Storage
Machine needs more Learning: Google Drive dings single-character files for copyright infringement
If you're unable to share documents, this may be why
25 Jan 2022 18:04 | 70
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AI + ML
Meta says it's building world's largest AI supercomputer out of Nvidia, AMD chips
Facebook owner needs 16,000 GPUs, 4,000 Epyc processors – good luck, everyone else
25 Jan 2022 01:53 | 18
Networks
Cloudflare signals big Asian push, starting in Singapore
Seeks salespeople focused on expansion – and casinos – and adds a trio of senior managers
24 Jan 2022 05:58 | 1
Updated
Australian Prime Minister's WeChat Shanghaied by Chinese patriots
Politicians rush to blame Beijing, Tencent says the account was transferred from its original registrar and it's probing that shift
24 Jan 2022 04:58 | 15
In brief
IBM finally finds a private equiteer willing to purchase Watson Health
As poker players ponder whether tech is ruining their favourite game
24 Jan 2022 03:01 | 9
OSes
Desktop-deprived Linus Torvalds releases first release candidate of ‘not huge’ kernel 5.17
Life on the road increases reliance on cloudy tools instead of Emperor Penguin's preferred local tests
24 Jan 2022 01:15 | 5
Comment
Another US president, time for another big Intel factory promise by another CEO
Let's not get too excited about this right away
22 Jan 2022 15:21 | 29
On-Prem
European silicon output shrinking, metal smelters closing as electricity prices quadruple, trade body warns
Probably something to tackle before those chip fabs are built, eh?
22 Jan 2022 09:38 | 163
Analysis
Tougher rules on targeted ads, deepfakes, crafty web design, and more? Euro lawmakers give a thumbs up
'This is strongly limiting the scope of maneuver by Big Tech', expert tells El Reg
22 Jan 2022 07:30 | 36
AI + ML
Meta trains data2vec neural network to grok speech, images, text so it can 'understand the world'
Whatever it takes, Mark
21 Jan 2022 23:44 | 31
Security
Apple preps fix for Safari's web-history-leaking IndexedDB privacy bug
Disclosure of WebKit flaw appears to have prodded iBiz to undertake repairs
21 Jan 2022 22:56 | 20
AI + ML
Nvidia pushes crowd-pleasing container support into AI Enterprise suite
As long as you're running on VMware
21 Jan 2022 22:01 |
Friday FOSS Fest
Wolfing down ebooks during lockdown? You might want to check out Calibre, the Swiss Army ebook tool
When audiobooks just take too darn long...
21 Jan 2022 21:13 | 52
Bootnotes
Dog forgets all about risk of drowning in a marsh as soon as drone dangles a sausage
It's not the wurst idea in the world
21 Jan 2022 20:01 | 34
Science
Almost there: James Webb Space Telescope frees its mirrors and prepares for insertion
Freed of launch restraints, mirror segments can waggle at will
21 Jan 2022 19:06 | 68
Security
Arm rages against the insecure chip machine with new Morello architecture
Prototypes now available for testing
21 Jan 2022 18:21 | 46
Legal
Multi-level marketing corporation that sells weightloss products sues ex-exec over 'fraudulent' Dell deal
Alleges he had an off-the-books agreement with reseller
21 Jan 2022 17:29 | 10
Offbeat
'95% original' film star Spitfire could be yours for a mere £4.5m (or 0.05 Pogbas)
Freshly overhauled, several careful owners
21 Jan 2022 16:28 | 52
On-Prem
You might want to consider the cost of not upgrading legacy tech, UK's Department for Work and Pensions told
Processes relying on 1980s ICL mainframe contributed to £1bn pension black hole
21 Jan 2022 15:16 | 27
Science
Joint European Torus celebrates 100,000 pulses: Neither Brexit nor middle age has stopped '80s era experiment
Fusion energy projects nearing 40th anniversary
21 Jan 2022 14:29 | 38
On-Prem
Intel plunking down $20bn for at least two chip factories in Ohio
Announcement scheduled for today as Gelsinger meets with Biden at the White House
21 Jan 2022 13:24 | 11
Updated
UKCloud acquired: Public sector specialist finally bags investment from current chair and private equity after reporting steep losses
Wolves no longer at the door of struggling Brit cloud slinger
21 Jan 2022 12:43 | 21
Exclusive
'Please download in Microsoft Excel': Meet the tech set to monitor IT performance across central UK government
Influencing billions in spending, the Cabinet Office will keep tabs on Whitehall with… a spreadsheet?!?
21 Jan 2022 11:24 | 120
Episode 1
BOFH: What a beautiful classic car. Shame if anything were to happen to it
And look, your COVID pass is all melted...
21 Jan 2022 10:32 | 57
Something for the Weekend, Sir?
'Can you identify your assailants?' Yes, they were pixelated! I'd know them anywhere!
'Inside' knowledge on the image database conundrum – at 25 frames per second
21 Jan 2022 09:30 | 39
On Call
Why should I pay for that security option? Hijacking only happens to planes
But if I give him my bank details, I'll be rich!
21 Jan 2022 08:30 | 67
Security
UK, Australia, to build 'network of liberty that will deter cyber attacks before they happen'
Enhanced 'Cyber and Critical Technology Partnership' will transport crime to harsh penal regime on the other side of the world
21 Jan 2022 08:02 | 58
Paid feature
If experience is the new storage battlefield, what does winning look like?
Time to look at on-prem storage through the cloud, says HPE
21 Jan 2022 07:30 |
Security
Japan's Supreme Court rules cryptojacking scripts are not malware
Coinhive-slinger wins on appeal
21 Jan 2022 06:58 | 14
On-Prem
EC president promises European Chips Act to quadruple homegrown production by 2030
'Most of our supplies come from outside Europe. This is a dependency and uncertainty we cannot afford'
21 Jan 2022 06:44 | 26
Security
Russia's Putin out the idea of a broad cryptocurrency ban
Central bank worries that block-bucks reduce government control and are used by crims
21 Jan 2022 04:57 | 20
Networks
China signs up 400 million new 5G subscribers in a year, more than doubling user population
730 million 5G services active in Middle Kingdom, while another 100 million 4G services came online too
21 Jan 2022 02:54 | 6
Bootnotes
If you want less CGI and more real effects in movies, you may get your wish: Inflatable film studio to orbit Earth
What a retirement for the ISS: Gaining a totally feasible 'state-of-the-art media production capability'
21 Jan 2022 01:36 | 39
Science
NASA's gamma-ray-burst alert satellite put into safe mode after suspected reaction wheel failure
To be fair, this is after 17 years of service in space
21 Jan 2022 00:31 | 6
Security
Crypto.com now says someone tried to drain $34m from hundreds of accounts
Won't reveal net loss, says it stopped some withdrawals and has reimbursed those who had funds taken
20 Jan 2022 22:29 | 8
Security
For those worried about Microsoft's Pluton TPM chip: Lenovo won't even switch it on by default in latest ThinkPads
Folks can enable or disable it, install Linux as normal. Just sayin'
20 Jan 2022 20:44 | 54
Security
UK mulls making MSPs subject to mandatory security standards where they provide critical infrastructure
And to pay for the privilege. Consultation's open, though
20 Jan 2022 17:15 | 11
Storage
Can you compose memory across a HPC cluster? Yes. Yes you can
GigaIO CTO talks up 'solution that has a lot of what CXL offers'
20 Jan 2022 16:27 | 2
Offbeat
Working overtime? Those extra hours might not be hurting your wellbeing after all – just don't tell Jeff Bezos or Jack Ma
If you love your job, going the extra mile might not be stressful or cause depression
20 Jan 2022 15:44 | 22
Opinion
Privacy is for paedophiles, UK government seems to be saying while spending £500k demonising online chat encryption
So far we've got a pisspoor video and... er, that's it
20 Jan 2022 15:06 | 165
Security
'Now' would be the right time to patch Ubuntu container hosts and ditch 21.04 thanks to heap buffer overflow bug
Red Hat agrees
20 Jan 2022 14:38 | 13
On-Prem
Fujitsu wants technology to shape a better future – its technology, of course
Quantum, HPC, and AI to take us to rainbow sunshine happy land
20 Jan 2022 13:26 | 11
OSes
First they came for Notepad. Now they're coming for Task Manager
Is nothing safe from the dead hand of the Windows 11 design aesthetic?
20 Jan 2022 12:46 | 153
Software
The robots are coming! 12 million jobs lost to automation in Europe by 2040 – analyst
Ageing populations, competition, cost-cutting and COVID-19 driving increased adoption
20 Jan 2022 11:51 | 76
Security
NortonLifeLock and Avast tie-up falls under UK competition regulator's spotlight
CMA invites comments from 'interested parties' on what merger means to them
20 Jan 2022 11:03 | 7
Applications
Lots of new toys, caps lock still stuck on: ONLYOFFICE hits version 7
LibreOffice alternative unfurls latest productivity software update
20 Jan 2022 10:15 | 14
Off-Prem
Web daddy Tim Berners-Lee on privacy, data sharing, and the web's future
'Ensure that code you write works with these open standards'
20 Jan 2022 09:30 | 29
Security
Red Cross forced to shutter family reunion service following cyberattack and data leak
Director-general pleads with cyber-scum: leave this data alone, because the people involved have suffered enough
20 Jan 2022 07:58 | 18
Advertorial
Being 'Threat-Led' is the answer. Your ISO certificate won’t save you from a breach!
The Vectra Masked CISO series gives security leaders a place to expose the biggest issues in security and advise peers on how to overcome them
20 Jan 2022 07:30 |
LogoWatch
McAfee's and FireEye rename themselves ‘Trellix’
To evoke support for growing things, not the 1990s vendor of web-pages-made-easy-ware
20 Jan 2022 07:01 | 19
Security
Singapore gives banks two-week deadline to fix SMS security
Edict follows widespread bank phishing scam claiming well over $6.3 million
20 Jan 2022 06:01 | 11
Networks
APNIC: Big Tech's use of carrier-grade NAT is holding back internet innovation
IPv4 limits apps to simple interactions, and in 2021 IPv6 adoption growth was just three per cent
20 Jan 2022 03:58 | 208
SaaS
Google sours on legacy G Suite freeloaders, demands fee or flee
Free incarnation of online app package, which became Workplace, is going away
20 Jan 2022 02:11 | 104
Science
SpaceX Starlink sat streaks now present in nearly a fifth of all astronomical images snapped by Caltech telescope
Annoying, maybe – but totally ruining this science, maybe not
20 Jan 2022 00:49 | 25
AI + ML
AI tool finds hundreds of genes related to human motor neuron disease
Breakthrough could lead to development of drugs to target illness
19 Jan 2022 22:40 | 1
Security
Need to prioritize security bug patches? Don't forget to scan Twitter as well as use CVSS scores
Exploit, vulnerability discussion online can offer useful signals
19 Jan 2022 21:22 | 2
Security
Sniff those Ukrainian emails a little more carefully, advises Uncle Sam in wake of Belarusian digital vandalism
NotPetya started over there, don't forget
19 Jan 2022 20:01 | 4
OSes
Version 7 of WINE is better than ever at running Windows apps where they shouldn't
Improved graphics card, multi-monitor, Direct3D, and 64-bit support
19 Jan 2022 19:10 | 45
Security
Vulnerabilities and censorship tools among hot new features in Beijing's Olympics app
Visitors have to install it 14 days prior to arrival in China until their departure
19 Jan 2022 18:11 | 37
On-Prem
Party on Semiconductor Street as worldwide 2021 revenues top record half a trillion dollars
Gartner reports 25.1% growth off the back of supply chain pain
19 Jan 2022 17:05 | 7
