European Parliament votes to screw repair rights in consumer toolkits -- Directive places requirements on gizmo vendors, but still needs formal approval -- Personal Tech

16 minutes ago

Rapidus US chief says AI chip crunch, supply chain paranoia make for an ideal growth climate - Interview - Japanese foundry upstart aims to bolster domestic production while catering to growing demand for custom accelerators - Systems - 24 Apr 2024 - |

1 hour ago

If Britain is so bothered by China, why do these .gov.uk sites use Chinese ad brokers? Exclusive - One wonders why are there adverts on public-sector portals at all - Research - 24 Apr 2024 - | 22

16 minutes ago

Japanese and Singaporean devs battle over gamified crowdsourced telco maintenance app -- You read that right – it's a bit like Pokémon Go, but for telephone poles -- Software

5 hours ago

China's mega-telcos are spending billions on AI servers -- China Mobile alone wants almost 8,000 machines -- Systems

5 hours ago

Senate passes law forcing ByteDance to sell off TikTok – or face a US ban -- Somewhere in Beijing, someone's screaming: Mother, PFACAA! -- Personal Tech

6 hours ago

US government reportedly ponders crimping China's use of RISC-V -- Permissive licenses may be about to collide with geopolitics -- Public Sector

8 hours ago

White House tweaks HIPAA to shield medical files of those seeking reproductive care -- In theory, this should make it harder for states to compel data-sharing to enforce anti-abortion laws -- Personal Tech

10 hours ago

Intel Foundry ticks another box in quest to fab mil-spec chips for US DoD - Gelsinger and gang certified to court wider array of defense contractors - Public Sector - 23 Apr 2024 - |

12 hours ago

Using its own sums, AMD claims it's helping save Earth with Epyc server chiplets - Comment - Smaller dies, less wafer loss equals lower emissions, exec claims - Systems - 23 Apr 2024 - | 1

2 hours ago

Waymo robotaxi drives down wrong side of street after being alarmed by unicyclists -- Strange tales from San Francisco -- AI + ML

15 hours ago

Banned Nvidia GPUs sneak into sanction-busting Chinese servers -- Graphics giant and partners say they're clean – it's all technically legit -- Systems

3 hours ago

Miles of optical fiber crafted aboard ISS marks manufacturing first -- ZBLAN fibers made in space hopefully don't crystallize and are far less brittle, opening the path to faster photonics -- Networks

16 hours ago

Seagate joins the HDD price hike party, blames AI for spike in demand -- Expect ongoing supply shortages this year, say storage analysts -- Storage

16 hours ago

iPhone sales dive 19.1% in China as Huawei comeback hits Apple in the high end -- From first place to third as local brands grow -- Personal Tech

20 hours ago

AI at the edge: from theory to practice - How AI at the edge offers potential to provide valuable, real-time insights to better navigate complex data and opportunities - Commissioned

16 hours ago

Digital Realty wants to turn Irish datacenters into grid-stabilizing power jugglers -- Electricity goes both ways as bit barns in Dublin aim to cut emissions and boost the bank -- On-Prem

21 hours ago

Don't rent out that container ship yet: CIOs and biz buyers view AI PCs with some caution -- Risky bet? Premium price with 'no demonstrable benefits'? It doesn't sound like an order avalanche -- Personal Tech

1 day ago

Meta comms chief handed six-year Russian prison sentence for 'justifying terrorism' -- Memo to Andy Stone: Don't go to Moscow for your holidays -- Public Sector

18 hours ago

European Commission to suspend TikTok's new rewards program, open second probe -- For some reason the world's most notorious app decided not to tick all boxes under the world's toughest digital law -- Personal Tech

1 day ago

Ex-Amazon exec claims she was asked to ignore copyright law in race to AI -- High-flying AI scientist claims unfair dismissal following pregnancy leave

1 day ago

Microsoft really does not want Windows 11 running on ancient PCs -- Even tighter requirements, so it's time to put old hardware out to pasture... or find an alternative OS

13 hours ago

Misconfigured cloud server leaked clues of North Korean animation scam -- Outsourcers outsourced work for the BBC, Amazon, and HBO Max to the hermit kingdom

6 hours ago

Huawei wants to take homegrown HarmonyOS phone platform worldwide -- Chinese tech juggernaut eyes global expansion despite US tech restrictions

19 hours ago

Tiny11 Builder trims Windows 11 fat with PowerShell script -- The Reg accepts no responsibility for borked installations

13 hours ago

Leicester streetlights take ransomware attack personally, shine on 24/7 -- City council says it lost control after shutting down systems

4 hours ago

Fedora 40 is just around the corner with more spins and flavors than ever -- KDE edition has the most conspicuous changes, and could become future flagship

1 day ago

Europol now latest cops to beg Big Tech to ditch E2EE -- Don't bore us, get to the chorus: You need less privacy so we can protect the children

4 hours ago

Old Windows print spooler bug is latest target of Russia's Fancy Bear gang -- Putin's pals use 'GooseEgg' malware to launch attacks you can defeat with patches or deletion

3 hours ago

Voyager 1 regains sanity after engineers patch around problematic memory -- All from billions of miles away

1 hour ago

Australia secures takedown order for terror videos, which Elon Musk wants to fight - +Comment - Yet X remains a supporter of The Christchurch Call, an international agreement to stop video nasties - Personal Tech - 23 Apr 2024 - | 55

3 hours ago

Japan to draw up routes for roads dedicated to robot trucks -- Digital reform conference sees PM repeat calls to get online government services right at last -- Public Sector

1 day ago

FBI and friends get two more years of warrantless FISA Section 702 snooping -- Senate kills reform amendments, Biden swiftly signs bill into law -- Public Sector

1 day ago

Tesla slashes vehicle and self-driving-ish software prices as shares plummet -- Because nothing reassures investors like discounting some inventory -- Personal Tech

1 day ago

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman invests in solar power firm Exowatt to fuel AI datacenters -- $20m to keep the industry from having to rely on fossil fuels -- On-Prem

1 day ago

Germany arrests trio accused of trying to smuggle naval military tech to China - Prosecutors believe one frikkin' laser did make its way to Beijing - Public Sector - 22 Apr 2024 - |

1 day ago

Gone in 35 seconds – the Cybertruck's misbehaving acceleration pedal -- Riveting conclusion to Tesla recall saga -- Personal Tech

1 day ago

More than a third of enterprise datacenters expect to deploy liquid cooling by 2026 - Survey - Which one of you is already running 100-plus kilowatt racks? On-Prem - 22 Apr 2024 - | 2

1 day ago

Microsoft foresees a new type of AI PC: A Surface designed with help from machines -- For now, Redmond is dogfooding Azure for product simulations -- AI + ML

2 days ago

Zilog to end standalone sales of the legendary Z80 CPU -- The processor that gave the world the ZX Spectrum and so much more is out of wafers -- Systems

2 days ago

China creates 'Information Support Force' to improve networked defence capabilities -- A day after FBI boss warns Beijing is poised to strike against US infrastructure -- Public Sector

2 days ago

Elon Musk's X to challenge Australian content takedown orders in court - Asia In Brief - PLUS: Samsung in 'emergency mode'; Tim Cook's Asian charm tour; APAC AI spend to surge - Public Sector - 22 Apr 2024 - | 49

1 hour ago

Microsoft is a national security threat, says ex-White House cyber policy director - Interview - With little competition at the goverment level, Windows giant has no incentive to make its systems safer - Public Sector - 21 Apr 2024 - | 111

6 hours ago

Microsoft teases deepfake AI that's too powerful to release -- VASA-1 framework can turn a still image and a cloned voice file into a plausible video of a person talking -- AI + ML

2 days ago

Tesla Cybertruck turns into world's most expensive brick after car wash -- Bulletproof? Is it waterproof? Ts&Cs say: 'Failure to put Cybertruck in Car Wash Mode may result in damage' -- Personal Tech

4 days ago

SpaceX, Northrop Grumman reportedly working on US spy sat program -- LEO rising in US military: Close encounters of the recon kind -- Networks

4 days ago

AI energy draw from Chicago datacenters to rise ninefold -- No wonder industry is exploring nuclear as an alternative to electricity -- On-Prem

4 days ago

A quarter of 5-7 year olds now use smartphones, says regulator -- Social media use and gaming show steep increases within the age group, after UK comms watchdog given new powers -- Personal Tech

4 days ago

Germany cuffs alleged Russian spies over plot to bomb industrial and military targets -- Apparently an attempt to damage Ukraine's war effort -- Security

5 days ago

Some smart meters won't be smart at all once 2/3G networks mothballed -- UK reckoning with prospect of millions of homes with obsolete hardware -- Networks

5 days ago

Your trainee just took down our business and has no idea how or why - On Call - Oh, to have been a fly on the wall in the debrief meeting - On-Prem - 19 Apr 2024 - | 122

19 hours ago

Huawei's latest flagship smartphone contains no world-shaking silicon surprises -- Kirin 9010 SoC powering the Pura 70 is impressive, but doesn't indicate unforeseen prowess -- Personal Tech

5 days ago

IBM accused of cheating its own executive assistants out of overtime pay -- Big Blue bosses retaliate against those seeking overtime, lawsuit claims -- On-Prem

5 days ago

Microsoft aims to triple datacenter capacity to fuel AI boom -- And it's far from the only hyperscaler getting in on the act -- On-Prem

5 days ago

911 goes MIA across multiple US states, cause unclear - Updated - Some say various cell services were out, others still say landlines were affected. What just happened? Networks - 18 Apr 2024 - | 36

1 day ago

TSMC expects customers to pay more for chips fabbed overseas -- It'll be pricier, but there are geopolitical benefits, says CEO -- Systems

5 days ago

Micron scores $6.1B CHIPS Act cash for New York and Idaho fabs - Memorymaker to park mega plant in Syracuse, says senator - Systems - 18 Apr 2024 - |

5 days ago

Novelty flip phone strips out almost every feature possible to be as boring as possible -- Only good for calls and texts pretty much, and that's no mistake -- Personal Tech

6 days ago

Prolific phishing-made-easy emporium LabHost knocked offline in cyber-cop op - Feature - Police emit Spotify Wrapped-style videos to let crims know they're being hunted - Security - 18 Apr 2024 - | 13

3 days ago

AI PCs are here but a killer application for biz users? Nope -- Resist the pressure to jump on the bandwagon just yet warns, warns Forrester -- AI + ML

6 days ago

Cisco creates architecture to improve security and sell you new switches -- Hypershield detects bad behavior and automagically reconfigures networks to snuff out threats -- Security

6 days ago

Europe gives TikTok 24 hours to explain 'addictive and toxic' new app -- Commissioner Thierry Breton likens click-to-earn version to cigarettes -- Software

6 days ago

Taiwanese film studio snaps up Chinese surveillance camera specialist Dahua - Stymied by sanctions, it had to go ... but where? Security - 18 Apr 2024 - |

6 days ago

HPE sues China's Inspur Group over server patents -- Middle Kingdom biz accused of IP theft and changing names to evade sanctions -- Systems

6 days ago

Hugely expanded Section 702 surveillance powers set for US Senate vote -- Opponents warn almost anyone could be asked to share info with Uncle Sam -- Public Sector

6 days ago

Snowmobile, Amazon's truck-powered migration service, reaches the end of the road -- Demand for bulk storage on wheels turned out to be wan -- Storage

6 days ago

Uncle Sam earmarks $54M of CHIPS funding for small-biz semiconductor boffinry -- Up to 24 outfits to bag taxpayer cash for projects 'developing a viable product or service' for US chip industry -- Public Sector

6 days ago

Psst, hey. It's the NSA. You want some AI security advice? -- You can trust us, we're the good guys -- AI + ML

6 days ago

America may end up with paid-for 5G fast lanes under net neutrality anyway -- Damn you, network virtualization -- Networks

6 days ago

ASML ships another high NA EUV lithography machine to mystery client -- The cutting-edge chipmaking tool for a secret customer -- Systems

6 days ago

Kremlin's Sandworm blamed for cyberattacks on US, European water utilities -- Water tank overflowed during one system malfunction, says Mandiant -- Research

6 days ago

Future Roku TVs may inject tailored ads into anything and everything when you pause - Updated - Muted the audio? That's an advert. Paused a video? That's an advert - Personal Tech - 17 Apr 2024 - | 60

1 day ago

Tesla asks shareholders to reinstate Musk's voided $56B pay package -- Given the electric car maker's annus horribilis so far in 2024, does the chief even deserve it? -- Personal Tech

6 days ago

Samsung boosts LPDDR5X to 10.7 Gbps, ups efficiency and capacity for mobile and servers -- Guess what it's great for? Go on, have a guess... 20 points if you muttered an abbreviation starting with A and ending in I -- Storage

6 days ago

ASML profits plunge 40% amid dip in chipmaking tool orders -- Except in China, where customers accounted for almost half of the photolithography giant's top line -- Systems

6 days ago

Logitech intros free tool for ChatGPT prompts... plus a mouse with an AI button -- For when the AI service cannot grok what it's being asked -- Personal Tech

7 days ago

Global IT spending forecast to reach $5.0T this year -- Comms services and AI contributing to increase, but vendors are taking 'risks' -- Networks

6 days ago

RISC-V AI chip upstart Rivos plans to undercut Nvidia, helped by a quarter-billion in VC lucre - With Apple lawsuit behind it, focussed on finalizing its designs - On-Prem - 17 Apr 2024 - |

7 days ago

Fire in the Cisco! Networking giant's Duo MFA message logs stolen in phish attack -- Also warns of brute force attacks targeting its own VPNs, Check Point, Fortinet, SonicWall and more -- Security

7 days ago

FYI: This site claims to have harvested 4B+ Discord chats, today all yours for a price - Updated - Of course there's an enterprise plan for the Feds and AI trainers - Personal Tech - 16 Apr 2024 - | 18

6 days ago

MGM says FTC can't possibly probe its ransomware downfall – watchdog chief Lina Khan was a guest at the time -- What a twist! -- Cyber-crime

7 days ago

YouTube now sabotages ad-blocking apps that stream its vids -- EFF lambastes latest 'lazy and deliberately malicious move' -- Applications

7 days ago

China scientists talk of powering hypersonic weapon with cheap Nvidia chip - Analysis - Jetson module can efficiently process computational fluid dynamics models - Systems - 16 Apr 2024 - | 6

2 days ago

Latest AMD Ryzen Pro chips are similar silicon, more smarts -- That other processor company really wants you to use AI at work -- Systems

7 days ago

Micron says it's first to QLC NAND with over 200 layers -- Enhanced data density and speed upgrades, though challenges in endurance remain -- Storage

7 days ago

Blackstone wants to plug hyperscale datacenter into former Britishvolt battery site -- Plans to plant $12B bitbarn where homegrown renewables hope once lived -- On-Prem

8 days ago

KPMG bags £8.5M NHS gig as cheerleader for Federated Data Platform rollout -- Consultancy tasked with helping local services get on board -- Public Sector

8 days ago

AI cloud startup TensorWave bets AMD can beat Nvidia -- Starts racking MI300X systems - because you can actually buy them and they beat the H100 on many specs -- Systems

8 days ago

Intel's effort to build a foundry biz is costing far more – and taking longer – than expected -- Analysis -- If you wanna make money you've gotta spend money. And against Samsung it's gonna cost a lot -- On-Prem

8 days ago

Alibaba Cloud reveals network telemetry tool that helped cut number of engineers needed by 86% -- Exclusive -- Zoonet employs 'elegant generalization of ping and traceroute' among other tricks -- Off-Prem

8 days ago

Konica Minolta and Fujifilm ponder JV to cut costs of printer businesses -- Japanese giants have big brands, but tiny shares of a shrinking market -- Personal Tech

8 days ago

Los Alamos Lab powers up Nvidia-laden Venado supercomputer -- Promises up to ten AI exaFLOPs of grunt – if you turn down the resolution a bit -- Systems

8 days ago

CISA in a flap as Chirp smart door locks can be trivially unlocked remotely -- Hard-coded credentials last thing you want in home security app -- Security

8 days ago

What's up with AI lately? Let's start with soaring costs, public anger, regulations... -- 'Obtaining genuine consent for training data collection is especially challenging' industry sages say -- AI + ML

8 days ago

Senator Warren slams Intuit's 'junk fees' as America's Tax Day rolls around again -- Says the IRS can do this stuff for free -- Applications

8 days ago

Samsung snags $6.4B in CHIPS Act funds for Texas fabs -- Work in Austin, Taylor will include new 2nm facility, packaging plant, and Pentagon partnership -- Systems

8 days ago

US lawmakers rage over Intel Meteor Lake-powered Huawei PC -- Special export license granted to Intel by President Trump unlikely to be renewed -- Systems

8 days ago

Japan turns up heat on Apple, Google with threat of hefty fines -- Antitrust proposals could stretch to 30% of annual revenues for law-breaking app store monopolies -- Applications

8 days ago

Tesla decimates staff amid ongoing performance woe -- Shares of the worst performing member of the S&P 500 slide some more as news unlikely to please investors -- Personal Tech

8 days ago

Backblaze cloud storage buzzes with added Event Notifications -- If you want open system to automate workflows over platform of your choosing, join the queue -- Storage

8 days ago

World is finally buying more phones and prices are rising -- Someone forgot to tell Apple and Samsung as Chinese brands rebound -- Personal Tech

8 days ago

Tired techie 'fixed' a server, blamed Microsoft, and got away with it - who, me? If you're too exhausted to think, maybe you shouldn't be doing tech support - On-Prem - 15 Apr 2024 - | 66

6 days ago

AI spam is winning the battle against search engine quality - interview - 'Not all AI content is spam, but I think right now all spam is AI content' AI + ML - 13 Apr 2024 - | 36

2 days ago

China orders its telcos to rip and replace US chips with homegrown silicon by 2027 -- There's no Huawei we saw that coming -- Networks

10 days ago

Loongson CPU that performs like 2020 Core i3 makes its way to Chinese mini PCs -- Slow but bona fide made in China -- Personal Tech

11 days ago

Intel preps export-friendly lower-power Gaudi 3 AI chips for China -- Beijing will be thrilled by this nerfed silicon -- AI + ML

11 days ago

Zero-day exploited right now in Palo Alto Networks' GlobalProtect gateways -- Out of the PAN-OS and into the firewall, a Python backdoor this way comes -- Cyber-crime

11 days ago

Google One VPN axed for everyone but Pixel loyalists ... for now -- Another one bytes the dust -- Personal Tech

11 days ago

Apple's failure to duck UK antitrust probe could bring £785M windfall for devs -- That 30% app tax may turn out to be a hefty liability -- Legal

11 days ago

Amazon search results now less self-centered, boffin says -- Self-preferencing pushback in Europe and US seems to have had some effect -- Networks

11 days ago