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Are we in a cost of technology crisis? Our vultures think so
Kettle Won't somebody please think of the shareholders
SaaS17 Apr 2024 | 4
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.
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 | 91
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 | 19
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 | 124
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 | 95
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 | 5
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
