Two new Linux desktops – one with deep roots – come to Debian
One's a bit raw and touchy, but the other is vintage stuff, brought up to date
OpenAI is still banging on about defeating rogue superhuman intelligence
Yes, funnily enough, it does involve training an AI to be nice
Nobody does DR tests to survive lightning striking twice
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When our reader found this out, he learned even heavenly bolts can't defeat lawyers
Threads versus Twitter: Shouldn't we be happy the wheels are falling off antisocial social media?
Register Kettle
Our vultures ponder decentralization over convenience
The AI arms race could give us the cool without the cruel
Opinion War is obscene but it's also responsible for many technological advances
AI + ML10 Jul 2023 |
Turning a computer off, then on again, never goes wrong. Right?
Who, Me? Health service techie learns what happens when you brute-force a bureaucracy
Systems10 Jul 2023 | 9
NASA humanoid robot to be tested as remote oil rig attendant
Doing the dirty work for Australia's Woodside Energy will help prepare bot for work in space
Science10 Jul 2023 | 1
Liberté, Égalité, Spyware: France okays cops snooping on phones
In brief ALSO: Shell fails to learn from past leaks; hundreds of solar plants found open to Mirai; and this week's crit vulns
Security10 Jul 2023 | 3
Linus Torvalds calls for calm as bcachefs filesystem doesn't make Linux 6.5
Expect the saga of this release to stretch out a bit over northern summer
Software10 Jul 2023 | 1
China ends crackdown on web giants with colossal fines for Ant Group, Tencent
Alibaba's valuation of its fintech outfit now way below numbers touted ahead of cancelled 2020 IPO
Networks10 Jul 2023 | 1
Microsoft to hike prices in Australia and New Zealand
Asia In Brief ALSO: Google Cloud extends support in Korean and Mandarin; Cambodia lashes Meta; MSFT India boss bails; and more
Systems10 Jul 2023 | 2
Let's take a look at those US Supreme Court decisions and how they will affect tech
Analysis Rulings on affirmative action and free speech may not play nicely with diversity initiatives
Personal Tech08 Jul 2023 | 51
Let's have a chat about Java licensing, says unsolicited Oracle email
Exclusive Don't tell Big Red too much, experts advise
Now that you've all tried it ... ChatGPT web traffic falls 10%
Slow June, people voting with their feet amid this AI craze, or something else?
AI + ML07 Jul 2023 | 30
GitLab deploys on a Friday and ... is down for a few hours
Snafu blamed on config change
Devops07 Jul 2023 | 6
China's openKylin 1.0 arrives. Our verdict? Not a bad-looking, er, Ubuntu remix
It's certainly not the country's 'first homegrown open source desktop operating system'
OSes07 Jul 2023 | 13
NASA 'quiet' supersonic jet is nearly ready for flight
If it works, the X-59 could enable a new era of commercial supersonic travel that doesn't shatter windows
Science07 Jul 2023 | 92
Red Hat's open source rot took root when IBM walked in
Opinion Big Blue's top brass either don't get it or don't care
OSes07 Jul 2023 | 79
Canonical takes its LXD 'containervisor' back into the house
Ubuntu vendor takes its toys… back into the crib?
Software07 Jul 2023 | 3
The rising risk of eavesdropping
How to deal with the evolving threat to our sensitive communications
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BOFH: Lies, damned lies, and standards
Episode 13 What do you mean you've never heard of the toner-cartridge diet?
BOFH07 Jul 2023 | 36
Amazon's robo vacuum power grab sucks EU attention
Regulators concerned iRobot could receive preferential treatment on the company's ecommerce platform
Personal Tech07 Jul 2023 | 18
Capita staffers told attackers stole data from its own pension fund
Three months after mega breach by Russian cybercrime group
Cyber-crime07 Jul 2023 | 11
Post-Brexit tariffs on cross EU-UK electrical vehicle imports still going ahead
Commission official insists it has to protect itself against US subsidies
Offbeat07 Jul 2023 | 63
Nobody does DR tests to survive lightning striking twice
On Call When our reader found this out, he learned even heavenly bolts can't defeat lawyers
On-Prem07 Jul 2023 | 105
Samsung warns of imminent profit plunge
It looks like memory glut and consumer indifference to smartmobes are persisting
Personal Tech07 Jul 2023 | 6
Threads versus Twitter: Shouldn't we be happy the wheels are falling off antisocial social media?
Register Kettle Our vultures ponder decentralization over convenience
Personal Tech07 Jul 2023 | 89
Australia's 'great example of government using technology' found to be 'crude and cruel'. And literally lethal to citizens
Report on 'Robodebt' scheme calls for major reforms, plus review of Feds' automation, data-sharing
Software07 Jul 2023 | 37
DEHYPE
Artificial General Intelligence remains a distant dream despite LLM boom
Feature Cognitive scientists question bold claims from OpenAI, Microsoft and others
OpenAI pauses Bing search feature over paywall bypass abilities
ChatGPT back to partying like it's 2021
Microsoft, OpenAI sued for $3B after allegedly trampling privacy with ChatGPT
Where did they get the idea this bot was potentially spitting out personal info? Oh, from The Register
You may have heard about AI defeating voice authentication. This research kinda proves it
Proof-of-concept study shows it's possible to bypass high levels of security, sometimes, sorta
If AI drives humans to extinction, it'll be our fault
+Comment Should you really believe the doomsayers? We're going to go with no
India's space agency set to launch lunar lander, rover
On a shoestring budget, Chandrayaan-3 aims to observe Luna, Earth, even exoplanets
Science07 Jul 2023 | 15
Startup that charged $1.20 a day for coworking space in nightclubs folds
Friyey’s cash – and beer – taps turned off
Offbeat07 Jul 2023 | 32
OpenAI is still banging on about defeating rogue superhuman intelligence
Yes, funnily enough, it does involve training an AI to be nice
AI + ML07 Jul 2023 | 26
Tesla ordered to cough up data for Autopilot probe or face heavy fines
Just make this 'self driving' system drive itself over to the filing cabinet and fish out the documents needed
AI + ML06 Jul 2023 | 37
Innovation unlocks new value of data
Huawei solutions transform mission-critical FSI scenarios
Nickelodeon probes claims of massive data leak as SpongeBob fans rejoice
TV network's attorneys 'on a DMCA rampage' ... are you sure you're ready, kids?
Cyber-crime06 Jul 2023 | 8
From cage fight to page fight: Twitter threatens to sue Meta after Threads app launch
Meta rolls eyes at claim it used former Twits to create rival
Personal Tech06 Jul 2023 | 84
Microsoft puts out Outlook fire, says everything's fine with Teams malware flaw
Redmond's not fixing the latter because it 'relies on social engineering'
Research06 Jul 2023 | 23
AdDuplex shuts down with short notice: Late casualty of Microsoft’s Windows Phone and Windows 8 issues?
CommonJS: Here to stay or gone tomorrow?
GitHub will rate limit enterprise audit log to prevent ‘significant strain on our data stores’
GitLab outlines AI-assisted future, as Gartner claims DevOps platforms will dominate over traditional toolchains
Mozilla pauses blunder-prone AI chatbot in MDN docs
Firefox maker promises it'll use ML responsibly – as critics say: Fork this
AI + ML06 Jul 2023 | 5
SpaceX says, sure, Starship blew up but you can forget about the rest of that lawsuit
Won't someone think of the (checks notes) Kemp's Ridley sea turtle?
Science06 Jul 2023 | 48
HPE prepares for spicy affair with India to churn out $1B worth of servers
Middle Kingdom suddenly a less appealing destination for manufacturing
On-Prem06 Jul 2023 | 4
Generative AI has democratized AI – what does this mean for COEs?
The rise of generative AI calls into question whether it makes sense to silo AI into a central organization
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California man's business is frustrating telemarketing scammers with chatbots
Will you choose Salty Sally or Whitey Whitebeard? It doesn't matter; they're both intolerable
Let's have a chat about Java licensing, says unsolicited Oracle email
Exclusive Don't tell Big Red too much, experts advise
Red Hat's open source rot took root when IBM walked in
Opinion Big Blue's top brass either don't get it or don't care
Two new Linux desktops – one with deep roots – come to Debian
One's a bit raw and touchy, but the other is vintage stuff, brought up to date
Microsofties still digesting pay freeze upset by Nadella's 'landmark year' memo
Will someone please think of the poor shareholders? Oh, they already have
Artificial General Intelligence remains a distant dream despite LLM boom
Feature Cognitive scientists question bold claims from OpenAI, Microsoft and others
The number’s up for 999. And 911. And 000. And 111
Opinion When the world’s on fire, what number do you call?
Rocky Linux details the loopholes that will help its RHEL rebuild live on
When you're on the wrong side of Red Hat, these could be subject to change
Australia's 'great example of government using technology' found to be 'crude and cruel'. And literally lethal to citizens
Report on 'Robodebt' scheme calls for major reforms, plus review of Feds' automation, data-sharing
TSA wants to expand facial recognition to hundreds of airports within next decade
Digital rights folks, as you can imagine, want the tech grounded
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UK court sides with Optis Cellular Technology in Apple 4G patent clash
Appeal rejected: iPhone and iPad have infringing components inside
Networks06 Jul 2023 | 3
Europe sets out to squeeze every last drop of power from supercomputers
Because Ferraris are meant to fly, not amble along at 2mph
HPC06 Jul 2023 | 3
Two new Linux desktops – one with deep roots – come to Debian
One's a bit raw and touchy, but the other is vintage stuff, brought up to date
OSes06 Jul 2023 | 56
Brits negotiating draft deal to rejoin EU's $100B blockbuster science programme
Prime minister set to look over promises for potential pact at the weekend
Science06 Jul 2023 | 161
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Two top execs quit Infosys mere months after its president skipped
CISO and head of HR depart as services market tightens
China to Meta: Flattery needed to get you into our VR market
Beijing likes Zuck's old stuff better than his new stuff
LockBit louts unload ransomware at Japan’s most prolific cargo port
Nagoya Harbor hit the rocks yesterday but looks to be afloat once more
Google says public data is fair game for training its AIs
Hey, we're just being honest, says web giant
AI + ML06 Jul 2023 | 30
North Korean satellite had no military utility for spying, says South Korea
Lends credence to theory that Pyongyang is testing ballistic missiles against international rules
Security06 Jul 2023 | 14
Ex-Amazon manager jailed for stealing $10M using fake vendor invoices
Prime doesn't pay – well, not that much, anyway
Cyber-crime06 Jul 2023 | 13
Important note: Humans can use AI to make music and still bag a Grammy
Organizers change rules as generative ML takes over everything
AI + ML05 Jul 2023 | 16
RAM-ramming Rowhammer is back – to uniquely fingerprint devices
Just use it sparingly, as it may crash equipment or burn out memory
Research05 Jul 2023 | 28
Suspected bank-infecting OPERA1ER crime boss cuffed
Cops reckon gang swiped as much as $30M from financial orgs
Cyber-crime05 Jul 2023 |
Firefox 115 browser breathes life into old operating systems
Release is good news for fans of Windows 7, 8, and macOS from Sierra to Mojave.
OSes05 Jul 2023 | 21
AICTO and Huawei promote IPv6 development in the Arab region
Delivering key capabilities for future digital transformation
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China chip material export controls just the tip of the iceberg, warns official
World powers scramble into emergency meetings as US Treasury Secretary heads to Beijing for talks
Systems05 Jul 2023 | 10
Meta's data-hungry Threads skips over EU but lands in Britain
Plus: Facebook corp loses appeal on crossing data streams in Germany
Personal Tech05 Jul 2023 | 77
MariaDB sent dollar dip warning from NYSE
No immediate risk of delisting, but company intends to claw its way back
Databases05 Jul 2023 | 6
Former Twitter employees accuse it of holding up 891 arbitrations
Class action claims company refusing to pay mandated fees
Legal05 Jul 2023 | 23
Free Wednesday gift for you lucky lot: Extra mouse button!
How to use a part of your computer you possibly didn't know it had
Washington plans to block Chinese access to AI cloud services
Can't buy advanced GPUs... and might be blocked from renting them soon
Boss such a tyrant you need a job quitting agent? It works in Japan
Here come the taishoku daiko to tell your boss to do one... in a polite but unequivocal way
China admits local semiconductor industry can't match world class reliability
Wants administrators, manufacturers, and the software they use, to be better
Software05 Jul 2023 | 14
Singapore tells crypto operators: act like grown up financial institutions
Digital payment skeptics of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but grifters and crims
Security05 Jul 2023 | 10
Oh, great. Yet another tech billionaire thinks he can get microblogging right
Zuck's Instagram-adjacent Twitter clone to debut later this week
Personal Tech05 Jul 2023 | 117
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SANS training courses are scheduled for multiple locations across the EMEA region this Autumn
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