Dems hyperventilate about Palantir's work with the IRS in letter to CEO Karp They're taking the data from IRSengard, claim Dems; officials tell us that's not true A coalition of House and Senate Democrats has sent an aggressive letter to Palantir CEO Alex Karp questioning whether the controversial data intelligence biz is breaking federal law by allegedly helping the IRS build … #theregister #IT

Dems hyperventilate about Palantir

: They're taking the data from IRSengard, claim Dems; officials tell us that's not true

Taiwan thumbs its nose at Beijing by blocking chip exports to SMIC and Huawei A symbolic political move Taiwan has added China's leading foundry operator Semiconductor Manufacturing International Co. (SMIC) and IT giant Huawei to its export control list. The move effectively blacklists the duo from doing business with the chip manufacturing mecca.… #theregister #IT

Taiwan blocks exports to SMIC, Huawei in defiance of Beijing

: A symbolic political move

MiniMax M1 model claims Chinese LLM crown from DeepSeek - plus it's true open-source China's 'little dragons' pose big challenge to US AI firms MiniMax, an AI firm based in Shanghai, has released an open-source reasoning model that challenges Chinese rival DeepSeek and US-based Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google in terms of performance and cost.… #theregister #IT

MiniMax M1 model claims Chinese LLM crown from DeepSeek

: China's 'little dragons' pose big challenge to US AI firms

Apple dodges Optis patent payout for now as judge orders a do-over Third time's a charm? Apple has escaped a $300 million patent infringement damages penalty – for now – due to what a trio of judges said comes down to faulty jury instructions.… #theregister #IT

Apple avoids Optis patent payout as judge orders a do-over

: Third time's a charm?

Atlas V glitch delays second Project Kuiper launch Amazon's satellite constellation hits another snag as ULA rocket aborts on pad A hardware glitch on United Launch Alliance's (ULA) workhorse Atlas V rocket delayed the launch of the second batch of Project Kuiper satellites.… #theregister #IT

Atlas V glitch delays second Project Kuiper launch

: Amazon's satellite constellation hits another snag as ULA rocket aborts on pad

Sitecore CMS flaw let attackers brute-force 'b' for backdoor Hardcoded passwords and path traversals keeping bug hunters in work Security researchers have issued a warning about a pre-authentication exploit chain affecting a CMS used by some of the biggest companies in the world.… #theregister #IT

Sitecore fixes pre-auth RCE exploits in enterprise CMS

: Hardcoded passwords and path traversals keeping bug hunters in work

Intel reportedly chips away at fab workforce – but hey, maybe there's a tax break coming Layoffs loom at Foundry biz despite CHIPS Act relief on the horizon Intel is reportedly set to shed 15 to 20 percent of its fabrication plant staff from next month, blaming company finances for the move, but the chip giant may get a boost from increased tax credits in a draft bill passing through the US… #theregister #IT

Intel reportedly laying off fab staff as tax relief looms

: Layoffs loom at Foundry biz despite CHIPS Act relief on the horizon

Broadcom delivers VMware Cloud Foundation 9 – the release that realizes its private cloud vision Promises silos for VMs, storage, and networks are out. Happy cloud-like days are in, without hyperscale complications 573 days after closing the acquisition of VMware, Broadcom has released the product that expresses its vision for the virtualization giant's future and what it claims … #theregister #IT

Broadcom delivers VMware Cloud Foundation 9

: Promises silos for VMs, storage, and networks are out. Happy cloud-like days are in, without hyperscale complications

Microsoft patches the patch that can brick Surface Hub v1 screens Out-of-band getting out of hand Microsoft has released an out-of-band update to deal with a Surface Hub problem introduced with June's Patch Tuesday fixes.… #theregister #IT

Microsoft releases patch after Surface Hubs v1 bricked

: Out-of-band getting out of hand

Rack scale is on the rise, but it's not for everyone... yet Still buying B200s and MI300Xs? Don't feel bad, Nvidia and AMD's NVL72 and Helios rack systems aren't really for the enterprise anyway Analysis  With all the hype around Nvidia's NVL72, AMD's newly announced Helios, and Intel's upcoming Jaguar Shores rack systems, you'd be forgiven for thinking the days of eight-way HGX servers are numbered.… #theregister #IT

Rack scale is on the rise, but it

Analysis: Still buying B200s and MI300Xs? Don't feel bad, Nvidia and AMD's NVL72 and Helios rack systems aren't really for the enterprise anyway