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Attention data hoarders: Alexa loses its Plex appeal as voice feature gets canned -- Users who stream their own media files ticked off as Plex warns Alexa skill will die on June 15 -- Personal Tech13 hours ago
Locked-out iPhone user tells The Reg that Apple is scrambling to fix character flaw passcode bug -- University student says he plans to move to Android, but concedes iOS engineers acting fast -- Personal Tech14 hours ago
Capita won disastrous UK pensions gig after acing performance checks -- Top civil servant tells MPs bid was strong on quality and value for money -- Public Sector16 hours ago
Support tech caught by 'Technician Aura': the bug that only hides when you're watching - On Call - All that kit, and the fix was simply stepping aside - Networks - 17 Apr 2026 - | 642 hours ago
IOWN Global Forum targets datacenter interconnects to scatter AI infrastructure -- Fast WAN consortium thinks neoclouds are ripe for hookups17 hours ago
Cisco Wi-Fi boxes are filling their disks with 5MB of undeletable data every day -- Fix for critical flaw is an OS update you may not be able to make because the junk data uses all memory17 hours ago
IPv6 carried half of internet traffic – for one day, according to Google -- We're not half way there, we're still livin' on a prayer17 hours ago
Loud, power hungry - opposition grows to datacenters as Maine passes bit barn ban -- If there's one thing folks want less than Copilot in their taskbar, it's a bit barn in their backyard -- Public Sector1 day ago
Iran has something America can only dream of: cheap broadband -- Shame about the internet blackouts and airstrikes -- Networks1 day ago
A beginner's guide to GPU virtualization: passthrough, vGPU, and MIG - What every IT generalist needs to know before deploying GPU workloads, and why the platform matters more than the hardware. Partner Content20 hours ago
Brussels tells Google to hand rivals its search crown jewels as privacy row brews -- Includes a to-do list on search data sharing and platform access as DMA enforcement ramps up -- Public Sector1 day ago
Make crappy moves around AI and face voter backlash, govts warned -- When the taxpayers are wondering whose side you are on... -- AI + ML1 day ago
Cops hand Motorola £25M no-bid deal to keep 2000-era radios alive -- Biz as usual for Brit public sector: ESN replacement is 12 years late and £3B over budget -- Public Sector1 day ago
Not all networks can handle AI traffic – and experts are sounding alarms -- Y'all been focusing on compute and forgot about how the data moves around -- Networks2 days ago
US states can't account for datacenter tax breaks. Literally -- Report says authorities are flouting rules by failing to disclose revenue lost to server farm subsidies -- On-Prem2 days ago
UK told its Big Tech habit is now a national security risk -- Open Rights Group says years of reliance on US giants have left Britain exposed -- Public Sector2 days ago
Orbital datacenter startup CEO admits launch economics don't fly, presses ahead regardless -- Needs SpaceX et al to drop prices and give competitors a ride into space to make it work -- Systems2 days ago
Microsoft announces product it doesn't want anyone to buy -- Just migrate already, would you? But if you can't, Redmond will take your cash12 hours ago
Claude Opus wrote a Chrome exploit for $2,283 -- Pause your Mythos panic because mainstream models anyone can use already pick holes in popular software8 hours ago
Anthropic squeezes enterprises by ejecting bundled tokens from seat deal -- Large organizations pushed toward metered pricing11 hours ago
QUIC will soon be as important as TCP – but it's vastly different -- Deciphering the third transport protocol's four RFCs is a task to rival the proverbial blind man trying to understand an elephant1 day ago
Anthropic won't own MCP 'design flaw' putting 200K servers at risk, researchers say -- Bug or feature?12 hours ago
Google Chrome lacks protection against one of the most basic and common ways to track users online -- Browser fingerprinting is everywhere1 day ago
Server-room lock was nothing but a crock -- Your cybersecurity is only as good as the physical security of the servers11 hours ago
Bullet train upgrade brings 5G windows and noise-cancelling cabins to Japan -- Private Shinkansen suites are pulling up to the station in October1 day ago
North Korea targets macOS users in latest heist -- Social engineering: 'low-cost, hard to patch, and scales well'2 hours ago
Git identity spoof fools Claude into giving bad code the nod -- Forged metadata made AI reviewer treat hostile changes as though they came from known maintainer2 hours ago
The only technology that died more times than VR is AI, and that seems to have worked out - Opinion - The perfect combination of hardware and experiences will arrive, no matter what Zuck and Neal Stephenson think - Personal Tech - 15 Apr 2026 - | 401 day ago
AI-powered mainframe exits are a bubble set to pop -- Analysts reckon 70 percent of projects will fail, and 75 percent of vendors in the field will go away2 days ago
Cloud-smart strategy helps Interactive meet GenAI demands - Hybrid cloud strategies emerge as the foundation for secure, AI-ready enterprises - Sponsored Feature2 days ago
Oracle taps Bloom for 2.8 GW of fuel cells to keep datacenter binge going -- With grid hookups slow and turbines scarce, on-site power is starting to look less optional2 days ago
Amazon pays $11.5B to satisfy satellite-envy while cowering in Musk's shadow -- Deal only comes with 24 operational sats, but also an Apple deal, spectrum licenses, and plenty of IP -- Networks3 days ago
IBM becomes first company to pay up under Trump administration's diversity blitz -- Didn't admit liability, will cough $17M, still fighting age discrimination cases -- Legal3 days ago
Microsoft raises UK Surface prices as RAM crisis reaches the checkout -- Entry-level models jump by up to £220, mirroring steeper hikes in US -- Personal Tech3 days ago
Britain gives Rolls-Royce the nod to sketch out its mini reactor future -- Contract kicks off design work, but SMRs unlikely to generate power before the mid-2030s -- Systems3 days ago
UK state bank considers lengthening disastrous IT program -- Already £1.3B over budget and 4 years late, NS&I could extend timetable beyond 8 years -- Public Sector3 days ago
When the IBM PC and shoulder pads were big, Japan led the chip industry. It's trying to get back there now - Local hero Rapidus is on track to begin production of 2nm semis next year, as TSMC expands its Japanese foothold - Systems - 14 Apr 2026 - |3 days ago
Attention, gamers: The FAA wants YOU to be an air traffic controller -- GG noob, who cleared you to land? -- Public Sector4 days ago
Veterans Affairs has lost track of software licenses amid $985M bill -- Department putting systems in place to manage 'restrictive licensing practices' -- Public Sector4 days ago
UK defense startup to supply drone interceptors for Britain and allies -- MoD plans rapid procurement of Cambridge Aerospace's Skyhammer system at home and abroad -- Edge + IoT4 days ago
NHS pays £46K to prep next Microsoft licensing round -- Benchmarking contract lays groundwork for renegotiating £774M software agreement -- Personal Tech4 days ago
France's digital directorate dumping Windows desktops, adopting Linux instead -- Après ça, le déluge, as plans call for move away from plenty more American software and hardware -- Public Sector4 days ago
IT manager approved downtime over lunch, but made a meal of it - Who, Me? Optimism is always risky, and defective hardware makes it indigestible - Storage - 13 Apr 2026 - | 493 hours ago
China wants AI to prepare school lessons and mark homework - Asia In Brief - PLUS: Toyota wheels out basketball bot; Arm scores AI server win with SK Telecom; India ponders payment pauses to foil fraudsters; And more! AI + ML - 13 Apr 2026 - | 53 days ago
Apple update looks like Czech mate for locked-out iPhone user -- Lock-screen keyboard no longer accepts háček in student's alphanumeric passcode -- Personal Tech5 days ago
Hungarian government creds left in the safe hands of 'FrankLampard' -- Nearly 800 state logins surfaced in breach data, including defense and NATO-linked accounts -- Security6 days ago
Electronics industry says FCC's foreign-made router policy is a bit of a mesh -- Trade group warns onshoring demands will leave Americans stuck with older gear -- Personal Tech7 days ago
Amazon would rather shareholders did not look too closely at carbon footprint -- Investors urged to reject proposal for more disclosure on whether AWS expansion risks climate goals -- PaaS + IaaS7 days ago
Fewer than 3 in 10 register for HMRC's Making Tax Digital shake-up -- Most sole traders and landlords ignore marketing campaigns, though fines are coming -- Public Sector7 days ago
AWS ponders selling its home-grown chips by the rack-load, has almost sold out AI capacity -- Annual CEO letter reveals two customers want all Graviton servers, huge drone rollout, a million robots, and more megalomania -- Systems7 days ago
South Korea introduces universal basic mobile data access -- Everyone gets unlimited 400 Kbps access, oldies get expanded caps, and leaky telcos get their social license back -- Public Sector7 days ago
World's smallest violin spotted at Amazon HQ as exec pay packets deflate -- C-suite forced to take sandwiches into work, cycle home -- CxO8 days ago
Deere oh Deere: Tractor repair row heads for $99M settlement -- FTC lawsuit lingers, while encouraging signs point to Iowa bill succeeding too -- On-Prem8 days ago
OpenAI puts Stargate UK on ice, blames energy costs and red tape -- Sam Altman's datacenter dreams hit a wall of watts and wonkery, cooling Britain's AI ambitions -- On-Prem8 days ago
Peace President's Iran war piles more pain on already battered PC market -- Memory costs were already through the roof - now freight's spiking too, and budget systems face extinction -- Personal Tech8 days ago
Amazon put a filesystem on S3; I showed up with a test suite and bad intentions -- The core product is solid and priced fairly -- Storage8 days ago
UK.gov's top tech jobs pay more than prime minister earns -- DSIT hiring directors general with packages reaching £260K plus pension -- Public Sector8 days ago
Capita's pension portal exposes civil servants' private data -- As if the backlog, the bugs, and the chatbot fixes weren't enough -- Public Sector8 days ago
UK to spend £15M on AI-powered crime mapping in knife violence crackdown -- Home Office hopes tech will help cops target hotspots as ministers push to halve offenses -- AI + ML8 days ago
Call your existing automation 'zero-token architecture' to become an instant agentic AI wiz -- Kubernetes luminary Kelsey Hightower thinks IT pros need to get smart about thriving in a world that's trying to hide deep tech -- On-Prem9 days ago
Nvidia's Rubin GPU is likely to be late thanks to memory shortage and technical challenges -- China-bound Hopper accelerators are also likely to ship in smaller volumes than previously forecast, industry watchers say -- Systems9 days ago
RAF eyes cheap drone-killer as Typhoon jet tests laser-guided rockets -- BAE says trials could offer cheaper way to counter uncrewed aerial threats -- Public Sector9 days ago
Supermicro launches probe after staff charged with China export violations - Board-led inquiry follows indictment of two employees and a contractor over alleged diversion of Nvidia GPU servers - Systems - 08 Apr 2026 - |9 days ago
Amazon rewards loyal Kindle devotees by closing the book on old e-readers - Updated - To 'minimize disruption,' Bezoscorp offers a 20% discount on new hardware you didn't want - Personal Tech - 08 Apr 2026 - | 2062 days ago
Investors are going nuclear to keep UK's AI datacenters fed -- Market watcher says money is pouring into British atomic and fusion startups amid massive energy demand -- On-Prem9 days ago
DXC lands Metropolitan Police outsourcing deal that could climb to £1B -- Supplier will support the current Oracle E-Business Suite and lead migration to a new Oracle Fusion SaaS platform -- Databases9 days ago
NHS Scotland-linked domains caught serving pr0n and dodgy sports streams -- Two practice web addresses appear to have been compromised -- Security9 days ago
UK's grand plan to fuel AI with public data faces uphill battle -- Agents will look for info elsewhere unless official sources sharpen up -- AI + ML9 days ago
How to navigate the storage crunch in the AI era - Watch this webinar and stop playing guessing games with your AI storage - Webinar Promo9 days ago
Microsoft hints at bit bunkers for war zones -- President Brad Smith tells an interviewer that Microsoft is reconsidering datacenter design in light of Iran war -- On-Prem9 days ago
Japan relaxes privacy laws to make itself the 'easiest country to develop AI' -- Opting out of personal data use won't be an option because Minister says that's a 'very big obstacle' to AI adoption -- Public Sector9 days ago
Intel gets trapped in Elon's reality distortion field as it joins in megafab delusions -- Space is just the next stop on the AI hype train, right after AGI -- Systems10 days ago
Break, no fix: Apple and Samsung make repairs hard -- Motorola and Google top PIRG's latest scorecard -- Personal Tech10 days ago
Uzbekistan and ZTE forge strategic partnership to accelerate digital transformation - ZTE and Ministry of Digital Technologies sign MoU at MWC 2026 to modernize telecom infrastructure and explore 6G, Wi-Fi 7/8, and satellite innovations - Partner Content9 days ago
Only 28% of AI infrastructure projects fully pay off, survey finds -- ITSM the area most likely to offer wins, according to Gartner research -- AI + ML10 days ago
No-Nvidia interconnect club delivers 2.0 spec before v1.0 silicon ships -- UALink splits work on physical layer and protocol specs to speed things up, literally and metaphorically -- Networks10 days ago
Shots fired – literally – over proposal to build datacenter in Indianapolis -- From a gun into the front door of a councilor who supports plan -- On-Prem10 days ago
OpenInfra General Manager talks sovereignty, governments deploying tech 'kill switches' -- Kubecon -- Geopolitics enter the room as Thierry Carrez shows that there's more to Kubecon than AI -- Public Sector10 days ago
Apple's chips are the core of a new landscape, but its biggest win is Windows -- Opinion -- Walled gardens make more sense when it's an AI-lligator infested swamp outside -- Personal Tech10 days ago
Brits are falling out of love with posting every thought online -- Ofcom finds social media participation dropping as skepticism about digital life grows -- Personal Tech10 days ago
Anthropic reveals $30bn run rate and plans to use 3.5GW of new Google AI chips -- Broadcom's building the silicon and is chuffed about that, but also notes Anthropic remains a risk -- Systems10 days ago
How Nvidia learned to embrace the light in its quest for scale -- The GPU king's move to optical scale-up was inevitable -- Systems12 days ago
US military contractor open sources tool for validating hidden communications networks -- Maude-HCS from RTX (formerly Raytheon) helps model and validate hidden communication systems -- Networks15 days ago
IBM wants Arm software on its mainframes to better support AI -- Tie-up aims to widen Big Blue's access to power-efficient compute -- Systems15 days ago
Want to be the IT Crowd for the BBC? An £800M contract beckons -- Supplier will need to look after networks, email, tech support, tools and more – plus find cost savings -- Public Sector15 days ago
AI search is atomizing our information, warns government digital designer -- We must design expecting much of what we publish will be reinterpreted by 'systems we don't control' -- Networks15 days ago
Live and Let AI: Former CIA officer says human spies matter more in the LLM age -- AI is eroding trust in digital communications and data, giving old-school spycraft fresh relevance for modern agents -- Public Sector15 days ago
Japanese shipper MOL wants a floating datacenter, and Hitachi just climbed aboard -- Second-hand ship, seawater cooling, with operations eyed for 2027 -- On-Prem16 days ago
OpenAI gets $122B to 'just build things' as the world blows them up - Opinion - War, oil shocks, and market nerves could yet knock the AI boom off course - AI + ML - 01 Apr 2026 - | 259 days ago
'People's Panel' to check if UK wants controversial Digital ID will cost £630K -- We could tell you no for free -- Public Sector16 days ago
France buys nuclear supercomputing spinoff Bull from Atos for €404M -- Paris makes sovereignty play as it becomes sole shareholder -- HPC16 days ago
AI server farms heat up the neighborhood for miles around, paper finds -- Researchers say localized warming can extend well past site edges, raising concerns about community impact -- Systems -- 01 Apr 202616 days ago
We know what day it is but these Raspberry Pi price hikes are no joke -- Hot DRAM! Who is going to drop nearly $400 on an underpowered Linux computer? -- Personal Tech -- 01 Apr 202616 days ago
Raspberry Pi leans into semiconductors as sales climb – especially in US and China -- Chip shipments overtake boards and modules as industrial demand grows, raising questions about hobbyist roots -- Personal Tech -- 31 Mar 202616 days ago
Arm says agentic AI needs a new kind of CPU. Intel's DC chief isn't buying it - Interview - Cores it's got what agents crave - Systems - 31 Mar 2026 - | 415 days ago
Android keyboard ditches keys entirely, predicts what you mean -- Aimed at blind tablet users, although it's winning sighted fans too -- Personal Tech17 days ago
Memory-makers' shares are down. Some RAM prices have eased. Blaming Google is not a good idea -- Chocolate Factory boffins have found a way to reduce AI's memory use, but don't assume that means less demand for DRAM -- Systems17 days ago
Surprise! Big Tech has been a bit rubbish at enforcing Australia's kids social media ban -- Regulator 'moving into an enforcement stance' and investigating Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat as millions continue to doomscroll -- Legal17 days ago
US PC shipments to fall 13% as memory and storage crunch hits budget systems -- Omdia says education, consumer, commercial, and public sector demand will weaken through 2026 -- Systems18 days ago
FCC says it's making it easier for US telcos to ditch legacy lines -- But critics say stopping some engineering tests is not the sort of corner you want to cut -- Networks18 days ago
ZTE and Kcell sign strategic MoU to boost terminal ecosystem and FWA services in Kazakhstan - ZTE and Kcell aim to bridge Kazakhstan's connectivity gap - Partner Content17 days ago
UK fines Irish Apple outpost over sanctions-busting payments to Russian dev -- Regulator says payments totaling £635K reached entity owned and controlled by a designated person -- Applications18 days ago
South Korean AI chip startup Rebellions eyes new shores for rack-scale invasion -- Funding round comes ahead of planned IPO -- Systems18 days ago
European Commission admits attackers broke into public web systems, but says little else - Brussels notifying 'Union entities' whose data may've been snatched in websites breach - Cyber-crime - 30 Mar 2026 - | 517 days ago
Google is to journalism what Vikings were to monks. Now their man will run the BBC - Opinion - Canny planning or dangerous compromise? Matt Brittin takes the hotseat at a pivotal moment - Personal Tech - 30 Mar 2026 - | 7515 days ago
Enterprise infrastructure is entering an economic reset -- Here's how to cope with the memory pricing squeeze -- Partner Content18 days ago
Explainer: Self-driving networks -- Here's how your next network will look after itself -- The Register Explainer18 days ago
