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A US-based fraud prevention company is in hot water over allegations it not only collected data from millions of EU citizens and processed it using automated tools without their knowledge, but that it did so in the United States, all in violation of the... reg.cx/48XL?utm_sourc…

COMMENT Red Hat has decided to stop making the source code of RHEL available to the public. From now on it will only be available to customers — who can't legally share it. A superficially modest blog post from a senior Hatter announces that going forw... reg.cx/48XJ?utm_sourc…

The Dutch government is expected to finally publish long-awaited rules covering extended export restrictions on technology to China next week, with ASML as a maker of advanced chipmaking gear likely to be one of those affected. The Netherlands formally... reg.cx/48XG?utm_sourc…

A UK health minister has for the first time admitted that information from family doctors is set to be uploaded to the controversial Federated Data Platform (FDP), a set of technologies under a £480 million procurement for which US spy-tech company Pala... reg.cx/48XE?utm_sourc…

British law practices of "all sizes and types" have been warned by GCHQ's cyberspy arm that their "widespread adoption of hybrid working" combined with the large sums of money they handle is making them a target. They also warned that the connections t... reg.cx/48XA?utm_sourc…

Employers seeking tech talent are still more likely to interview men for their open roles, according to tech and sales recruiting firm Hired's analysis of how its customers use its platform. Hired, whose gimmick is that companies effectively apply to i... reg.cx/48Xy?utm_sourc…

EPISODE 12 "We're just wondering … how we might protect ourselves from AI?" the Boss asks. "Protect ourselves?" I ask back. "Weren't you the one encouraging us to buy vanloads of the stuff to make our staff's lives better?" "The Board did, yes, but w... reg.cx/48Xw?utm_sourc…

OPINION Free software and open source licenses evolved to deal with code in the 1970s and '80s. Today it must again transform to deal with AI models. AI was born from open source software. But the free software and open source licenses, based on copyri... reg.cx/48Xr?utm_sourc…

ON CALL Welcome once again to On Call, The Register's weekly column in which we recount readers' reactions to the drudgery of digital duties. This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "John Smith" who once worked for a very large bank. No doubt you've... reg.cx/48Xp?utm_sourc…

If research from a group of MIT and Argonne boffins is confirmed, then we're one step closer to improved – and possibly entirely novel – superconducting materials. The scientists worked with iron selenide (FeSe) – a material that reaches a superconduct... reg.cx/48Xm?utm_sourc…

Malware intended to spread on USB drives is unintentionally infecting networked storage devices, according to infosec vendor Checkpoint. The software nasty comes from a group called Camaro Dragon that Checkpoint's researchers on Thursday suggested cond... reg.cx/48Xj?utm_sourc…

China has a playbook to use IP theft to seize leadership in cloud computing, and other nations should band together to stop that happening, according to Nathaniel C. Fick, the US ambassador-at-large for cyberspace and digital policy. Speaking at an eve... reg.cx/48Xg?utm_sourc…

Chipmaker Micron Technology has announced it will build an assembly and test facility in India, and fellow chip shop Applied Materials will build an engineering center in the nation – announcements that considerably bolster the subcontinent's ambition t... reg.cx/48Xe?utm_sourc…

Attorneys who filed court documents citing cases completely invented by OpenAI's ChatGPT have been formally slapped down by a New York judge. Judge Kevin Castel on Thursday issued an opinion and order on sanctions [PDF] that found Peter LoDuca, Steven ... reg.cx/48Xc?utm_sourc…

BlackLotus, the malware capable of bypassing Secure Boot protections and compromising Windows computers, has caught the ire of the NSA, which today published a guide to help organizations detect and prevent infections of the UEFI bootkit. Kaspersky's l... reg.cx/48Xa?utm_sourc…

An attempt to find and rescue the Titan submersible that vanished during a deep dive to the Titanic has ended with news that the craft likely imploded and its crew of five are dead. Debris from the sub was discovered in the search area earlier today. U... reg.cx/48X8?utm_sourc…

Satellite teleco operators Intelsat and SES have ended talks over a proposed merger of the two businesses that could have resulted in a company with a market valuation of more than $10 billion. SES announced in a short notice posted to its website that... reg.cx/48X6?utm_sourc…

Apple's Vision Pro goggles won't be available until next year, though registered developers can now explore the iGiant's tools for making apps for the virtual-reality headset. On Wednesday, the tech titan released Xcode 15 beta 2, which includes the vi... reg.cx/48X4?utm_sourc…

Scientists have developed a robot that can perform safe and minimally invasive medical procedures inside the body using a magnetically controlled folding and flexing structure. Inspired by the pangolin, a small scaly anteater native to Africa, India an... reg.cx/48X2?utm_sourc…

Ransomware gang BlackCat claims it infected a plastic surgery center, stole "lots" of highly sensitive medical records, and has vowed to leak patients' photos if the clinic doesn't pay up. The notorious extortion crew, aka AlphaV, on Wednesday added Be... reg.cx/48X0?utm_sourc…