AI + ML Behold the Megatron: Microsoft and Nvidia build massive language processor MT-NLG is a beast that fed on over 4,000 GPUs 12 Oct 00:36 | 23
AI + ML Astroboffins reckon they've detected four hidden exoplanets by probing distant radio waves It could help us find more exoplanets far out in the universe 12 Oct 01:30 | 10
Legal Australian PM and Deputy threaten Facebook and Twitter with defamation liability for users' posts Big Tech's Australian lobby responds with more governance for its disinformation suppression code 12 Oct 04:01 | 53
On-Prem Beijing appears to block Lenovo's debut on Shanghai bourse PC-and-server-slinger planned to invest in R&D and bolster capital, says everything's fine without that boost 12 Oct 04:58 | 1
On-Prem Chinese buyers spending up big on security, servers, and storage, says IDC Policies pushing local vendors help, as does huge investment in AI 12 Oct 06:46 | 1
OSes Microsoft turns Windows Subsystem for Linux into an app for Windows WSL will still be baked in if you want it – but Redmond wants you to get it from the Store 12 Oct 07:15 | 82
Offbeat Every Little Helps: Former Tesco boss Dave Lewis to advise UK govt on supply chains Turkeys on tables, petrol in cars, chips in 'puters, etc... or that's the idea, anyway 12 Oct 07:45 | 37
Software Housing consortium's £500m software deal expects winners to adapt to legislation brought in to avoid another Grenfell Outsourcing giant Wipro secures a spot among others 12 Oct 08:30 |
Security Schools email marketing company told us to go away when we told them of exposed database creds, say infoseccers Usernames and passwords could be read (and abused) by anyone in since fixed flaw 12 Oct 09:15 | 64
Bork!Bork!Bork! Meatballs, Abba, and bork: 3 things Sweden is famous for It's what The Chef would want 12 Oct 10:01 | 16
Register debate Patients must know how their health records are used – and approve any sharing for research Who really benefits from 'secondary use' of your medical data? 12 Oct 10:45 | 44
Bootnotes Instagram is testing feature that tells panicking users the service is broken again Have you tried reading books? 12 Oct 11:30 | 46
Off-Prem Google Cloud will let you know how your workloads are damaging the environment Google Cloud Next '21 brings Distributed Edge, emissions metrics, and a Cybersecurity Action Team 12 Oct 12:14 | 7
Databases Brit MPs blast Baroness Dido Harding's performance as head of NHS Test and Trace Programme lacked transparency at critical stage in pandemic, report says 12 Oct 13:02 | 150
Software Emerson merges software units with 'industrial AI' for oilfields firm AspenTech in $11bn deal Yes the same mega-org at centre of Facebook data centre trade secrets spat 12 Oct 13:46 |
Off-Prem Amazon CEO: Directors and team leaders will determine return to work policy for white collar workers And warehouse staff, datacentre engineers, retail staffers? 'Thanks for your dedication' but no flexible work for you 12 Oct 14:32 | 5
Legal Booting up: Footballers kick off GDPR case for 'misuse' of their performance data Legal action aims to give players a say in how data about them is traded 12 Oct 15:18 | 30
Security Apple patches 'actively exploited' iPhone zero-day with iOS 15.0.2 update Tech breakdown and proof-of-concept code is already out there 12 Oct 16:02 | 16
Bootnotes Twitch increases bug bounty payouts after source code leak by... wait, is that it? Reg reader sighs at 'Orwellian gig economy' sums 12 Oct 17:01 | 33
AI + ML Megachips or decoupled approach? AI chip design companies accounting for operating costs Chip crunch pulls focus 12 Oct 18:10 | 1
Interview User locked out of Microsoft account by MFA bug, complains of customer-hostile support 'So sorry' says Microsoft Identity VP – but its unhelpful support systems will be hard to fix 12 Oct 19:59 | 76
Security Microsoft Patch Tuesday bug harvest festival comes to town With 71 new CVEs, there are patches enough for everyone 12 Oct 20:12 | 8
Personal Tech Bolt electric car battery recall might have hurt General Motors, but LG will pay $1.9bn to sooth troubled feelings Two faults, around $2bn to pay 12 Oct 22:06 | 1
Science Saturday start for NASA's Lucy probe on its 12-year quest to map Jupiter's Trojan asteroids Astronomers will be searching for clues on how the Solar System formed 12 Oct 23:50 | 13