A year after Broadcom took control of VMware, is it winning?
1 day ago · Analysis Broadcom completed its acquisition of VMware one year ago, on November 22, 2023. Has it been a success? On the financial scoreboard, Broadcom says the deal looks like a winner. Revenue is on the rise already – a sign that customers are buying into its strategy of no longer selling standalone support services to holders of …
Datacenters could blow up your electric bill thanks to AI
23 hours ago · The report singles out Northern Virginia – the datacenter capital of the world – where utility Dominion Energy indicated that bit barns represented 24 percent of its revenue in 2023, up from 21 percent the previous year.. According to the JKF report authors, nine new facilities have already been connected to the grid in the state in 2024, with 15 more expected to come online by the end of ...
Trump administration likely to upend Biden AI policy
1 day ago · Analysis President Biden has taken some steps to create a concrete AI policy in the United States. However, while there's plenty to argue about in terms of how effective the administration's moves have been, experts The Register spoke to agree that there are likely to be more big changes once Donald Trump begins his second term.. For starters, expect Biden's 2023 executive order on AI to be ...
Here's what happens if you don't layer network security
1 day ago · One of the employees responded and eventually ran two malicious payloads – but the malware didn't make it past security controls. CISA's red team continued probing for devices or services exposed to the interview by using publicly available tools like Shodan and Censys.. Old, unpatched bug for the win … and initial access
Battery Electric Vehicles still being shunned by EU buyers
1 day ago · There was good news and bad news for electric vehicle (EV) makers in the European Automobile Manufacturers Association's (ACEA) latest figures: a modest rise in monthly registrations but a dip in year-on-year volumes. Overall, new car registrations were up in October across the EU, reversing the ...
BASIC co-creator Thomas Kurtz hits END at 96 • The Register
3 days ago · Obit Professor Thomas Eugene Kurtz, co-inventor of the BASIC programming language, has died aged 96.. Along with his colleague, John Kemeny, Kurtz's work revolutionized computing, operating systems, and programming language design. Kurtz was born in Illinois in 1928, and died last week in a hospice in New Hampshire, the home of Dartmouth College where he worked and taught.
SpaceX claims another Starship success, fumbles the catch
3 days ago · SpaceX has notched up another test flight of its Starship behemoth, but chose not to try catching the Super Heavy Booster this time. The rocket launched from SpaceX's Boca Chica facility in Texas at 2200 UTC on November 19 without incident. Following stage separation, the Super Heavy booster executed its typical flip maneuver and seemed to head back to the launch site for another catch by the ...
Software dev behind Jetflicks faces prison time • The Register
5 days ago · A programmer at the heart of a huge internet piracy website faces a lengthy prison sentence following five years of legal proceedings and a two-week trial. Cuban national Yoany Vaillant, a permanent US resident, played a key role in the Jetflicks operation, which at one time claimed to host 183,285 ...
Fujitsu does not trust Post Office use of Horizon data
Nov 12, 2024 · Fujitsu's Europe boss has told a public inquiry into the Post Office scandal — one of the widest miscarriages of justice in UK history — that the company does not trust the UK public body in its use of Horizon system data to support future police prosecutions.
Apple's iCloud hit with £3 billion overcharging claim
Nov 14, 2024 · UK consumer group Which? has filed a £3 billion action against Apple over alleged competition law breaches related to its iCloud service. The claim alleges that the iPhone maker locked customers into iCloud and charged them handsomely for the privilege. Which? claims that around 40 million Apple customers in the UK who have obtained iCloud services in the last nine years could be affected ...