Massive spike in use of .es domains for phishing abuse ¡Cuidado! Time to double-check before entering your Microsoft creds Cybersecurity experts are reporting a 19x increase in malicious campaigns being launched from .es domains, making it the third most common, behind only .com and .ru.… #theregister #IT

Cyber crooks jump on .es domain for credential phishing trip

: ¡Cuidado! Time to double-check before entering your Microsoft creds

iFixit gives new Fairphone 6 top marks for repairability: 10/10 It's not cheap or high end, but it should last you for years to come The sixth generation of the Fairphone repairable mobile was launched at the end of June. Now spunger-flingers iFixit have got their hands on it, and liked the result.… #theregister #IT

iFixit gives Fairphone 6 top marks for repairability

: It's not cheap or high end, but it should last you for years to come

Financial 'stretch' for UK to join Europe's Starlink rival, says minister Possibility of joining IRIS² remote as Britain grapples with fiscal squeeze A UK minister has told Parliament that joining Europe's answer to Starlink — Elon Musk's satellite-based mobile internet service — would be a "stretch" given the nation's current financial challenges.… #theregister #IT

Financial

: Possibility of joining IRIS² remote as Britain grapples with fiscal squeeze

Ousted US copyright chief argues Trump did not have power to remove her Shira Perlmutter lost her job after her office published report on generative AI and fair use limits The former head of the US Copyright Office has pushed back against arguments from President Donald Trump's team that her dismissal was lawful.… #theregister #IT

Ousted US copyright chief claims her firing was unlawful

: Shira Perlmutter lost her job after her office published report on generative AI and fair use limits

Microsoft finally bids farewell to PowerShell 2.0 Venerable command line tool to depart Windows Users still clinging on to PowerShell 2.0 just received notice to quit as the command-line tool is officially leaving Windows.… #theregister #IT

Microsoft finally bids farewell to PowerShell 2.0

: Venerable command line tool to depart Windows

Amazon built a massive AI supercluster for Anthropic called Project Rainier – here's what we know so far It's almost like AWS is building its own Stargate deep dive  Amazon Web Services (AWS) is in the process of building out a massive supercomputing cluster containing "hundreds of thousands" of accelerators that promises to give its model building buddies at Anthropic a leg up in the AI … #theregister #IT

Amazon Project Rainier: AI supercomputer for Anthropic

deep dive: It's almost like AWS is building its own Stargate

Mars was once a desert with intermittent oases, Curiosity data suggests New modeling of carbon cycle shows unsteady but habitable history before liquid water disappeared New models from recent Martian probe data suggest the fourth planet from the Sun once hosted a fluctuating desert environment with intermittent oases of water.… #theregister #IT

Mars was once a desert with intermittent oases

: New modeling of carbon cycle shows unsteady but habitable history before liquid water disappeared

We're number 1! Windows 11 finally overtakes Windows 10 Three months to go until support ends, and Microsoft's flagship operating system squeaks past its predecessor Windows 11 has finally overtaken the market share of its predecessor, with just three months remaining until Microsoft discontinues support for Windows 10.… #theregister #IT

Windows 11 finally overtakes Windows 10

: Three months to go until support ends, and Microsoft's flagship operating system squeaks past its predecessor

14-hour+ global blackout at Ingram Micro halts customer orders Fears mount while distie remains silent and phone lines down Widespread outages across Ingram Micro's websites and client service portals are being attributed to "technical difficulties." … #theregister #IT

Ingram Micro still silent 14 hours after global outage began

Exclusive: Fears mount while distie remains silent and phone lines down

Former and current Microsofties react to the latest round of layoffs 'JFC, again?' Microsoft's latest round of layoffs has triggered an outpouring of emotion from inside and outside the company, with at least one former staffer asking, "How many billions must be burned in the AI furnace before this stops?"… #theregister #IT

Former and current Microsofties react to the latest layoffs

: 'JFC, again?'