Don't despair. iFixit says you can still repair that iPhone Air Thinnest yet still fixable, though not without effort iFixit has given Apple's slimline new smartphone, the iPhone Air, a thumbs-up for repairability, praising its easy access to key components, despite being the thinnest handset Cupertino has built so far.… #theregister #IT
iFixit says you can still repair that iPhone Air
: Thinnest yet still fixable, though not without effort
EU’s cyber agency blames ransomware as Euro airport check-in chaos continues Airport staff revert to manual ops as travellers urged to use self-service check-in where possible The EU's cybersecurity agency today confirmed that ransonmware is the cause of continued disruption blighting major airports across Europe.… #theregister #IT
Ransomware behind global airport outage, says ENISA
: Airport staff revert to manual ops as travellers urged to use self-service check-in where possible
Windows 11 update leaves Blu-ray and TV apps stuttering Protected content in some Blu-ray and DVD applications broken Microsoft has added another entry to its growing list of problematic updates in the Windows Hall of Shame, this time causing Digital TV and Blu-ray applications to stutter and freeze when playing protected content.… #theregister #IT
Windows 11 update leaves Blu-ray and TV apps stuttering
: Protected content in some Blu-ray and DVD applications broken
Car giant Stellantis says customer data nicked after partner vendor pwned Automaker insists only names and emails exposed, no financials Car giant Stellantis is admitting that attackers targeted one of its third-party partners, spilling its own customers' details in the process.… #theregister #IT
Stellantis says a third-party vendor spilled customer data
: Automaker insists only names and emails exposed, no financials
Brit scientists over the Moon after growing tea in lunar soil It's one small sip for man... British boffins say they've discovered a way of taking one of the country's favorite pastimes – having a nice cup of tea – into outer space.… #theregister #IT
Brit scientists over the Moon after tea grown in lunar soil
: It's one small sip for man...
Linux has the lineage to out-evolve the deadliest of cyber threats, given the right push Darwin would understand microkernels. We need microkernels that understand Darwin. Opinion  The IT industry is not only full of sharks, it has shark nature itself. It must keep moving forward to survive. Not all sharks are obligate ram ventilators, and not all IT changes all the time, but without innov… #theregister #IT
Linux has the lineage to out-evolve cyber threats
Opinion: Darwin would understand microkernels. We need microkernels that understand Darwin.
'Technical debt' in police database built to respond to child murders causing a 'failing service' Project rated at 'Red' risk as it struggles to move off obsolete Oracle tech and cloud transition stalls The risk rating of the UK's crime intelligence database is being elevated to "Red" by the governments projects' watchdog as the DB struggles to migrate from a legacy Oracle platform… #theregister #IT
UK
: Project rated at 'Red' risk as it struggles to move off obsolete Oracle tech and cloud transition stalls
FOMO? Brit banking biz rolls out AI tools, talks up security Lloyds Data and AI lead doesn't want devs downloading models from the likes of Hugging Face – too risky Lloyds Banking Group is leaning into 21st century tech - yet trying to do so in a way that the data of its 28 million customers is kept away from untested AI models developers might be tempted to deploy.… #theregister #IT
Brit banking group insists security priority in AI rollout
: Lloyds Data and AI lead doesn't want devs downloading models from the likes of Hugging Face – too risky
Bored developers accidentally turned their watercooler into a bootleg brewery Revenge on managers who slow things down is a drink best served with floating fungus Who, Me?  The world of work can sometimes drive IT pros to drink, leaving them more likely to make the sort of mistakes that The Register celebrates each week in Who, Me? It’s our reader-contributed column in which you share stories of making a me… #theregister #IT
Bored developers turned their watercooler into a brewery
Who, Me?: Revenge on managers who slow things down is a drink best served with floating fungus
Trump says Michael Dell is part of the team buying TikTok, with Larry Ellison and maybe some Murdochs The Register looks forward to a briefing on Dell’s future hyperscale sovereign SaaS platform Dell CEO Michael Dell is part of the consortium that intends to acquire TikTok’s US operations, according to US president Donald Trump.… #theregister #IT
Trump says Michael Dell is part of the team buying TikTok
: The Register looks forward to learning more about a possible Dell hyperscale sovereign social SaaS platform