Linux Mint picks up the pace with LMDE 7 and Wayland-ready Cinnamon Devs sketch plans for two more releases this year, blending Debian foundations with modern display tech The Linux Mint team plans to speed up its release cycle and get two more versions out in the next few months.… #theregister #IT
Linux Mint
: Devs sketch plans for two more releases this year, blending Debian foundations with modern display tech
China slaps 1-hour deadline on reporting serious cyber incidents Cyberspace watchdog tightens reporting regime, leaving little time to hide incidents Beijing will soon expect Chinese network operators to 'fess up to serious cyber incidents within an hour of spotting them – or risk penalties for dragging their feet.… #theregister #IT
China: 1-hour deadline on serious cyber incident reporting
: Cyberspace watchdog tightens reporting regime, leaving little time to hide incidents
It's the final countdown: Windows 10 hits end of support in less than 30 days Microsoft reminds holdouts they've got less than a month before the update tap runs dry Start the countdown! For any administrators living under a rock, Microsoft has posted another warning that Windows 10 22H2 will reach end of servicing on October 14.… #theregister #IT
Microsoft warns users that Windows 10 is in its final days
: Microsoft reminds holdouts they've got less than a month before the update tap runs dry
ChatGPT: Why do most of your users ask for help writing - prose, not code? Study that used actual input to OpenAI’s chatbot finds personal use surging Users of individual accounts for OpenAI’s ChatGPT mostly use it for research and to help with writing, according to a new study into the kind of queries fed into the service.… #theregister #IT
ChatGPT mostly used for help with writing, research
: Study that used actual input to OpenAI’s chatbot finds personal use surging
Indian court stops streaming hearings on social media to protect lawyers from mean memes Did you hear the one about the thin-skinned barrister? The High Court of the Indian State of Madhya Pradesh has stopped live-streaming hearings to protect local lawyers from ridicule on social media.… #theregister #IT
Indian court stops streaming to protect lawyers from memes
: Did you hear the one about the thin-skinned barrister?
Trump backpedals as Hyundai factory ICE raid enrages South Korea Nice plans for US manufacturing you had there, shame if something was to happen to them Analysis  On Sunday, President Trump took to his personal social media channel to calm a growing diplomatic storm with one of America's closest allies, South Korea.… #theregister #IT
Trump backs off as Hyundai factory ICE raid enrages Korea
Analysis: Nice plans for US manufacturing you had there, shame if something was to happen to them
After years of strife, AFRINIC has elected a board. Now the hard work begins Regional internet registry faces numerous critics and isn’t out of the legal woods The African Network Information Center (AFRINIC) last week held elections and announced the appointment of eight directors, which means it has a chance to convene a board for the first time since 2022.… #theregister #IT
AFRINIC has elected a board. Now the hard work begins
: Regional internet registry faces numerous critics and isn’t out of the legal woods
Dems wave hands, stomp feet about ICE using mobile face recognition app Secretive app + unreliable tech + Trump administration policies = ANGRY LETTER A group of senators has penned a sternly-worded letter to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) saying that they're very worried about the agency's use of facial recognition in its mission to cleanse the nation of immigrants w… #theregister #IT
Dem senators cry foul over ICE mobile face recog app
: Secretive app + unreliable tech + Trump administration policies = ANGRY LETTER
Careless engineer stored recovery codes in plaintext, got whole org pwned Cautionary tale from the recent SonicWall attacks Failing to encrypt sensitive data leaves you wide open to attack. During the recent SonicWall attack spree, intruders bypassed multi-factor authentication (MFA) in at least one case, because a user's recovery codes were left sitting in a plaintext file on t… #theregister #IT
Ransomware crims broke in, found recovery codes in plaintext
: Cautionary tale from the recent SonicWall attacks
Engineer turned a vape into a web server Breathe deep on internet fumes Discarded vapes are becoming the new cigarette butts in pollution terms, but a hacker has found a novel way to repurpose the chips they contain to build a web server.… #theregister #IT
Engineer turned a vape into a web server
: Breathe deep on internet fumes