AI scores a huge own goal if you play up and play the game A virtual environment makes a great de-hype advisor Opinion  In human imagination, AIs have been good for two things: trying to take over, and loving a good game. The earliest post-war AI thinkers took it almost for granted that once computers could beat humans at chess, true artificial intelligence would have arrived. Such thinking wa… #theregister #IT
AI scores a huge own goal if you play up and play the game
Opinion: A virtual environment makes a great de-hype advisor
Yes, I wrote a very expensive bug. In my defense I was only seven years old at the time Years later, deep into a great tech career, your fellow reader remains inspired by the forgiveness received after the error Who, Me?  Monday morning brings many readers a return to the world of adults, which The Register marks by bringing you a new edition of Who, Me? It's the reader-contributed column in which you share… #theregister #IT
Yes, I wrote a very bad bug. In my defense I was just seven
Who, Me?: Years later, deep into a great tech career, your fellow reader remains inspired by the forgiveness received after the error
Airbus okays use of ‘Taxibot’ to tow planes to the runway Airlines get the chance to cool their jets rather than burn fuel on the ground Airbus last week revealed it has certified a “Taxibot” to transport its single-aisle planes from stand to runway.… #theregister #IT
Airbus okays use of ‘Taxibot’ to tow planes to the runway
: Airlines get the chance to cool their jets rather than burn fuel on the ground
VMware’s rivals ramp up their efforts to create alternative stacks Red Hat and Open Nebula deliver big updates, as Edera tools for Xen with Rust As VMware pushes its vision for private clouds built around its core virtualization technology, rival vendors are ramping their efforts to create an alternative stack.… #theregister #IT
VMware’s rivals ramp efforts to create alternative stacks
: Red Hat and Open Nebula deliver big updates, as Edera tools for Xen with Rust
Atlassian migrated 4 million Postgres databases to shrink AWS bill PLUS: Lexmark’s Chinese owners sell to Xerox; India, Australia, target underwater drones; JPMorgan drops custom TLDs; and more! Asia In Brief  Australian collaborationware company Atlassian has migrated the four million Postgres databases that back its customers’ Jira implementations to Amazon Web Services’ Aurora.… #theregister #IT
Atlassian moved 4 million Postgres databases to AWS Aurora
Asia In Brief: PLUS: Lexmark’s Chinese owners sell to Xerox; India, Australia, target underwater drones; JPMorgan drops custom TLDs; and more!
Stalkerware firm gets scooped by SQL-slinging security snoop Also, Swiss ransomware posture looks like its cheese, the CVE Program wants YOU, more sus checks and more Infosec In Brief  A security researcher looking at samples of stalkerware discovered an SQL vulnerability that allowed him to steal a database of 62,000 user accounts. … #theregister #IT
Stalkerware seller exposed by sloppy SQL security
Infosec In Brief: Also, Swiss ransomware posture looks like its cheese, the CVE Program wants YOU, more sus checks and more
Ingram Micro confirms ransomware behind multi-day outage SafePay crew claims responsibility for intrusion at one of world's largest tech distributors Ingram Micro, one of the world’s largest distributors, has confirmed it is trying to restore systems following a ransomware attack.… #theregister #IT
Ingram Micro confirms ransomware behind multi-day outage
Updated: SafePay crew claims responsibility for intrusion at one of world's largest tech distributors
UK puts out tender for space robot to de-orbit satellites Got to be a 'clean space superpower' – right, Brits? Britain's space agency is looking for a supplier to build a robotic spacecraft to capture and de-orbit two defunct UK-licensed satellites from low Earth orbit.… #theregister #IT
UK puts out tender for space robot to de-orbit satellites
Updated: Got to be a 'clean space superpower' – right, Brits?
Massive spike in use of .es domains for phishing abuse ¡Cuidado! Time to double-check before entering your Microsoft creds Cybersecurity experts are reporting a 19x increase in malicious campaigns being launched from .es domains, making it the third most common, behind only .com and .ru.… #theregister #IT
Cyber crooks jump on .es domain for credential phishing trip
: ¡Cuidado! Time to double-check before entering your Microsoft creds
iFixit gives new Fairphone 6 top marks for repairability: 10/10 It's not cheap or high end, but it should last you for years to come The sixth generation of the Fairphone repairable mobile was launched at the end of June. Now spunger-flingers iFixit have got their hands on it, and liked the result.… #theregister #IT
iFixit gives Fairphone 6 top marks for repairability
: It's not cheap or high end, but it should last you for years to come