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Anthropic's Bun Rust rewrite merged at speed of AI -- Version 1.3.14 of JavaScript toolkit released as last Zig version; a million lines of Rust code merged in gargantuan commit1 day ago
Bedrock and a hard place: Claude adventure leaves AWS user staring down $30K invoice -- CAD: Cost Anomaly Detection or Create Astounding Debt?1 day ago
KDE bags €1.3M as Europe realizes it might need an OS of its own -- Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund backs the desktop project while public sector interest in homegrown alternatives grows6 hours ago
Google users fight for refunds as unauthorized API usage bills soar -- 'What the hell is going on? It's just draining my money'2 days ago
On-call techie decided job was done and hit the bottle – just before his pager went off -- Lazy weekend of Grand Prix fun turned into a terrifying all-nighter2 hours ago
Sick and wrong: Ontario auditors find doctors' AI note takers routinely blow basic facts -- 60% of evaluated AI Scribe systems mixed up prescribed drugs in patient notes, auditors say17 hours ago
Personal Tech - Google'll grab your gigs if you don't cough up your number - New accounts may get only 5 GB instead of 151 hour ago
NASA's Psyche mission set for a brief encounter with Mars -- There sure are some clever people on Earth1 hour ago
Anthropic urges Uncle Sam to kneecap China's AI ambitions before 2028 -- Claude maker warns authoritarian regimes could set the rules unless Washington tightens chip and model controls3 hours ago
Exploited Exchange Server flaw turns OWA inboxes into script launchpads -- Microsoft mitigation may bork inline images, calendar printing while admins wait for a proper patch3 hours ago
Patches - Patch time for Cisco SD-WAN admins as vendor drops yet another make-me-admin zero-day - CISA hands feds super-tight deadline for this perfect-10, actively exploited flaw1 hour ago
X tells Ofcom it will finally check its moderation inbox -- Comms watchdog says Musk's social media platform will now review reports of illegal hate and terror content within 24 hours... on average5 hours ago
Security - OpenAI caught in TanStack npm supply chain chaos after employee devices compromised - Attackers stole a limited amount of internal credential material after malware hidden in poisoned packages reached two staff machines6 hours ago
UK reloads artillery plans with £1B remote-control howitzer order -- 72 Boxer-mounted RCH 155s due from 2028 as Britain fills the gap left by AS-90s sent to Ukraine7 hours ago
Britain's latest civil servant is a chatbot trained on GOV.UK misery -- Whitehall says the AI assistant will help citizens navigate public services faster; others may see it as a cheaper alternative to answering the phone7 hours ago
Possible Samsung strike puts even more pressure on memory pricing -- As a senior policymaker ponders whether all South Koreans should enjoy an 'AI dividend'14 hours ago
AI+ML - Cerebras risked it all on dinner plate-sized AI accelerators a decade ago. Today it's worth $66B - Here's a look at the tech powering the first big IPO of 20267 hours ago
Microsoft's bad obsession is showing up in shabby services and slipshod software. Here's proof -- If you can't bother to keep GitHub running, why should we bother with you? -- Rupert Goodwins1 day ago
AWS plants more tombstones in the application graveyard -- Eleven up, ten down -- Corey Quinn1 day ago
Locked, stocked, and losing budget: AI vendor lock-in bites back -- Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols1 day ago
Anthropic's magic code-sniffer: More Swiss cheese than cheddar, for now -- Rupert Goodwins1 day ago
AI quota inflation is no token effort. It's baked in -- Rupert Goodwins8 days ago
QUIC will soon be as important as TCP – but it's vastly different -- Bruce Davie9 days ago
The only technology that died more times than VR is AI, and that seems to have worked out -- Mark Pesce8 days ago
What happened when AI ran into the cold hard reality of the legal profession -- Rupert Goodwins9 days ago
Amazon put a filesystem on S3; I showed up with a test suite and bad intentions - Corey Quinn1 day ago
AI + ML -- Anthropic tosses agents into the API billing pool -- Limits Claude subscriptions to interactive use5 hours ago
OSes -- UK begins antitrust inquiry into Microsoft's business software ecosystem -- Brit regulator has 'heard' customers can't always 'effectively combine software from Microsoft with that of other providers'6 hours ago
Personal Tech -- AI to infest eight in ten premium phones within two years -- And Counterpoint sees fad spreading from pricey handsets to smart rings and earbuds too... whether you asked for it or not7 hours ago
Americans would rather have a nuclear plant in their backyard than a datacenter -- AI and the bit barns that power it have developed a serious PR problem1 day ago
NASA fleshes out Artemis III, the Moon mission that won't go to the Moon -- SpaceX and Blue Origin may yet get a role in low Earth orbit rehearsal, readiness permitting1 day ago
Public Sector -- UK government prescribes Single Patient Record for NHS data chaos -- Doctors welcome joined-up care plan, but warn patient trust depends on safeguards, access controls, and knowing where Palantir fits in10 hours ago
Public sector -- Calling the cops just got extra AI as police seek to add tech to contact systems -- AI already listening in to call handlers in real time, conducting live database searches18 hours ago
Tencent admits GPUs only pay for themselves when powering personalized ads -- Chinese web giant says accelerator shortage is over as local hardware arrives in volume1 day ago
PaaS + IaaS -- AWS to Quick admins: The access control didn't work, but you weren't using it anyway, so what's the problem? -- If a setting fails in the forest and nobody hears it ...5 hours ago
Google's AI-enabled mouse pointer understands 'this' and 'that' -- Right-clicking could go the way of the 3.5-inch floppy at the Chocolate Factory1 day ago
Datacenters are having fewer, but bigger failures -- And neither AI nor international conflict are helping1 day ago
AI + ML -- Anthropic butts in to small business, promises help with payroll and other core tasks -- But Pro or Max biz users should know that the company may train its AI on your data1 day ago
Security -- Bug hunter tracks down three massive MCP flaws and one vendor won't fix theirs -- Apache, Alibaba databases vulnerable and only one has a patch7 hours ago
AI + ML -- See through local AI lies with Irish eyes -- ICCL Enforce project offers Verity fact-checking server1 day ago
AI + ML -- Dissatisfied: Three-fourths of AI customer service rollouts are a letdown -- AI rollback rates hit 81% at firms with mature guardrails, suggesting enterprises are struggling to manage the systems in production, says Sinch1 day ago
On-Prem -- Utah mega datacenter could dump 23 atomic bombs worth of energy per day -- Physicist warns proposed Stratos campus could seriously affect local environment1 day ago
Security -- Mystery Microsoft bug leaker keeps the zero-days coming -- Security pros warn YellowKey claim could make stolen laptops a much bigger problem6 hours ago
On-Prem -- Rust stalks IBM mainframes, but only in nightly form -- Patch series would bring memory-safe code to Linux's s390 port, with compiler caveats attached1 day ago
Public sector -- Royal Household seeks £3M finance system fit for a King -- One seeks contractor to manage millions in taxpayer cash, will provide generous 20% off Windsor biscuit tins and tea towels1 day ago
OSes -- Microsoft aims to speed Windows with 'leap forward' in WinUI 3 perf -- Bittersweet post tells devs what they already knew: The framework is too slow1 day ago
Science -- SpaceX sets date for Starship test that asks: Did we break anything in the upgrade? -- May 19 launch will put redesigned rocket, pad, and engines through their paces1 day ago
Public Sector -- Greater Manchester still says no to NHS data platform with Palantir at its heart -- Public concern has only grown, says ICB, while evidence of benefits remains thin1 day ago
OSes -- Microsoft gives Windows Update a Ctrl-Z for bad drivers -- Cloud-powered undo will roll back dodgy code without users or hardware partners lifting a finger1 day ago
Public sector -- London cops hail fixed facial recognition cams after suspects collared every 35 mins -- Croydon trial helped secure 173 arrests, though civil liberties groups remain unconvinced1 day ago
OSes -- Linux gains more critical Windows apps: 3D Movie Maker and Space Cadet Pinball -- Further demonstrating its role as industry default OS the versatility of modern porting tools1 day ago
Databases -- dBase debased: Database titan fades to black after 47 years -- Blog post mourning decline appears to have helped knock what was left of the veteran app's online presence offline1 day ago
AI + ML -- SAP U-turn brings AI features to ECC and on-prem S/4HANA -- CEO says there is 'no confusion at all' after cloud-only innovation plan drew flak1 day ago
Public Sector -- Civil servants to protest outside Capita AGM over pension shambles -- Union demands government strips outsourcer of contract after delays, bereavement failures, and data breach1 day ago
AI + ML -- AI will soon be capable of telling convincing lies -- That's fine when playing poker, but less useful when we trust LLMs with serious work like finding software flaws2 days ago
Security -- Malware crew TeamPCP open-sources its Shai-Hulud worm on GitHub -- Where it's been well and truly forked, seemingly without Microsoft's code locker noticing18 hours ago
AI + ML -- Execs admit AI makes them value human workers less -- As suits say they're burning cash on brainboxes without seeing results2 days ago
Security -- Doozy of a Patch Tuesday includes 30 critical Microsoft CVEs -- The good news: no 0-days. The bad news: busy week ahead for Microsoft admins1 day ago
AI + ML -- OpenClaw, but in containers: Meet NanoClaw -- A smaller, security-conscious take on the viral AI agent platform9 days ago
Security - Open source registries don't have enough money to implement basic security - Free beer is great. Securing the keg costs money9 days ago
Contain your Windows apps inside Linux Windows - Can't live without Adobe? Get on board WinBoat – or WinApps sails a similar course9 days ago
KDE bags €1.3M as Europe realizes it might need an OS of its own21 hours ago
Vietnam to develop domestic cloud so it can ditch risky overseas operators for government workloads2 days ago
Europe wants out from under US tech – but first it has to find the exits4 days ago
Microsoft levels up Azure Local to make it fit for large-scale sovereign clouds9 days ago
SUSE's sovereignty pitch meets an inconvenient $6 billion question9 days ago
UK told its Big Tech habit is now a national security risk9 days ago
Digital sovereignty isn't just a buzzword – it's the future9 days ago
France's digital directorate dumping Windows desktops, adopting Linux instead9 days ago
OpenInfra General Manager talks sovereignty, governments deploying tech 'kill switches'9 days ago
Digital euro goes full sovereignty mode, US cloud giants not on guest list9 days ago
CYBER-CRIME -- Foxconn confirms cyberattack after ransomware crew claims it stole confidential Apple, Nvidia files -- Affected factories back up and running, we're told1 day ago
Personal Tech -- Google launches line of Android laptops festooned with Gemini AI -- If you're not a fan of having AI baked into your OS, look elsewhere2 days ago
aI + ML -- Hollywood A-listers back proposed standard that would pay them when AI uses their likeness or work -- RSL Media expands machine-readable licensing rules to cover AI use of identities and creative works2 days ago
US Army goes green-ish, wants soldiers munching on plant proteins -- Powders, gels, and fermented nutrients could someday join the battlefield menu3 days ago
Congress investigates Canvas breach as company pays ransom -- Instructure CEO Steve Daly's got some explaining to do1 day ago
AirBit crypto Ponzi victims can now claim slice of $400M asset haul -- After guilty pleas, prison terms, and seizures, the DOJ has opened the compensation process1 day ago
US bank reports itself after slinging customer data at 'unauthorized AI app' -- Volume and sensitivity of the data cited as chief concerns1 day ago
SpaceX Starship completes Wet Dress Rehearsal, gets ready for launch -- Launch of Musk's monster rocket could be in May3 days ago
NHS England confirms: Palantir staff can access patient data -- Tech firm's employees can get an 'admin' role letting them into the National Data Integration Tenant... and its identifiable information3 days ago
Cache-poisoning caper turns TanStack npm packages toxic -- Six-minute supply chain blitz pushed 84 malicious versions with credential theft and disk-wiping code1 day ago
On-call techie decided job was done and hit the bottle – just before his pager went off -- Lazy weekend of Grand Prix fun turned into a terrifying all-nighter9 hours ago
Memory godboxes could offer relief from the RAMpocalypse -- Amid the AI-fueled memory crunch, will Compute Express Link finally have its moment to shine?5 days ago
Qualcomm teases 'dedicated CPU for agentic experiences' and 'agentic smartphones' -- Enters the custom AI silicon business with secret silicon for an un-named hyperscaler9 days ago
Fujitsu confirms mainframe biz to die in 2035, in time for quantum AI supercomputers to take over -- In talks with Japan, the UK, and Australia on defense tech that can 'contribute to global stability'9 days ago
Core Scientific accelerates crypto-to-AI pivot, converts Bitcoin mine to gigawatt-scale token farm -- They were doing it in Texas...9 days ago
Meta Arms itself to the teeth by signing for 'tens of millions' of AWS Graviton cores -- After flubbing the Metaverse, Zuck embraces the Neoverse9 days ago
AI now gobbling up power and management chips for servers -- Bad news for multiple general server components as vendors switch to more lucrative gear9 days ago
Software -- EU browser choice rules send millions more users Firefox's way -- Mozilla claims the Digital Markets Act delivered lasting bump, invites Britain to do similar2 days ago
Personal tech -- Microsoft makes Copilot easier to summon, harder to ignore in Office -- It looks like you're trying to get more Microsoft 365 users to engage with your assistant. Would you like help?2 days ago
Apple, Google drag cross-platform texting into the encrypted age -- After years of stopping dead at the green bubble border, iPhone and Android users can finally send E2EE messages without relying on third-party apps1 day ago
FleetWave outage takes another turn. Chevin confirms crooks accessed customer data -- A month after bringing systems back online, SaaS vendor tells customers attackers potentially walked off with operational data, contact details, and payroll numbers2 days ago
Japan's PM orders cybersecurity review to stop Mythos going full CyberZilla -- Fears exponential increase in attack scale and speed2 days ago
GitLab promises a different kind of layoff as biz pivots toward AI -- Code hosting biz is trimming its global footprint and flattening its management layer3 days ago
Red Hat blasts RHEL 10.1 into orbit aboard Voyager's micro datacenter -- Orbital compute platform, which launched on a mission to the ISS last year, gets an immutable upgrade alongside refreshed container images3 days ago
Quit VMware and you'll emerge with more complex and less capable infrastructure -- Analyst says modernizing applications is probably a better use of your time than hypervisor migration3 days ago
Double Canvas breach acknowledged as ShinyHunters sets new pay-or-leak deadline -- UPDATED: Sorry, kids, everything's back up so get to work on your new assignment - An essay on the ethics of paying ransoms, because it looks like that's what happened here2 days ago
The Hardware Crunch: How Supply Chain Turbulence Is Forcing a New IT Playbook -- Infrastructure teams are facing a perfect storm: extended hardware lead times, rising costs driven by AI demand, and accelerated platform timelines.9 days ago
From Prompt to Exploit: How LLMs Are Changing API Attacks -- Modern applications are API-driven, interconnected, and often over-permissioned, making them an ideal target for AI-assisted attacks.19 hours ago
Identity Resilience: The New Mandate for Cyber Survival -- Join Druva experts for a compelling deep dive into what it takes to build an identity-first recovery strategy in this new threat landscape.9 days ago
Identity Resilience: The New Mandate for Cyber Survival -- Join Druva experts for a compelling deep dive into what it takes to build an identity-first recovery strategy in this new threat landscape.9 days ago
Unfriendly Followers: The Black Market For Your Identity -- They'll reveal how attackers use your profile as intel and show you how to make yourself harder to target9 days ago
How Agents are Reshaping AI Security -- AI adoption is accelerating and with it comes a new security challenge.2 days ago
How Agents are Reshaping AI Security -- AI adoption is accelerating and with it comes a new security challenge.2 days ago
AI Found the Problem. Now What? -- AI is transforming the software development lifecycle, helping teams identify and remediate vulnerabilities before they reach production.6 days ago
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Software -- Rodent-obsessed developer creates Ratty to bring 3D graphics to the command line -- Inspired by TempleOS, this terminal emulator is just about as bonkers3 days ago
aI + ML -- Microsoft researchers find AI models and agents can't handle long-running tasks -- An intern who failed this much would be shown the door2 days ago
Security -- Cookie thieves caught stealing dev secrets via fake Claude Code installers -- New IElevator2 COM interface? No problem2 days ago
AI + ML -- OpenAI can't have incompetent AI consultants ruining the market, so bought its own3 days ago
oSes -- Debian 14 cracks down on unreproducible packages -- Dull but important ... so, a bit like Debian itself, really3 days ago
Security -- Anthropic's bug-hunting Mythos was greatest marketing stunt ever, says cURL creator -- After all that hype, AI scanner found one low-severity cURL flaw2 days ago
Gtk2-NG, next generation of Gtk 2, comes back to life -- Debian 14 plans to ax Gtk2 – and hard pruning stimulates fresh growth4 days ago
BWH Hotels guests warned after reservation data checks out with cybercrooks -- Customers urged to keep an eye out for phisherfolk3 days ago
DevOps - Feature freeze for Python 3.15 as first beta released1 hour ago
SoftBank bets on battery building to back bit barns -- Tech investment giant wants batteries for its own AI datacenters, and lots of them4 days ago
Water company's leaky security earns near-£1M fine -- Utility provider failed to detect Cl0p ransomware attack for nearly two years3 days ago
Checkmarx tackles another TeamPCP intrusion as Jenkins plugin sabotaged -- Cybercrooks ruin engineers' weekends with Saturday attack3 days ago
Personal Tech -- Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone -- Both Cupertino and Google are imposing ever stricter limits on their phones – but you have alternatives9 days ago
Fedora 44 is out – countless versions of it -- New sealed bootable container images and Stratis storage, too9 days ago
Linux 7.1 will have an optional new NTFS driver -- Good news for those working with Windows, bad news for Paragon Software3 days ago
Decades-old Linux UI bug fixed by dev younger than the window manager -- Kamila Szewczyk prefers old software, as back then people understood something could actually be finished9 days ago
HPE Throws VM Users A Lifeline, Unifying Containers And VM Management In Cloud Stack2 days ago
OpenAI, Microsoft And Friends Build A Better, More Scalable Ethernet2 days ago
Compute And Memory Price Hikes Drive IT Spending Way Higher4 days ago
Sometimes, Air Is The Only Way For AI Systems To Keep Their Cool7 days ago
Kioxia and Dell cram 10 PB into slim 2RU server22 hours ago
Veeam says agentic AI is the number one cyber threat1 day ago
HYCU adds agentic backup data intelligence layer to find and fill risk gaps1 day ago
ADP: DRAM shortage is affecting ransomware recovery1 day ago
Anthropic's Bun Rust rewrite merged at speed of AI3 hours ago
Microsoft aims to speed Windows with 'leap forward' in WinUI 3 perf1 day ago
C++ survey finds AI use rising, though trust is in short supply3 days ago
Ruby inventor Matz working on native compiler with AI help3 days ago
Science -- NASA's bid to save Swift from fiery death passes another hurdle -- Katalyst's LINK spacecraft clears Goddard tests before Pegasus rocket integration3 days ago
OSES -- Linux kernel maintainers pitch emergency killswitch after CopyFail and Dirty Frag chaos -- Instead of waiting for patch cycles, admins could simply shut down vulnerable functions before attackers get there2 days ago
Personal Tech -- Classic Outlook's Quick Steps trip over Microsoft bug -- Client's handy automations get grayed out unless you know the keyboard shortcut3 days ago
Security -- Taiwan's train cyber-trauma reveals a global system that's coming off the tracks -- That's not a radio. THIS is a radio3 days ago
AI + ML -- ASIA IN BRIEF: China's agentic AI policy wants to keep humans in the loop -- PLUS: Robot becomes Buddhist monk in Korea; TikTok spending $25bn in Thailand; Baidu floating chip biz; and more!3 days ago
AI + ML -- Yes, local LLMs are ready to ease the compute strain -- In The Register's Kettle podcast we discuss how Anthropic might be thinking about space to ease computing pain, but Claude Code on your laptop is way more practical3 days ago
OSes -- Both Fedora and Ubuntu will get AI support – soon -- Furores are fermenting in the forums3 days ago
ZTE showcases at GSMA M360 LATAM 2026, driving future business model restructuring - AI & network two-way integration6 hours ago
Fusion for the future: XLSMART and ZTE partnering for a boundless digital Indonesia6 hours ago
ZTE and Telkom Indonesia sign strategic MoU to accelerate digital solutions and infrastructure development1 day ago
ZTE advances intelligent network monetization strategy at AGC2026, empowering ISPs for sustainable growth2 days ago
ZTE hosts 2026 Broadband User Congress in São Paulo, under the Theme "Monetize Your Intelligent Broadband"2 days ago
ZTE and MediaTek unveil Tri-band Wi-Fi 7, targeting a relatively unexplored premium niche in Brazil2 days ago
ZTE and Claro launch next-generation 4K Ultra HD IP STB in Brazil3 days ago
AI inference just plays by different rules8 days ago
How TeamViewer ONE transforms IT operations from firefighting to autopilot8 days ago
ZTE partners with China's National Clinical Research Center for Interventional Medicine to build a new paradigm of smart interventional medicine3 days ago
DON'T MISS -- Anthropic sues US government after unprecedented national security designation -- Brands Trump administration decision 'legally unsound' and has 'no choice but to challenge it in court'9 days ago
PERSONAL TECH -- HP stuffed a PC into a keyboard. We took it for a spin -- It's not much cheaper than an equivalent laptop, so who's this for, exactly?3 days ago
aI + mL -- Google tweaks Chrome AI privacy wording, insists processing stays on-device -- Deletion of a longstanding privacy assurance sparks concerns3 days ago
Software -- macOS 27 threatens to bury Time Capsule, FOSS brings a shovel -- Apple's old backup boxes only speak AFP and SMB1, but NetBSD under the hood gives them one last shot3 days ago
Public Sector -- UK wants fresh fingerprints on £300M biometrics platform -- Home Office probes supplier interest as core police and immigration system heads for support shake-up3 days ago
AI + ML -- GPT-5.5 may burn fewer tokens, but it always burns more cash -- It's not just gas prices skyrocketing. Frontier-model pricing keeps climbing too3 days ago
User found the perfect formula to make Excel misbehave2 days ago
To fix this Wi-Fi network, we'll need a crane9 days ago
Support tech caught by 'Technician Aura': the bug that only hides when you're watching7 days ago
Columnists - Tech support chap's boss got him out of jail so he could finish a job - The right person for the job didn't have the right passport for the job2 days ago
Columnists - Contractor quaffed his way through Y2K compliance while the client scowled2 days ago
Engineer sabotaged hardware then complained when it didn't work2 days ago
While you're here, could you go out of your way to do an impossible job?7 days ago
Blustering Blackbeard's PC was all at sea, sysadmin got him shipshape in seconds7 days ago
SaaS - Anthropic comes for the midmarket software spend - Backed by private equity and banking giants, it will build custom AI systems for business bottlenecks3 hours ago
Bun posts Rust porting guide, says rewrite is still half-baked -- Zig's no-AI policy is at odds with view that most open source code will be AI-written in future9 days ago
NHS to close-source hundreds of GitHub repos over AI, security concerns -- Healthcare giant's maintainers handed May deadline to enact the change9 days ago
Google's fix for critical Gemini CLI bug might break your CI/CD pipelines -- This CVSS 10.0 RCE vuln has been patched, automatically for some, so better check those workflows8 days ago
Google stuffs Gemini into Android Studio Panda 2 to build apps from prompts -- The card game bridge could be a bridge too far for Mountain View's AI9 days ago
Mythos complicates the breakup, says Pentagon CTO, but Anthropic is still barred -- Emil Michael says agencies are evaluating the cybersecurity model, not deploying it1 day ago
Fewer users, fatter wallets is why Anthropic tops OpenAI in LLM revenue stakes -- AI boom splits between companies hoarding eyeballs and those actually charging for them2 days ago
CxO -- Tech is now rolling out the old grievance grift -- Not just for hated US Presidents, now even tech bros lament their foes3 days ago
Security -- Worm rubs out competitor's malware, then takes control -- All your compromised credentials are belong to us now instead of the other gang3 days ago
Cyber Crime -- Disgraced US gov software contractor found guilty of database destruction -- Twin brother still faces trial over broader cybercrime allegations3 days ago
On-Prem -- Iran war hits datacenter building supply chains, upping costs -- BCS says builders face up to 20% material hikes and patchy deliveries3 days ago
Personal Tech -- Raspberry Pi wants Windows admins to Connect – or it might pull the plug -- Remote access software could bring mixed fleets under one roof, assuming enough people ask for it3 days ago
Security -- 'Dirty Frag' Linux flaw one-ups CopyFail with no patches and public root exploit -- Broken disclosure embargo left admins facing a fresh root-level flaw with no CVE3 days ago
Trump jumps from 'anything goes' to 'strict regulation' AI policy -- In a word, 'Huh?'3 days ago
Meta U-turns on encryption push for Instagram as DMs go plaintext -- After years of insisting end-to-end encryption was the future of online comms, Zuckcorp has handed itself full visibility into user chats once again3 days ago
Vi clone written in BASIC proves old habits :wq hard -- A few hundred lines of Yabasic recreate just enough to keep modal editing muscle memory alive7 days ago
UK abandons police database cloud move after £35M transformation stalls - Home Office finds 80% of code cannot be reused, balks at £26M in extra costs3 days ago
GameStop CEO's eBay account reinstated following takeover PR stunt -- Ryan Cohen briefly banned after bootstrapping cash ostensibly to buy the auction site7 days ago
Hackers ate my homework: Educational SaaS Canvas down after cyberattack -- ShinyHunters takes the credit and gives developer an F for security3 days ago
AI + ML -- Google says criminals used AI-built zero-day in planned mass hack spree -- GTIG says AI-powered hacking has moved well beyond phishing emails and chatbot tricks3 days ago
Security -- India orders infosec red alert in case Mythos sparks crime spree -- Securities regulator urges market players to develop new strategies and nail cyber-basics before AI models fuel mass attacks8 days ago
AI + ML -- ServiceNow clears agents for landing with new AI control tower -- ServiceNow acquisitions Veza and Traceloop join to monitor agents and AI workflows8 days ago
Cyber-crime - Attackers are cashing in on fresh 'CopyFail' Linux flaw - Researchers dropped a reliable root exploit and it didn't sit idle for long3 hours ago
Real estate giant confirms vishing incident as ShinyHunters and Qilin both come knocking - Cushman & Wakefield activated incident response protocols after serial extortionists issued separate threats3 hours ago
ShinyHunters claims dump puts 119K Vimeo emails in the wild -- Vimeo points finger at analytics supplier Anodot, says no logins or card data were touched3 hours ago
Romance scammers turn sweet talk into £102M payday -- Victims losing £280K a day to fake profiles and sob stories8 days ago
Singapore boffins get diverse SIEMs singing in harmony with agentic rule translation -- Vendors all use different formats. This tech translates them all so you can smooth your SOC7 days ago
MPs want social media treated more like unsafe toys than harmless apps7 hours ago
Nobody believes the 'criminals and scumbags' who hacked Canvas really deleted stolen student data17 hours ago
Cops arrest man suspected of being Dream Market kingpin1 day ago
Dirty Frag gets a sequel as Fragnesia hands Linux attackers root-level access1 day ago
To gain root access at this company, all an intruder had to do was ask nicely1 day ago
AI models are getting better at replacing cybersecurity pros on certain tasks1 day ago
Cisco to fire 4,000 staff and generously give them free training – on Cisco1 day ago
Welcome to the vulnpocalypse, as vendors use AI to find bugs and patches multiply like rabbits1 day ago
Meta fights Ofcom over how many billions count as billions -- Social media biz says watchdog's fine formula is 'disproportionate' and should stop counting global revenue3 days ago
Nothing says 'business continuity' like a dry wooden broom -- No sparks, no glory3 days ago
Lego throws its own Hail Mary -- Movie-inspired set ticks the clever Technic box, but at a price7 days ago
Bus station display takes the Windows 10 road to nowhere -- Spikes deter pigeons, but Microsoft still managed to foul the screen7 days ago
Custom PC worked in the lab, failed on site – and so did the angry client -- It's amazing what happens when you plug everything in4 days ago
Cloudflare to fire 1,100 staff whose jobs just aren't AI enough -- Around 20 percent of staff get an 'In one hour, you might not work here anymore' email7 days ago
AWS warns of EC2 'impairment' as power loss hits notorious US-EAST-1 region -- Extra aircon found to cool overheating datacenter as users complain their resources are... nowhere7 days ago
Mozilla boasts Mythos boosted Firefox bug cull -- Yet it remains unclear if Anthropic's uber model was effective, or if better model middleware is what makes the difference4 days ago
Dyna Software's AI assistant promises to massage your toughest ServiceNow configs -- The tool is meant to take the place of 80% of the work that requires ServiceNow dev teams7 days ago
Fake IT workers rented laptops to Nork scammers, got prison time -- Matthew Isaac Knoot and Erick Ntekereze Prince will each do 18 months for hosting laptops used by North Korean IT workers to remotely infiltrate US companies4 days ago
security - Anthropic response to 1-click pwn: Shouldn't have clicked 'ok'2 days ago
Microsoft to stop taking reservations for 17 Azure VM flavours, kill 13 in 2028 -- Haswell's had its day and Skylake and Cascade Lake are draining away9 days ago
UK drivers' agency shrugs off claims of week-long booking site smashes, blames browser configs -- Agency insists everything is working fine, even though users spend days failing to load it9 days ago
ICANN opens applications for new generic top-level domains for the first time since 2012 -- $227k gets you a hearing for your dot.vanity project, or strings in one of 27 scripts9 days ago
AWS says acute server memory shortage is driving customers to the cloud -- When you can't get 'em with a 'transformation plan,' supply chain pain will do the job9 days ago
Google to sell its TPUs to some customers, who also fancy big-G GPUs -- AI is driving more searches and ads9 days ago
Microsoft lifts 2026 AI spend by $25 billion to cover component price rises -- Will write checks for $190 billion and even those megabucks may not satisfy demand9 days ago
UK watchdog targets Microsoft licensing in cloud competition probe -- CMA to assess whether the company's terms unfairly favor Azure over rival platforms9 days ago
Remote or not, workers are drifting back toward the city -- Global hiring data shows employees relocating nearer major hubs, reversing pandemic-era shift9 days ago
AWS racks M3 Ultra Macs that boast specs you can't currently buy -- Manages to get its hands on some Mac Studio machines before the OpenClaw machine grabs them11 hours ago
Sovereign cloud is only possible if you're Chinese or American: Gartner -- Which is awkward for European orgs who fear US clouds might leave the continent4 days ago
60% of MD5 password hashes are crackable in under an hour -- Happy World Password Day! Maybe it's finally time to kill this holiday in favor of World No-More-Passwords Day?4 days ago
IBM Cloud evaporates as datacenter loses power -- Customers say services were down for at least 4 hours, while status page showed no issues8 days ago
$250M crypto-robbing gang's dirty work guy sentenced to 6.5 years behind bars -- The then-teen was told to break in and steal what the keyboard warriors couldn't4 days ago
Personal Tech -- TomTom's route planner takes an unplanned detour into oblivion -- Users report disappearing favorites, blank route planners, and cloud sync failures amid outage7 days ago
Devops -- C++ survey finds AI use rising, though trust is in short supply -- Language's popularity continues to grow despite commonly cited frustrations4 days ago
Cyber-crime -- State-backed hackers hammer Palo Alto firewall zero-day before patch lands -- Internet-facing PAN-OS firewalls are once again doing impressions of initial access brokers4 days ago
Official PCIe 8.0 draft aims for 1 TB/s data rate -- Final specs due for release in 2028, so don't hold your breath for the hardware8 days ago
AMD puts out new slottable GPU for AI-curious enterprises -- MI350P packs 144 GB of HBM3e and up to 4.6 petaFLOPS of FP4 grunt into a dual slot card4 days ago
Hungarian cops cuff suspected swatter after two-year FBI probe -- 20-year-old fessed up after investigators found video of crime in progress4 days ago
AI + ML -- EU hits snooze on AI Act rules after industry backlash -- Brussels says it's simplification, critics may call it retreat7 days ago
Software -- NHS code clampdown draws open source backlash -- Plus a petition for the UK Civil Service to go FOSS by default7 days ago
Security -- The network password was a key plot point in one of the most famous movies of all time -- Fortunately, it was a legit contractor who guessed it5 days ago
Lab worker built a fake PC to nuke his lunch4 days ago
PowerPoint punishment sent users into an infinite loop after lunch7 days ago
'Invisible mouse' made a mess of PC rebuild7 days ago
IT manager approved downtime over lunch, but made a meal of it7 days ago
The developer who came in from the cold and melted a mainframe7 days ago
Security contractor blew the whistle on support crew's viral indifference7 days ago
Junior disobeyed orders and tried untested feature during a live robot demo7 days ago
Brilliant backups that kept data alive for ages landed web developer in big trouble7 days ago
Bug that wiped customer data saved the day – and a contract7 days ago
Server crashes traced to one very literal knee-jerk reaction7 days ago
Work experience kids messed with manager's PC to send him to Ctrl-Alt-Del hell7 days ago
Final step to put new website into production deleted it instead7 days ago
Tech support chap invented fake fix for non-problem and watched it spread across the office7 days ago
Techie's one ring brought darkness by shorting a server7 days ago
Marketing 'genius' destroyed a printer by trying to fix a paper jam7 days ago
ATM maintenance tech broke the bank by forgetting to return a key7 days ago
Techie banned from client site for outage he didn't cause7 days ago
Techie turned the tables on office bullies with remote access rumble7 days ago
New boss was bad, his attitude was ugly, so the tech team pranked him good7 days ago
Techie 'forgot' to tell boss their cost-saving idea meant a day of gaming7 days ago
Untrained techie broke the rules, made a mistake, and found a better way to work7 days ago
Web dev's crawler took down major online bookstore by buying too many books7 days ago
Dev's last-day-of-contract code helped to crash app used by 350,000 people7 days ago
Developer made one wrong click and sent his AWS bill into the stratosphere7 days ago
Techie ran up $40,000 bill trying to download a driver7 days ago
'ERP down for emergency maintenance' was code for 'You deleted what?'7 days ago
Frustrated consultant 'went full Hulk' and started smashing hardware7 days ago
Company that made power systems for servers didn't know why its own machines ran out of juice7 days ago
Techies tossed appliance that had no power cord, but turned out to power their company7 days ago
Techie found an error message so rude the CEO of IBM apologized for it7 days ago
Intern had no idea what not to do, so nearly mangled a mainframe7 days ago
Bored developers accidentally turned their watercooler into a bootleg brewery7 days ago
After deleting a web server, I started checking what I typed before hitting 'Enter'7 days ago
Playing ball games in the datacenter was obviously stupid, but we had to win the league7 days ago
I was a part-time DBA. After this failover foul-up, they hired a full-time DBA7 days ago
CIO made a dangerous mistake and ordered his security team to implement it7 days ago
Teen interns brute-forced a disk install, with predictable results7 days ago
Pay attention, class: Today you'll learn the wrong way to turn things off7 days ago
Tech bro denied dev's hard-earned bonus for bug that overcharged a little old lady7 days ago
Intern did exactly what he was told and turned off the wrong server7 days ago
Under-qualified sysadmin crashed Amazon.com for 3 hours with a typo7 days ago
Junior developer's code worked in tests, destroyed data in production7 days ago
Yes, I wrote a very expensive bug. In my defense I was only seven years old at the time7 days ago
Junior sysadmin's first lines of code set off alarms. His next lot crashed the company7 days ago
Techie went home rather than fix mistake that caused a massive meltdown7 days ago
Techie exposed giant tax grab, maybe made government change the rules7 days ago
Field support chap got married – which took down a mainframe7 days ago
Admin brought his drill to work, destroyed disks and crashed a datacenter7 days ago
Techies thought outside the box. Then the boss decided to take the box away7 days ago
Inside Amazon Web Services' plan to make networking disappear9 days ago
Hope your holiday was horrid: You botched the last thing you did before leaving9 days ago
Bandwidth hogs rejoice, Celestica's latest switch is bristling with 64 ports of 1.6 Tbps Ethernet9 days ago
Cloudflare says autocrats, wars and elections caged the internet in Q19 days ago
FCC walks back router update ban before it bricks America's network security2 days ago
Lawsuit brought by former store operators missing from Vodafone results3 days ago
Britain pays Starlink millions despite Musk's calls to overthrow UK government3 days ago
Veteran network architect proposes IPv8 – to improve IPv4, not leapfrog v63 days ago
Akamai surges on big LLM deal as Cloudflare dims6 days ago
HPE drops first Juniper x Aruba collab – self-driving Wi-Fi7 days ago
It's always DNS: Denic says sorry for crashing Germany's internet9 days ago
Vodafone dials up full control of joint venture with Three in £4.3B deal9 days ago
AI -- Chrome silently installs a 4 GB local LLM on your computer -- You did remember to opt out of AI, didn't you?6 days ago
Public Sector -- Home Office seeks three CTOs to keep borders, passports, and core IT ticking -- Roles span eGates, passports, visas, asylum applications, and enterprise services – yours for up to £105K7 days ago
PaaS + IaaS -- Minister gives Palantir's NHS platform a clean bill of health -- £330M contract defended as value for money despite concerns over IP and lock-in8 days ago
Neocloud IREN buys OpenStack champion Mirantis -- Former bitcoin miner plans to build an easier cloudy AI on ramp while remaining a friend to FOSS8 days ago
Datacenter to become Arm's biggest business 'soon' -- Someone other than Meta is buying $1bn of its new AGI chips8 days ago
Using AI to click around on a website burns 45x as many tokens as just using APIs -- For AI agents, seeing is expensive8 days ago
AI + ML -- Claude hitches ride on SpaceX's datacenter capacity -- Compute from Colossus leads to relaxed limits8 days ago
systems - Musk has never built a wafer fab, but he wants to burn $119B on one anyway3 days ago
AI + mL -- Arctic Wolf kicks 250 employees out of the pack to save money for AI -- Cuts appear to hit sales, product, and marketing, accounting for under 10% of staff7 days ago
Security -- 1 in 8 employees totally cool with selling work credentials -- 13% say they've sold logins or know someone who has, survey suggests7 days ago
Science -- Mars rover hits rocky snag with power tool -- All driller, no filler8 days ago
Site News -- We've only gone and done it: Changed what you're used to -- A new coat of paint8 days ago
DRAM drought to dog AMD's chips this year -- Commercial PC demand expected to cushion broader slowdown8 days ago
Iran cybersnoops still LARPing as ransomware crooks in espionage ops -- MOIS-linked cyber outfit puts on a ransomware show to disguise the wide-open backdoor behind the scenes7 days ago
AI -- AI layoffs backfire as cutting staff doesn't cut it, firms warned -- Replacing meatbags with failure prone agents isn't the gold mine some CEOs hoped for8 days ago
Ruby inventor Matz working on native compiler with AI help -- Matz gets together with Anthropic's Claude to create an experimental ahead-of-time compiler for Ruby – though with many limitations9 days ago
IBM tried to kill Tab navigation. Microsoft told it Bill Gates' mother wasn't interested -- Big Blue escalated the OS/2 keyboard squabble through seven layers of management. Redmond's answer? Nope3 days ago
UK age-gating plans risk breaking the internet, privacy groups warn -- Activists say ministers are targeting access rather than Big Tech's data-hungry business models7 days ago
PERSONAL TECH -- It's game over for Copilot on Xbox -- Microsoft winds down console AI assistant as new boss says it no longer fits the plan8 days ago
OFF-PREM -- IBM Cloud evaporates as datacenter loses power7 days ago
AI + ML -- Chrome silently installs a 4 GB local LLM on your computer6 days ago
Security -- Anthropic's bug-hunting Mythos was greatest marketing stunt ever, says cURL creator2 days ago
PERSONAL TECH -- HP stuffed a PC into a keyboard. We took it for a spin4 days ago
Grad-to-be turns graduation cap into Rust-powered light show -- Eric Park tells us he doesn't plan to wear his modified cap to commencement, but his code's available for anyone with no such qualms and an upcoming ceremony23 hours ago
Dude... where's my password? Claude reunites forgetful stoner with $400k Bitcoin stash -- AI to the rescue as 11-year search for password turns up in old PC files1 day ago
This browser add-in doesn't just hide ads, it tells you to OBEY -- Chromium extension swaps promos for John Carpenter-style subliminal slogans2 days ago
Man jailed for packing printer with something more expensive than toner: Cocaine -- Class A drugs loaded instead of A42 days ago
Windows update prompt joins the Post Office queue -- Customers left staring at restart plea with no keyboard, mouse, or hope3 days ago
The latest innovation in UK public transport: Schrödinger's trains -- Who knows what is going where. Might as well have a lovely beer instead.4 days ago
London's BT Tower to get rooftop swimming pool -- Imagine taking a dip 177m above the streets of London's West End6 days ago
Young evil genius forces hamster to run on wheel to power his gadgets -- Okay, the rodent was a willing participant - after all, who turns down treats for a spin that charges a phone?8 days ago
UK puts £20.5M behind 'numberplate for the skies' to keep tabs on drones -- Remote ID system will log aircraft identity and location as ministers try to stop rogue flyers grounding airports9 days ago
Viva la revolución: LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb -- GDPR Article 15 doesn't care if you want to make money by selling users' data back to them9 days ago
DIY mystery box will wow your friends by hinting at what the ionosphere is up to -- A rough guide to when your signal will behave, or not9 days ago
Unexpected item in Windows' bagging area -- Activating Windows will cost more than a couple of cheap carrier bags9 days ago
Hobbyist xenomorphs Raspberry Pi into Alien-themed DIY laptop -- Everything you need to build the PS-85 is available from its designer's website, even if you can't get to space9 days ago
Just in time for Labour Day, China makes it illegal to fire humans if AI takes their jobs -- PLUS: Samsung cashes in on RAM prices; Booze from space fetches huge price; China's hyperscalers surge9 days ago
Britain's £6B armoured sickener Ajax cleared for duty despite injuring troops -- Investigation finds no single cause for soldiers falling ill, just bad bolts, cold air, and apparently the soldiers themselves9 days ago
Databricks can't seem to shake authors' copyright claim that could result in 'extraordinary' damages -- Authors say it acquired an LLM that was trained on their copyrighted data, and judge keeps asking for more info9 days ago
Bork in Prague: SUSE's keynote gods demand their tribute -- Linux vendor touts European independence while rate limits, Chromium popups, and cold sparks steal the show9 days ago
Cloudera had US candidates send resumes to a fake email address, DoJ charges -- PERM filings require employers to show American workers had a fair shot at the role9 days ago
Australia threatens tech companies with 2.25 percent tax if they don't pay publishers -- Last time an idea like this came up, Meta packed up its toys and went home9 days ago
China blocks Zuck's acquisition of AI outfit Manus -- Back to the drawing board for Meta's AI ambitions9 days ago
Friendster rises from the grave to make social media great again -- No ads, no algorithm, and you actually have to physically tap phones to add a friend9 days ago
In the beginning was the Bork: 'Heart of the Earth' exhibit reveals Raspberry Pi in existential crisis -- Dynamic Earth's ancient rock holds not primordial crystal, but a tiny Linux box having a bad day9 days ago
BOFH: Arrr, I smell piracy ... and it's comin' from a machine with executive privileges -- Hang on, can't we just turn off the internet?9 days ago
Google Meet or Google Mute? Even CEOs get borked sometimes -- Video conferencing has tripped us all up. Now cloud chief Thomas Kurian gets his turn9 days ago
FAA grounds Blue Origin's New Glenn as it probes missed satellite delivery 'mishap' -- One of two second stage engines misbehaved, administration must sign off report before flights resume9 days ago
NASA Inspector fears new spacesuits won't be ready for Moon landing -- Dud contracts, proprietary designs, and zero-experience supplier make for quite the mess9 days ago
You too can build a nuclear battery from junk you have lying around the house -- It won't provide much juice, but its creator calls it a 'nanowatt nuclear power plant'9 days ago
Blue Origin nails the landing, but puts the payload satellite in the wrong orbit -- Wouldn't be the first time a Jeff Bezos company left a package in the wrong place9 days ago
NASA working on 'Big Bang' upgrade to keep the Voyagers alive for longer -- Tests scheduled for May can't come soon enough after VGER 1 power glitch led to instrument shutdown9 days ago
NASA gets the ball rolling on its part in Europe's jinxed Mars rover mission -- Rosalind Franklin moving again, though another budget cut looms9 days ago
Would you like fries with that terminal? -- Jack might be on Track, but the order screen certainly isn't9 days ago
Americans who masterminded Nork IT worker fraud sentenced to 200 months behind bars -- Fortune 500 companies and one US defense contractor got taken for $5m in four-year scam9 days ago
Obsolete Google nag drowns out vital bar information at Swedish concert hall -- Backup and Sync may be dead, but it still knows how to kill the buzz before the ukuleles start9 days ago
More missions, less money, higher risk: NASA's back to the '90s playbook -- Faster, better, cheaper is back and history suggests you can't get all three at the same time9 days ago
Science - Artemis III aims for 'late 2027' for Earth orbit demonstration3 days ago
SpaceX rocket set for unintentional Moon landing – well, a piece of it anyway -- But unlike most junkers, it'll be traveling faster than the speed of sound, claims astronomy software dev9 days ago
NASA boss: make Pluto a planet again -- Despite looming science cuts, Isaacman finds resources to poke the planetary hornet nest9 days ago
NASA's Psyche mission set for a brief encounter with Mars2 hours ago
NASA fleshes out Artemis III, the Moon mission that won't go to the Moon1 day ago
SpaceX sets date for Starship test that asks: Did we break anything in the upgrade?2 days ago
US Army goes green-ish, wants soldiers munching on plant proteins2 days ago
Trump admin pays wind developers to quit, back fossil fuel projects -- DoI offers up to $885M if they abandon offshore wind projects9 days ago
Despite proposed science cuts, NASA boss says 'We haven't canceled anything yet' -- That 'yet' is sure doing a lot of heavy lifting if the budget for science is slashed9 days ago
SpaceX dusts off Falcon Heavy for first flight in 18 months -- Side boosters to make simultaneous touchdown while center core takes one for the team9 days ago
Solid-state batteries hold more juice, but keep cracking up. Now researchers know why -- Two teams, similar diagnosis: Ceramic electrolytes still refusing to cooperate9 days ago
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope trumps Trump cuts, is launch-ready ahead of schedule -- Revolutionary telescope aiming for space after multiple near death experiences9 days ago
NASA reckons the Artemis II heat shield performed like a champ -- Good news for future missions as initial findings agree with agency's design decision9 days ago
BOFH: If the meatbags can't agree on aircon, AI will decide for them -- How were we to know Bikram Choudhury was in the training data?9 days ago
BOFH: Are you ready to raise our expense account limits now? -- Yet another AI sales creep ruined by PFY's manual reading tactics3 days ago
BOFH: What physics defines as impossible, sales calls a challenge -- The Boss imagineers a new laptop spec with help from AI3 days ago
BOFH: Nobody would be stupid enough to go live with the mirror system, surely -- Oh. Well. Color us surprised3 days ago
BOFH: Loss adjuster discovers liability is a two-way street -- Insurance negotiations take a turn for the Thames3 days ago
BOFH: Eight pints of a lager and a management breakthrough -- The Boss has been on a retreat, which means he needs a factory reset ASAP3 days ago
BOFH: Every computer system eventually serves ads -- Boss's bright idea enshittifies itself in record time3 days ago
BOFH: The Christmas spirit has run dry – time to show some chiller instinct -- After the boardroom is ransacked, it's straight into Arse Covering 1013 days ago
Taiwan cops say student's radio kit brought bullet trains to a standstill -- Investigators spent weeks unravelling enthusiast's bedroom project7 days ago
Firefox integrates an ad-blocker, but not to block ads -- It's in Waterfox too, and there it does what you'd expect9 days ago
GNOME may rule Ubuntu Resolute Raccoon, but X.org isn't roadkill yet -- Seven official flavors offer alternatives to the default Wayland-only desktop – and Xfce looks like the leanest9 days ago
Britain says Skyhammer drone interceptor passed Jordan tests with flying colors -- MoD eyes Middle East exports after desert trials of Cambridge Aerospace system9 days ago
SAAS -- Planning and land searches hit by IT problems in 3 councils following SaaS migration -- EXCLUSIVE: Searches go missing, house sales fall through, and a 5G mast erected by mistake8 days ago
