Oracle open source overlord calls it quits, leaves with big ol' pile of shares
38-year veteran Edward Screven led technology and architecture decisions since Sun merger
Databases14 Jan 2025 |
Software
Microsoft and OEMs cut prices of Copilot+ PCs in Europe during Q4, analyst stats confirm
Double digit reduction only served to 'stimulate some interest'
AI + ML14 Jan 2025 | 9
Intel and AMD engineers rush to save Linux 6.13 after dodgy Microsoft tweak
'Let's not do this again please'... days before release date
OSes14 Jan 2025 | 13
Snyk appears to deploy 'malicious' packages targeting Cursor for unknown reason
Updated Packages removed, vendor said to have apologized to AI code editor as onlookers say it could have been a test
Security14 Jan 2025 |
Absolute Linux has reached the end – where to next?
Analysis Linux distros that don't exist, but we wish did
OSes14 Jan 2025 | 16
Europe hopes Trump trumps Biden's plan for US to play AI gatekeeper
Export controls would limit shipments of GPUs to large swaths of EU
AI + ML14 Jan 2025 | 42
Hulk smash Musk and Zuck! Actor Mark Ruffalo and non-billionaire pals back network tech underpinning Bluesky
Free Our Feeds solicits funds to foster AT Protocol that powers decentralized social media
Bootnotes14 Jan 2025 | 47
WordPress leader Matt Mullenweg exiles five contributors
WordPress.org accounts cancelled, dissidents told to fork off
Applications14 Jan 2025 | 19
HPE may have bagged $1B order from Elon Musk's X for AI servers
That's Cray cray
HPC14 Jan 2025 | 18
In AI agent push, Microsoft re-orgs to create 'CoreAI – Platform and Tools' team
Nad lad says 30 years of change happening in 3 years ... we're certainly feeling the compression of time
AI + ML13 Jan 2025 | 8
CoreWeave drops £1bn in UK datacenters – but don't expect the latest Nvidia magic just yet
Rent-a-GPU outfit's latest datacenters are packed to the brim with H200s
Systems13 Jan 2025 | 2
Azure, Microsoft 365 MFA outage locks out users across regions
It's fixed, mostly, after Europeans had a manic Monday
Security13 Jan 2025 | 9
Nvidia snaps back at Biden's 'innovation-killing' AI chip export restrictions
'New rule threatens to squander America's hard-won technological advantage' says GPU supremo
Systems13 Jan 2025 | 23
Tesla recalls 239,382 vehicles over rearview camera problems
Software snafu can fry computer components for owners of Musk's electric buggies
Personal Tech13 Jan 2025 | 60
UK unveils plans to mainline AI into the veins of the nation
Government adopts all 50 venture capitalist recommendations but leaves datacenter energy puzzle unsolved
AI + ML13 Jan 2025 | 76
UK prepared to throw planning rules out the window for massive datacenters
Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project designation could tear down more restrictions
On-Prem13 Jan 2025 | 78
Life lesson: Don't delete millions of accounts on the same day you go to the dentist
Who, Me? Or ignore documentation that warns you are about to do something dangerous
Databases13 Jan 2025 | 55
Euro-cloud Anexia moves 12,000 VMs off VMware to homebrew KVM platform
Exclusive Faced with huge license cost increase, provider and customers were both happy to make migration a mission
Virtualization13 Jan 2025 | 31
Linus Torvalds offers to build guitar effects pedal for kernel developer
‘I'm a software person with a soldering iron’, he warns alongside release of Linux 6.13-rc7
Personal Tech13 Jan 2025 | 58
Microsoft tests 45% M365 price hikes in Asia-Pacific to see how much you enjoy AI
Won’t say if other nations will be hit, but will ‘listen, learn, and improve’ as buyers react – so far with anger
SaaS13 Jan 2025 | 120
Popular
Pornhub lockdown and fact-free Zuckbots – welcome to 2025
Opinion Think you're good at spotting trends? Try these on for size
Euro-cloud Anexia moves 12,000 VMs off VMware to homebrew KVM platform
Exclusive Faced with huge license cost increase, provider and customers were both happy to make migration a mission
Linus Torvalds offers to build guitar effects pedal for kernel developer
‘I'm a software person with a soldering iron’, he warns alongside release of Linux 6.13-rc7
Microsoft tests 45% M365 price hikes in Asia-Pacific to see how much you enjoy AI
Won’t say if other nations will be hit, but will ‘listen, learn, and improve’ as buyers react – so far with anger
NATO's newest member comes out swinging following latest Baltic Sea cable attack
'Sweden has changed,' PM warns as trio of warships join defense efforts
Ransomware crew abuses AWS native encryption, sets data-destruct timer for 7 days
'Codefinger' crims on the hunt for compromised keys
They've only gone and made Doom run in a PDF file
Knee-deep in the markup
Miscreants 'mass exploited' Fortinet firewalls, 'highly probable' zero-day used
Ransomware 'not off the table,' Arctic Wolf threat hunter tells El Reg
Azure, Microsoft 365 MFA outage locks out users across regions
It's fixed, mostly, after Europeans had a manic Monday
Life lesson: Don't delete millions of accounts on the same day you go to the dentist
Who, Me? Or ignore documentation that warns you are about to do something dangerous
STORIES
That subdued CES has us wondering what 2025 will look like, tech-wise
Kettle El Reg vultures circle the Consumer Electronics Show
Personal Tech12 Jan 2025 | 16
Google and Linux Foundation form Chromium love club
Right as Uncle Sam pushes for Chrome sell-off, eh?
Applications10 Jan 2025 | 12
New Outlook marches onto Windows 10 for what little time it has left
Users of doomed operating system to receive unloved app via an update
OSes10 Jan 2025 | 65
Free-software warriors celebrate landmark case that enforced GNU LGPL
On the Fritz: German router maker AVM lets device rights case end after coughing up source code
Software10 Jan 2025 | 41
Mail-out madness as insurer offers refunds to customers in error
Hastings has a mystery to solve – how did all those customers get offered refunds?
Databases10 Jan 2025 | 44
Hands-on jobs to grow fastest, because AI can't touch them
World Economic Forum finds huge demand for brainbox skills, news for how it changes your role
AI + ML10 Jan 2025 | 70
Court docs allege Meta trained its AI models on contentious trove of maybe-pirated content
Did Zuck’s definition of ‘free expression’ just get even broader?
Legal10 Jan 2025 | 26
Biden said to weigh global limits on AI exports in 11th-hour trade war blitz
updated China faces outright ban while others vie for Uncle Sam's favor
Public Sector09 Jan 2025 | 8
Microsoft preps for a year of enterprise-impacting M365 retirements
Hey administrators – buckle up. 2025 is going to be a wild ride
OSes09 Jan 2025 | 7
Haiku Beta 5 / In tests it's (Fire)foxier / It pleases us well
Simply the best FOSS desktop OS there is, outside of the Windows and Unix families
Applications09 Jan 2025 | 67
Trump China tariffs to 'overshadow' the 'progress' of AI PCs
Already inflated costs of NPU-based boxes set to jump on import tax
AI + ML09 Jan 2025 | 25
£3.8B later, old tech supplier flames still burning for HMRC
Deal supposed to end in 2017 continues to haunt tax collector procurement
Software09 Jan 2025 | 10
To save the energy grid from AI, use open source AI, says open source body
Linux Foundation Energy argues rapidly decentralizing electricity sector can't succeed with silos
AI + ML09 Jan 2025 | 5
Microsoft invites Chinese software vendors to sell on its marketplace and through its partners
Good luck getting buyers and resellers excited about that
Channel09 Jan 2025 | 8
Securing AI workloads in multi-tenant K8s clusters
Discover how F5 BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes offloads critical AI tasks to BlueField-3 DPUs
Partner Content
We did warn you – 2025 may be the year AI bots take over Meta's 'verse
Opinion Can't grow any more? Let's just invent engagement!
Personal Tech08 Jan 2025 | 51
Amazon splashes $11B on AI datacenters in Georgia
Peach State already home to more than 50 bit barns
On-Prem08 Jan 2025 | 2
AI hype led to an enterprise datacenter spending binge in 2024 that won't last
GPUs and generative AI systems so hot right now... yet 'long-term trend remains,' says analyst
On-Prem08 Jan 2025 | 7
Google snags ex-Microsoft exec to helm cloud in the UK
Maureen Costello hopes to 'empower' businesses with AI
PaaS + IaaS08 Jan 2025 | 6
Just when you thought terminal emulators couldn't get any better, Ghostty ships
HashiCorp co-founder's side project reaches 1.0 – er, 1.0.1
Applications08 Jan 2025 | 89
Honda upgrades robot brain into OS for future electric cars
Remember humanoid bot ‘Asimo’, which could kick balls and pour beer? It survives as EV software
AI + ML08 Jan 2025 | 9
US watchdog sticks probe into 2.6M Teslas over so-called Smart Summon crash reports
If it's spelled like an A.S.S, acts like an ass, maybe it's just...
Software08 Jan 2025 | 34
Uncle Sam now targets six landlord giants in war on alleged algorithmic rent fixing
One of ya is gonna sing like a canary, prosecutors say
AI + ML08 Jan 2025 | 23
John Deere boasts driverless fleet - who needs operators, anyway?
CES Lots of new ways to cut labor costs, no mention of repairability
AI + ML07 Jan 2025 | 41
AI can improve on code it writes, but you have to know how to ask
LLMs do more for developers who already know what they're doing
Software07 Jan 2025 | 34
Apple shrugs off BBC complaint with promise to 'further clarify' AI content
It's down to users to do the fact-checking themselves
AI + ML07 Jan 2025 | 47
Windows 11 24H2 can run – sort of – in 184MB
Do you really need a new PC for Microsoft's latest and greatest?
OSes07 Jan 2025 | 36
Can AWS really fix AI hallucination? We talk to head of Automated Reasoning Byron Cook
Interview Engineer who works on ways to prove that code is mathematically correct finds his field is suddenly much less obscure
AI + ML07 Jan 2025 | 84
The latest language in the GNU Compiler Collection: Algol-68
That is not dead which can eternal lie… including the grandparent of C, apparently
Software07 Jan 2025 | 63
Demand for AI servers sees Foxconn fly and suppliers come along for the ride
Record quarterly revenue at contract manufacturing giant suggests strong demand for hardware of all sorts
Systems07 Jan 2025 |
Nvidia shrinks Grace-Blackwell Superchip to power $3K mini PC
CES Tuned for running chunky models on the desktop with 128GB of RAM, custom Ubuntu
AI + ML07 Jan 2025 | 9
3Blue1Brown copyright takedown blunder by AI biz blamed on human error
Worker copy-pasted wrong YouTube URL, says ChainPatrol
AI + ML07 Jan 2025 | 56
Even at $200/mo, Altman admits ChatGPT Pro struggles to turn a profit
comment But don't worry, he's 'figured out' AGI
AI + ML06 Jan 2025 | 30
Microsoft declares 2025 'the year of the Windows 11 PC refresh'
CES Slumping market share, unwanted features ... no, it's the consumers who are wrong!
Software06 Jan 2025 | 174
Tired of begging, Microsoft now trying to trick users into thinking Bing is Google
If you can't beat 'em, just imitate their branding, hide yours and hope they don't notice
Personal Tech06 Jan 2025 | 79
AI spending spree continues as Microsoft commits $80B for 2025
With those whopping returns who could argue with the premis... oh wait
On-Prem06 Jan 2025 | 28
Google's 10-year Chromebook lifeline leaves old laptops headed for silicon cemetery
Longer support for newer models won't save prior versions from scrapheap
Personal Tech06 Jan 2025 | 70
Looming energy crunch makes future uncertain for datacenters
But investors still betting big on bit barns thanks to AI and cloud demand
On-Prem06 Jan 2025 | 12
Microsoft's spat with ValueLicensing limps toward 2026 showdown
Legal tussle over resale of on-prem perpetual licenses kicked off four years ago
Software06 Jan 2025 | 3
Brackets go there? Oops. That’s not where I used them and now things are broken
Who, Me? Weird syntax AND/OR a junior techie can be very bad for business
Devops06 Jan 2025 | 80
Broadcom filing mentions major VMware Cloud Foundation releases in March and July
Will they make price rises palatable? Or bring more of what new Netflix lawsuit calls Broadcom's ‘Buy. Chop up. Raise prices' business plan?
Virtualization06 Jan 2025 | 5
How the OS/2 flop went on to shape modern software
Opinion Even Microsoft's lead architect misunderstood the failure
OSes05 Jan 2025 | 184
Twigstats software sheds light on mysteries of Europe's old-school migrators
New tool for genetic analysis promises greater insights from the extraction of ancient DNA
Science05 Jan 2025 | 12
Honey co-founder's Pie Adblock called out for copying GPL'd uBlock Origin files
And, magically, a repo appears on GitHub with attribution
Personal Tech04 Jan 2025 | 32
With datacenter power crisis looming, US government looks to Constellation
Not just AWS, Microsoft et al that are betting on nuclear energy, 13 federal agencies get in on act too
On-Prem03 Jan 2025 | 10
US logic in question, but perhaps American memory can still prevail
Comment With Intel's foundry future in doubt, Micron takes center stage in US Chips Act push
Storage03 Jan 2025 | 10
How a good business deal made us underestimate BASIC
Feature A somewhat savvy hardware move may have hurt street cred of an important language
Software03 Jan 2025 | 279
Boffins carve up C so code can be converted to Rust
Mini-C is a subset of C that can be automatically turned to Rust without much fuss
Software03 Jan 2025 | 117
Accenture wins £35M more UK tax work without competition despite promise to 'disaggregate'
System which went live in 2009 cannot be supported by another supplier, tax collector says
Applications03 Jan 2025 | 8
Stumbling ERP project racks up sales losses greater than budget
South African retailer struggles with SAP implementation, says it is making improvements
Databases03 Jan 2025 | 6
Apple auto-opts everyone into having their photos analyzed by AI for landmarks
Homomorphic-based Enhanced Visual Search is so privacy-preserving, iPhone giant activated it without asking
Personal Tech03 Jan 2025 | 68
LA deputies dogged by New Year date glitch in patrol car PCs
SoCal plod resort to paper logs after system that top brass was warned would 'inevitably fail' did exactly that
Bootnotes03 Jan 2025 | 57
25 years on from Y2K, let's all be glad it happened way back then
Comment With today’s connected tech, a similar-scale bug would be hard to squash
Software02 Jan 2025 | 121
It's been 20 years since Oracle bought two software rivals, changing the market forever
Feature After lawsuits and poison pills, PeopleSoft and JD Edwards failed to resist the lure of Larry's ambition
Databases02 Jan 2025 | 19
With 10 months of support remaining, Windows 10 still dominates
Statcounter figures show Windows 11 losing user love
OSes02 Jan 2025 | 69
Edgio bankruptcy results in endpoint change for Microsoft
That strange time between Christmas and New Year – perfect for changing production projects
Devops02 Jan 2025 | 13
Workday on lessons learned from Iowa and Maine project woes
Interview Nine in ten of our implementations are a success, CEO Carl Eschenbach tells The Reg
SaaS02 Jan 2025 | 11
AWS follows Iceberg path to unite analytics platform
Analysis But other obstacles remain before developers get free choice of storage and analytics engines
Databases02 Jan 2025 |
A New Year's gift from Microsoft: Surprise, your scanners don't work
Canon confirms multifunction devices struggling with Windows 11 24H2
OSes02 Jan 2025 | 78
Schneider Electric warns of future where datacenters eat the grid
Report charts four scenarios from 'Sustainable AI' to 'Who Turned Out The Lights?'
On-Prem02 Jan 2025 | 58
Can 4G feature phones rise again on the back of QVGA, thin clients, and remote browsers?
The developer of the Puffin Browser thinks so – and has a million users to show for it
Personal Tech02 Jan 2025 | 32
Eight things that should not have happened last year, but did
Opinion 2024's Tech Fail Roll Of Dishonor
Bootnotes01 Jan 2025 | 112
UK watchdog launches inquiry into IBM's HashiCorp acquisition
To the surprise of no one, a multi-billion dollar deal comes under CMA scrutiny
Legal31 Dec 2024 | 3
It's only a matter of time before LLMs jump start supply-chain attacks
Interview 'The greatest concern is with spear phishing and social engineering'
Security29 Dec 2024 | 58
OpenAI plans to ring in the New Year with a for-profit push
We have altered the deal, pray we don’t alter it any further
AI + ML27 Dec 2024 | 46
Microsoft adds another problem to the Windows 11 24H2 naughty list
Santa Satya pops one more issue into his sack just in time for Christmas
OSes27 Dec 2024 | 86
The winner of last year's Windows Ugly Sweater is ...
Register readers have spoken
Bootnotes25 Dec 2024 | 14
Technical issue briefly grounds American Airlines flights across US
Unspecified "vendor technology" to blame for hour-long stop order
Software24 Dec 2024 | 19
Microsoft Edge takes a victory lap with some high-looking usage stats for 2024
Lots of big numbers, but market share wasn't one of them
Software24 Dec 2024 | 67
Are you better value for money than AI?
Comment Tech vendors start saying the quiet part out loud – do enterprises really need all that headcount?
AI + ML23 Dec 2024 | 102
SvarDOS: DR-DOS is reborn as an open source operating system
Updated A #DOScember surprise: fits on a single floppy, but has a network-capable package manager
OSes23 Dec 2024 | 86
Suspected LockBit dev, facing US extradition, 'did it for the money'
Dual Russian-Israeli national arrested in August
Cyber-crime23 Dec 2024 | 18
Fining Big Tech isn't working. Make them give away illegally trained LLMs as public domain
Opinion It's all made from our data, anyway, so it should be ours to use as we want
AI + ML22 Dec 2024 | 142
Apple called on to ditch AI headline summaries after BBC debacle
'Facts can't be decided by a roll of the dice'
AI + ML20 Dec 2024 | 156
Microsoft investigating 365 Office activation gremlin
Says it's not sure what the issue is but points at admins tweaking licensing options
Applications20 Dec 2024 | 24
Adélie Linux 1.0 – small, fast, but not quite grown up
Remarkably compact, remarkably cross-platform, remarkably long beta period
OSes20 Dec 2024 | 31
The Automattic vs WP Engine WordPress wars are getting really annoying
Opinion Forks at dawn.... but it's not great sign for open source
Software20 Dec 2024 | 63
Fedora Asahi Remix 41 for Apple Macs is out
New shiny if you run Linux on an M1 or M2
OSes20 Dec 2024 | 40
Techie fluked a fix and found himself the abusive boss's best friend
On Call And there his troubles began …
Software20 Dec 2024 | 124
Infosec experts divided on AI's potential to assist red teams
CANALYS FORUMS APAC Yes, LLMs can do the heavy lifting. But good luck getting one to give evidence
Security20 Dec 2024 | 10
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