AI may be after your job, but this AI agent promises to help you get a new one 'Jobright Agent' can apply for jobs on your behalf The jury is still out on whether AI will take your job, but there's a new AI tool that promises to help you find a new one if you're pressed.… #theregister #IT
AI may take your job, or this AI agent might get you one
: 'Jobright Agent' can apply for jobs on your behalf
Microsoft is about to retire default outbound access for VMs in Azure 'Things will break,' Aviatrix CPO tells El Reg Interview  In September, Microsoft will retire default outbound access for VMs in Azure. "It's not quite a Y2K moment," says Aviatrix CPO Chris McHenry, "but things will break."… #theregister #IT
Microsoft to retire default outbound access for VMs in Azure
Interview: 'Things will break,' Aviatrix CPO tells El Reg
Xlibre forks to the rescue – but Kubuntu gives X11 the boot Summer Solstice release lands as another distro ditches the old display protocol Depending on who you ask, the recent turbulent times in the world of X11 could be a new dawn – or the eddies around a sinking ship.… #theregister #IT
Xlibre forks to the rescue – but Kubuntu gives X11 the boot
: Summer Solstice release lands as another distro ditches the old display protocol
World's largest camera shows galaxy in 3,200 megapixel glory as Rubin telescope goes online 20TB of galactic shots a day, backed by Microsofties High on a Chilean mountain the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is, at last, photographing the galaxy and the first shots have found 2,104 new asteroids in the Solar System in its initial ten hours of operation.… #theregister #IT
World
: 20TB of galactic shots a day, backed by Microsofties
Four REvil ransomware crooks walk free, escape gulag fate, after admitting guilt Russian judge lets off accused with time served – but others who refused to plead guilty face years in penal colony Four convicted members of the once-supreme ransomware operation REvil are leaving captivity after completing most of their five-year sentences.… #theregister #IT
Four REvil ransomware crooks walk free after admitting guilt
: Russian judge lets off accused with time served – but others who refused to plead guilty face years in penal colony
Google faces UK clampdown as watchdog floats market power rules CMA roadmap outlines potential restrictions on how ad slinger operates in the country Google is one step closer to strategic market status (SMS) designation in the UK following a proposal from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) regarding search and advertising.… #theregister #IT
UK watchdog floats market power rules for Google
: CMA roadmap outlines potential restrictions on how ad slinger operates in the country
Datacenter market offers us captive customer base, say investors AI boom sparks surge in bit barn funding as firms tout high barriers and sticky clients What do investors find most attractive about datacenters? One of the simple answers is customer lock-in. "When your contracts come to an end, your customers typically prefer to stay at your datacenter," said one asset firm exec.… #theregister #IT
Datacenter market draws investors chasing captive customers
: AI boom sparks surge in bit barn funding as firms tout high barriers and sticky clients
Tiling terminal multiplexers for the console connoisseur Split your shell for fun and profit – even over remote connections Friday FOSS Fest  All the fun of a tiling window manager right on the console, without needing a GUI at all. What's not to like?… #theregister #IT
Tiling terminal multiplexers for the console connoisseur
: Split your shell for fun and profit – even over remote connections
China’s trying to slim down, which will fatten the smartwatch market Sales are already surging thanks to Beijing's subsidies and Trump's tariffs China recently launched an initiative to reduce the incidence of obesity in the country, a move analyst firm IDC thinks will fatten the market for smartwatches and smart wristbands.… #theregister #IT
China’s attempt to lose weight will fatten smartwatch sales
: Sales are already surging thanks to Beijing's subsidies and Trump's tariffs
Lenovo shows what a Chromebook packing a MediaTek Kompanio Ultra can do Nothing startling, even with Google’s AI extras Lenovo has released the first Chromebook Plus packing MediaTek’s Kompanio Ultra, the system-on-chip that includes a 50 TOPS neural processing unit, and at first glance it looks speedy and includes some AI features but is otherwise mundane.… #theregister #IT
Lenovo debuts first Chromebook packing Kompanio Ultra SoC
: Nothing startling, even with Google’s AI extras