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Revealed: The semi-secret list of techs Beijing really really wishes it didn't have to import

I think we can all agree that China is not alone in wishing it had an alternative to Microsoft Windows

On-Prem27 May 2022 |

Twitter founder Dorsey beats hasty retweet from the board

As shareholders sue the social network amid Elon Musk's takeover scramble

Personal Tech26 May 2022 | 9

Snowflake stock drops as some top customers cut usage

You might say its valuation is melting away

Storage26 May 2022 | 3

'Sharp' chip inventory correction looms on horizon, warns investment banker

Double ordering, overheating of semiconductor sector, inflation, growing stockpiles = trouble ahead

Systems26 May 2022 | 12

Elon Musk needs more cash for Twitter buy after Tesla margin loan lapses

Entrepreneur now looking at $33.5b bill if he wants to complete $44b purchase

Networks26 May 2022 | 41

UK government reviewing stake in BT owned by French tycoon Patrick Drahi

First use of National Security and Investment Act powers as Altice owner looks poised to increase stake further

Networks26 May 2022 | 5

Slack-for-engineers Mattermost on open source and data sovereignty

Interview Control and access are becoming a hot button for orgs

Networks26 May 2022 | 1

UK government having hard time complying with its own IR35 tax rules

This shouldn't come as much of a surprise if you've been reading the headlines at all

On-Prem26 May 2022 | 26

Internet went offline in Pakistan as protestors marched for ousted prime minister

Two hour outage 'consistent with an intentional disruption to service' said NetBlocks

Networks26 May 2022 | 1

As Microsoft's $70b takeover of Activision nears, workers step up their organizing

This week: Subsidiary's QA staff officially unionize, $18m settlement disputed, and more

Personal Tech26 May 2022 | 3

DuckDuckGo tries to explain why its browsers won't block some Microsoft web trackers

Meanwhile, Tails 5.0 users told to stop what they're doing over Firefox flaw

Personal Tech25 May 2022 | 33

Atos pushes out HPC cloud services based on Nimbix tech

Moore's Law got you down? Throw everything at the problem! Quantum, AI, cloud...

HPC25 May 2022 |

Foxconn factory fiasco could leave Wisconsinites on the hook for $300m

What's Mandarin for 'Where's my money?'

On-Prem25 May 2022 | 59

HPE, Cerebras build AI supercomputer for scientific research

Wafer madness hits the LRZ in HPE Superdome supercomputer wrapper

HPC25 May 2022 |

ServiceNow ordered a year's worth of hardware to avoid supply chain hassles

CTO shares datacenter secrets with The Reg: NVMe, MariaDB, mid-range x86 CPUs, S3-alike, and more

On-Prem25 May 2022 | 16

Who had money on Samsung and Red Hat joining forces on next-gen memory software?

Cloudy server testbed coming, open source code filtering into RHEL promised

Storage25 May 2022 | 3

Toyota cuts vehicle production over global chip shortage

Just as Samsung pledges to invest $360b to shore up next-gen industries

Systems24 May 2022 | 17

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

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

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 |

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Amazon investors nuke proposed ethics overhaul and say yes to $212m CEO pay

Workplace safety, labor organizing, sustainability and, um, wage 'fairness' all struck down in vote

Foxconn factory fiasco could leave Wisconsinites on the hook for $300m

What's Mandarin for 'Where's my money?'

DuckDuckGo tries to explain why its browsers won't block some Microsoft web trackers

Meanwhile, Tails 5.0 users told to stop what they're doing over Firefox flaw

Beijing needs the ability to 'destroy' Starlink, say Chinese researchers

Paper authors warn Elon Musk's 2,400 machines could be used offensively

Original killer PC spreadsheet Lotus 1-2-3 now runs on Linux natively

As Google guru who ported it points out, the operating system did not exist when 1-2-3 came out in 1983

About half of popular websites tested found vulnerable to account pre-hijacking

In detail: Ocean's Eleven-grade ruse in which victims' profiles are rigged from the start

How to explain what an API is – and why they matter

Systems Approach Some of us have used them for decades, some are seeing them for the first time on marketing slides

We have bigger targets than beating Oracle, say open source DB pioneers

Advocates for MySQL and PostgreSQL see broader future for movement they helped create

Minimal, systemd-free Alpine Linux releases version 3.16

A widespread distro that many of its users don't even know they have

Microsoft veteran on how he forged a badge to sneak into a Ballmer presentation

Developers, developers... and top secret coffee machines. Security at MS is definitely tighter 25 years later

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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

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

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

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

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

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 | 53

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

Robotics and 5G to spur growth of SoC industry – report

Big OEMs hogging production and COVID causing supply issues

Systems22 May 2022 | 3

Lonestar plans to put datacenters in the Moon's lava tubes

How? Founder tells The Register 'Robots… lots of robots'

Networks21 May 2022 | 108

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

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

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

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 |

Lenovo halves its ThinkPad workstation range

Two becomes one as ThinkPad P16 stands alone and HX replaces mobile Xeon

Personal Tech20 May 2022 | 16

Intel plans immersion lab to chill its power-hungry chips

AI chips are sucking down 600W+ and the solution could be to drown them.

On-Prem19 May 2022 | 64

America bucks global smartphone decline with help from Apple

Cupertino's 51% control is why NA market grew while the world shrunk, says Canalys

Personal Tech19 May 2022 | 7

Export bans prompt Russia to use Chinese x86 CPU replacement

With few options, Russia will look to half-fast chips from Chinese maker

Systems19 May 2022 | 87

Acer's TravelMate laptops arrive – complete with Microsoft Pluton chips

MS's TPM tip finally gets a grip – but shh – don't mention the Chromebooks

Personal Tech19 May 2022 | 3

Ryzen shines with remote management on Qualcomm Wi-Fi kit

Working to compete with Intel as FastConnect comes to AMD-processor-powered PCs

Systems19 May 2022 |

Corporate investments are a massive hidden source of carbon emissions

Just because companies are publicly decreasing carbon footprints doesn't mean their cash isn't doing the opposite

On-Prem19 May 2022 | 17

Cisco warns of up to $720m sales loss: Blames China lockdown, Russia pullout

Share price collapses 19% as COVID-19 policy hits supply chain

Networks19 May 2022 | 3

Ready for testing: First-ever supercomputer powered by Intel's wildcard AI chips

At the Haba, go, go Habana. The hottest research north of Havana

HPC19 May 2022 | 1

BT: 'Quantum radios' could boost 5G network range

Tech exploits electromagnetically induced transparency to form highly sensitive electric field detector

Networks19 May 2022 | 14

Logitech Pop: Stylish, portable, but far from the best typing experience

For tiny Venn diagram wedge who want the feel of a mechanical keyboard plus, er, emoji keys

Personal Tech19 May 2022 | 68

Google's first report on Privacy Sandbox hits UK watchdog's inbox

No 'reportable concerns' yet plenty of concerned feedback

Personal Tech19 May 2022 | 2

China will produce one in five of the chips it uses in 2026, says analyst

Well short of planned 70 percent domestic capacity

Systems19 May 2022 | 1

Google Russia goes broke after bank account snatched

We're shutting down as we can no longer pay staff, bills, web giant says

Personal Tech19 May 2022 | 73

Will this be one of the world's first RISC-V laptops?

Pic A sneak peek at a notebook that could be revealed this year

Personal Tech18 May 2022 | 55

Supreme Court urged to halt 'unconstitutional' Texas content-no-moderation law

Everyone's entitled to a viewpoint but what's your viewpoint on what exactly is and isn't a viewpoint?

Personal Tech18 May 2022 | 84

Apple scraps 3-day return to office amid COVID-19 cases

2 days a week still compulsory but U-turn gives credence to worker concerns

On-Prem18 May 2022 | 56

HPE building its 4th global 'supercomputer factory'

Facility supports a flurry of HPC development, centered in the Czech Republic

HPC18 May 2022 | 1

China's vice premier Liu He advocates technology and government cooperation

After years of crackdowns, Beijing changing its tune on the industry

Systems18 May 2022 | 4

Marvell CXL roadmap goes all-in on composable infrastructure

Chip biz bets interconnect tech will cement its cloud claim, one day

Systems18 May 2022 |

Google keeps legacy G Suite alive and free for personal use

Personal Tech18 May 2022 | 42

GNU Compiler Collection adds support for China's LoongArch CPU family

MIPS...ish is on the march in the Middle Kingdom

Systems18 May 2022 | 7

China’s COVID lockdowns bite e-commerce players

CEO of e-tail market leader JD perhaps boldly points out wider economic impact of zero-virus stance

Personal Tech18 May 2022 | 1

Foxconn forms JV to build chip fab in Malaysia

Can't say when, where, nor price tag. Has promised 40k wafers a month at between 28nm and 40nm

Systems18 May 2022 | 2

The ‘substantial contributions’ Intel has promised to boost RISC-V adoption

Analysis With the benefit of maybe revitalizing the x86 giant’s foundry business

Systems17 May 2022 | 14

Elon Musk says Twitter buy 'cannot move forward' until spam stats spat settled

A stunning surprise to no one in this Solar System

Personal Tech17 May 2022 | 44

AMD claims its GPUs beat Nvidia on performance per dollar

* Terms, conditions, hardware specs and software may vary – a lot

Personal Tech17 May 2022 | 8

Google opens the pod doors on Bay View campus

A futuristic design won't make people want to come back – just ask Apple

On-Prem17 May 2022 | 20

Intel shareholders revolt against Pat Gelsinger's pay package

Investors want compensation-performance link, but manufacturing plan will dent bottom line

Systems17 May 2022 | 17

Turing Pi 2 crowdfunding goal smashed within a day

Go host yourself with a tiny low-powered Arm cluster in a box for $219

Personal Tech17 May 2022 | 14

When’s the best time to extract value from your data? In real time, of course

Because you never step in the same data stream twice…

Infusion of $3.5bn not enough to revive Terra's 'stablecoin'

Estimated $42bn vanished with collapse of UST, Luna – we explain what all this means

Personal Tech17 May 2022 | 55

Meta hires network chip guru from Intel: What does this mean for future silicon?

Analysis Why be a customer when you can develop your own custom semiconductors

Networks16 May 2022 | 1

Kasten by Veeam adds ransomware detection to K10 data management platform

Kubecon Catching compromise attempts before kicking off that recovery plan

Storage16 May 2022 |

Elon Musk 'violated' Twitter NDA over bot-check sample size

Updated <5% figure was based on 100 accounts, if you're wondering

Networks16 May 2022 | 87

EU-US Trade and Technology Council meets to coordinate on supply chains

Agenda includes warning system for disruptions, and avoiding 'subsidy race' for chip investments

Systems16 May 2022 | 3

How CXL may change the datacenter as we know it

Interview Bye-bye bottlenecks. Hello composable infrastructure?

Systems16 May 2022 | 6

(Our) hardware is still key in a multicloud world, Dell ISG chief insists

Analysis IT giant may be shifting its focus to software and services, but systems remain the foundation

Systems16 May 2022 | 3

Ad-tech firms grab email addresses from forms before they're even submitted

Researchers find widespread harvesting of info without consent

Personal Tech16 May 2022 | 90

Demand for PC and smartphone chips drops 'like a rock' says CEO of China’s top chipmaker

Markets outside China are doing better, but at home vendors have huge component stockpiles

Personal Tech16 May 2022 | 19

TSMC, Samsung plan price hikes for chip designers – reports

Nvidia, AMD, Apple et al may be forced to pass cost on to customers

Systems13 May 2022 | 6

Micron dangles predictable memory price agreements in front of vendors

The idea? To get investors muttering: DRAM, those gross margins are stable...

Storage13 May 2022 | 4

Elon Musk puts Twitter deal on hold over bot numbers claim

Less than 5% of users are spam accounts? Is that too high ... or too low for him?

Networks13 May 2022 | 111

We can bend the laws of physics for your super-yacht, but we can't break them

On Call Make it work like it does at home

Networks13 May 2022 | 240

Arm says microcontroller price hikes helped fuel sales

As well as chip design licensing, 5G smartphones, cars ... who needs Nvi-whatchamacallit?

Systems13 May 2022 | 7

AMD approaches '30%' x86 CPU market share, thanks to servers 'n' laptops

Guess you could call this Mercury Ryzen

Systems13 May 2022 | 17

Demand for GPUs used to mine crypto 'disappearing', says ASUSTeK

Less demand will see prices fall, and gaming laptop sales rise – which is nice as the rest of the PC market has cooled

Systems13 May 2022 | 17

Coinbase CEO says everything's OK after SEC filing gives netizens the jitters

OK includes an outage, plummeting cryptocurrencies, falling stock price

Personal Tech13 May 2022 | 27

SoftBank to stop investing 'randomly' after losing billions of dollars

If your stock or crypto-coin holdings look like crap today, this might help you feel better

On-Prem12 May 2022 | 8

Appeals court unleashes Texas's anti-Big-Tech content-no-moderation law

That bit in Ghostbusters when they shut off the containment unit? That, but with social networks

Personal Tech12 May 2022 | 59

Panzura scores $80 million funding to grow storage footprint

Startup aims to add more than 150 workers by the end of 2022

Storage12 May 2022 |

Private equity snaps up datacenter operator Switch for nearly $11b

DigitalBridge Group and global infrastructure investor IFM Investors to acquire all outstanding shares

On-Prem12 May 2022 |

Apple to replace future iPhone Lightning port with USB-C next year, this guy claims

Please season with pinches of salt as necessary

Personal Tech12 May 2022 | 71

Google shows off immersive maps, AR-flavored search, Pixel 7, and more

Google IO Your essential de-hyped guide to what the Chocolate Factory teased at developer shindig

Personal Tech11 May 2022 | 10

GlobalFoundries’ chipmaking machine unfazed by global disruptions

Records for revenue, gross margin in Q1 as others take a hit

Systems11 May 2022 | 4

Big Tech shrank the internet while growing its own power

Comment Classic internet ideas matter less now that CDNs and private networks dominate traffic

Networks11 May 2022 | 8

Enterprise-strength FreeBSD-based TrueNAS releases v13.0

Plus: iXsystems' NAS OS has a new Linux-based sibling called SCALE

Storage11 May 2022 | 20

Qualcomm puts out 5G modem with standalone mmWave mode

Slips some extra grunt into Snapdragon X70 5G chipset before devices launch

Networks11 May 2022 | 3

MIPS discloses first RISC-V chips coming in Q4 2022

eVocore processor line aimed at high-performance, real-time compute applications

Systems11 May 2022 | 17

4G to dominate cellular IoT until 2028, when 5G takes over

By 2030 we'll be shipping 1.2 billion cellular-module devices each year, says analyst

Networks11 May 2022 | 5

LIDAR in iPhones is not about better photos – it's about the future of low-cost augmented reality

Column The cost of kit to capture the real world is plummeting, thanks to Apple

Personal Tech11 May 2022 | 35

Indian government accuses Uber of jacking up prices for loyal customers

Six ride sharing companies forced into consumer redress scheme

Personal Tech11 May 2022 | 4

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