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Nvidia challenger Cerebras says it's leaped Mid-East funding hurdle on way to IPO

Wafer-scale AI chip startup apparently smoothed over American concerns around UAE's G42 planned stake AI chip startup Cerebras Systems says it has cleared a key hurdle ahead of its planned initial public offering (IPO), claiming it resolved concerns about its sources of funding with the US Committee on Foreign …
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The Register · Nvidia challenger Cerebras says it's leaped Mid-East funding hurdle on way to IPOBy Tobias Mann

Check Point confirms breach, but says it was 'old' data and crook made 'false' claims

Explanation leaves a 'lot of questions unanswered,' says infosec researcher A digital burglar is claiming to have nabbed a trove of "highly sensitive" data from Check Point - something the American-Israeli security biz claims is a huge exaggeration.…
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The Register · Check Point confirms breach, but says it was 'old' data and crook made 'false' claimsBy Connor Jones

AI datacenters want to go nuclear. Too bad they needed it yesterday

Silicon Valley's latest energy fixation won't stop the coming power panic Analysis  Atomic energy is becoming the preferred solution to address the projected bump in megawatts needed to charge AI in the future, but it simply won't come soon enough in many cases.…
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The Register · AI datacenters want to go nuclear. Too bad they needed it yesterdayBy Dan Robinson

LLM providers on the cusp of an 'extinction' phase as capex realities bite

Only the strong will survive, but analyst says cull will not be as rapid as during dotcom era Gartner says the market for large language model (LLM) providers is on the cusp of an extinction phase as it grapples with the capital-intensive costs of building products in a competitive market.…
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The Register · LLM providers on the cusp of an 'extinction' phase as capex realities biteBy Lindsay Clark

Windows 11 adds auto-recovery, kills offline setup loophole

Microsoft giveth with one hand but taketh away with the other Windows Insiders will soon get their hands on Microsoft's attempt to ward off another CrowdStrike incident, and the company is also closing a loophole for users who don't want a Microsoft account.…
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The Register · Windows 11 adds auto-recovery, kills offline setup loopholeBy Richard Speed

Nvidia's latest AI PC boxes sound great – if you're a data scientist with $3,000 to spare

But will they really upend the enterprise PC market? How about software? Networking, anyone? Analysis  Disrupt? It's an awful hackneyed term that some analysts, consultants and technologists like to use.…
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The Register · Nvidia's latest AI PC boxes sound great – if you're a data scientist with $3,000 to spareBy Dan Robinson

Privacy died last century, the only way to go is off-grid

From smartphones to surveillance cameras to security snafus, there's no escape Opinion  I was going to write a story about how Amazon is no longer even pretending to respect your privacy. But, really, why bother?…
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The Register · Privacy died last century, the only way to go is off-gridBy Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

Musk's xAI swallows Musk's X in ego-friendly, all-stock deal

Social media platform magically worth a billion more than what he bought it for Comment  Billionaire Elon Musk's xAI is to acquire billionaire Elon Musk's X in a deal that values the former at $80 billion and the latter at $33 billion.…
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The Register · Musk's xAI swallows Musk's X in ego-friendly, all-stock dealBy Richard Speed

European Gaia mapping satellite is retired but proves very tough to kill

I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that The last commands have been sent to the ESA's Gaia satellite and, after a dozen years scanning the galaxy, the spacecraft is shutting down its computers and boosting out into a retirement orbit around the Sun.…
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The Register · European Gaia mapping satellite is retired but proves very tough to killBy Iain Thomson

Ransomware crews add 'EDR killers' to their arsenal – and some aren't even malware

Crims are disabling security tools early in attacks, Talos says interview  Antivirus and endpoint security tools are falling short as ransomware crews increasingly deploy "EDR killers" to disable defenses early in the attack – a tactic Cisco Talos observed in most of the 2024 cases it handled.…
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The Register · Ransomware crews add 'EDR killers' to their arsenal – and some aren't even malwareBy Jessica Lyons

UK finance watchdog spends millions 'enhancing' Workday software rolled out 4 years ago

FCA still splashing on customizing, integrating HR and finance system way after 2021 go-live The UK's financial regulator is signing a deal worth up to £12.3 million ($15.9 million) with tech services biz Cognizant to make "enhancements" to a Workday HR and finance system it implemented severa…
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The Register · UK finance watchdog spends millions 'enhancing' Workday software rolled out 4 years agoBy Lindsay Clark

When even Microsoft can’t understand its own Outlook, big tech is stuck in a swamp of its own making

Make things that work for the billions, not the billionaires Opinion  Since it is currently fashionable to make laws by whim and decree, here are three that should apply immediately across techdom. The following are banned: DoNotReply messages, updates that reset your configuration choices t…
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The Register · When even Microsoft can’t understand its own Outlook, big tech is stuck in a swamp of its own makingBy Rupert Goodwins

Tech trainer taught a course on software he'd never used and didn't own

'I'm glad you asked that question. We'll get to that tomorrow' (After I research the answer) Who, Me?  Wait, what? It's Monday again? That means it's time for another instalment of Who, Me? What's that, you ask? It's The Register's Monday column in which we tell your tales of technological messes and celebrate your escapes.…
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The Register · Tech trainer taught a course on software he'd never used and didn't ownBy Simon Sharwood

Cashless society could be why fewer kids are eating coins and sticking things up their noses

NHS boffins think there's a connection, but ‘snot all good news: Swallowing batteries is even more dangerous Researchers from the UK’s National Health Service believe increasing adoption of cashless payments may be having an unexpected payoff: Fewer kids are swallowing coins and seeking medic…
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The Register · Cashless society could be why fewer kids are eating coins and sticking things up their nosesBy Simon Sharwood