Tech troubles create aviation chaos on both sides of the Atlantic ‘Cyber-attack’ on ticketing outfit Collins and cable cuts at Dallas ground hundreds of flights Technology problems hit the commercial aviation industry hard over the weekend, leading to hundreds of cancelled flights and myriad delays on both sides of the Atlantic.… #theregister #IT

Tech troubles create aviation chaos in Europe and USA

: ‘Cyber-attack’ on ticketing outfit Collins and cable cuts at Dallas ground hundreds of flights

Huawei used its own silicon to re-educate DeepSeek so its output won’t bother Beijing PLUS: India ponders tax breaks for datacenters; Samsung plans hiring spree; Taliban bans fiber internet; and more Asia In Brief  Huawei last week revealed that China’s Zhejiang University used its Ascend 1000 accelerators to create a version of DeepSeek’s R1 model that improves on the original by producing … #theregister #IT

Huawei used its own silicon to re-educate DeepSeek

Asia In Brief: PLUS: India ponders tax breaks for datacenters; Samsung plans hiring spree; Taliban bans fiber internet; and more

Ransomware attack linked to museum break-in and theft of golden exhibits PLUS: Luxury brands under fire; FBI warns crims are spoofing it again; ICE buys phone cracking software Infosec in brief  Online criminals prefer to deal in digital assets, but a side effect of a ransomware attack has seen a French museum robbed of $705,000 in physical gold nuggets.… #theregister #IT

Ransomware attack linked to gold heist at museum

Infosec in brief: PLUS: Luxury brands under fire; FBI warns crims are spoofing it again; ICE buys phone cracking software

Firewall upgrade linked to four deaths after Australian telco cut off emergency calls Optus was unaware network changes caused a problem, and ignored some customer complaints Australian telco Optus says its staff may not have followed established processes when a firewall upgrade they conducted resulted in customers not being able to call emergency emergency services for fourteen hour… #theregister #IT

Firewall upgrade at telco linked to deaths in Australia

: Optus was unaware network changes caused a problem, and ignored some customer complaints

Make Windows 11 more useful and less annoying with these 11 Registry hacks From pain-free shutdowns to crap-free search, these tweaks will improve your experience hands on  Windows 11 has a number of puzzling or annoying UI changes from Windows 10 that power users might wish to change. But you can't make these tweaks from the Settings menu or even the legacy Control Panel. To make… #theregister #IT

Make Windows 11 less annoying with these 11 Registry tweaks

hands on: From pain-free shutdowns to crap-free search, these tweaks will improve your experience

SaaS vendors are hiking costs faster than inflation, but squeaky wheels can still get deals And also force them to improve resilience SaaS vendors are increasing prices faster than both inflation and the typical growth rate of corporate IT budgets, but Gartner VP analyst Jo Liversidge thinks that canny buyers can reduce their bills by anticipating price hikes and planning to negotia… #theregister #IT

SaaS vendors are hiking costs, fast, but you can push back

: And also force them to improve resilience

Britain jumps into bed with Palantir in £1.5B defense pact Arrangement follows big tech tie-ins claiming to offer £31B investment The UK has struck a defense deal with US spy-tech biz Palantir, which the government says will unlock £1.5 billion ($2 billion) of investment in Britain.… #theregister #IT

Britain jumps into bed with Palantir in £1.5B defense pact

: Arrangement follows big tech tie-ins claiming to offer £31B investment

Trump admin says tech companies are abusing H-1B visas, slaps $100k a year to allow entry It will hit outsourcing companies hardest On Friday, President Trump signed a presidential proclamation to sharply raise the cost of employing H-1B workers by restricting entry unless employers make a $100,000 payment with the petition.… #theregister #IT

$100k employer payment now conditions H-1B entry

: It will hit outsourcing companies hardest

Zuck has the power! Meta applies to sell excess electricity With new electricity sources for AI datacenters, the company will have some juice left over AI model training and serving require vast quantities of power, but not necessarily all at once. With the first of several gigawatt-scale datacenters due to come online next year, Meta is looking at ways to offload excess energy capacity by sel… #theregister #IT

Zuck has the power! Meta applies to sell excess electricity

: With new electricity sources for AI datacenters, the company will have some juice left over

ChatGPT joins human league, now solves CAPTCHAs for the right prompt Could this bot-prevention technique now be obsolete? ChatGPT can be tricked via cleverly worded prompts to violate its own policies and solve CAPTCHA puzzles, potentially making this human-proving security mechanism obsolete, researchers say.… #theregister #IT

ChatGPT’s agent can dodge select CAPTCHAs after priming

: Could this bot-prevention technique now be obsolete?