Databases
UK health secretary Matt Hancock follows delay to GP data grab with campaign called 'Data saves lives'
As ever, the devil is in the detail for privacy activists
22 Jun 13:30 | 52
Software
Register Debate
Containers have security problems and flexibility issues. VMs will make them viable
Never bet against a technology that has matured over decades
22 Jun 12:00 | 4
AI + ML
Hyundai takes 80 per cent stake in terrifying Black Mirror robo-hound firm Boston Dynamics
Korean giant sees bots as helping it become ‘Smart Mobility Solutions Provider’
22 Jun 04:57 | 23
Sponsored
The urgent shift to modern apps: A matter of boom or bust
Speed to market must not come at expense of security, visibility and control
21 Jun 23:00 |
Register Debate
VMs were a fad fit for the Great Recession. Containers’ time has finally come
No more managing operating systems and monolithic apps? Where do I sign!
21 Jun 12:00 | 51
Column
Windows 11: Meet the new OS, same as the old OS (or close enough)
From point release to pointless release
21 Jun 08:31 | 216
Who, Me?
Updating in production, like a boss
The pain in Spain comes mainly from a lack of training
21 Jun 07:30 | 111
Software
India’s IT lobby lashes forecast of automation-induced jobs bloodbath
NASSCOM says industry has already weathered the worst automation has to offer, but may use different definitions of where jobs are at risk
21 Jun 06:58 | 3
In brief
Mayflower, the AI ship sent to sail from the UK to the US with no humans, made it three days before breaking down
Plus: Canon has cameras that only let employees into meeting rooms if they smile, and more
19 Jun 07:18 | 79
Applications
Spyware, trade-secret theft, and $30m in damages: How two online support partners spectacularly fell out
Chat-bot maker LivePerson wins lawsuit against call-center outfit [24]7.ai
18 Jun 22:54 | 16
Applications
Amazon notices Apple, Google cutting app store commission rates, follows suit
Keeps small-time devs on the reservation with AWS credits, too
18 Jun 20:37 | 12
Software
Microsoft: Try to break our first preview of 64-bit Visual Studio – go on, we dare you
Plus: Updates to .NET 6, ASP.NET Core, and .NET MAUI
18 Jun 16:34 | 11
Software
Open standard but not open access: Schematron author complains about ISO paywall
'This is shooting Schematron in the heart ... its heart is individual open source developers'
18 Jun 12:32 | 47
Promo
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Hear how real-world users have switched to DBaaS with the Nutanix Database Summit on-demand
18 Jun 10:45 |
On Call
A hotline to His Billness? Or a guard having a bit of a giggle?
Choose Your Own On Call
18 Jun 07:30 | 81
Virtualization
VMware’s just given its best allies the tool to spread its Tanzu container creed
4000 service provider clouds are based on vSphere — now they’re all capable of running Kubernetes too
18 Jun 06:59 |
AI + ML
Chinese web giant Baidu unveils Level 4 robo-taxi that costs $75k to make
Plans to roll 1,000 of 'em off the production line in three years
18 Jun 05:58 | 11
AI + ML
FYI: There's a human-less, AI robot Mayflower ship sailing from the UK to US right now
Follow this Plymouth to Plymouth trip online
17 Jun 23:04 | 49
Software
TITAN crypto-token does the opposite of zero to $60: Value plummets in hours
And did a code bug throw a spanner in the works for IRON investors?
17 Jun 21:23 | 15
Software
Chrome 'Conformance' for JavaScript frameworks says: If you don't follow our rules, your project won't build
Google knows best
17 Jun 18:45 | 8
Popular
Updated
Hubble Space Telescope sails serenely on in safe mode after efforts to switch to backup memory modules fail
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Personal Tech
Now that China has all but banned cryptocurrencies, GPU prices are falling like Bitcoin
Let's just check BTC-USD, oh yeah, waaay down
Column
Windows 11: Meet the new OS, same as the old OS (or close enough)
From point release to pointless release
Register Debate
VMs were a fad fit for the Great Recession. Containers’ time has finally come
No more managing operating systems and monolithic apps? Where do I sign!
Security
US Air Force announces plan to assassinate molluscs with hypersonic missile
No word on whether top brass considered just shelling them into submission
Who, Me?
Updating in production, like a boss
The pain in Spain comes mainly from a lack of training
Legal
Toshiba engulfed by scandal again — and the prime minister is implicated
Company conspired with government to make life hard for activist foreign investors
Security
South Korea’s nuclear research agency breached by North Korea-affiliated cyberattackers, says malware analyst group
Think tank says inconsistencies in story were not a cover-up — just a mistake from “working-level staff”
Bork!Bork!Bork!
Emergency mode? Bah! It takes a Microsoft product to really break a digital sign
Memory is not the only thing leaking from Windows
Networks
'Lots of failed startups came out of Campus': Google axes London hub because startup scene 'doesn't need' another 7 floors of workspace
It needs 'resources, mentors, and programs ... at scale, anywhere'
STORIES
Databases
Graph DB slinger Neo4j secures $325m round of funding for $2bn valuation
Also touts sharded graph application running on 1,000 servers
17 Jun 16:01 | 3
AI + ML
Facebook, academics think they've cracked spotting deepfakes by spotting how they're generated
99% accuracy in testing
17 Jun 11:29 | 19
Software
Utopia? Echoes of Delphi and Dreamweaver in new visual editor for React
'I loved the idea of FrontPage, and learnt so much' confesses Utopia founder
17 Jun 10:45 | 11
Software
Microsoft CEO gets a side hustle — Satya Nadella made Chair of Microsoft board
Gates did both jobs, Ballmer didn’t. And of course there’s a handbrake in the form of a new lead independent director
17 Jun 06:58 | 3
Software
Three million job cuts coming at Indian services giants by next year, says Bank of America
Report says robotic process automation to shrink headcount by 30 per cent and boost profits — yet the outsourcers keep talking about hiring sprees
17 Jun 02:45 | 30
Software
Systemd 249 release candidate includes better support for immutable OSes and provisioning images
Along with a slew of other new features
16 Jun 14:22 | 103
Software
Open-source projects glibc and gnulib look to sever copyright ties with Free Software Foundation
Project maintainers follow GCC in dropping copyright assignment requirement
16 Jun 12:33 | 24
Databases
British Medical Association calls for clarity on patient deadline for opting out of NHS Digital's GP data grab
Did health service's tech arm give a cut-off date for doctors to process forms? Apparently not
16 Jun 11:30 | 19
OSes
Say helloSystem: Mac-like FreeBSD project emits 0.5 release
Why? Because the Mac has lost its way and modern OSes are too controlled and too complex, creator argues
16 Jun 10:01 | 73
Hands on
Dependable Debian is like a rock in a swirling gyre of 'move fast and break things', and version 11 is no different
A lot of effort has gone into this release and it shows – everything 'just works'
16 Jun 08:30 | 47
Applications
Bad Apple Safari update breaks IndexedDB JavaScript API, upsets web apps
Developers fed up with iGiant neglecting non-native software
16 Jun 07:29 | 8
Software
Funny how Sir Tim Berners-Lee, famous for hyperlinks, is into NFTs, glorified hyperlinks
Source code auction 'similar to selling an autograph copy of a book'
16 Jun 06:27 | 30
Software
Indian tax authorities summon Infosys to explain glitchy tax portal’s obvious shortcomings
Services giant given a week’s notice of interrogation as e-tax service continues to splutter
16 Jun 04:01 | 6
Virtualization
VMware’s ESXi-on-Arm adds support for two-socket servers, Nvidia boards
Ampere gets more love and the Raspberry Pi gets some stability tweaks for you virtual adventurers out there
16 Jun 01:39 |
OSes
What Microsoft's Windows 11 will probably look like
Leak of glossy makeover turns hype up to ... you get the idea
15 Jun 23:23 | 145
OSes
Debian's Cinnamon desktop maintainer quits because he thinks KDE is better now
Panic over for users as others step up to take his place
15 Jun 19:01 | 76
