Microsoft nuke power deal for Three Mile Island appears to be ahead of schedule 837 megawatt reactor now expected in 2027, energy CEO says A revamped Three Mile Island nuclear plant could be fueling Microsoft's AI datacenters sooner than first thought, according to Constellation Energy executives.… #theregister #IT
Three Mile Island may return to service earlier than thought
: 837 megawatt reactor now expected in 2027, energy CEO says
Cisco fixes two critical make-me-root bugs on Identity Services Engine components A 10.0 and a 9.8 – these aren’t patches to dwell on Cisco has dropped patches for a pair of critical vulnerabilities that could allow unauthenticated remote attackers to execute code on vulnerable systems.… #theregister #IT
Cisco fixes two critical make-me-root bugs
: A 10.0 and a 9.8 – these aren’t patches to dwell on
Exif marks the spot as fresh version of PNG image standard arrives 22 years on from the last spec, you can now animate your PNGs The free graphics format that people actually know how to pronounce has been updated.… #theregister #IT
New version of the PNG image standard released
: 22 years on from the last spec, you can now animate your PNGs
The SmartNIC revolution fell flat, but AI might change that The idea of handing off networking chores to DPUs persists even if it hasn't caught on beyond hyperscalers Analysis  In 2013, Amazon Web Services announced a new C3 instance type and made vague references to what it described as "enhanced networking" enabled by an Intel Virtual Function interface.… #theregister #IT
AI could finally see DPUs take off in enterprise networks
Analysis: The idea of handing off networking chores to DPUs persists even if it hasn't caught on beyond hyperscalers
Gridlocked: AI's power needs could short-circuit US infrastructure You are not prepared for 5 GW datacenters, Deloitte warns Power required by AI datacenters in the US may be more than 30 times greater in a decade, with 5 GW facilities already in the pipeline..… #theregister #IT
AI
: You are not prepared for 5 GW datacenters, Deloitte warns
NICER science not so nice as ISS telescope pauses operations Cosmic research on hold while engineers investigate a problematic motor NASA's NICER X-ray telescope is pausing operations just weeks after the US space agency boasted that a January repair and reconfiguration had improved its daytime measurements.… #theregister #IT
ISS NICER telescope pauses operations
: Cosmic research on hold while engineers investigate a problematic motor
Kaseya CEO: Why AI adoption is below industry expectations Business data is fragmented and change management is hard Interview  Adoption of generative AI for enterprise customers isn't taking off in the manner many in the industry expected – and there are major obstacles in the way, according to Rania Succar, recently appointed CEO at Kaseya.… #theregister #IT
Kaseya CEO: Why AI adoption is below industry expectations
Interview: Business data is fragmented and change management is hard
Glasgow City Council online services crippled following cyberattack Nothing confirmed but authority is operating under the assumption that data has been stolen A cyberattack on Glasgow City Council is causing massive disruption with a slew of its digital services unavailable.… #theregister #IT
Glasgow council yanks services offline amid attack cleanup
: Nothing confirmed but authority is operating under the assumption that data has been stolen
Qilin ransomware attack on NHS supplier contributed to patient fatality Pathology outage caused by Synnovis breach linked to harm across dozens of healthcare facilities The NHS says Qilin's ransomware attack on pathology services provider Synnovis last year led to the death of a patient.… #theregister #IT
Qilin ransomware attack on NHS results in confirmed death
: Pathology outage caused by Synnovis breach linked to harm across dozens of healthcare facilities
OpenDylan sheds some parentheses in 2025.1 update Apple's advanced next-generation Lisp is still being maintained as FOSS OpenDylan is a Lisp without all the parentheses – just as John McCarthy originally intended for LISP-2.… #theregister #IT
OpenDylan sheds some parentheses in 2025.1 update
: Apple's advanced next-generation Lisp is still being maintained as FOSS