Oracle saddles up with $18B debt amid AI infrastructure gamble Ballooning leverage and shaky customer funding could strain Big Red's balance sheet Oracle has raised $18 billion in debt, which could help fund massive datacenter investments aimed at meeting surging demand from AI model builders and enterprise customers.… #theregister #IT

Oracle takes on $18B debt amid AI infrastructure gamble

: Ballooning leverage and shaky customer funding could strain Big Red's balance sheet

Zero-day deja vu as another Cisco IOS bug comes under attack The latest in a run of serious networking bugs gives attackers root if they have SNMP access Cisco has confirmed a new IOS and IOS XE zero-day, the latest in a string of flaws that attackers have been quick to weaponize.… #theregister #IT

Zero-day deja vu: Another Cisco IOS bug is under attack

: The latest in a run of serious networking bugs gives attackers root if they have SNMP access

Bcachefs goes DKMS after Torvalds' kernel banishment Performance of new version mostly good, but future uncertain The bcachefs file system, now "externally maintained" outside the Linux kernel codebase, offers packages of its first version to be loadable on the fly.… #theregister #IT

Bcachefs goes DKMS after Torvalds

: Performance of new version mostly good, but future uncertain

SAP's 'simplified' licensing leaves users more confused Business Suite nostalgia unlikely to ease customers' public cloud journey SAP experts are doubting the enterprise software giant's message that it is simplifying licensing after the changes were discussed at the German-speaking user group conference.… #theregister #IT

SAP

: Business Suite nostalgia unlikely to ease customers' public cloud journey

EU starting registration of fingerprints and faces for short-stay foreigners Biometric Entry/Exit System phased in from October to 29 Schengen countries Travelers including Britons and Americans visiting most European countries will have to register their fingerprints and faces under a system that goes live next month.… #theregister #IT

EU to register fingerprints, faces for short-stay visitors

: Biometric Entry/Exit System phased in from October to 29 Schengen countries

Empty shelves, empty coffers: Co-op pegs cyber hit at £80m Supermarket says the hack that shut down systems and emptied shelves has turned profits into losses The Co-operative Group has revealed the cyberattack that knocked its systems offline earlier this year will leave it nursing an £80 million hangover. … #theregister #IT

Empty shelves, empty coffers: Co-op pegs cyber hit at £80m

: Supermarket says the hack that shut down systems and emptied shelves has turned profits into losses

Check your own databases before asking to see our passport photos, Home Office tells UK cops Guidance follows privacy complaints over sharp increase in police searches of travel doc and visa pic libraries The Home Office has told police forces to check their own photo databases before asking it to search its libraries of passport and visa facial images, as well as avoiding urgen… #theregister #IT

Cops told: Check your own DB before asking for passport data

: Guidance follows privacy complaints over sharp increase in police searches of travel doc and visa pic libraries

The sweetest slice of Pi: Raspberry Pi 500+ sports mechanical keys, 16GB, and built-in SSD Big performance on offer, but be prepared to spend $200 HANDS ON  Raspberry Pi has unveiled a fully loaded version of its computer-in-a-keyboard, featuring oodles of RAM, an SSD, and a clicky, mechanical keyboard. However, you'll pay a relative premium for these features.… #theregister #IT

Raspberry Pi 500+ has mechanical keys, 16GB, and SSD

HANDS ON: Big performance on offer, but be prepared to spend $200

Google, Meta and Vodafone want smartphone-makers to reduce their bandwidth bills By supporting efficient video codecs in hardware, which to be fair will also help punters Google, Meta, and Vodafone have called on chipmakers and smartphone manufacturers to support the AV1 video codec in hardware, especially in midrange devices, a suggestion that’s not entirely altruistic.… #theregister #IT

Google, Meta and Vodafone want help from smartphone-makers

: By supporting efficient video codecs in hardware, which to be fair will also help punters

Is GitHub a social network that endangers children? Australia wants to know As ban on under-16s using some sites looms, cyber-safety regulator sends Microsoft’s code locker a letter Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has written to GitHub to ask it to consider if it’s a social network that endangers children.… #theregister #IT

Australia asks GitHub if it

: As ban on under-16s using some sites looms, cyber-safety regulator sends Microsoft’s code locker a letter