Smartphone recovery that's always around the corner is around the corner
Pay a bill or buy new phone? That lovely question facing some of us in 2023
XFS bug in Linux kernel 6.3.3 coincides with SGI code comeback
G.N.U. Silicon Graphics: a company is not dead while its name is still spoken
Laid-off 60-year-old Kyndryl exec says he was told IT giant wanted 'new blood'
As spinoff quietly erases claim that average age in mainframe group was 35
Cunningly camouflaged cable routed around WAN-sized hole in project budget
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Leaf and spine networks aren't the only way to make a connection with nature
China EV market share hits 27 percent as tax breaks extended
Asia In Brief PLUS: Indonesia's digital success under the radar; Singapore picks Google AI; India claims streaming record
Offbeat05 Jun 2023 |
This typo sparked a Microsoft Azure outage
Errant code fix deleted entire servers rather than snapshots of database
Devops03 Jun 2023 | 32
Uncle Sam wants DEF CON hackers to pwn this Moonlighter satellite in space
Feature 'World's first and only' orbiting infosec playpen due to blast off Sunday
Research03 Jun 2023 | 6
Microsoft Windows latest: Cortana app out, adverts in
Get Help? Yes, we highly recommend it, Redmond
OSes02 Jun 2023 | 62
Elon Musk hit with insider trading claims over his Dogecoin crypto-hype
Claim: Billionaire banked big bread boosting bizarro-bucks
Personal Tech02 Jun 2023 | 19
Has Amazon found the ultimate lock-in? Cheap cellphone service for Prime
Updated Web giant downplays rumors of deals with carriers
Networks02 Jun 2023 | 12
This ain't Boeing very well: Starliner's first crewed flight canceled yet again
Flammable tape and unreliable parachutes ground craft this time around
Science02 Jun 2023 | 49
Twitter loses second head of Trust and Safety under Musk
And here we thought being lead moderator for Elon would be fun
Personal Tech02 Jun 2023 | 17
Google veep calls out Microsoft's cloud software licensing 'tax'
Don't miss Watchdogs 'starting to understand the situation,' exec tells El Reg
Malaysia goes its own Huawei, won't ban Chinese vendor from 5G network
Country to have two networks as first buildout falls behind schedule
Security02 Jun 2023 | 16
Starlink bags US defense contract to keep war-torn Ukraine connected
And poor Elon gets a break from subsidies
Networks02 Jun 2023 | 12
Microsoft stashes nearly half a billion in case LinkedIn data drama hits
Irish regulators sniffing around Facebook-for-suits subsidiary have threatened fine
Legal02 Jun 2023 | 10
Meta tells staff to return to office three days a week
'Engineers perform better in person' says Zuckerberg. Hang on, aren't you the defender of the Metaverse?
On-Prem02 Jun 2023 | 47
Buckle up for meetings on the road as Cisco brings Webex to Audi autos
Have you considered taking up cycling?
Applications02 Jun 2023 | 29
Laid-off 60-year-old Kyndryl exec says he was told IT giant wanted 'new blood'
As spinoff quietly erases claim that average age in mainframe group was 35
On-Prem02 Jun 2023 | 43
The downside of frenemies
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Intel says AI is overwhelming CPUs, GPUs, even clouds – so all Meteor Lakes get a VPU
News Movidius tech already sprinkled on some 13th-gen Core silicon goes mainstream in next generation
Taiwan's titans bullish on challengers to x86 in the datacenter and beyond
Coverage Game on as Nvidia, Arm, Ampere find enthusiastic locals who think buyers are open to alternatives
Nvidia creates open server spec to house its own chips – and the occasional x86
News Taiwan's big OEMs are all-in on plan to build servers that won't cook when running AI
WTF is solid state active cooling? We’ve just seen it working on a mini PC
Amusing Very handy technology, literally
Broadcom says Nvidia Spectrum-X's 'lossless Ethernet' isn't new
Also Been there, done that, SVP Ram Velaga tells El Reg
Google shows cloud customers it's happy to have an open relationship
You can play the field and Chocolate Factory won't throw your stuff out
PaaS + IaaS02 Jun 2023 | 1
Software rollout failure led to Devon & Cornwall cops recording zero crime for 3 months
Updated It’s not a crime if you don’t have a record
Software02 Jun 2023 | 25
Cunningly camouflaged cable routed around WAN-sized hole in project budget
On Call Leaf and spine networks aren't the only way to make a connection with nature
Networks02 Jun 2023 | 115
This malicious PyPI package mixed source and compiled code to dodge detection
Oh cool, something else to scan for
Security02 Jun 2023 | 11
Bookings open for first all-electric flights around Scandinavia … in 2028
You'll need to be fast to score one of 30 tickets for planes that don't go very far
Offbeat02 Jun 2023 | 44
You might have been phished by the gang that stole North Korea’s lousy rocket tech
US, South Korea, warn 'Kimsuky' is a very sophisticated social engineer
Security02 Jun 2023 | 12
What supply chain crisis? Supermicro lifts rack-scale system production
Computex CEO Charles Liang and Nvidia's Jensen Huang did the 'locals made good' thing and the crowd loved it
Systems02 Jun 2023 | 2
Millions of Gigabyte PC motherboards backdoored? What's the actual score?
FAQ It's the 2020s and we're still running code automatically fetched over HTTP
Security02 Jun 2023 | 41
ML DRAMA
AI, extinction, nuclear war, pandemics ... That's expert open letter bingo
News 'We need to prepare now'
Texas judge demands lawyers declare AI-generated docs
Analysis After that New York case in which attorney cited ChatGPT-hallucinated proceedings as real
Eating disorder non-profit pulls chatbot for emitting 'harmful advice'
News Just as helpline staff say they were laid off after forming a union
US Air Force AI drone 'killed operator, attacked comms towers in simulation'
Final update Did ML-powered fighter actually go HAL 9000 to rack up points? Who knows
When the popular safeguarding tool is anything but
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Amazon finds something else AI can supposedly do well: Spotting damaged goods
Any chance of an ML model to identify labor law violations? No? Surprise
AI + ML02 Jun 2023 | 19
Deployed publicly accessible MOVEit Transfer? Oh no. Mass exploitation underway
Time to MOVEit, MOVEit. We don't like to MOVEit, MOVEit
Patches01 Jun 2023 | 6
Kremlin claims Apple helped NSA spy on diplomats via iPhone backdoor
Did we just time warp back to 2013?
Security01 Jun 2023 | 12
TypeScript 5.1 released, 5.2 beta on way with resource management on the roadmap – more like C#?
GitHub Activity View now shows all pushes in single view, elicits mixed reaction from devs
More Rust ructions as project team confesses failure of “leadership chat”
What’s coming in C# 12? Devs debate whether it’s too much or not enough
Meta threatens to pull all news from California rather than pay El Reg a penny
And, ahem, other publishers
Personal Tech01 Jun 2023 | 47
Watchdog calls for automatic braking to be standard in cars
When's the perfect time for a mandate? When everyone's already doing it
Personal Tech01 Jun 2023 | 94
Microsoft embraces Apple Mac loyalists – as long as they're using its software
iDevice admins now have a safe space where they can talk about M365
On-Prem01 Jun 2023 | 15
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Hybrid cloud and the need for a single management framework
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Mars helicopter went silent for six sols, imperilled Perseverance rover
Ingenuity's still setting records, but waking it up and chatting are getting harder
The FBI as advanced persistent threat – and what to do about it
Opinion Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you
WTF is solid state active cooling? We’ve just seen it working on a mini PC
Computex Very handy technology, literally
Amazon Ring, Alexa accused of every nightmare IoT security fail you can imagine
Staff able to watch customers in the bathroom? Tick! Obviously shabby infosec? Tick! Training AI as an excuse for data retention? Tick!
Seriously, boss? You want that stupid password? OK, you get that stupid password
Who, Me? Fed-up techie wields the magic of malicious compliance on his way out the door
Cunningly camouflaged cable routed around WAN-sized hole in project budget
On Call Leaf and spine networks aren't the only way to make a connection with nature
Google veep calls out Microsoft's cloud software licensing 'tax'
Watchdogs are 'starting to understand the situation,' exec tells El Reg
Intel says AI is overwhelming CPUs, GPUs, even clouds – so all Meteor Lakes get a VPU
Computex Movidius tech already sprinkled on some 13th-gen Core silicon goes mainstream in next generation
US Air Force AI drone 'killed operator, attacked comms towers in simulation'
Final update Did ML-powered fighter actually go HAL 9000 to rack up points? Who knows
Uncle Sam wants DEF CON hackers to pwn this Moonlighter satellite in space
Feature 'World's first and only' orbiting infosec playpen due to blast off Sunday
STORIES
Boffins snap X-ray closeup of single atom – and by closeup we mean nanometres
Achievement took 12 years of blood, sweat and science
Science01 Jun 2023 | 8
Smartphone recovery that's always around the corner is around the corner
Pay a bill or buy new phone? That lovely question facing some of us in 2023
Personal Tech01 Jun 2023 | 31
India official fined after draining reservoir to recover phone
Dam it all to hell
Offbeat01 Jun 2023 | 21
Linux Foundation and pals – including Intel – back software ecosystem around RISC-V
Aiming to get a RISE out of processor architecture as tech giants commit engineering talent
Systems01 Jun 2023 | 22
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Thinking straight in the SoC: How AI erases cognitive bias
The whispering voice presents an alternative point of view to steer cyber security pros in the right direction
RAN intelligence and the pursuit of 5G energy-efficiency
ZTE Radio Composer, PowerPilot Pro among initiatives toward greener, intent-driven networks
Consistent operating costs for databases
How Amazon Aurora I/O-Optimized puts predictability into I/O pricing
Cut the DRAM waste, cut the energy bill
How ZeroPoint optimizes performance and energy use in datacenters with memory compression
Amazon Ring, Alexa accused of every nightmare IoT security fail you can imagine
Staff able to watch customers in the bathroom? Tick! Obviously shabby infosec? Tick! Training AI as an excuse for data retention? Tick!
Ukraine war blurs lines between cyber-crims and state-sponsored attackers
This RomCom is no laughing matter
NASA experts looked through 800 UFO sightings and found essentially nothing
Video We need better data! If only everyone could carry a high-quality camera and apps to share pics...
Foxconn is ecstatic you're all going gaga for AI servers
Keep that hype train rolling, please
AI + ML01 Jun 2023 | 1
Dark Pink cyber-spies add info stealers to their arsenal, notch up more victims
Not to be confused with K-Pop sensation BLACKPINK, gang pops military, govt and education orgs
Research01 Jun 2023 | 3
Get ready, Snowflakes: Azure AI is coming for you with one click
Ingest, integrate... and imprison
SaaS01 Jun 2023 | 4
Feds, you'll need a warrant for that cellphone border search
Here's a story with a twist
Security31 May 2023 | 50
North Korean spy satellite launch ends in sea smash
Rather than herald exciting success of best-ever lift-off, state media confirms fiasco. Consider us surprised
Bootnotes31 May 2023 | 10
Get your cheap memory while growing stockpiles push prices low
Hot DRAM, market likely to 'bounce back with a vengeance' in '24, says Gartner
Storage31 May 2023 | 7
Barracuda Email Security Gateways bitten by data thieves
Act now: Sea-themed backdoor malware injected via .tar-based hole
Patches31 May 2023 | 8
How to master multicloud from the ground to cloud (and back again)
Bring multicloud to your organization by design, not default, says Dell
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Aurora rising: A massive machine for HPC and AI
Analysis $200M for a 2-EFLOPS supercomputer is one hell of a deal, if true
How AI will overhaul supercomputer rankings
Commentary Accelerators are accelerating in use
The roads to zettascale and quantum computing are long and winding
Analysis Take your time, you already have
US supers maintain grip on Top500 as China seemingly hides its powers
The list Meanwhile Europe awaits a seat at the exascale table
SambaNova injects a little AI mojo into US supercomputer lab's nuke sims
News LLNL harnesses DataScale platform with aim to improve predictive models
Criminals spent 10 days in US dental insurer's systems extracting data of 9 million
LockBit gang claimed 'trophy' of spilling low income families' details. Their parents must be proud
Twitter now worth just a third of what Musk paid for it
Is he out of touch? No, must be the employees, users, advertisers, regulators, creditors...
Exasol brings SaaS-flex to on-prem and public cloud systems
In-mem data warehouse unifies approach across environments, beefs up cost optimizer
Aggressive PC discounts might not be here for long, says HP
After challenging Q2, CEO reckons channel inventory starting to finally clear
Personal Tech31 May 2023 | 11
XFS bug in Linux kernel 6.3.3 coincides with SGI code comeback
G.N.U. Silicon Graphics: a company is not dead while its name is still spoken
Security31 May 2023 | 8
Brits and Yanks join forces to make fusion magnets cool again
How cool? About -250°C
Science31 May 2023 | 23
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