The 'End of 10' is nigh, but don't bury your PC just yet Linux types mobilize website to help people avoid creating more e-waste
Microsoft blows deadline for special Azure for EU hosters Lawyers prepare to get suited and booted if 'Plan B' to address unfair competition claims is a no show
Sci-fi author Neal Stephenson wants AIs fighting AIs so those most fit to live with us survive Fears surrendering to GenAI makes humans less competitive
Snowflake CISO on the power of 'shared destiny' and 'yes and' interview Lessons learned from last year's security snafu
Qualcomm confirms it's getting into the datacenter market, probably for AI Computex CEO Cristiano Amon teases plans for high-speed-low-power inferencing products Systems19 May 2025 |
Automatic UK-to-US English converter produced amazing mistakes by the vanload Who, Me? Yard of Eden just doesn't have the right ring to it Software19 May 2025 | 30
Nvidia opens up speedy NVLink interconnect to custom CPUs, ASICs Computex One of the two just needs to be made by Nv AI + ML19 May 2025 |
Eeek! p0wned Alabama hit by unspecified 'cybersecurity event' Infosec In Brief PLUS: Euro-cops take down investment scammers; Fancy Bear returns to Ukraine; and more Security19 May 2025 | 3
China launches an AI cloud into orbit -12 sats for now, 2,800 in coming years Asia In Brief PLUS: South Korea signs for massive supercomputer; HCL gets into chipmaking; US tariffs slow APAC tech buying; and more AI + ML19 May 2025 | 9
Ex-NSA bad-guy hunter listened to Scattered Spider's fake help-desk calls: 'Those guys are good' INTERVIEW Plus, Co-op tells The Reg: 'we took early and decisive action' to block the crooks CSO18 May 2025 | 17
To progress as an engineer career-wise, become a great communicator Systems Approach It'll even help you develop technical skills CxO18 May 2025 | 15
Apple to add fresh accessibility features for 2025 Global Accessibility Awareness Day It matters for everyone, because we'll all be disabled one day Personal Tech18 May 2025 | 18
Boffins devise technique that lets users prove location without giving it away ZKLP system allows apps to confirm user presence in a region without exposing exactly where Security17 May 2025 | 40
No-boom supersonic flights could slide through US skies soon Feature As long as you're quiet about it Science17 May 2025 | 46
Google backs down after locking out Nextcloud Files app Search giant to restore critical Android permission after user outcry Applications17 May 2025 | 24
Bridge the gap between research and real-world impact Power your AI workflows, protect IP, and accelerate discovery on one unified data platform Partner content
Fired US govt workers, Uncle Xi wants you! – to apply for this fake consulting gig Phony LinkedIn recruitment ads? Groundbreaking Public Sector16 May 2025 | 13
America’s consumer watchdog drops leash on proposed data broker crackdown Crooks must be licking their lips at the possibilities Personal Tech16 May 2025 | 9
Whodunit? 'Unauthorized' change to Grok made it blather on about 'White genocide' Agitprop? Protest? An attempt to suck up to the boss? AI + ML16 May 2025 | 89
Microsoft winnows: Layoffs hit software engineers hard Python, TypeScript, Azure SDK devs among those let go Software16 May 2025 | 28
Interview: chief maintainer of Qt project on language independence, KDE, and the pain of Qt 5 to Qt 6
Cyber fiends battering UK retailers now turn to US stores Interview DragonForce-riding ransomware ring also has 'shiny object syndrome' so will likely move on to another sector soon
CoreWeave may have built a house of (graphics) cards Comment An overdependence on hyperscalers and a mountain of debt could pull the rug out AI Infrastructure Month16 May 2025 | 2
Dems are upset about DOGE's IRS hackathon, but the IRS says it never happened Tax bods characterize it more as a brainstorming session, says Elon's unit wasn't involved Public Sector16 May 2025 | 16
Apple slams door on Fortnite's stateside iOS comeback Epic's latest submission blocked right after CEO offered truce with Cupertino Personal Tech16 May 2025 | 25
Microsoft pulls MS365 Business Premium from nonprofits Microsoft giveth and Microsoft taketh away Applications16 May 2025 | 23
Defamation case against DEF CON terminated with prejudice 'We hope it makes attendees feel safe reporting violations' Security16 May 2025 | 3
Annual electronic waste footprint per person is 11.2 kg Extending all the dumped devices' lives by 12 months? Like taking 2M cars off the road each year Personal Tech16 May 2025 | 44
Broadcom employee data stolen by ransomware crooks following hit on payroll provider Exclusive Tech giant was in process of dropping payroll biz as it learned of breach Cyber-crime16 May 2025 | 1
Microsoft proposes sweeping global concessions to Teams for up to a decade Beast of Redmond runs scared from EC antitrust cops half decade after rivals complained SaaS16 May 2025 | 4
AWS says Britain needs more nuclear power to feed AI datacenter surge CEO warns energy demands will overwhelm grid without extra generation capacity AI Infrastructure Month16 May 2025 | 61
Good luck to Atos' 7th CEO and its latest biz transformation We suspect Philippe Salle will need it, not to mention staff and customers On-Prem16 May 2025 | 14
How sticky notes saved 'the single biggest digital program in the world' Success of UK's Universal Credit has lessons for government IT projects, former minister claims Public Sector16 May 2025 | 50
GAO finds billions in possible government savings, all without Elon's help Comment More than $100M in costs could be cut by gutting duplicative IT alone, making DOGE itself look a bit redundant
UK government overrules local council’s datacenter refusal on Green Belt land DPM signs off 96MW bit barn, citing national policy shift AI Infrastructure Month16 May 2025 | 36
Some English hospitals doubt Palantir's utility: We'd 'lose functionality rather than gain it' After UK spends hundreds of millions, several say existing systems are better Databases16 May 2025 | 24
Dilettante dev wrote rubbish, left no logs, and had no idea why his app wasn't working On Call Self-taught coders who work in HR and have a doctorate in English tend to do that Applications16 May 2025 | 171
From hype to harm: 78% of CISOs see AI attacks already AI attacks are keeping most practitioners up at night, says Darktrace, and with good reason Sponsored feature
Jilted AWS reckons VMware is now crusty like a mainframe Gives both platforms the ‘generative AI will freshen it up and shift it to the cloud’ treatment Virtualization16 May 2025 | 9
Sci-fi author Neal Stephenson wants AIs fighting AIs so those most fit to live with us survive Fears surrendering to GenAI makes humans less competitive AI + ML16 May 2025 | 48
Microsoft blows deadline for special Azure for EU hosters Lawyers prepare to get suited and booted if 'Plan B' to address unfair competition claims is a no show PaaS + IaaS16 May 2025 | 14
Trump says he has a problem if Apple builds iThings in India Cupertino's plan to spend $500bn stateside wasn’t enough to placate the tycoon of tariffs Public Sector16 May 2025 | 50
Scammers are deepfaking voices of senior US government officials, warns FBI They're smishing, they're vishing Security16 May 2025 | 18
DoorDash scam used fake drivers, phantom deliveries to bilk $2.59M Entire process took less than five minutes, prosecutors say Cyber-crime15 May 2025 | 17
How homegrown AI cuts through the hype to deliver real results Nutanix leverages customer interactions to develop GenAI infra solution and the AI tools to support it Sponsored feature
NASA keeps ancient Voyager 1 spacecraft alive with Hail Mary thruster fix Failure could've triggered a small explosion Science15 May 2025 | 79
Anthropic’s law firm throws Claude under the bus over citation errors in court filing AI footnote fail triggers legal palmface in music copyright spat Legal15 May 2025 | 30
Plan to keep advanced chips from China with tracking tech gains support in Congress Every shipment you make, every FLOP you generate, Uncle Sam will be watching you AI Infrastructure Month15 May 2025 | 25
Uncle Sam claims H-1B fraud crackdown is working as registrations drop 25% Surely Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric has nothing to do with it On-Prem15 May 2025 | 43
Coinbase extorted for $20M. Support staff bribed. Customers scammed. One hell of a SNAFU Expert tells us: 'It is the most unique breach disclosure I've ever seen' Cyber-crime15 May 2025 | 14
Socket buys Coana to tell you which security alerts you can ignore Sometimes, less information is more Security15 May 2025 |
Microsoft set to pull the plug on Bing Search APIs in favor of AI alternative Devs told to swap raw results for LLM-generated summaries as August shutdown looms Software15 May 2025 | 34
Snowflake CISO on the power of 'shared destiny' and 'yes and' interview Lessons learned from last year's security snafu CSO15 May 2025 | 3
Next week's SpaceX Starship test still needs FAA authorization Aiming for the stars, but sometimes hitting the Caribbean Science15 May 2025 | 57
70-knot winds so far blamed for yacht disaster that killed Brit tech tycoon Mike Lynch Probe indicates it was all over for Bayesian in just 9 minutes Software15 May 2025 | 51
Royal Navy freshens up ships' electromagnetic warfare defenses MEWSIC to Brit crews' ears will see off anti-ship missiles, among other things Offbeat15 May 2025 | 41
The 'End of 10' is nigh, but don't bury your PC just yet Linux types mobilize website to help people avoid creating more e-waste OSes15 May 2025 | 239
Can't get no satisfaction in cyber recovery? Minimum viability is the answer You might find you can get what you need. At least with a little planning
Harnessing AI for fast, reliable networks How to build, configure and support efficient, secure networks with help from artificial intelligence
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
Google DeepMind promises to help you evolve your algos AlphaEvolve may optimize your code in ways you hadn’t thought possible. Or not. Not is possible, too AI + ML15 May 2025 | 12
Here's what we know about the DragonForce ransomware that hit Marks & Spencer Would you believe it, this RaaS cartel says Russia is off limits Cyber-crime15 May 2025 | 18
Meet your new colleague – the ML Admin, who tames LLMs so they're ready to rock IT department keeps the infrastructure. Then this new persona takes over and handles the AI stuff AI Infrastructure Month15 May 2025 | 11
Chip bans? LOL! Chinese web giant Tencent says it has enough GPUs for future AI model training Partly because America does AI wrong and it can get more done with less AI Infrastructure Month15 May 2025 | 19
Linus Torvalds goes back to a mechanical keyboard after making too many typos Linux 6.15 is coming along nicely too, unless autocorrect messes things up
NASA keeps ancient Voyager 1 spacecraft alive with Hail Mary thruster fix Failure could've triggered a small explosion
Nextcloud cries foul over Google Play Store app rejection Exclusive Claims policy change is really just a way to squeeze out competition
As US vuln-tracking falters, EU enters with its own security bug database EUVD comes into play not a moment too soon
CISA mutes own website, shifts routine cyber alerts to Musk’s X, RSS, email Updated Cripes, we were only joking when we called Elon's social network the new state media
VPN Secure parent company CEO explains why he had to axe thousands of 'lifetime' deals Admits due diligence fell short - furious users cry ‘gaslighting’
Unending ransomware attacks are a symptom, not the sickness Opinion We need to make taking IT systems 'off the books' a problem for corporate types
The 'End of 10' is nigh, but don't bury your PC just yet Linux types mobilize website to help people avoid creating more e-waste
Bosses weren’t being paranoid: Remote workers more likely to start own biz All those return to office mandates make a lot more sense now
AMD’s first crack at Nvidia hampered by half-baked training software, says TensorWave boss Interview Bit barn operator to wedge 8,192 liquid-cooled MI325Xs into AI training cluster AI Infrastructure Month14 May 2025 | 5
Metal maker meltdown: Nucor stops production after cyber-intrusion Ransomware or critical infra hit? Top US manufacturer maintains steely silence Cyber-crime14 May 2025 | 12
Intuitive Machines blames dim lighting and dodgy data for second lunar faceplant Touchdown with no topple? Company aims for third time lucky Science14 May 2025 | 22
Why CVSS is failing us and what we can do about it How Adversarial Exposure Validation is changing the way we approach vulnerability management Partner content
RHEL 10 quietly leaks ahead of Red Hat Summit GA date slips out on Japanese site, vanishes from English OSes14 May 2025 | 11
The future of LLMs is open source, Salesforce's Benioff says Cheaper, open source AI will commoditize the market at expense of their bloated counterparts AI + ML14 May 2025 | 7
Uncle Sam pulls $2.4B Leidos deal to support CISA after rival alleges foul play Nightwing claims insider intel helped secure lucrative CISA work but US says decision is unrelated Public Sector14 May 2025 | 4
Intel needs external foundry customers to make 14A process node pay off Ailing chip giant targets 2027 break-even as costly EUV tools raise stakes Systems14 May 2025 | 8
Ivanti patches two zero-days under active attack as intel agency warns customers Vendor says vulns are linked with 2 mystery open source libraries integrated into EPMM product Patches14 May 2025 | 1
Meta's still violating GDPR rules with latest plan to train AI on EU user data, says noyb 'Legitimate interest' won't wash, says privacy outfit, as Zuck's org claims activists want to 'delay AI innovation' AI + ML14 May 2025 | 71
VPN Secure parent company CEO explains why he had to axe thousands of 'lifetime' deals Admits due diligence fell short - furious users cry ‘gaslighting’ Networks14 May 2025 | 74
Saudi CubeSat gets golden ticket on doomed SLS rocket Trump greenlights slot for Riyadh as NASA's pricey booster teeters on the brink Science14 May 2025 | 12
Intel Xeon 6 CPUs make their name in AI, HPC There isn’t a datacenter workload whose performance or efficiency isn’t improved by using Xeon 6 chips Partner content
Go ahead and ignore Patch Tuesday – it might improve your security No rush, according to Gartner chap who says: 'Nobody has ever out-patched threat actors at scale' Patches14 May 2025 | 32
Europe plots escape hatch from enshittification of search Plus: How to make Google less unhelpful Software14 May 2025 | 84
C-suite at Alphabet make B-A-N-K from 2024 equity awards CEO Pichai slumming it on a measly $10.725M compared to lieutenants PaaS + IaaS14 May 2025 | 6