Use an 8-char Windows NTLM password? Don't. Every single one can be cracked in under 2.5hrs • The Register
CorrectHorseBatteryStaple once again more secure and memorable than ff3sd21n| www.theregister.com
NASA uses Mars Helicopter's SoC for rover navigation upgrade • The Register
: Upgrade allows robot to travel ‘potentially unlimited distances’ without phoning home for help| www.theregister.com
Canadian data order risks blowing a hole in EU sovereignty • The Register
Updated: OVH stuck between a rock and a hard place as investigators demand access| www.theregister.com
EU’s leaked GDPR, AI reforms slated by privacy activists • The Register
: Lobbying efforts gain ground as proposals carve myriad holes into regulations| www.theregister.com
Microsoft's data sovereignty: Now with extra sovereignty! • The Register
: Under shadow of US CLOUD Act, Redmond releases raft of services to calm customers in the EU| www.theregister.com
Schleswig-Holstein waves auf Wiedersehen to Microsoft stack • The Register
: Germany's northernmost state bins Outlook – and tens of thousands of Redmond licenses| www.theregister.com
When hyperscalers can’t safeguard one nation’s data • The Register
Opinion: If it’s not on-prem, it’s on the menu| www.theregister.com
Microsoft exec admits it 'cannot guarantee' data sovereignty • The Register
Updated: Under oath in French Senate, exec says it would be compelled – however unlikely – to pass local customer info to US admin| www.theregister.com
The European Union Linux desktop • The Register
Opinion: True digital sovereignty begins at the desktop| www.theregister.com
Security pro counts the cost of Microsoft dependency • The Register
Comment: Czech researcher lays out a business case for reducing reliance on Redmond| www.theregister.com
Google extends sovereign cloud options over US anxieties • The Register
: From air-gapped bunkers to partner-run platforms, sovereignty is suddenly in vogue| www.theregister.com
Europe's cloud customers eyeing exit from US hyperscalers • The Register
: 'It's amazing how fast the change has been'| www.theregister.com
Euro techies call for sovereign fund to escape US dependency • The Register
: Nearly 100 orgs plead for homegrown lifeline amid geopolitical tensions| www.theregister.com
Europe begins to worry about US-controlled clouds • The Register
Interview: Technologist Bert Hubert tells The Reg Microsoft Outlook is a huge source of geopolitical risk| www.theregister.com
US emergency alert systems down after cyberattack • The Register
: Regions across US affected, and one tore up its contract for the product| www.theregister.com
Get ready for 2026, the year of AI-aided ransomware • The Register
: State-backed crews are already poking at autonomous tools, Trend Micro warns| www.theregister.com
SitusAMC confirms breach of client data after cyberattack • The Register
: SitusAMC rules out ransomware, but accounting records for major institutions potentially affected| www.theregister.com
NCSC demands action amid 50% surge in major UK cyberattacks • The Register
: Warn businesses to act now as high-severity incidents keep climbing| www.theregister.com
Microsoft mum about M365 Copilot on-demand security bypass • The Register
UPDATED: Redmond doesn't bother informing customers about some security fixes| www.theregister.com
How NOT to f-up your security incident response • The Register
Feature: Experts say that the way you handle things after the criminals break in can make things better or much, much worse| www.theregister.com
UK council says freak IT outage didn’t lead to data loss • The Register
: Services still down and out, but techies working for local government saved the day| www.theregister.com
UK councils bat away DDoS barrage from Putin fanboys • The Register
: Local authority websites downed in response to renewed support for Ukraine| www.theregister.com
M&S warns of £300M dent in profits from cyberattack • The Register
: Downtime stings retailer, with technical recovery costs coming at a later date| www.theregister.com
FBI, Microsoft, intl cops bust Lumma infostealer service • The Register
: Credit card theft losses in 2023 alone totaled $36.5M| www.theregister.com
Ivanti RCE attacks 'ongoing,' exploitation hits clouds • The Register
: Nothing like insecure code in security suites| www.theregister.com
Ransomware strikes UK food distributor in latest retail blow • The Register
: Peter Green Chilled supplies all the major UK chains| www.theregister.com
Ransomware attack forces Brit high school to shut doors • The Register
Students have work to complete at home in the meantime| www.theregister.com
Medusa ransomware group claims attack on Gateshead Council • The Register
Pastes allegedly stolen documents on leak site with £600K demand| www.theregister.com
UK floats ransomware payout ban for public sector • The Register
Stronger proposals may also see private sector applying for a payment 'license'| www.theregister.com
INC Ransom claims NHS Alder Hey children's hospital attack • The Register
Second alleged intrusion on English NHS org systems this week| www.theregister.com
Qilin has ‘no regrets’ over the healthcare crisis it caused • The Register
Cybercriminals claim they used a zero-day to breach pathology provider’s systems| www.theregister.com
Leicester loses data, now streetlight control in cyberattack • The Register
City council says it lost control after shutting down systems| www.theregister.com
Telegram CEO claims rival Signal has ties to US government • The Register
Drama between two of the leading secure messaging services| www.theregister.com
VPN logs helped unmask alleged 'net stalker, say feds • The Register
PureVPN assisted investigation of suspect| www.theregister.com
Microsoft throws spox under the bus in ICC email flap • The Register
Exclusive: Apologizes for 'inaccuracy'| www.theregister.com
The 30-year-old prank that became the first computer virus • The Register
Elk Cloner creator Rich Skrenta looks back| www.theregister.com
Google Cloud suspended customer's account three times • The Register
: Experience leads company boss to decide 'I cannot rely on having a Google account for production use cases'| www.theregister.com
International Criminal Court dumps Microsoft Office • The Register
: Rough justice? Redmond out as Germany's openDesk judged a better fit| www.theregister.com
YouTube's AI moderator pulls Windows 11 workaround videos • The Register
: Creators baffled as videos on local accounts, unsupported PCs vanish under ‘harmful acts’ rule| www.theregister.com
Measuring Copilot usage reveals Microsoft's desperation • The Register
Opinion: Citizen! You are falling short in your AI usage targets! Strive harder for the revolution!| www.theregister.com
Windows 11 is breaking from its bedrock and moving away • The Register
Opinion: The once mighty Wintel supercontinent is cracking in more ways than you might think| www.theregister.com
Bad trip coming for AI hype as humanity tools up to hit back • The Register
Opinion: I was into Adversarial Noise before they were famous| www.theregister.com
AWS storm over, but the climate's only getting worse • The Register
Opinion: When it rains, it pours – and nobody packed an umbrella| www.theregister.com
AI: The ultimate slacker's dream come true • The Register
Opinion: Microsoft's Copilot is helping workers perfect the ancient art of doing sweet f all| www.theregister.com
God Mode denied: Pope says nope to AI pope • The Register
: Leo XIV voices concerns about AI taking jobs – and not just his own| www.theregister.com
Please sir, may we have some Moore? No • The Register
Opinion: We're on a roadmap to nowhere. Come on inside| www.theregister.com
Pat Gelsinger's new job shows he's on a mission from Gloo • The Register
Updated: Chip guru preaches virtues of 'values-aligned' pray-I, sorry, AI. He's also taken a VC gig| www.theregister.com
How Mr Intel leaving Intel has left Intel in the lurch • The Register
Pat Gelsinger has unexpectedly quit. Gore dump follows| www.theregister.com
The hour grows late, the enemy are at the gates... but could Intel's exiled heir apparent ride to the rescue? • The Register
Column: Pat Gelsinger returning to Chipzilla as CEO is another extraordinary stroke of luck for the company| www.theregister.com
Trust the AI, says new coding manifesto by Kim and Yegge • The Register
: DevOps guru and ex-Googler say vibes beat reading diffs but there are risks| www.theregister.com
Linus Torvalds has had enough of pointless Link: tags • The Register
: 'Stop this garbage already!'| www.theregister.com
Torvalds blasts kernel dev for late 'garbage' RISC-V patches • The Register
: Well, at least he didn't drop the F-bomb| www.theregister.com
Gadget geeks aghast at guru's geriatric GPU • The Register
: Paramount Penguin Linus Torvalds still uses a 2017 graphics card| www.theregister.com
HP to discontinue low budget online-only e-series LaserJets • The Register
Printers were locked into HP+ cloud service, which is also getting the chop| www.theregister.com
BMW ends heated car seat subscription • The Register
Any other monthly plans want to cancel themselves?| www.theregister.com
Nvidia, OpenAI, and the trillion-dollar loop • The Register
Feature: How to build a trillion-dollar industry: Step 1, invest in your customers. Step 2, sell them stuff| www.theregister.com
Log4j vulnerability: Infosec industry goes to red alert • The Register
This might be the bug that deserves the website, logo and book deal| www.theregister.com
AI chatbot might save insurance agents 3 minutes a day • The Register
: Does that kind of time saving actually pay for itself?| www.theregister.com
$3T AI infrastructure boom rolls on amid profit doubts • The Register
: Investment in datacenters to peak by 2029, place your bets please| www.theregister.com
Virginia's datacenter tax breaks cost state $1.6B in 2025 • The Register
: Trillion-dollar internet giants don't need freebies, watchdog warns, as giveaways double in a year| www.theregister.com
AI datacenter boom could end badly, Goldman Sachs warns • The Register
: Bank sketches four scenarios in which monetization falters or demand swamps supply by 2030| www.theregister.com
Generative AI does nothing for 95 percent of companies • The Register
: MIT NANDA study finds only 5 percent of organizations using AI tools in production at scale| www.theregister.com
DOGE bites taxman • The Register
: IRS lost 40% of IT staff, 80% of tech leaders in 'efficiency' shakeup| www.theregister.com
China launches test satellites for orbiting broadband • The Register
GalaxySpace plans 144 birds for small-footprint high-surveillance service| www.theregister.com
Iran's internet chokepoint caught fire, caused outages • The Register
Digital karma at its finest| www.theregister.com
Internet backbone Cogent cuts off Russian clients • The Register
Biz cites 'unwarranted and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine' ... also crippling sanctions| www.theregister.com
PARC veteran and co-inventor of Ethernet David Boggs dies • The Register
You couldn't read this article online without using his network tech| www.theregister.com
LANtenna attack reveals Ethernet cable traffic contents • The Register
What's a long length of electrical wire? A transmitter, of course| www.theregister.com
Japanese scientists have built optical fibers from plastics • The Register
Polymers can transmit at 53Gbps without error correction overheads, and could be just the thing for electric cars| www.theregister.com
UK to force social media to remove abusive pics in 48 hours • The Register
: 'Why not 12?' says lawyer| www.theregister.com
Google unveils masterplan for letting AI shop on your behalf • The Register
: Mastercard, American Express, Coinbase, and PayPal sign up at launch| www.theregister.com
Semantic ablation: Why AI writing is boring and dangerous • The Register
opinion: The subtractive bias we're ignoring| www.theregister.com
UK finally bans ‘12345’ passwords on connected devices • The Register
New laws mean vendors need to make clear how long you'll get updates too| www.theregister.com
Anthropic tries to hide Claude's AI actions. Devs hate it • The Register
: The software doesn't show what files it's working on| www.theregister.com
OK, this time it's for real: The last available IPv4 address block has gone • The Register
Now for the last time, will you all please shift to IPv6?!| www.theregister.com
Meta iOS apps accused of injecting code websites • The Register
Company insists it's doing so 'to honor people’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT) choices'| www.theregister.com
China’s Baidu reveals its own generative AI chatbot • The Register
Probably bilingual bot will be called ERNIE outside China, Wenxin Yiyan within| www.theregister.com
Apple patches decade-old iOS zero-day exploited in the wild • The Register
: Flaw abused 'in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals'| www.theregister.com
CoreWeave CFO: $25BNraised in debt and equity in 18 months • The Register
: Reliant on two mega customers? Who says GPU-for-rent kingpin is a not a sustainable biz model?| www.theregister.com
Edinburgh councillors pull the plug on 'green' AI datacenter • The Register
: Planners backed it, campaigners blasted it, and officials sided with emissions fears| www.theregister.com
Diplomats are supposed to be subtle and clever. Australia’s just leaked 1,000 citizens’ email addresses • The Register
And not just any citizens, but folks stranded overseas and in dire need of assistance| www.theregister.com
ICE takes aim at data held by advertising and tech firms • The Register
: Agency looks to understand the extent of identifying information available to its masked agents| www.theregister.com
Counting the waves of tech industry BS from blockchain to AI • The Register
Opinion: After decades in the trenches, this engineer is done with hype cycles| www.theregister.com
Conversational AI only tells us what we want to hear • The Register
As Google and Microsoft make us all AI consumers, remember that to err is human, but to really mess things up at scale takes a computer| www.theregister.com
'Draconian' Microsoft promises to make Office work again • The Register
Busting through SP3| www.theregister.com
This is why your DNS queries now have random capitalization • The Register
It’s not Google's plan. There’s no way it’s Google's plan. It was Google's plan| www.theregister.com
Google to merge Android and ChromeOS in 2026, because AI • The Register
Video: You'll see the results next year, but it's not the end of Googly lappies| www.theregister.com
'I am done with open source': Developer of Rust Actix web framework quits, appoints new maintainer • The Register
: Project author Nikolay Kim also given some community support after 'unsafe shitstorm'| www.theregister.com
Self-driving cars, drones hijacked by custom road signs • The Register
: AI vision systems can be very literal readers| www.theregister.com
Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native • The Register
Opinion: Just because you're paranoid about digital sovereignty doesn't mean they're not after you| www.theregister.com
AWS cooks up Euro cloud outfit to soothe sovereignty nerves • The Register
: Locally run, Euro-controlled, ‘legally independent,' and ready by the end of 2025| www.theregister.com
Perplexity's Comet browser faced prompt injection vuln • The Register
updated: Rival Brave flags prompt injection vulnerability, now patched| www.theregister.com
CEO spills the Tea about massive token farming campaigns • The Register
interview: Plus: automated SBOMs, $250,000 bounties ahead| www.theregister.com
Google to foist Gemini pane on Chrome users • The Register
: The world’s most popular browser has gained a dedicated sidebar for AI browsing| www.theregister.com
Cursor is better at marketing than coding • The Register
Opinion: Autonomous agents may generate millions of lines of code, but shipping software is another matter| www.theregister.com
JavaScript developer screws over own popular npm packages • The Register
Faker.js and colors.js sabotaged by maker| www.theregister.com
Open source's new mission: Rebuild a continent's tech stack • The Register
Opinion: Freedom can be very contagious if it grows on its own terms. Europe of all places should know that| www.theregister.com
Just the Browser claims to tame the bloat without forking • The Register
: Strips the slop and snoopery from Chrome, Edge, and Firefox| www.theregister.com
Imagine there's no AI. It's easy if you try • The Register
: Four completely non-AI-related trends that will shape the future| www.theregister.com