London has 400 GW of grid requests holding up datacenter builds And up to 70% of stalled energy generation projects are unlikely to be approved, claims regulator Ofgem
Does this thing run on a 220 V power supply? Oh. That puff of smoke suggests not Who, Me? That's not even the worst part of this story, which features a flood, broken promises, and plenty of panic
Huawei revenue growing fast, suggesting China's scoffing at sanctions Asia In Brief Plus: Japan shifts to pre-emptive cyber-defense; Thailand cuts cords connecting scam camps; China to launch 'moon hopper' in 2026; and more!
Microsoft 365 price rises are coming – pay up or opt out (if you can find the button) It's not auto-enrollment. It's just your current plan with extra Copilot for more money. Completely different
DeepMind working on distributed training of large AI models Alternate process could be a game changer if they can make it practicable AI + ML11 Feb 2025 |
Already three years late, NHS finance system replacement delayed again Project to swap out Oracle E-Business Suite gets another red rating from projects watchdog Applications11 Feb 2025 | 6
Euro cloud crew says we-won't-sue deal with Microsoft is 'off-track' Overseas pals urge US tech giant to 'rapidly' work on Azure Local project to make things right – sans licenses PaaS + IaaS11 Feb 2025 |
UK government using AI tools to check up on roadworthy testing centers Who tests the testers? AI + ML11 Feb 2025 | 15
RIP Raymond Bird: Designer of UK's first mass-produced business computer dies aged 101 Obit Engineer was behind the HEC series and more Science11 Feb 2025 | 12
Only 4 percent of jobs rely heavily on AI, with peak use in mid-wage roles Mid-salary knowledge jobs in tech, media, and education are changing. Folk in physical jobs have less to sweat about AI + ML11 Feb 2025 | 14
NASA’s radiation tolerant computer lives up to its name after surviving Van Allen belts 'RadPC' flew on Firefly’s Ghost Riders in the Sky mission, which has left Earth Orbit and is headed for the Moon Off-Prem11 Feb 2025 | 15
January earthquake shook $165M off TSMC’s revenue forecast Promises production schedule will get back on track On-Prem11 Feb 2025 |
Apple warns 'extremely sophisticated attack' may be targeting iThings Cupertino mostly uses bland language when talking security, so this sounds nasty Security11 Feb 2025 | 6
Some workers already let AI do the thinking for them, Microsoft researchers find Dammit, that was our job here at The Reg. Now if you get a task you don't understand, you may assume AI has the answers AI + ML11 Feb 2025 | 20
All your 8Base are belong to us: Ransomware crew busted in global sting Dark web site seized, four cuffed in Thailand Cyber-crime10 Feb 2025 | 2
Accelerating Europe’s digital future Europe’s most global, collaborative and cross-industry tech and startup event takes centre stage Partner Content
'Maybe the problem is you' ... Linus Torvalds wades into Linux kernel Rust driver drama FYI Open source project chief hits out at 'social media brigading'
Intel loses another exec as datacenter, AI chief named Nokia CEO Justin Hotard tapped to replace Pekka Lundmark at the Finnish telco On-Prem10 Feb 2025 | 7
Reclassification is making US tech job losses look worse than they are IT hiring ticks up in January, but unemployment climbs to 5.7% On-Prem10 Feb 2025 | 6
Meta's plan to erase 5% of workforce starts today 'Intense year' ahead, warned Zuck. Got to spend billions on AI and work to stay out of Trump's bad books AI + ML10 Feb 2025 | 20
T-Mobile goes live with beta of satellite phone service for the US Free text messages for users of its own and rival networks during test period Personal Tech10 Feb 2025 | 11
Boeing warns SLS staff that job cuts could be on the way Overdue, over budget and now... perhaps just over? Science10 Feb 2025 | 32
The biggest microcode attack in our history is underway Opinion When your state machines are vulnerable, all bets are off Software10 Feb 2025 | 104
Sri Lanka goes bananas after monkey unplugs nation Simian saboteur or a grid screaming for modernization? Offbeat10 Feb 2025 | 37
US news org still struggling to print papers a week after 'cybersecurity event' Publications across 25 states either producing smaller issues or very delayed ones Cyber-crime10 Feb 2025 | 7
CentOS Connect conference announces return of Firefox FOSDEM 2025 OKD project also has its own immutable CentOS image, which could be fun OSes10 Feb 2025 | 9
Legacy systems running UK's collector are taxing – in more ways than one Updated Costs for fixing them and keeping them working up by 390%, NAO report reveals Public Sector10 Feb 2025 | 44
London has 400 GW of grid requests holding up datacenter builds And up to 70% of stalled energy generation projects are unlikely to be approved, claims regulator Ofgem On-Prem10 Feb 2025 | 93
UK armed forces fast-tracking cyber warriors to defend digital front lines High starting salaries promised after public sector infosec pay criticized Security10 Feb 2025 | 18
Does this thing run on a 220 V power supply? Oh. That puff of smoke suggests not Who, Me? That's not even the worst part of this story, which features a flood, broken promises, and plenty of panic Personal Tech10 Feb 2025 | 108
Cloudflare hopes to rebuild the Web for the AI age - with itself in the middle Also claims it’s found DeepSeek-eque optimizations that reduce AI infrastructure requirements Networks10 Feb 2025 | 10
Judge says US Treasury ‘more vulnerable to hacking’ since Trump let the DOGE out Order requires destruction of departmental data accessed by Musky men Public Sector10 Feb 2025 | 52
Microsoft drops Azure Data Studio in favour of Visual Studio Code extension – despite missing features
India's banking on the bank.in domain cleaning up its financial services sector With over 2,000 banks in operation, a domain only they can use has potential to make life harder for fraudsters Security10 Feb 2025 | 15
DeepSeek's iOS app is a security nightmare, and that's before you consider its TikTok links Infosec In Brief PLUS: Spanish cops think they've bagged NATO hacker; HPE warns staff of data breach; Lazy Facebook phishing, and more! Security10 Feb 2025 | 22
Huawei revenue growing fast, suggesting China's scoffing at sanctions Asia In Brief PLUS: Japan shifts to pre-emptive cyber-defense; Thailand cuts cords connecting scam camps; China to launch 'moon hopper' in 2026; and more! Security09 Feb 2025 | 10
Does DOGE have what it takes to actually tackle billions in US govt IT spending? Comment Tesla’s DIY ERP legend meets the messy reality of entrenched federal contracts Public Sector08 Feb 2025 | 268
Why digital resilience is critical to banks Going beyond the traditional “Prevent, Detect, and Respond” framework and taking a proactive approach Partner Content
France, UAE to drop €50B on AI mega-datacenter. Still nowhere near America’s $500B bet Oh look, a mini Stargate, how quaint On-Prem08 Feb 2025 | 43
New boss for Roscosmos as Yury Borisov binned Vladimir Putin opens airlock after just three years Science08 Feb 2025 | 20
Amazon, Google asked to explain why they were serving ads on sites hosting CSAM Updated And US government adverts at that, say senators Personal Tech08 Feb 2025 | 41
Trump's Dept of Transport hits brakes on Biden’s EV charger build-out Funding freeze while Feds review priorities Science07 Feb 2025 | 61
NASA solar mission data recovering after server room flood fiasco Spacecraft weather solar storms, but ground processing laid low by water Science07 Feb 2025 | 22
UK Home Office silent on alleged Apple backdoor order Blighty’s latest stab at encryption? A secret order to pry open iCloud, sources claim Security07 Feb 2025 | 150
Why users still couldn't care less about Windows 11 Comment No reason to upgrade other than the looming end of Windows 10
SoftBank woos OpenAI with $40B, making Microsoft's $13B look quaint Some of that cash is reportedly headed for $500B Stargate dream AI + ML07 Feb 2025 | 11
Datacenter energy use to more than double by 2030 thanks to AI's insatiable thirst Shocking research warns electricity shortages could create construction bottleneck On-Prem07 Feb 2025 | 21
Microsoft 365 price rises are coming – pay up or opt out (if you can find the button) It's not auto-enrollment. It's just your current plan with extra Copilot for more money. Completely different AI + ML07 Feb 2025 | 77
Creators demand tech giants fess up and pay for all that AI training data But 'original sin' has already been committed, shrugs industry
UK industry leaders unleash hurricane-grade scale for cyberattacks Freshly minted organization aims to take the guesswork out of incident severity for insurers and policy holders
Musk's move fast and break things mantra won't work in US.gov Opinion 248-year-old democracy is not a tech startup
BOFH: Engage Hollywood Protocol – because nonsense always looks legit Episode 3 And if that fails, there's cold, hard cash
I was told to make backups, not test them. Why does that make you look so worried? On Call Shabby admin invented 'transparent tape' – a terrible storage medium but a magic tool for unlocking IT budgets
Google's 7-year slog to improve Chrome extensions still hasn't satisfied developers Makers of content blockers, privacy add-ons say promises weren't kept
Data resilience and data portability Why organizations should protect everything, everywhere, all at once
How legacy storage infrastructure could endanger your future Your data is critical to AI success. So, are you really taking care of it?
A rethink of parental leave policy IT workers and programmers set to benefit as Sandvik implements HR reboot
Hardware quality problems and server supply chain kinks slow Amazon’s $100 billion AI build Reverses life extensions for some servers it now feels aren’t useful in the inferencing age AI + ML07 Feb 2025 | 4
Apple missed screenshot-snooping malware in code that made it into the App Store, Kaspersky claims OCR plugin great for extracting crypto-wallet secrets from galleries Cyber-crime07 Feb 2025 | 7
If Ransomware Inc was a company, its 2024 results would be a horror show 35% drop in payments across the year as your backups got better and law enforcement made a difference CSO07 Feb 2025 | 2
DOGE geek with Treasury payment system access now quits amid racist tweet claims Updated We did Nazi see that coming Public Sector07 Feb 2025 | 212
The biggest microcode attack in our history is underway Opinion When your state machines are vulnerable, all bets are off
Does this thing run on a 220 V power supply? Oh. That puff of smoke suggests not Who, Me? That's not even the worst part of this story, which features a flood, broken promises, and plenty of panic
DeepSeek's iOS app is a security nightmare, and that's before you consider its TikTok links Infosec In Brief PLUS: Spanish cops think they've bagged NATO hacker; HPE warns staff of data breach; Lazy Facebook phishing, and more!
Judge says US Treasury ‘more vulnerable to hacking’ since Trump let the DOGE out Order requires destruction of departmental data accessed by Musky men
Huawei revenue growing fast, suggesting China's scoffing at sanctions Asia In Brief PLUS: Japan shifts to pre-emptive cyber-defense; Thailand cuts cords connecting scam camps; China to launch 'moon hopper' in 2026; and more!
London has 400 GW of grid requests holding up datacenter builds And up to 70% of stalled energy generation projects are unlikely to be approved, claims regulator Ofgem
UK armed forces fast-tracking cyber warriors to defend digital front lines High starting salaries promised after public sector infosec pay criticized
Sri Lanka goes bananas after monkey unplugs nation Simian saboteur or a grid screaming for modernization?
US news org still struggling to print papers a week after 'cybersecurity event' Publications across 25 states either producing smaller issues or very delayed ones
India's banking on the bank.in domain cleaning up its financial services sector With over 2,000 banks in operation, a domain only they can use has potential to make life harder for fraudsters
Amazon-backed X-energy bags $700M more for itty-bitty nuke reactors that don't exist yet Looking forward to someone putting the new into nuclear Science06 Feb 2025 | 9
Coordinates of millions of smartphones feared stolen, sparking yet another lawsuit against data broker Fourth time’s the harm? Personal Tech06 Feb 2025 | 6
Federal judge tightens DOGE leash over critical Treasury payment system access Updated Lawsuit: 'Scale of intrusion into individuals' privacy is massive and unprecedented' Public Sector06 Feb 2025 | 28
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Dems want answers on national security risks posed by hiring freeze, DOGE probes Updated Are cybersecurity roles included? Are Elon's enforcers vetted? Inquiring minds want to know Security06 Feb 2025 | 32
When it comes to AI ROI, IT decision-makers not convinced Proof of concept projects stuck in pilot phase as investors get itchy feet AI + ML06 Feb 2025 | 16
Eggheads crack the code for the perfect soft boil For those for whom a runny white or a hard yolk is just not good un œuf Offbeat06 Feb 2025 | 118
Google exec sees enterprise quantum app on closer horizon 20 years? More like five for real-world workloads, says q-AI lead HPC06 Feb 2025 | 7
Veterans Affairs reboots Oracle health records project for $330M Concerns around unfixed problems remain after system resulted in harm to some 150 patients Databases06 Feb 2025 | 12
Microsoft makes sweet, sweet music with Windows MIDI Services Preview arrives in Canary Channel, release planned for Windows 10 and 11 OSes06 Feb 2025 | 34
Uber CEO warns robotaxis can't find a fast route to commercial viability Fleets built to handle peak demand will lose money, leaving humans driving to the rescue Personal Tech06 Feb 2025 | 43
Copilot+ PCs? Customers just aren't buying it – yet 57% higher price point and app compatibility issues aren't helping Personal Tech06 Feb 2025 | 88
Protecting AWS environments from cyberthreats The shared responsibility model: why securing AWS workloads is essential Partner Content
Agent P waxes lyrical about 14 years of systemd FOSDEM 2025 Lennart Poettering gave packed-out keynote talk. Jack Dorsey … didn't OSes06 Feb 2025 | 121
Robot dogs learn bomb disposal tricks in trials 'Fetch' just got a lot more interesting Offbeat06 Feb 2025 | 17
Openreach tests 50 Gbps broadband – don’t expect it anytime soon Download speeds of 41.9 Gbps and upload speeds of 20.6 Gbps achieved, claims BT division Networks06 Feb 2025 | 37