Armored cash transport trucks allegedly hauled money for $190 million crypto-laundering scheme PLUS: APNIC completes re-org; India cuts costs for chipmakers; Infosys tax probe ends; and more Asia In Brief  Australia’s Federal Police (AFP) last week announced charges against four suspects for alleged participation in a money-laundering scheme that involved a security company’s armored cash tr… #theregister #IT
Armored cash transport trucks linked to crypto laundering
Asia In Brief: PLUS: APNIC completes re-org; India cuts costs for chipmakers; Infosys tax probe ends; and more
Dems demand audit of CVE program as Federal funding remains uncertain PLUS: Discord invite links may not be safe; Miscreants find new way to hide malicious JavaScript; and more! Infosec In Brief  A pair of Congressional Democrats have demanded a review of the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program amid uncertainties about continued US government funding for the scheme.… #theregister #IT
CVE audit demanded by Dems as program funding threatened
Infosec In Brief: PLUS: Discord invite links may not be safe; Miscreants find new way to hide malicious JavaScript; and more!
The launch of ChatGPT polluted the world forever, like the first atomic weapons tests Academics mull the need for the digital equivalent of low-background steel Feature  For artificial intelligence researchers, the launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT on November 30, 2022, changed the world in a way similar to the detonation of the first atomic bomb.… #theregister #IT
ChatGPT polluted the world forever, like the first atom bomb
Feature: Academics mull the need for the digital equivalent of low-background steel
Windows 95 testing almost stalled due to cash register overflow Microsoft veteran on breaking down numbers at the computer store Windows 95 will soon turn 30. Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen recalled that when testing Microsoft's reimagining of Windows, an overflow was discovered that had nothing to do with the operating system itself.… #theregister #IT
Windows 95 testing almost stalled from cash reg overflow
: Microsoft veteran on breaking down numbers at the computer store
Researchers claim spoof-proof random number generator breakthrough Combining quantum entanglement with hash chains promises randomness which can be relied on Scientists in the US have built a system for creating truly random numbers which cannot be tampered with by a third party.… #theregister #IT
Spoof-proof random number generator
: Combining quantum entanglement with hash chains promises randomness which can be relied on
As RHEL clones hit version 10, Rocky and Alma chart diverging paths We take a quick look at the headline features – and the growing differences Rocky Linux 10 has caught up to the other high-profile RHELatives, but gaps between them are widening, both in tech and other ways.… #theregister #IT
Rocky Linux 10 is out, joining AlmaLinux 10 and RHEL 10
: We take a quick look at the headline features – and the growing differences
US Army signs up Band of Tech Bros with a suitably nerdy name Execs from Palantir, Meta, and OpenAI join Detachment 201 Several of Silicon Valley's top techies are joining the Army Reserve as part of a newly created unit that will be trying to accelerate the use of AI in military planning and operations.… #theregister #IT
US Army signs up Band of Tech Bros with a nerdy name
: Execs from Palantir, Meta, and OpenAI join Detachment 201
Cyber weapons in the Israel-Iran conflict may hit the US With Tehran’s military weakened, digital retaliation likely, experts tell The Reg The current Israel–Iran military conflict is taking place in the era of hybrid war, where cyberattacks amplify and assist missiles and troops, and is being waged between two countries with very capable destructive cyber weapons.… #theregister #IT
Cyber weapons in the Israel-Iran conflict may hit the US
: With Tehran’s military weakened, digital retaliation likely, experts tell The Reg
AST just got a small boost in its D2C battle against Elon Musk's Starlink But the five-satellite upstart has a short time window A messy legal fight between Ligado and Inmarsat over direct-to-cellular (D2C) spectrum has been settled, giving upstart AST a chance to gain ground on Starlink.… #theregister #IT
AST gets 45 MHz of new D2C bandwidth to battle Starlink
: But the five-satellite upstart has a short time window
PCIe 7.0 specs finalized at 512 GBps bandwidth, PCIe 8.0 in the pipeline Work on next gen already underway, while bandwidth needs for datacenters just keep rising The PCI Special Interest Group (PIC-SIG) just released official specs for PCIe 7.0, doubling the bandwidth again for high-performance kit such as network cards, while hinting that PCIe 8.0 may not achieve the same.… #theregister #IT
PCIe 7.0 specs finalized at 512 GBps bandwidth
: Work on next gen already underway, while bandwidth needs for datacenters just keep rising