Many US states and local authorities are violating generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) by failing to disclose revenue lost to datacenter tax subsidy schemes, according to Good Jobs First. The accountability nonprofit has a bee in its bonnet about tax abatement programs for datacenters, which it says are costing states billions in lost revenue, yet…
Bork!Bork!Bork! Sweden is arguably the home of bork – think the Swedish Chef from The Muppets – so we are delighted to note an example of the breed turning up north of Stockholm. This time it is Google’s turn to be struck by the baton of bork. A display at the Uppsala Konsert & Kongress…
UK police tech buyers have awarded a £25 million no-competition contract for communications technology first commissioned in 2000, with the replacement project 12 years behind schedule and £3 billion over budget. The Police Digital Service issued a notice stating that it needed to extend contracts for Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) handsets, software, accessories, services, and…
PWNED Welcome back to Pwned, the column where we immortalize the worst vulns that organizations opened up for themselves. If you’re the kind of person who leaves your car doors unlocked with a pile of cash in the center console, this week’s story is for you. Our tall tech tale of woe comes courtesy of…
While Larry was producing most of the content for the “Request/Reponse” chapter for the next edition of our book, I took the lead on writing a section on QUIC (Quick UDP Internet Connections), since I have closely followed its development. Our expectation is that the role of QUIC will be about as important as that…
A mother and her ten-year-old son are now free after being kidnapped for around 20 hours while the father was being extorted for hundreds of thousands of euros. Counter-terrorism officers from the Groupe d’intervention de la Gendarmerie nationale (GIGN) freed the pair from a hotel room in Val-de-Marne at around 06:00 local time on Tuesday…
Bork!Bork!Bork! Windows is doing what it does best in California, with a Blue Screen of Death on the wall of a fast food restaurant where order progress is supposed to be. Spotted by a Register reader in Healdsburg, a town in Sonoma County, the screen should inform patrons of the progress of their order in…
AI is reshaping the demands on network infrastructure, and many organizations are not prepared – including some of the so-called neocloud providers offering AI services. A study by analyst biz Omdia finds that many rent-a-GPU providers have scaled up their compute infrastructure to handle AI workloads, but their networking infrastructure is becoming a critical constraint….
Some Japanese bullet trains will soon be equipped with private suites that include windows with embedded 5G antennas and noise-cancelling technology that envelops passengers in a bubble of quiet. Rail operator JR Central announced the new tech late last month and will initially deploy a couple of the suites on six trains. The carrier explained…
Autovista confirms that it called in outside support to help clean up a ransomware infection currently affecting systems in Europe and Australia. The automotive data and analytics biz issued a public statement on Wednesday confirming the incident, and said that it’s working to contain the attack. London-headquartered Autovista offers a broad suite of applications to…