The Brutalist Report

The Register

• US patent office wants an AI to scan for prior art, but doesn't want to pay for it [1h]
• EDB enhances analytics in PostgreSQL with open source add-ons [2h]
• Looks like Aflac is the latest insurance giant snagged in Scattered Spider’s web [2h]
• Qilin ransomware top dogs treat their minions to on-call lawyers for fierier negotiations [3h]
• Eutelsat seeks €1.35B to boost LEO network and take the fight to Starlink [3h]
• AI gives the sleeping network switch market a good kick [3h]
• Xlibre fork lights a fire under long-dormant X.org development [4h]
• OVHcloud chief talks up sovereignty discussions with the European Commision [5h]
• DHS warns of sharp rise in Chinese-made signal jammers it calls 'tools of terrorism' [6h]
• Broadcom's answer to VMware pricing outrage: You're using it wrong [7h]
• Windows 11 migration heats up... on desktops [8h]
• SAP ECC 6.0 lives to fight another decade under Rimini Street [8h]
• Attack on Oxford City Council exposes 21 years of election worker data [9h]
• Deal to 'save' UK colleges £45M in Oracle Java licensing fees followed audit requests [11h]
• Remembering when NASA stuck a Space Shuttle on top of a Boeing 747 [11h]
• Techie traveled 4 hours to fix software that worked perfectly until a new hire used it [13h]
• Australia finds age detection tech has many flaws but will work [14h]
• AFRINIC election proceeds after ICANN’s attempt to replace officials fails [16h]
• China just two years behind USA on chip design, says White House tech Czar [19h]
• Japan's sequel to Fugaku supercomputer will be Arm'd to the teeth [22h]
• American coders are most likely to use AI [23h]