Back in black: Microsoft Blue Screen of Death is going dark
At least the BSOD acronym will still work
OSes26 Jun 2025 | 59
Software
What if Microsoft just turned you off? Security pro counts the cost of dependency
Comment Czech researcher lays out a business case for reducing reliance on Redmond
Security26 Jun 2025 | 116
Exif marks the spot as fresh version of PNG image standard arrives
22 years on from the last spec, you can now animate your PNGs
Software26 Jun 2025 | 70
The SmartNIC revolution fell flat, but AI might change that
Analysis The idea of handing off networking chores to DPUs persists even if it hasn't caught on beyond hyperscalers
Datacenter Networking Nexus26 Jun 2025 | 4
Gridlocked: AI's power needs could short-circuit US infrastructure
You are not prepared for 5 GW datacenters, Deloitte warns
On-Prem26 Jun 2025 | 55
Kaseya CEO: Why AI adoption is below industry expectations
Interview Business data is fragmented and change management is hard
AI + ML26 Jun 2025 | 61
OpenDylan sheds some parentheses in 2025.1 update
Apple's advanced next-generation Lisp is still being maintained as FOSS
Software26 Jun 2025 | 24
Frozen foods supermarket chain deploys facial recognition tech
Privacy campaigner brands Iceland's use of 'Orwellian' camera tech 'chilling,' CEO responds: 'It'll cut violent crime'
Security26 Jun 2025 | 118
Top AI models - even American ones - parrot Chinese propaganda, report finds
Communist Party tracts in, Communist Party opinions out
AI + ML26 Jun 2025 | 31
Japanese company using mee-AI-ow to detect stressed cats
Rabo’s ‘Catlog’ smart collar sniffs for freaked-out felines, alerts owners with an app
AI + ML26 Jun 2025 | 23
Cosmoe: New C++ toolkit for building native Wayland apps
New UI library has 23 years of history – and unexpected roots
Software25 Jun 2025 | 13
Hyperscalers to eat 61% of global datacenter capacity by decade's end
Cloud and AI demand propel rapid buildout as on-prem share drops to 22%
On-Prem25 Jun 2025 |
CloudBees CEO says customers are slowing down on 'black box' code from AIs
interview Learning from the lessons of the past
Devops25 Jun 2025 | 11
Microsoft dangles extended Windows 10 support in exchange for Reward Points
Or your cloud-bound soul. Otherwise, $30 please
OSes25 Jun 2025 | 51
Anthropic: All the major AI models will blackmail us if pushed hard enough
Just like people
AI + ML25 Jun 2025 | 37
Germany asks if US hyperscalers hold keys to AI kingdom
Competition authorities listen to concerns over barriers to entry and reliance on AWS, Google and Microsoft
AI + ML25 Jun 2025 | 9
Brit politicians question Fujitsu's continued role in public sector contracts
Updated Despite Horizon scandal promises to end bidding, bids keep popping up
Public Sector25 Jun 2025 | 23
Bank of England expands data and cloud framework by £26.7 million after revising data strategy
Dependent on SAP and Oracle, UK central bank wants to modernize in the cloud, refresh data strategy
Public Sector25 Jun 2025 | 4
HPE Aruba boasts that when network problems come along, its AI will whip them into shape
NetAdmins may be mere years away from devolving into babysitters for bots
Datacenter Networking Nexus25 Jun 2025 | 6
Anthropic won't fix a bug in its SQLite MCP server
Fork that - 5k+ times
AI + ML25 Jun 2025 | 17
Tesla Robotaxi videos show Elon's way behind Waymo
Video Musk promised a million auto-autos by 2020. He's delivered maybe 10
AI + ML24 Jun 2025 | 188
Just say no to NO FAKES Act, EFF argues
The problem is focusing on property rights rather than privacy
Legal24 Jun 2025 | 8
LLMs can hoover up data from books, judge rules
Anthropic scores a qualified victory in fair use case, but got slapped for using over 7 million pirated copies
AI + ML24 Jun 2025 | 63
Mozilla rolls out Firefox 140 with ESR status and fresh features
Say hello to a year's support, but bid goodbye to Pocket
Software24 Jun 2025 | 40
HPE puts all its chips in the agentic AI pot
HPE Discover 2025 Another OEM has decided we're now in the agentic AI age
AI + ML24 Jun 2025 | 1
AI may be after your job, but this AI agent promises to help you get a new one
'Jobright Agent' can apply for jobs on your behalf
AI + ML24 Jun 2025 | 12
Microsoft is about to retire default outbound access for VMs in Azure
Interview 'Things will break,' Aviatrix CPO tells El Reg
Datacenter Networking Nexus24 Jun 2025 | 28
Xlibre forks to the rescue – but Kubuntu gives X11 the boot
Summer Solstice release lands as another distro ditches the old display protocol
Software24 Jun 2025 | 45
Datacenter market offers us captive customer base, say investors
AI boom sparks surge in bit barn funding as firms tout high barriers and sticky clients
On-Prem24 Jun 2025 | 2
Tiling terminal multiplexers for the console connoisseur
Split your shell for fun and profit – even over remote connections
Software24 Jun 2025 | 41
Lenovo shows what a Chromebook packing a MediaTek Kompanio Ultra can do
Nothing startling, even with Google’s AI extras
Personal Tech24 Jun 2025 | 21
Psylo browser tries to obscure digital fingerprints by giving every tab its own IP address
Gotta keep 'em separated so the marketers and snoops can't come out and play
Software24 Jun 2025 | 37
Omnissa brings VDI-style app packaging to physical PCs
VMware spin-out is making friends and choosing some enemies
Virtualization24 Jun 2025 | 5
Private equity types to snap up NoSQL biz Couchbase
$1.5 billion offered for database company valued at $1.2 billion four years ago
Databases23 Jun 2025 | 3
Breaking the nerd internet: Three overlapping generations of tech history – in one selfie
Bill Gates, Linus Torvalds, and Dave Cutler have dinner
OSes23 Jun 2025 | 71
Economists sceptical over UK Spending Review's partly AI-driven 10% budget cuts
MPs hear doubts over efficiency savings that are reliant on speculative gains from IT, machine learning
Public Sector23 Jun 2025 | 26
The one thing SME IT can do that the big guys can’t: Change the world
Opinion Not quite the answer to life, the universe and everything, but not far off
On-Prem23 Jun 2025 | 10
Techie went home rather than fix mistake that caused a massive meltdown
Who, Me? And was saved by an even worse meltdown caused by someone else
On-Prem23 Jun 2025 | 162
AI-hosted infomercial shifts $7.5 million worth of product in China
Asia In Brief PLUS: India tries to untangle TXT marketing opt-ins; China’s AI crackdown succeeds; Australia and Boeing team AWACS, drones; and more!
AI + ML23 Jun 2025 | 3
The AIpocalypse is here for websites as search referrals plunge
Turn out the lights, the internet is over
AI + ML22 Jun 2025 | 150
New GitHub Copilot limits push AI users to pricier tiers
Welcome to bill shock, AI style
Devops20 Jun 2025 | 39
US patent office wants an AI to scan for prior art, but doesn't want to pay for it
'The selected vendor must be willing to receive consideration that is primarily non-monetary,' says the USPTO
AI + ML20 Jun 2025 | 44
EDB enhances analytics in PostgreSQL with open source add-ons
DataFusion and WarehousePG meant to deal with AI-related workloads, not to compete with analytics data platforms
Databases20 Jun 2025 |
Xlibre fork lights a fire under long-dormant X.org development
Comment X11 is very far from dead – no matter if some want it to be
Software20 Jun 2025 | 104
Broadcom's answer to VMware pricing outrage: You're using it wrong
VCF bundle is worth it if you make the most of every part, says CTO
Virtualization20 Jun 2025 | 39
Windows 11 migration heats up... on desktops
What about notebooks, including AI-ready devices? Ah well, still months to go, eh Microsoft
OSes20 Jun 2025 | 66
Deal to 'save' UK colleges £45M in Oracle Java licensing fees followed audit requests
Exclusive Framework agreement may rescue some unis from 'financial abyss' after Oracle per-employee Java license, says insider
Software20 Jun 2025 | 48
American coders are most likely to use AI
Baseball, apple pie, and assisted programming
AI + ML19 Jun 2025 | 38
Microsoft 365 brings the shutters down on legacy protocols
FrontPage Remote Procedure Call and others set to be blocked in the name of 'Secure by Default'
Applications19 Jun 2025 | 30
/e/ OS 3.0: Slightly less clunky, slightly more private
Probably the easiest way to a Google-free smartphone or tablet
OSes19 Jun 2025 | 57
Microsoft testing PC-to-Cloud-PC failover for those times your machine dies or disappears
‘Windows 365 Reserve’ will be usable ten days a year for undisclosed fee
Virtualization19 Jun 2025 | 35
Brain activity much lower when using AI chatbots, MIT boffins find
EEG and recall tests suggest people who use ChatGPT to write essays aren't learning much
AI + ML18 Jun 2025 | 58
Asana's cutting-edge AI feature ran into a little data leakage problem
New MCP server was shut down for nearly two weeks
Security18 Jun 2025 | 2
Voltron Data throws its weight behind AMD for GPU-accelerated SQL
Exclusive In case you forgot AI isn't the only thing GPUs are good for
Databases18 Jun 2025 | 7
KDE Plasma 6.4 ships with major usability and Wayland improvements
The richest and most customizable desktop for FOSS Unix
OSes18 Jun 2025 | 20
Training AI on Mastodon posts? The idea's extinct after terms updated
Such rules could be tricky to enforce in the Fediverse, though
AI + ML18 Jun 2025 | 9
ScyllaDB paddles toward scale and profit with Raft-powered upgrade
Cassandra rival releases new DBaaS relying on consensus algorithm
Databases18 Jun 2025 | 4
Microsoft broke DHCP for Windows Server last Patch Tuesday
Some servers can't renew IP addresses, and there's no fix yet
OSes18 Jun 2025 | 56
Google's unloved plan to fix web permissions gathers support
Mozilla, at least, has warmed to the Chocolate Factory's attempt to improve mic, camera, and location permissions
Applications18 Jun 2025 | 34
Eat or be eaten by AI, Amazon CEO warns staff
Expect headcount reductions over the next few years, says Andy Jassy
AI + ML18 Jun 2025 | 48
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