Appeals court kicks fate of net neutrality in America further down the road Judges wonder out loud: If Congress wanted this, it would have passed a law, no? Networks02 Aug 2024 | 5
More than 83K certs from nearly 7K DigiCert customers must be swapped out now Small stay of execution in 'exceptional circumstances' promised – amid legal action to pause digital bonfire CSO31 Jul 2024 | 18
Russia takes aim at Sitting Ducks domains, bags 30,000+ Eight-year-old domain hijacking technique still claiming victims Research31 Jul 2024 |
Remember Nokia? Amazon's lawyers do, in patent infringement suit Updated Finnish firm started the networking and cloud fight, Amazon could finish it Networks31 Jul 2024 | 9
Asia's regional internet registry APNIC names new director general ICANN's local boss Jia Rong Low gets the gig – and a challenging to-do list Networks31 Jul 2024 | 3
Microsoft's Azure networking takes a worldwide tumble Updated Ready to talk it up to investors today, Redmond? Networks30 Jul 2024 | 66
AI era datacenters need AI-ready Ethernet How the latest Ethernet switches will accelerate next-gen cloud infrastructures equipped to run AI workloads Sponsored Post
EU regulator reportedly set to give the nod to HPE-Juniper deal Aruba, Aruba! Some network pros worry it will lead to less choice Networks29 Jul 2024 | 5
French internet cables cut in act of sabotage that caused outages across country Axe attack comes just days after arsonists target rail network Networks29 Jul 2024 | 59
NASA sends 4K video from a flying plane to the ISS using lasers 900 Mbps from Earth to orbit, and I still can't get reliable Wi-Fi in my backyard Networks25 Jul 2024 | 22
Kaspersky says Uncle Sam snubbed proposal to open up its code for third-party review Exclusive Those national security threat claims? 'No evidence,' VP tells The Reg CSO25 Jul 2024 | 53
Microsoft wants fatter pipes between its AI datacenters, asks Lumen to make light work of it Is this what the kidz call a glow-up? Networks24 Jul 2024 | 1
Failure to follow proper procedures caused US-wide AT&T outage, FCC says America's second largest wireless carrier taking steps to prevent a repeat of 12-hour downtime in February Networks23 Jul 2024 | 15
Meta's mass layoff severance agreements illegal, says judge You can't offer a better deal in exchange for silence, argues NLRB Networks22 Jul 2024 | 27
Google to kill off URL shortener once and for all Links shortened with goo.gl will stop working in 2025 Networks19 Jul 2024 | 50
UK comms watchdog banning inflation-linked mid-contract price rises But only for new mobile and broadband contracts, and only from January 2025 Networks19 Jul 2024 | 33
Judge mostly drags SEC's lawsuit against SolarWinds into the recycling bin Russia-invaded software biz 'grateful for the support we have received' CSO18 Jul 2024 | 3
Antitrust: GoDaddy under fire for banning DNS automation tool in favor of its own Updated Domain name giant yanked into court after Entri Connect disconnect Networks16 Jul 2024 | 9
Big Music reprises classic hit 'ISPs need to stop their customers torrenting or we'll sue' Stop us if you think you've heard this one before: Legal supergroup demands billions from Verizon Personal Tech16 Jul 2024 | 82
Net neutrality in danger again: US appeals court puts FCC's resurrected rule on hold 'Likelihood of success is even clearer,' thanks to those Supremes Networks15 Jul 2024 | 17
Boeing's Starliner proves better at torching cash than reaching orbit Perhaps those thrusters actually burn dollars after all
50 years ago, CP/M started the microcomputer revolution In 1974, Gary Kildall got the first version working and changed the world of operating systems
DARPA suggests turning old C code automatically into Rust – using AI, of course Who wants to make a TRACTOR pull request?
Yes, I am being intolerably smug – because I ignored you and saved the project On Call The minutes before a maintenance window closes are maybe not the best time to re-learn obscure router syntax
UK crimebusters shut down global call-spoofing outfit that claimed 170K-plus victims Suspected devs behind Russian Coms cuffed – now to find the users of the nastyware
Japan mandates app to ensure national ID cards aren't forged First delays, then data leaks – now fraud detection needed at point of use
UK plans to revamp national cyber defense tools are already in motion Work aims to build on the success of NCSC's 2016 initiative – and private sector will play a part
Fortune 50 biz coughed up record-breaking $75M ransom to halt leak of stolen data They say crime doesn't pay. They're right – it's the victims doing the paying
Israeli hacktivist group brags it took down Iran's internet WeRedEvils alleges successful attack on infrastructure, including data theft
Microsoft whiz dishes the dirt on the Blue Screen Of Death's colorful past CrowdStrike reminded the public that BSODs still exist. Their origins go back decades
Lenovo hit with higher patent payout, both sides claim a win Case centers on 3G, 4G, and 5G patents held by US wireless IP holder InterDigital Networks15 Jul 2024 | 1
FCC: US telcos a long way off, several billions short of removing Chinese kit Updated Just 12% of providers have completed rip and replace of ZTE, Huawei Networks11 Jul 2024 | 4
China pushes for network upgrade blitz as IPv6 adoption slows UPDATED Almost 800 million use the protocol, with more to come as Wi-Fi mandate arrives order arrives to quit NAT Networks10 Jul 2024 | 26
RADIUS networking protocol blasted into submission through MD5-based flaw If someone can do a little MITM'ing and hash cracking, they can log in with no valid password needed Research10 Jul 2024 | 10
Backscatter brainwave could make IoT comms even more energy efficient How does sub-0.6 mW sound? Networks09 Jul 2024 | 8
Why sustainability matters more than ever to telcos ZTE’s 16th annual sustainability report provides an update on progress to date Sponsored Feature
Devs claim Apple is banning VPNs in Russia 'more effectively' than Putin Updated Mozilla shows guts with its extensions – but that's the way the Cook, he crumbles Security05 Jul 2024 | 59
FCC: T-Mobile US unit gave blind customer the runaround in massive tech support fail Assurance Wireless must sort out accessibility after handing customer a phone without a screen reader Networks05 Jul 2024 | 22
Paessler pulls subscription licensing switcheroo on PRTG Network Monitor Exclusive Customers seek alternatives after claiming costs up from perpetual Networks05 Jul 2024 | 24
Europol says mobile roaming tech is making its job too hard Privacy measures apparently helping criminals evade capture Cyber-crime05 Jul 2024 | 36
AST SpaceMobile promises the Moon with seamless satellite phone service Yet all its birds remain resolutely earthbound Networks04 Jul 2024 | 5
Row erupts over data sharing function in UK doctor software Union advises members to turn off features government introduced to allow third parties to update records Public Sector04 Jul 2024 | 38
Vodafone, VMO2 shuffle spectrum to woo watchdog amid merger moves Vodafone chasing Three, but BT's complained borged entity would have 'disproportionate' capacity Networks03 Jul 2024 | 6
BT bets big on AI with ServiceNow to cut legacy baggage Promises no pink slips despite service desk in crosshairs SaaS03 Jul 2024 | 19
UN telecom watchdog wags finger at Russia for satellite interference European neighbors say interference comes from Moscow and Kaliningrad, Kremlin claims it didn't find anything Networks02 Jul 2024 | 51
Switzerland to end 2024 with an analog FM broadcast-killing bang Time to upgrade that receiver if you're one of the few Swiss that still don't have one able to receive DAB+ signals Networks02 Jul 2024 | 92
How tech went from free love to pay-per-day Devconf.cz FOSS, AI, blockchain, and the cycle of empty nonsense Applications02 Jul 2024 | 91
France poised to bring 'charges against Nvidia' Euro nation's monopoly gendarmes cheesed off with GPU giant's dominance AI + ML01 Jul 2024 | 19
Verizon hit with whopping $847M verdict for infringing 5G and hotspot patents Must be hard to face a huge, unexpected bill, amirite? Networks01 Jul 2024 | 11
Amazon's Project Kuiper slips to end of 2024 for first full-scale launch Starlink rival slips again, but service still set for 2025 Networks28 Jun 2024 | 4
Nokia to buy Infinera for $2.3B Aims to expand optical networking biz, particularly in North America Networks28 Jun 2024 | 2
Polyfill.io owner punches back at 'malicious defamation' amid domain shutdown Updated No supply-chain attacks to see over here! Research28 Jun 2024 | 28
FCC wants telcos to carrier unlock cellphones 60 days after activation Should you stay or should you go now? If Rosenworcel gets her way, there won't be trouble Personal Tech27 Jun 2024 | 40
Americans abroad cut off as AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile US suffer roaming outages Updated Why all three at once? Blame Syniverse – everyone else is Networks27 Jun 2024 | 13
Nokia to sell submarine network business to France in $375M deal Comms giant to dump undersea internet cable unit by early 2025 Networks27 Jun 2024 | 17
Alibaba Cloud reveals its datacenter design, homebrew network used for LLM training Exclusive 15,000 GPUs per DC, in hosts packing eight apiece, plus nine NICs – helped by switches with custom heat sinks Systems27 Jun 2024 | 6
FCC slaps Verizon with $1M fine for dropping 911 calls, again Less than an hour's profit - that sends a strong message for emergency cover Networks26 Jun 2024 | 9
British Airways blames T5 luggage chaos on fault 'outside of our control' Exclusive It was Vodafone, basically Networks26 Jun 2024 | 104
AT&T wants Big Tech to help fund US internet access Affordable Connectivity funding coming to an end soon... Networks26 Jun 2024 | 15
US mayors urge Congress to ditch red-tape-slaying broadband expansion bill What's the matter, you want China to win, huh? Networks25 Jun 2024 | 17
Britain's Ministry of Defence accused of wasting £174M on 'external advice' Morpheus comms system online by 2025? You must be dreaming Public Sector24 Jun 2024 | 51
AT&T forbidden from cutting landline services to large parts of California Telecoms company will remain a carrier of last resort per CPUC ruling Networks21 Jun 2024 | 22
Starlink stuffs the internet into a backpack by invitation only Satellite dishes not just for roofs anymore Networks21 Jun 2024 | 15
Since joining NATO, Sweden claims Russia has been borking Nordic satellites If Putin likes jammin', we hope NATO likes jammin' too Security21 Jun 2024 | 56
AI-assisted automation for clouds and networks climbs Gartner's hype cycles Yes, AI will volunteer to run your IT estate. You might be a fool to trust it AI + ML20 Jun 2024 | 2
Satellite phone service could soon become the norm America's Big 3 cellcos all signed up already, though most of the 'non terrestrial' tech not actually live yet Networks19 Jun 2024 | 48
Brit watchdog gnawing on HPE's $14B buy of cable giant Juniper Networks Invites comments from rivals and customers at start of merger probe Networks19 Jun 2024 | 10
50 launches, 1 knighthood – Rocket Lab CEO talks heavy-lift rockets, Venus, and Musk Interview Sir Peter Beck on bringing balance to the market and more Science19 Jun 2024 | 10
T-Mobile US drags New Jersey borough to court over school cell tower permit denial Comms outfit says 'think of the children' isn't a legal reason to reject application Networks18 Jun 2024 | 32
Researchers find Meta's withdrawal of misinformation tool hard to swallow Feature If the new system is so good, why not onboard everyone who accessed the old system? Networks18 Jun 2024 | 41
BT speaks out against Vodafone and Three's mobile marriage plans Fears 'MergeCo' will snaffle disproportionate spectrum Networks18 Jun 2024 | 17
Vietnam's internet again in trouble as three of five submarine cables go down Outages came a day after nation launched giveaway of .VN domains in pursuit of improved digital sovereignty Public Sector18 Jun 2024 | 11
Um, what ever did happen with network automation? Systems Approach Is it lingering somewhere between fusion power and self-driving cars? Networks17 Jun 2024 | 10
T-Mobile US joins suppliers on $2.7B DoD contract for next-gen comms services Expansive Spiral 4 program to boost capabilities with cutting-edge tech Networks14 Jun 2024 | 6
We need a volunteer to literally crawl over broken glass to fix this network On Call Downside: High chance of injury. Upside: Permanent bragging rights at performance reviews Networks14 Jun 2024 | 92
Let's kick off our summer with a pwn-me-by-Wi-Fi bug in Microsoft Windows Patch Tuesday Redmond splats dozens of bugs as does Adobe while Arm drivers and PHP under active attack CSO12 Jun 2024 | 7
FCC takes some action against notorious BGP How's your RPKI-based security plan coming along? Feds want to know Networks07 Jun 2024 | 9
Big Telco takes aim at renewed net neutrality rules New red-tape will cost us big, American ISPs and their lobbyists claim Networks06 Jun 2024 | 10
BT chief blames regulations for UK lagging in next-gen network rollout Someone noticed Britain's about to elect a new govt, amirite? Networks06 Jun 2024 | 50
Wi-Fi can watch your heart beating, Taiwan’s datacenter power outfit Delta finds Computex May come in handy for healthcare orgs, or to turn you off private 5G Networks06 Jun 2024 | 10
UK tribunal greenlights $17.4B advertising monopoly case against Google Chocolate Factory entangled in yet another anti-competitive claim Networks05 Jun 2024 | 7
Nokia demos upper 6 GHz band for mobile, but UK wants it shared with Wi-Fi Splitting hotly contested spectrum could get messy Networks05 Jun 2024 | 39
Unlucky AT&T subscribers struggle to make calls in multi-hour US outage If you're wondering why connectivity seems toast at the moment Networks04 Jun 2024 | 2
Nvidia CEO brushes off Big Tech's attacks on NVLink network tech Computex Says UALink and Ultra Ethernet won't be threat for years as he reveals successor to Blackwell and free NIMs Networks04 Jun 2024 | 1
Flying phone base stations to take off over Japan in 2026 NTT Docomo teams with Airbus subsidiary to make it happen Networks04 Jun 2024 | 2
Court accepts Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim's insider trading settlement Billionaire Arista chief architect to pay inconsequential sum via SEC Networks03 Jun 2024 | 7
US standards agency reports back on just how good age verification software is Getting better, but more work needed Networks03 Jun 2024 | 23
UK may not hit goal of 95% mobile coverage, commons committee warns Sitting in a not-spot in the countryside? It's not great news Networks03 Jun 2024 | 68
Recycling old copper wires could be worth billions for telcos 800,000 metric tons of cabling is just lying there Networks31 May 2024 | 61
Verizon joins satellite phone party, links up to AST SpaceMobile Rival AT&T is also with AST, although T-Mobile went with SpaceX’s Starlink Networks30 May 2024 | 1
Multi-day DDoS storm batters Internet Archive Updated Think this is bad? See what Big Media wants to do to us, warns founder Cyber-crime29 May 2024 | 51
T-Mobile to buy US Cellular's wireless ops, plus slice of spectrum for $4.4B You keep the towers, we'll bag the customer list, says T-Mo Networks28 May 2024 | 4
Alibaba Cloud built its edge network hardware on Intel Ethernet ASICs Custom 2U boxen with Tofino inside are in production and mean Chinese cloud has more space for servers Off-Prem28 May 2024 |
Man behind deepfake Biden robocall indicted on felony charges, faces $6M fine FCC wants to hit this political genius with first-of-a-kind punishment Cyber-crime24 May 2024 | 46
TR-069, a protocol that made broadband manageable, turns 20. What's coming next? Interview In less than 13 minutes, we'll get you up to speed on USP Networks23 May 2024 | 10
How Apple Wi-Fi Positioning System can be abused to track people around the globe In-depth SpaceX is smart on this, Cupertino and GL.iNet not so much Networks23 May 2024 | 78
Building cheaper, greener 5G networks How ZTE’s radio network efficiencies can shrink operators’ energy costs and boost profits Sponsored Feature
Starlink offers 'unusually hostile environment' to TCP Hopping satellites every 15 seconds will do that to a protocol, natch Networks22 May 2024 | 98
BT delays deadline for digital landline switch off date Telco told they must protect vulnerable in race to turn off Public Switched Telephone Network Networks21 May 2024 | 109
Google Cloud shows it can break things for lots of customers – not just one at a time Deleted about 40 networks that services needed, causing late Thursday fun Off-Prem20 May 2024 | 29
The UK reveals it's spending millions on quantum navigation First commercial flight trials of a quantum-based system that could be a backup for GPS Networks14 May 2024 | 50
Starlink suffers 'degraded service' from solar storm but emerges intact Unusually high activity from Sun may have also hastened Hubble's demise Networks13 May 2024 | 24
FCC slams banhammer on 5G fast lanes with final net neutrality text Any way you network slice it, you can't favor an app, says US watchdog Networks09 May 2024 | 10
Undersea cables must have high-priority protection before they become top targets Interview It's 'essential to national security' ex-Navy intel officer tells us Networks08 May 2024 | 36
Watch out for rogue DHCP servers decloaking your VPN connections Avoid traffic-redirecting snoops who have TunnelVision Spotlight on RSA07 May 2024 | 34
IBM says these back-office, network edge Power 10 servers would be sweet for – yes, you guessed it – AI Short on cores, big on threads and matrix math AI + ML07 May 2024 | 5
Ten years ago Microsoft bought Nokia's phone unit – then killed it as a tax write-off Retrospective When bad management meets bad software, even great hardware is useless Personal Tech05 May 2024 | 162
Starlink geofence appears to have some gaping holes I guess the brains down in Africa gonna take some time to do the things they never should have had Networks03 May 2024 | 36
Florida man gets 6 years behind bars for flogging fake Cisco kit to US military Operation busted after dodgy devices ended up at Air Force Networks02 May 2024 | 41
Huawei's hidden hand in optics research contest shocks scholars Updated US universities awarded money from a corp they had severed ties with Networks02 May 2024 | 21