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Another one bytes the dust

In an incredibly rare move, Google is killing off one of its online services – this time, VPN for Google One.…

That 30% app tax may turn out to be a hefty liability

Apple's attempt to get the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) to toss a lawsuit over its 30 percent App Store tax has failed, meaning the iMaker could eventually be forced to fork over £785 million ($980 million) in compensation to developers.…

Not touching copyrighted material with a barge pole

Adobe is building its own AI model capable of transforming text into video and, unlike other companies, will actually pay creators of the material used to train it.…

The most secure Unix-like OS to date?

The OpenBSD project's 56th release is arguably the most secure Unix-like OS to date.…

The most secure Unix-like OS to date?

The OpenBSD project's 56th release is arguably the most secure Unix-like OS to date.…

Self-preferencing pushback in Europe and US seems to have had some effect

Discover the benefits of embedded Linux systems

Webinar  There's always someone or something, somewhere poised to change the world. And over two decades ago, Linux took up the mantle.…

Affected federal agencies must comb through mails, reset API keys and passwords

Windows Server 2025 will let you run a VM with 2,048 vCPUs, 240 TB RAM, and 68 network adapters

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a hard drive!

A UK IT maintenance outfit is testing out drones to deliver equipment to customers, claiming this will help with sustainability measures of all things.…

Gloucestershire reluctant to set new date in S/4HANA migration saga

The UK's Gloucestershire County Council has failed to introduce its new £7.3 million ($9.3 million) cloud-based SAP system in time for the new financial year, as its director of finance promised back in January.…

Linux kernel cut it loose, now leading FOSS compiler lands depth-charge on Itanic

Shifts its transmission from vendor neutral into open source gear

Opinion  Since its founding, the Linux Foundation has been a vendor-neutral supporter of Linux and open source software. Now, though, it's actively promoting such open source projects as OpenTofu and Valkey.…

And be paid danger money while he did it

On Call  Welcome once again to On-Call, The Register’s weekly wander through readers’ recollections of being asked to perform tech support under all sorts of strange circumstances, most of them difficult. But not always.…

Billions in investment? Yeeeah, right – looks more like ensuring only select few developers thrive

Embarrassing, as its officials are in the US to discuss Olympics cyber threats

Report claims India's government, which is accused of using Pegasus at home, was displeased

As the rest of Virtizilla's users face a pause in support and education services due to apparent SAP-to-Oracle migration

Asking for emir few billion bucks to pay for lots of fabs, datacenters, and nuclear power plants

China, Russia have muscled up, and whoever wins up there wins down here

Export restrictions and sanctions working well, we see

A sprawling industrial complex being built by Huawei near Shanghai will be used to research and develop chipmaking equipment to help the tech giant overcome restrictions imposed on it by the US, local sources are reportedly saying.…

And Andy Jassy will happily take your money along the way

It's safe to say Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is pretty jazzed about generative AI's potential to drive profits.…