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Atlassian, RingCentral, ZoomInfo also among tech targets ShinyHunters has targeted around 100 organizations in its latest Okta single sign-on (SSO) credential stealing campaign, according to researchers and the criminal group itself.…

As far as I can tell, this Order resolves the last remaining issues in this case at the trial court level. At Steyn’s website, the comment is “Next stop in Mann vs Steyn? The Court of Appeals.”

Robin Rowe talks about coding, programming education, and China in the age of AI feature  TrapC, a memory-safe version of the C programming language, is almost ready for testing.…

Inference-optimized chip 30% cheaper than any other AI silicon on the market today, Azure's Scott Guthrie claims Microsoft on Monday unveiled a new in-house AI accelerator to rival Nvidia's Blackwell GPUs.…

The new US-based joint venture blamed a datacenter power outage, but hasn’t elaborated TikTok's new life under majority American ownership is off to a rough start, after users complained of widespread service disruptions the company blamed on a datacenter power outage.…

An official Model Context Protocol extension Anthropic's Claude can now present the interfaces of other applications within its chat window, thanks to an extension of the Model Context Protocol (MCP).…

But CEOs remain frozen in place More than 400 tech workers have urged their CEOs to "call the White House and demand ICE leave our cities" after masked federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti over the weekend and the world's richest and most powerful chief executives remained silent.…

Accumulation of ice at altitude in high latitudes is an early indicator for the eventual ice accumulation down slope and at lower latitudes.  Greenland’s largest and most productive glacier, Jacobshavn, has advanced and thickened over the past decade.

Points to a use-case problem AI adoption in the workplace stalled in the fourth quarter of 2025, but those who have already started using it are making increased use of it, according to a survey by pollster Gallup. Don't let that fool you into thinking AI is taking over work, though: frequent AI users are still a tiny minority of overall workers.…

Even agents checking other agents can still get it wrong Agents may be the next big thing in AI, but they have limits beyond which they will make mistakes, so exercise extreme caution, a recent research paper says.…

Chatting with former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair in December 2025, UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said: [M]y ultimate vision for that part of the criminal justice system was to achieve, by means of AI and technology, what Jeremy Bentham tried to do with his Panopticon. That is that the eyes of the state can be …

Latest data from Cloudflare shows cable cuts, power failures, and network faults drive steady run of internet outages The internet spent the closing months of 2025 being knocked over by cut cables, broken power grids, bad weather, military strikes, and the occasional self-inflicted technical wound, according to Cloudflare's latest global traffic data.…

Bad luck, BSDs – although alternatives still work KDE Plasma 6.6 is approaching, and one of its more controversial changes is a new login screen that depends on systemd – meaning that it won't work on the non-Linux operating systems KDE still nominally supports.…

Thankfully they only sufffered two outages in 2025. And now it has flown in experts to play with configurations Alaska Air's CEO says IT outages last year damaged the company on multiple fronts despite "triple redundancies" built into its disaster recovery plan.…

The seminal shooter finds yet another unlikely home Not content with rendering Doom in PCB design software or playing it on an oscilloscope, engineer Mike Ayles has got the 1990s shooter running in a computer-aided design (CAD) modeler.…

Researchers demonstrate fourfold improvement to LED steering results after enlisting the help of some good old-fashion AI Boffins at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Labs are working to develop cheap and power efficient LEDs to replace lasers. One day, they let a trio of AI assistants loose in their lab.…

The $20 trillion investment in “decarbonization” in the U.S. and Europe has been an abject failure. It would be a wiser expenditure of tax dollars for governments to subsidize lifetime gym memberships for every citizen. At least then there’d be a slight possibility of some return on investment.

Probe follows outcry over use of creepy image generation tool The European Commission has launched an investigation into X amid concerns that its GenAI model Grok offered users the ability to generate sexually explicit imagery, including sexualized images of children.…

US sports brand launches probe after extortion crew WorldLeaks claims it stole huge dataset Nike says it is probing a possible breach after extortion crew WorldLeaks claimed to have lifted 1.4TB of internal data from the sportswear giant and posted samples on its leak site.…

Some machines are failing to start after security updates, prompting yet another Microsoft investigation Microsoft is investigating reports that its January 2026 security updates are leaving some Windows 11 machines stuck in a boot loop, adding another entry to this month's bumper post–Patch Tuesday borkage list.…

Autonomous agents may generate millions of lines of code, but shipping software is another matter Opinion  AI-integrated development environment (IDE) company Cursor recently implied it had built a working web browser almost entirely with its AI agents. I won't say they lied, but CEO Michael Truell certainly

Cyber sleuths believe Sandworm up to its old tricks with a brand-new sabotage toy Russia was probably behind the failed attempts to compromise the systems of Poland's power companies in December, cybersecurity researchers claim.…

Privacy tools are a start, but real freedom lives in the digital outskirts of the web Opinion  The Net is born free, but everywhere is in chains. This is a parody of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's 1762 book The Social Contract where he said the same about humans, but it's nonetheless true. The Net is built out of open, free protocols and open, free code. Yet it and we are bound by the rulemakers who build the services and set the laws of the places we go and the t

2026 is shaping up to be a bumper year for patch management Microsoft dropped a weekend treat for administrators with yet another out-of-band update to deal with Outlook freezes and broken cloud storage.…

Big Red says 'sovereign' platform supports decision-making and operational learning at sea Britain's Royal Navy is using Oracle Cloud edge infrastructure to operate AI-driven defenses on the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales.…

“It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.”  — Mark Twain

Minister dodges cost questions while promising smartphone-free access and 'robust' verification The UK government has revealed some thinking about digital identity in response to written questions from MPs, while continuing to say next to nothing about the scheme's cost.…

This story starts with the worst mistake of them all – loaning a tool Who, Me?  Everyone makes mistakes, but only The Register celebrates them every week in "Who, Me?" – the reader-contributed column that shares your worst workplace moments then records how you bounced back.…

Germany desperately needs to pray for a warm February miracle if the country is to avoid an energy disaster and a state of emergency. 

In this in-depth interview, economist and statistician Ross McKitrick discusses climate models, uncertainty, and whether the public climate debate is as scientifically balanced as often claimed. He also reflects on his role as a co-author of the recent U.S. Department of Energy report.

Also, cybercriminals get breached, Gemini spills the calendar beans, and more infosec in brief  T'was a dark few days for automotive software systems last week, as the third annual Pwn2Own Automotive competition uncovered 76 unique zero-day vulnerabilities in targets ranging from Tesla infotainment to EV chargers.…

Soaring energy bills, a political crisis, and an insane plan to expropriate wealth creators who drive the Californian Economy.

Balancing the need to know with the need to get shovels in the ground is causing friction in communities across the US feature  Applied Digital CEO Wes Cummins said when his company decides on a location for a datacenter, he asks town officials to sign non-disclosure agreements to stop politicians from leaking insider information.…

Happy exploding transformer day: "... very high levels of consumption during the free-power period ... may lead to increases in network costs. ..."

A distro aimed at helping people, reducing e-waste – and helping a charity, too Emmabuntüs is just another Linux distro, but it's one guided by ethics more than tech. With exceptional help, documentation, beginner-friendly tooling and accessibility, there's a lot to like.…

By portraying a model-reconstructed temperature figure as proof that the world is on the brink of irreversible climate danger, both Politico and NPR are grossly misleading their readers by flatly misrepresenting the evidence about the true state of the climate based upon real-world data. Europe has already passed the threshold portrayed by NPR and Politico as tipping points for disaster and yet no catastrophic consequences have resulted. The recent spike in warming has identifiable short-term co

Noise and vibration keeps sending soldiers to the medics The future of the British Army's troublesome Ajax armored vehicle program has again been called into question after the official in charge was removed and use of Ajax halted over its effects on personnel.…

A place for discussion.

Agrarian Imagination Under Siege: India’s Farmers Against the Global Agri-Cartel (2006) is now available to download for free at Zenodo. The global news cycle is notoriously fleeting, often treating systemic shifts as fleeting moments of spectacle. When the historic farmers’ protests in India during 2020–21 reached their zenith, images of tractor convoys and mass encampments on the …

On October 15, 2025, the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station reported a record low temperature of -61.3 degrees Celsius, marking the coldest October temperature measured in the Southern Hemisphere since 1981.

This promises to be an entertaining evening. Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be served. I hope there will be a good turnout of MC readers. Since space is limited, don’t forget to RSVP.

“Having achieved our goals, the Alliance believes it is appropriate to sunset the organization and promote Ultra Low Carbon Solar through other channels as we proudly cheer the continued expansion of sustainable low carbon solar manufacturing.”

If we truly care about keeping the lights on, let’s stop fighting over the “right” kind of energy and embrace the idea of building a grid that uses it all.

Bernard Lambeau, the human half of a pair programming team, explains how he's using AI feature  Bernard Lambeau, a Belgium-based software developer and founder of several technology companies, created a programming language called Elo with the help of Anthropic's Claude Code.…

President Trump is withdrawing the United States from 66 intergovernmental organizations he has determined are “contrary to the interests of the United States.” This is a big deal, especially the president’s decision to withdraw from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the foundational treaty for global climate policy.

Neurophos is developing a massive optical systolic array clocked at 56GHz good for 470 petaFLOPS of FP4 compute As Moore's Law slows to a crawl and the amount of energy required to deliver generational performance gains grows, some chip designers are looking to alternative architectures for salvation.…

Large Language Models (LLMs), otherwise known as AI chatbots, are statistical models of human speech patterns. Given a prompt, they output a probable string of words as a reply. LLMs are improved text prediction engines whose newly invented “attention heads”—which update the probability of the next word as the string grows—gave the feature much, much …

The official UK digital identity Panopticon has been announced by the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood. The implication for the British people are extremely concerning. Read more here. The post The Official UK Digital Identity Panopticon appeared first on Iain Davis.

As the Telegraph states, this is essentially a Scottish problem, as there is not enough transmission capacity to carry all the wind power south when it is windy. But naively, they then go on to say that OFGEM are spending £90 billion on grid upgrades to deal with this problem.

Drone, satellite, and other data combined to monitor unwanted vessels The UK Home Office is spending up to £100 million on intelligence tech in part to tackle the so-called "small boats" issue of refugees and irregular immigrants coming across the English Channel.…

Neglectful of the economic wreckage that net zero policies have wrought in the U.K. and Germany, economic powerhouse South Korea has declared war on coal and liquified natural gas (LNG) to pursue more aggressive reductions of greenhouse gas emissions.

...the episode will stand as another example of how easily scientific restraint is abandoned when a frightening story is available for the telling.

But ex-CISA boss and new RSAC CEO Jen Easterly will be there updated  The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency won't attend the annual RSA Conference in March, an agency spokesperson confirmed to The Register. Sessions involving speakers from the FBI and National Security Agency (NSA) have also disappeared from the agenda.…

UK watchdog investigates accuracy of data handed over for SMS market review Ofcom is formally investigating whether Meta complied with legally binding information requests regarding WhatsApp's role in the UK business messaging ecosystem.…

If you skipped it back then, now’s a very good time You've got to keep your software updated. Some unknown miscreants are exploiting a critical VMware vCenter Server bug more than a year after Broadcom patched the flaw.…

"Even after 3 or 5 years more innovation?" "It's against physics".

If you're serious about encryption, keep control of your encryption keys updated  If you think using Microsoft's BitLocker encryption will keep your data 100 percent safe, think again. Last year, Redmond reportedly provided the FBI with encryption keys to unlock the laptops of Windows users charged in a fraud indictment.…

'A lot more' victims to come, we're told ShinyHunters has claimed responsibility for an Okta voice-phishing campaign during which the extortionist crew allegedly gained access to Crunchbase and Betterment.…

In this time of thoughtcrime and hate speech laws, here’s a dangerous question: how did people provide for themselves BEFORE government-supplied cradle-to-grave welfare and “social security”? It’s one of those questions that is so obviously staring us in the face but no one thinks to ask. Why? Because the powers-that-shouldn’t-be are afraid of its two-word …

Where FOSS desktop OSes meet geopolitics Hands On  Uniontech's Deepin 25.0.10 release shows that the Chinese desktop world isn't waiting on Western tech. It's modern and good-looking, and (pausing only to sigh deeply) has built-in "AI".…

Remarkably, despite the extremely harsh language directed at Trump, Saporito doesn’t mention anything that the supposed “war” consists of beyond the withdrawal of previous subsidies and tax credits. Since when is a business entitled to subsidies and tax credits? Outside social welfare fields like education and health care, nearly all businesses operate without government handouts. Is the government conducting a “war” against people who make computers, or who build houses, by not offeri

Pipe local wireless noise through an SDR into an RPi, and 64 LED filaments do the rest Unless you live in a Faraday cage, you're surrounded at all times by invisible radio signals, from Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to cellular traffic. French artist Théo Champion has found a way to make that wireless noise visible, with an intense piece of Raspberry Pi-driven art that turns nearby radio activity into light.…

Pointing problem left TESS in the dark Good news for planet hunters – NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is back online after a short flirtation with safe mode.…

Security chief says criminals are already automating workflows, with full end-to-end tools likely within years CISOs must prepare for "a really different world" where cybercriminals can reliably automate cyberattacks at scale, according to a senior Googler.…

Deprecation of popular management tool requires a new look at Azure-based system Microsoft recently announced it will deprecate System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) Management Packs (MPs) for SQL Server Reporting Services, Power BI Report Server,and SQL Server Analysis Services.…

One-time FSD purchase no longer available as Elon Musk talks up future where drivers can be asleep at the wheel Having confirmed Tesla will start charging $99 a month for supervised Full Self-Driving (FSD), CEO Elon Musk has told the faithful that the cost will rise "as FSD's capabilities improve."…

As Big Red's governance of the popular database comes into question, contributors to MySQL consider wresting control Developers in the MySQL community are working together to challenge Oracle to improve transparency and commitment in its handling of the popular open source database, while considering other options, including forking the code.…

Fix didn't quite do the job – attackers spotted logging in Fortinet has confirmed that attackers are actively bypassing a December patch for a critical FortiCloud single sign-on (SSO) authentication flaw after customers reported suspicious logins on devices supposedly fully up to date.…

Cristiano Amon took home almost $30M in 2025 as the chipmaker booked higher revenues despite earnings slide Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon saw his pay packet swell to $29.7 million in fiscal 2025, up from $25.91 million the year before, even as Qualcomm's full-year net income fell 45 percent.…

Down to 364.5 already: Redmond's crappy 2026 continues Microsoft 365 suffered a widespread outage last night affecting multiple services including Outlook – adding to the megacorp's troubled start to 2026.…

Ministry admits greenlighting London-based megabit barn without proper environmental safeguards The British government has conceded it should not have approved a campus near London's M25 orbital motorway and that the decision should be quashed, following a legal challenge by campaign group Foxglove.…

Direct debits? Maybe February. Birth certificates? Dream on. Council tax bills? Oh, those are coming Hammersmith & Fulham Council says payments are now being processed as usual, two months after a cyberattack that affected multiple boroughs in the UK's capital city.…

Is that the cloud? No, it's incense wafting through Whitehall There was a time when an operating system upgrade meant wailing, gnashing of teeth, and a dive in productivity as computers and staffers stopped working for... well, as long as it took.…

Much owed to the few, but takeup is under 1% More than 15,000 former members of the UK's armed forces have successfully applied for a digital version of their veterans ID card since its launch in October, according to the Government Digital Service (GDS). …

Overnight action made for a sticky situation in the candy factory On Call  Some tech support jobs are sweet, and others go sour. Whatever taste they leave in your mouth, The Register celebrates them all each week in On Call – the reader-contributed column that shares your support experiences.…

Yesterday, the British House of Lords brought the looming end of online anonymity one step closer when they voted to support an amendment to the pending Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill that would ban children under 16 from using social media. It’s been said more times than anyone can count, but any “social media ban” …

Just a couple of hours after I wrote that I hadn’t yet seen the major agenda of Davos 2026, Canadian PM Mark Carney made a speech that suddenly made it clear. So, what is the speech about? It’s about how the US are bad guys, attempting to boss around the world through strength and nothing …

Yesterday saw the opening ceremony of the 2026 edition of the World Economic Forum’s annual summit in Davos. The first under the leadership of incoming co-chairman Larry “BlackRock” Fink. This years “themes” are: How can we cooperate in a more contested world? How can we unlock new sources of growth? How can we better invest …

The Technocratic Dark State with Grand Theft World - Author Iain Davis discusses his latest book with Richard Grove from Grand Theft World The post The Technocratic Dark State and Grand Theft World appeared first on Iain Davis.

>NYT: “Do you see any checks on your power on the world stage? Is there anything that could stop you if you wanted to?” President Trump: “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me, and that’s very good.” In January 1776, Thomas Paine published Common Sense, a …

Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. 1. …wait, we’re going to the moon? NASA announced they’re sending people back to the moon…next month. Artemis II is going to loop-the-loop around the …

The fake Digital ID "victory" in the UK is explored by Iain Davis and Ant Critchley from Becoming Stellify. Possible solutions are discussed. Watch here! The post Fake Digital ID “Victory” appeared first on Iain Davis.

Operation Talla exposes the British state for what it is: unconstitutional and unlawful. We only know about it thanks to the tireless work of committed campaigners. Read the incredible story of Operation Talla here. The post Operation Talla – Unconstitutional and Unlawful appeared first on Iain Davis.

In this article we consider what the UK constitutionally rule of law means and how we can use it to resist the UK dictatorship. Read more HERE. The post How We Can Resist The UK Dictatorship – Part 2 appeared first on Iain Davis.

Please check out my speech at the Mass Non Compliance protest rally against digital ID in London on 13th December 2025. The post Iain Davis Speaks At The Mass Non Compliance Protest Against Digital ID appeared first on Iain Davis.

This brilliant argument from the X account of Private Joker explains why those who think digital ID is a "bogeyman" couldn't be more wrong. Read more here. The post Digital Identity Is a Force-Multiplier appeared first on Iain Davis.

The Technocratic Dark State: James Corbett and I discuss some of the major themes of my new book now available to Preorder through Papercut Publishing. The post James Corbett and Iain Davis Expose the Technocratic Dark State appeared first on Iain Davis.

The United Nations regime is not a trustworthy regime of any kind. Yet, we are constantly asked, by the regime itself and its compliant mainstream media propagandists, to blindly trust it. You must be joking. The post Trust The United Nations Regime? You Must Be Joking. appeared first on Iain Davis.

The Technocratic Dark State is due for publication shortly and Dr David A. Hughes has described it as one of the most important books you will read. He interviews me, and we discuss the book and why it matters. The post The Technocratic Dark State: Dr David A. Hughes Interviews Author Iain Davis appeared first on Iain Davis.