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EV sales didn’t accelerate as hoped, so it will repurpose idling factories Automotive giant Ford has decided to start a business building big batteries, in part to cash in on the datacenter construction boom.…   TheRegister

Palantir's former IT boss just took over as CEO of Thrive-backed AI MSP platform Former Palantir CIO Jim Siders has departed the company to join Shield Technology Partners as CEO, in a bid he says is meant to bring AI to bear in the sprawling managed services landscape.…   TheRegister

'Sustained focus on Western critical infrastructure' Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) is behind a years-long campaign targeting energy, telecommunications, and tech providers, stealing credentials and compromising misconfigured devices hosted on AWS to give the Kremlin's snoops persistent access to sensitive networks, according to Amazon's security boss.…   TheRegister

Big Red said it had sold its stake in its long-time silicon partner last week Oracle last week announced that it had divested from Ampere Computing. But while Big Red may no longer own part of the Arm CPU maker, it's not ready to stop using the chips just yet.…   TheRegister

Framework looks great for scenarios where a 62 percent completion rate is acceptable IBM researchers have released an open source AI agent called CUGA that aspires to automate complex enterprise workflows and get it right about half the time, depending on the task.…   TheRegister

If the buy happens, the big question is will they integrate the codebase or keep it separate? ServiceNow is reportedly nearing a deal to buy security software company Armis for $7.1 billion to give its customers full stack visibility of their IT estate and eliminate security blindspots, according to Bloomberg.…   TheRegister

Washington rediscovers that modern IT doesn’t run itself After dissolving several federal tech modernization units and shedding large numbers of technologists, the Trump administration has launched a new talent recruitment initiative, suggesting it still needs people to help drag the government's IT into the present.…   TheRegister

And don't sweat the debt either, we've got plenty of capital at our disposal Despite Wall Street jitters and reports to the contrary, Oracle insists its $300 billion datacenter deal with OpenAI is on track and proceeding on schedule.…   TheRegister

Powered by the original mobile Linux OS with crowdsourced specs hands on After successful crowdfunding, the latest release of the original handheld Linux distro will power a new handset coming in mid-2026.…   TheRegister

Mobile traffic now accounts for nearly half of requests Global internet traffic grew by 19 percent during 2025, while nearly half of traffic now comes from mobile devices. A significant and growing portion also comes from bots, many designed to train AI.…   TheRegister

Who hasn't exploited this max-severity flaw? At least five more Chinese spy crews, Iran-linked goons, and financially motivated criminals are now attacking React2Shell, a maximum-severity flaw in the widely used React JavaScript library, according to Google.…   TheRegister

Paris Buttfield-Addison literally wrote books on Swift Apple has blocked a long-time developer from his Apple ID after he failed to redeem what support suggested was a dodgy $500 gift card, leaving him unable to work, cut off from personal files, and barred from what he calls his 'core digital identity.' …   TheRegister

Même les géants ont leurs faiblesses. Apple s'apprête à renégocier des contrats cruciaux pour la mémoire de ses appareils, et la facture risque d'être salée. Une augmentation des coûts de production qui pourrait bien finir par se répercuter sur le ticket de caisse.   01net

L’Epic Games Store prépare un nouveau coup d’éclat pour la fin d’année. Après avoir offert Hogwarts Legacy dès le 11 décembre, une fuite relayée sur les réseaux chinois laisse entrevoir une impressionnante liste de seize titres supplémentaires, parmi lesquels Red Dead Redemption 2 ou Detroit: Become Human.   01net

Flat-rate deals may sting now, but vendor expects payback over decades Salesforce's chief revenue officer has said that he is relaxed about the CRM giant losing money on AI agent seat-based licensing in the long term because it will have many more years to 'monetize' such customers.…   TheRegister

Chercher un restaurant, un café ou un lieu dans Gemini ne donne plus du tout la même réponse.   01net

Grâce à NVIDA et aux GPU RTX boostés à l’intelligence artificielle, ces ordinateurs sont de véritables machines.   01net

Amazon poursuit son virage vers l’intelligence artificielle. Après Prime Video, c’est au tour de l’application Kindle d’adopter les modèles de langage. Sa nouvelle fonctionnalité, «?Ask this book?», permet aux lecteurs de dialoguer directement avec leurs ouvrages numériques pour poser des questions sur l’intrigue ou les personnages, sans risquer de spoilers. ...   01net

Trop cher, réservé aux professionnels, uniquement valable sur autoroutes... le badge télépéage est souvent sujet à de nombreuses idées reçues, qui sont en réalité totalement fausses. Dans les faits, ce petit boîtier offre de nombreux avantages au quotidien, et son usage dépasse le simple passage aux barrières de péages. ...   01net

Watchdog highlights slate of unmet priorities A US spending watchdog has delivered another withering verdict on the Department of Veterans Affairs’ efforts to drag its health records program into the 21st century.…   TheRegister

IDC's latest tracker numbers were brought to you by the letters A and I The global server market went into overdrive in the third quarter of 2025, racking up a record $112.4 billion in revenue as AI demand pushed vendor sales up 61 percent year-on-year, according to the latest figures from IDC.…   TheRegister

Le système d’exploitation HyperOS 3 introduit sur les smartphones Xiaomi un « mode réparation » qui promet de protéger vos données lorsque votre téléphone doit être manipulé par un professionnel.   01net

On-prem control planes, dark-site upgrades, and multicloud policies target regulated deployments Nutanix is taking a pop at VMware – again – as it unwraps features that it says allow customers to run distributed sovereign clouds.…   TheRegister

À l’approche de Noël, profitez de cette offre inédite SFR sur deux smartphones Samsung très populaires.   01net

Company vacuumed up by its own manufacturer iRobot, the company behind autonomous vacuum cleaner brand Roomba, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, telling investors that its Chinese manufacturer will assume control going forward.…   TheRegister

Watchdog links schedule change to replanning of UK payments system overhaul The European Central Bank's (ECB) decision to delay its move to a new messaging standard in 2022 ended up costing the Bank of England £23 million as it was forced to adjust migration to a new settlement system to avoid compounding risks.…   TheRegister

Apple préparerait des lunettes connectées ultralégères avec une autonomie de haut vol. Pour parvenir à concevoir l'accessoire, le géant de Cupertino miserait sur une puce proche de celle de l'Apple Watch.   01net

Automaker admits raid that crippled its factories in August led to the theft of sensitive info Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has reportedly told staff the cyber raid that crippled its operations in August didn't just bring production to a screeching halt – it also walked off with the personal payroll data of thousands of employees.…   TheRegister

Des utilisateurs d'iPhone rapportent un dysfonctionnement agaçant sous iOS 26. Certains clichés transférés depuis un smartphone Android s'affichent avec un filtre rouge vif inexpliqué, rendant le partage de photos entre les deux écosystèmes plus chaotique que jamais.   01net

La bêta de One UI 8.5 est disponible, mais Samsung n’a visiblement pas tout montré. Certaines fonctionnalités resteraient volontairement cachées, car réservées aux Galaxy S26.   01net

Omnisphere 3, the latest release from Spectrasonics is here. It’s hard to believe that this amazing virtual instrument could be improved, but it has. This version isn’t your usual incremental update. It’s a serious rebuild of the engine, sound architecture, and workflow. ...   KVR Audio

Electro-Harmonix has announced the release of the Big Muff Pi 2 dual op-amp fuzz pedal, a circuit based on a design by original Big Muff creator Bob Myer that was never previously manufactured. The schematic for this unreleased circuit, labeled 'BIG MUFF USING (2 DUAL OP AMPS),' was uncovered by EHX enthusiasts Josh Scott of JHS Pedals and Daniel Danger while researching the company's history. ...   KVR Audio

2Rule has released TugMoveEffect, a free/donationware VST3/AU audio effect plugin for macOS and Windows that brings 2D positioning to audio effects processing. TugMoveEffect Core Concept: Place multiple effects instances on a 2D workspace and control their influence through distance-based mixing. ...   KVR Audio

Blue Cat Audio has updated Remote Control to v3.2, a major yet free upgrade for its virtual MIDI control surface software that can control multiple plug-ins or MIDI devices from a single user interface. At the same time, Blue Cat Audio has launched its end of year promotions, with up to 50% off audio plug-ins and applications until December 31st. ...   KVR Audio

discoDSP has updated Discovery Pro to version 8.11 which introduces JP-8080 Super 7 Supersaw oscillator, comprehensive real-time visualization with oscilloscope display, advanced gate sequencer with note retrigger, Voice Note panning mode, enhanced arpeggiator timing, and performance optimization through VPAK Assets Pack system. ...   KVR Audio

Aqeel Aadam Sound has announced the release of Outgrowth, a new sample-based instrument developed in collaboration with electronic musician BlankFor.ms (Tyler Gilmore). ...   KVR Audio

Fanan Team has released Playlisted 2, a media playlist player designed to bridge the gap between music production and live performance. This plugin transforms a DAW channel into a media player capable of handling audio and video playlists directly within a user's session. Playlisted 2 enables users to load lists of media files and play them back through the DAW's audio engine. ...   KVR Audio

Audioblast has announced the release of DrumBlaster, a Drum Sampler featuring more than 4000 drum samples and 200 presets grouped by style: House, Techno, Hardcore, Drum and Bass, Breakbeat, Trap, Dub and Disco Funk 80. Add-on samples and presets will come in the future to add more styles and variations. You can add your own samples and sample banks for randomizing samples. ...   KVR Audio

Devicemeister has released Stepic 1.6, an update to its step and modulation sequencer for Windows and macOS. The update applies to both the VST3/Audio Unit and Max for Live versions, which share the same feature set and is free for existing users. Changes: New: Lane Clock – Allows individual lanes to run at independent rates, decoupled from the master clock. ...   KVR Audio

Igor Vasiliev has updated ExoSphere - Endless Ambient Drift App for iOS and macOS to version 1.1. They say: ExoSphere is a creative tool for shaping continuous ambient and meditative compositions, based on five independent sound layers that merge into a seamless atmosphere. ...   KVR Audio

TBProAudio has released TBPAClip, a new dynamics processor designed to handle clipping and saturation duties for mixing and mastering applications. TBPAClip is designed from scratch for modern clip and saturation tasks, used either with individual track, bus or master track. ...   KVR Audio