficiaries.… #theregister #IT
April jobs data discouraging for IT, tech professionals
: Tech gigs slide, or so this analysis of US jobs data claims
Signal chat app clone used by Signalgate's Waltz was apparently an insecure mess No, really? That's a shocking surprise An unidentified miscreant is said to have obtained US government communications from TeleMessage, a messaging and archiving app based on the open-source Signal app and used by ousted national security advisor Michael Waltz.… #theregister #IT
TeleMessage probes
Updated: No, really? That's a shocking surprise
OpenAI caves to pressure, keeps nonprofit in charge Funny what a public scolding from AI luminaries and a word from state AGs can do OpenAI's contentious plan to overhaul its corporate structure in favor of a conventional for-profit model has been reworked, with the AI giant bowing to pressure to keep its nonprofit in control, even as it presses ahead with parts of the restructuring… #theregister #IT
OpenAI caves to pressure, keeps nonprofit in charge
: Funny what a public scolding from AI luminaries and a word from state AGs can do
Teens maintained a mainframe and it went about as well as you'd imagine Fake it till you make it doesn't cut it for mission-critical workloads Who, Me?  One of the joys of Monday mornings is arriving at work to find messes made over the weekend. The other is reading a new edition of Who, Me? It's The Register's weekly reader-contributed column that shares your stories of somehow recovering from failure.… #theregister #IT
High school kids messed up a mainframe
Who, Me?: Fake it till you make it doesn't cut it for mission-critical workloads
Trump promises protection for TikTok, for which he has a ‘warm spot in my heart’ Hails DOGE operatives for computer skills during interview in which he also flubbed some tech investment figures US President Donald Trump has said TikTok will be “very strongly protected” as the made-in-China social network has “a warm spot in my heart”.… #theregister #IT
Trump promises protection for TikTok as sale deadline nears
: Hails DOGE operatives for computer skills during interview in which he also flubbed some tech investment figures
India’s chipmaking ambitions hurt by Zoho’s no-go and Adani unease PLUS: China spring cleans its AIs; South Korea fines Meta, probes Broadcom; and more! PLUS: China spring cleans its AIs; South Korea fines Meta, probes Broadcom; and more! India’s ambition to become a global semiconductor manufacturing player went backwards last week after two big players changed their plans.… #theregister #IT
India’s chipmaking plans hurt by Zoho no-go, Adani unease
Asia in brief: PLUS: China spring cleans its AIs; South Korea fines Meta, probes Broadcom; and more!
Microsoft tries to knife passwords once and for all - at least for consumers PLUS: AirPlay exploits; Six-year old backdoor opens; Raytheon settles federal charges; and more! Infosec In Brief  Microsoft has decided to push its consumer customers to dump password in favor of passkeys.… #theregister #IT
Passkeys are now the standard for new Microsoft accounts
Infosec In Brief: PLUS: AirPlay exploits; Six-year old backdoor opens; Raytheon settles federal charges; and more!
RSAC wrap: AI and China on everything, everywhere, all at once With North Korean IT workers storming the gates, too RSAC  Another RSAC has come and gone, with almost 44,000 attendees this year spread across San Francisco's Moscone Center and the surrounding facilities, according to conference organizers. Hopefully, all of us made it home safely, didn't get deported to a Venezuelan prison, and di… #theregister #IT
RSAC wrap: AI and China everywhere
RSAC: With North Korean IT workers storming the gates, too
Altman's eyeball-scanning biometric blockchain orbs officially come to America El Reg checks out shop in SF On Thursday, six stores across America opened their doors with a curious proposition: Come on in, let a metal orb scan your irises, and walk out with a new online profile that promises you're an individual human – and a few bucks in crypto for your troubles.… #theregister #IT
Sam Altman
: El Reg checks out shop in SF
Soviet probe from 1972 set to return to Earth ... in May 2025 Not, it's not the plot of a sci-fi disaster movie A Soviet probe launched more than half a century ago is due to return to Earth in the next week or two, and there's every chance that the vehicle will make it all the way to our planet's surface.… #theregister #IT
1970s Soviet probe set to return to Earth in May 2025
: Not, it's not the plot of a sci-fi disaster movie