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
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
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 | 43
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 | 26
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 | 10
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 | 85
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 | 76
Canonical takes its LXD 'containervisor' back into the house
Ubuntu vendor takes its toys… back into the crib?
Software07 Jul 2023 | 3
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
Let's have a chat about Java licensing, says unsolicited Oracle email
Exclusive Don't tell Big Red too much, experts advise
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 | 10
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 | 61
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 | 100
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 | 84
The rising risk of eavesdropping
How to deal with the evolving threat to our sensitive communications
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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 | 36
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 | 22
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 | 36
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
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
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 | 3
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
Innovation unlocks new value of data
Huawei solutions transform mission-critical FSI scenarios
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 | 160
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
UK's proposed alt.GDPR will turn Britain into a 'test lab' for data harvesting
EU citizens' info could be at risk over new rules
Personal Tech06 Jul 2023 | 142
HSBC banks on quantum to lock down comms network
Meanwhile, Vodafone worries about sci-fi tech's potential to break encryption
Networks06 Jul 2023 | 5
Lamborghini's last remaining pure gas guzzlers are all spoken for
Don't panic – you can still get a hybrid, with a V12 engine naturally
Bootnotes06 Jul 2023 | 140
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
How a dispute over IPv4 addresses blew the lid off an effort to reshape global allocation
Special report Who is behind this lobby group calling for a stock market of network resources?
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
STORIES
Two top execs quit Infosys mere months after its president skipped
CISO and head of HR depart as services market tightens
Channel06 Jul 2023 | 3
China to Meta: Flattery needed to get you into our VR market
Beijing likes Zuck's old stuff better than his new stuff
Personal Tech06 Jul 2023 | 9
LockBit louts unload ransomware at Japan’s most prolific cargo port
Nagoya Harbor hit the rocks yesterday but looks to be afloat once more
Security06 Jul 2023 | 1
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
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Where performance matters for the digital worker
Specifying PCs to meet the exact needs of individual workers is key to boosting productivity, explains Intel
Looking for agility AND stability? You're going to need observability too
How to establish the true state of your systems in a distributed world
Tackling the cyber skills gap with AI
Why the future of cyber security could be fully autonomous where the AI works independently
RAM-ramming Rowhammer is back – to uniquely fingerprint devices
Just use it sparingly, as it may crash equipment or burn out memory
Suspected bank-infecting OPERA1ER crime boss cuffed
Cops reckon gang swiped as much as $30M from financial orgs
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.
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 | 76
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
Personal Tech05 Jul 2023 | 71
Washington plans to block Chinese access to AI cloud services
Can't buy advanced GPUs... and might be blocked from renting them soon
PaaS + IaaS05 Jul 2023 | 5
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
Offbeat05 Jul 2023 | 55
AICTO and Huawei promote IPv6 development in the Arab region
Delivering key capabilities for future digital transformation
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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
Yahoo! comeback! continues! as! fresh! listing! planned!
Boss says it has traffic galore and a beautiful balance sheet
Personal Tech05 Jul 2023 | 18
Ariane 5 to take final flight, leaving Europe without its own heavy-lift rocket
Final update (literally) Launch will leave continent dependent on the US for space missions
EU antitrust team closer to full-blown Microsoft probe, say sources
Despite Redmond's best efforts to convince competition regulators that product bundles are OK
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
Deloitte wins deal worth up to £100M for UK border platform
Post-Brexit strategy set to replace legacy of patchwork systems
On-Prem04 Jul 2023 | 25
No open door for India's tech workers in any UK trade deal
Both countries want it, but respective red lines could torpedo an agreement
Sysadmin Month04 Jul 2023 | 219
IBM kills its Education Cloud after just two-and-a-bit years
Boffins given five months to migrate, with vanilla DaaS suggested as the alternative
PaaS + IaaS04 Jul 2023 | 7
Life long cyber security learning
SANS training courses are scheduled for multiple locations across the EMEA region this Autumn
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