I was a part-time DBA. After this failover foul-up, they hired a full-time DBA
I was a part-time DBA. After this failover foul-up, they hired a full-time DBA Summary A reader, anonymised as “Derek”, worked as a part-time DBA for a company that ran…
ESA’s Solar Orbiter will help space boffins predict destructive coronal ejections
Summary The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter probe has identified two distinct groups of solar energetic electron (SEE) events — those tied to intense solar flares and those associated with…
Larry Ellison bankrolling £118M AI vaccine research at Oxford University
Larry Ellison bankrolling £118M AI vaccine research at Oxford University Summary A tech billionaire, Larry Ellison, is funding a £118 million project to apply artificial intelligence to vaccine research at…
Azure budget alerts go berserk after Microsoft account migration misfire
Azure budget alerts go berserk after Microsoft account migration misfire Summary Some Microsoft Azure customers were hit by wildly inflated cost forecasts after accounts were migrated from the Microsoft Online…
Laravel inventor tells devs to quit writing ‘cathedrals of complexity’
Laravel inventor tells devs to quit writing ‘cathedrals of complexity’ Summary Taylor Otwell, creator and long-time maintainer of the Laravel PHP framework, warns developers against building over‑engineered, hard‑to‑change systems –…
Alibaba Cloud reveals its uptime and efficiency secrets developed by in-house network boffins
Alibaba Cloud reveals its uptime and efficiency secrets developed by in-house network boffins Summary Alibaba Cloud has published research that explains how it sharply improved network reliability and lowered infrastructure…
In the rush to adopt hot new tech, security is often forgotten. AI is no exception
In the rush to adopt hot new tech, security is often forgotten. AI is no exception Summary Cisco Talos scanned the internet and found over 1,100 publicly reachable Ollama servers…
Reg readers have spoken: 93% back move away from Microsoft in UK public sector
Reg readers have spoken: 93% back move away from Microsoft in UK public sector Summary Register readers overwhelmingly back a move away from Microsoft as the default for UK public…
Frostbyte10 bugs put thousands of refrigerators at major grocery chains at risk
Frostbyte10 bugs put thousands of refrigerators at major grocery chains at risk Summary Security researchers at Armis uncovered ten vulnerabilities, dubbed “Frostbyte10”, in Copeland E2 and E3 refrigeration/building controllers used…
Huawei counts cost of Western bans as UK business withers
Summary Huawei’s UK arm has shrunk dramatically since Western restrictions began. In accounts for the year to 31 December 2024, Huawei Technologies UK reported just £188.2m in revenue — down…