Pack of GM Cruise robo-taxis freeze, snarl up Friday night traffic amid festival crowds
Just a day after getting green light to expand autonomous ops
AI + ML14 Aug 2023 | 48
Thomas is a senior reporter at The Register. His specialty lies in government IT, software development, and the ethical use of artificial intelligence. Thomas has nearly 30 years of experience in technology publishing, including roles ranging from magazine section editor to editor-at-large.
Google Chrome to shield encryption keys from promised quantum computers
QC crypto-cracking coming in 5, 10, maybe 50 years, so act … now?
Security12 Aug 2023 | 21
FTX crypto-clown Sam Bankman-Fried couldn't even do house arrest. Now he's in jail
Feds argue leaks to press amount to witness tampering
Cyber-crime11 Aug 2023 | 36
Maker of Chrome extension with 300,000+ users tells of constant pressure to sell out
Interview Anyone with sizable audience in this surveillance economy is invited to stuff their add-ons with tracking and ads
Security11 Aug 2023 | 25
Magento shopping cart attack targets critical vulnerability revealed in early 2022
Really? You didn't bother to patch a 9.8 severity critical flaw?
Patches11 Aug 2023 | 7
Lawsuit: We've got the stats to prove Twitter ax fell unfairly on older, female engineers
Seven ex-tweeps bring the receipts, as the kids say
Personal Tech10 Aug 2023 | 76
Say hello to Downfall, another data-leaking security hole in several years of Intel chips
Black Hat It is with a heavy heart that we must announce that the boffins are at it again
Black Hat and DEF CON09 Aug 2023 | 10
Google teases Project IDX, an AI-infused code editing thing
Rival to CoPilot and CodeWhisperer sees the Big G join the error-ridden robo-coding market
Devops09 Aug 2023 | 6
How to spot OpenAI's crawler bot and stop it slurping sites for training data
Aww, c'mon, let us scrape your pages, we've got billions at stake
AI + ML08 Aug 2023 | 20
Cops cuff pregnant woman for carjacking after facial recog gets it wrong, again
Not-so smart tech, or officers, it seems
AI + ML08 Aug 2023 | 86
ChatGPT's odds of getting code questions correct are worse than a coin flip
But its suggestions are so annoyingly plausible
AI + ML07 Aug 2023 | 49
Google offers to alert netizens when their personal info shows up in Search
I Have Been Pw, er, Indexed
Personal Tech04 Aug 2023 | 10
Alarm raised over Mozilla VPN: Wonky authorization check lets users cause havoc
Updated SUSE security engineer goes public on unfixed client hole after disclosure drama
Security04 Aug 2023 | 36
Official science: People do less, make more mistakes on Friday afternoons
Why 'dont deploy on Frday' is a thnng
Bootnotes04 Aug 2023 | 63
Couple admit they laundered $4B in stolen Bitcoins after Bitfinex super-heist
A man, a plan, and Razzlekhan fought the law – and the law won
Cyber-crime04 Aug 2023 | 36
Brave cuts ties with Bing to offer its own image and video search results
There's a word for describing going it alone against huge rivals, starts with a B, just can't put our finger on it
Personal Tech03 Aug 2023 | 43
We're in the OWASP-makes-list-of-security-bug-types phase with LLM chatbots
Ten ways you can blow a hole in your software by misusing AI tech
AI + ML02 Aug 2023 | 5
Socket moves beyond JavaScript and Python and gets into Go
Interview CEO, fresh with funds, lays out the dependency dilemma
Security02 Aug 2023 | 6
Twitter sues Brit non-profit, claims hate-speech reports scared off advertisers
Are we out of touch? No, it's the campaigners who are wrong
Personal Tech01 Aug 2023 | 106
Bad news: Another data-leaking CPU flaw. Good news: It's utterly impractical
Collide+Power vulnerability leaks secrets bit by bit - but could take months or years to learn a useful secret
Research01 Aug 2023 | 4
AI on AI action: Googler uses GPT-4 chatbot to defeat image classifier's guardian
Analysis If you need to trick a computer into thinking a gun is a banana, just use these prompts
AI + ML01 Aug 2023 | 21
Apple demands app makers explain use of sensitive APIs
Privacy ritual aims to deter fingerprinting of the iFaithful
Applications29 Jul 2023 | 27
Florida man accused of hoarding America's secrets faces fresh charges
Mar-a-Lago IT director told 'the boss wanted the server deleted'
CSO29 Jul 2023 | 147
A federal watchdog to police Big Tech? Yeah, that'll do the trick, senators...
Sorry, FTC, didn't mean to step on you like that
Personal Tech27 Jul 2023 | 9
How to make today's top-end AI chatbots rebel against their creators and plot our doom
Boffins build automated system to smash safety guardrails
AI + ML27 Jul 2023 | 23
Google's browser security plan slammed as dangerous, terrible, DRM for websites
'The solution to the surveillance economy seems to be more surveillance' Vivaldi boss tells El Reg
Applications27 Jul 2023 | 85
Cigna sued for using software to deny healthcare insurance claims
It's just some if-then statements, no AI here, insurer sniffs
Applications26 Jul 2023 | 31
To infinity and beyond, with a swarm of tiny computers costing under $1K each
BLISS this: Berkeley Low-cost Interplanetary Solar Sail project wants to head into space on the cheap
OSes26 Jul 2023 | 10
Sneaky Python package security fixes help no one – except miscreants
Good thing these eggheads have created a database of patches
Patches26 Jul 2023 | 10
Google's next big idea for browser security looks like another freedom grab to some
Analysis Safe to say, this proposal has gone down like a
poweroff -fn
Software25 Jul 2023 | 115
TETRA radio comms used by emergency heroes easily cracked, say experts
Updated If it looks like a backdoor, walks like a backdoor, maybe it's ... export control
Research24 Jul 2023 | 60
Google tightens Play Store dev rules while becoming more blockchain tolerant
Trust and safety push promises ability to delete app-associated accounts
Devops17 Jul 2023 | 5
This AI is better than you at figuring out where a street pic was taken just by looking at it
PIGEON homes in on your geolocation
AI + ML15 Jul 2023 | 60
Let there be light ... based wireless networks: LiFi spec OK'd as Wi-Fi complement
Talk about a bright idea
Networks14 Jul 2023 | 41
Feds want to see what ChatGPT's content is made of
That bot ain't ruining people's reputation or trampling their privacy, right? Right?
AI + ML13 Jul 2023 | 14
Funnily enough, AI models must follow privacy law – including right to be forgotten
Updated We'll just take a look at the training data, oh... wait
AI + ML13 Jul 2023 | 64
Tax prep firms 'recklessly shared' your data with Google and Meta – senators
Lawmakers, yet to pass a national privacy law, demand action on money
Personal Tech12 Jul 2023 | 20
You're too dumb to use click-to-cancel, Big Biz says with straight face
Making it easy to exit subscriptions will just baffle everyone, FTC told
Personal Tech12 Jul 2023 | 94
After Meta hands over DMs, mom pleads guilty to giving daughter abortion pills
Facebook messages, obtained via valid warrant, help make case against women
Personal Tech11 Jul 2023 | 62
Make sure that off-the-shelf AI model is legit – it could be a poisoned dependency
Updated Another kind of supply chain attack that can quietly mess up bots and apps
AI + ML11 Jul 2023 | 11
Oracle pours fuel all over Red Hat source code drama
Big Blue is just a gold digger, says avid auditor of software licenses
Software10 Jul 2023 | 83
Let's take a look at those US Supreme Court decisions and how they will affect tech
Analysis Rulings on affirmative action and free speech may not play nicely with diversity initiatives
Personal Tech08 Jul 2023 | 115
GitLab deploys on a Friday and ... is down for a few hours
Updated Snafu blamed on config change
Devops07 Jul 2023 | 8
From cage fight to page fight: Twitter threatens to sue Meta after Threads app launch
Meta rolls eyes at claim it used former Twits to create rival
Personal Tech06 Jul 2023 | 87
Mozilla pauses blunder-prone AI chatbot in MDN docs
Firefox maker promises it'll use ML responsibly – as critics say: Fork this
AI + ML06 Jul 2023 | 5
UK's proposed alt.GDPR will turn Britain into a 'test lab' for data harvesting
EU citizens' info could be at risk over new rules
Personal Tech06 Jul 2023 | 163
RAM-ramming Rowhammer is back – to uniquely fingerprint devices
Just use it sparingly, as it may crash equipment or burn out memory
Black Hat and DEF CON05 Jul 2023 | 30
Mozilla Developer Network adds AI Help that does the opposite
Firefox-maker presses pause on generative AI assistant as complaints mount
AI + ML03 Jul 2023 | 10
H-1B fraud consultancies grow, with application abuse openly discussed online
In depth How do you solve a problem like a visa? How do you catch a fraud and bring it down?
On-Prem01 Jul 2023 | 33
Microsoft and GitHub are still trying to derail Copilot code copyright legal fight
And so far, they might succeed: Where's the smoking gun?
AI + ML01 Jul 2023 | 66
Uncle Sam cracks down on faked reviews and bad influencers
Big $50,000 fines for misleading posts... unless it's political, natch
Personal Tech30 Jun 2023 | 21
Google accused of ripping off advertisers with video ads no one saw. Now, the expert view
Analysis Web giant also hits back ... right as YouTube steps up war on advert blockers
Personal Tech29 Jun 2023 | 82
Microsoft, OpenAI sued for $3B after allegedly trampling privacy with ChatGPT
Where did they get the idea this bot was potentially spitting out personal info? Oh, from The Register
AI + ML28 Jun 2023 | 24
Microsoft's GitHub under fire for DDoSing crucial open source project website
A tale of emergency firewalling, a little bit of victim blaming, and workflow scripts gone berserk
Devops28 Jun 2023 | 48
Microsoft's Activision fight with FTC turned up a Blizzard of docs: Here's your summary
Windows PCs in the cloud, spending Sony out of business, mobile woes, and more – and the files to read
Personal Tech28 Jun 2023 | 31
Warning: JavaScript registry npm vulnerable to 'manifest confusion' abuse
Failure to match metadata with packaged files is perfect for supply chain attacks
Research27 Jun 2023 | 12
Google asks websites to kindly not break its shiny new targeted-advertising API
Tech tweaked ahead of rollout in July, Mozilla and Apple still not interested
Personal Tech27 Jun 2023 | 64
Supreme Court says Genius' song lyric copying claim against Google wasn't smart
Website can't use state contract law to police copyrights it doesn't own
Personal Tech26 Jun 2023 | 47
FYI: Tor Browser is very much still a thing and getting updates
Version 12.5 brings in Finnish language support, traffic node path visualization and more
Applications25 Jun 2023 | 20
Google accused of urging Android devs to mislabel apps to get forbidden kids ad data
Getting around the rules was as simple as not declaring software was 'intended for children', lawsuit states
Personal Tech23 Jun 2023 | 8
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