Two 'Scattered Spider' teens charged over attack on London’s transport network Decisive action comes nearly a year after the attack and first arrest took place Two teenagers are set to appear in court today after being charged with offences related to the cyberattack on Transport for London (TfL) in August 2024.… #theregister #IT

UK charges two teens over Transport for London cyberattack

: Decisive action comes nearly a year after the attack and first arrest took place

Cloudflare DDoSed itself with React useEffect hook blunder Dashboard loop caused API outage that was hard to troubleshoot Cloudflare has confessed to a coding error using a React useEffect hook, notorious for being problematic if not handled carefully, that caused an outage for the platform's dashboard and many of its APIs.… #theregister #IT

Cloudflare DDoSed itself with React useEffect hook blunder

: Dashboard loop caused API outage that was hard to troubleshoot

Airbus flight left circling while Corsican controller caught some Zs Wake-up call for dozed and confused chap who had to turn on runway lights In the high-stress and safety-critical world of air traffic control, "don't fall asleep" probably comes pretty far toward the top of the rule book, and yet that's apparently the reason for the landing delay of an Air Corsica Airbus A320 this week… #theregister #IT

French jet left circling while Corsican controller caught Zs

: Wake-up call for dozed and confused chap who had to turn on runway lights

Insight Partners confirms ransomware hit, more than 12,000 caught in data dragnet VC giant rebuilt boxes, patched holes, and says it’s beefed up security – but won’t say who did it Venture capital giant Insight Partners has confirmed that a January ransomware attack compromised the personal data of more than 12,000 people, including employees, former staff, and the firm's usually… #theregister #IT

Insight Partners: ransomware hit exposed data on 12k people

: VC giant rebuilt boxes, patched holes, and says it’s beefed up security – but won’t say who did it

Panda-monium: China-backed cyber crew spoof Congressman to dig for dirt on US trade talks Proofpoint spots efforts to spy on US economic policy nerds Chinese state-aligned online attackers are back at it, targeting US trade policy wonks as Washington and Beijing spar over economic ties.… #theregister #IT

China-backed attackers spoof Congressman for US trade data

: Proofpoint spots efforts to spy on US economic policy nerds

China's DeepSeek applying trial-and-error learning to its AI 'reasoning' Model can also explain its answers, researchers find Chinese AI company DeepSeek has shown it can improve the reasoning of its LLM DeepSeek-R1 through trial-and-error based reinforcement learning, and even be made to explain its reasoning on math and coding problems, even though explanations might sometim… #theregister #IT

DeepSeek bolsters AI

: Model can also explain its answers, researchers find

Microsoft weaves Oracle and BigQuery data mirroring into Fabric platform And knits a graph DB out of LinkedIn cast-offs Microsoft is extending its Fabric cloud-based data platform by including Oracle and Google's BigQuery data warehouse in its mirroring capability, and launching a new graph database based on an in-house LinkedIn project.… #theregister #IT

Microsoft weaves Oracle and BigQuery into Fabric

: And knits a graph DB out of LinkedIn cast-offs

How and why Linux has thrived after three decades in Kernelland 'Just a hobby, won't be big and professional like GNU...' Open Source Summit  At OSS EU, LWN editor and long-time kernel developer Jonathan Corbet shared a long-term perspective on how and why Linux has thrived for a third of a century.… #theregister #IT

How and why Linux has thrived after three decades

Open Source Summit: 'Just a hobby, won't be big and professional like GNU...'

Toys can tell us a lot about how tech will change our lives LEGO Mindstorms, PlayStation 2 and Furby all resonate today in their own way Column  Twenty-five years ago this month I published a book called The Playful World that explored a simple idea: that the seeds of the future can be found in the present by considering the dazzling toys we started giving our children at the turn of the mill… #theregister #IT

Toys can tell us a lot about the future of tech

Column: LEGO Mindstorms, PlayStation 2 and Furby all resonate today in their own way

Huawei lays out multi-year AI accelerator roadmap and claims it makes Earth’s mightiest clusters On the same day that fellow Chinese giant Tencent says its overseas cloud clientele doubled Chinese tech giant Huawei has kicked off its annual “Connect” conference by laying out a plan to deliver increasingly powerful AI processors that look to have enough power that Middle Kingdom users won’t ne… #theregister #IT

Huawei lays out multi-year AI accelerator roadmap

: On the same day that fellow Chinese giant Tencent says its overseas cloud clientele doubled