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DeepSeek or DeepFake? Our vultures circle China's hottest AI
Kettle If this keeps Silicon Valley on its toes and honest, who are we to complain?
AI + ML01 Feb 2025 | 41
Kettle
The Register's Kettle is a series of video episodes in which our journalists discuss highlights from the week's technology news. If you want to hear from the people behind El Reg's headlines, analysis, and commentary, this is a fantastic opportunity to find out what we really think.
That subdued CES has us wondering what 2025 will look like, tech-wise
Kettle El Reg vultures circle the Consumer Electronics Show
Personal Tech12 Jan 2025 | 16
One thing AI can't generate at the moment – compelling reasons to use it for work
Kettle Our vultures think this tech is interesting but in its 8-bit stage
AI + ML23 Nov 2024 | 51
Here's how a Trump presidency could change the tech industry
Kettle Anything could happen in the next half ... decade
Public Sector13 Nov 2024 | 123
Is AI going to pay its way? Wall Street wants tech world to show it the money
Kettle 2025 could be Peak Nvidia when reality finally kicks in
AI + ML01 Aug 2024 | 32
CrowdStrike Windows patchpocalypse could take weeks to fix, IT admins fear
Kettle Our vultures gather to review this very freaky Friday
CSO19 Jul 2024 | 75
Three words to send a chill down your spine: Snowflake. Intrusion. Alert
Kettle And can AI save us from the scourge of malware? In theory, why not, but in practice ... Color us skeptical
CSO13 Jul 2024 | 7
Trouble in space as Boeing's not going, and China's back from the Moon
Kettle Vultures chew over a busy few days in orbit with a transatlantic chat
Science02 Jul 2024 | 15
From network security to nyet work in perpetuity: What's up with the Kaspersky US ban?
Kettle It's been a long time coming. Now our journos speak their brains
Security22 Jun 2024 | 44
Our vulture survived Computex – now he just needs to tell us the highs and lows
Kettle We all grab a mic and discuss Nvidia, Intel, AMD, strange squid, and a certain CEO's ego
On-Prem08 Jun 2024 | 8
Do you really need that GPU or NPU for your AI apps?
Kettle And how do we feel about Palantir selling its ML-based targeting system to the entire US military? Tune in!
AI + ML01 Jun 2024 | 8
Was there no one at Microsoft who looked at Recall and said: This really, really sucks
Kettle Our vultures weigh in on the week that was more 'what we Built' than 'what you can Build'
OSes25 May 2024 | 75
Gawd, after that week, we wonder what's next for China and the Western world
Kettle For starters: Crypto, import tariffs, and Microsoft shipping out staff
Public Sector18 May 2024 | 6
RSA Conference 2024: The good, the bad, and the downright worrying
Kettle If there's one thing infosec needs right now, it's a little pick-me-up
Spotlight on RSA14 May 2024 | 3
What do we make of Apple's plan B for a down quarter – that $110B buyback of shares?
Kettle Plus: What our vultures thought of the US v Google trial that's wrapping up
Personal Tech04 May 2024 | 32
Big Cloud is still making bank – Is this AI adoption, price rises, or what?
Kettle Shareholders are loving it. What are customers getting out of it all?
AI + ML26 Apr 2024 | 4
Are we in a cost of technology crisis? Our vultures think so
Kettle Won't somebody please think of the shareholders
SaaS17 Apr 2024 | 5
Next Vision, or Vision Next? What we really thought about Google and Intel's AI events
Kettle We sat through these conferences so you didn't have to
Systems11 Apr 2024 | 2
What can be done to protect open source devs from next xz backdoor drama?
Kettle What happened, how it was found, and what your vultures have made of it all
Research06 Apr 2024 | 93
What Big Tech's balance sheets this week said – and didn't say – about real-world AI adoption
Kettle Is there anything more terrifying than a 'smart' HR chatbot? Well, OK, yes, but ...
AI + ML03 Feb 2024 | 8
Technology truly is the gift that keeps on giving ... SNAFUs to highlight
Kettle Until we can hook schadenfreude directly into our veins, this will have to do
Software26 Jan 2024 | 2
What are our top picks from the vast world of retro tech? Let's find out
Kettle Stand by to be amazed: Lotus Notes is still being developed
Personal Tech17 Jan 2024 | 20
Why do IT projects like the UK's scandal-hit Post Office Horizon end in disaster?
Kettle Lack of skills, funding, and scrutiny – pick three
Public Sector13 Jan 2024 | 133
Be honest. Would you pay off a ransomware crew?
Kettle Today us vultures are debating bans on ransom payments, deplorable tactics by extortionists, and more
Cyber-crime10 Jan 2024 | 37
What the AI copyright fights are truly about: Human labor versus endless machines
Kettle The real beef concerns our future to create and be rewarded for it
AI + ML03 Jan 2024 | 42
When it comes to AMD's latest AI chips, it's follow the money and the memory
Kettle Don't expect supply, or prices, to ease until 2025 at the earliest
Systems12 Dec 2023 | 7
To be, or not to be, in the office. Has returning to work stalled?
Kettle Register journos brew up on the future of hybrid in our latest Kettle
Off-Prem09 Dec 2023 | 63
Elon is the bakery owner swearing in the street about Yelp critics canceling him
Kettle First he was speed-running moderation, now internet advertising. Welcome to the party, pal
Personal Tech02 Dec 2023 | 189
We challenged you to come up with tech predictions for 2024 (wrong answers only) – here are some favorites so far
Kettle Plus some of our own and the ugly Microsoft sweater one of you will win. Please take it off our hands...
Bootnotes30 Nov 2023 | 38
OpenAI meltdown: Where does this leave the upstart, Microsoft, and you?
Kettle Tune in, hear or watch our vultures wrap up this fiasco, before it goes out of date
AI + ML21 Nov 2023 | 5
Is America's chip blockade working against China? So far, our survey says: No
Kettle Middle Kingdom can get its hands on hardware now – and still make better stuff later
Public Sector18 Nov 2023 | 31
When it comes to personal data, we're on a highway to hell
Kettle Register journos tackle cars harvesting info, Meta and YouTube being taken to task over privacy, and more
Personal Tech13 Nov 2023 | 16
We're feeling pretty anti about these social networks
Kettle Meta faces personal info processing ban, needs to Thread the trademark needle in the UK, while Musk loses out
Personal Tech03 Nov 2023 | 9
Forget the outside hacker, the bigger threat is inside by the coffee machine
Kettle After a week of incidents, Register vultures pick over the innards
Security26 Oct 2023 | 20
Still got a job at the end of this week? You're lucky, as more layoffs hit the tech industry
Kettle 'Beatings will continue until morale improves'
Personal Tech21 Oct 2023 | 71
Microsoft ends its week on a high – after a trying time with tax bills and Copilot costs
Kettle Bit of a Blizzard of news for Redmond
Software15 Oct 2023 | 2
When Microsoft complains that you're a monopolist you know things are bad
Kettle Google and Amazon are both in antitrust trouble as the US gets tough
Legal09 Oct 2023 | 17
Nuclear-powered datacenters: What could go wrong?
Kettle Or very right? Either way, it's not the usual atomic op we see in IT
On-Prem29 Sep 2023 | 94
RHEL drama, ChromeOS and more ... Our vultures speak freely about the latest in Linux
Register Kettle Do distros even matter in the era of cloud and microservices?
OSes20 Jul 2023 | 19
Another challenger to OpenAI? OK, we'll allow it
Register Kettle With xAI, second time's the charm, eh, Elon?
AI + ML12 Jul 2023 | 21
Threads versus Twitter: Shouldn't we be happy the wheels are falling off antisocial social media?
Register Kettle Our vultures ponder decentralization over convenience
Personal Tech07 Jul 2023 | 102
The death of the sysadmin has been predicted for years – we're not holding our breath
Register Kettle We'd sure like to see a bot unpick a failed update or handle users struggling to find the 'any' key
Sysadmin Month28 Jun 2023 | 44
What do we make of the $3,500 Apple Vision Pro? It doesn't take a magic leap to guess
Register Kettle Tune in and hear us human-not-AI vultures get meta on the news
Personal Tech07 Jun 2023 | 7
So the FBI 'persistently' abused its snoop powers. What's to worry about?
Register Kettle When is warrantless surveillance warranted?
Security25 May 2023 | 4
AI is great at one thing: Driving next waves of layoffs
Register Kettle ChatGPT, how many thousands of people should I replace today?
AI + ML18 May 2023 | 39
With AI hype driving up server GPU prices, will cloud costs rise next? We reckon so
Register Kettle And what next for cooling, datacenter placement, and more – tune in and find out direct from our vultures
AI + ML11 May 2023 | 1
Uncle Sam probes H-1B abuse surge: What do our vultures make of it?
Register Kettle Two Limeys and two Yanks in immigration situation conversation
On-Prem04 May 2023 | 18
Russia has a stash of scary malware? We're shocked
Register Kettle Wrecking foreign infrastructure? But that's Team America's job!
Defense Tech Week06 Apr 2023 | 10
TikTok: Is this really a national security scare or is something else going on?
Register Kettle Our vultures who cover the news weigh in
Personal Tech30 Mar 2023 | 45
We've got plenty of AI now but who asked for it? El Reg's vultures chime in
Register Kettle We each grab a mic and take apart the Bard stewards responsible for this hype
AI + ML23 Mar 2023 | 41
Watch Reg vultures wrap their heads around Silicon Valley Bank collapse
Register Kettle Can we blame social media for this? We can try
Personal Tech14 Mar 2023 | 19
Biting the hand that feeds IT
