Digital Realty CTO on why storage is the datacenter challenge no one's talking about And why supporting quantum computing is easier than supporting a 1MW rack Interview  When the great and the good of the datacenter world got together in Cannes last week for Datacloud Global Congress, storage was barely mentioned, with shortages of GPUs, power and land the key talking points.… #theregister #IT
Digital Realty CTO: Storage a hidden datacenter challenge
Interview: And why supporting quantum computing is easier than supporting a 1MW rack
'Major compromise' at NHS temping arm exposed gaping security holes Incident responders suggested sweeping improvements following Active Directory database heist Exclusive  Cybercriminals broke into systems belonging to the UK's NHS Professionals body in May 2024, stealing its Active Directory database, but the healthcare organization never publicly disclosed it, The Register can revea… #theregister #IT
'Major compromise' at NHS temping arm never disclosed • The Register
Exclusive: Incident responders suggested sweeping improvements following Active Directory database heist
AI coding tools are like that helpful but untrustworthy friend, devs say A survey from AI biz Qodo finds robo-coding productivity gains are unevenly distributed Exclusive  Software developers largely appreciate the productivity improvements they get from AI coding tools, but they don't entirely trust their output, according to a survey conducted by AI coding biz Qodo.… #theregister #IT
Devs mostly welcome AI coding tools but don
Exclusive: A survey from AI biz Qodo finds robo-coding productivity gains are unevenly distributed
UK reheats Edinburgh supercomputer plan sans exascale chops Government revives shelved project with fresh funding but scaled-back ambitions The UK government has disclosed plans for the country's most powerful supercomputer to be built in Edinburgh – less than a year after cancelling an identical plan.… #theregister #IT
UK reheats Edinburgh supercomputer plan sans exascale chops
: Government revives shelved project with fresh funding but scaled-back ambitions
CIO wants to grow tech team by cloning staff as digital twins and AI agents UC San Diego hopes humans spend less time fighting fires, more time repelling 'exquisite' attacks from abroad that researchers accidentally invited Cisco Live  Experienced IT professionals should share their experience so their employers can create digital twins and AI agents that do parts of their own jobs, to relie… #theregister #IT
CIO wants to clone top techies as digital twin and AI agents
Cisco Live: UC San Diego hopes humans spend less time fighting fires, more time repelling 'exquisite' attacks from abroad that researchers accident...
Behold! Humanity has captured our first look at the Sun's South Pole Confusingly, the magnetic north and south poles are both down there, where the Solar Orbiter can see them Occupants of planet Earth can’t see the Sun’s poles – unless they look at images the Solar Orbiter spacecraft has just sent home.… #theregister #IT
Gaze in awe at the first shots of the Sun
: Confusingly, the magnetic north and south poles are both down there, where the Solar Orbiter can see them
Oracle scores cloud customer – maybe China's TEMU - that wants any available server, anytime, anywhere Big Red hails growth from ‘astronomical and ‘insatiable’ demand for cloud and huge IaaS growth Oracle has surfed demand for cloud services to post revenues that beat its own forecast, fuelled by demand for non-AI cloud services.… #theregister #IT
New Oracle cloud user wants any new servers, anywhere, ASAP
: Big Red hails growth from 'astronomical' and 'insatiable' demand for cloud and huge IaaS growth
DeepSeek installer or just malware in disguise? Click around and find out 'BrowserVenom' is pure poison Suspected cybercriminals have created a fake installer for Chinese AI model DeepSeek-R1 and loaded it with previously unknown malware called "BrowserVenom".… #theregister #IT
That DeepSeek installer you just clicked? It
: 'BrowserVenom' is pure poison
Canva to job candidates: Thou shalt use AI during interviews Design software slinger warns it won't hire devs who aren't good at modern tools Australian SaaS-y graphic design service Canva now requires candidates for developer jobs to use AI coding assistants during the interview process.… #theregister #IT
Canva now requires use of AI during developer job interviews
: Design software slinger warns it won't hire devs who aren't good at modern tools
US Navy backs right to repair after $13B carrier crew left half-fed by contractor-locked ovens Army joins in push to break vendor grip on military maintenance US Navy Secretary John Phelan has told the Senate the service needs the right to repair its own gear, and will rethink how it writes contracts to keep control of intellectual property and ensure sailors can fix hardware, especially in a fight.… #theregister #IT
Navy backs right to repair after $13B carrier goes half-fed
: Army joins in push to break vendor grip on military maintenance