Iain Thomson
US News Editor and Journalist at The Register
British journo with @TheRegister. For work security, for play sailing, F1, and Marmite. @iainthomson.bsky.social and Signal iainthomson.60
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2 days ago |
theregister.com | Iain Thomson
: Water, water everywhere, but it would just make it worse
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5 days ago |
theregister.com | Iain Thomson
Less than a month after Microsoft announced it was axing three percent of its staff, regulatory filings indicate new cuts at the tech behemoth. According to California's Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) list, where companies list planned layoffs, Microsoft fired 281 LinkedIn staff on May 28.
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1 week ago |
theregister.com | Iain Thomson
Australia now requires large companies to inform the government if they have paid off ransomware perps. The requirements, as set out in the Cyber Security Bill 2024, kicked in on Friday, May 30. Any business turning over more than AUS $3 million ($1.92 million) must report ransomware payments within 72 hours to the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD).
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1 week ago |
theregister.com | Iain Thomson
Video Tesla has been testing self-driving Model Ys on the streets of Austin, Texas. But according to the automaker's bête noire, the Dawn Project, kids should keep clear.
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1 week ago |
theregister.com | Iain Thomson
The UK is spending more than £1 billion ($1.35 billion) setting up a new Cyber and Electromagnetic Command and is recruiting a few good men and women to join up and staff it. In an announcement on Thursday, Defense Secretary John Healey said the new Command would protect all military networks from attacks, saying that the UK had been hit by 90,000 "sub-threshold" attacks in the last two years. It'll also take a more offensive role online in conjunction with the National Cyber Force.
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The #RSAC organizers have asked journs to call the show as "The RSAC Conference," which would makes us sound like complete pillocks in print. Got to love the editor of @theregister.com for his response. "No, any complaints complaints from them, tell them to email email me me."
Up with the sun for #RSAC and hoping for some good presentations instead of the usual "X is bad says anti-x maker," and less AI hype. https://t.co/wjuHg7wXqn
Had some abuse for describing The Pirate Bay's Carl Lundström as "far right." If you join a party whose slogan is "Don't let your daughter become a negro toy,' I figured it was fair. Credit to @AndrewOrlowski for "Pirate Bay's neo-Nazi sugar daddy." https://t.co/1K7vv4y8lp
