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[
#### Maybe cancel that ChatGPT therapy session – doesn't respond well to tales of trauma
Great, we've taken away computers' ability to be accurate and given them anxiety
](/2025/03/05/traumatic_content_chatgpt_anxious/?td=rt-3a)
[
#### Free Software Foundation rides to defend AGPLv3 against Neo4j license add-ons
FOSS bods file amicus brief in hope of preserving core GNU tenet of freedom forever
](/2025/03/04/free_software_foundation_agplv3/?td=rt-3a)
[
#### Please fasten your seatbelts. A third of US air traffic control systems are 'unsustainable'
And the FAA's modernization efforts are going so badly they won't exit turbulence any time soon
](/2025/03/05/faa_air_traffic_control/?td=rt-3a)
[
#### React Native survey shows rocky path for new architecture
Finally stable, and yet pained developers complain of 'instability' and 'regressions'
](https://devclass.com/2025/03/04/react-native-survey-shows-rocky-path-for-new-architecture/?td=rt-3a)
[
#### Feds name and charge alleged Silk Typhoon spies behind years of China-on-US attacks
Xi's freelance infosec warriors apparently paid up to $75K to crack a single American inbox
Cyber-crime1 hr |
](/2025/03/06/fbi_china_pays_75k_per/)
[
#### Intel wins something: Judge tosses out shareholder lawsuit over foundry losses
If you find Chipzilla's financial figures hard to parse, don't worry, it stumped these folks, too
On-Prem1 hr |
](/2025/03/06/intel_lawsuit_foundry/)
[
#### Ex-NSA grandee says Trump's staff cuts will 'devastate' America's national security
Video Would 'destroy a pipeline of top talent essential for hunting' Chinese spies in US networks, Congress told
Public Sector3 hrs | 1
](/2025/03/05/us_government_job_cuts_nsa/)
[
#### It begins: Pentagon to give AI agents a role in decision making, ops planning
Updated Former allies, take note. This is a WOPR
AI + ML5 hrs | 13
](/2025/03/05/dod_taps_scale_to_bring/)
[
#### Run DeepSeek R1 on an Apple M3 Ultra Mac Studio? Sure, it'll just cost you $9,499-plus
Desktop family gets chip boost as MacBook Air bags an M4 upgrade, more memory, price cut
Personal Tech6 hrs | 4
](/2025/03/05/apple_m3_ultra_mac_studio/)
[
#### China's Silk Typhoon, tied to US Treasury break-in, now hammers IT and govt targets
Updated They're good at zero-day exploits, too
Public Sector9 hrs | 2
](/2025/03/05/china_silk_typhoon_update/)
[
#### Brits end probe into Microsoft's $13B bankrolling of OpenAI
Redmond doesn't have total control over GPT maker so we lack authority, say monopoly cops
AI + ML9 hrs | 5
](/2025/03/05/cma_microsoft_openai/)
[
#### Trump says US should kill CHIPS Act, use the cash to cut debt
Lemme guess ... he'll fix it all with tariffs? We sat through the entire speech so you don't have to
Systems10 hrs | 59
](/2025/03/05/trump_speech_scrap_chips_act/)
[
#### iOS users left refreshing in vain as Microsoft Outlook woes drag on
Native mail app? More like no mail app
Applications11 hrs | 12
](/2025/03/05/outlookcom_ios/)
[
#### Apple drags UK government to court over 'backdoor' order
Updated A first-of-its-kind legal challenge set to be heard this month, per reports
Security11 hrs | 59
](/2025/03/05/apple_reportedly_ipt_complaint/)
[
#### 'Cybertruck ownership comes with ... interesting fan mail'
Comment Muskmobile Facebook group becomes support circle for anti-Tesla abuse
Offbeat12 hrs | 104
](/2025/03/05/cybertruck_hate/)
[
#### How prevention is better than cure
Stop cyberattacks before they happen with preventative endpoint security
Sponsored Post
](/2025/03/05/how_prevention_is_better_than/)
[
#### America's National Science Foundation workers fired in bulk by Trump now reinstated
ICYMI Judge slams 'significant chaos' that's become Uncle Sam's standard operating procedure
](/2025/03/04/probationary_nsf_staffers_fired_in/?td=rt-4a)
[
#### Microsoft teases sales agent automation for M365 and Dynamics 365
Redmond says you could ask one for a 'list of deals ... at risk of falling through'
AI + ML13 hrs | 2
](/2025/03/05/microsoft_teases_sales_agent_automation/)
[
#### Controllers getting no response from Lunar Trailblazer orbiter or Odin asteroid mining probe
NASA and AstroForge missions prove Space is Hard
Science14 hrs | 6
](/2025/03/05/nasa_and_astroforge_missions_prove/)
[
#### Leeds United kick card swipers into Row Z after 5-day cyberattack
English football club offers apologies after fans' card details stolen from online retail store
Cyber-crime14 hrs | 5
](/2025/03/05/leeds_united_card_swipers/)
### RANSOMWARE FOCUS
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#### Ransomware criminals love CISA's KEV list – and that's a bug, not a feature
Patches 1 in 3 entries are used to extort civilians, says new paper
](/2025/02/28/cisa_kev_list_ransomware/?td=rt-9cp)
[
#### So … Russia no longer a cyber threat to America?
Politics Mixed messages from Pentagon, CISA as Trump gets pally with Putin and Kremlin strikes US critical networks
](/2025/03/04/russia_cyber_threat/?td=rt-9cp)
[
#### Ransomware thugs threaten Tata Technologies with leak if demands not met
Crime Hunters International ready to off-shore 1.4 TB of info allegedly swiped from Indian giant
](/2025/03/05/tata_technologies_hiunters_international/?td=rt-9cp)
[
#### Microsoft signed a dodgy driver and now ransomware scum are exploiting it
BYOVD Five flaws found in Paragon Partition Manager's kernel-level .sys
](/2025/03/04/paragon_partition_manager_ransomware_driver/?td=rt-9cp)
[
#### VMware splats guest-to-hypervisor escape bugs already exploited in wild
CSO The heap overflow zero-day in the memory unsafe code by Miss Creant
](/2025/03/04/vmware_plugs_three_hypervisorhijack_holes/?td=rt-9cp)
[
#### Worry not. China's on the line saying AGI still a long way off
Instead of Turing Test, subject models to this Survival Game to assess intelligence, scientist tells _The Reg_
AI + ML15 hrs | 16
](/2025/03/05/boffins_from_china_calculate_agi/)
[
#### Qilin ransomware gang claims attacks on cancer clinic, OB-GYN facility
List of attacks by 'No regrets' crew leaking highly sensitive data continues to grow
Ransomware in Focus16 hrs | 1
](/2025/03/05/qilin_ransomware_credit/)
[
#### Raspberry Pi launches CM4 variant that laughs in the face of frostbite
Hat and scarf no longer needed for diminutive computer
Personal Tech17 hrs | 17
](/2025/03/05/raspberry_pi_extended_temperatures/)
[
#### Maybe cancel that ChatGPT therapy session – doesn't respond well to tales of trauma
Great, we've taken away computers' ability to be accurate and given them anxiety
AI + ML18 hrs | 19
](/2025/03/05/traumatic_content_chatgpt_anxious/)
[](https://nextplatform.com/)
[
#### Why TSMC Did A $100 Billion Deal With Trump On US Chip Manufacturing
](https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/03/04/why-tsmc-did-a-100-billion-deal-with-trump-on-us-chip-manufacturing/)
[
#### Anthropic Raises 285 Million GPU-Hours Equivalent In Series E Funding
](https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/03/03/anthropic-raises-285-million-gpu-hours-equivalent-in-series-e-funding/)
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#### The Only Thing Worse Than Selling AI Servers Is Not Selling Them
](https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/02/28/the-only-thing-worse-than-selling-ai-servers-is-not-selling-them/)
[
#### AWS Cat Qubits Make Quantum Error Correction Effective, Affordable
](https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/02/27/aws-cat-qubits-make-quantum-error-correction-effective-affordable/)
[
#### Governments can't seem to stop asking for secret backdoors
Opinion Cut off one head and 100 grow back? Decapitation may not be the way to go
](/2025/03/03/opinion_e2ee/?td=rt-4a)
[
#### Scotland now home to Europe's biggest battery as windy storage site fires up
400MWh now, and 600MWh by next year? Crivens, that's a fat batt!
Science19 hrs | 112
](/2025/03/05/blackhillock_europes_largest_battery_scotland/)
[
#### Cybercrims now licking stamps and sending extortion demands in snail mail
First crooks gave up encrypting data, and just stole it – now they don't even bother pilfering info. Sheesh!
Bootnotes20 hrs | 14
](/2025/03/05/snail_mail_data_release_extortion/)
[
#### As Alibaba launches server-grade RISC-V CPU, Beijing throws its weight behind ISA
A major policy directive strongly suggesting use of the royalty-free architecture is apparently imminent
Systems20 hrs | 4
](/2025/03/05/china_alibaba_risc_v_c930/)
[](https://blocksandfiles.com/)
[
#### Rubrik touts new cyber-resilience features
](https://blocksandfiles.com/2025/03/05/rubrik-cyber-resilience-features/)
[
#### PEAK:AIO AI Data Server peaks at 120 GBps
](https://blocksandfiles.com/2025/03/05/peakaio-ai-data-server/)
[
#### Supermicro says Fibre Channel is on the way out, but SAS lives on and NVMe is rising
](https://blocksandfiles.com/2025/03/05/supermicro-says-fibre-channel-is-on-the-way-out-but-sas-lives-and-nvme-is-rising/)
[
#### VDURA adds V5000 all-flash node for faster mass data access
](https://blocksandfiles.com/2025/03/04/vdura-adds-v5000-all-flash-node-for-faster-mass-data-access/)
[
#### Please fasten your seatbelts. A third of US air traffic control systems are 'unsustainable'
And the FAA's modernization efforts are going so badly they won't exit turbulence any time soon
Public Sector1 day | 79
](/2025/03/05/faa_air_traffic_control/)
[
#### Hey, remember iPads? Those fondleslabs? Apple still does
Air to ship with M3 while base model gets the A16
Personal Tech1 day | 9
](/2025/03/04/apple_ipad_upgrade/)
[
#### Free Software Foundation rides to defend AGPLv3 against Neo4j license add-ons
FOSS bods file amicus brief in hope of preserving core GNU tenet of freedom forever
Software1 day | 15
](/2025/03/04/free_software_foundation_agplv3/)
[
#### Apple dares users to fix 'budget' iPhone 16e themselves
But factor in the price increase, and it might be worth sitting this one out
Personal Tech1 day | 24
](/2025/03/04/apple_iphone_16e_ifixit/)
[
#### Closing the digital divide with 5G FWA
How wireless can replace fiber for fast, cost-effective broadband deployments
Sponsored Feature
](/2025/03/04/closing_the_digital_divide_with/)
[
#### Firefox 136 finally brings the features that fans wanted
Vertical tabs, native Arm64 Linux version, and AMD GPU-accelerated video playback
OSes1 day | 32
](/2025/03/04/firefox_136/)
[
#### Scientists create woolly ma-mouse by looking at mean genes from the Pleistocene
Eggheads claim breakthrough in step toward making ancient beasts 'de-extinct'
Science1 day | 42
](/2025/03/04/us_scientists_woolly_mouse_genes/)
[
#### SpaceX loses a Falcon 9 booster and scrubs a Starship
Reusable first stage of workhorse tips over after landing
Science1 day | 57
](/2025/03/04/spacex_loses_falcon_9/)
[](https://devclass.com/)
[
#### Godot 4.4 released: open source game engine adds Jolt physics, .NET 8 and more
](https://devclass.com/2025/03/05/godot-4-4-released-open-source-game-engine-adds-jolt-physics-net-8-and-more/)
[
#### React Native survey shows rocky path for new architecture
](https://devclass.com/2025/03/04/react-native-survey-shows-rocky-path-for-new-architecture/)
[
#### Anthropic previews Claude Code: agentic coding, capable but costly
](https://devclass.com/2025/02/27/anthropic-previews-claude-code-agentic-coding-capable-but-costly/)
[
#### Microsoft previews .NET 10 including first look at C# 14
](https://devclass.com/2025/02/27/microsoft-previews-net-10-including-first-look-at-c-14/)
[
#### CoreWeave rides AI wave with IPO filing – but its fate hinges on Microsoft
GPU farm discloses 77% of revenue tied to just two customers, putting Redmond giant front and center
AI + ML1 day |
](/2025/03/04/coreweave_ipo/)
[
#### Microsoft Exchange Admin Center takes extended siesta in the EU
Updated Wasn't the cloud supposed to be the cheap, reliable option?
SaaS2 days | 5
](/2025/03/04/microsoft_exchange_admin_center/)
[
#### Windows 365 Disaster Recovery Plus promises Cloud PC comebacks in 30 minutes
Presumably hosted by AWS?
SaaS2 days | 22
](/2025/03/04/windows_365_disaster_recovery_plus/)
[
#### Plugging the holes in open banking
Enhancing API security for financial institutions
Partner Content
](/2025/03/04/plugging_the_holes_in_open/)
[
#### The ups and down of a virtual trip to the Moon in Zero G's 727
interview But what will the parabola specialist do when spares for Boeing's classic run dry?
Science2 days | 6
](/2025/03/04/a_virtual_trip_to_the/)
[
#### Microsoft SQL Server 2019 shuffles out of mainstream support
The fate of Skype is sad, but the clock is ticking for enterprises
Databases2 days | 4
](/2025/03/04/microsoft_sql_server_2019_shuffles/)
[
#### Cloudflare's bot bouncer blocks weirdo browsers
Not on Firefox or a Chrome derivative? You shall not pass
Software2 days | 56
](/2025/03/04/cloudflare_blocking_niche_browsers/)
[
#### How Google tracks Android device users before they've even opened an app
No warning, no opt-out, and critic claims ... no consent
Security2 days | 75
](/2025/03/04/google_android/)
[
#### Microsoft: So what if it costs 4X as much to run Windows Server in AWS, Alibaba, and Google?
That's competition, that's protecting our IP, Redmond's lawyers tell UK monopoly cops
PaaS + IaaS2 days | 40
](/2025/03/04/microsoft_blasts_uk_market_regulator/)
[
#### It's bad enough we have to turn on cams for meetings, now the person staring at you may be an AI deepfake
Says the biz trying to sell us stuff to catch that, admittedly
AI + ML2 days | 15
](/2025/03/04/faceswapping_scams_2024/)
[
#### TSMC promises $100B US expansion that Trump hails without clarifying chip tariff threat
Three more fabs on the way which will come online just in time for — checks calendar — Donald to leave office
On-Prem2 days | 21
](/2025/03/04/tsmc_trump_arizona_investment/)
[
#### US stocks slip as Trump pulls trigger on Canada, Mexico, China tariffs
With friends like these...
Public Sector2 days | 101
](/2025/03/03/trump_tariffs_stock_market_reaction/)
[
#### Wanna save Intel? Fire the board, bring back Pat, ex-CEO Craig Barrett says
Comment Shareholders urged to press CTRL-Z on loyal Gelsinger's 'retirement'
On-Prem2 days | 13
](/2025/03/03/fire_the_board_save_intel/)
[
#### Phantom of the Opera: AI agent now lurks within browser, for the lazy
Too shiftless to even click on a few things while online shopping, hm? Just ask this built-in assistant
AI + ML2 days | 12
](/2025/03/03/phantom_of_the_opera_browser/)
[
#### Microsoft blames Outlook's wobbly weekend on 'problematic code change'
And Monday's not looking that steady, either
SaaS2 days | 26
](/2025/03/03/microsoft_outlook_outage/)
[
#### Lenovo teases solar-powered and folding screen concept laptops
MWC Annual Barcelona tech fest brings demo devices that aren't commercially available... will they ever see light of day?
Personal Tech2 days | 8
](/2025/03/03/lenovo_brings_solar_folding_laptops/)
### SPONSORED FEATURES
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#### Data resilience and data portability
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#### How legacy storage infrastructure could endanger your future
Your data is critical to AI success. So, are you really taking care of it?
](/2025/01/29/how_legacy_storage_infrastructure_could/?td=rt-9bq)
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#### A rethink of parental leave policy
IT workers and programmers set to benefit as Sandvik implements HR reboot
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#### Fortify your data
How cyber resilient storage hardware can defeat ransomware
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#### Ex-SAP CTO walks away with €7.1M payout after scandal
Criminal probe understood to have ended following settlement over 'inconsiderate' behavior
Databases2 days | 19
](/2025/03/03/former_sap_cto_payout/)
[
#### Cybersecurity not the hiring-'em-like-hotcakes role it once was
Analysis Ghost positions, HR AI no help – biz should talk to infosec staff and create 'realistic' job outline, say experts
CSO2 days | 17
](/2025/03/03/cybersecurity_jobs_market/)
[
#### Windows 11 adoption picking up speed, but older sibling still ahead
Microsoft Copilot reckons that it didn't have to be like this
OSes2 days | 13
](/2025/03/03/windows_11_adoption/)
[
#### SpaceX receives FAA blessing for another Starship test
Flying to the Turks and Caicos tonight? Good luck
Science2 days | 34
](/2025/03/03/spacex_faa_starship/)
### [Popular](/Popular/)
[
#### How Google tracks Android device users before they've even opened an app
No warning, no opt-out, and critic claims ... no consent
](/2025/03/04/google_android/)
[
#### Please fasten your seatbelts. A third of US air traffic control systems are 'unsustainable'
And the FAA's modernization efforts are going so badly they won't exit turbulence any time soon
](/2025/03/05/faa_air_traffic_control/)
[
#### So … Russia no longer a cyber threat to America?
Comment Mixed messages from Pentagon, CISA as Trump gets pally with Putin and Kremlin strikes US critical networks
](/2025/03/04/russia_cyber_threat/)
[
#### Cloudflare's bot bouncer blocks weirdo browsers
Not on Firefox or a Chrome derivative? You shall not pass
](/2025/03/04/cloudflare_blocking_niche_browsers/)
[
#### Apple drags UK government to court over 'backdoor' order
Updated A first-of-its-kind legal challenge set to be heard this month, per reports
](/2025/03/05/apple_reportedly_ipt_complaint/)
[
#### SpaceX loses a Falcon 9 booster and scrubs a Starship
Reusable first stage of workhorse tips over after landing
](/2025/03/04/spacex_loses_falcon_9/)
[
#### Firefox 136 finally brings the features that fans wanted
Vertical tabs, native Arm64 Linux version, and AMD GPU-accelerated video playback
](/2025/03/04/firefox_136/)
[
#### Microsoft: So what if it costs 4X as much to run Windows Server in AWS, Alibaba, and Google?
That's competition, that's protecting our IP, Redmond's lawyers tell UK monopoly cops
](/2025/03/04/microsoft_blasts_uk_market_regulator/)
[
#### VMware splats guest-to-hypervisor escape bugs already exploited in wild
The heap overflow zero-day in the memory unsafe code by Miss Creant
](/2025/03/04/vmware_plugs_three_hypervisorhijack_holes/)
[
#### Broadcom starts beta for VMware Cloud Foundation 9, the release it reckons will douse user anger
Exclusive Pricing, licensing changes won't feel so bad once you take this private cloud stack for a spin, apparently
](/2025/03/04/vmware_vcf_9_beta_starts/)
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STORIES](/Popular/)
[
#### Microsoft unveils finalized EU Data Boundary as European doubt over US grows
Some may have second thoughts about going all-in with an American vendor, no matter where their data is stored
PaaS + IaaS3 days | 47
](/2025/03/03/microsoft_unveils_a_finalized_eu/)
[
#### Polish space agency confirms cyberattack
Officials vow to uncover who was behind it
Ransomware in Focus3 days | 3
](/2025/03/03/polish_space_agency_confirms_cyberattack/)
[
#### UK watchdog investigates TikTok and Reddit over child data privacy concerns
ICO looking at what data is used to serve up recommendations
Security3 days | 3
](/2025/03/03/uk_regulator_investigates_tiktok_and/)
[
#### AI and cloud-native advancements
Optimizing hybrid multicloud with Nutanix
Webinar
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[
#### Altnets told to stop digging and start stuffing fiber through abandoned pipes
Why churn up roads when there's thousands of miles of disused infrastructure underfoot?
Networks3 days | 81
](/2025/03/03/altnet_abandoned_pipes/)
[
#### How the collapse of local cloud provider caused biz continuity issues in UK government
And that was on top of a ÂŁ17.5M underwriting bill for insolvent UKCloud
PaaS + IaaS3 days | 50
](/2025/03/03/collapse_of_ukcloud_hurt_govt/)
[
#### Techie pulled an all-nighter that one mistake turned into an all-weekender
Who, Me? Don’t trust your tired self to do rm -rf right
Software3 days | 64
](/2025/03/03/who_me/)
[
#### _The Register_ gets its claws on Huawei’s bonkers tri-fold phone
First Look It’s well-built and surprisingly easy to handle but let down by Android. And stupidly expensive
Personal Tech3 days | 22
](/2025/03/03/ithe_registeri_gets_its_claws/)
[
#### First private moon lander to touch down safely starts sending selfies
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost planned to work for 14 days, should be useful for years thanks to its reflector that improves on Apollo-era tech
Science3 days | 24
](/2025/03/03/blue_ghost_private_moon_success/)
[
#### US Cyber Command reportedly pauses cyberattacks on Russia
Infosec In Brief PLUS: Phishing suspects used fishing gear as alibi; Apple's 'Find My' can track PCs and Androids; and more
Security3 days | 93
](/2025/03/03/infosec_in_brief/)
[
#### India's top telco plans cloud PCs for its 475 million subscribers
Asia In Brief PLUS: China bans AI leaders from visiting USA; Acer data leak suspect cuffed; and more
Virtualization3 days | 5
](/2025/03/03/asia_tech_news_in_brief/)
[
#### C++ creator calls for help to defend programming language from 'serious attacks'
Bjarne Stroustrup wants standards body to respond to memory-safety push as Rust monsters lurk at the door
Software3 days | 202
](/2025/03/02/c_creator_calls_for_action/)
[
#### Data resilience and data portability
Why organizations should protect everything, everywhere, all at once
Sponsored Feature
](/2025/02/25/data_resilience_and_data_portability/)
[
#### Mozilla flamed by Firefox fans after promises to not sell their data go up in smoke
Open source browser maker ties itself up in legalese and explanations
Applications4 days | 140
](/2025/03/02/mozilla_introduces_terms_of_use/)
[
#### Regional Internet Registries work to prevent one of their own going rogue
APRICOT There's a lot going on at the orgs who regulate IP addresses as they revisit global governance and new leadership comes to APNIC and LACNIC
Networks4 days |
](/2025/03/02/internet_governance_update/)
[
#### Hisense QLED TVs are just LED TVs, lawsuit claims
Quantum dot technology allegedly absent from tellies
Personal Tech4 days | 59
](/2025/03/01/hisense_qled_tvs_are_just/)
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