Tuesday December 16, 2025
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Ford shifts gears to build batteries for datacentersEV sales didnt accelerate as hoped, so it will repurpose idling factories Automotive giant Ford has decided to start a business building big batteries, in part to cash in on the datacenter construction boom.
Monday December 15, 2025
22:34Amazon security boss blames Russia's GRU for years-long energy-sector...'Sustained focus on Western critical infrastructure' Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) is behind a years-long campaign targeting energy, telecommunications, and tech providers, stealing credentials and compromising misconfigured devices hosted on AWS to give the Kremlin's snoops persistent access to sensitive networks, according to Amazon's security boss.
21:26Oracle isn't done with Ampere yet as A4 instances arrive on OCI...Big Red said it had sold its stake in its long-time silicon partner last week Oracle last week announced that it had divested from Ampere Computing. But while Big Red may no longer own part of the Arm CPU maker, it's not ready to stop using the chips just yet.
21:10ServiceNow mulls buying Armis to gain full visibility into the IT stackIf the buy happens, the big question is will they integrate the codebase or keep it separate? ServiceNow is reportedly nearing a deal to buy security software company Armis for $7.1 billion to give its customers full stack visibility of their IT estate and eliminate security blindspots, according to Bloomberg.
20:39US gov't launches 'Tech Force' to replace IT staff DOGE firedWashington rediscovers that modern IT doesnt run itself After dissolving several federal tech modernization units and shedding large numbers of technologists, the Trump administration has launched a new talent recruitment initiative, suggesting it still needs people to help drag the government's IT into the present.
16:53China, Iran are having a field day with React2Shell, Google warnsWho hasn't exploited this max-severity flaw? At least five more Chinese spy crews, Iran-linked goons, and financially motivated criminals are now attacking React2Shell, a maximum-severity flaw in the widely used React JavaScript library, according to Google.
16:51Apple blocks dev from all accounts after he tries to redeem bad gift...Paris Buttfield-Addison literally wrote books on Swift Apple has blocked a long-time developer from his Apple ID after he failed to redeem what support suggested was a dodgy $500 gift card, leaving him unable to work, cut off from personal files, and barred from what he calls his 'core digital identity.'
15:28Salesforce willing to lose money on AI agent licenses when customers...Flat-rate deals may sting now, but vendor expects payback over decades Salesforce's chief revenue officer has said that he is relaxed about the CRM giant losing money on AI agent seat-based licensing in the long term because it will have many more years to 'monetize' such customers.
14:02Hyperscalers fuel $112B server spending spree in Q3IDC's latest tracker numbers were brought to you by the letters A and I The global server market went into overdrive in the third quarter of 2025, racking up a record $112.4 billion in revenue as AI demand pushed vendor sales up 61 percent year-on-year, according to the latest figures from IDC.
12:02Roomba maker iRobot gets cleaned out in Chapter 11Company vacuumed up by its own manufacturer iRobot, the company behind autonomous vacuum cleaner brand Roomba, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, telling investors that its Chinese manufacturer will assume control going forward.
11:50Delay to European Central Bank messaging project cost the Bank of...Watchdog links schedule change to replanning of UK payments system overhaul The European Central Bank's (ECB) decision to delay its move to a new messaging standard in 2022 ended up costing the Bank of England £23 million as it was forced to adjust migration to a new settlement system to avoid compounding risks.
11:08JLR: Payroll data stolen in cybercrime that shook UK economyAutomaker admits raid that crippled its factories in August led to the theft of sensitive info Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has reportedly told staff the cyber raid that crippled its operations in August didn't just bring production to a screeching halt it also walked off with the personal payroll data of thousands of employees.
10:01Apple, Google forced to issue emergency 0-day patchesBoth admit attackers were already exploiting the bugs, with scant detail and hints of spyware-grade abuse Apple and Google have both issued emergency patches after zero-day bugs were caught being actively exploited in what the companies describe as 'sophisticated' real-world attacks.
09:40Denmark takes a Viking swing at VPN-enabled piracyMinister insists 'modest' bill is not an assault on privacy-preserving tech The Danish government wants the public to weigh in on its proposed laws restricting use of VPNs to access certain corners of the internet.
08:30Legal protection for ethical hacking under Computer Misuse Act is only ...I'm dreaming of a white hat mass Opinion It was 40 years ago that four young British hackers set about changing the law, although they didn't know it at the time. It was a cross-platform attack including a ZX Spectrum, a BBC Micro, and a Tatung Einstein slamming British Telecom's Prestel service over dial-up modems at 75 bits per second.
06:30Techie 'forgot' to tell boss their cost-saving idea meant a day of...One keypress turned a tricky Windows NT balancing act into a life of leisure Who, Me? After a weekend of R&R, The Register welcomes you back to the working week with a new installment of Who, Me? It's the reader-contributed column in which you confess to workplace errors and indiscretions and reveal how you survived to tell the tale.
Sunday December 14, 2025
22:26Honeypots can help defenders, or damn them if implemented badlyPLUS: Crims could burn your AI budgets thanks to weak defaults; CISA's top 25 vulns for 2025; And more Infosec In Brief The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has found that cyber-deception tactics such as honeypots and decoy accounts designed to fool attackers can be useful if implemented very carefully.
Saturday December 13, 2025
09:00British Airways fears a future where AI agents pick flights and brands ...CEO warns airlines that dont learn to sell themselves to machines could soon be flying under the radar British Airways' chief executive has warned that the airline industry is fast heading for a future where AI agents, not humans, decide which brands get booked and carriers that fail to adapt are at risk of quietly disappearing from the digital shop window.
Friday December 12, 2025
21:29Microsoft RasMan DoS 0-day gets unofficial patch - and a working...Exploit hasn't been picked up by any malware detection engines, CEO tells The Reg A Microsoft zero-day vulnerability that allows an unprivileged user to crash the Windows Remote Access Connection Manager (RasMan) service now has a free, unofficial patch - with no word as to when Redmond plans to release an official one - along with a working exploit circulating online.
17:23New React vulns leak secrets, invite DoS attacksAnd the earlier React2Shell patch is vulnerable If you're running React Server Components, you just can't catch a break. In addition to already-reported flaws, newly discovered bugs allow attackers to hang vulnerable servers and potentially leak Server Function source code, so anyone using RSC or frameworks that support it should patch quickly.
15:41Trump gives state AI regulation the presidential middle fingerExecutive order sidesteps Congress and sets up Litigation Task Force President Trump and his patrons in big tech have long wanted to block states from implementing their own AI regulations. After failing twice to do so in Congress, the US president has issued an executive order that would attempt to punish states that try to restrain the bot business.
15:17Workday project at Washington University hits $266MProtests force disclosure of costs totaling $16,000 per student over 7 year rollout replacing 80 legacy systems The total cost of a Workday implementation project at Washington University in St. Louis is set to hit almost $266 million, it was revealed after the project was the subject of protests from students.
13:28The CRASH Clock is ticking as satellite congestion in low Earth orbit...It's getting crowded up there Earth's orbit is starting to look like an LA freeway, with more and more satellites being launched each year. If you're worried about collisions and space debris making the area unusable and you should be scientists have proposed a new metric to contribute to your anxiety: the CRASH Clock.
13:24AI datacenter boom could end badly, Goldman Sachs warnsBank sketches four scenarios in which monetization falters or demand swamps supply by 2030 Goldman Sachs warns that datacenter investments may fail to pay off if the industry is unable to monetize AI models, but hedges its bets by saying that demand could also overwhelm available capacity by 2030.
12:35Microsoft promises more bug payouts, with or without a bounty programCritical vulnerabilities found in third-party applications eligible for award under 'in scope by default' move Microsoft is overhauling its bug bounty program to reward exploit hunters for finding vulnerabilities across all its products and services, even those without established bounty schemes.
11:36UK watchdog urged to probe GDPR failures in Home Office eVisa rolloutRights groups say digital-only record is leaking data and courting trouble Civil society groups are urging the UK's data watchdog to investigate whether the Home Office's digital-only eVisa scheme is breaching GDPR, sounding the alarm about systemic data errors and design failures that are exposing sensitive personal information while leaving migrants unable to prove their lawful status.
10:31Half of exposed React servers remain unpatched amid active exploitationWiz says React2Shell attacks accelerating, ranging from cryptominers to state-linked crews Half of the internet-facing systems vulnerable to a fast-moving React remote code execution flaw remain unpatched, even as exploitation has exploded into more than a dozen active attack clusters ranging from bargain-basement cryptominers to state-linked intrusion tooling.
09:15Salesforce opts for seat-based AI licensing as customers demand...Analysts say the shift offers stability, but embedded usage caps ensure vendors keep control Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff last week came closer to answering a multibillion-dollar question when he said seat-based pricing with some caveats was becoming the norm for its AI agents after flirting with pricing based on consumption and per-conversation payments.
