Ubuntu 22.04.1: Slightly late, but worth the upgrade
Latest shine on the Jammy Jellyfish brings ton of fixes to keep you working smoothly
OSes12 Aug 2022 | 4
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Our software is perfect. If something has gone wrong, it must be YOUR fault
Something for the Weekend Hello customer, can I help you? Ha ha, just kidding, of course I won’t
Software12 Aug 2022 | 138
VMware offers cloudy upgrade lifeline to legacy vCenter users
But warns 'upcoming major release of vSphere' will break some plugins
Virtualization12 Aug 2022 | 8
Dealing with legacy issues around Red Hat crypto versions? Here's a fix
RHEL SHA-ll speak unto RHEL… except from 9 to 6
OSes11 Aug 2022 | 9
Want the very latest Windows Insider Dev Channel build? Check your disk space
You might need to free up 24GB. A bug for now, but might be sign of way things are going
OSes11 Aug 2022 | 24
Rescuezilla 2.4 is here: Grab it before you need it
A fork of Redo Rescue that outdoes the original – and beats Clonezilla too
Software11 Aug 2022 | 15
Microsoft joins India's monopoly-busting e-commerce multi-mart
The Open Network for Digital Commerce could hardly ask for a more credible participant
Software11 Aug 2022 | 3
Tech industry stuck over patent problems with AI algorithms
Lawyers at Google are unsure if they can patent chip floorplans created by machines
AI + ML10 Aug 2022 | 29
Google tells Apple to 'fix text messaging' in bid to promote RCS protocol
iMessage talks to Android users via outdated SMS/MMS, ad giant complains
Software10 Aug 2022 | 89
Microsoft unveils native Arm64 support in the .NET Framework
Older operating systems excluded from the 4.8.1 release party
Applications10 Aug 2022 |
Microsoft asks staff to think twice before submitting expenses
Business travel, outside training, and picnic overheads all under watchful gaze of Redmond's accountants
Software10 Aug 2022 | 45
NetBSD 9.3: A 2022 OS that can run on late-1980s hardware
Need a cold shower? This is xNix like Windows users imagine it still is
OSes10 Aug 2022 | 53
Iran cheerfully admits using cryptocurrency to pay for imports
Trade minister says to expect more of this sanctions-busting stuff starting in September
Software10 Aug 2022 | 33
GitHub courts controversy by suspending Tornado Cash developers and reneging on cookie commitments
If you're looking for free speech or privacy, move along
Software10 Aug 2022 | 59
Amazon takes RDS performance, scalability and durability to the next level
AWS continues to innovate upon Multi-AZ deployments
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Tesla Full Self-Driving fails to notice child-sized objects in testing
Campaign group Dawn Project results calculated from small sample size, test done without hands on the wheel
AI + ML09 Aug 2022 | 228
Moving to SAP in the cloud is a good thing. But is it a good thing for you, right now?
Are you ready? Here's how to find out
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Parallels increases prices with Desktop version 18
Running Windows apps on your M1 Mac just got a bit more expensive
Virtualization09 Aug 2022 | 24
Harvard boffins build multimodal AI system to predict 14 types of cancer
Many sources become one
AI + ML09 Aug 2022 | 2
Burger King just sent spam receipts to customers
Updated Have it your way – whether you want it or not
Software09 Aug 2022 | 60
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General Motors charging mandatory $1,500 fee for three years of optional car features
Don't want the services? You'll still have to pay for them, activated or not
DoE digs up molten salt nuclear reactor tech, taps Los Alamos to lead the way back
The collaborative effort pits supercomputers against the agency's corrosive reactor research
Rescuezilla 2.4 is here: Grab it before you need it
A fork of Redo Rescue that outdoes the original – and beats Clonezilla too
Google tells Apple to 'fix text messaging' in bid to promote RCS protocol
iMessage talks to Android users via outdated SMS/MMS, ad giant complains
Russian invasion has dangerously destabilized cyber security norms
Black Hat The inside scoop on the Ukrainian IT army, and what could happen next
Cisco admits corporate network compromised by gang with links to Lapsus$
Voice-phished their way in, but Switchzilla claims no damage done
Economic uncertainty can't stop cloud growth
You may have had your fill of chips – but AWS, GCP, and Azure are still hungry, analyst tells El Reg
Four charged with tricking Qualcomm into buying $150m startup
Updated Technically the chip giant already owned the tech due to real inventor’s contract, according to DoJ
Supermicro pulls in a strong quarter thanks to rack-scale demand
More customers also adopting the server maker's green computing products, CEO says
Google gets the green light to flood US Gmail inboxes with political spam
Federal Election Commission votes to let Google allow campaign email through filters
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Aussies crowdsource a business case for central bank digital currencies
Ring-fenced tests planned, despite previous regulatory skepticism about the need for fiat digi-dollars
Software09 Aug 2022 | 21
Alibaba's e-commerce arm counts carbon to encourage you to buy more stuff
Encourages 'eco friendly' consumer choices in exchange for discounts
Software09 Aug 2022 | 6
Real-time deepfakes can be beaten by a sideways glance
For now at least, until data catches up
AI + ML08 Aug 2022 | 13
California accuses Tesla of false advertising over Autopilot
DMV goes after manufacturer and dealer licenses
AI + ML08 Aug 2022 | 28
Tiers before bedtime: AWS updates Lambda pricing structure
'Time to update your spreadsheets,' expert says of 'inscrutable' changes
Devops08 Aug 2022 | 3
Ready for the Linux 6.0 splashdown? Here are some of the highlights
Don't panic if you're not a fan of big changes… it's 5.20 by another name
OSes08 Aug 2022 | 16
GitLab versus The Zombie Repos: An old plot needs a new twist
Opinion Git back, git back, git back to where your files belong
Devops08 Aug 2022 | 56
China allows robo taxis – without backup drivers – in parts of two major cities
Baidu gets the fare in Chongqing and Wuhan
AI + ML08 Aug 2022 | 22
UK wants criminal migrants to scan their faces up to five times a day using a watch
In brief Plus: Meta launches prototype AI chatbot, and cities reverse facial recognition bans
AI + ML07 Aug 2022 | 129
FauxPilot: It's like GitHub Copilot but doesn't phone home to Microsoft
Updated And if you train your own AI model for it, you can worry less about licensing
Devops06 Aug 2022 | 19
Fancy a freshened up SLAX or ChromeOS replacement Peppermint OS?
Two lightweight distros get updated after extended pauses
OSes05 Aug 2022 | 5
Be careful where you install software, and who installs it
On Call I have bigger problems than where you put our code
Software05 Aug 2022 | 86
Claims of AI sentience branded 'pure clickbait'
Stanford academics peeved over LaMDA chatbot brouhaha
AI + ML05 Aug 2022 | 114
Citrix adds Hypervisor Cloud to bring more and faster updates
Years after the company quit server virtualization, but may be handy for hybrid work
Virtualization05 Aug 2022 | 3
GitLab U-turns on deleting dormant projects after backlash
Updated Now makes vague pledge to shove inactive repos into slow object storage
Devops05 Aug 2022 | 40
One to watch: Open-source code that measures your exposure to CCTV
Like a Geiger counter but for surveillance cameras
Applications04 Aug 2022 | 29
Microsoft's Teams goes native on Apple, retains a human touch
There'll be a welcome in valleys of Wales for language translation
Applications04 Aug 2022 | 18
Have all the clouds you need, but you’re still going to want a single development platform
Looking for an easy transition to managed cloud services? Red Hat says it can help …
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Ubuntu Focal user? Expect a Jammy upgrade popup soon
Updated If you're on the HWE stack, you'll get the Jammy kernel*
OSes04 Aug 2022 | 5
The many derivatives of the CP/M operating system
After a long and surprisingly varied dynasty, it's possible they're all FOSS now
OSes04 Aug 2022 | 120
Financial exchange's efforts to replace core systems with blockchain founder – again
Accenture roped in to find the weakest link
Software04 Aug 2022 | 15
GitLab plans to delete dormant projects in free accounts
Exclusive Hopes to save a quarter of hosting costs by binning repos that haven't been touched for a year
Devops04 Aug 2022 | 103
Education officials urged to curb student snoopware
Or just see it as preparing them for the future
Applications04 Aug 2022 | 7
VC wells drying up: Y Combinator's latest class shrinks 40%
Time to take another gander at that pitch deck
Software03 Aug 2022 | 3
Equifax software bug messed up credit score calculations for weeks
About one in ten computations for loans, credit cards, etc said to be wrong
Applications03 Aug 2022 | 14
Microsoft thinks there are people on 2G networks who want to use Outlook
Offers 5MB Outlook Lite App that works on phones with only 1GB RAM
Applications03 Aug 2022 | 44
Windows 11 comes to AWS EC2 as a VM import option
UEFI is sorted, but BYO licenses are required
Virtualization03 Aug 2022 |
AI-friendly patent law needed 'as a matter of national security', ex-USPTO boss says
Neural network training and whatnot didn't occur to 18th century founders
AI + ML02 Aug 2022 | 32
New Outlook feature: It freezes up when dealing with tables in emails
From the department of You Had One Job. Good luck expensing that Uber ride
Software02 Aug 2022 | 53
Like Ubuntu, just a bit less hassle: Linux Mint 21 'Vanessa'
Not for the Linux illuminati, but a great starter Linux for non-Linux-heads
OSes02 Aug 2022 | 22
Apple sued by French media over App Store power
Gros fromages take on big Pomme
Applications02 Aug 2022 | 19
Canonical adds instance tweaking to Multipass, Confidential VMs to Azure
The days of destroying and rebuilding to add another CPU core are numbered
Virtualization01 Aug 2022 |
David Holz, founder of AI art generator Midjourney, on the future of imaging
Interview Optimizing for beauty while trying to suppress sensationalism
AI + ML01 Aug 2022 | 10
Windows 10 22H2 edges closer to the enterprise as OS hits Release Preview
Not to worry, admins: Hardware Compatibility Program still the same as Windows 10 2004
OSes01 Aug 2022 | 4
MIT boffins make AI chips '1 million times faster than the synapses in the human brain'
In brief Plus: Why ML research is difficult to produce – and Army lab extends AI contract with Palantir
AI + ML01 Aug 2022 | 17
Sage accused of misselling perpetual licenses it knew would soon be obsolete
SME financial software vendor acknowledges customers expect systems to work for longer, but fails to appease them
Software01 Aug 2022 | 62
Linus Torvalds releases Linux 5.19 – using Asahi on an Arm-powered Mac
Hails the combo as finally making Arm 'usable as a development platform'
OSes31 Jul 2022 | 46
VMware’s subscriptions start at 16 cores, prices won't be made public
Prepaid one-, three-, or five-year terms preferred for big bundles
Virtualization29 Jul 2022 | 29
Microsoft to offer app-store-like experience to distribute and update bespoke apps
Behold the mutant offspring of the Microsoft Store, Endpoint Manager, and Package Manager
Software29 Jul 2022 | 3
Nearly all protein structures known to science predicted by AlphaFold AI
Let's hold off the champagne until an actual drug is developed using this tech
AI + ML28 Jul 2022 | 27
Garuda Linux 'Talon': Arch, but different. Dare we say it? Better
This relatively new distro from an Indian founder is smart, capable, fast… and colorful
OSes28 Jul 2022 | 9
Data processor Hazelcast goes serverless: Viridian platform hits beta
For the real-time developer that really hates thinking about infrastructure and provisioning
Devops28 Jul 2022 |
Battle of the retro Unix desktops: NsCDE versus CDE
Will the real CDE please stand up?
Software28 Jul 2022 | 68
VMware delivers a load of updates for its Amazonian incarnation
Windows 11 debuts, as service extends to Hong Kong
Virtualization28 Jul 2022 | 3
Now another Meta acquisition in jeopardy: VR biz Within
And on the same day revenue declined, web ad spend uncertain, hiring slowed, more AI curation promised
AI + ML28 Jul 2022 | 14
Meta approves four programming languages for workers and developers
Rust never sleeps and is henceforth welcome for backend services and CLI tools
Software27 Jul 2022 | 15
MIT, Autodesk develop AI that can figure out confusing Lego instructions
But can MEPNet make sense of that Ikea manual too?
AI + ML27 Jul 2022 | 22
Computer glitches harmed 'nearly 150' patients after Oracle Cerner system go-live
Problems with the October 2020 veterans’ hospital software launch being fixed quickly, promises Oracle
Software27 Jul 2022 | 40
Microsoft profits rise again despite knocks from China, Russia
Finishes the year with close to $200 billion annual revenue and $185 million a day in profits
Software27 Jul 2022 | 3
CHERI-based computer runs KDE for the first time
Digital security via processor design, hardware-enforced protection … and a friendly desktop
OSes26 Jul 2022 | 16
Microsoft warns Windows 10 patch broke printing for some
Stop us if you'd heard this one before...
OSes26 Jul 2022 | 41
Software issues cost Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess his job
From Beetles to bugs: 'Development of software expertise biggest switch automotive industry has to make'
Software26 Jul 2022 | 53
About that $1b... IBM says Watson Health assets fetched $230m in pre-tax profits
Unit was supposed to transform oncology yet never turned a profit, ended up in hands of private equity
AI + ML26 Jul 2022 | 15
Hints about SUSE's 'Adaptable Linux Platform' emerge
Direction of future distros may be firming up, along with formidable system requirements
OSes26 Jul 2022 | 15
Teradici re-emerges as 'HP Anyware' to replace ZCentral Remote Boost
Expect it to be bundled into managed desktop services from HP Inc.
Virtualization26 Jul 2022 | 2
Nvidia gets down with low code in AI Enterprise update
GPU giant promises to make ML accessible to even the most modest biz
AI + ML26 Jul 2022 |
Fedora sours on Creative Commons 'No Rights Reserved' license
Lack of patent rights waiver in CC0 cited as problematic
OSes25 Jul 2022 | 19
Upgrading what might be the world's oldest running Linux install
If you use Putty, there's a good chance you've visited Chiark
OSes25 Jul 2022 | 70
Windows Start Menu not starting? You're not alone
Known Issue Rollback for affected Windows 11 users
OSes25 Jul 2022 | 38
Oracle to hike support fees in line with inflation
US looks forward to 8% increase while consumer prices spike around the globe
Applications25 Jul 2022 | 14
Russian ChessBot breaks child opponent's finger
But don't get all 'Rise of the Machines' on this one – Russian media says the 'bot has played for years without problems
AI + ML25 Jul 2022 | 60
I've been fired, says engineer who claimed Google chatbot was sentient
In brief Plus: How writers are using AI tools to help them write fiction more quickly
AI + ML23 Jul 2022 | 86
Your job was probably outsourced for exactly the reason you suspected
It costs relatively next to nothing to hire devs on the other side of the planet
Software23 Jul 2022 | 181
Analysts question pace of SAP users moving to S/4HANA
CEO claims 60 percent of deployments are new buyers. It may all depend on how you define deployment
Software22 Jul 2022 | 2
How to get Linux onto a non-approved laptop
Dell certifies certain models for Linux, but if yours isn't, all is not lost
OSes22 Jul 2022 | 54
Microsoft sunsets Windows built-in data leak prevention
The alternative is a paid subscription service. What's the bet it's more expensive than the current offering?
Software22 Jul 2022 | 10
UK blocks China from licensing Manchester Uni's robot vision tech
National Security and Investment Act used to prevent export felt to have nasty defense implications
AI + ML22 Jul 2022 | 12
Automation outfit ABB sees supply chain woes easing
How can you have these worries as a software business? Just ask Cisco
Software21 Jul 2022 |
SAP lowers profit outlook due to cost of Russian withdrawal
Sticker shock: Russia, Belarus withdraw to cost it more than initially thought.
Applications21 Jul 2022 |
Tesla jettisons 75% of Bitcoin holdings, boosting cash balance by $936m
Estimates suggest it could take a $460 million hit on the exchange
Software21 Jul 2022 | 34
Alexa Live 2022: Stretching possibilities for voice AI at home
New Matter integrations, financial incentives for well-written Skills, and future plans are all on display today
Software21 Jul 2022 | 3
Baidu crashes the cost of robo-taxis by 75 percent
Steering wheel not required, if desired – or you could add a coffee machine
AI + ML21 Jul 2022 | 29
VMware starts tracking use of experimental Arm hypervisor
By watching how you use it, Virtzilla might figure out how to sell it
Virtualization21 Jul 2022 |
IBM launches Db2 operator for Kubenetes on AWS
Azure soon to follow as Big Blue accomodates a world with many clouds
Databases20 Jul 2022 | 2
Java SE 6 and 7 devs weigh their options as support ends
Decade-old SDKs also among targets for license audits
Software20 Jul 2022 | 11
Yocto Project gets big backer and second LTS release – but what is it?
You may not realize it, but you probably already use things made with this build system for embedded Linux
OSes20 Jul 2022 | 9
Is Microsoft going back to the future on release cadences?
Comment Further spacing out Windows builds is only part of the quality story
OSes20 Jul 2022 | 65
UK government refuses public review before launch of NHS data platform
Patients must have the right to decide what information is taken from health records, say privacy campaigners
Databases20 Jul 2022 | 128
After 40 years in tech, I see every innovation contains its dark opposite
Column From modems to the Metaverse, Mark Pesce has seen it all
Software20 Jul 2022 | 136
Microsoft lures SMBs to Cloudy PCs by connecting them to Xbox accounts
Windows as a service is getting more mature and manageable
Virtualization20 Jul 2022 | 8
