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The Register Kettle

By: Chris Williams The Register Nicole Hemsoth Prickett Tobias Mann Iain Thomson Brandon Vigliarolo Tom Claburn
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  • What's a kettle, you ask? Why a group of vultures in flight, of course. News, insights, analysis, and overall chatter around what's happening in the broader world of IT. With hosts Iain Thomson, Chris Williams, Brandon Vigliarolo, Nicole Hemsoth Prickett, and more....
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  • Trouble in space as Boeing's not going, and China's back from the Moon

    Trouble in space as Boeing's not going, and China's back from the Moon
    Jul 1 2024
    It's been a busy week in space, with Boeing's test pilots still stuck on the International Space Station thanks to their faulty capsule, and then being forced to take shelter from space debris. The debris came from RESURS-P1, a decommissioned Russian satellite launched in 2013, which broke up this week into over 100 observable pieces, all traveling at around 17,000mph. As the debris field approached the ISS astronauts were forced to take cover in a hardened safety chamber. Not that the station has long left, as NASA awarded a contract this week to deorbit the platform in 2030. By then there may be a replacement, and there'll almost certainly be a rival in the form of China, which is building its own space station. It's also been a good week for the Middle Kingdom, with the Chang'e-6 re-entry capsule bringing back the first samples from the far side of the Moon. You can see the full discussion below.
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    17 mins
  • Kaspersky russian off US servers after Biden ban kicks in

    Kaspersky russian off US servers after Biden ban kicks in
    Jun 21 2024
    On Thursday the US government effectively banned Kaspersky security software on US servers on national security grounds, or at least made it useless given the lack of updates come September. Then, as we were filming this week's Kettle, 12 members of Kaspersky's C-suite were sanctioned as well - although not the Russian business' eponymous CEO Eugene. So what on earth is going on? Is this overreach by the US government or is there something more sinister going on? Joining us on this week's Kettle is our security editor Jessica Lyons to give us the full story, along with Tom Claburn to add in wisdom on the software side. As ever The Register's editor Chris Williams has pithy comment and your host is Iain Thomson, with producer Nicole Hemsoth Prickett turning chat into gold.
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    12 mins
  • Strange things afoot at Computex as Jensen Huang goes full Tony Stark

    Strange things afoot at Computex as Jensen Huang goes full Tony Stark
    Jun 7 2024
    The tech world has been gathering in Taipei for the annual extravaganza that is Computex and all the chip makers have been strutting their stuff - one in particular. Nvidia didn't even book a spot at the show and instead host its own keynote where Jensen Huang, just crowned CEO of the world's second most valuable corporation, reflected on a stellar year and told us what's coming down the line. He then, rather bizarrely, wondered off to sign a young lady's chest. Such shenanigans weren't seen from other CEO. A fired-up Pat Gelsinger touted Intel's return to form and bought a new chip along with him. AMD, Qualcomm and Arm were also showing off the fruits of their labor and what OEMs have done with them. You can see the full discussion below and the squid discussed is here - although the image may haunt your dreams. On this week's show our man on the spot Simon Sharwood is joined by Joining us this week is Chris Williams and Tobias Mann, with your host Iain Thomson.
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    17 mins
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