HP-Autonomy: Attorneys wrap up arguments in Mike Lynch's stateside criminal fraud trial
And we await the San Francisco jury's verdict
On-Prem03 Jun 2024 | 15
Matthew was a news reporter for The Register. Before joining our publisher in 2024 as a full-time journalist, he wrote extensively about computer hardware as a freelancer for various publications.
Arm CEO aims to conquer half the Windows world in 5 years
Computex That's probably wishful thinking, say chip analysts
Personal Tech03 Jun 2024 | 17
Microsoft to spend $3.2B on expanding cloud and AI in green energy-rich Sweden
Budget to be blown on construction and 20K GPUs among other things in the next 2 years
On-Prem03 Jun 2024 | 9
TikTok said to be working on US-specific version of its content algorithm for months
Owner ByteDance may be hedging its bets on overturning sale-or-ban bill
Personal Tech31 May 2024 | 10
Google finally addresses those bizarre AI search results
Suggesting people eat rocks or put glue on pizza? Yeah, that's some artificial intelligence right there
Personal Tech31 May 2024 | 88
Surging datacenter power demand slows the demise of US coal plants
Ongoing fossil fuel use means maybe it's time to revise that idea that AI will kill us with robots
On-Prem31 May 2024 | 7
Recycling old copper wires could be worth billions for telcos
800,000 metric tons of cabling is just lying there
Networks31 May 2024 | 61
Tesla slams advisors for not loving Musk's $44.9B payout
We hired you for one job...
Bootnotes30 May 2024 | 85
AI chip sales predicted to jump by a third this year – then cool off
Gartner gives us a ray of hope amid ongoing hype and pressure to buy more hardware
AI + ML29 May 2024 | 1
Activist investor pressures Texas Instruments to stop spending cash on fabs
Thinking about tripling capacity by 2030? Start thinking about our returns...
Systems29 May 2024 | 27
Why RISC-V must get its messaging right on open standard vs open source
Feature It's the difference between export limits on specific chips – and a problematic blanket ban
Systems29 May 2024 | 66
LLMs can write and answer quizzes – but aren't quite ready to disrupt trivia night
Feed AutoQuizzer a URL and it will use LLaMa-3 to make a decent multiple-choice test
AI + ML29 May 2024 | 10
PayPal is planning an ad network built off your purchase history
You are the product, after all
Personal Tech28 May 2024 | 78
EU probes Telegram, because size matters for regulators
Russian info slinger could be on the hook for posting disinformation
Personal Tech28 May 2024 | 18
T-Mobile to buy US Cellular's wireless ops, plus slice of spectrum for $4.4B
You keep the towers, we'll bag the customer list, says T-Mo
Networks28 May 2024 | 4
OpenAI sets up safety group in wake of high-profile exits
AI biz forms Safety and Security Committee to succeed Superalignment team as it trains latest GPT model
AI + ML28 May 2024 | 11
Bored students can now enjoy Sonic 2 on TI-84 Plus CE calculators, thanks to port
Retro interview Blast (processing) from the past
Bootnotes26 May 2024 | 24
Best Buy and Geek Squad were most impersonated orgs by scammers in 2023
But criminals posing as Microsoft workers scored the most ill-gotten gains
Security24 May 2024 | 13
Elon Musk says he doesn’t want 100% tariff on China-made electric vehicles
Tesla CEO would have preferred no tariffs, even though they’re beneficial to his company
Personal Tech24 May 2024 | 66
AWS pledges to spend €15.7B expanding Spanish operations
Much of the money will go to mountainous Aragón – not mainly in the plain
Off-Prem24 May 2024 | 7
iFixit divorces Samsung over lack of real commitment to DIY repair program
CEO tells El Reg the phone titan's 'refusal to be completely candid with us was a major factor'
Personal Tech23 May 2024 | 55
Microsoft's deal with UAE's G42 sparks fears over true destination of AI exports
US politicos worry that all roads lead to renminbi
AI + ML23 May 2024 | 7
Europe buying more Chinese phone brands as market starts to bounce back
Apple and Samsung still on top, though, and pre-pandemic numbers but a faraway dream
Personal Tech23 May 2024 | 18
'China-aligned' spyware slingers operating since 2018 unmasked at last
Unfading Sea Haze adept at staying under the radar
Research23 May 2024 | 1
Microsoft invites punters to test drive custom Arm-based Cobalt 100 CPU VMs in Azure
Build Subscribers in US, Europe, SEA can take silicon out for a spin for free
PaaS + IaaS22 May 2024 | 2
FCC boss wants political ads to admit when they were made using AI
How about just flag up the adverts not using machine learning
AI + ML22 May 2024 | 6
Laundering cash from healthcare, romance scams lands US man in prison for a decade
$4.5M slushed through accounts from state healthcare and lonely people
Security22 May 2024 | 2
GitHub Enterprise Server patches 10-outta-10 critical hole
On the bright side, someone made up to $30,000+ for finding it
Patches22 May 2024 | 3
Ohio power plants want special tariffs on datacenters to protect regional grid
Server operators may need to pay up front, even for electricity they don't need yet
Off-Prem21 May 2024 | 15
NYC Comptroller and hedge funds urge Tesla shareholders to deny Musk $50B windfall
Bloc also recommends kicking Elon’s brother and Rupert Murdoch’s son off the board
Personal Tech21 May 2024 | 52
FDA gives Neuralink 'a second shot' at human brain chip
A case of 'keep digging deeper' actually being the right move for Elon, potentially
Science20 May 2024 | 9
Google takes shots at Microsoft for shoddy security record with enterprise apps
Updated Also, feds who switch to Google Workspace for 3 years get an extra year for free
Cyber-crime20 May 2024 | 11
How two brothers allegedly swiped $25M in a 12-second Ethereum heist
Feds scoff at blockchain integrity while software bug said to have been at heart of the matter
Cyber-crime18 May 2024 | 50
Leasing North American datacenters before they're finished is so hot right now
Yup, demand's that strong
On-Prem17 May 2024 | 4
CoreWeave debt deal with investment firms raises $7.5B for AI datacenter startup
Funds to be used for purchasing servers and networking kit
AI + ML17 May 2024 | 2
Microsoft offers China-based engineers an option to relocate
Office could be decimated with around 800 offers reportedly made
Software17 May 2024 | 40
China sets goal for local carmakers to get a quarter of their chips domestically by 2025
Yet another technological self-sufficiency target for China
Systems17 May 2024 | 15
Datacenters looking to renewables, nuclear, and gas, in quest for more power
Updated Bit barns might end up adding to the grid's capacity
On-Prem16 May 2024 | 1
Microsoft PC Manager app bizarrely suggests Bing as a Windows fix-all
Bug or feature?
Software16 May 2024 | 36
Tesla nearing shareholder vote to grant Musk $46B
Fundamentals are for losers: It's a good time to head the worst performing stock in the S&P
Offbeat15 May 2024 | 49
Neuralink keeps losing the thread on brain implant wiring
Musk venture allegedly decided imperfect design was usable
Science15 May 2024 | 25
Aghast iOS users report long-deleted photos back from the dead after update
Apple might be hanging on to nuked iPhone snaps for a while
Personal Tech15 May 2024 | 53
Return-to-office mandates had senior employees jumping ship
More stringent rules led to staff to find more remote options
Offbeat14 May 2024 | 53
Destroying offshore wind farms is top priority for Trump if he returns to presidency
It’s definitely to protect the whales and not the fossil fuel industry
Bootnotes14 May 2024 | 284
Telegram CEO calls out rival Signal, claiming it has ties to US government
Drama between two of the leading secure messaging services
Applications14 May 2024 | 25
Texan construction workers put a rocket up Team SpaceX over 'unpaid bills'
'If they were to call me today, I'd tell them to f%*k off'
Science14 May 2024 | 68
US, China agree to meet in Switzerland to discuss most pressing issue of all: AI use
No negotiations on tech sanctions, just talks about not destroying the world
AI + ML13 May 2024 | 12
Rear-end crashes prompt probe into Amazon's Zoox self-driving cars
Updated Either they learned to brake-check or motorcycles were following too close
Personal Tech13 May 2024 | 58
US semiconductor building boom means staff shortages and talent slipping away
McKinsey's solution? Reach out to middle schoolers
On-Prem12 May 2024 | 25
German plod defend Tesla gigafactory from eco-warriors
Elon Musk wonders why so many sour Krauts
Personal Tech11 May 2024 | 113
Look to the skies this weekend as solar storms strike Earth
Video Northern Lights may be visible way further south than usual thanks to outbursts from our Sun
Science10 May 2024 | 28
Samsung sole winner as US smartphone market hits sixth quarterly decline in a row
Industry looks towards genAI, interest rate cuts for reprieve as America hangs onto its old phones
Personal Tech10 May 2024 | 15
IBM sued again for alleged discrimination – this time against White males
Top Trump lieutenant Stephen Miller hopes to skewer Big Blue's Linux slinger on behalf of ex-director
Legal09 May 2024 | 109
Huawei's latest smartphone features mostly made-in-China components
New-ish Kirin SoC performance doesn’t impress, however
Personal Tech09 May 2024 | 15
ML suggests all that relaxing whale song might just be human-esque gossiping
Now this is our kind of click bait
AI + ML09 May 2024 | 14
What do Europeans, Americans and Australians have in common? Scammed $50M by fake e-stores
BogusBazaar ripped off shoppers and scraped card details, but not in China
Cyber-crime08 May 2024 | 10
America will make at least quarter of advanced chips in 2032, compared to China’s 2%
Projecting much, US semiconductor industry?
On-Prem08 May 2024 | 15
FYI... Renewable energy sources behind 30% of the world's electricity in 2023
It ain't all sunshine and windmills – and guess who's in the lead? China
Science08 May 2024 | 97
Fed-run LockBit site back from the dead and vows to really spill the beans on gang
Updated After very boring first reveal, this could be the real deal
Spotlight on RSA06 May 2024 | 8
Mastodon delays firm fix for link previews DDoSing sites
Updated Decentralization is great until everyone wants to grab data from your web server
Security06 May 2024 | 16