AI + ML
Britain publishes 10-year National Artificial Intelligence Strategy
Aw, look. It wants to be a 'global science superpower'
22 Sep 21:18 | 6
Software
AI + ML
Nvidia cosies up to Open Robotics for hardware-accelerated ROS
Hopes to tempt roboticists over to its Jetson platform with new simulation features, drop-in acceleration code
22 Sep 17:13 | 2
OSes
Ubuntu-on-a-phone folks UBports emit OTA-19, warn some devices face the chop in future
This could very well be the last release based on 16.04
22 Sep 15:17 | 1
Applications
Google emits Chrome 94 with 'Idle Detection' API to detect user inactivity amid opposition
Mozilla, Apple register dismay as worries surface over privacy, potential crypto mining behind user's back
22 Sep 12:14 | 22
Analysis
Google experiments with user-choice-defying Android search box
Apple-flavored approach running as test 'for a small percentage of users'
22 Sep 10:43 | 31
Interview
An easier way to Flutter? Custom functions improve visual code builder but devs may still be frustrated
FlutterFlow is a visual application builder for the popular framework
22 Sep 08:31 | 3
Virtualization
Nutanix reckons cloud is a concept, not a place – and guess who it reckons has nailed the concept?
Adds security and networking to platform, hoping you use it to repatriate apps
22 Sep 07:26 |
PROMO
Would you like to clone your best programmer?
Now you can. By using OutSystems on AWS, as this webinar shows
22 Sep 07:01 |
AI + ML
Court of Appeal says AI software cannot be listed as patent inventor
'A patent is a statutory right and it can only be granted to a person'
22 Sep 06:35 | 42
Software
Swift 5.5 unleashed with async keyword to fix 'pyramid of doom', plus other changes in 'massive release'
Full concurrency model at last
22 Sep 05:32 | 16
OSes
Canonical gives administrators the chance to drag their feet a bit more on Ubuntu upgrades
Two more years! Two more years!
21 Sep 17:42 | 11
Software
Open Source Jobs Report: Explosive cloud growth knocks Linux off top spot for desired skillsets
455% hike in demand for Kubernetes qualifications causes a stir
21 Sep 16:03 | 2
AI + ML
UK's Surveillance Commissioner warns of 'ethically fraught' facial recognition tech concerns
How about being an anonymous face in a crowd? Is that not allowed anymore?
21 Sep 13:45 | 12
OSes
This is your final warning to re-certify, Red Hat tells tardy sysadmins
No more pandemic-inspired extensions to exam dates or certs, warns Linux-slinging giant
21 Sep 07:55 | 25
Devops
GitLab all set to go public as revenues – and losses – rise
IPO was expected last year but then we had a pandemic
20 Sep 15:14 | 10
OSes
Kali Linux 2021.3 released with new tools
Most users better off with rolling release, but quarterly build has more quality testing
20 Sep 14:31 | 5
Updated
Yikes, tough crowd: Only 30% of German-speaking users are happy with SAP's cloud push
Licensing, integration and security remain challenges, says DSAG survey
20 Sep 12:15 | 3
Software
Crank up the volume on that Pixies album: Time to exercise your Raspberry Pi with an... alternative browser
The Register dips another toe in the Flow
20 Sep 10:47 | 22
Review
A low-key good experience for Thor-oughly new penguins: Elementary OS 6, aka Odin
Flatpak-only app store, two-finger swiping for screen-fondlers... but it's not for the fiddlers
20 Sep 08:30 | 13
PROMO
If you’re plotting AI success, you need graph algorithms
Connect with experts of all stripes at the Graph+AI Summit
20 Sep 06:30 |
Popular
Security
Fix network printing or keep Windows secure? Admins would rather disable PrintNightmare patch
'Our >3,000 customers had to print again'
Boatnotes II
We're all at sea: Navigation Royal Navy style – with plenty of IT but no GPS
El Reg follows the Fleet Navigating Officers' course
Security
Break out your emergency change process and patch this ransomware-friendly bug ASAP, says VMware
File upload vuln lets miscreants hijack vCenter Server
Security
Microsoft Exchange Autodiscover protocol found leaking hundreds of thousands of credentials
Email clients fail over to unexpected domains if they can't find the right resources
Applications
Google emits Chrome 94 with 'Idle Detection' API to detect user inactivity amid opposition
Mozilla, Apple register dismay as worries surface over privacy, potential crypto mining behind user's back
Updated
Raspberry Pi's trading arm snags £33m investment as flotation rumours sink
Cash courtesy of Lansdowne Partners and the Ezrah Charitable Trust, focused on 'the poorest of the poor'
OSes
This is your final warning to re-certify, Red Hat tells tardy sysadmins
No more pandemic-inspired extensions to exam dates or certs, warns Linux-slinging giant
Boatnotes II
Navigating without GPS is one thing – so let's jam it and see what happens to our warship
Meaconing, loss of position, and the Royal Navy's response
Bootnotes
Macmillan best-biscuit list unexpectedly promotes breakfast cereal to treat status
Inclusion of Weetabix in charity coffee accompaniment tweet creates predictable brewhaha
Security
Database containing personal info on 106m people who traveled to Thailand found open to the internet – report
Misconfigured Elasticsearch server blamed
STORIES
OSes
-Werror pain persists as Linus Torvalds issues Linux 5.15rc2
And celebrates Linux's 'true anniversary' – 30 years since upload of version 0.01
20 Sep 02:58 | 14
Applications
Apple, Google yank opposition voting strategy app from Russian software stores
Oh, sorry, we thought you wanted us to obey the law?! – Silicon Valley
18 Sep 00:57 | 37
Applications
Google extends right-to-be-forgotten to app permissions on older Android devices
Software unused after a few months will lose access to sensitive features unless exempted
17 Sep 22:58 | 13
OSes
Microsoft does and doesn't require VMs to meet hardware requirements for Windows 11
Either way, it's bad news for VirtualBox – it's stopped working
17 Sep 21:03 | 82
Applications
Microsoft doles out Office Long Term Servicing Channel for cloud refuseniks
Redmond doesn't do things by half – unless it's Long Term Support
17 Sep 19:57 | 15
Devops
Stressed-out IT workers, software devs – we're not being funny but have you tried rebooting your breathing?
Forget productivity, find a way to unplug and recover
17 Sep 11:22 | 27
Sponsored
Build it fast and they will come? Yeah, but they’ll only stay if you build it right
Here’s where to start
17 Sep 06:30 |
DSEI 2021
Royal Navy will be getting autonomous machines – for donkey work humans can't be bothered with
No robot killers 'in my lifetime' says admiral
17 Sep 05:47 | 33
AI + ML
Businesses put robots to work when human workers are hard to find, argue econo-boffins
The lure of shiny new tech isn't a motivator, although in the USA bots are used to cut costs
17 Sep 03:55 | 15
Virtualization
After eight years, SPEC delivers a new virtualisation benchmark
Jumps from single-server tests to four hosts – but only for vSphere and RHV
17 Sep 02:57 |
AI + ML
It's bizarre we're at a point where reports are written on how human rights trump AI rights
But that's what UN group has done
16 Sep 21:40 | 13
Software
The age of the Service Pack is over. The time of the Modern Servicing Model has come
It's CUs and GDRs here on out for Microsoft's SQL Server
16 Sep 19:01 | 7
Software
OpenSilver throws Microsoft Silverlight devs a lifeline as end of support looms – or you could forget it ever happened
Open-source project migrates deprecated apps to WebAssembly
16 Sep 16:02 | 7
AI + ML
If it were possible to evade facial-recognition systems using just subtle makeup, it might look something like this
Interested in poking away at machine-learning models? This academic study could be a good start
16 Sep 13:47 | 41
Databases
UK Cabinet Office calls off its search for a 'partner' in Whitehall SaaS ERP migration
'This is not the outcome you were hoping for,' bidders told
16 Sep 10:00 | 3
Interview
Turing Award winner Barbara Liskov on CLU and why programming is still cool
Error handling and encapsulation remain the name of the game
16 Sep 09:15 | 13
