Insight Partners confirms ransomware hit, more than 12,000 caught in data dragnet VC giant rebuilt boxes, patched holes, and says it’s beefed up security – but won’t say who did it Venture capital giant Insight Partners has confirmed that a January ransomware attack compromised the personal data of more than 12,000 people, including employees, former staff, and the firm's usually… #theregister #IT
Insight Partners: ransomware hit exposed data on 12k people
: VC giant rebuilt boxes, patched holes, and says it’s beefed up security – but won’t say who did it
Panda-monium: China-backed cyber crew spoof Congressman to dig for dirt on US trade talks Proofpoint spots efforts to spy on US economic policy nerds Chinese state-aligned online attackers are back at it, targeting US trade policy wonks as Washington and Beijing spar over economic ties.… #theregister #IT
China-backed attackers spoof Congressman for US trade data
: Proofpoint spots efforts to spy on US economic policy nerds
China's DeepSeek applying trial-and-error learning to its AI 'reasoning' Model can also explain its answers, researchers find Chinese AI company DeepSeek has shown it can improve the reasoning of its LLM DeepSeek-R1 through trial-and-error based reinforcement learning, and even be made to explain its reasoning on math and coding problems, even though explanations might sometim… #theregister #IT
DeepSeek bolsters AI
: Model can also explain its answers, researchers find
Microsoft weaves Oracle and BigQuery data mirroring into Fabric platform And knits a graph DB out of LinkedIn cast-offs Microsoft is extending its Fabric cloud-based data platform by including Oracle and Google's BigQuery data warehouse in its mirroring capability, and launching a new graph database based on an in-house LinkedIn project.… #theregister #IT
Microsoft weaves Oracle and BigQuery into Fabric
: And knits a graph DB out of LinkedIn cast-offs
How and why Linux has thrived after three decades in Kernelland 'Just a hobby, won't be big and professional like GNU...' Open Source Summit  At OSS EU, LWN editor and long-time kernel developer Jonathan Corbet shared a long-term perspective on how and why Linux has thrived for a third of a century.… #theregister #IT
How and why Linux has thrived after three decades
Open Source Summit: 'Just a hobby, won't be big and professional like GNU...'
Toys can tell us a lot about how tech will change our lives LEGO Mindstorms, PlayStation 2 and Furby all resonate today in their own way Column  Twenty-five years ago this month I published a book called The Playful World that explored a simple idea: that the seeds of the future can be found in the present by considering the dazzling toys we started giving our children at the turn of the mill… #theregister #IT
Toys can tell us a lot about the future of tech
Column: LEGO Mindstorms, PlayStation 2 and Furby all resonate today in their own way
Huawei lays out multi-year AI accelerator roadmap and claims it makes Earth’s mightiest clusters On the same day that fellow Chinese giant Tencent says its overseas cloud clientele doubled Chinese tech giant Huawei has kicked off its annual “Connect” conference by laying out a plan to deliver increasingly powerful AI processors that look to have enough power that Middle Kingdom users won’t ne… #theregister #IT
Huawei lays out multi-year AI accelerator roadmap
: On the same day that fellow Chinese giant Tencent says its overseas cloud clientele doubled
Microsoft thinks cloud PCs might be overkill, starts streaming just apps under Windows 365 As old-school virtual desktop player Omnissa distances itself further from VMware Microsoft thinks cloudy PCs might be overkill for some users, so has started streaming individual apps instead as part of its Windows 365 service.… #theregister #IT
Microsoft starts streaming cloudy apps instead of desktops
: As old-school virtual desktop player Omnissa distances itself further from VMware
Vibe coding platform Replit's latest update is infuriating customers with surprise cost overruns It's worst when going over older code, one user tells us AI coding service Replit is in trouble again as users are protesting steep cost increases and some glitches when employing the newest version of its service.… #theregister #IT
Replit infuriating customers with surprise cost overruns
: It's worst when going over older code, one user tells us
Nvidia GeForced out of China as Beijing demands tech titans embrace homegrown silicon Huawei or another, we're gonna getcha off Nvidia Nvidia has reportedly been cut off from the Chinese market after regulators in Beijing ordered the nation's top tech companies to suspend testing and cancel orders of the GPU giant's accelerators.… #theregister #IT
Beijing demands Chinese tech terminate Nvidia orders
: Huawei or another, we're gonna getcha off Nvidia