American cops are using AI to draft police reports, and the ACLU isn't happy COMMENT Do we really need to explain why this is a problem? AI + ML12 Dec 2024 | 8
Cruise shutdown blastzone increases – Microsoft takes $800M charge General Motors pulling the plug on autonomous taxi biz hits Redmond in the wallet AI + ML12 Dec 2024 | 9
Firefox ditches Do Not Track because nobody was listening anyway Few websites actually respect the option, says Mozilla Software12 Dec 2024 | 59
Citrix goes shopping in Europe and returns with gifts for security-conscious customers Acquires two companies that help those on the nice list keep naughty list types at bay Virtualization12 Dec 2024 |
Apple reportedly building AI server processor with help from Broadcom Something called 'Baltra' expected to make its debut in 2026, perhaps with tech both already use Systems12 Dec 2024 | 9
Good news! You'll soon be able to send faxes again with Windows 11 24H2 Microsoft squashes eSCL bug OSes11 Dec 2024 | 14
Google Gemini 2.0 Flash comes out with real-time conversation, image analysis Chocolate Factory's latest multimodal model aims to power more trusted AI agents AI + ML11 Dec 2024 | 12
Microsoft hijacks keyboard shortcut to bring Copilot to your attention AI assistant goes native – sort of – for Windows Insiders AI + ML11 Dec 2024 | 69
Cruise robotaxis parked forever, as GM decides it can't compete and wants to cut costs Pictures The Register stumbles upon the place self-driving cabs appear to be rusting away into history AI + ML11 Dec 2024 | 59
Linux 6.12 is the new long term supported kernel Mid-November release will be maintained for 'several years' OSes11 Dec 2024 | 11
Judge hands WP Engine a win in legal fight with Automattic Updated Mullenweg and co ordered to restore WP Engine's access to wordpress.org and stop touching WordPress installations Software11 Dec 2024 | 31
Oracle gets Big Red reality check after financials fail to impress Strong year ends with a dip, but Ellison signs Meta deal to boost AI cred Databases10 Dec 2024 | 4
OpenAI's Sora lets ChatGPT subscribers churn out janky text-generated videos Buckle up, because limbed creatures are about to get weird AI + ML10 Dec 2024 | 14
SAP says GenAI will help solve legacy migration skills shortage As 2027 support deadline looms, German vendor puts faith in on-trend tech to help SIs do more with less Databases10 Dec 2024 | 14
Open source maintainers are drowning in junk bug reports written by AI Python security developer-in-residence decries use of bots that 'cannot understand code' Devops10 Dec 2024 | 80
WhatsApp finally fixes View Once flaw that allowed theft of supposedly vanishing pics And it only took four months, tut Security10 Dec 2024 | 21
TikTok appeals to have Trump – or Supreme Court – decide its fate later Wants to defer shutdown order that takes effect a day before the presidential inauguration Legal10 Dec 2024 | 21
Alibaba exec trashes his own staff and customers, quickly apologizes 'I am carefree, I like to joke,' says guy who fines workers if they glance at phones during meetings Offbeat10 Dec 2024 | 18
South Korean web giant Naver creates its own Linux distro 'Navix' follows OpenELA rules, comes with ten years support, and is already used in production at scale OSes10 Dec 2024 | 12
Reddit rolls out AI-powered 'Answers' search feature, redditors don't rejoice Many users unhappy with current state of search, want to know why this got priority AI + ML09 Dec 2024 | 21
British Army zaps drones out of the sky with laser trucks High-energy weapon proves its mettle in testing
Firefox ditches Do Not Track because nobody was listening anyway Few websites actually respect the option, says Mozilla
Microsoft hijacks keyboard shortcut to bring Copilot to your attention AI assistant goes native – sort of – for Windows Insiders
Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation admits to hole in security Belly-busting biz says it's been hit by cowardly custards
Indian police demand Starlink identify alleged drug smugglers Elon Musk's satellite internet service asked to explain who used its service to navigate to remote islands
Three more vulns spotted in Ivanti CSA, all critical, one 10/10 Patch up, everyone – that admin portal is mighty attractive to your friendly cyberattacker
US names Chinese national it alleges was behind 2020 attack on Sophos firewalls Also sanctions his employer – an outfit called Sichuan Silence linked to Ragnarok ransomware
Cruise robotaxis parked forever, as GM decides it can't compete and wants to cut costs Pictures The Register stumbles upon the place self-driving cabs appear to be rusting away into history
Linux 6.12 is the new long term supported kernel Mid-November release will be maintained for 'several years'
Apache issues patches for critical Struts 2 RCE bug More details released after devs allowed weeks to apply fixes
Microsoft rolls out Recall for Intel, AMD-based Copilot+ PCs More Windows Insiders get to see if the snapshotter is fixed AI + ML09 Dec 2024 | 23
Windows 11 24H2 strikes again – Outlook might not start with Google Workspace Sync running Meanwhile, 365 Enterprise users have a date for new Outlook rollout OSes09 Dec 2024 | 26
We can't make this stuff up: Palantir, Anduril form fellowship for AI adventures Meanwhile, Sauron secures funding. Really AI + ML09 Dec 2024 | 38
China launches AI that writes politically correct docs for bureaucrats Asia In Brief PLUS: Politician thought Korea's martial law declaration was a deepfake; Apple finds a billion for Indonesia; China worries about open source intel; and more AI + ML09 Dec 2024 | 8
You're so bad at recycling, this biz built an AI to handle it for you Maybe start getting better at sorting your trash before these ML garbage bots gain sentience? Bootnotes08 Dec 2024 | 43
Microsoft teases Copilot Vision, the AI sidekick that judges your tabs Edge-exclusive tool promises 'second set of eyes' for browsing Personal Tech07 Dec 2024 | 38
Micropatchers share 1-instruction fix for NTLM hash leak flaw in Windows 7+ Updated Microsoft's OS sure loves throwing your creds at remote systems Patches06 Dec 2024 | 13
OpenAI to charge $200 per month for ChatGPT Pro How much AI does one subscriber need? AI + ML06 Dec 2024 | 36
AI and analytics converge in new generation Amazon SageMaker re:Invent Calling everything SageMaker is confusing – but a new name would have been worse says AWS AI + ML06 Dec 2024 |
Veteran Microsoft engineer shares some enterprise support tips How to tell a customer they're an idiot without telling them they're an idiot OSes06 Dec 2024 | 44
Solana blockchain's popular web3.js npm package backdoored to steal keys, funds Damage likely limited to those running bots with private PKI access Cyber-crime05 Dec 2024 | 7
Day after nuclear power vow, Meta announces largest-ever datacenter powered by fossil fuels Louisiana facility's three natural gas turbine plants to churn out 2,262 MW On-Prem05 Dec 2024 | 40
Altman to Musk: Don't go full supervillain – that's so un-American OpenAI chief says he doesn't think Elon will unleash political powers to zap AI competition AI + ML05 Dec 2024 | 47
Canada commits $1.4B to sovereign compute infrastructure as it joins the AI arms race Project includes hundreds of millions of loonies for a national supercomputing facility AI + ML05 Dec 2024 | 11
Windows 11 24H2 rolls out to more devices – with a growing list of known issues Compatibility holds persist as gamers face black screens Software05 Dec 2024 | 68
FreeBSD 14.2 wants to woo Docker fans, but still struggles with Wi-Fi Another buzzword box ticked: OCI-compliant containers OSes05 Dec 2024 | 22
Wish there was a benchmark for ML safety? Allow us to AILuminate you... Very much a 1.0 – but it's a solid start AI + ML05 Dec 2024 | 8
Wubuntu: The lovechild of Windows and Linux nobody asked for A third-party Kubuntu remix with a severe identity crisis OSes05 Dec 2024 | 84
Google DeepMind touts AI model for 'better' global weather forecasting Bases predictions on historical data, instead of solving physics equations AI + ML05 Dec 2024 | 39
Broadcom makes U-turn on plan to serve top 2,000 VMware customers itself Canalys Forums APAC Now wants to work with 500 and lean more on partners to defend against migrations – which Dell says are on the cards Virtualization05 Dec 2024 | 24
Fission impossible? Meta wants up to 4GW of American atomic power for AI Facebook titan targets early 2030s for reactor deployment Off-Prem04 Dec 2024 | 25
Microsoft confirms there will be no U-turn on Windows 11 hardware requirements TPM 2.0 'non-negotiable' for latest OS, says software giant OSes04 Dec 2024 | 102
Microsoft learned of fresh antitrust probe from the news Never mind our alleged cheating of customers – you guys are a bunch of leakers, Redmond tells watchdog Legal04 Dec 2024 | 2
Elementary OS 8 'Circe' conjures Wayland magic Based on Ubuntu 24.04, more accessibility, still looks great OSes04 Dec 2024 | 19
A rethink of parental leave policy IT workers and programmers set to benefit as Sandvik implements HR reboot Sponsored Feature
Fresh releases of Xfce, Mint, Cinnamon desktops out in time for the holidays Cinnamon 6.4 is already out and Xfce 4.20 is very nearly ready OSes04 Dec 2024 | 14
Musk and Trump to fall out in 2025, predicts analyst Canalys Forums APAC Differing China tech policy agendas will send bromance into 'it's complicated' status AI + ML04 Dec 2024 | 165
£1B lawsuit targets Microsoft for allegedly overcharging Windows customers on other clouds Yes, we've been over this before - several times, in fact Legal04 Dec 2024 | 9
RISC-V's AI champion just scored $693M cash infusion Architecture may be good for more than cut-rate SoCs and high-volume microcontrollers after all AI + ML04 Dec 2024 | 5
AWS says AI could disrupt everything – and hopes it will do just that to Windows re:Invent Cloud colossus reckons it can clarify hallucinations, get your apps off Microsoft's OS at pleasing speed AI + ML04 Dec 2024 | 36
Outlook is poor for those still on Windows Mail, Calendar, People apps by end of year We're sure you'll learn to love the new Outlook for Windows app Applications03 Dec 2024 | 83
Amazon promises 4x faster AI silicon in 2025, turns Trainium2 loose on the net Re:Invent Tens of thousands of AWS’ Trn2 instances to fuel Anthropic's next-gen models Systems03 Dec 2024 | 5
Are Copilot+ PCs really the fastest Windows PCs? X and Copilot don't think so Opinion Microsoft marketing skewered by X platform users... and its own chatbot AI + ML03 Dec 2024 | 33
Asda hits the brakes on tech tweaks to avoid festive fiasco Stability essential ahead of Christmas trading amid ongoing Walmart divorce On-Prem03 Dec 2024 | 33
GitHub's boast that Copilot produces high-quality code challenged We're shocked – shocked – that Microsoft's study of its own tools might not be super-rigorous AI + ML03 Dec 2024 | 57
Bluesky keeps growing, and so do its problems Impersonators, harmful content and AI scraping are up, too Software02 Dec 2024 | 83
OpenAI denies it is building ad biz model into its platform Chief financial officer admits 'we're open to exploring other revenue streams in the future' AI + ML02 Dec 2024 | 11
Musk seeks injunction to stop OpenAI morphing into for-profit company Politics, electric cars, rockets, and social media not enough to keep some individuals busy AI + ML02 Dec 2024 | 17
Windows 11 market share falls despite Microsoft ad blitz Only 10 months left until Windows 10 end of support and people still seem to prefer it OSes02 Dec 2024 | 88
Oracle's Java price hikes push CIOs to brew new licensing strategies Users could save 50% with open source alternatives, says expert Software02 Dec 2024 | 41
Broadcom loses another big VMware customer: UK fintech cloud Beeks Group, and most of its 20,000 VMs A massively increased bill was one motive, but customers went cold on Virtzilla, and OpenNebula proved more efficient Virtualization02 Dec 2024 | 41
Claims of 'open' AIs are often open lies, research argues 'When policy is being shaped, definitions matter' AI + ML02 Dec 2024 | 10
Google India probed after driver fatally followed Maps route over unfinished bridge Asia in Brief Plus: 95 percent of Chinese broadband tops 100 megabits; Yahoo Japan photo album privacy breach; and more Software01 Dec 2024 | 37
Brits think AI in the workplace is all chat, no bot for now Despite hype, most UK workers see more discussions than implementations AI + ML01 Dec 2024 | 27
Both KDE and GNOME to offer official distros Leading Linux desktops boldly address the 'not enough distros' non-problem OSes29 Nov 2024 | 117
Arch Linux installer now slightly less masochistic 'BTW I use Arch' runway greased, plus clarification around package licensing OSes29 Nov 2024 | 35
Cloudy with a chance of GPU bills: AI's energy appetite has CIOs sweating Canalys Forums EMEA Public cloud expenses have businesses scrambling for alternatives that won't melt the budget AI + ML29 Nov 2024 | 11
Microsoft preps big guns to shift Copilot software and PCs Canalys Forums EMEA IT admins be warned: 13,000 tech suppliers coming for your employer's checkbook AI + ML29 Nov 2024 | 53
Panasonic brings its founder back to life as an AI Digital clone of Kōnosuke Matsushita to dispense management advice to new generation AI + ML29 Nov 2024 | 17
Microsoft patches the patch that broke Exchange Server If at first you don't succeed, you might be on the Microsoft Exchange team OSes28 Nov 2024 | 5
Yup, half of that thought-leader crap on LinkedIn is indeed AI scribbled Ten rules for maximizing your grindset! #1: Let a bot do your work for you Bootnotes28 Nov 2024 | 54
Microsoft informed of yet another antitrust probe by US authorities Investigation is apparently sweeping, but keen on info about AI, security, and cloud Legal28 Nov 2024 | 5
No, Broadcom did not just end VMware's flagship VCDX certification program Sure, it sent an email and FAQ saying it had – but that was a mistake, you see Virtualization28 Nov 2024 | 9
India spending $170M to take its tax system paperless by rebuilding three legacy systems Let's see how this goes Software28 Nov 2024 | 8
Microsoft hits back at claims it slurps your Word, Excel files to train AI models Updated Confusion over Connected Experiences settings in 365 apps spark concerns AI + ML27 Nov 2024 | 42
Foursquare to close, but Swarm game will live on And the company is doing the right thing with its database Databases27 Nov 2024 | 7
Cloudflare broke its logging-as-a-service service, causing customer data loss Software snafu took five minutes to roll back. The mess it made took hours to clean up Off-Prem27 Nov 2024 | 5
Microsoft slaps Windows 11 update hold on hardware connected to eSCL devices Scanners, printers, and... fax machines? OSes26 Nov 2024 | 8
FLTK hits 1.4, arrives speaking Wayland and with better HiDPI support A mere 13 years since the last point release Software26 Nov 2024 | 9
Bing Wallpaper app, now in Windows Store, accused of cookie shenanigans Microsoft free tool snooping on users? Surely not! Security26 Nov 2024 | 47
Google must face £7B UK class action over search engine dominance Ad slinger alleged to have abused position, resulting in higher prices for consumers Software26 Nov 2024 | 24
UK council still hadn't fully costed troubled Oracle project 2 years in Updated Meanwhile, budget clambered from £2.6M to nearly £40M, says report Databases26 Nov 2024 | 54
AWS bends to Broadcom's will with VMware Cloud Foundation as-a-service Microsoft, Oracle, and IBM are all doing it. Andy Jassy's rent-a-server shop may have felt it was leaving money on the table Virtualization26 Nov 2024 | 5
Bluesky too opaque about user figures for Euro watchdogs Updated X rival also under fire for failing to designate legal representative Legal26 Nov 2024 | 82
Kill Oracle's 'JavaScript' trademark, Deno asks USPTO Petition claims database titan maintained its mark by making a fraudulent claim Software26 Nov 2024 | 56
How US Dept of Justice's cure for Google could inflict collateral damage Opinion Remedies should be refined with an eye toward broad platform rights and responsibilities Software25 Nov 2024 | 25
RHEL 9.5 debuts alongside AlmaLinux, Rocky, and Oracle updates Plus, soon you'll be able to run Red Hat Enterprise Linux as a supported option under WSL OSes25 Nov 2024 | 16
Microsoft reboots Windows Recall, but users wish they could forget Comment AI snapshot tool stumbles back into the spotlight with more issues AI + ML25 Nov 2024 | 79
Smile! UK cops spend tens of millions on live facial recognition tech Labour government keen, though critics paint it as a severe threat to privacy Software25 Nov 2024 | 71
Microsoft shuttering dedicated licensing education, certification site Spreading the content around other places – and may also sprinkle some AI in because why not Software25 Nov 2024 | 13
We can clone you wholesale: Boffins build ML agents that respond like specific people Oh, AI wanna be like you, AI wanna walk like you, talk like you, too AI + ML24 Nov 2024 | 49
One thing AI can't generate at the moment – compelling reasons to use it for work Kettle Our vultures think this tech is interesting but in its 8-bit stage AI + ML23 Nov 2024 | 56
AI Jesus is ready to dispense advice from a booth in historic Swiss church Pope, Depeche Mode, silent on digital second coming Bootnotes23 Nov 2024 | 77
Now’s your chance to try Microsoft’s controversial Windows Recall ... maybe Like its AI, this automated screenshotter and logger is a feature not exactly everyone wanted OSes22 Nov 2024 | 37
Amazon bets another $4B on Anthropic You just gonna stand there, Google, let AWS take the 'primary training partner' title? Not gonna do nothing? AI + ML22 Nov 2024 | 7
Public developer spats put bcachefs at risk in Linux Updated Fisticuffs in FOSS-land! Fancy file system's future fraught! OSes22 Nov 2024 | 72
Microsoft pulls text recognition from Photos app preview OCR tech not quite ready for primetime, in this bit of Windows at least Applications22 Nov 2024 | 14
Datacenters could blow up your electric bill thanks to AI Operators may have to pay more for energy if capacity cannot meet demand On-Prem22 Nov 2024 | 24
A year after Broadcom took control of VMware, it's in the box seat Updated Customers are 'all miserable' but not yet deciding to bail - and AT&T appears to have settled its licensing dispute Virtualization22 Nov 2024 | 45
AI PCs: 'Something will have to give in 2025, and I think it's pricing' Consultant bemoans lack of use cases and businesses' budget AI + ML22 Nov 2024 | 84