UK chancellor Putin the blame on Russia for cyber chaos, but evidence says otherwise Reeves points finger at Moscow in interview when authorities reckon it's local lads UK chancellor Rachel Reeves is blaming Moscow for Britain's latest cyber woes, an attribution that seems about as solid as wet cardboard given the trail of evidence pointing to attackers much closer to home.… #theregister #IT

UK chancellor blames cyberattacks on Russia despite evidence

: Reeves points finger at Moscow in interview when authorities reckon it's local lads

Node4's £45M Tisski takeover ends in tears – and £2.4M in damages Messy ruling details a perfect storm of NAO, MoD, and Aquila contract failures Managed service provider Node4 has won a £2.4 million (c $3.2 million) damages award against the founder of Microsoft Dynamics consultancy Tisski, after the High Court ruled the company was sold with problematic contracts that were collapsing … #theregister #IT

Node4 awarded £2.4M in damages after Tisski takeover

: Messy ruling details a perfect storm of NAO, MoD, and Aquila contract failures

HCL stretches support window for Domino v9/v10 despite repeated end-of-life deadlines The corpse of Lotus Notes keeps twitching Some software is more difficult to kill than a horror movie villain, it seems, as Domino and Notes versions 9.0.x and 10.0.x are now set to limp on until the end of this decade.… #theregister #IT

Old HCL Notes and Domino versions supported until 2030

: The corpse of Lotus Notes keeps twitching

How I learned to stop worrying and love the datacenter Stargates or black holes? Risks and rewards from the B(r)itbarn boom Comment  The UK has bitterly expensive power, an energy minister who sees electricity as bad, a lethargic planning system, and a grid with a backlog for connections running to 2039.… #theregister #IT

How I learned to stop worrying and love the datacenter

Comment: Stargates or black holes? Risks and rewards from the B(r)itbarn boom

EV charging biz zaps customers with data leak scare Names, emails unplugged in DCS support snafu – but 'billing is safe' An electric vehicle charging point provider is telling users that their data may be compromised, following a recent security "incident" at a service provider.… #theregister #IT

EV charging biz zaps customers with data leak scare

: Names, emails unplugged in DCS support snafu – but 'billing is safe'

China tells grumps, trolls, and AIs to stop emoting online Cracks down on malicious pessimism and expressions of ennui China’s Cyberspace Administration yesterday announced a two-month campaign to quash netizens who “maliciously incite negative emotions”.… #theregister #IT

China tells grumps, trolls, and AIs to behave online

: Cracks down on malicious pessimism and expressions of ennui

One of TikTok’s network boffins says it causes ‘massive data wastage’ China funded research could help video app's new American operators cut costs by 40 percent Before Larry Ellison, Michael Dell and Rupert Murdoch put pen to paper to take over TikTok’s US operations from ByteDance, they might want to consider that one of the Chinese company’s network boffins thinks the app and other… #theregister #IT

TikTok video pre-loads cause ‘massive data wastage’

: China-funded research suggests video app's new American operators might byte off 40 percent more traffic than they can chew

Stop runaway AI before it's too late, experts beg the UN Signatories include 10 Nobel Prize winners ai-pocalypse  Ten Nobel Prize winners are among the more than 200 people who've signed a letter calling on the United Nations to define and enforce “red lines” that prohibit some uses of AI.… #theregister #IT

AI experts urge UN to draw red lines around the tech

ai-pocalypse: Signatories include 10 Nobel Prize winners

AI gone rogue: Models may try to stop people from shutting them down, Google warns Misalignment risk? That's an area for future study Google DeepMind added a new AI threat scenario - one where a model might try to prevent its operators from modifying it or shutting it down - to its AI safety document. It also included a new misuse risk, which it calls "harmful manipulation."… #theregister #IT

DeepMind: Models may resist shutdowns

: Misalignment risk? That's an area for future study

Nvidia adds more air to the AI bubble with vague $100B OpenAI deal Promises, promises analysis  OpenAI and Nvidia have signed a letter of intent wherein OpenAI agrees to buy at least 10 gigawatts of Nvidia systems for its datacenters, while the AI arms dealer returns the favor with an investment of up to $100 billion in the house that Altman built.… #theregister #IT

Nvidia adds more air to the AI bubble with $100B OpenAI pact

analysis: Promises, promises