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France fines telcos €42M for sub-par security prior to 24M customer breach

woensdag 14 januari 2026 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Three major GDPR violations, including a lack of basic security controls, lead to hefty dent in profits The French data protection regulator, CNIL, today issued a collective €42 million ($48.9 million) fine to two French telecom companies for GDPR v…

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'Imagination the limit': DeadLock ransomware gang using smart contracts to hide their work

woensdag 14 januari 2026 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

New crooks on the block get crafty with blockchain to evade defenses Researchers at Group-IB say the DeadLock ransomware operation is using blockchain-based anti-detection methods to evade defenders' attempts to analyze their tradecraft.…

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Hasta la vista! Microsoft finally ends extended updates for ancient Windows version

woensdag 14 januari 2026 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Support expires for Windows Server 2008, and the codebase released to manufacturing in 2006 Microsoft has quietly maintained support for an OS that's nearly 18 years old, but its time has finally passed - the Windows Vista-powered Windows Server 200…

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Firefox 147 brings GPU boost, tidier tabs, and video that follows you around

woensdag 14 januari 2026 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Latest update focuses on hardware acceleration, security tightening, and a handful of quality-of-life tweaks The latest Firefox is here with some handy changes – most of which differ depending on what OS and type of CPU you run it on.…

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AI's $3T infrastructure binge continues despite lack of clear profits

woensdag 14 januari 2026 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Investment in datacenters to peak by 2029, place your bets please The AI-driven datacenter construction frenzy shows no signs of slowing, but neither do concerns that the whole edifice could collapse under the weight of its own hype and mounting inv…

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Stop dragging feet on AI nudification ban, UK government told

woensdag 14 januari 2026 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Committee raises concerns over delays and loopholes in proposed law The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee has criticized the UK government's handling of AI nudification tools, saying it is taking too long to ban apps, and that expedited l…

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UK backtracks on digital ID requirement for right to work

woensdag 14 januari 2026 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

U-turn leaves questions on costs, funding, and benefits unanswered The UK government has backed down from making digital ID mandatory for proof of a right to work in the country, adding to confusion over the scheme's cost and purpose.…

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Eurail passengers taken for a ride as data breach spills passports, bank details

woensdag 14 januari 2026 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Travel biz tells customers to change passwords beyond its own services Eurail has confirmed customer information was stolen in a data breach, according to notification emails sent out this week.…

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Cyber-stricken Belgian hospitals refuse ambulances, transfer critical patients

woensdag 14 januari 2026 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Attack enters second day with major disruption to healthcare provision Two hospitals in Belgium have cancelled surgeries and transferred critical patients to other facilities after shutting down servers following a cyberattack.…

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Dutch cops cuff alleged AVCheck malware kingpin in Amsterdam

woensdag 14 januari 2026 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

33-year-old was under surveillance for some time before returning home from the UAE Dutch police believe they have arrested a man behind the AVCheck online platform - a service used by cybercrims that Operation Endgame shuttered in May.…

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UK government told to stop dragging feet on AI nudification ban

woensdag 14 januari 2026 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Committee raises concerns over delays and loopholes in proposed law The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee has criticized the UK government's handling of AI nudification tools, saying it is taking too long to ban apps, and that expedited l…

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India’s flagship PSLV rocket fails for the second time in a row

woensdag 14 januari 2026 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

One payload out of fifteen survived and sent home some useful data India’s Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has commenced an investigation into the failure of a PSLV launcher.…

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Spanish power giant sparks breach probe amid claims of massive data grab

woensdag 14 januari 2026 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Endesa says payment info stolen after alleged crook boasted of 1 TB-plus haul Spanish energy giant Endesa is warning customers about a data breach after a cybercrim claimed to have walked off with a vast cache of personal information allegedly tied …

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Windows 2000 rusts in peace by the sea

woensdag 14 januari 2026 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

When salty coastal air meets memory errors in one of Portugal's rail ticket machines Bork!Bork!Bork!  It's back to the railways of Portugal for today's bork. Remember how we called Windows 2000 the unkillable cockroach of the IT world? Seems it's be…

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Anthropic finds $1.5 million to help Python Foundation improve security

woensdag 14 januari 2026 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

AI upstart also upscales its Labs to find the next frontier The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has an extra $1.5 million heading its way, after AI upstart Anthropic entered into a partnership aimed at improving security in the Python ecosystem.…

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India’s flagship PSLV rocket fails for the second time in a row

woensdag 14 januari 2026 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

One payload out of fifteen survived and sent home some useful data India’s Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has commenced an investigation into the failure of a PSLV launcher.…

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Trump administration sets GPU export rules that put Chinese buyers at the back of the queue

woensdag 14 januari 2026 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

America first, for sales and access to foundries The Trump administration will only allow exports of Nvidia and AMD GPUs to China if local buyers can get all the kit they want.…

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Windows info-disclosure 0-day bug gets a fix as CISA sounds alarm

woensdag 14 januari 2026 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

First Patch Tuesday of 2026 goes big Microsoft and Uncle Sam have warned that a Windows bug disclosed today is already under attack.…

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Google rekindles relationship with jilted JPEG XL image format

woensdag 14 januari 2026 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Chromium commit adds support for image decoder after the Big G ditched it a few years back Google has added support for the JPEG XL (JXL) image format to the open source Chromium code base, reversing a decision in 2022 to drop the technology.…

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Memory shortage could push PC shipments to pre-pandemic lows

dinsdag 13 januari 2026 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Could be back to 2016 levels The rising cost of memory due to shortages is likely to persist into late 2027, driving higher device prices and lackluster configurations for PCs, tablets, and phones, IDC research manager Jitesh Ubrani told The Registe…

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Popular Python libraries used in Hugging Face models subject to poisoned metadata attack

dinsdag 13 januari 2026 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

The open-source libraries were created by Salesforce, Nvidia, and Apple with a Swiss group Vulnerabilities in popular AI and ML Python libraries used in Hugging Face models with tens of millions of downloads allow remote attackers to hide malicious …

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