What is GitHub Copilot Enterprise? You and your org just might find out firsthand Big biz invited to like and subscribe, without fear of litigation Devops27 Feb 2024 | 6
Boffins caution against allowing robots to run on AI models Before building the Torment Nexus, consider the risks AI + ML27 Feb 2024 | 9
Microsoft's February Windows 11 security update unravels at 96% for some users Was your Patch Tuesday followed by a Rollback Wednesday? You're not alone OSes27 Feb 2024 | 42
Capita wins uncontested extension to mega millions Northern Ireland Education contract Latest £33M awarded without competition in 11+ years contract that's now worth well over half a billion Personal Tech27 Feb 2024 | 11
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be coders, Jensen Huang warns Maker of ML accelerators wants more people to use ML AI + ML27 Feb 2024 | 131
Nevada sues to deny kids access to Meta's Messenger encryption State government says it's thinking of the children Security26 Feb 2024 | 37
Prompt engineering is a task best left to AI models Machine-learning boffins find open source neural nets can optimize their own queries AI + ML22 Feb 2024 | 17
GNOME 46 beta has more tweaks than a coffee shop The future desktop of Ubuntu 24.04 and Fedora 40 is nearly ready OSes21 Feb 2024 | 15
Microsoft veteran on how to blue screen your way to better testing A crash course on making Windows crash on demand Offbeat21 Feb 2024 | 18
Microsoft Publisher books its retirement party for 2026 Updated Venerable desktop publisher not going to get a Copilot any time soon Applications20 Feb 2024 | 53
How to weaponize LLMs to auto-hijack websites We speak to professor who with colleagues tooled up OpenAI's GPT-4 and other neural nets Research17 Feb 2024 | 24
Dems are at it again, trying to break open black-box algorithms Opening up code used in criminal prosecutions for scrutiny? But where's the text-to-vid hype and doomsaying? AI + ML16 Feb 2024 | 43
Apple makes it official: No Home Screen web apps in European Union iBiz expresses regret for the impact of its entirely avoidable decision Applications16 Feb 2024 | 113
Google debuts Gemini 1.5 Pro model in challenge to rivals OpenAI meanwhile teases experimental text-to-vid system Sora AI + ML15 Feb 2024 | 3
Microsoft warns Dev Drive daredevils to back up or beware after latest build Rolling back will cause data loss, Windows Insiders told OSes15 Feb 2024 | 6
Miscreants turn to ad tech to measure malware metrics Now that's what you call dual-use tech Research15 Feb 2024 | 4
AI won't take our jobs and it might even save the middle class MIT economist argues ML can moderate the inequalities of the Information Age AI + ML14 Feb 2024 | 32
It's time we add friction to digital experiences and slow them down Column Decades of obsessing about always going faster have left us in constant danger Software14 Feb 2024 | 77
Europe loosens the straps tying Apple and Microsoft to tough antitrust rules Did someone say a safety word? iMessage, Bing, Edge, Ads avoid gatekeeper restrictions Personal Tech14 Feb 2024 | 11
Just one bad packet can bring down a vulnerable DNS server thanks to DNSSEC Updated 'You don't have to do more than that to disconnect an entire network' El Reg told as patches emerge Patches13 Feb 2024 | 15
RIP John Walker, software and hardware hacker extraordinaire Obit Creator of the Hacker Diet and sponsor of pre-Web hypermedia system Xanadu Software13 Feb 2024 | 18
Unit4 software's budget bungle leaves schools counting the cost MP calls on council to ensure education teams can plan their financial futures Databases13 Feb 2024 | 21
Meta says risk of account theft after phone number recycling isn't its problem to solve Leaves it to carriers, promoting a complaint to Irish data cops from Big Tech's bête noire Personal Tech13 Feb 2024 | 107
Chrome engine devs experiment with automatic browser micropayments I'd buy that for a $0.00000001 Applications13 Feb 2024 | 105
HPE seeks $4B in damages from Autonomy boss Mike Lynch and his ex-CFO Could have been worse – IT giant was asking for five On-Prem12 Feb 2024 | 16
ANZ Bank test drives GitHub Copilot – and finds AI does give a helping hand Expert Python programmers saw the most benefit AI + ML10 Feb 2024 | 40
Microsoft's Notepad goes from simple text editor to Copilot conspirator No guarantee it'll come to Windows proper, but testers can give it a poke Applications09 Feb 2024 | 40
Curious tale of broken VPNs, the Year 2038, and certs that expired 100 years ago Interview It’s not NTP. There’s no way it’s NTP. It was NTP On-Prem09 Feb 2024 | 32
When red flags are just office decoration: Edinburgh Uni's Oracle IT disaster Management either weren't told about risks or ignored them, report finds Systems08 Feb 2024 | 91
In its tantrum with Europe, Apple broke web apps in iOS 17 beta, still hasn't fixed them PWAs demoted to OWB: Operating Within Browser Software08 Feb 2024 | 60
Rust can help make software secure – but it's no cure-all Security is a process, not a product. Nor a language Security08 Feb 2024 | 36
Twitter spinout Bluesky ends invite-only phase and opens its doors to all comers Dorsey-backed federated social media alternative promises custom feed algos, and more SaaS06 Feb 2024 | 21
Mozilla adds paid-for data-deletion tier to Monitor, its privacy-breach radar Firefox maker promises to lean on personal info brokers to scrub records Personal Tech06 Feb 2024 | 15
KDE 6 misses boat to make it into Kubuntu 24.04 'Noble Numbat' users will face a major post-install upgrade, which isn't ideal OSes06 Feb 2024 | 14
AI models just love escalating conflict to all-out nuclear war 'We have it! Let’s use it' proclaims the most warlike GPT-4-Base AI + ML06 Feb 2024 | 73
Google throws $1M at Rust Foundation to build C++ bridges Chocolate Factory matches Microsoft money for memory safety Devops05 Feb 2024 | 14
Building a 16-bit CPU in a spreadsheet is Excel-lent engineering But can it run Doom? Bootnotes02 Feb 2024 | 23
Cloudflare sheds more light on Thanksgiving security breach in which tokens, source code accessed by suspected spies Atlassian systen compromised via October Okta intrusion CSO02 Feb 2024 | 14
JetBrains' unremovable AI assistant meets irresistible outcry Some devs just don't want anything to do with neural-network code serfs Software01 Feb 2024 | 83
Brit watchdog thinks Google's tweaked Privacy Sandbox still isn't cricket Good start, but we want further reassurance, says Competition and Markets Authority Applications01 Feb 2024 | 15
Web devs fear Apple's iOS shakeup for Europe will be a nightmare for support Still, there's hope for actual browser competition on iPhones Software31 Jan 2024 | 24
Oracle is hiring two new teams to build its cloud faster and stronger Infrastructure Delivery Engineering team to help build datacenters, data team to create new services Off-Prem31 Jan 2024 | 5
It's true, LLMs are better than people – at creating convincing misinformation More human than human, eh? AI + ML30 Jan 2024 | 26
SAP dangles juicy carrot to pull users on board with cloud-first vision Limited-time offer may reduce cost of migration by up to 50% Databases30 Jan 2024 | 2
SparkyLinux harbors a flamboyant array of desktops Both stable and rolling releases, Pi versions, and some very unusual customizations OSes28 Jan 2024 | 60
What is Model Collapse and how to avoid it Feature We chat to AI expert Ilia Shumailov about the pitfalls of using machines to train machines Software26 Jan 2024 | 16
Google's AI-fueled IDE Project IDX tries to show you how your app runs on Android, iOS Work in progress, approach with caution Software26 Jan 2024 | 3
FTC drills into Amazon, Microsoft, Google over billions pledged to OpenAI, Anthropic Updated Khaaaaaaan! Khaaaaaaaaaaan! AI + ML25 Jan 2024 | 2
Top Linux distros drop fresh beats PC unsupported in Windows 11? Start 2024 with a new OS OSes25 Jan 2024 | 84
ServiceNow banks double digit sales gains amid push into enterprise workflow Beats analyst estimates, talks up genAI and yet share price wobbles briefly Databases25 Jan 2024 |
Microsoft hits $3 trillion as investors drink AI Kool-Aid That's not to say Redmond hasn't had significant Windows of misfortune AI + ML25 Jan 2024 | 12
Wait, hold on, everyone – Mozilla thinks Apple, Google, Microsoft should play fair Firefox maker about five years too late Software25 Jan 2024 | 63
Software troubles delay F-35 fighter jet deliveries ... again There's more than one way for these things to crash Public Sector24 Jan 2024 | 64
Simon Willison interview: AI software still needs the human touch Feature Code assistance is like having a weird intern who memorized the docs Software24 Jan 2024 | 9
€2B SAP restructure program will affect 8,000 roles Plans announced as profits fall and revenues rise Databases24 Jan 2024 | 1
The rise and fall of the standard user interface Retro Tech Week IBM's SAA and CUA brought harmony to software design… until everyone forgot Software24 Jan 2024 | 222
Intuit ordered to use the word 'free' less freely in its ads FTC slams TurboTax's marketing as deceptive Public Sector24 Jan 2024 | 10
Oracle continues GenAI push into enterprise data Don't leave us for LLM systems in other clouds, says Big Red Databases23 Jan 2024 |
Asda's delayed SAP migration forces extension to Walmart's backend support contract Three years after leveraged buyout, $240M ERP plan yet to bear fruit Databases23 Jan 2024 | 19
AI PC hype seems to be making PCs better – in hardware terms, at least Comment 16GB of RAM should be enough for anyone that wants to run models locally. GPUs, NPUs and more kit will be needed, too Personal Tech23 Jan 2024 | 40
Meta accused of enrolling undecided EU users in ad-sponsored platform Choice between seeing pitches or paying on Facebook and Instagram might break the law Legal23 Jan 2024 | 26
Burnout epidemic proves there's too much Rust on the gears of open source Spotting and tackling a widespread problem is a challenge Software22 Jan 2024 | 84