Microsoft thinks cloud PCs might be overkill, starts streaming just apps under Windows 365 As old-school virtual desktop player Omnissa distances itself further from VMware Microsoft thinks cloudy PCs might be overkill for some users, so has started streaming individual apps instead as part of its Windows 365 service.… #theregister #IT
Microsoft starts streaming cloudy apps instead of desktops
: As old-school virtual desktop player Omnissa distances itself further from VMware
Vibe coding platform Replit's latest update is infuriating customers with surprise cost overruns It's worst when going over older code, one user tells us AI coding service Replit is in trouble again as users are protesting steep cost increases and some glitches when employing the newest version of its service.… #theregister #IT
Replit infuriating customers with surprise cost overruns
: It's worst when going over older code, one user tells us
Nvidia GeForced out of China as Beijing demands tech titans embrace homegrown silicon Huawei or another, we're gonna getcha off Nvidia Nvidia has reportedly been cut off from the Chinese market after regulators in Beijing ordered the nation's top tech companies to suspend testing and cancel orders of the GPU giant's accelerators.… #theregister #IT
Beijing demands Chinese tech terminate Nvidia orders
: Huawei or another, we're gonna getcha off Nvidia
Russian fake-news network, led by an ex-Florida sheriff's deputy, storms back into action with 200+ new sites As the Trump administration guts efforts to counter election disinfo The Russian troll farm that in the lead-up to the 2024 US presidential election posted a bizarro video claiming Democratic candidate Kamala Harris was a rhino poacher, is back with hundreds of new fake news websit… #theregister #IT
Russian fake-news network back in action with 200+ new sites
: As the Trump administration guts efforts to counter election disinfo
US tech giants pledge $42 billion in UK investment as Trump tours Blighty Datacenters galore, plus some vague cooperation on AI, nuclear, quantum, and more America and the UK have announced a $42 billion (Β£31 billion) trade pact, funded by Microsoft, Google, and others, that predicts bit barns will spring up over Britain's green and pleasant Land. But there's a lot more than money involved.… #theregister #IT
US tech giants pledge $42B in UK investment as Trump visits
: Datacenters galore, plus some vague cooperation on AI, nuclear, quantum, and more
Scale AI says 'tanks a lot' to Pentagon for data-classifying deal First up: $41M to use human annotators to label all that unstructured military data. What could go wrong? Data curation firm Scale AI has partnered with the Pentagon to deploy its AI on Top Secret networks - a move its interim CEO says is necessary if the US wants AI to be useful for national security.… #theregister #IT
DoD taps Scale AI for Top Secret nets in $100M-cap deal.
: First up: $41M to use human annotators to label all that unstructured military data. What could go wrong?
AMD tries to catch CUDA with performance-boosting ROCm 7 software House of Zen promises 3.5x improvement in inference and 3x uplift in training perf over last-gen software AMD closed the performance gap with Nvidia's Blackwell accelerators with the launch of the MI355X this spring. Now the company just needs to overcome Nvidia's CUDA software advantage and make that perf more accessib… #theregister #IT
AMD GPU
: House of Zen promises 3.5x improvement in inference and 3x uplift in training perf over last-gen software
Scattered Spider gang feigns retirement, breaks into bank instead You didn't really trust the crims to keep their word, did you? Spiders don't change their stripes. Despite gang members' recent retirement claims, Scattered Spider hasn't exited the cybercrime business and instead has shifted focus to the financial sector, with a recent digital intrusion at a US bank.… #theregister #IT
Scattered Spider gang feigns retirement, breaks into bank
: You didn't really trust the crims to keep their word, did you?
Social Security admin denies DB data leak, DOGEs questions about a copy Carefully crafted response makes no mention of whether DOGE employees duplicated critical database The Social Security Administration (SSA) has disputed a whistleblower's allegations that claimed DOGE made an unauthorized, unsecured copy of a critical database - but it's what the denial doesn't say that spea… #theregister #IT
SSA rejects major DOGE whistleblower claims, silent on copy
: Carefully crafted response makes no mention of whether DOGE employees duplicated critical database
Super-sized space freighter delayed on way to ISS, leaving snacks in jeopardy Crew will have to wait a little longer for science supplies, spares, and 'fun food' NASA has delayed a supply delivery to the International Space Station (ISS) after the engines of Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft did not perform as expected during an orbit-raising burn.… #theregister #IT
Northrop Grumman space freighter pauses ISS resupply mission
: Crew will have to wait a little longer for science supplies, spares, and 'fun food'