Microsoft threatens to ram Copilot into Exchange Server on-prem Survey probes interest in AI assistance for locally hosted email setups AI + ML23 Oct 2025 | 30
AWS outage turned smart homes into dumb boxes – and sysadmins into therapists Amazon's hours-long cloud blackout transformed the future of sleep into a sauna and cat care into chaos PaaS + IaaS21 Oct 2025 | 148
AI boffins teach office supplies to predict your next move What the world's been waiting for: a stapler with wheels to help humans afflicted by RSI Offbeat17 Oct 2025 | 36
Britain eyes satellite laser warning system and carrier-launched jet drones Space sensors and UAVs at sea top MoD's list in new wave of cutting-edge projects Edge + IoT07 Oct 2025 | 9
Munich Airport chaos after drone sightings spook air traffic control Overnight shutdown leaves thousands stuck as Oktoberfest crowds stretch city security Edge + IoT03 Oct 2025 | 17
Toys can tell us a lot about how tech will change our lives Column LEGO Mindstorms, PlayStation 2 and Furby all resonate today in their own way Personal Tech18 Sep 2025 | 14
1,200 undergrads hung out to dry after jailbreak attack on laundry machines Dorm management refuses to cover costs after payment system borked Offbeat12 Sep 2025 | 96
Nvidia touts Jetson Thor kit for real-time robot reasoning GPU modules for AI and robotics take aim at latency Edge + IoT25 Aug 2025 | 2
War Games: MoD asks soldiers with 1337 skillz to compete in esports Troopers to swap radios for Turtle Beaches in preparation for ‘21st century challenges’ Cyber-crime29 Jul 2025 | 12
UK buys time with £1.65B extension to G-Cloud framework Replacement deal not ready, so old one gets 6 more months and budget bump Public Sector29 Jul 2025 | 9
Jack Dorsey floats specs for decentralized messaging app that uses Bluetooth It connects using peer-to-peer networking instead of the internet Edge + IoT08 Jul 2025 | 73
Peep show: 40K IoT cameras worldwide stream secrets to anyone with a browser Majority of exposures located in the US, including datacenters, healthcare facilities, factories, and more Research10 Jun 2025 | 59
UK's answer to Darpa invests £23.3M in touchy-feely robots Latest project gets the green light although Brexit-era brainchild faces spending review Public Sector30 May 2025 | 6
European Commission: Make Europe Great Again... for startups Sick of paying the US tech tax and relinquishing talent to other continents, politicians finally wake up CxO29 May 2025 | 31
UK bans game controller exports to Russia in bid to ground drone attacks Moscow likely to respawn elsewhere Edge + IoT26 Apr 2025 | 49
In wake of Horizon scandal, forensics prof says digital evidence is a minefield Outdated and misinformed legal presumptions at the heart of concerns Legal16 Apr 2025 | 50
Raspberry Pi Power-over-Ethernet Injector zaps life into networks lacking spark Official PoE+ HAT+ for the Pi 5 still MIA Networks24 Mar 2025 | 10
ATMs in the Amazon: Edge is crossing its tipping point, says SUSE CTO SUSECON 2025 Sending Kubernetes and AI into orbit as devices move from 'glorified sensors' to 'decision-making' Edge + IoT18 Mar 2025 | 5
Axiom Space and Red Hat to take edge computing into orbit To boldly go where HPE and Raspberry Pi have been for a while Edge + IoT07 Mar 2025 | 4
HPE revenue outlook feels the thump of Trump tariffs Thousands brace for layoffs as shares slide 20% On-Prem07 Mar 2025 | 15
ISPs more likely to throttle netizens who connect through carrier-grade NAT: Cloudflare When operators see danger, innocent users are dragged down along with bad actors
Snap out of it: Canonical on Flatpak friction, Core Desktop, and the future of Ubuntu Ubuntu Summit Jon Seager, VP of Engineering, talks exclusively to The Reg
‘ERP down for emergency maintenance’ was code for ‘You deleted what?’ Who, Me? One SQL slip-up is survivable. Not learning from the first mess meant change
Debian demands Rust or rust in peace for legacy ports Memory safety trumps retro computing: Alpha, PA-RISC, m68k, SH4 face the chop in 2026
Attackers targeting unpatched Cisco kit notice malware implant removal, install it again Infosec in brief PLUS: Cyber-exec admits selling secrets to Russia; LastPass isn't checking to see if you're dead; Nation-state backed Windows malware; and more
The race to shore up Europe’s power grids against cyberattacks and sabotage Feature Ukraine first to demo open source security platform to isolate incidents, stop lateral movement
Network operator ponders building a new submarine cable – on land It’s less bonkers than it sounds given the challenges of wiring Africa
From Intel to the infinite, Pat Gelsinger wants Christian AI to change the world Opinion Taking belief in LLMs very literally indeed
Google Cloud suspended customer's account three times, for three different reasons Experience leads company boss to decide 'I cannot rely on having a Google account for production use cases'
Pop!_OS deejays prepare to release holiday remix along with Cosmic v 1.0 Ubuntu Summit Christmas is coming, the GNOME is getting fat… please put a penny in the old red hat?
Netgear fixes critical bugs as Five Eyes warn about break-ins at the edge International security squads all focus on stopping baddies busting in through routers, IoT kit etc Edge + IoT05 Feb 2025 | 4
Cisco is abandoning the LoRaWAN space, and there's no lifeboat for IoT customers Support stretches to end of 2029, no more maintenance beyond 2026 Networks02 Oct 2024 | 5
Xockets rockets Nvidia: Blackwell debut threatened by DPU patent claims GPU giant accused of colluding with Microsoft, RPX to sideline startup Systems08 Sep 2024 | 11
'Error' causes Alexa to endorse Kamala Harris, refuse to discuss Trump Bot shouldn't have political opinions, says Amazon Software04 Sep 2024 | 67
FCC finally gets around to banning Kaspersky from telecoms kit Communications agency now passing on the order to operators Networks04 Sep 2024 | 3
White House thinks it's time to fix the insecure glue of the internet: Yup, BGP Better late than never Networks03 Sep 2024 | 26
From windfarms to Amazon Prime, UK plans to long range test six drone services BVLOS operations to modernize airspace Edge + IoT16 Aug 2024 | 50
Imagination licenses RISC-V CPU cores for smart TVs, IoT, embedded stuff Chip designer legging it after Arm Edge + IoT08 Apr 2024 | 14
Here's another thing AI can do: Spark a boom in edge infrastructure spending IDC forecasts spend to grow 15.4% in 2024 to $232B – then add another $100B in three years Edge + IoT14 Mar 2024 |
South Korea goes out on a limb to manage forests with AI, satellites Plans to digitally transform trees Public Sector14 Mar 2024 | 1
The S in IoT stands for security. You'll never secure all the Things Opinion All too many 'smart' devices are security stupid Edge + IoT09 Mar 2024 | 58
Husqvarna ports Doom to a robot lawnmower – not, thankfully, its chainsaws Seminal game runs on everything, so why not pay €2,199 to run it on a tiny screen? Personal Tech28 Feb 2024 | 28
Microsoft 'retires' Azure IoT Central in platform rethink Exclusive After March, devs won’t be able to create new application resources, in 2027 the system will be shut down Edge + IoT15 Feb 2024 | 24
Orkney islands look to drones to streamline mail deliveries Unmanned aircraft trial will skip delays caused by boat-battering weather Edge + IoT03 Aug 2023 | 51
Born in the USA! Broadcom will produce American-made RF modules for Apple So what happened to Apple building its own modems? Edge + IoT23 May 2023 | 7
Microsoft applies coat of Rust to Azure Sphere IoT platform The hope? To grease the security skids for internet-connected devices – and they need all the help they can get Edge + IoT13 Jan 2023 | 9
Singapore branches out onto internet of trees LiDAR, AI and sensors manage millions of plants, and have greatly reduced accidents Edge + IoT28 Nov 2022 | 15
IBM to fire Watson IoT Platform from its cloud Exclusive Big Blue follows in footsteps of Google in pulling plug on services Edge + IoT15 Nov 2022 | 19
MIT boffins cram ML training into microcontroller memory Neat algorithmic trick squeezing into 256KB of RAM, barely enough for inference let alone teaching Edge + IoT05 Oct 2022 | 6
Delivery drone crashes into power lines, causes outage Google-owned Wing said it was a 'precautionary controlled landing' – right into 11,000 volts Edge + IoT30 Sep 2022 | 42
Microsoft's metaverse is for training autonomous drones Project AirSim can allegedly run 'millions of flights in seconds' Edge + IoT19 Jul 2022 | 5
Hive to pull the plug on smart home gadgets by 2025 Countdown begins on cameras, sensors no longer working Edge + IoT12 Jul 2022 | 174
Intel is running rings around AMD and Arm at the edge Analysis What will it take to loosen the x86 giant's edge stranglehold? Edge + IoT27 Jun 2022 | 14
AWS sent edgy appliance to the ISS and it worked – just like all the other computers up there Congrats, AWS, you’ve boldly gone where the Raspberry Pi has already been Edge + IoT24 Jun 2022 | 10
Nothing says 2022 quite like this remote-controlled machine gun drone GNOM is small, but packs a mighty 7.62mm punch Edge + IoT16 Jun 2022 | 44
DARPA wants to refuel drones in flight – wirelessly Boffin agency seeks help to shoot 100kW through the air with lasers, but contributors don't have long to deliver Edge + IoT14 Jun 2022 | 24
Splunk dabbles in edgy hardware, lowers data ingestion 'Puck' hardware demoed with customers including Royal Dutch Shell to address big concern: cost Edge + IoT14 Jun 2022 | 3
Smart homes are hackable homes if not equipped with updated, supported tech People forget IoT gadgets aren't dumb appliances. gear needs to be fed security, bug fixes Edge + IoT01 Jun 2022 | 112
Broadcom buying VMware could create an edge infrastructure and IoT empire Comment Hypervisor giant too big to be kept ticking over like CA or Symantec. Instead it can wrangle net-connected kit Edge + IoT26 May 2022 | 9
Arm CPU ran on electricity generated by algae for over six months AA-battery-sized biological photovoltaic cell touted as ideal for IoT applications Edge + IoT16 May 2022 | 91
Intel taps Scale Computing for low-power edge platform Intel Vision NUC NUC. Who's there? Edge + IoT11 May 2022 |
AWS allows a Lenovo server to play in its on-prem AI video cloud Nvidia-powered ThinkEdge SE70 gets a view of the Panorama CCTV booster Edge + IoT06 May 2022 | 2
IBM secures DWP contract worth up to £2.1m for 6 months of cloud services UK government department extends 11-year relationship following legacy application challenges Edge + IoT03 May 2022 | 8
AWS fixes strange clunks in its on-prem data-crunchers Snowball Edge devices needed annual recertification holidays and required LAN-based management Edge + IoT28 Apr 2022 | 1
Meet Moeco, Ukrainian-led biz using IoT trackers to follow supplies into invaded land From COVID-19 chaos to Russia's war, startup CEO opens up Edge + IoT27 Apr 2022 | 9
MegaChips takes aim at edge AI in US with ASIC program Japanese ASIC provider rolling out AI partner program to get around in-house expertise Edge + IoT26 Apr 2022 |
Arm to IoT devs: Go faster with our pre-made chip subsystems In addition to cloud service, Arm also puts out its fastest Cortex-M CPU design yet Edge + IoT26 Apr 2022 | 5
Insteon's vanishing act explained: Smart home biz insolvent, sells off assets Acknowledgement of shutdown almost a week after backend powered off Edge + IoT22 Apr 2022 | 60
IoT biz Insteon goes silent, smart home gear plays dumb CEO removes mention of company from LinkedIn profile Edge + IoT19 Apr 2022 | 81
Microsoft inks satellite deal to push edge computing, software in orbit Pop quiz: you've got your own edge computer in space. What do you do with it? Edge + IoT06 Apr 2022 | 1
Microsoft, NXP unveil Arm-based Windows 10 IoT Enterprise experience Cramming a full Windows desktop into a teeny tiny space Edge + IoT06 Apr 2022 | 4
Google's on-prem edge gear to challenge AWS Outposts Web giant's racks and appliances now generally available Edge + IoT04 Apr 2022 |
Will this Mobileye IPO fund Intel's comeback plan? x86 giant will keep majority ownership of autonomous car tech wing Edge + IoT07 Mar 2022 | 2
Alibaba smart electric vehicles now in mass production Joins Xiaomi and Huawei in making EVs, but IM L7s not available on e-commerce sites yet Edge + IoT07 Mar 2022 | 2
OpenStack-to-the-edge darling StarlingX hits 6.0, makes useful config tweaks Open-source, full-stack edge and industrial IoT software moves to Linux kernel 5.10 Edge + IoT03 Feb 2022 | 2
January edition of Azure Sphere OS cancelled after Microsoft actually listens to customer's complaint Wait – is this the same company that gave us Windows? Edge + IoT27 Jan 2022 | 6
Edge computing set for growth – that is, when we can agree what it is Analyst predicts double-digit percentage uptick in '22 Edge + IoT17 Jan 2022 | 13
Planning on buying a new motor? Chip shortages set to hit UK carmakers this year and next Here in my car, I feel safest of all... Edge + IoT06 Jan 2022 | 13
Smart things are so dumb because they take after their makers. Let's fix that Opinion IoT still needs its lightbulb moment Edge + IoT29 Nov 2021 | 84
Phone jammers made my model plane smash into parked lorry, fumes hobbyist Illegal irritant raises its head again after drone investigation Edge + IoT15 Nov 2021 | 92
Behold, Eclipse's open-source software defined vehicle project Microsoft is involved. What could possibly go wrong? Edge + IoT28 Oct 2021 | 17
Executive exodus from Intel depth and tracking tech arm RealSense continues Former CTO leaves for car tech biz Edge + IoT21 Oct 2021 |
Celonis and Software AG target IoT and streaming process mining as firms grapple with data overload Newcomer specialist and elderly data integration generalist make their pitches Edge + IoT06 Oct 2021 |
UK's Civil Aviation Authority hashing out rules for crash-proof cargo pods on drones Project wins £50k from government Edge + IoT22 Sep 2021 | 23
Edge computing has a bright future, even if nobody's sure quite what that looks like Analysis Making sense of blurry lines Edge + IoT21 Sep 2021 | 11
Ex-DJI veep: There was no drone at Gatwick during 2018's hysterical shutdown Bold words from Boston Dynamics' new man Edge + IoT15 Sep 2021 | 81
RAF chief: Our Reaper drones (sorry, SkyGuardians) stand ready to help British councils There's no council tax infringement a Brimstone missile can't punish Edge + IoT10 Sep 2021 | 69
EU to formally probe Nvidia's $54bn takeover over British chip designer Arm – report Hot on heels of 'significant concerns' from the UK Edge + IoT27 Aug 2021 | 28
European Commission airs out new IoT device security draft law – interested parties have a week to weigh in Mirroring UK, US efforts to crack down on cheap 'n' cheerful internet gadgets Edge + IoT23 Aug 2021 | 13
Edgy: HPE's first message from the International Space Station to Microsoft's Azure? 'hello world' Supercomputing above the clouds Edge + IoT19 Aug 2021 | 10
Will it bend? That is the question: Arm boffins boast of first flexible 32-bit chip Plastic-backed TFT part positioned as perfect for the Internet of Things Edge + IoT21 Jul 2021 | 18
Pub landlords on notice as 'Internet of Beer' firm not only pulls pints, but can also clean the lines El Reg hacks selflessly volunteer to taste-test before and after Edge + IoT23 Jun 2021 | 52
UK product safety regulations are failing consumers online, in the IoT, and … with artificial intelligence? So the National Audit Office found in report on the Office of Product Safety and Standards, anyway Edge + IoT17 Jun 2021 | 16
An anti-drone system that sneezes targets to death? Would that be a DARPA project? You betcha Hotshot snotbot shows grotty terror plot buzzbots what's what Edge + IoT10 Jun 2021 | 73
In this round of 'Real life or Black Mirror episode', drones that hunt down humans by listening to their screams Plus: UAVs that can smell your poop – both for benign purposes, mind Edge + IoT09 Jun 2021 | 29
Need some chips? The Raspberry Pi Pico's RP2040 is heading to a channel near you 40k units now, but 'serious volume' to arrive after the summer Edge + IoT01 Jun 2021 | 18
Sony makes a play for edge compute chores with smart sensors $18bn investment plan also calls for 160 million entertainment customers to become a billion Edge + IoT27 May 2021 | 3
OK, so we don't have a flying car yet, but this is possibly even better: The Internet of Beer Killer IoT app finally arrives: Keg-tracking tech to tackle light-fingered miscreants Edge + IoT23 Apr 2021 | 34
South Africa's state-owned energy firm to appeal after court rules Oracle does not have to support its software Eskom disputes results of Big Red audit Edge + IoT08 Apr 2021 | 48
Toshiba launches cloudy managed IoT database service running its own GridDB And ponders whether to let itself be bought by private equiteer CVC for $20bn Edge + IoT08 Apr 2021 | 1
Bad news for automakers: That fire at the Renesas chip plant was worse than expected Estimate of damaged fab equipment revised upwards by 54% Edge + IoT29 Mar 2021 | 18
That's a bit harsh: Lenovo adds 2 new toughened boxen to ThinkEdge edge computing line Feeds growing market for edge kit with gear rated for temps below freezing Edge + IoT02 Mar 2021 | 9
Dangerous flying car drone zoomed into UK's Gatwick Airport airspace after killswitch failed Goodwood Festival of Speed took a nasty turn in 2019, finds AAIB Edge + IoT19 Feb 2021 | 107
Ring, Ring, why don't you give me a call? Amazon-owned doorbells aren’t answering after large-scale outage Updated Turning smart homes into dumb ones Edge + IoT03 Feb 2021 | 79
Drone smashes through helicopter's windscreen and injures passenger Two feet sideways and it could have been the pilot: report Edge + IoT26 Jan 2021 | 56
Nothing new since the microwave: Let's get those home tech inventors cooking Something for the Weekend, Sir? You might want to wash the rolling pin first Edge + IoT22 Jan 2021 | 164
Android 10 ported to homegrown multi-core RISC-V system-on-chip by Alibaba biz, source code released AOSP effort could help bring GUIs to industrial, IoT, embedded gear Edge + IoT21 Jan 2021 | 22
Police drone plunged 70ft into pond after operator mashed pop-up that was actually the emergency cut-out button Updated Another unfortunate UAV episode for Sussex cops Edge + IoT19 Jan 2021 | 122
Under that pile of spare keys and obsolete cables is an IoT device: Samsung pushes useful retirement project for older phones Er, we mean 'distinguished', 'seasoned', 'battle-tested' Edge + IoT12 Jan 2021 | 44
Stony-faced Google drags Android Things behind the cowshed. Two shots ring out No new hobbyist projects from January, everything deleted the following year Edge + IoT17 Dec 2020 | 48