24th January 2022 Archive • The Register

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Desktop-deprived Linus Torvalds releases first release candidate of ‘not huge’ kernel 5.17

Life on the road increases reliance on cloudy tools instead of Emperor Penguin's preferred local tests

OSes24 Jan 2022 | 5

IBM finally finds a private equiteer willing to purchase Watson Health

In brief As poker players ponder whether tech is ruining their favourite game

AI + ML24 Jan 2022 | 10

Australian Prime Minister's WeChat Shanghaied by Chinese patriots

Updated Politicians rush to blame Beijing, Tencent says the account was transferred from its original registrar and it's probing that shift

Security24 Jan 2022 | 16

Cloudflare signals big Asian push, starting in Singapore

Seeks salespeople focused on expansion – and casinos – and adds a trio of senior managers

Networks24 Jan 2022 | 1

Myanmar's military junta seeks ban on VPNs and digital currency

People would no longer be able to rely on VPNs for their preferred communication tool, Facebook

Security24 Jan 2022 | 14

Apple again extends waiver for in-app purchasing requirement for online experiences

We'll know the pandemic is over when Apple starts insisting on its cut of fees for events again

Software24 Jan 2022 | 1

Pop quiz: The network team didn't make your change. The server is in a locked room. What do you do?

Who, Me? Not all heroes wear capes. Some are Unix admins.

Systems24 Jan 2022 | 130

IPv6 is built to be better, but that's not the route to success

Opinion Why won't you love me, sobs perennially spurned protocol

Networks24 Jan 2022 | 267

Team behind delayed ERP project was aware of problems but didn't inform Surrey County Council for months

Move from SAP to Unit4 held up by comms 'issues' between supplier and authority

Databases24 Jan 2022 | 25

Elvis may have left the building, but Windows remains very much on show

Bork!Bork!Bork! Just like the '68 Comeback Special, Bork has returned

Bootnotes24 Jan 2022 | 13

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... a massive black hole spewed out gases that probably helped make stars

As it destroys so it creates

Science24 Jan 2022 | 19

Robot vacuum cleaner employed by Brit budget hotel chain Travelodge flees

Unit dragged back to work after being found under hedge a day later

Bootnotes24 Jan 2022 | 59

IBM forges entanglement to double quantum simulations by 'cutting up a larger circuit into smaller circuits'

Littler circuits executing on smaller hardware and tolerating 'a lot more noise'

Science24 Jan 2022 | 6

Hive View security camera customers left in the dark as some gear gives up the ghost

Devices of the affected seem intent on going into the light

Security24 Jan 2022 | 25

Rolls-Royce consortium shopping for factory sites to build mini-nuclear reactors

Hunt follows £210m government funding in small modular reactor model

Science24 Jan 2022 | 138

Windows box won't boot? SystemRescue 9 may help

An ISO image you can burn or drop onto a USB key

Personal Tech24 Jan 2022 | 20

Throw away your Ethernet cables* because MediaTek says Wi-Fi 7 will replace them

Networks24 Jan 2022 | 105

Running Windows 10? Microsoft is preparing to fire up the update engines

~~Winter~~ Windows Is Coming

OSes24 Jan 2022 | 73

They see us Cinnamon Rolling, they're rating: GeckoLinux incorporates kernel 5.16 with familiar installation experience

A nice, clean community distro that works well

Applications24 Jan 2022 | 8

Assange can go to UK Supreme Court (again) to fend off US extradition bid

Top Brit judges may consider whether an American prison is just too much

Legal24 Jan 2022 | 22

Three US states plus Washington DC sue Google for using UI design 'dark patterns' to harvest your location

Position of data permission controls designed to deceive, trio of lawsuits claim

Applications24 Jan 2022 | 28

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