Ordnance Survey digs deep to prevent costly cable strikes Digital map of subterranean infrastructure promised in 2021 set to launch by year end Ordnance Survey, the UK's official map maker, is seeking a tech supplier to help it obtain and manage data from utilities companies for a project that aims to avoid damage to subterranean infrastructure, which costs around £2.4 billion a year.… #theregister #IT

Ordnance Survey digs deep to prevent costly cable strikes

: Digital map of subterranean infrastructure promised in 2021 set to launch by year end

TUPE or not TUPE? How AI and cloud are rewriting the rules of supplier transitions Tips on who pays when staff don't transfer, when the regulations apply ... and when they don't Comment  Few IT leaders or staffers realize just how much automation, AI, and cloud delivery are disrupting the legal and human frameworks that underpin outsourcing - especially when it comes to the Transfer of Underta… #theregister #IT

TUPE or not? How AI and cloud are rewriting the rules

Comment: Tips on who pays when staff don't transfer, when the regulations apply ... and when they don't

AI scores a huge own goal if you play up and play the game A virtual environment makes a great de-hype advisor Opinion  In human imagination, AIs have been good for two things: trying to take over, and loving a good game. The earliest post-war AI thinkers took it almost for granted that once computers could beat humans at chess, true artificial intelligence would have arrived. Such thinking wa… #theregister #IT

AI scores a huge own goal if you play up and play the game

Opinion: A virtual environment makes a great de-hype advisor

Yes, I wrote a very expensive bug. In my defense I was only seven years old at the time Years later, deep into a great tech career, your fellow reader remains inspired by the forgiveness received after the error Who, Me?  Monday morning brings many readers a return to the world of adults, which The Register marks by bringing you a new edition of Who, Me? It's the reader-contributed column in which you share… #theregister #IT

Yes, I wrote a very bad bug. In my defense I was just seven

Who, Me?: Years later, deep into a great tech career, your fellow reader remains inspired by the forgiveness received after the error

Airbus okays use of ‘Taxibot’ to tow planes to the runway Airlines get the chance to cool their jets rather than burn fuel on the ground Airbus last week revealed it has certified a “Taxibot” to transport its single-aisle planes from stand to runway.… #theregister #IT

Airbus okays use of ‘Taxibot’ to tow planes to the runway

: Airlines get the chance to cool their jets rather than burn fuel on the ground

VMware’s rivals ramp up their efforts to create alternative stacks Red Hat and Open Nebula deliver big updates, as Edera tools for Xen with Rust As VMware pushes its vision for private clouds built around its core virtualization technology, rival vendors are ramping their efforts to create an alternative stack.… #theregister #IT

VMware’s rivals ramp efforts to create alternative stacks

: Red Hat and Open Nebula deliver big updates, as Edera tools for Xen with Rust

Atlassian migrated 4 million Postgres databases to shrink AWS bill PLUS: Lexmark’s Chinese owners sell to Xerox; India, Australia, target underwater drones; JPMorgan drops custom TLDs; and more! Asia In Brief  Australian collaborationware company Atlassian has migrated the four million Postgres databases that back its customers’ Jira implementations to Amazon Web Services’ Aurora.… #theregister #IT

Atlassian moved 4 million Postgres databases to AWS Aurora

Asia In Brief: PLUS: Lexmark’s Chinese owners sell to Xerox; India, Australia, target underwater drones; JPMorgan drops custom TLDs; and more!

Stalkerware firm gets scooped by SQL-slinging security snoop Also, Swiss ransomware posture looks like its cheese, the CVE Program wants YOU, more sus checks and more Infosec In Brief  A security researcher looking at samples of stalkerware discovered an SQL vulnerability that allowed him to steal a database of 62,000 user accounts. … #theregister #IT

Stalkerware seller exposed by sloppy SQL security

Infosec In Brief: Also, Swiss ransomware posture looks like its cheese, the CVE Program wants YOU, more sus checks and more

Ingram Micro confirms ransomware behind multi-day outage SafePay crew claims responsibility for intrusion at one of world's largest tech distributors Ingram Micro, one of the world’s largest distributors, has confirmed it is trying to restore systems following a ransomware attack.… #theregister #IT

Ingram Micro confirms ransomware behind multi-day outage

Updated: SafePay crew claims responsibility for intrusion at one of world's largest tech distributors

UK puts out tender for space robot to de-orbit satellites Got to be a 'clean space superpower' – right, Brits? Britain's space agency is looking for a supplier to build a robotic spacecraft to capture and de-orbit two defunct UK-licensed satellites from low Earth orbit.… #theregister #IT

UK puts out tender for space robot to de-orbit satellites

Updated: Got to be a 'clean space superpower' – right, Brits?