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Rapping otters and automated database knob-twiddling: An obvious combination in some universe or other

OtterTune to compete with Oracle automation, but also for open source databases

Italian monopoly watchdog asks Google to cough up a few euros for illegally blocking an Android Auto app

Web giant tells us it's considering its response to €100m fine demand

13 May 23:07 | 4

Open-source developers under corporate pressure to adopt less-permissive licenses, Percona CEO says

Cloud hyperscalers drive projects to slap restrictions on code use

13 May 20:32 | 21

Microsoft's cloud gets JAMstacked: Azure Static Web Apps greenlit for production

JAM with a distinct whiff of Redmond, as you would expect

13 May 18:24 | 1

Language Summit

Guido van Rossum aiming to make CPython 2x faster in 3.11

'I got bored sitting at home while retired ... I chose to go back to my roots'

13 May 16:05 | 10

Man paralyzed from neck down uses AI brain implants to write out text messages

13 May 10:47 | 14

'Biggest data grab' in NHS history stuffs GP records in a central store for 'research' – and the time to opt out is now

'More data, more breadth, more depth... it's the whole f&*king deal'

13 May 09:15 | 145

Rust 2021 edition to arrive in October with 'more consistent panic' and other new features

Also: Why Rust in Android will use the Soong build system, not Cargo

13 May 08:26 | 23

Does AI have to disrupt everything you know about running a data center?

The optimal intelligent model could be disaggregation

Japan to start stamping out rubber stamps and tearing up faxes as new digital agency given Sept. 1 start date

'My Number' identifier to become central to myriad government services if the plan works

13 May 06:58 | 45

Google Docs users, you are on notice: Code rewrite may break browser extensions

HTML and CSS? What is this, 2003?

13 May 06:24 | 41

India’s vaccination-booking API criticised for excluding millions, containing bugs, and overflowing with elitism

It’s faulty, struggling to scale, lacks a dedicated privacy policy

13 May 02:58 | 9

With Gelsinger back at Intel, VMware picks new CEO from within, shakes up execs

vRangarajan vRaghuram is vBoss after vMotion to vTop

12 May 19:15 | 1

Water's wet, the Pope's Catholic, and iOS is designed to stop folk switching to Android, Epic trial judge told

Fortnite maker wheels out economist to explain how Apple works

12 May 18:06 | 70

'Big updates' to Mac design app Sketch add real-time collaboration – but you'll need to fork out for a subscription

Perpetual licence still offered, but with downgraded features

12 May 15:15 | 5

SAP co-founder's charitable arm made investments in a joint venture with the software giant

Foundation is 'passive investor' alongside private equity firm Dediq, firm says

12 May 14:38 | 5

Open-source JavaScript project Babel 'running out of money' after employing paid maintainers, sponsors pull out

Creator deletes posts alleging 'mismanagement' to blame

12 May 10:49 | 20

Microsoft says Outlook hit by 'email visibility issues' – as in, they're blank

Here's an unofficial fix for those who need their messages now

12 May 00:09 | 17

Preliminary report on Texas Tesla crash finds Autosteer was 'not available' along road where both passengers died

Probable cause of accident and fire still under investigation

11 May 12:15 | 143

Microsoft embraces Linux kernel's eBPF super-tool, extends it for Windows

This early-stage project is not a fork, Redmond insists

11 May 07:26 | 34

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'Biggest data grab' in NHS history stuffs GP records in a central store for 'research' – and the time to opt out is now

'More data, more breadth, more depth... it's the whole f&*king deal'

US-based hard disk drive suppliers face further scrutiny over whether they've shipped proscribed HDDs to Huawei

The Wicker man: US Commerce Committee senator questions Toshiba, Seagate and WD

Water's wet, the Pope's Catholic, and iOS is designed to stop folk switching to Android, Epic trial judge told

Fortnite maker wheels out economist to explain how Apple works

Ransomware victim Colonial Pipeline paid $5m to get oil pumping again, restored from backups anyway – report

Anonymous sources get into war-by-media counterbriefing

Microsoft bins Azure Blockchain without explanation, gives users four months to move

Says picking a replacement is your next step. Seriously, that’s Redmond's first piece of advice. Eventually it recommends Quorum

Oops, says Manchester City Council after thousands of number plates exposed in parking ticket spreadsheet

They are personal data, you know. Wait – you did know that, right?

Apple's Find My network can be abused to leak secrets to the outside world via passing devices

You gotta work hard for those three-bytes-a-second transfers, though

Guy who said women are 'soft, weak, cosseted, naive' lasted about a month at Apple until internal revolt

Ad tech engineer out after autobiography sparks protest – and what does this say about iGiant's hiring process?

Google Docs users, you are on notice: Code rewrite may break browser extensions

HTML and CSS? What is this, 2003?

Elon Musk hits the brakes on taking Bitcoin for Tesla purchases

CEO wakes up to BTC's connection to coal, holds onto the stash until mining becomes more eco friendly

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US postal service goes all in on AI

Plus: Google boffin who resigned over AI ethics controversy, joins Apple

10 May 18:15 | 6

'A fair amount of stuff, all over the place': Torvalds closes merge window for Linux 5.13 with support for Apple M1

5.10 lifespan also extended to six years, up from two

10 May 16:37 | 6

Microsoft unveils Rust for Windows v0.9, with 'full consumption support' for the Windows API

Rust/WinRT moniker consigned to the garbage collection

10 May 14:33 | 8

When software depends on a project thanklessly maintained by a random guy in Nebraska, is open source sustainable?

Much of the OSS world is critically underfunded yet critically important

10 May 10:45 | 120

Jaguar Land Rover reaches for graph database in search of supply chain knowledge during chip shortage

Top dog Neo4j just wouldn't scale, says car giant's data boss

10 May 10:01 | 16

Accidentally wiped an app's directory? Hey, just play the 'unscheduled maintenance' card. Now you're a hero

It soothed this raging roomful of wannabe lawyers anyway

10 May 07:30 | 66

Tesla Autopilot is a lot dumber than CEO Musk claims, says Cali DMV after speaking to the software's boss

'Elon's tweet does not match engineering reality' states poorly redacted report

07 May 23:41 | 122

Xpand your horizons: MariaDB launches distributed query engine into proprietary DBaaS

But beware lock-in-as-a-service, consultant warns

GitLab's 10-day certification freebie offer lasted only two because, surprise surprise, people really like freebies

Biz expected 4,000 signups, got 60,000, system couldn't cope

07 May 18:06 | 9

British bank TSB says it will fix days-long transaction troubles tonight

Totally Sucks, Buddy: Debit payments held up since April, online and app still wobbly, say readers

07 May 16:44 | 16

'A massive middle finger': Open-source audio fans up in arms after Audacity opts to add telemetry capture

Move comes days after firm acquired by Muse Group

07 May 13:49 | 120

Bug of the week

Nasdaq's 32-bit code can't handle Berkshire Hathaway's monster share price

Now that's what we call a Buffett overflow error

07 May 11:24 | 98

If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all: El Reg takes Twitter's anti-mean algorithm for a spin

We're nicer in person, we swear

07 May 10:26 | 48

Perl changes dev's permaban for 'unacceptable' behaviour to a year-long lockout after community response

'Discriminatory or harassing conduct will not be tolerated'

07 May 08:30 | 68

Researchers say objects can hide from computer vision by seeking out unusual company that trips correlation bias

Algos guiding self-driving cars don’t expect to see a STOP sign next to food. So if someone put a pic showing apples at a busy intersection ...

07 May 08:01 | 54

NHS Digital booking website had unexpected side effect: It leaked people's jab status

Wanna find out if your employee has had a shot? Just lob her postcode and DoB into this website

06 May 18:37 | 41

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