Danish department determined to dump Microsoft Jutes revolt against Redmond: Minister for Digital Affairs aims the longboats away from Vinland Comment  The boss of Denmark's Ministry for Digitalization says her department will move away from Microsoft – starting with LibreOffice.… #theregister #IT
Danish department determined to dump Microsoft
Comment: Jutes revolt against Redmond: Minister for Digital Affairs aims the longboats away from Vinland
UK unis cough up £10M on Java to keep Oracle off their backs Deal includes 'waiver of historic fees' UK universities and colleges have signed a contract worth up to £9.86 million ($13.33 million) with Oracle to use its controversial Java SE Universal Subscription model, in exchange for a "waiver of historic fees due for any institutions who have used Oracle Java since 2023."… #theregister #IT
UK unis sign up to £10M Oracle Java subscription framework
: Deal includes 'waiver of historic fees'
Forget Vibe Coding, we're all about Vine Coding nowadays More like FlAIme Of The Week Flame Of The Week  It's been a while since our last Flame Of The Week, but it appears that AI is generating some strong feelings among our beloved readership.… #theregister #IT
Forget Vibe Coding, we
Flame Of The Week: More like FlAIme Of The Week
Slapped wrists for Financial Conduct Authority staff who emailed work data home It was one of the offenders' final warning Four staffers at the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) were let off with warnings over separate cases involving the transmission of regulator data to their personal email accounts.… #theregister #IT
FCA warned four staffers who pocketed regulator data
: It was one of the offenders' final warning
User demanded a ‘wireless’ computer and was outraged when its battery died Abusive manager had to be told there's no such thing as an atomic laptop On Call  By Friday morning, Reg readers’ batteries can sometimes be a little low, which is why we always use the day to offer a jolt of amusement in the form of On Call – the reader contributed column in which we celebrate the lows and lows of tech support.… #theregister #IT
User demanded
On Call: Abusive manager had to be told there's no such thing as an atomic laptop
UK dumps £2.5 billion into fusion pipe dream that's already cost millions STEP sucked up £220 million in 2022, and it's still not apparent what that accomplished The UK government has just allocated another £2.5 billion to an ambitious fusion energy project without any indication it's progressed much beyond the planning stages.… #theregister #IT
UK fusion reactor dream gets another £2.5 billion from gov
UPDATED: STEP sucked up £220 million in 2022, and it's still not apparent what that accomplished
Chinese memory-maker YMTC sues US rival Micron for defamation instead of the usual patent breaches Alleges dirty PR campaign to slur its tech China’s Yangtze Memory Technologies has accused rival chipmaker Micron of defamation through a campaign to publish nasty stories and reports about it.… #theregister #IT
Chinese memory-maker YMTC sues Micron for defamation
: Alleges dirty PR campaign to slur its tech
I'm just a Barbie Girl in a ChatGPT world Mattel-OpenAI deal paves the way for an AI beach-off Toy giant Mattel has signed a deal with OpenAI to bring the tech industry's buzziest technology to the very youngest generation.… #theregister #IT
Barbie maker Mattel signs up with OpenAI
: Mattel-OpenAI deal paves the way for an AI beach-off
Ransomware scum disrupted utility services with SimpleHelp attacks Good news: The vendor patched the flaw in January. Bad news: Not everyone got the memo Ransomware criminals infected a utility billing software providers' customers, and in some cases disrupted services, after exploiting unpatched versions of SimpleHelp’s remote monitoring and management (RMM) tool, according to… #theregister #IT
Ransomware disrupted utility services in SimpleHelp attacks
: Good news: The vendor patched the flaw in January. Bad news: Not everyone got the memo
Ease the seat back and watch some video in your car with next Apple CarPlay Only while parked Apple is enabling video playback on its CarPlay automotive operating system and has integrated it into iOS 26, as long as you're parked.… #theregister #IT
Apple CarPlay gets video support while parked
: Only while parked