Microsoft's on-prem Exchange and Skype for Business Server go subscription-only Are you sure you wouldn't rather run in our cloud? Microsoft has made Subscription Editions (SE) of Exchange Server and Skype for Business Server generally available, marking an end to year-numbered versions.… #theregister #IT
Coming to PostgreSQL: On-disk database encryption Open source initiative aims to offer enterprise security feature without vendor lock-in Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) is a popular approach to encrypting data at the storage layer, beefing up database security. While PostgreSQL has steadily climbed in popularity – especially among professional developers – it has so far lac… #theregister #IT
Cl0p cybercrime gang's data exfiltration tool found vulnerable to RCE attacks Experts say they don't expect the MOVEit menace to do much about it Security experts have uncovered a hole in Cl0p's data exfiltration tool that could potentially leave the cybercrime group vulnerable to attack.… #theregister #IT
UK eyes new laws as cable sabotage blurs line between war and peace It might be time to update the Submarine Telegraph Act of 1885 Cyberattacks and undersea cable sabotage are blurring the line between war and peace and exposing holes in UK law, a government minister has warned lawmakers.… #theregister #IT
NASA tests shrinking metals to help it find more exoplanets Mysterious ‘Alloy 30’ gets smaller when heated, which could help stabilize super-sensitive space telescopes NASA is exploring the properties of a metal alloy that shrinks as it is heated, as boffins in its Astrophysics Division think it may be needed if the planned Habitable Worlds Observatory (HBO) is to succee… #theregister #IT
Amazon's latest Graviton 4 EC2 instances pack dual 300Gbps NICs And no, that's not a typo Amazon Web Services has cooked up a new Graviton 4-powered instance tuned for network-intensive applications like cloud firewalls and load balancers.… #theregister #IT
Arista acquires VMware’s VeloCloud SD-WAN outfit from Broadcom It's 2025 so even this networking deal is about AI, which is apparently about to change wide area networks Broadcom has sold VeloCloud, the software-defined WAN business VMware acquired in 2017, to Arista.… #theregister #IT
Australian airline Qantas reveals data theft impacting six million customers Frequent flyers’ info takes flight Australian airline Qantas on Wednesday revealed it fell victim to a cyberattack that saw information describing six million customers stolen.… #theregister #IT
Figma files for an (A)IPO with prospectus that mentions AI 150+ times Warns investors its codebase is harder to maintain as it bakes in brainboxes Web design tools developer Figma on Tuesday filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to propose an initial public offering of company shares.… #theregister #IT
With OpenAI, there are no allegiances - just compute at all costs Google's TPUs might not be on Altman's menu just yet, but he's never been all that picky about hardware Analysis  No longer bound to Microsoft's infrastructure, OpenAI is looking to expand its network of compute providers to the likes of Oracle, CoreWeave, and apparently even rival model builder Google.… #theregister #IT