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VMware opens beta for an upgrade to its midrange vSphere Foundation bundle

A new alternative for those pondering what to do when vSphere 7.x goes end of life in October VMware has revealed another big upgrade is on the way, this time for its vSphere Foundation suite.…
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The Register · VMware opens beta for an upgrade to its midrange vSphere Foundation bundleBy Simon Sharwood

The sound of Windows 95 about to disappoint you added to Library of Congress significant sound archive

Along with Celine Dion and Elton John - plus some good music too The Brian-Eno-composed sound played by Windows 95 when booted has been added to the US Library of Congress’s list of nationally significant recordings.…
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The Register · The sound of Windows 95 about to disappoint you added to Library of Congress significant sound archiveBy Simon Sharwood

Vorsicht, Kunde! – Massive Panne beim Datenumzug

Pfuscht ein Dienstleister beim Datentransfer, droht ihm Bußgeld und der Kunde erhält Schadensersatz. Der fällt niedriger aus als von vielen Betroffenen erhofft.

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heise online · Vorsicht, Kunde! – Massive Panne beim DatenumzugBy Ulrike Kuhlmann

Self-driving car maker Musk's DOGE rocks up at self-driving car watchdog, cuts staff

Under-audit political squad also said to be drafting invoices for Uncle Sam In February, Elon's Musketeers at President Trump's cost-trimming DOGE operation turned up at the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which regulates the kinds of self-driving cars the billionaire wants to build.…
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The Register · Self-driving car maker Musk's DOGE rocks up at self-driving car watchdog, cuts staffBy Iain Thomson

Ex-Meta exec tells Senate Zuck's biz dangled US citizen data in bid to enter China

Former policy boss claims Facebook cared little about national security as it chased the mighty Yuan Facebook's former director of global public policy told a Senate committee that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was willing to do almost anything to get the social network into China - including, she alleged, offering up A…
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The Register · Ex-Meta exec tells Senate Zuck dangled US citizen data in bid to enter ChinaBy Iain Thomson

Apps-from-prompts Firebase Studio is a great example – of why devs won't lose jobs to AI

Big G reckons this agentic AI speeds up or simplifies coding. Developers who've used it aren't so sure Cloud Next  Google on Wednesday announced Firebase Studio, a product pitched as "a cloud-based agentic development environment" – in other words, a browser-based coding workspace that i…
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The Register · Apps-from-prompts Firebase Studio is a great example – of why AI can't replace devsBy Thomas Claburn

Return of Redis creator bears fruit with vector set data type

LLM query caching also lands soon The return of Redis creator Salvatore Sanfilippo has borne fruit in the form of a new data type - vector sets - for the widely used cache-turned-multi-model database.…
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The Register · Return of Redis creator bears fruit with vector set data typeBy Lindsay Clark

OpenAI slams 'sham' takeover bid by wannabe 'AGI dictator' Musk in countersuit

Billionaire 'tried every tool available to harm' us, says super lab, and it wants a judge to end 'harassment' OpenAI has countersued co-founder Elon Musk, accusing him of unlawful and unfair tactics to derail its restructuring plans and demanding a judge hold him liable for damage allegedly inflicted on the …
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The Register · OpenAI slams 'sham' takeover bid by wannabe 'AGI dictator' Musk in countersuitBy Brandon Vigliarolo

US sensor giant Sensata admits ransomware disrupts operations

Props for the transparency though US sensor maker Sensata has told regulators that a ransomware attack caused operational disruption, and that it's still working to fully restore affected systems.…
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The Register · US sensor giant Sensata admits ransomware derailed opsBy Connor Jones

Satellite phone tech coming to your phone this year – but who pays for it?

Operators mulling whether to price tech into subs, says report, which notes Musk's Starlink satellite dominance This year will be Ground Zero for the commercialization of satellite phone services, but a key question is whether operators will charge extra for this capability or include it as part of customer subscript…
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The Register · Satellite phone tech coming to your phone this year – but who pays for it?By Dan Robinson

Atlassian makes its Rovo AI free, for now, to reduce 'friction' holding you back from agentic nirvana

Apparently it's time to assume you will work with AI and must 'move from doing the thing to being the architect of the thing' Atlassian has decided to make its Rovo AI suite free but will in future introduce fees for use beyond a yet-to-be-determined threshold.…
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The Register · Atlassian makes its Rovo AI free, for now, to reduce 'friction' holding you back from agentic nirvanaBy Simon Sharwood