Microsoft enjoys first Patch Tuesday of 2025 with no active exploits Sure, 130 fixes were sent out, but bask in the security goodness For the first time this year, Microsoft has released a Patch Tuesday bundle with no exploited security problems, although one has been made public already, and there are ten critical flaws to fix.… #theregister #IT
Microsoft
: Sure, 130 fixes were sent out, but bask in the security goodness
IBM boasts new Power11 chips are stingy on power usage More efficient cores plus an optional energy saver mode in Big Blue's latest CPUs In case you'd forgotten, IBM is still blazing its own trail with regard to silicon. And in terms of speeds and feeds, Big Blue's latest crop of Power chips boasts up to 55 percent faster cores than its Power9 chips.… #theregister #IT
IBM boasts new Power11 chips are stingy on power usage
: More efficient cores plus an optional energy saver mode in Big Blue's latest CPUs
Jack Dorsey floats specs for decentralized messaging app that uses Bluetooth It connects using peer-to-peer networking instead of the internet Serial entrepreneur Jack Dorsey, who co-founded Twitter and currently acts as CEO of payments company Block, has released the source code for a peer-to-peer messaging app called bitchat that relies on Bluetooth for network connectivity.… #theregister #IT
Jack Dorsey floats bitchat, messaging app based on Bluetooth
: It connects using peer-to-peer networking instead of the internet
Army and Navy have both asked for right to repair, now Senators want to give it to them You want that military contract? Then no more proprietary repairability clauses! A bipartisan pair of Senators is so happy with the US Army's right to repair policy that they want to enshrine it in federal law as the standard across military branches. … #theregister #IT
Senators throw weight behind military right to repair
: You want that military contract? Then no more proprietary repairability clauses!
Massive browser hijacking campaign infects 2.3M Chrome, Edge users These extensions weren't malware-laced from the start, researcher says A Chrome and Edge extension with more than 100,000 downloads that displays Google's verified badge does what it purports to do: It delivers a color picker to users. Unfortunately, it also hijacks every browser session, tracks activities across websites… #theregister #IT
Browser hijacking campaign infects 2.3M Chrome, Edge users
updated: These extensions weren't malware-laced from the start, researcher says
Trump's budget bill opens wide swath of spectrum for sale Including frequencies that overlap with Wi-Fi 6E and private mobile networking A provision in the new US budget bill opens a wide swath of spectrum for sale, including some that overlaps with frequencies currently allotted for private mobile networks and Wi-Fi 6E. … #theregister #IT
Trump
updated: Including frequencies that overlap with Wi-Fi 6E and private mobile networking
Semiconductor industry could short out as copper runs dry Climate risks threaten to fry the supply chain for essential chipmaking metal Climate change could pose a threat to the technology industry as copper production is vulnerable to drought, while demand may grow to outstrip supply anyway.… #theregister #IT
Semiconductor industry could short out as copper runs dry
: Climate risks threaten to fry the supply chain for essential chipmaking metal
One Big Brutal Bill: Ex-NASA brass decry Trump's proposed budget cuts 'If this is the priority for our tax dollars, we are doomed' The US Congress has passed President Donald Trump's budget bill. In addition to the possibility of a Space Shuttle move, significant changes are on the way for NASA.… #theregister #IT
Former NASA leaders decry Trump
: 'If this is the priority for our tax dollars, we are doomed'
Post Office and Fujitsu execs 'should have known' Horizon IT system was flawed First volume of inquiry report focuses on the scandal's human impact Senior Post Office staff – and those working for suppliers Fujitsu and ICL – knew or should have known about the defects causing errors in the Horizon system that contributed to the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of branch workers, 13 of w… #theregister #IT
Post Office execs
: First volume of inquiry report focuses on the UK scandal's human impact
The cloud-native imperative for effective cyber resilience Modern threats demand modern defenses. Cloud-native is the new baseline Partner contentΒ  Every organization is investing in cyberresilience tools, training, and processes. Unfortunately, only some of them will be able to successfully respond and recover from an attack. Regardless of how hard they work, many IT and security tea… #theregister #IT
The cloud-native imperative for effective cyber resilience
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