Congress quietly strips right-to-repair provisions from US military spending bill
A win for the contractors
Public Sector09 Dec 2025 |
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Linux Foundation aims to become the Switzerland of AI agents
An attempt to provide vendor-neutral oversight as the agent train barrels on
AI + ML09 Dec 2025 | 1
Porsche panic in Russia as pricey status symbols forget how to car
Satellite silence trips immobilizers, leaving owners stuck
Security09 Dec 2025 | 10
Window Maker Live 13.2 brings 32-bit life to Debian 13
Trixie may have gone 64-bit for installs, but WMLive still ships an i686-bootable build
OSes09 Dec 2025 | 1
Activist groups urge Congress to pause US datacenter buildouts
Bad for consumers, bad for the environment, 230+ groups say
The Future of the Datacenter09 Dec 2025 | 2
Google's AI training tactics land it in another EU antitrust fight
Brussels probes whether unpaid web and YouTube content – and rivals' lock-outs – amount to abuse of dominance
AI + ML09 Dec 2025 | 3
Reimagining HCI with StorPool and Oracle: a smarter path to modernization
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Feds bust nefarious plot to ship Nvidia H200s to China and hurt US
As Trump gives green light to ship Nvidia H200s to China and boost US
Systems09 Dec 2025 | 3
As humanoid robots enter the mainstream, security pros flag the risk of botnets on legs
Interview Have we learned nothing from sci-fi films and TV shows?
Research09 Dec 2025 | 15
NASA nominee Isaacman moves to full Senate vote amid budget carnage
Billionaire's bid progresses while agency braces for sweeping reductions and program uncertainty
Science09 Dec 2025 | 6
AI mania to swell datacenter capex to $1.6T by 2030 – if the bubble doesn't pop first
Analysts say demand keeps rising despite constraints, shaky returns, and mounting investor nerves
The Future of the Datacenter09 Dec 2025 | 8
SAP users in the dark about vendor's plan for data analytics
February product launch fails to register, with concerns remaining about integration
Databases09 Dec 2025 |
UK to Europe: The time to counter Russia's information war machine is now
Foreign secretary set to address senior diplomats later today
Security09 Dec 2025 | 41
Affection for Excel spans generations, from Boomers to Zoomers
Younger finance pros are just as loyal to Microsoft's venerable spreadsheet app as their elders
Offbeat09 Dec 2025 | 34
IBM touts progress on tech stack for AI-enabled airline with no passengers or alcohol
Digital native? Cloud native? No, we need to be AI native, says Riyadh Air
AI + ML09 Dec 2025 | 21
Care leavers mired in red tape trying to get their own records
UK data watchdog demands public sector improves subject access request processing
Legal09 Dec 2025 | 1
UK finally vows to look at 35-year-old Computer Misuse Act
As Portugal gives researchers a pass under cybersecurity law
Security09 Dec 2025 | 25
Whitehall rejects £1.8B digital ID price tag – but won't say what it will cost
Officials insist OBR relied on 'early estimate' and real figure won't emerge until next year
Public Sector09 Dec 2025 | 37
Researchers spot 700 percent increase in hypervisor ransomware attacks
Get your Hyper-V and VMware ESXi setups in order, people
Virtualization09 Dec 2025 | 10
Intel to explore making chips with mega-corp Tata in India’s first fab
Chipzilla doesn’t need 28nm product, so maybe this is about landing another outsourced packaging partner
On-Prem09 Dec 2025 | 5
Trump says Nvidia can sell H200s to China – if Washington gets a 25 percent cut
Blackwell and Rubin kit remain off limits
Public Sector09 Dec 2025 | 19
Google says Chrome's new AI creates risks only more AI can fix
'User Alignment Critic' will review agentic actions so bots don't do things like emptying your bank account
AI + ML09 Dec 2025 | 23
Bezos-backed Unconventional AI aims to make datacenter power problems go away
Interview Startup wagers the path to sustainable AI might be found in nature’s most amazing design - the brain
The Future of the Datacenter08 Dec 2025 | 15
Publishers say no to AI scrapers, block bots at server level
The open web is closing down for unwanted automated traffic
AI + ML08 Dec 2025 | 16
DJ Garman drops the ball instead of the bass in AWS re:Invent keynote
But the 25 announcements in the last 10 minutes included a few well worth waiting for
AWS Re:invent08 Dec 2025 | 3
Meta and Google turn to NextEra to feed insatiable datacenter power hunger
The Chocolate Factory will also put its AI to work inside one of America’s biggest utilities
The Future of the Datacenter08 Dec 2025 |
ICE-tracking app developer sues Trump admin after Apple spikes the software
Suit argues forcing Apple to remove app, and threatening dev with legal action is a First Amendment violation
Legal08 Dec 2025 | 47
193 cybercrims arrested, accused of plotting 'violence-as-a-service'
Minors groomed to kill and intimidate victims
Cyber-crime08 Dec 2025 | 4
Windows Insiders get a glimpse of Microsoft’s agentic future
Native MCP support lands in Insider Dev and Beta builds
OSes08 Dec 2025 | 34
Classic MacOS for non-Apple PowerPC kit rediscovered
Unreleased variants that Jobs killed off found – 7.6 on a G4, anyone?
OSes08 Dec 2025 | 18
Automakers' AI dreams may run out of road over the next five years
Analysts reckon only a handful of manufacturers will push ahead as the rest hit the brakes
AI + ML08 Dec 2025 | 20
IBM straps AI to Db2 console in bid to modernize the old warhorse
Intelligence Center features aim to unify management across on-prem, cloud, and containerized estates
Databases08 Dec 2025 | 3
IBM drops $11B on Confluent to feed next-gen AI ambitions
Big Blue’s latest mega-buy hands it a real-time data-streaming powerhouse built on Kafka
AI + ML08 Dec 2025 | 17
UK moves to strengthen undersea cable defenses as Russian snooping ramps up
Atlantic Bastion combines AI systems with warships to counter increased surveillance
Networks08 Dec 2025 | 18
Datacenters are hoarding grid power just in case, says Uptime Institute
Warning that over-reserved capacity is blocking new connections
The Future of the Datacenter08 Dec 2025 | 24
X shuts down European Commission ad account after €120M fine announcement
Brussels accused of using Ad Composer quirk to post link disguised as a video
Personal Tech08 Dec 2025 | 106
Kyocera claims 5.2 Gbps underwater laser data blast in lab tests
Japanese outfit aims to improve comms for aquatic drones
Networks08 Dec 2025 | 14
Home Office kept police facial recognition flaws to itself, UK data watchdog fumes
Regulator disappointed as soon-to-be-scrapped algo's problems remained a secret despite consistent engagement
Security08 Dec 2025 | 22
Barts Health seeks High Court block after Clop pillages NHS trust data
Body confirms patient and staff details siphoned via Oracle EBS flaw as gang threatens to leak haul
Cyber-crime08 Dec 2025 | 23
UK tech minister vows more whole-government megadeals after £9B Microsoft pact
Kendall says Whitehall will use bulk buying to squeeze better value from cloud giants
Public Sector08 Dec 2025 | 21
Rebuilding VisiCorp's Visi On UI reveals how Apple defined the GUI era
Nina Kalinina takes a deep dive into one of the earliest PC desktops
Software08 Dec 2025 | 23
Death in the dollhouse as Microsoft marketing reboots digital soap operas
Can’t take decades more synthetic case studies? Get those digital daggers out
Software08 Dec 2025 | 11
Untrained techie broke the rules, made a mistake, and found a better way to work
Who, Me? Ignorance really can be bliss
On-Prem08 Dec 2025 | 41
Block all AI browsers for the foreseeable future: Gartner
Analysts worry lazy users could have agents complete mandatory infosec training, and attackers could do far nastier things
AI + ML08 Dec 2025 | 53
China’s first reusable rocket explodes, but its onboard Ethernet network flew
Asia In Brief PLUS: South Korea to strengthen security standards; Canon closes Chinese printer plant; APAC datacenter capacity to triple by 2029; And more
Networks08 Dec 2025 | 18
Apache warns of 10.0-rated flaw in Tika metadata ingestion tool
Infosec in Brief PLUS: New kind of DDOS from the Americas; Predator still hunting spyware targets; NIST issues IoT advice; And more!
Security08 Dec 2025 | 7
Amazon’s Trainium3 is the latest to conform to Nvidia’s mold
From Amazon to AMD, everything looks like an NVL72 now
The Future of the Datacenter07 Dec 2025 | 8
And the winner of the Microsoft Christmas sweater is...
Peak Microsoft is whatever you want it to be. Or not
Offbeat06 Dec 2025 | 22
Death to one-time text codes: Passkeys are the new hotness in MFA
Wanna know a secret?
Security06 Dec 2025 | 67
Judge hints Vizio TV buyers may have rights to source code licensed under GPL
Tentative ruling signals a potential win for SFC’s copyleft enforcement push
Legal05 Dec 2025 | 50
Crims using social media images, videos in 'virtual kidnapping' scams
Proof of life? Or an active social media presence?
Cyber-crime05 Dec 2025 | 7
Salesforce has come up with the most credible threat yet to ServiceNow, and Benioff is crowing about it
Some within the CRM giant balked, but Benioff prevailed
Applications05 Dec 2025 | 11
Novel clickjacking attack relies on CSS and SVG
Who needs JavaScript?
Research05 Dec 2025 | 12
Cloudflare blames Friday outage on borked fix for React2shell vuln
Security community needs to rally and share more info faster, one researcher says
Security05 Dec 2025 | 14
EU metes out first-ever Digital Services Act fine, dings X for blue check deception
TikTok, by contrast, satisfied DSA concerns over its ad repository transparency
Legal05 Dec 2025 | 103
Microsoft 365 boosts prices in 2026 … to pay for more AI and security
All those new features won’t fund themselves
SaaS05 Dec 2025 | 72
Modernizing hyperconverged infrastructure: how StorPool and Oracle are changing the game
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Tech leaders fill $1T AI bubble, insist it doesn't exist
Even as enterprises defer spending and analysts spot dotcom-era warning signs
AI + ML05 Dec 2025 | 83
Asus supplier hit by ransomware attack as gang flaunts alleged 1 TB haul
Laptop maker says a vendor breach exposed some phone camera code, but not its own systems
Cyber-crime05 Dec 2025 | 2
Beijing-linked hackers are hammering max-severity React bug, AWS warns
State-backed attackers started poking flaw as soon as it dropped – anyone still unpatched is on borrowed time
Cyber-crime05 Dec 2025 | 4
Salesforce finds new AI monetization knobs to twist
With seat and usage-based deals back on the table, CRM giant tells investors agent prices are going up
SaaS05 Dec 2025 | 4
Linux 6.18 crowned LTS kernel – and Alpine 3.23 wastes no time adopting it
Umpteen other distros just put out new versions, but this one is our favorite
OSes05 Dec 2025 | 13
Irish Excel whiz sheets all over the competition in Vegas showdown
Diarmuid Early takes world title after outpacing 11 rivals
Applications05 Dec 2025 | 32
UK pushes ahead with facial recognition expansion despite civil liberties backlash
Plan would create statutory powers for police use of biometrics, prompting warnings of mass surveillance
Security05 Dec 2025 | 46
FreeBSD 15 trims legacy fat and revamps how OS is built
Project retires 32-bit ports, embraces pkgbase, and modernizes build process
OSes05 Dec 2025 | 79
Pension portal launch fail sends Capita running to Microsoft for help
Union fields member complaints as it presses outsourcer over botched rollout
Public Sector05 Dec 2025 | 38
Cloudflare suffers second outage in as many months during routine maintenance
Updated The Reg is still standing (this time) despite our best efforts
Networks05 Dec 2025 | 56
Bots, bias, and bunk: How can you tell what's real on the net?
Opinion You can improve the odds by combining skepticism, verification habits, and a few technical checks
AI + ML05 Dec 2025 | 58
Vendor's secret 'fix' made critical app unusable during business hours
On Call Medical software maker also had a vastly unhealthy approach to security
Applications05 Dec 2025 | 103
Proxmox delivers its software-defined datacenter contender and VMware escape hatch
New ‘Datacenter Manager’ manages VMs across multiple sites or clusters
Virtualization05 Dec 2025 | 30
HPE's server and hybrid cloud revenue go into reverse amid historical hardware splurge
Never mind, says jolly green giant, we’re a networking-centric company now
Systems05 Dec 2025 | 2
An AI for an AI: Anthropic says AI agents require AI defense
Automated software keeps getting better at pilfering cryptocurrency
Security05 Dec 2025 | 10
Amazon keeps the pressure on Intel, AMD with 192-core Graviton5 CPU
re:invent The homegrown chips now account for half of all new CPUs added to AWS over the past three years
AWS Re:invent04 Dec 2025 | 5
PRC spies Brickstormed their way into critical US networks and remained hidden for years
'Dozens' of US orgs infected
Cyber-crime04 Dec 2025 | 3
OpenAI turns the screws on chatbots to get them to confess mischief
'You're absolutely right! I was totally lying to you!'
AI + ML04 Dec 2025 | 19
Hegseth needs to go to secure messaging school, report says
He's not alone: DoD inspector general says the whole Defense Department has a messaging security problem
Security04 Dec 2025 | 41
Twins who hacked State Dept hired to work for gov again, now charged with deleting databases
And then they asked an AI to help cover their tracks
Cyber-crime04 Dec 2025 | 18
We'll beat China to the Moon, NASA nominee declares
Isaacman: 'We can never accept a gap in our capabilities again'
Science04 Dec 2025 | 82
Server prices set to jump 15% as memory costs spike
Exclusive Major OEMs are plotting double-digit hikes as DRAM and NAND shortages bite
Systems04 Dec 2025 | 14
Snowflake jumps on agentic AI train with Anthropic tie-up
$200M deal brings Claude into data cloud, yet its touted ‘90%+’ accuracy needs human oversight
AI + ML04 Dec 2025 | 3
Sorry, but your glitchy connection might have cost you that job
Technical problems on video calls can cause uncanniness, which influences real-world decisions
Networks04 Dec 2025 | 48
EU probes Meta after WhatsApp kicked rival AIs off platform
OpenAI and Microsoft yank their chatbots, telling millions of users to head elsewhere
AI + ML04 Dec 2025 | 9
Palantir wants to set the juice loose with new AI power initiative
Nvidia is along for the ride with chips to offer, naturally
The Future of the Datacenter04 Dec 2025 | 8
Microsoft quietly shuts down Windows shortcut flaw after years of espionage abuse
Silent Patch Tuesday mitigation ends ability to hide malicious commands in .lnk files
Patches04 Dec 2025 | 15
ZTE wins "Catalyst Innovator: Voyager" award at Innovate Asia 2025
Recognition highlights ZTE’s leadership in multi-agent and AI-driven ICT solutions
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ZTE CDO Cui Li speaks at Economist Impact's AI Innovation Asia 2025
ZTE outlines a human-centered, long-term roadmap for agentic AI adoption
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Latest Windows 11 updates may break the OS's most basic bits
Microsoft warns Start menu, Explorer, and other XAML apps can crash or vanish on managed devices
Software04 Dec 2025 | 78
Logitech chief says ill-conceived gadgets put the AI in FAIL
Just ignore all the ways the peripherals biz uses AI itself
Offbeat04 Dec 2025 | 5
Aisuru botnet turns Q3 into a terabit-scale stress test for the entire internet
Cloudflare data shows 29.7 Tbps record-breaker landed amid 87% surge in network-layer attacks
Cyber-crime04 Dec 2025 | 21
Datacenters planned for Scotland could end up draining a loch of power
3 GW is roughly three quarters of the country's peak demand, says Foxglove
The Future of the Datacenter04 Dec 2025 | 111
ZTE fosters AI-driven win-win cooperation at its Global Services Ecosystem Forum 2025 in Brazil
Advancing AI-powered network innovation through global partnerships across Europe and Latin America
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UK SAP users say they're baffled by Business Suite reboot licensing maze
Pricing complexity makes justifying migrations an uphill battle
Databases04 Dec 2025 | 8
Xero to start charging developers API usage fees, replacing revenue share deals
Exclusive One dev thinks this will become their second-highest cost, fears they’ll have to pass it on
SaaS04 Dec 2025 | 27
Datacenters that don't have their own power supplies will fail
It's time to ask your bit barn provider how they'll keep the lights on, and what their plans mean for prices
The Future of the Datacenter04 Dec 2025 | 9
TLS 1.3 includes welcome improvements, but still allows long-lived secrets
Systems Approach Tricky tradeoffs are hard to avoid when designing systems, but the choice not to use LLMs for some tasks is clear
Networks04 Dec 2025 | 1
Rust core library partly polished for industrial safety spec
Ferrous Systems achieves IEC 61508 (SIL 2) certification for systems that demand reliability
Software04 Dec 2025 | 5
India's government targets Uber, Ola with plan to launch zero-commission rideshare platform
Minister wants to ‘free drivers from dependency on private companies’
Public Sector04 Dec 2025 | 7
Micron ditches consumer memory brand Crucial to chase AI riches
First AI came for our jobs. Now, our memory?
Storage03 Dec 2025 | 80
John Henry still leading the race vs AI in customer service
Gartner found only 20% of customer service leaders have cut human agents because of AI
AI + ML03 Dec 2025 | 17
Lawyer's 6-year-old son uses AI to build copyright infringement generator
Rights holders had better buckle up for years of legal wrangling, IP lawyer tells The Reg
Legal03 Dec 2025 | 108
'Exploitation is imminent' as 39 percent of cloud environs have max-severity React hole
Finish reading this, then patch
Security03 Dec 2025 | 33
MAGA cognoscenti warn feds away from shielding AI infringers
Letting AI firms train on copyrighted data will end up helping China, conservative groups argue
AI + ML03 Dec 2025 | 11
China's reusable rocket makes it to orbit but fails to stick the landing
An ‘anomaly’ meant a fireball arrived at the recovery zone instead of a spent first stage
Science03 Dec 2025 | 10
Poop-peeping toilet attachment has a different definition of 'end-to-end' encryption
Talk about enshittification
Offbeat03 Dec 2025 | 32
Space telescopes are being photobombed by satellites, and the problem is slated to get much worse
LEO communications satellites are proliferating like rabbits
Science03 Dec 2025 | 19
Microsoft sharpens the blocking axe for Exchange Web Services
Starting in March, Frontline Worker and Kiosk–only mailboxes lose EWS access
SaaS03 Dec 2025 | 7
HPE positions Morpheus stack as enterprise alternative to VMware
IT giant touts unified management, stretched clusters, and AI-ready networking at Discover Barcelona
Virtualization03 Dec 2025 | 7
Escaping the squeeze: your strategy for a confident VMware-to-AWS migration
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ISS hits rare full house as all eight docking ports ocupado
Updated Russian vehicles will depart soon, but Baikonur launchpad damage clouds future arrivals
Science03 Dec 2025 | 3
Windows 11 still barely pulling ahead of 10 despite end-of-support push
Statcounter shows the gap narrowing as users cling to older hardware and familiar workflows
OSes03 Dec 2025 | 48
Newly launched civil service pension portal from Capita is crapita, users report
Updated Awarded a £239M contract, outsourcer apologizes for any inconvenience to 1.5M members
Public Sector03 Dec 2025 | 97
Pat Gelsinger's EUV lithography gig gets $150M wink from Uncle Sam
Commerce Department wants equity in xLight as it backs a free-electron laser to challenge ASML
Systems03 Dec 2025 | 13
Linux 6.18 arrives as the year's final drop and likely next LTS
Bye-bye bcachefs, but hello there bhyve
OSes03 Dec 2025 | 17
Here’s your worst nightmare: E-tailer can only resume partial sales 45 days after ransomware attack
Japan’s Askul still can’t run all its sites, but at least the fax line held up OK
Security03 Dec 2025 | 9
China using AI as ‘precision instrument’ of censorship and repression, at home and abroad
Think tank ASPI says Beijing is even using it to steal fish from the ocean
AI + ML03 Dec 2025 | 48
Indian government reveals GPS spoofing at eight major airports
Extra infosec investments are taxiing towards the runway
Security03 Dec 2025 | 23
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