25 years of meatbags permanently in space on the ISS All good things come to an end, and the outpost is unlikely to reach 30
Google's Gemini Deep Research can now read your Gmail and rummage through Google Drive Even with more info, web giant says agent can't be trusted to keep you healthy, wealthy, and wise
52-year-old data tape could contain only known copy of UNIX V4 It might have the first-ever version of UNIX written in C
AI benchmarks are a bad joke – and LLM makers are the ones laughing Study finds many tests don't measure the right things
Allianz UK joins growing list of Clop’s Oracle E-Business Suite victims Insurance giant’s UK arm says cybercriminals misattributed the real victim Cyber-crime10 Nov 2025 | 1
Three most important factors in enterprise IT: control, control, control Opinion We’re all out of it. How to get it back is an open secret Software10 Nov 2025 | 2
UK military looking for tactical comms, systems suppliers in deal worth up to £9.6B Major battle field technology refresh will be open to the rest of public sector Public Sector10 Nov 2025 | 5
Cisco creating new security model using 30 years of data describing cyber-dramas and saves Exclusive Doubles parameters to over 17 billion, to detect threats and recommend actions Security10 Nov 2025 | 4
Techie ran up $40,000 bill trying to download a driver Who, Me? In the dialup age, small mistakes could cost big money OSes10 Nov 2025 | 29
Microsoft teases agents that become ‘independent users within the workforce’ Licensing expert worries they’ll be out of control on day one AI + ML10 Nov 2025 | 19
Data breach at Chinese infosec firm reveals cyber-weapons and target list Asia In Brief PLUS: India’s tech services exports growing fast; South Korea puts the bite on TXT spam; NTT gets into autonomous vehicles; and more! Security09 Nov 2025 | 3
Louvre's pathetic passwords belong in a museum, just not that one Infosec in brief PLUS: CISA layoffs continue; Lawmakers criticize camera security; China to execute scammers; And more Security09 Nov 2025 | 12
Europe to decide if 6 GHz is shared between Wi-Fi and cellular networks Two different groups want this valuable spectrum, but can they share? Networks09 Nov 2025 | 24
Here's one way to cut support ticket volume… send them to another company entirely Misdirection is the new resolution at major video game house Offbeat09 Nov 2025 | 21
Who's watching the watchers? This Mozilla fellow, and her Surveillance Watch map interview Esra'a Al Shafei spoke with The Reg about the spy tech 'global trade' Security08 Nov 2025 | 25
Microsoft's lack of quality control is out of control OPINION At one point, Microsoft's QC was legendary. Now, it's the wrong kind of legend Software08 Nov 2025 | 137
Help desk boss fell for ‘Internet Cleaning Day’ prank - then swore he got the joke On Call Lost packets would be cleaned out of routers, dead gopher servers would be pulled out of holes …
Meta can't afford its $600B love letter to Trump The Zuck better hope his finance bros have deep pockets and a whole lotta patience to pull this off Off-Prem08 Nov 2025 | 43
ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok make very squishy jury members All three acquitted a teen in a mock trial based on a case where a judge ruled guilty AI + ML08 Nov 2025 | 17
Previously unknown Landfall spyware used in 0-day attacks on Samsung phones 'Precision espionage campaign' began months before the flaw was fixed Research07 Nov 2025 | 7
AI benchmarks are a bad joke – and LLM makers are the ones laughing Study finds many tests don't measure the right things AI + ML07 Nov 2025 | 22
Blackwell a no-sell in China as trade deal fails to materialize Xi and Trump haven't gotten to discuss the chips, though they were supposed to AI + ML07 Nov 2025 | 6
52-year-old data tape could contain only known copy of UNIX V4 It might have the first-ever version of UNIX written in C OSes07 Nov 2025 | 51
China warns Dutch away from Nexperia as it lets chip exports resume Netherlands court still overseeing governance at the chipmaker Systems07 Nov 2025 | 13
Power crunch threatens to derail AI datacenter construction Supply chains also unprepared for liquid cooling demands
Oak Ridge lab bags $125M to bolt quantum onto supercomputers The DoE’s planned funding runs through 2030
$10B + spent on liquid cooling this week – it's only Tuesday Eaton and Vertiv splash cash as HPC infrastructure and AI factories run hot
AI's trillion dollar deal wheel bubbling around Nvidia, OpenAI Feature How to build a trillion-dollar industry: Step 1, invest in your customers. Step 2, sell them stuff
Google's Gemini Deep Research can now read your Gmail and rummage through Google Drive Even with more info, web giant says agent can't be trusted to keep you healthy, wealthy, and wise AI + ML07 Nov 2025 | 26
Cybercrims plant destructive time bomb malware in industrial .NET extensions Multi-year wait for destruction comes to an end for mystery attackers Cyber-crime07 Nov 2025 | 20
Researchers want to kill the vibe, propose better model for AI coding MIT researchers offer cure for illegible software Software07 Nov 2025 | 22
Musk gets approval for bumper Tesla payout but, unlike his robot, there are strings attached Behold the one trillion dollar man AI + ML07 Nov 2025 | 66
'Windows sucks,' former Microsoft engineer says, explains how to fix it Respecting users choices and offering a hardcore mode among key suggestions. OSes07 Nov 2025 | 140
25 years of meatbags permanently in space on the ISS All good things come to an end, and the outpost is unlikely to reach 30 Science07 Nov 2025 | 55
Microsoft's data sovereignty: Now with extra sovereignty! Under shadow of US CLOUD Act, Redmond releases raft of services to calm customers in the EU PaaS + IaaS07 Nov 2025 | 43
Bank of England says JLR's cyberattack contributed to UK's unexpectedly slower GDP growth This kind of material economic impact from online crooks thought to be a UK-first Cyber-crime07 Nov 2025 | 41
The race to shore up Europe’s power grids against cyberattacks and sabotage Feature Ukraine first to demo open source security platform to isolate incidents, stop lateral movement
UK tax collector falls short on digital efficiency, watchdog says Treasury found £1.6 billion for extra tech investment expecting 15 percent efficiency saving. So far HMRC has underwhelmed Public Sector07 Nov 2025 | 30
Foxconn hires humanoid robots to make servers at Nvidia's Texas factory We're months away from AI building AI AI + ML07 Nov 2025 | 67
Rideshare giant moves 200 Macs out of the cloud, saves $2.4 million Grab tried to virtualize macOS, but Apple doesn’t make that easy On-Prem07 Nov 2025 | 54
As AI enables bad actors, how are 3,000+ teams responding? Breaking down trends in exposure management with insightsfrom 3,000+ organizations and Intruder's security experts Partner Content
Microsoft will force its 'superintelligence' to be a 'humanist' and play nice with people Redmond's new AI boss is willing to sacrifice performance for the future of our species AI + ML06 Nov 2025 | 29
Gootloader malware back for the attack, serves up ransomware Move fast - miscreants compromised a domain controller in 17 hours Cyber-crime06 Nov 2025 | 2
Google’s Ironwood TPUs represent a bigger threat than Nvidia would have you believe Chocolate Factory's homegrown silicon boasts Blackwell-level perf at massive scale AI + ML06 Nov 2025 | 10
OpenAI's Altman and Friar walk back remarks about federal loan guarantees updated Money-losing biz says it does not need help to meet massive infrastructure commitments AI + ML06 Nov 2025 | 27
Cisco warns of 'new attack variant' battering firewalls under exploit for 6 months Plus 2 new critical vulns - patch now Patches06 Nov 2025 | 4
Senate bill would require companies to report AI layoffs as job cuts reach 20-year high in October ai-pocalypse Government agencies would also have to report losses due to automation. AI + ML06 Nov 2025 | 37
Why the future of the datacenter is the infrastructure operating system From bolt-on chaos to built-in AI: Infrastructure with no assembly required Partner Content
Union brands Rockstar’s leak claim “a distraction” as protests hit Take-Two London Rockstar says it fired staff for leaks, but the IWGB accuses the GTA maker of union-busting Software06 Nov 2025 | 11
FBI prevails over convicted fraudster in $345M destroyed Bitcoin dispute Counterfeiter failed to conjure a credible claim, appeals court rules Legal06 Nov 2025 | 24
Agents of misfortune: The world isn't ready for autonomous software Opinion Amazon's spat with Perplexity shows that technology is not the only blocker for the agentic era AI + ML06 Nov 2025 | 35
Lenovo puts the 'cloud' in cloud computing, proposes mid-air datacenters Sustainable vision? Who knows On-Prem06 Nov 2025 | 25
'Vibe coding' named Word of the Year. Developers everywhere faceplant It's not a bug, it's a feeling AI + ML06 Nov 2025 | 63
Microsoft: Don't let AI agents near your credit card yet Shopping bots pick first option and are 'vulnerable to manipulation', Magentic Marketplace trial finds AI + ML06 Nov 2025 | 24
You'll never guess what the most common passwords are. Oh, wait, yes you will Most of you still can't do better than 123456? Security06 Nov 2025 | 208
Microsoft Configuration Manager to switch to an annual release cadence Intune is where the party's at, even if admins might prefer the Configuration Manager kitchen Applications06 Nov 2025 | 9
SonicWall fingers state-backed cyber crew for September firewall breach Spies, not crooks, were behind digital heist – damage stopped at the backups, says US cybersec biz Cyber-crime06 Nov 2025 | 10
Colt gets greenlight for £2.5bn London datacenter splurge Three hyperscale sheds to double capacity near Heathrow On-Prem06 Nov 2025 | 23
Malware-pwned laptop gifts cybercriminals Nikkei's Slack Stolen creds let miscreants waltz into 17K employees' chats, spilling info on staff and partners Cyber-crime06 Nov 2025 | 5
Boffins: cloud computing's on-demand biz model is failing us Science loses when lab workers grapple with costs and availability, claim researchers PaaS + IaaS06 Nov 2025 | 29
How TeamViewer builds enterprise trust through security-first design What to do when even your espresso machine needs end-to-end encryption
Bring complexity under control with enterprise-grade Kubernetes No, it'll probably never be a doddle – but you don't have to take the hard way when deploying Kubernetes, says Nutanix
AI's biggest threat isn't skynet, it's thermodynamics xFusion champions a holistic hardware strategy that tackles the fundamental physics of the modern datacenter
Huawei's ACT pathway powers scalable AI adoption across industries Company unveils pathway for intelligent transformation
UK space sector 'lacks strategic direction,' Lords warn Parliamentary report calls for sovereign launch capability and reduced dependence on US services Science06 Nov 2025 | 30
China uses Mars orbiter to snap interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS Middle Kingdom also postpones astronaut return mission after something hit its spaceship Science06 Nov 2025 | 35
Qualcomm bets on inferencing in the cloud, which Arm says can’t run it all it forever Awkward, seeing as they’re close partners AI + ML06 Nov 2025 | 3
Microsoft apologizes for not explaining cheaper no-AI M365 plans, and all it took was a government lawsuit Updated Even offers refunds if users sign up for AI they don’t want, once it fixed a bad link SaaS06 Nov 2025 | 45
Who's watching the watchers? This Mozilla fellow, and her Surveillance Watch map interview Esra'a Al Shafei spoke with The Reg about the spy tech 'global trade'
Europe to decide if 6 GHz is shared between Wi-Fi and cellular networks Two different groups want this valuable spectrum, but can they share?
Here's one way to cut support ticket volume… send them to another company entirely Misdirection is the new resolution at major video game house
Data breach at Chinese infosec firm reveals cyber-weapons and target list Asia In Brief PLUS: India’s tech services exports growing fast; South Korea puts the bite on TXT spam; NTT gets into autonomous vehicles; and more!
Microsoft teases agents that become ‘independent users within the workforce’ Licensing expert worries they’ll be out of control on day one
Louvre's pathetic passwords belong in a museum, just not that one Infosec in brief PLUS: CISA layoffs continue; Lawmakers criticize camera security; China to execute scammers; And more
Techie ran up $40,000 bill trying to download a driver Who, Me? In the dialup age, small mistakes could cost big money
Cisco creating new security model using 30 years of data describing cyber-dramas and saves Exclusive Doubles parameters to over 17 billion, to detect threats and recommend actions
UK military looking for tactical comms, systems suppliers in deal worth up to £9.6B Major battle field technology refresh will be open to the rest of public sector
Three most important factors in enterprise IT: control, control, control Opinion We’re all out of it. How to get it back is an open secret
Perplexity shows how to run monster AI models more efficiently on aging GPUs, AWS networks Some clever networking hacks open the door AI + ML05 Nov 2025 | 2
Azure stumbles in Western Europe, Microsoft blames 'thermal event' Degraded performance and possible dependency problems across AZs PaaS + IaaS05 Nov 2025 | 20
Sony rolls out a standard way to measure bias in how AI describes what it 'sees' Images in the test dataset were all sourced with consent AI + ML05 Nov 2025 | 14
Why UK businesses are paying ICO millions for password mistakes you're probably making right now Strongly-worded emails to staff telling them to be more careful aren't going to cut it anymore Partner Content
Gorge on Microsoft Store apps with 16-at-once installer hands on For now it works only with the web version of the Microsoft Store Applications05 Nov 2025 | 9
Black Hawk chown: DARPA takes helicopter pilots out of the air for $6M An hour’s tablet training and a soldier was sending the bird on autonomous errands Public Sector05 Nov 2025 | 23
Uncle Sam lets Google take Wiz for $32B Second time's the charm for after Wiz rejected Google's $23B offer last year Security05 Nov 2025 | 3
When Debian won't do, Devuan 6 'Excalibur' Linux makes the grade Debian 13 base, minus systemd and RISC-V build OSes05 Nov 2025 | 43
AMD taking AI fight to Nvidia with Helios rack-scale system CEO Lisa Su says next-gen MI400 GPUs and architecture gaining traction with hyperscalers Systems05 Nov 2025 | 4
Two-fifths of SAP Americas users yet to ditch legacy ERP S/4HANA migration? Many still worried about business process change Databases05 Nov 2025 | 7
AMD red-faced over random-number bug that kills cryptographic security Local privileges required to exploit flaw in Ryzen and Epyc CPUs. Some patches available, more on the way Security05 Nov 2025 | 11
Attackers abuse Gemini AI to develop ‘Thinking Robot’ malware and data processing agent for spying purposes Meanwhile, others tried to social-engineer the chatbot itself Cyber-crime05 Nov 2025 | 6
Rust Foundation tries to stop maintainers corroding Memory safety costs money: Maintainers Fund to directly pay developers for their work Software05 Nov 2025 | 22
Snowflake goes all out to woo PostgreSQL developers with lakehouse extensions Buyers still struggling to differentiate data platforms in era of AI Databases05 Nov 2025 |
M&S pegs cyberattack cleanup costs at £136M as profits slump Retailer's tech systems aren’t down anymore, but the same can’t be said for its rocky financials Cyber-crime05 Nov 2025 | 18
Famed software engineer DJB tries Fil-C… and likes what he sees A ‘three-letter person’ experiments with the new type-safe C, and is impressed Software05 Nov 2025 | 83