Version 251 of systemd coming soon to a Linux distro near you 'Experimental' systemd-sysupdate feature likely to get the most attention Software24 May 2022 | 144
SAP attracts further criticism for Russia presence, despite promise to leave The software giant's 'orderly exit' appears to be ongoing Applications24 May 2022 | 11
Neuromorphic chips 'up to 16 times more energy efficient' for deep learning Graz University findings will become more significant as more AI work is done AI + ML24 May 2022 | 6
Leica and Huawei terminate trading agreement amid US sanctions German optics giant jumps ship to make smartphone cameras for Xiaomi instead Personal Tech24 May 2022 | 14
It's 2022 and there are still malware-laden PDFs in emails exploiting bugs from 2017 Crafty file names, encrypted malicious code, Office flaws – ah, it's like the Before Times Research24 May 2022 | 23
New audio server Pipewire coming to next version of Ubuntu What does that mean? Better latency and a replacement for PulseAudio OSes24 May 2022 | 55
VMware claims 'bare-metal' performance on virtualized GPUs Is... is that why Broadcom wants to buy it? Virtualization24 May 2022 | 1
Nvidia promises annual updates across CPU, GPU, DPU lines Computex Arm one year, x86 the next, and always faster than a certain chip shop that still can't ship even one standalone GPU Systems24 May 2022 | 1
Amazon puts 'creepy' AI cameras in UK delivery vans Updated Big Bezos is watching you AI + ML24 May 2022 | 132
AWS puts latest homebrew Graviton3 Arm processor in production Just one instance type for now, cheaper than third-gen Xeons and Epycs PaaS + IaaS24 May 2022 | 12
Beijing reverses ban on tech companies listing offshore Announcement comes as Chinese ride-hailing DiDi Chuxing delists from NYSE under pressure Legal24 May 2022 | 2
Nvidia teases server designs for Grace-Hopper Superchips Computex x86 still 'very important' we're told as lid lifted on Arm-based kit Systems24 May 2022 |
Nvidia brings liquid cooling to A100 PCIe GPU cards for ‘greener’ datacenters Computex For those who want to give their racks an air cut Systems24 May 2022 | 14
Broadcom to buy VMware 'on Thursday for $60 billion' Think we speak for everyone when we say: Seriously, what the f...? Virtualization24 May 2022 | 23
Screencastify fixes bug that would have let rogue websites spy on webcams School-friendly Chrome extension still not fully protected, privacy guru warns Patches24 May 2022 | 3
FTC urged to protect data privacy of women visiting abortion clinics Updated As Supreme Court set to overturn Roe v Wade, safeguards on location info now more vital than ever Personal Tech23 May 2022 | 34
Zuckerberg sued for alleged role in Cambridge Analytica data-slurp scandal I can prove CEO was 'personally involved in Facebook’s failure to protect privacy', DC AG insists Personal Tech23 May 2022 | 18
Florida's content-moderation law kept on ice, likely unconstitutional, court says So cool you're into free speech because that includes taking down misinformation Personal Tech23 May 2022 | 48
US-APAC trade deal leaves out Taiwan, military defense not ruled out All fun and games until the chip factories are in the crosshairs Systems23 May 2022 | 5
381,000-plus Kubernetes API servers 'exposed to internet' Firewall isn't a made-up word from the Hackers movie, people Devops23 May 2022 | 16
A peek into Gigabyte's GPU Arm for AI, HPC shops High-performance platform choices are going beyond the ubiquitous x86 standard Systems23 May 2022 | 5
GitLab version 15 goes big on visibility and observability GitOps fans can take a spin on the free tier for pull-based deployment Devops23 May 2022 |
To multicloud, or not: Former PayPal head of engineering weighs in Not everyone needs it, but those who do need to consider 3 things, says Asim Razzaq Systems23 May 2022 | 4
Infosys board asks boss Salil Parekh to stay another 5 years As staff churn at 27% a year, senior execs offered lots of shares to keep growth coming SaaS23 May 2022 | 3
Upgrading to Android 12.1 ... in Windows 11: Telemetry disabled by default Dev Channel Insiders get Windows Subsystem for Android updates OSes23 May 2022 | 4
Google picks business chiefs for European Advisory Board A sign that the company is taking data sovereignty concerns more seriously PaaS + IaaS23 May 2022 |
Clearview AI fined millions in the UK: No 'lawful reason' to collect Brits' images Updated Notorious selfie-scraper must pay $9.43 million – less than half of predicted fine – says data regulator AI + ML23 May 2022 | 73
The Return of Gopher: Pre-web hypertext service is still around <movietrailer voice>The world was not ready for this gift. It is still not ready for this gift. Coming soon to a Gopherspace near you Networks23 May 2022 | 50
Safari is crippling the mobile market, and we never even noticed Opinion With web apps, Apple insists on taking the pith helmet Applications23 May 2022 | 136
Beware the fury of a database developer torn from tables and SQL Who, Me? Not so much process privilege rings, more circles of hell Databases23 May 2022 | 171
How to find NPM dependencies vulnerable to account hijacking Security engineer outlines self-help strategy for keeping software supply chain safe CSO23 May 2022 | 21
Dell's rugged Latitude 5430 laptop is quick and pretty – but also bulky and heavy Survives all manner of indiginities in Reg tests but may stuggle to cross over from boots to suits Personal Tech23 May 2022 | 54
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Microsoft sounds the alarm on – wait for it – a Linux botnet Redmond claims the numbers are scary, but won't release them Security23 May 2022 | 40
AMD reveals 5nm Ryzen 7000 powered by Zen 4 cores AM5 socket to bring desktop CPUs to life in late 2022, mid-range laptop CPU to follow Personal Tech23 May 2022 | 15
South Korean and US presidents gang up on North Korea's cyber-offensives Less than two weeks into his new gig, Yoon cozies up to Biden as China and DPRK loom Security23 May 2022 | 3
Broadcom in talks to buy VMware: multiple reports Michael Dell could be the key to any deal Virtualization23 May 2022 | 8
Linus Torvalds debuts 'boring old plain' Linux kernel 5.18 Adds 'feature activation' for Intel silicon, but Chipzilla still isn't saying what that means OSes23 May 2022 | 35
Robotics and 5G to spur growth of SoC industry – report Big OEMs hogging production and COVID causing supply issues Systems22 May 2022 | 3
Deepfake attacks can easily trick live facial recognition systems online In brief Plus: Next PyTorch release will support Apple GPUs so devs can train neural networks on their own laptops AI + ML22 May 2022 | 25
Lonestar plans to put datacenters in the Moon's lava tubes How? Founder tells The Register 'Robots… lots of robots' Networks21 May 2022 | 108
Conti: Russian-backed rulers of Costa Rican hacktocracy? In brief Also, Chinese IT admin jailed for deleting database, and the NSA promises no more backdoors Security21 May 2022 | 11
China-linked Twisted Panda caught spying on Russian defense R&D Because Beijing isn't above covert ops to accomplish its five-year goals Security20 May 2022 | 30
FTC signals crackdown on ed-tech harvesting kid's data Trade watchdog, and President, reminds that COPPA can ban ya Personal Tech20 May 2022 | 9
Mysterious firm seeks to buy majority stake in Arm China Chinese joint venture's ousted CEO tries to hang on - who will get control? Legal20 May 2022 | 14
SmartNICs power the cloud, are enterprise datacenters next? High pricing, lack of software make smartNICs a tough sell, despite offload potential Networks20 May 2022 | 4
US fears China may have ten exascale systems by 2025 China refuses to share benchmarks, US sharpens focus on developing optimized software HPC20 May 2022 | 26
Repairability champ Framework's modular laptop gets a speed boost With any other portable, this would be bad news for existing owners Personal Tech20 May 2022 | 25
Boeing's Starliner CST-100 on its way to the ISS 2 years late A couple of thruster failures shouldn't affect the Calamity Capsule's second attempt at reaching space station Science20 May 2022 | 64
Biden tours Samsung fab, talks chip cooperation with South Korea Factory is a model for one the company has planned in Texas Systems20 May 2022 | 7
Meta to squeeze money from WhatsApp with Cloud API for businesses How to make a free messaging platform bought for $22 billion profitable Applications20 May 2022 | 30
Microsoft patches the patch that broke Windows authentication May 10 update addressed serious vulns but also had problems of its own Security20 May 2022 | 17
Daisy Group to take on some of data management company Sungard's UK customers Updated Customers at other Sungard datacenters are not affected On-Prem20 May 2022 |
FreeBSD 13.1 is out for everything from PowerPC to x86-64 The granddaddy of FOSS UNIX just keeps on trucking – and is a lot easier to install this time round OSes20 May 2022 | 76
Microsoft Bing censors politically sensitive Chinese terms Updated Research claims it fails to autofill certain names in Han characters, Microsoft says it's technical error Research20 May 2022 | 22
Failed gambler? How about an algorithm that predicts the future Something for the Weekend Hopefully an end to '... and you'll never guess what happened next!' Bootnotes20 May 2022 | 75
Seriously, you do not want to make that cable your earth On Call Network? What's that when it's at home? Columnists20 May 2022 | 245
Protecting data now as the quantum era approaches Analysis Startup QuSecure is the latest vendor to jump into the field with its as-a-service offering Security20 May 2022 | 2
China’s GitHub clone making all repos private pending mysterious ‘review’ Gitee apologises but won't explain why this is happening Software20 May 2022 | 13
Mozilla opens testing for Manifest v3 extensions in Firefox Browser makers line up for Google's extension system but complaints persist Software20 May 2022 | 24