Will Recall be under Windows Insiders' Christmas tree?
1 day ago · The situation has increased the pressure on Microsoft to deliver on its promises to make Recall a secure, opt-in experience, as well as allowing users to retain the ability to uninstall the service. Microsoft has only a few weeks left before Windows Insiders are due to receive the update, so a public release is unlikely until 2025.
Fujitsu does not trust Post Office use of Horizon data
1 day ago · Tue 12 Nov 2024 // 11:53 UTC. 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. Speaking at the inquiry this week, Paul Patterson ...
Pilotless flying taxis carry people first time in Thailand
1 day ago · Chinese firm poised for (short) commercial flights by 2025. China's urban air mobility biz, EHang, has announced its EH216-S pilotless electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft has completed debut passenger flights in Thailand. "The flights mark a milestone for expanding EHang's eVTOL flight footprint," the startup revealed on Friday.
The Reg takes AMD's Ryzen 9800X3D for a spin • The Register
6 days ago · Review AMD is officially launching its hotly anticipated next-gen X3D desktop processors based on the Zen 5 architecture today, which means The Register can let you know about the 8-core Ryzen 9800X3D we've personally taken for a spin.. The X3D series comes specially packaged with an additional slice of L3 cache on top of the pre-existing L3 cache. The vertically stacked L3 cache that gives ...
Scientists tune into the wild origins of fast radio bursts
5 days ago · Scientists have discovered more clues about the birth of fast radio bursts (FRBs) emitted from distant galaxies whose origins remain a mystery. FRBs are millisecond-duration events detected from within and beyond the Milky Way. Within our own galaxy, evidence suggests FRBs come from a rare type of neutron star called a magnetar.
Top 10 billionaires pocket nearly $64B post-Trump election
5 days ago · Larry Page $158 billion, up $5.53 billion. 8. Sergey Brin $149 billion, up $5.17 billion. 9. Warren Buffett $148 billion, up $7.58 billion. 10. Steve Ballmer $146 billion, up $2.81 billion. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (second on the list at $228 billion) quickly praised Trump after the election win was announced.
Labor watchdog says Grindr used RTO policy to hinder union
Nov 5, 2024 · According to the CWA, Grindr workers announced a union on July 20, 2023, and Grindr management answered by hiring a law firm with anti-union credentials.The result of that consultation was a return-to-office mandate, announced on August 4, 2023. "In response, Grindr management hired notorious union-busting Littler Mendelson and quickly established a retaliatory return-to-office (RTO) policy ...
UK regulator hints Voda-Three merger will get thumbs up
Dan Robinson. Tue 5 Nov 2024 // 11:25 UTC. Britain's competition regulator says it is minded to approve the merger of telcos Vodafone and Three UK, if the pair commit to network upgrades and short-term customer safeguards against higher bills. "We believe this deal has the potential to be pro-competitive for the UK mobile sector if our concerns ...
Identity: the new security perimeter • The Register
Jul 12, 2024 · Webinar Threat actors are always looking for that easy way in by testing weak spots, and user identities are one of their favourite targets.. Multi factor authentication (MFA), that stalwart defender of the login, is attacked mercilessly for example. And while additional security layers can ward off these attacks, what's the cost to the end user experience?
Keeping one step ahead of cyber security threats • The Register
Mar 1, 2024 · Webinar Dealing with cyber security incidents is an expensive business. Each data breach costs an estimated $4.35 million on average and it's not as if the volume of cyber attacks is falling - last year, they rose by 38 percent according to Google Cloud.