Developer demand for sovereign cloud from tech giant is on the rise, says exec Interview  Google’s President of Customer Experience, Hayete Gallot, offered some words of comfort to developers who are looking nervously at the rise of AI assistants while also laying out her vision for cloud sovereignty.… READ MORE HERE…

Spy vs spy in the chips Comment  Chinese state media called the US an aspiring “surveillance empire” over its proposed use of asset tracking tags to crack down on black-market GPU shipments to the Middle Kingdom.… READ MORE HERE…

If you wanted to hurt Putin’s ransomware racketeers, these info-stealing npm packages are one way to do it Researchers at software supply chain security outfit Safety think they’ve found malware that targets Russian cryptocurrency developers, and perhaps therefore Russia’s state-linked ransomware crews… READ MORE HERE…

‘Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst,’ one tells The Reg Feature  Bill Gates, an Arizona election official and former Maricopa County supervisor, says that the death threats started shortly after the 2020 presidential election.… READ MORE HERE…