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Look, Ma: No human! Boffins turn on Tesla Autopilot with string, a weight, a seat belt, then watch go for a spin

Rivals auto-autos snap photos to ensure an actual human is behind the wheel

Exam-monitoring biz Proctorio tried to silence a critic using copyright law. Now EFF sues to put an end to this tactic

Tweets linking to source code were fair use, say digital-rights warriors

22 Apr 20:31 | 4

Canonical and Microsoft get cosier with Active Directory integration in Ubuntu 21.04

SQL Server optimisations on way too, but 'Hirsute Hippo' not an LTS release so take-up may be tepid

22 Apr 18:45 | 3

Greener Windows? Microsoft previews EcoQoS and Task Manager Eco Mode for would-be power-sipping devs

Noble aim to curb energy-hungry apps, but needs willing souls to trade performance for efficiency

22 Apr 16:01 | 7

What links AMD CPU guru Jim Keller, an AI chip upstart, and SiFive? This vector-crunching 64-bit RISC-V processor

Stressing the ex in x86

10 years later, Chrome OS starts to look like a proper OS with hardware diagnostics and the ability to scan documents

Are you really going to replace that battery, though, kids?

22 Apr 12:52 | 13

In 2020, VMware said its remote work kit was brilliant. Now it says you need its new stuff to do it right

Improves integration and maturity, not quite the new-buzzword-worthy step-change Virtzilla wants

22 Apr 06:55 | 2

Microsoft loves Linux – as in, it loves Linux users running Linux desktop apps on Windows PCs

Come inside, penguinistas, install that WSL GUI preview, yes, open source is totally winning here

22 Apr 06:18 | 51

Away with legacy networks as healthcare providers power modern medical apps

Converged, future-ready networks unlock operational efficiencies, improve patient experience, says CommScope

University duo thought it would be cool to sneak bad code into Linux as an experiment. Of course, it absolutely backfired

'Our community does not appreciate being experimented on' says Kroah-Hartman

21 Apr 19:47 | 161

You only love me for my cache: New modules try to make NoSQL Redis more of a general-purpose database

7.0 out second half of the year

Someone has to pay to keep the lights so data-viz outfit Grafana switches licence regime to AGPLv3

AWS dodges the finger of blame as another open-sourcer tightens things up

21 Apr 12:45 | 11

Anyone for Palantir? UK.gov names gaggle of vendors to fight for contracts in £1.2bn back office application framework

It's time to crack open the public sector pork barrel.... like it was ever closed

21 Apr 09:30 | 7

Not saying you should but we're told it's possible to land serverless app a '$40k/month bill using a 1,000-node botnet'

CompSci trio describe theoretical Denial-of-Wallet attack

21 Apr 06:23 | 21

US Army develops natural-language voice-command AI for robots, tanks, etc. For search'n'rescue. For now

Judge, JUDI, and executioner?

21 Apr 01:14 | 31

Node.js 16 released with Apple Silicon binaries, JavaScript V8 engine turned up to nine

All supported releases will now support ECMAScript modules - but progress on moving away from CommonJS is slow

Microsoft realises constant meetings stress people out, adds Office 365 settings to cut them short or start them late

Where's the PowerShell command to ban all meetings forever?

20 Apr 19:23 | 43

What next for Visual Studio? Microsoft's monster IDE can't please everyone and 64-bit will not solve legacy problems

Redmond is in a pickle with loyal Windows devs on one side and cloud-based Linuxy future on the other

20 Apr 13:35 | 23

Global pharma firm GSK opens Pandora's Box of its SAP system to find 28,000 variations on a process

Why can't business users just stick to the script?

20 Apr 10:02 | 10

'There was no one driving that vehicle': Texas cops suspect Autopilot involved after two men killed in Tesla crash

Model S took corner at high speed, left road, and smashed into a tree

19 Apr 21:30 | 126

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University duo thought it would be cool to sneak bad code into Linux as an experiment. Of course, it absolutely backfired

'Our community does not appreciate being experimented on' says Kroah-Hartman

China has a satellite with an arm – and America worries it could be used to snatch other spacecraft

Send more money to help us protect our space toys, military tells Congress

Microsoft revokes MVP status of developer who tweeted complaint about request to promote SQL-on-Azure

Programme members were asked to make noise ahead of Amazon Web Services conference

Ah, you know what? Keep your crappy space station, we're gonna try to make our own, Russia tells world

Come 2025, we're Putin this collaboration to bed

Not saying you should but we're told it's possible to land serverless app a '$40k/month bill using a 1,000-node botnet'

CompSci trio describe theoretical Denial-of-Wallet attack

UK.gov wants mobile makers to declare death dates for their new devices from launch

IoT security plan suddenly thrusts into the mainstream

Signal app's Moxie says it's possible to sabotage Cellebrite's phone-probing tools with booby-trapped file

More a declaration of war than turning the tables

Lego's Space Shuttle Discovery: No trouble with Hubble, but the stickers will drive a grown man to insanity

The Reg once again shoves its talons into bags of spiky bricks for latest website-breaking set

But can it run Avid? The Reg hands shiny new M1 MacBook to video production pro, who beats it with Bender, Handbrake, and ... Hypercard?

He was there the day Steve Jobs moved off PowerPC to Intel, and says the Arm transition looks better

Someone has to pay to keep the lights so data-viz outfit Grafana switches licence regime to AGPLv3

AWS dodges the finger of blame as another open-sourcer tightens things up

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Microsoft bows to the inevitable and takes Visual Studio 64-bit for 2022 version

When 4GB is just not quite enough

19 Apr 17:01 | 23

More Linux love for Windows Insiders with a kernel update

Rounded corners are nice, but what you really want is Linux 5.10, right?

19 Apr 15:02 | 39

Oracle cuts support for South African energy biz Eskom in long-running licensing dispute

'Eskom should pay the pending dues for the Oracle software that they use'

19 Apr 11:43 | 14

Truth and consequences for enterprise AI as EU know who goes legal: GDPR of everything from chatbots to machine learning

Regulations On A European Approach For Artificial Intelligence

19 Apr 08:30 | 13

Debian devs decide best response to Richard Stallman controversy is … nothing

Two-week vote dismissed options to back or sack controversial FOSS figure

19 Apr 07:50 | 37

Adobe co-founder and PostScript co-creator Charles Geschke dies, aged 81

Mathematician and massive figure in digital publishing lives on in every PDF

19 Apr 06:44 | 44

Linus Torvalds reluctantly issues one more release candidate for Linux kernel 5.12

We gotta do this again? Really? Oh, alright then. But this eight release candidates thing is not great

18 Apr 23:59 | 5

Seeing a robot dog tagging along with NYPD officers after an arrest stuns New Yorkers

Plus: 'First civil lawsuit' against police for incorrect facial recognition match in wrongful collaring, and more

17 Apr 15:05 | 72

Docker Desktop for Apple Silicon is here, but probe a little deeper and you'll find Rosetta 2 staring back

Prepare yourself for an onslaught of 'you're holding the container wrong'

16 Apr 19:01 | 14

Oh hello. Haven't heard much from you lately: Linux veteran Slackware rides again with a beta of version 15

It's time to move on from 2016

16 Apr 15:43 | 48

Zorin OS 16 beta claims largest built-in app library 'of any open source desktop ever'

Linux for Windows switchers: smooth user experience, if users steer clear of Windows apps on Wine

15 Apr 20:15 | 62

Ever wondered what it's like working for Microsoft? Leaked survey shines a light on how those at the code coalface feel

Lowest scoring sections were 'performance' and 'deal', but it looks like it could be a lot worse

15 Apr 19:02 | 50

Deno 1.9 update includes proposal cold-shouldered in February, now hyped as '3x faster' performance bump

Plus HTTP/2 web server written in Rust

15 Apr 18:08 | 3

Oracle pumps $1.2bn into Nashville campus as search for southern comfort goes on

Mayor thrilled with $175m up front for Guitar Town infrastructure projects

15 Apr 17:19 | 2

Google proposes Logica data language for building more manageable SQL code

COBOL-inspired caps lock English just don't add up when dealing with large SQL codebases

15 Apr 10:25 | 93

Microsoft calls time on Timeline: Don't worry, more features that nobody asked for coming your way

Activity history tracker over mobile devices set to become history

15 Apr 09:40 | 29

IBM signs up to Eclipse Foundation's Adoptium working group to push out free, certified JDK binaries

Makes a change from the waves of redundancies

15 Apr 08:58 | 2

Windows comes to Apple M1 silicon as Parallels delivers native desktop hypervisor

Meanwhile, ESXi on Arm spotted booting Windows

15 Apr 04:04 | 16

Dell to spin out remaining VMware stake, cements Friends With Benefits status for at least five years

‘Market does not appreciate hardware/software combo’ says Big Mike. So virty giant gets freedom, customers are promised no change

15 Apr 01:28 | 9

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