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Hey Bing, how can I invest billions in a company but not break antitrust laws?…

Lack of awareness still blamed for patching apathy despite it being among most infamous bugs of all time…

Mission to the Moon likely to slip to 2024 following dress rehearsal issues United Launch Alliance's heavy-lift launch vehicle Vulcan Centaur is facing yet another delay after the company was unable to complete a Wet Dress Rehearsal on December 8.…

Chip giant claims demo tech could 'significantly' improve device density…

Ofcom opens consultation on resilience requirements... power backup for mobile networks, anyone?…

Also: 'well-known Bay Area tech' firm's laptops stolen and check out some critical vulns…

Almost £100M in handouts available for LEO connectivity projects…

Keeping the lights on with an enterprise product while staying true to your roots…

Better than a Pi? It’s an open and shut case…

Vast battery life, zippy performance, and rich speakers make an impressive package…

Nice ridiculously redundant drive you've got there – what a pity if something …happened to it…

Big Tech plays the 'this might hurt innovation' card for rules that bar predictive policing, workplace emotion assessments…

And the joy of slaughtering demons as John Romero himself delivers a frag-tastic new level…

First to wear it will be an M.2 connector that draws power from PCIe The Raspberry Pi project has released the first revision to its Hardware Attached on Top (HAT) spec, along with an update to the RPi 5's PCIE handling tools.…

PLUS: The AI companies that will use AMD's latest GPUs, and more AI In brief Google wowed the internet with a demo video showing the multimodal capabilities of its latest large language model Gemini – but some of the the demo was faked.…

PLUS: Japan Moon landing scheduled; Mastercard's APAC pay-by-face trial; Scammers feast on restaurant QR code Microsoft last week announced price hikes for its software and services, with the biggest rises to be felt across Asia.…

Silicon carbide production for EVs among key targets Silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors are getting a lot of attention of late and Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry doesn't want to be left out.…

Proposals now due in 2024 for a launch 5 years later NASA has tweaked the contract and shuffled the dates for its procurement notice covering a vehicle to deorbit the International Space Station (ISS.)…

Microsoft spots surge in pro-Russia exploits of video platform to spread propaganda An unknown pro-Russia influence group spent time recruiting unwitting Hollywood actors to assist in smear campaigns against Ukraine and its president Volodymyr Zelensky.…

Register journos brew up on the future of hybrid in our latest Kettle…

'This is a brainstorming concept a team is at the early stages of exploring' Google is reportedly toying with the idea of using its latest Gemini AI models to analyze images from Google Photos and text from Search to put together a life story for users.…

End-of-year deadline looms on US surveillance…

Same old argument about free speech – let's see if it sticks this time…

Latest Insider Build brings new features for Windows 365 Boot Microsoft has begun rolling out fresh Windows 365 Boot features, starting with its Windows Insider program.…

CTO Mark Papermaster lays out the plan for the next two years Interview Semiconductors have been getting progressively hotter over the past few years as Moore's Law has slowed and more power is required to push higher performance gen over gen.…

HashiCorp software faces challenge after licensing change…

Experimerntal milestone needs work before it can be considered a candidate for power generation…

It's tricky to pull off, but new rules may make reuse more common Datacenters generate lots of heat and myraid providers are trying to put this resource to use, but there are geographic and various practical limitations on re-purposing it.…

Interpol increasingly concerned as abject abuse of victims scales far beyond Asia origins Human trafficking for the purposes of populating cyber scam call centers is expanding beyond southeast Asia, where the crime was previously isolated.…

It looks like everything is coming up HP. Do you want some help with that?…