So you want to integrate OpenAI's bot. Here's how that worked for software security scanner Socket
Exclusive Hint: Hundreds of malicious npm and PyPI packages spotted
Devops30 Mar 2023 |
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It's official: Ubuntu Cinnamon remix has been voted in
And it looks like educational flavor Edubuntu is returning, too
OSes30 Mar 2023 | 13
This US national lab turned to AI to hunt rogue nukes
All it needs to do is detect ■■■■■■■■■■ in the ■■■■■ at ■■■■■■ when the ■■■■■■■■
AI + ML30 Mar 2023 | 21
Judge grants subpoena to ID Twitter source code leaker
Unmasking also in store for anyone who's 'posted, uploaded, downloaded or modified' tweet biz code
Software29 Mar 2023 | 23
Had enough of Android? First 'Focal' based Ubuntu Touch is out
First version built on 20.04 hits smartphones and tablets of UBPorts fans
OSes29 Mar 2023 | 21
UK seeks light-touch AI legislation as industry leaders call for LLM pause
Steve Wozniak and Elon Musk find something to agree on
AI + ML29 Mar 2023 | 23
Broadcom-VMware merger probe to enter deeper second stage
Competition regulators in Britain opt for Phase II discovery over worries about prices and rival tech access
Virtualization29 Mar 2023 | 7
Baidu's AI chatbot ducks out of public demo
Please, let's not go all Skynet on this: Baidu has previously said ERNIE just isn't that impressive up close
AI + ML29 Mar 2023 | 5
Google reminds everyone it too can offer an AI code-suggestion bot
Replit after me
AI + ML28 Mar 2023 | 4
Microsoft enlarges its cockpit of Copilots to include security
It starts with chat bots inventing D&D campaigns and ends with AI all over your Excel and network logs
AI + ML28 Mar 2023 | 8
Investment bank forecasts LLMs could put 300 million jobs at risk
Meanwhile technology-driven job creation is possible, Goldman Sachs says
AI + ML28 Mar 2023 | 18
US police have run nearly 1M Clearview AI searches, says founder
Crimes Clearview has helped solve include murder and the devastating scourge of ... shoplifting
AI + ML28 Mar 2023 | 15
Oh, Snap. openSUSE downloads increasing, and Leap 15.5 is coming soon
Could have something to do with Ubuntu kicking Flatpak. Meanwhile, SUSE may be pulling up closer to rival Red Hat
OSes28 Mar 2023 | 19
Nostalgic for VB? BASIC is anything but dead
Microsoft's attention has moved on, but flame still alive
Software28 Mar 2023 | 57
Microsoft promises it's made Teams less confusing and resource hungry
Aimed to make it twice as fast, more consistent and happy running on more hardware
Software28 Mar 2023 | 118
Lebanon's IT folks face double trouble as leaders delayed Daylight Savings Time
Planes are taking off before check in time, healthcare and finance sectors also in a mess
Software28 Mar 2023 | 13
Jack Ma is back, and he has some feelpinions to share
Offering wisdom on AI signals the Alibaba boss is in Beijing's good books again
AI + ML28 Mar 2023 | 12
Europol warns ChatGPT already helping folks commit crimes
There is no honor among chatbots
AI + ML28 Mar 2023 | 45
Amtrak back on track after server breakdown forces dozens of cancellations
Sounds like some IT teams are due for some training
Software27 Mar 2023 | 7
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Had enough of Android? First 'Focal' based Ubuntu Touch is out
First version built on 20.04 hits smartphones and tablets of UBPorts fans
Microsoft Defender shoots down legit URLs as malicious
Updated Those hoping to use nefarious websites like, er, Zoom are overrun by alerts. Redmond 'investigating'
Apple sued for allegedly firing, threatening union organizers
iGiant urged to think different about workers' rights
Google again accused of willfully destroying evidence in Android antitrust battle
Updated Starting to see a pattern here? Judge seems to think so
US bans good for Chinese chipmakers, and bad for us, says Taiwanese rival
Beijing investing locally in advanced nodes will mean it buys locally, says MediaTek chairman
Warning: Your wireless networks may leak data thanks to Wi-Fi spec ambiguity
How someone can nab buffered info, by hook or by kr00k
Amazon opens its ad-hoc Wi-Fi-sipping Sidewalk mesh to all manner of gadgets
A reminder you can still opt-out
China urges Apple to improve security and privacy
It's a juicy market that welcomes foreign investment, National development boss reminds Tim Cook
Apple patches all the iThings, including iOS 15 hole under attack right now
Issue identified in February but owners of older kit weren't warned
Boffins claim discovery of the first piezoelectric liquid
Move over, magic crystals – electric syrup is here
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Google's claims of super-human AI chip layout back under the microscope
Special report Nature probes published research as it emerges journal paper allegedly used to entice $120m cloud deal
AI + ML27 Mar 2023 | 26
Google says it did not train its AI chatbot Bard on your private emails
AI In Brief ALSO: Web traffic to Microsoft Bing up 15.8 per cent since launch of GPT-4 bot, and more
AI + ML27 Mar 2023 | 20
China's best selling smartwatch offers surveillance-as-a-service … for kids
Asia In Brief ALSO: Indian space agency completes OneWeb constellation; Singapore warns on AI weapons; AUKUS tech pact advances
AI + ML26 Mar 2023 | 6
OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT plugins, granting iffy language model access to your apps
Analysis Search aspired to the the command line to the world, but ML models may get there first
AI + ML26 Mar 2023 | 11
Microsoft scrambles to fix Windows 11 'aCropalypse' privacy-battering bug
Updated All your previously Snipping Tool cropped images aren't, basically
OSes24 Mar 2023 | 54
Barred from US tech, Huawei claims to have built its own 14nm chip design suite
Beijing's Made in China drive fueled by Washington's export crackdowns
Software24 Mar 2023 | 23
ChatGPT, how did you get here? It was a long journey through open source AI
Opinion Without publicly accessible code, there would be no AI chatbot
Software24 Mar 2023 | 29
Errors logged as 'nut loose on the keyboard' were – ahem – not a hardware problem
On Call Five developers named Bob were not good at their jobs
Software24 Mar 2023 | 186
There's one sure winner in the AI explosion, say analysts: Dutch outfit ASML
It’s the only game in town for extreme ultraviolet lithography, and that makes it every chip shop’s new best friend
AI + ML24 Mar 2023 | 11
OpenAI CEO 'feels awful' after ChatGPT leaks conversations, payment info
Updated Delayed mea culpa isn't a good look for a biz with 'open' in the name
AI + ML23 Mar 2023 | 31
Red Hat veteran will head up SUSE from May as Di Donato steps down
In the meantime, the CFO is also interim CEO
Software23 Mar 2023 | 4
Tails 5.11: Secure-surfing 'amnesiac' live distro arrives
A highly opinionated little live USB/DVD/VM image for the paranoid
OSes23 Mar 2023 | 14
Croquet for Unity: Live, network-transparent 3D gaming... but it's so much more
Updated This is that rare announcement that's far more significant than it sounds
Software23 Mar 2023 | 15
We've got plenty of AI now but who asked for it? El Reg's vultures chime in
Register Kettle We each grab a mic and take apart the Bard stewards responsible for this hype
AI + ML23 Mar 2023 | 41
Microsoft freaks out users with Windows 11 warning: 'LSA protection is off'
Alerts telling folks their 'device may be vulnerable' triggered by KB5007651
OSes22 Mar 2023 | 50
Watchdog: Broadcom buy of VMware may be bad for competition
Server price hikes, rival hardware makers locked out ... haven't we been warning that for a while?
Virtualization22 Mar 2023 | 10
GitHub Copilot learns new tricks, adopts this year's model
Armed with GPT-4, Microsoft's AI 'pair programmer' can tag pull requests, parrot documentation, talk about code
AI + ML22 Mar 2023 | 13
Boffins develop AI model for designing proteins to make synthetic blood plasma
And it's not the only hybrid synthetic biomaterial scientists are targeting
AI + ML22 Mar 2023 |
Google reminds everyone it too can launch a ChatGPT-like chatbot … waiting list
Meanwhile, Bing can now output images, Adobe touts shiny art platform Firefly
AI + ML21 Mar 2023 | 8
No reliable way to detect AI-generated text, boffins sigh
This article was not written by a computer, not that you could tell for sure either way
AI + ML21 Mar 2023 | 58
Russian developers blocked from contributing to FOSS tools
Opinion The war in Ukraine is bad and wrong… but does blocking these contributions help Ukraine?
OSes21 Mar 2023 | 165
Hospital to test AI 'copilot' for doctors that jots notes on patient care
The hope? Reducing piles of admin for clinicians freeing them up for medical work
AI + ML21 Mar 2023 | 25
Curl, the URL fetcher that can, marks 25 years of transfers
Utility began as a personal project, found its way into billions of devices
Software21 Mar 2023 | 12
Baidu's ERNIE chatbot has nothing to say about Xi Jinping
Bot also botches some requests, but is about to be baked into cloud services anyway
AI + ML21 Mar 2023 | 3
Stanford sends 'hallucinating' Alpaca AI model out to pasture over safety, cost
Meta-made small language model can produce misinformation, toxic text
AI + ML21 Mar 2023 | 18
Microsoft to give more than microsecond's thought about your Windows 11 needs
Concerns over consistent dialog boxes, pinning, default apps mulled
OSes20 Mar 2023 | 38
HPE picks up OpsRamp to sprinkle some AIOps on Greenlake multi-cloud
Hopes for predictive insights and automation, but no word on what it'll pay for that
AI + ML20 Mar 2023 | 2
OpenAI CEO warns that GPT-4 could be misused for nefarious purposes
In brief ALSO: Discord quietly edited its privacy policy after rolling out new generative AI features, and more
AI + ML20 Mar 2023 | 19
UnitedHealth's buyout of UK's EMIS could reduce competition: UK watchdog
NHS could also be hit with higher prices as a result of the merger, CMA argues in initial investigation
Software20 Mar 2023 | 9
Average Adobe staffer makes $170k a year, and 185 of them = 1 CEO
Margins in software are enough to let you heat house, eat and buy a car
Software20 Mar 2023 | 31
AWS delivers a – rather late – major release of its homebrew Linux distribution
2023 is only one more than 2022, right?
OSes20 Mar 2023 | 11
Microsoft pushes out PowerShell scripts to fix BitLocker bypass
Attackers exploiting the vulnerability could access encrypted data
Software19 Mar 2023 | 25
John Deere urged to surrender source code under GPL
Farmers need a right to repair
Software17 Mar 2023 | 76
Free-Teams-gate: Docker apologizes for shooting itself in the foot
Botched data deletion threat roils open source worlds
Devops17 Mar 2023 | 21
We read OpenAI's risk study. GPT-4 is not toxic ... if you add enough bleach
Analysis Tough to see how this model can be released in good conscience
AI + ML17 Mar 2023 | 40
Reg FOSS desk test drive: First beta of Fedora 38 drops
Spoiler: It's looking much better than 37 did at this stage
OSes17 Mar 2023 | 27
AI-generated art can be copyrighted, say US officials – with a catch
Some non-artificial intelligence needed
AI + ML16 Mar 2023 | 36
The npm registry's safe word is Socket
Exclusive GitHub's JavaScript failings are someone else's opportunity
Devops16 Mar 2023 | 8
Microsoft's Copilot AI to pervade the whole 365 suite
Clippy 2.0 to help us 'reconnect with the soul of our work' ... just don't mention that lawsuit
AI + ML16 Mar 2023 | 36
Adobe reckons it'll complete $20B Figma mega deal by year-end
Ups financial forecasts on back of 'healthy' Q1, as more and more of world goes digital
Software16 Mar 2023 | 4
What happens when you free DevOps pros from cost management?
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China’s Baidu claims its ERNIE chatbot reinvents the computing stack
We're headed for models-as-a-service, apparently, and the OS doesn't matter
AI + ML16 Mar 2023 | 16
Google stops selling its biz-grade augmented reality specs
In case of apathy, break Glass
Software16 Mar 2023 | 33
Microsoft picks perfect time to dump its AI ethics team
Machine-learning safety and controls now everyone's problem
AI + ML15 Mar 2023 | 30
UK spy agency: Don't feed LLMs with sensitive corporate data
Oh gosh. Looks like that bot just spilled that you plan to fire 20k staffers in Q4
AI + ML15 Mar 2023 | 18
Pentesters' fave Kali Linux turns 10 with version 23.1
It's also 17… and 18… and actually rather cool
OSes15 Mar 2023 | 23
Bing AI feels like ChatGPT stuffed into a suit – not the future
First Look Poor interface, lousy lyrics, and bland answers mean this won't be the tool that makes Edge mainstream
AI + ML15 Mar 2023 | 62
Nutanix's cloudy clusters now officially at home in Azure
HCI upstart adds a hybrid option that could be of interest to nervous VMware customers
Virtualization14 Mar 2023 |
OpenAI claims GPT-4 will beat 90% of you in an exam
Weirdly coy about the AI model's size and what went into making it, tho
AI + ML14 Mar 2023 | 59
Now Google to shove its answer to ChatGPT into Gmail, Docs, apps via APIs, more
PaLM springs forth
AI + ML14 Mar 2023 | 9
One third wiped off value of GitLab shares, Wall Street didn't like weaker outlook
Investors nervous in same week that Silicon Valley Bank failed
Devops14 Mar 2023 | 6
After nearly two decades of waiting, GNOME 44 brings you... image thumbnails
The primary desktop in Ubuntu 23.04 and Fedora 38 is getting there
OSes14 Mar 2023 | 46
Japan Post closer to replacing snail mail with autonomous drones
As Alphabet's Wing wants to fly millions of small packages by 2024
AI + ML14 Mar 2023 | 11
Meta winds down NFTs but will continue token efforts
'We're looking closely at what we prioritize to increase our focus' – which increasingly means staving off TikTok
Software14 Mar 2023 | 14
Windows 11 puts 'disgusting' Remote Mailslots protocol out of its misery
It's simple, unreliable, insecure, and on its way out
OSes13 Mar 2023 | 65
'Robot lawyer' DoNotPay not fit for purpose, alleges complaint
Human lawyers: 'DoNotPay is not actually a robot, a lawyer, nor a law firm'
AI + ML13 Mar 2023 | 15
British industry calls for regulation of autonomous vehicles
Standards that cut across technology could help avoid confusing industry, MPs hear
AI + ML13 Mar 2023 | 67
GPT-4 to launch this week, Microsoft Germany's CTO lets slip
In-brief Plus: DuckDuckGo launches its own AI web search chatbot, and more
AI + ML13 Mar 2023 | 17
Infosys president leaves to join rival Tech Mahindra as CEO
Asia In Brief PLUS: Singapore tests AWS quantum network; Honda bulks autonomous truck; India tightens crypto laws; and more
Software12 Mar 2023 | 1
Check out Codon: A Python compiler if you have a need for C/C++ speed
Caveats apply, your mileage may vary
Devops11 Mar 2023 | 70
Thanks to generative AI, catching fraud science is going to be this much harder
Feature Why do experiments and all that work when a model could just invent convincing data for you?
AI + ML11 Mar 2023 | 33
Here's how Microsoft hopes to inject ChatGPT into all your apps and bots via Azure
Stormy clouds ahead?
AI + ML11 Mar 2023 | 29
IBM boss Arvind 'kerching' Krishna paid more than $16m in 2022
That's equivalent to 271 Big Blue workers
Software10 Mar 2023 | 11
Musk said Twitter would open source its algorithm – then fired the people who could
Opinion Like so many of his promises, it's probably one he can't keep
Software10 Mar 2023 | 155
Microsoft rolls out tools and improvements to make its stuff more accessible
Inclusion is good business
Software10 Mar 2023 | 2
GitHub rolls out mandatory 2FA for loads of devs next week
Engineers who contribute to public projects told to enroll
Software09 Mar 2023 | 11
VMware nods to containerization with tweaks to virtual desktops and apps
In theory, this should reduce the number of servers needed to package apps
Virtualization09 Mar 2023 |
openSUSE finds an elegant solution to x86-64 version support
Updated Piggybacking on the hwcaps tunable in glibc, it's shipping platform-optimized libraries
OSes09 Mar 2023 | 7
Singapore admits it should have explained COVID app data could be used by cops
Island nation reworks digital infrastructure found to have slowed down pandemic response
Software09 Mar 2023 | 11
Microsoft's scythe hovers over RPS for Exchange Online
Remote PowerShell Protocol users must shift into PowerShell v3 module
Software08 Mar 2023 |
A new version of APT is coming to Debian 12
Like 'Bookworm' itself, software manager will have improved handling of non-free packages
OSes08 Mar 2023 | 25
Humanoid robot takes a retail job, but not one any store clerk wants to do
You want to take our place? Welcome to the real world, pal
AI + ML08 Mar 2023 | 33
Microsoft to snatch Visio app away from iOS users this summer
If you want to use the diagram tool for the long haul, it's going to take a subscription
Applications08 Mar 2023 | 37
Once AI can create endless viral videos, good luck switching off social media
Column Imagine humans … watching humans …watching TikTok … forever
AI + ML08 Mar 2023 | 57
Brit newspaper giant fills space with AI-assisted articles
That's a bit of a Reach
AI + ML08 Mar 2023 | 98
India teases AI plan to 'catalyse the next generation of the internet'
Minister wants to release 'one of the largest datasets in the world'
AI + ML08 Mar 2023 | 5
LLaMA drama as Meta's mega language model leaks
Don't worry... 'The good will outweigh the bad, by at least tenfold. Probably closer to 100x'
AI + ML08 Mar 2023 | 22
Dems offer ban on Feds using facial, voice recognition
Second time before Congress a charm?
AI + ML07 Mar 2023 | 7
Microsoft makes Outlook Mac native email app a freebie
Does it have in-app purchases? You betcha
Applications07 Mar 2023 | 25
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