Nano11 cuts Windows 11 down to size, grabbing just 2.8 GB of disk space Slicing Windows 11 to the bone while Microsoft piles on the features How low can Windows 11 go? Storage-wise, it can take up less than 3 GB, as demonstrated by some impressive engineering from the same individual behind the Nano11 "diet" build.… #theregister #IT
Spectre haunts CPUs again: VMSCAPE vulnerability leaks cloud secrets AMD Zen hardware and Intel Coffee Lake affected If you thought the world was done with side-channel CPU attacks, think again. ETH Zurich has identified yet another Spectre-based transient execution vulnerability that affects AMD Zen CPUs and Intel Coffee Lake processors by breaking virtualization boundaries.… #theregister #IT
US tosses $134M pocket change at fusion pipe dream That won't even warm the plasma America's Department of Energy (DOE) has earmarked $134Β million in funding for two programs aimed at securing US leadership in emerging fusion technologies. The move comes amid renewed interest in nuclear power sparked by surging datacenter energy demands.… #theregister #IT
Senator blasts Microsoft for 'dangerous, insecure software' that helped pwn US hospitals Ron Wyden urges FTC to probe failure to secure Windows after attackers used Kerberoasting to cripple Ascension Microsoft is back in the firing line after US Senator Ron Wyden accused Redmond of shipping "dangerous, insecure software" that helped cybercrooks cripple one of America's largest hospital net… #theregister #IT
Neo4j cozies up to Microsoft as 'property sharding' promises to overcome scalability struggle Graph database fave also punts for transactional workloads Neo4j has introduced "property sharding" which, according to one analyst, will help overcome its earlier struggles with scalability, while also allowing transactional workloads on the same system.… #theregister #IT https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/09/11/neo4j_cozies_up_to_microsoft/
Microsoft folds Sales, Service, Finance Copilots into 365 $50 standalone bots now bundled in $30 package Microsoft is re-badging its Sales, Service, and Finance Copilots and slashing what it charges for them.… #theregister #IT
Brussels faces privacy crossroads over encryption backdoors Over 600 security boffins say planned surveillance crosses the line Europe, long seen as a bastion of privacy and digital rights, will debate this week whether to enforce surveillance on citizens' devices.… #theregister #IT
Attacker steals customer data from Brit rail operator LNER during break-in at supplier Major UK player cagey on specifics but latest attack follows string blamed on 'third party' suppliers One of the UK's largest rail operators, LNER, is the latest organization to spill user data via a third-party data breach.… #theregister #IT
Experts scrutinized Ofcom's Online Safety Act governance. They're concerned Academics and OSA stakeholders say Ofcom needs to take a closer look at how controversial legislation is enforced Industry experts expressed both concern and sympathy for Ofcom, the Brit regulator that is overseeing the Online Safety Act, as questions mount over the effectiveness of the controversial legisla… #theregister #IT
BAE Systems surfaces autonomous submarine for military use Battery powered now, fuel-cells tomorrow - all packed in a shipping box Following a series of trials, defense biz BAE Systems says it is readying an autonomous military submarine for the end of next year.… #theregister #IT