Meta gives Llama 3 vision, now if only it had a brain
Hands on
El Reg gets its claws in multimodal models - and shows you how to use them and what they can do
You're right not to rush into running AMD, Intel's new manycore monster CPUs
Opinion
They put more risk in a single box than most of us are equipped to handle
Linus Torvalds declares war on the passive voice
Linux contributors told to sort out their grammar lest they be actively corrected
Microsoft veteran ditches Team Tabs, blaming storage trauma of yesteryear
How do you indent yours?
TensorWave bags $43M to pack its datacenter with AMD accelerators
Startup also set to launch an inference service in Q4
Systems08 Oct 2024 |
Using iPhone Mirroring at work? You might have just overshared to your boss
What does IT see but a dating app on your wee little screen
Software08 Oct 2024 | 2
Incumbent congressman not turning up to debates? Train an AI on his press releases
Hallucinations, made-up facts... and that's just the human politicians
AI + ML08 Oct 2024 |
Starlink was offered for free to those hit by Hurricane Helene. It is not actually free
Updated And now SpaceX clarifies special promotion
Offbeat08 Oct 2024 | 12
Apple supplier Foxconn and Nvidia team up to deploy Taiwan's fastest AI supercomputer
How does 90 exaFLOPS sound?
HPC08 Oct 2024 |
DoE awards next-gen nuclear fuel contracts backwards
'Deconversion' can begin now, but initial enrichment, transportation and storage to processors is still TBD
Science08 Oct 2024 |
Netizens are torturing Google's AI podcast hosts
NotebookLM's Audio Overview feature rudely discovers its wife never existed
AI + ML08 Oct 2024 | 6
US lawmakers dig into FCC's $900M Starlink snub in wake of Hurricane Helene
Nearly a billion dollars in rural broadband subsidies wouldn't go amiss
Networks08 Oct 2024 | 19
Why Cisco reportedly wants in on CoreWeave's rent-a-GPU racket
Analysis This may help Switchzilla hit $1B AI sales goal by FY25
Eric Schmidt: Build more AI datacenters, we aren't going to 'hit climate goals anyway'
Perhaps the power-draining tech is the solution after all, posits former Google CEO
AI + ML08 Oct 2024 | 25
Switching customers from Linux to BSD because boring is good
EuroBSDcon 2024 Stability? Predictability? Reliability? Where's the fun in that?
OSes08 Oct 2024 | 41
AI-driven e-commerce fraud is surging, but you can fight back with more AI
Juniper Research argues the only way to beat them is to join them
AI + ML08 Oct 2024 | 6
Linus Torvalds declares war on the passive voice
Linux contributors told to sort out their grammar lest they be actively corrected
OSes08 Oct 2024 | 63
Workday beats Oracle and Microsoft in UK 'Matrix' ERP deal
The SaaS-only provider and Cognizant snag £144.3M in gov software shake-up
Databases08 Oct 2024 | 5
Microsoft veteran ditches Team Tabs, blaming storage trauma of yesteryear
How do you indent yours?
Software08 Oct 2024 | 69
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CYBERSECURITY MONTH
American Water rinsed in cyberattack, turns off app
It's still safe to drink, top provider tells us
Brits hate how big tech handles their data, but can't be bothered to do much about it
Managing the endless stream of cookie banners leaves little energy for anything else
Chinese cyberspies reportedly breached Verizon, AT&T, Lumen
Salt Typhoon may have accessed court-ordered wiretaps and US internet traffic
Harvard duo hacks Meta Ray-Bans to dox strangers on sight in seconds
Privacy 'You can build this in a few days – even as a very naïve developer'
Ransomware crew infects 100+ orgs monthly with new MedusaLocker variant
Exclusive Crooks 'like a sysadmin, with a malicious slant'
If Dell's Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PC is typical of the genre, other PCs are toast
Desktop Tourism Despite amazing battery life and lovely speed, this one has flaws that may annoy
A year after taking on Intel's NUC mini-PCs, Asus says it's ready to improve them
AI is showing the way to new possibilities after a tricky first year
Personal Tech08 Oct 2024 | 31
Happy birthday, Putin – you've been pwned
Pro-Ukraine hackers claim credit for Russian state broadcasting shutdown
Security08 Oct 2024 | 52
XCP-NG thanks Broadcom for increased interest, swipes Citrix for not helping build an alternative
XenServer fork plans to make its next version a better target for VMware migrations
Virtualization08 Oct 2024 | 4
Samsung apologizes for bad financial performance
Profit doesn't pop despite AI-inspired memory boom, leading to executive mea culpa
Systems08 Oct 2024 | 8
Google brings better bricking to Androids, to curtail crims
Improved security features teased in May now appearing around the world
Cybersecurity Month08 Oct 2024 | 22
China reportedly tells local AI buyers to ignore Nvidia
In Brief Plus: Google, Oracle, spend $9.5 billion on Asia datacenters; Philippines to tax clouds; Vietnam infosec praised; and more
AI + ML08 Oct 2024 | 2
Feds reach for sliver of crypto-cash nicked by North Korea's notorious Lazarus Group
A couple million will do for a start … but Kim's crews are suspected of stealing much more
Cybersecurity Month08 Oct 2024 | 2
Epic judge orders Google to let rivals set up app stores
Chocolate Factory vows to appeal
Applications07 Oct 2024 | 18
Inflection AI Enterprise offering ditches Nvidia GPUs for Intel's Gaudi 3
Struggling chipmaker scores another win
Systems07 Oct 2024 | 2
Vulcan Centaur avoids FAA scrutiny after losing solid rocket booster nozzle
Is that a sparkler attached to the bottom of your rocket or just something falling off?
Science07 Oct 2024 | 17
Geico tells El Reg, no, it's not canceling all Cybertruck insurance
This comes after Tesla owner griped of dropped policies on X
Offbeat07 Oct 2024 | 40
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Cops love facial recognition, and withholding info on its use from the courts
Withholding exculpatory evidence from suspects isn't a great look when the tech is already questionable
Security07 Oct 2024 | 17
Samsung chairman debunks foundry, chip biz spinoff rumors
But not hard to believe of business units with over $2 billion in operating losses in 2023
Systems07 Oct 2024 |
Quantum computing dreamers face stock market reality check
D-Wave and Rigetti dip below $1 as AI steals the spotlight
Systems07 Oct 2024 | 9
You're right not to rush into running AMD, Intel's new manycore monster CPUs
Opinion They put more risk in a single box than most of us are equipped to handle
Systems07 Oct 2024 | 16
Global semiconductor sales up 20.6% to record $53.1B as trade wars rage on
Chip boom continues as demand surges, but challenges remain
Systems07 Oct 2024 | 1
Netflix on Mars? Yeah maybe, thanks to NASA's laser comms demo
Optical communications not just for night owls
Science07 Oct 2024 | 14
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WINDOWS 11 24H2
Saying goodbye to the tech dreams Microsoft abandoned with Windows 11 24H2
Viewpoint Is that a Mixed Reality headset, or just a complicated paperweight? Oh and farewell WordPad
Microsoft hits go on Windows 11 24H2: Fresh features, bugs, and a whole lotta AI
News Complete with Copilot Vision – but sessions won't be stored, insists Redmond
Why Win11 24H2 is a big yawn for developers
API If they Build it, we may or may not come
W11 user hurt by the KB5043145 update? Microsoft offers a way out
Patches Might be best to give it a miss for now
Windows users still living in the past face forced update, like it or not
And also 22H2 and 21H2 holdouts about to be dragged to 23H2
SAP offers different way to move SQL Server-based software to the cloud
Just don’t call it an alternative to RISE with SAP
Windows 11 migration? Upgrade engine revs up, enterprises have no choice
Support expiry clock ticks for Windows 10 - PC makers won't be happy with latest stats
Atos stumbles again as French government says 'non' to rescue deal
Ailing IT services giant still in hot pursuit of agreement on Big Data & Security unit
Rival browsers cry foul after Microsoft Edge slips through EU gatekeeper cracks
Vivaldi and others line up behind Opera to request a rethink
'Critical' CUPS vulnerability chain easy to use for massive DDoS attacks
Infosec In Brief Also, rooting for Russian cybercriminals, a new DDoS record, sneaky Linux server malware and more
Three and Vodafone: We need to merge because our networks are rubbish
Voda users have to fall back to 2G in some places after 3G switchoff, docs claim
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Xfce 4.20 creeps toward Wayland support while Mint 22.1 polishes desktop routine
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OSes07 Oct 2024 | 10
Embattled users worn down by privacy options? Let them eat code
Opinion Struggle ye not with cookies, lest ye become a cookie monster
Security07 Oct 2024 | 65
After we fix that, how about we also accidentally break something important?
Who, Me? You had one job – doing extra is nice, but dangerous
Networks07 Oct 2024 | 87
Meta gives Llama 3 vision, now if only it had a brain
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If Dell's Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PC is typical of the genre, other PCs are toast
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You're right not to rush into running AMD, Intel's new manycore monster CPUs
Opinion They put more risk in a single box than most of us are equipped to handle
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Three and Vodafone: We need to merge because our networks are rubbish
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Chinese cyberspies reportedly breached Verizon, AT&T, Lumen
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Security05 Oct 2024 | 67
A working Turing Machine hits Lego Ideas
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159 Automattic staff take severance offer and walk out over WP Engine feud
WordPress supremo Mullenweg channels Churchill: Never let a good crisis go to waste
Software04 Oct 2024 | 37
About a quarter million Comcast subscribers had their data stolen from debt collector
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Cybersecurity Month04 Oct 2024 | 6
Tesla Cybertruck recalled again. This time, a software fix for backup camera glitch
10 seconds to Elon blaming this on Kamala or something
Bootnotes04 Oct 2024 | 74
If you're excited by that $1.5B Michigan nuke plant revival, bear in mind it's definitely a fixer-upper
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On-Prem04 Oct 2024 | 22
SpaceX accuses 'meme-stock' rival of 'misinformation' over Starlink signals waiver
AST SpaceMobile partners 'provide zero technical support for their opposition,' letter to FCC rages
Networks04 Oct 2024 | 29
TSMC and Amkor link up to bring advanced packaging stateside
Arizona looks like the place to be for US semiconductor manufacturing
Systems04 Oct 2024 | 7
Apple fixes bug that let VoiceOver shout your passwords
Not a great look when the iGiant just launched its first password manager
Cybersecurity Month04 Oct 2024 | 6
ULA nears second launch of Vulcan Centaur in pursuit of US Space Force approval
Updated No spaceplane in the payload, but it won't be a wasted mission
Science04 Oct 2024 | 23
Office 2024 unveiled for Microsoft 365 refuseniks
For the IT professional who has to take work home
Applications04 Oct 2024 | 59
Busybox 1.37 is tiny but capable, the way we like Linux tools to be
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Revenge for being fired is best served profitably
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