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Technical problems on video calls can cause uncanniness, which influences real-world decisions
Tech leaders fill $1T AI bubble, insist it doesn't exist
Even as enterprises defer spending and analysts spot dotcom-era warning signs
Proxmox delivers its software-defined datacenter contender and VMware escape hatch
New ‘Datacenter Manager’ manages VMs across multiple sites or clusters
Microsoft 365 boosts prices in 2026 … to pay for more AI and security
All those new features won’t fund themselves
And the winner of the Microsoft Christmas sweater is...
Peak Microsoft is whatever you want it to be. Or not
Offbeat06 Dec 2025 |
Death to one-time text codes: Passkeys are the new hotness in MFA
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Security06 Dec 2025 |
Judge hints Vizio TV buyers may have rights to source code licensed under GPL
Tentative ruling signals a potential win for SFC’s copyleft enforcement push
Legal05 Dec 2025 | 12
Crims using social media images, videos in 'virtual kidnapping' scams
Proof of life? Or an active social media presence?
Cyber-crime05 Dec 2025 | 4
Salesforce has come up with the most credible threat yet to ServiceNow, and Benioff is crowing about it
Some within the CRM giant balked, but Benioff prevailed
Applications05 Dec 2025 | 5
Novel clickjacking attack relies on CSS and SVG
Who needs JavaScript?
Research05 Dec 2025 | 3
Cloudflare blames Friday outage on borked fix for React2shell vuln
Security community needs to rally and share more info faster, one researcher says
Security05 Dec 2025 | 4
EU metes out first-ever Digital Services Act fine, dings X for blue check deception
TikTok, by contrast, satisfied DSA concerns over its ad repository transparency
Legal05 Dec 2025 | 41
Microsoft 365 boosts prices in 2026 … to pay for more AI and security
All those new features won’t fund themselves
SaaS05 Dec 2025 | 24
Tech leaders fill $1T AI bubble, insist it doesn't exist
Even as enterprises defer spending and analysts spot dotcom-era warning signs
AI + ML05 Dec 2025 | 30
Asus supplier hit by ransomware attack as gang flaunts alleged 1 TB haul
Laptop maker says a vendor breach exposed some phone camera code, but not its own systems
Cyber-crime05 Dec 2025 |
Beijing-linked hackers are hammering max-severity React bug, AWS warns
State-backed attackers started poking flaw as soon as it dropped – anyone still unpatched is on borrowed time
Cyber-crime05 Dec 2025 | 3
Amazon is forging a walled garden for enterprise AI
Re:Invent AWS Chief Matt Garman lays out his vision bringing artificial intelligence to the enterprise
Salesforce finds new AI monetization knobs to twist
With seat and usage-based deals back on the table, CRM giant tells investors agent prices are going up
SaaS05 Dec 2025 | 3
Linux 6.18 crowned LTS kernel – and Alpine 3.23 wastes no time adopting it
Umpteen other distros just put out new versions, but this one is our favorite
OSes05 Dec 2025 | 8
Irish Excel whiz sheets all over the competition in Vegas showdown
Diarmuid Early takes world title after outpacing 11 rivals
Applications05 Dec 2025 | 21
UK pushes ahead with facial recognition expansion despite civil liberties backlash
Plan would create statutory powers for police use of biometrics, prompting warnings of mass surveillance
Security05 Dec 2025 | 39
FreeBSD 15 trims legacy fat and revamps how OS is built
Project retires 32-bit ports, embraces pkgbase, and modernizes build process
OSes05 Dec 2025 | 52
Pension portal launch fail sends Capita running to Microsoft for help
Union fields member complaints as it presses outsourcer over botched rollout
Public Sector05 Dec 2025 | 28
Cloudflare suffers second outage in as many months during routine maintenance
Updated The Reg is still standing (this time) despite our best efforts
Networks05 Dec 2025 | 51
Bots, bias, and bunk: How can you tell what's real on the net?
Opinion You can improve the odds by combining skepticism, verification habits, and a few technical checks
AI + ML05 Dec 2025 | 49
Vendor's secret 'fix' made critical app unusable during business hours
On Call Medical software maker also had a vastly unhealthy approach to security
Applications05 Dec 2025 | 78
Proxmox delivers its software-defined datacenter contender and VMware escape hatch
New ‘Datacenter Manager’ manages VMs across multiple sites or clusters
Virtualization05 Dec 2025 | 22
HPE's server and hybrid cloud revenue go into reverse amid historical hardware splurge
Never mind, says jolly green giant, we’re a networking-centric company now
Systems05 Dec 2025 | 2
Whatever legitimate places AI has, inside an OS ain't one
Opinion We're getting it baked into Windows whether we like it or not
An AI for an AI: Anthropic says AI agents require AI defense
Automated software keeps getting better at pilfering cryptocurrency
Security05 Dec 2025 | 7
Amazon keeps the pressure on Intel, AMD with 192-core Graviton5 CPU
re:invent The homegrown chips now account for half of all new CPUs added to AWS over the past three years
AWS Re:invent04 Dec 2025 | 4
PRC spies Brickstormed their way into critical US networks and remained hidden for years
'Dozens' of US orgs infected
Cyber-crime04 Dec 2025 | 3
OpenAI turns the screws on chatbots to get them to confess mischief
'You're absolutely right! I was totally lying to you!'
AI + ML04 Dec 2025 | 17
Hegseth needs to go to secure messaging school, report says
He's not alone: DoD inspector general says the whole Defense Department has a messaging security problem
Security04 Dec 2025 | 31
Twins who hacked State Dept hired to work for gov again, now charged with deleting databases
And then they asked an AI to help cover their tracks
Cyber-crime04 Dec 2025 | 18
We'll beat China to the Moon, NASA nominee declares
Isaacman: 'We can never accept a gap in our capabilities again'
Science04 Dec 2025 | 74
Akamai buys Fermyon for Wasm-based serverless functions – a possible answer to Cloudflare workers
Bun JavaScript runtime acquired by Anthropic, tying its future to AI coding
AWS Transform revamp uses AI to shift applications from Microsoft’s SQL Server
AWS debuts Lambda managed instances on EC2: more control, lower cost for high volume users
Modernizing hyperconverged infrastructure: how StorPool and Oracle are changing the game
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Server prices set to jump 15% as memory costs spike
Exclusive Major OEMs are plotting double-digit hikes as DRAM and NAND shortages bite
Systems04 Dec 2025 | 14
Snowflake jumps on agentic AI train with Anthropic tie-up
$200M deal brings Claude into data cloud, yet its touted ‘90%+’ accuracy needs human oversight
AI + ML04 Dec 2025 | 3
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Technical problems on video calls can cause uncanniness, which influences real-world decisions
Networks04 Dec 2025 | 14
EU probes Meta after WhatsApp kicked rival AIs off platform
OpenAI and Microsoft yank their chatbots, telling millions of users to head elsewhere
AI + ML04 Dec 2025 | 9
Palantir wants to set the juice loose with new AI power initiative
Nvidia is along for the ride with chips to offer, naturally
The Future of the Datacenter04 Dec 2025 | 8
Microsoft quietly shuts down Windows shortcut flaw after years of espionage abuse
Silent Patch Tuesday mitigation ends ability to hide malicious commands in .lnk files
Patches04 Dec 2025 | 14
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Latest Windows 11 updates may break the OS's most basic bits
Microsoft warns Start menu, Explorer, and other XAML apps can crash or vanish on managed devices
Software04 Dec 2025 | 78
Logitech chief says ill-conceived gadgets put the AI in FAIL
Just ignore all the ways the peripherals biz uses AI itself
Offbeat04 Dec 2025 | 5
Aisuru botnet turns Q3 into a terabit-scale stress test for the entire internet
Cloudflare data shows 29.7 Tbps record-breaker landed amid 87% surge in network-layer attacks
Cyber-crime04 Dec 2025 | 19
Datacenters planned for Scotland could end up draining a loch of power
3 GW is roughly three quarters of the country's peak demand, says Foxglove
The Future of the Datacenter04 Dec 2025 | 105
UK SAP users say they're baffled by Business Suite reboot licensing maze
Pricing complexity makes justifying migrations an uphill battle
Databases04 Dec 2025 | 8
Xero to start charging developers API usage fees, replacing revenue share deals
Exclusive One dev thinks this will become their second-highest cost, fears they’ll have to pass it on
SaaS04 Dec 2025 | 26
Datacenters that don't have their own power supplies will fail
It's time to ask your bit barn provider how they'll keep the lights on, and what their plans mean for prices
The Future of the Datacenter04 Dec 2025 | 8
TLS 1.3 includes welcome improvements, but still allows long-lived secrets
Systems Approach Tricky tradeoffs are hard to avoid when designing systems, but the choice not to use LLMs for some tasks is clear
Networks04 Dec 2025 | 1
Rust core library partly polished for industrial safety spec
Ferrous Systems achieves IEC 61508 (SIL 2) certification for systems that demand reliability
Software04 Dec 2025 | 5
India's government targets Uber, Ola with plan to launch zero-commission rideshare platform
Minister wants to ‘free drivers from dependency on private companies’
Public Sector04 Dec 2025 | 7
Micron ditches consumer memory brand Crucial to chase AI riches
First AI came for our jobs. Now, our memory?
Storage03 Dec 2025 | 76
John Henry still leading the race vs AI in customer service
Gartner found only 20% of customer service leaders have cut human agents because of AI
AI + ML03 Dec 2025 | 17
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Legal03 Dec 2025 | 105
'Exploitation is imminent' as 39 percent of cloud environs have max-severity React hole
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Security03 Dec 2025 | 32
MAGA cognoscenti warn feds away from shielding AI infringers
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China's reusable rocket makes it to orbit but fails to stick the landing
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Poop-peeping toilet attachment has a different definition of 'end-to-end' encryption
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Offbeat03 Dec 2025 | 31
Space telescopes are being photobombed by satellites, and the problem is slated to get much worse
LEO communications satellites are proliferating like rabbits
Science03 Dec 2025 | 18
Microsoft sharpens the blocking axe for Exchange Web Services
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SaaS03 Dec 2025 | 6
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HPE positions Morpheus stack as enterprise alternative to VMware
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Virtualization03 Dec 2025 | 7
ISS hits rare full house as all eight docking ports ocupado
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Science03 Dec 2025 | 3
Windows 11 still barely pulling ahead of 10 despite end-of-support push
Statcounter shows the gap narrowing as users cling to older hardware and familiar workflows
OSes03 Dec 2025 | 47
Newly launched civil service pension portal from Capita is crapita, users report
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Public Sector03 Dec 2025 | 97
Pat Gelsinger's EUV lithography gig gets $150M wink from Uncle Sam
Commerce Department wants equity in xLight as it backs a free-electron laser to challenge ASML
Systems03 Dec 2025 | 13
Linux 6.18 arrives as the year's final drop and likely next LTS
Bye-bye bcachefs, but hello there bhyve
OSes03 Dec 2025 | 16
Here’s your worst nightmare: E-tailer can only resume partial sales 45 days after ransomware attack
Japan’s Askul still can’t run all its sites, but at least the fax line held up OK
Security03 Dec 2025 | 9
China using AI as ‘precision instrument’ of censorship and repression, at home and abroad
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AI + ML03 Dec 2025 | 48
Indian government reveals GPS spoofing at eight major airports
Extra infosec investments are taxiing towards the runway
Security03 Dec 2025 | 23
AWS offers AI-in-a-box for enterprise datacenters
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AWS Re:invent02 Dec 2025 | 1
AWS admits AI coding tools cause problems, reckons its three new agents fix 'em
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AWS Re:invent02 Dec 2025 | 9
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