Signalgate lessons learned: If creating a culture of security is the goal, America is screwed Opinion Infosec is a team sport … unless you're in the White House
Artist formerly known as Indian Business Machines pledges $150B for US ops, R&D Comment Did we says offshore? We meant, er, hardcore. Amirite, DOGE bros?
Windows isn't an OS, it's a bad habit that wants to become an addiction Opinion Think that next refresh is going to get better? The first step to freedom is admitting there's a problem
Microsoft pitches pay-to-patch reboot reduction subscription for Windows Server 2025 Redmond reckons $1.50/core/month hotpatch service is worth it to avoid eight Patch Tuesday scrambles each year
After leaving citizens on hold for 798 years, UK tax authority has £1B for CRM upgrade HMRC kicks off procurement to modernize customer service after scathing reports Public Sector29 Apr 2025 | 4
Generative AI is not replacing jobs or hurting wages at all, say economists 'When we look at the economic outcomes, it really has not moved the needle' AI + ML29 Apr 2025 | 4
Swiss boffins admit to secretly posting AI-penned posts to Reddit in the name of science They’re sorry/not sorry for testing if bots can change minds by pretending to be a trauma counselor or a victim of sexual abuse AI + ML29 Apr 2025 | 1
Amazon’s first 27 Kuiper broadband sats make it into orbit on an Atlas V One launch down, 80-plus to go, for a pittance compared to planned AWS spending Networks29 Apr 2025 |
Open source text editor poisoned with malware to target Uyghur users Who could possibly be behind this attack on an ethnic minority China despises? Security29 Apr 2025 |
Ex-Disney employee gets 3 years in the clink for goofy attacks on mousey menus Florida man altered allergen info, DoSed former colleagues Cyber-crime29 Apr 2025 | 9
Cybersecurity CEO accused of running malware on hospital PC blabs about it on LinkedIn Sometimes, silence is the best option CSO28 Apr 2025 | 2
How to survive as a CISO aka 'chief scapegoat officer' RSAC Whistleblowing, email is evidential mail, HR is not your friend, and more discussed by CxO panel Spotlight on RSAC28 Apr 2025 | 4
Admission impossible: NSA, CISA brass absent from RSA Conf RSAC Homeland Security boss Noem added as last-minute keynote, mind you Spotlight on RSAC28 Apr 2025 | 6
DOGE may help Elon Musk's biz empire dodge $2.4B in liabilities – Senate probe Dem Sens demand action to stop SpaceX oligarch from turning watchdogs into corporate yes-men Public Sector28 Apr 2025 | 17
Satellite slinger AST reckons newer birds won't outshine stars in night sky As astronomers gripe about sats screwing observations Science28 Apr 2025 | 4
The future of AI in cybersecurity in a word: Optimistic Think of artificial intelligence as your embedded ally Sponsored post
CNCF tells main NATS contributor Synadia that it's free to fork off But what it can't do is 'unilaterally claw back a community project and its infrastructure, assets, and branding' Software28 Apr 2025 | 2
State Dept reorg could harm US in tech battle with China Demotion of cyberspace policy team, closure of others, not a great look Public Sector28 Apr 2025 | 9
Artist formerly known as Indian Business Machines pledges $150B for US ops, R&D Comment Did we says offshore? We meant, er, hardcore. Amirite, DOGE bros? On-Prem28 Apr 2025 | 16
From PlayStation to routers, you've probably been using FreeBSD without knowing it Interview The OS came first, the foundation later – so what does it do? OSes28 Apr 2025 | 7
El Reg's essential guide to deploying LLMs in production Hands On Running GenAI models is easy. Scaling them to thousands of users, not so much
Everything you need to get up and running with MCP – Anthropic's USB-C for AI Hands On Wrangling your data into LLMs just got easier, though it's not all sunshine and rainbows
Virgin Atlantic is piloting an OpenAI agent in to help with the 'customer journey' Interview Hello, operator? Book me to Memphis, Tennessee
As ChatGPT scores B- in engineering, professors scramble to update courses Education Now that AI is invading classrooms and homework assignment, students need to learn reasoning more than ever
Nvidia rolls out NeMo microservices to help AI help you help AI Dev Smarter agents, continuous updates, and the eternal struggle to prove ROI
AI-driven 20-ft robots coming for construction workers' jobs Rise of the machines Er, are we sure we want to outsource the welding?
EU Chips Act heading for failure, time for Chips Act 2.0 Damning report says it set a moving target that was way too ambitious Systems28 Apr 2025 | 6
Nationwide power outages knock Spain, Portugal offline Updated Cyberattack? Bad software update? International oopsie? The cause is unclear, but Iberia is dark Offbeat28 Apr 2025 | 122
Windows profanity filter finally gets a ******* off switch No more asterisks. Voice typing now reflects the true spirit of your rage OSes28 Apr 2025 | 26
From 112K to 4M folks' data – HR biz attack goes from bad to mega bad It took a 1 year+ probe, plenty of client calls for VeriSource to understand just how much of a yikes it has on its hands Cyber-crime28 Apr 2025 | 6
Back online after 'catastrophic' attack, 4chan says it's too broke for good IT Image board hints that rumors of a poorly maintained back end may be true Security28 Apr 2025 | 29
Fujitsu and its no public sector bids promises... what happened to them? Comment Government procurement process is very involved Public Sector28 Apr 2025 | 6
Even untouched by tariffs, UK financial IT braces for the blow Spend will come under scrutiny, but projects with good returns still likely to get backing, analyst says On-Prem28 Apr 2025 | 2
Docker introduces MCP Catalog and Toolkit as vendors scramble to support the protocol despite security concerns
Next.js 15.3 released with near-complete Turbopack support – but React Server Components are under fire
BOFH: The Prints of Darkness pays a visit ICYMI On the third day of BOFH-mas the sales guy took from me: 3 MFPs, 2 unasked-for shoves, and a cartridge in a cup of tea...
Elon Musk's X revenues in the UK crashed in 2023, down 66% Latest profit and loss accounts carry scars of ad spending exodus, but things improving. Maybe not everywhere though Personal Tech28 Apr 2025 | 73
Windows isn't an OS, it's a bad habit that wants to become an addiction Opinion Think that next refresh is going to get better? The first step to freedom is admitting there's a problem OSes28 Apr 2025 | 109
What the **** did you put in that code? The client thinks it's a cyberattack Who, Me? When your customers work in super-sensitive situations, bad jokes make for bad business Software28 Apr 2025 | 108
Why brave the jet lag? KubeCon + CloudNativeCon China have the answers The cloud native world is evolving fast — and not just in Silicon Valley. Why your next stop should be Hong Kong Partner content
Microsoft pitches pay-to-patch reboot reduction subscription for Windows Server 2025 Redmond reckons $1.50/core/month hotpatch service is worth it to avoid eight Patch Tuesday scrambles each year OSes28 Apr 2025 | 31
Google goes cold on Europe: Stops making smart thermostats for continental conditions And just-about bricks some of its older models everywhere Personal Tech28 Apr 2025 | 110
Samsung admits Galaxy devices can leak passwords through clipboard wormhole Infosec in brief PLUS: Microsoft fixes messes China used to attack it; Mitre adds ESXi advice; Employee-tracking screenshots leak; and more! Security28 Apr 2025 | 9
Toyota picks Huawei’s Android-killer HarmonyOS for its Chinese electric sedan Asia In Brief PLUS: Korea's SK Telecom replacing SIMs after attack; India automates satellite docking; China greens its datacenters; and more Personal Tech28 Apr 2025 | 3
New APNIC director general steps up to steer the internet for 4 billion users Interview Jia Rong Low hopes to make registries interesting again Networks27 Apr 2025 | 3
DARPA to 'radically' rev up mathematics research. Yes, with AI Now that's a sum of all fears AI + ML27 Apr 2025 | 42
Harnessing AI for fast, reliable networks How to build, configure and support efficient, secure networks with help from artificial intelligence Sponsored feature
Trump’s 145% tariffs could KO tabletop game makers, other small biz, lawsuit claims WORLD WAR FEE One eight-person publisher says it'll be forced to pay $1.5M Bootnotes26 Apr 2025 | 127
Build your own antisocial writing rig with DOS and a $2 USB key Reg hack pines for simpler times, then tries to recapture them Software26 Apr 2025 | 64
UK bans game controller exports to Russia in bid to ground drone attacks Moscow likely to respawn elsewhere Edge + IoT26 Apr 2025 | 44
Signalgate lessons learned: If creating a culture of security is the goal, America is screwed Opinion Infosec is a team sport … unless you're in the White House Public Sector25 Apr 2025 | 90
Amid CVE funding fumble, 'we were mushrooms, kept in the dark,' says board member What next for US-bankrolled vulnerability tracker? It's edging closer to a more independent, global future CSO25 Apr 2025 | 17
More Ivanti attacks may be on horizon, say experts who are seeing 9x surge in endpoint scans GreyNoise says it is the kind of activity that typically precedes new vulnerability disclosures Security25 Apr 2025 | 5
Oh, cool. Microsoft melts bug that froze Server 2025 Remote Desktop sessions Where have we heard this before? Feb security update needs its own fix OSes25 Apr 2025 | 1
Hydrotreated vegetable oil is not an emission-free swap for diesel in datacenters Biofuel lowers pollutants, but won't eliminate 'em, and could mean DCs compete for supplies On-Prem25 Apr 2025 | 28
Emergency patch for potential SAP zero-day that could grant full system control German software giant paywalls details, but experts piece together the clues Patches25 Apr 2025 | 2
Hubble Space Telescope is still producing science at 35 Remember when NASA was laser focused on that? Science25 Apr 2025 | 33
Google admits depreciation costs are soaring amid furious bit barn build Still plans to invest $75B in CapEx this year as unable to meet capacity demand On-Prem25 Apr 2025 | 19
Europe fires up beefier booster for Ariane 6 and Vega-C Successful qualification run for P160C solid-fuel motor in South American spaceport Science25 Apr 2025 | 5
How automation can drive out downtime Nokia Event-Driven Automation platform is on a mission to remove mistakes from datacenter operations
AI revolution driving datacenter network investment surge Why more companies are recognizing the need to make infrastructure fit for purpose in the brave new world of AI
The smart way to tackle data storage challenges Why high-performance object storage is needed for modern data-intensive workloads
Building a better digital future for SMEs How smaller businesses can grab the opportunities that AI and advanced collaboration and connectivity tools give them
£136M government grant saves troubled Post Office from suboptimal IT Taxpayers foot bill to get to new platform as Fujitsu package balloons to £2.44 billion Public Sector25 Apr 2025 | 55
Claims assistance firm fined for cold-calling people who put themselves on opt-out list Third-party data supplier also in hot water with Brit regulator over consent issues Security25 Apr 2025 | 31
Techie diagnosed hardware fault by checking customer's coffee On Call Volts make jolts On-Prem25 Apr 2025 | 114
Darcula adds AI to its DIY phishing kits to help would-be vampires bleed victims dry Because coding phishing sites from scratch is a real pain in the neck Cyber-crime25 Apr 2025 | 5
Samsung admits Galaxy devices can leak passwords through clipboard wormhole Infosec in brief PLUS: Microsoft fixes messes China used to attack it; Mitre adds ESXi advice; Employee-tracking screenshots leak; and more!
Windows isn't an OS, it's a bad habit that wants to become an addiction Opinion Think that next refresh is going to get better? The first step to freedom is admitting there's a problem
Microsoft pitches pay-to-patch reboot reduction subscription for Windows Server 2025 Redmond reckons $1.50/core/month hotpatch service is worth it to avoid eight Patch Tuesday scrambles each year
What the **** did you put in that code? The client thinks it's a cyberattack Who, Me? When your customers work in super-sensitive situations, bad jokes make for bad business
Google goes cold on Europe: Stops making smart thermostats for continental conditions And just-about bricks some of its older models everywhere
Back online after 'catastrophic' attack, 4chan says it's too broke for good IT Image board hints that rumors of a poorly maintained back end may be true
Toyota picks Huawei’s Android-killer HarmonyOS for its Chinese electric sedan Asia In Brief PLUS: Korea's SK Telecom replacing SIMs after attack; India automates satellite docking; China greens its datacenters; and more
Nationwide power outages knock Spain, Portugal offline Updated Cyberattack? Bad software update? International oopsie? The cause is unclear, but Iberia is dark
New APNIC director general steps up to steer the internet for 4 billion users Interview Jia Rong Low hopes to make registries interesting again
New Intel boss is all about ‘de-laborating’ the x86 giant – aka job cuts Thousands face ax, more given RTO orders in quest to suck less On-Prem24 Apr 2025 | 79
Devs sound alarm after Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forks Cursor, Codium makers lose access as add-on goes exclusive Devops24 Apr 2025 | 68
SSNs and more on 5.5M+ patients feared stolen from Yale Health At least it wasn't Harvard Cyber-crime24 Apr 2025 | 5
Securing Generative AI: A strategic framework for security leaders Navigate the complexities of GenAI adoption with a comprehensive framework that integrates governance, technology, and adaptive security measures Partner content
Fedora 42 has the Answer, but Ubuntu's Plucky Puffin isn't far behind Watch your partitions – GPT and dual-boot don't always mix OSes24 Apr 2025 | 12
Microsoft mystery folder fix might need a fix of its own This one weird trick can stop Windows updates dead in their tracks Security24 Apr 2025 | 49
AI training license will allow LLM builders to pay for content they consume Updated UK org backing it promises 'legal certainty' for devs, money for creators... but is it too late? AI + ML24 Apr 2025 | 42
Assassin's Creed maker faces GDPR complaint for forcing single-player gamers online Collecting data from solo players is a Far Cry from being necessary, says noyb Security24 Apr 2025 | 38
US biz stockpilers boost SK Hynix top line as memory market undergoes structural change 'Inventory accumulation' as vendors hoard HBM amid tariff and other pressures Storage24 Apr 2025 |
Decades-old bug in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas finally shows itself Something broke on Windows 11 24H2, but dev who discovered it tells El Reg this time Microsoft's not to blame OSes24 Apr 2025 | 23
Qualcomm says license fight was because Arm wants to make its own server chips Alleges semi designer tried to obstruct Qualy's build of Arm-compatible custom cores Systems24 Apr 2025 | 5
Ninite to win it: How to rebuild Windows without losing your mind Get a new, clean (maybe suspiciously empty) install up to speed – and keep it there OSes24 Apr 2025 | 30
Break free from infrastructure limits: Choose Nutanix and Dell for Agile, scalable IT Tune in April 30, 0900 PT, and we'll see you there Webinar
Sustainability still not a high priority for datacenter industry Extreme weather is such a problem when building bit barns... hmmm, wonder what could be causing that? On-Prem24 Apr 2025 | 24
M&S takes systems offline as 'cyber incident' lingers Customers told to expect further delays as contactless payments still down Cyber-crime24 Apr 2025 | 12
Your vendor may be the weakest link: Percentage of third-party breaches doubled in a year Cybercriminals are targeting software shops, accountants, lawyers CSO24 Apr 2025 | 2