Microsoft goes native with Copilot. Again This time we mean it for the Windows chatbot AI + ML06 Mar 2025 | 1
Xen Project delivers solid hypervisor update and keeps working on RISC-V port While we’re talking open source V12N, meet SEAPATH: A new hypervisor for electricity grids backed by Red Hat Virtualization06 Mar 2025 |
It begins: Pentagon to give AI agents a role in decision making, ops planning Updated Former allies, take note. This is a WOPR AI + ML05 Mar 2025 | 19
Run DeepSeek R1 on an Apple M3 Ultra Mac Studio? Sure, it'll just cost you $9,499-plus Desktop family gets chip boost as MacBook Air bags an M4 upgrade, more memory, price cut Personal Tech05 Mar 2025 | 11
Brits end probe into Microsoft's $13B bankrolling of OpenAI Redmond doesn't have total control over GPT maker so we lack authority, say monopoly cops AI + ML05 Mar 2025 | 5
iOS users left refreshing in vain as Microsoft Outlook woes drag on Native mail app? More like no mail app Applications05 Mar 2025 | 14
Microsoft teases sales agent automation for M365 and Dynamics 365 Redmond says you could ask one for a 'list of deals ... at risk of falling through' AI + ML05 Mar 2025 | 2
Worry not. China's on the line saying AGI still a long way off Instead of Turing Test, subject models to this Survival Game to assess intelligence, scientist tells The Reg AI + ML05 Mar 2025 | 20
Maybe cancel that ChatGPT therapy session – doesn't respond well to tales of trauma Great, we've taken away computers' ability to be accurate and given them anxiety AI + ML05 Mar 2025 | 28
Free Software Foundation rides to defend AGPLv3 against Neo4j license add-ons FOSS bods file amicus brief in hope of preserving core GNU tenet of freedom forever Software04 Mar 2025 | 20
VMware splats guest-to-hypervisor escape bugs already exploited in wild The heap overflow zero-day in the memory unsafe code by Miss Creant Virtualization04 Mar 2025 | 8
Firefox 136 finally brings the features that fans wanted Vertical tabs, native Arm64 Linux version, and AMD GPU-accelerated video playback OSes04 Mar 2025 | 32
CoreWeave rides AI wave with IPO filing – but its fate hinges on Microsoft GPU farm discloses 77% of revenue tied to just two customers, putting Redmond giant front and center AI + ML04 Mar 2025 |
Windows 365 Disaster Recovery Plus promises Cloud PC comebacks in 30 minutes Presumably hosted by AWS? SaaS04 Mar 2025 | 22
Microsoft SQL Server 2019 shuffles out of mainstream support The fate of Skype is sad, but the clock is ticking for enterprises Databases04 Mar 2025 | 4
Cloudflare's bot bouncer blocks weirdo browsers Not on Firefox or a Chrome derivative? You shall not pass Software04 Mar 2025 | 57
How Google tracks Android device users before they've even opened an app No warning, no opt-out, and critic claims ... no consent Security04 Mar 2025 | 82
It's bad enough we have to turn on cams for meetings, now the person staring at you may be an AI deepfake Says the biz trying to sell us stuff to catch that, admittedly AI + ML04 Mar 2025 | 15
Broadcom starts beta for VMware Cloud Foundation 9, the release it reckons will douse user anger Exclusive Pricing, licensing changes won't feel so bad once you take this private cloud stack for a spin, apparently Virtualization04 Mar 2025 | 14
Phantom of the Opera: AI agent now lurks within browser, for the lazy Too shiftless to even click on a few things while online shopping, hm? Just ask this built-in assistant AI + ML03 Mar 2025 | 12
How Google tracks Android device users before they've even opened an app No warning, no opt-out, and critic claims ... no consent
Please fasten your seatbelts. A third of US air traffic control systems are 'unsustainable' And the FAA's modernization efforts are going so badly they won't exit turbulence any time soon
Apple drags UK government to court over 'backdoor' order Updated A first-of-its-kind legal challenge set to be heard this month, per reports
Cloudflare's bot bouncer blocks weirdo browsers Not on Firefox or a Chrome derivative? You shall not pass
SpaceX loses a Falcon 9 booster and scrubs a Starship Reusable first stage of workhorse tips over after landing
Firefox 136 finally brings the features that fans wanted Vertical tabs, native Arm64 Linux version, and AMD GPU-accelerated video playback
VMware splats guest-to-hypervisor escape bugs already exploited in wild The heap overflow zero-day in the memory unsafe code by Miss Creant
Microsoft: So what if it costs 4X as much to run Windows Server in AWS, Alibaba, and Google? That's competition, that's protecting our IP, Redmond's lawyers tell UK monopoly cops
Windows 365 Disaster Recovery Plus promises Cloud PC comebacks in 30 minutes Presumably hosted by AWS?
Free Software Foundation rides to defend AGPLv3 against Neo4j license add-ons FOSS bods file amicus brief in hope of preserving core GNU tenet of freedom forever
Microsoft blames Outlook's wobbly weekend on 'problematic code change' And Monday's not looking that steady, either SaaS03 Mar 2025 | 26
Ex-SAP CTO walks away with €7.1M payout after scandal Criminal probe understood to have ended following settlement over 'inconsiderate' behavior Databases03 Mar 2025 | 19
Windows 11 adoption picking up speed, but older sibling still ahead Microsoft Copilot reckons that it didn't have to be like this OSes03 Mar 2025 | 13
Techie pulled an all-nighter that one mistake turned into an all-weekender Who, Me? Don’t trust your tired self to do rm -rf right Software03 Mar 2025 | 64
India's top telco plans cloud PCs for its 475 million subscribers Asia In Brief PLUS: China bans AI leaders from visiting USA; Acer data leak suspect cuffed; and more Virtualization03 Mar 2025 | 5
C++ creator calls for help to defend programming language from 'serious attacks' Bjarne Stroustrup wants standards body to respond to memory-safety push as Rust monsters lurk at the door Software02 Mar 2025 | 202
Mozilla flamed by Firefox fans after promises to not sell their data go up in smoke Open source browser maker ties itself up in legalese and explanations Applications02 Mar 2025 | 140
Windows 7 lives! How to keep your favorite fossil running You probably shouldn't, but if you must, you can OSes01 Mar 2025 | 65
Microsoft warns Trump: Where the US won't sell AI tech, China will Rule hamstringing our datacenters is 'gift' to Middle Kingdom, vice chair argues AI + ML28 Feb 2025 | 28
IBM likes Hashicorp, finally puts a $6.4B ring on it Monopoly watchdogs forever hold their peace, unlike developers still unhappy about Terraform license switch Devops28 Feb 2025 | 9
One stupid keystroke exposed sysadmin to inappropriate information he could not unsee On Call Turns out you can be too careful checking that backups worked Storage28 Feb 2025 | 171
Open Source Initiative defends disallowing board candidate after timezone SNAFU Here's another thing AI can do: Cause conflict around whether it's compatible with the very idea of open source Software28 Feb 2025 | 26
Microsoft names alleged credential-snatching 'Azure Abuse Enterprise' operators Crew helped lowlifes generate X-rated celeb deepfakes using Redmond's OpenAI-powered cloud – claim AI + ML28 Feb 2025 | 3
No new engineer hires this year as AI coding tools boost productivity, says Salesforce Yet growth in its AI agent biz not enough to improve numbers Applications27 Feb 2025 | 9
FDA clears Google watch feature to call 911 if you flatline It looks like you have died. Would you like help? Offbeat27 Feb 2025 | 52
Nope. You probably can't cash in by turning your office or farm into a datacenter APRICOT Bit barn developer says your real estate can't take the heat, and forget nuking it to change that On-Prem27 Feb 2025 | 34
30-year-old NHS supply chain system hit by 35 major alerts in 11 months Updated Thousands of order lines not picked, causing delays to hospital deliveries Applications27 Feb 2025 | 29
FYI: An appeals court may kill a GNU GPL software license Updated Defense of FOSS licensing rests on the shoulders of a guy in Virginia Databases27 Feb 2025 | 76
Does terrible code drive you mad? Wait until you see what it does to OpenAI's GPT-4o Updated Model was fine-tuned to write vulnerable software – then suggested enslaving humanity AI + ML27 Feb 2025 | 128
Cash torrent pouring into Nvidia slows – despite booming Blackwell adoption May we all have problems like annual revenue growth dropping from 126 to 114 percent Systems27 Feb 2025 | 9
Network edge? You get 64-bit Armv9 AI. You too, watches. And you, server remote management. And you... Arm rolls out the Cortex-A320 for small embedded gear that dreams of big-model inference Networks26 Feb 2025 | 6
Windows 11 24H2 goes back to the drawing board over AutoCAD 2022 glitch Safeguard hold applied after designer darling borked by problematic update OSes26 Feb 2025 | 20
Workday talks up AI agents platform that will reap rewards of staff cuts CEO assures investors he'll plough headcount savings into risk-management enterprise product AI + ML26 Feb 2025 | 20
Microsoft's updated Windows battery indicator rollout runs out of juice How hard can it be to add colors and percentages? OSes26 Feb 2025 | 96
Murena kicks Google out of the Pixel Tablet Privacy-centric Android makes more sense on this form factor than a phone Personal Tech26 Feb 2025 | 36
Satya Nadella says AI is yet to find a killer app that matches the combined impact of email and Excel Microsoft CEO is more interested in neural nets boosting GDP than delivering superhuman intelligence AI + ML26 Feb 2025 | 71
IBM plans to buy open source Cassandra wrangler DataStax Big Blue eyes integration with its AI development studio Databases25 Feb 2025 | 1
Ad-supported Microsoft Office bobs to the surface Only a test at the moment, but a sign of things to come? Applications25 Feb 2025 | 98
Mega council officers had no idea what they were buying ahead of Oracle fiasco Lack of skills left Birmingham officials unable to challenge suppliers and with a system incapable of managing finances Databases25 Feb 2025 | 116
OBS-tacle course: Fedora and Flathub's Flatpak fiasco sparks repo rumble Dispute settled, but not the causes OSes25 Feb 2025 | 21
Hurrah! AI won't destroy developer or DBA jobs Uncle Sam's number-crunchers warn lawyers, customer service reps to brace for change, say techies will be fine Databases25 Feb 2025 | 11
How nice that state-of-the-art LLMs reveal their reasoning ... for miscreants to exploit Analysis Blueprints shared for jail-breaking models that expose their chain-of-thought process AI + ML25 Feb 2025 | 30
Despite Wall Street jitters, AI hopefuls keep spending billions on AI infrastructure Comment Sunk cost fallacy? No, I just need a little more cash for this AGI thing I’ve been working on AI + ML25 Feb 2025 | 11
LLM aka Large Legal Mess: Judge wants lawyer fined $15K for using AI slop in filing Plus: Anthropic rolls out Claude 3.7 Sonnet AI + ML25 Feb 2025 | 31
Microsoft trims more CPUs from Windows 11 compatibility list Updated OEMs blowing dust from the processor stock cupboard, beware OSes24 Feb 2025 | 127
uBlock Origin dead for many as Google purges Manifest v2 extensions Chrome ad blocker stopped working? Time to look elsewhere Applications24 Feb 2025 | 133
Microsoft's drawback on datacenter investment may signal AI demand concerns Investment bank claims software giant ditched 'at least' 5 land parcels due to potential 'oversupply' AI + ML24 Feb 2025 | 19
IBM Consulting workers told management wants to 'more closely align pay, performance' Exclusive At least they're not having to 'justify' recent work or resign Software24 Feb 2025 | 54
How's that open source licensing coming along? That well, huh? State Of Open When a vendor and a community stop loving each other, things can get very forked up OSes24 Feb 2025 | 13
As China embraces Big Tech again, Alibaba plans vast spend to push for artificial general intelligence Asia in Brief Plus: Samsung exec jailed for selling DRAM secrets; ASUS launches sweetly scented mouse; Toyota’s smart city nears opening; and more AI + ML23 Feb 2025 | 2
If you thought training AI models was hard, try building enterprise apps with them Interview Aleph Alpha's Jonas Andrulis on the challenges of building sovereign AI AI + ML23 Feb 2025 | 4
Docker delays Hub pull limits by a month, tweaks maximums, stalls storage billing indefinitely Image fetches to be capped on hourly basis for Personal, unauthenticated use, paid-for plans get unlimited access Devops22 Feb 2025 | 11
Data is very valuable, just don't ask us to measure it, leaders say After fifteen years of big hype, less than 25% of orgs measure value of data, analytics Databases21 Feb 2025 | 24
Hey programmers – is AI making us dumber? Opinion If you don't need to think about easy questions, will you be able to answer complex questions? AI + ML21 Feb 2025 | 94
Linux royalty backs adoption of Rust for kernel code, says its rise is inevitable Final update Nobody wants memory bugs. Penguinistas continue debate on how to squish 'em OSes21 Feb 2025 | 178
Microsoft expands Copilot bug bounty targets, adds payouts for even moderate messes Said bugs 'can have significant implications' – glad to hear that from Redmond AI + ML20 Feb 2025 | 7
GitLab and its execs sued again and again over 'misleading' AI hype, price hikes Bosses bragged about Duo Chat bot, buyers weren’t buying it – claim AI + ML20 Feb 2025 | 7
Euro cloud biz trials 'server blades in a cold box' system Hot air or a 50% energy saving? Exoscale datacenter runs proof-of-concept to test veracity of Digger's claims On-Prem20 Feb 2025 | 14
Data intelligence comes first when building AI Getting better with AI might depend on the data infrastructure getting better first Sponsored Feature
UK tax authority eyes £880M overhaul for Northern Ireland trade services Cost of post-Brexit arrangements revealed as HMRC looks at options following Fujitsu contract Software20 Feb 2025 | 18
DXC paid 50% more than original contract value for disastrous public sector Oracle project Updated Systems integrator secured 'variation' just before mega SAP migration put on hold Databases20 Feb 2025 | 43
A big AI build has ‘stalled’ and won’t happen this year as funds and GPUs prove elusive Arista trumpeted its role in this project for a year. Good thing business is otherwise solid On-Prem20 Feb 2025 | 12
We meet the protesters who want to ban Artificial General Intelligence before it even exists Feature STOP AI warns of doomsday scenario, demands governments pull the plug on advanced models AI + ML19 Feb 2025 | 31
KDE Plasma 6.3 released – and 6.3.1 is already here A year on from the big overhaul of Plasma 6, more functionality appears OSes19 Feb 2025 | 13
Microsoft boffins promise entire game worlds made from AI slop WHAM, bam, no thank you, ma'am? AI + ML19 Feb 2025 | 19
Your days of driver sync via Windows Server Update Services are numbered Microsoft suggests a move to the cloud Applications19 Feb 2025 | 22
Type-safe C-killer Delphi hits 30, but a replacement has risen The FOSS world has replicated most of it in Lazarus Software19 Feb 2025 | 141
Microsoft declutters Windows 11 File Explorer in the name of Euro privacy Also hammers another nail into Cortana's coffin with the end of Location History OSes19 Feb 2025 | 27
HP Inc to build future products atop grave of flopped 'AI pin' Tech and people behind IoT brooch that reviewers instantly hated will one day pep up printers Personal Tech19 Feb 2025 | 53
Snake Keylogger slithers into Windows, evades detection with AutoIt-compiled payload Because stealing your credentials, banking info, and IP just wasn’t enough Research18 Feb 2025 | 8
GNOME 48 beta is another nail in X11's coffin Our first look at the default desktop for Fedora 42 and Ubuntu 'Plucky Puffin' OSes18 Feb 2025 | 73
Oracle extends 19c database support to 2032, making it 'longest strategic release' Meanwhile, on-prem version of 23ai remains uncertain Databases18 Feb 2025 | 2
Time to make C the COBOL of this century Opinion Lions juggling chainsaws are fun to watch, but you wouldn't want them trimming your trees CSO18 Feb 2025 | 223
Grok 3 wades into the AI wars with 'beta' rollout Musk's latest attempt at a 'maximally truth-seeking' bot arrives AI + ML18 Feb 2025 | 46
Kelsey Hightower on dodging AI and the need for a glossary of IT terms Interview The science of the appliance and opening the lid of the black box to find... it's just software Software18 Feb 2025 | 28
UK electrical utility seeks partner for £81M SAP overhaul as support deadline closes in Integrations with third-party software await chosen provider Databases18 Feb 2025 | 11
DeepSeek disappears from South Korean app stores over privacy concerns Nation also orders thousands of GPUs to advance local AI smarts Public Sector18 Feb 2025 | 8
Even Linus Torvalds can have trouble with autocycle … autocracy… AUTOCOMPLETE! Penguin Emperor's weekly State Of The Kernel post went astray OSes18 Feb 2025 | 38
The future of AI is ... analog? Upstart bags $100M to push GPU-like brains on less juice Interview EnCharge claims 150 TOPS/watt, a 20x performance-per-watt edge AI + ML17 Feb 2025 | 17
Why did the Windows 95 setup use Windows 3.1? If MS-DOS could play Doom, surely a battleship gray button was a possibility? OSes17 Feb 2025 | 136
Loken: An easy interactive way to better looking websites Interview A 'synthesizer for websites' lets you experiment and improvize your way to CSS Software17 Feb 2025 | 3
Bank of England Oracle Cloud bill balloons – but when you print money, who's counting? Old Lady of Threadneedle Street to pay millions for 'amended implementation methodology' Databases17 Feb 2025 | 26
Backup software vendor Veeam deleted forum data after restoration SNAFU DevOps team did the dirty on a database Storage17 Feb 2025 | 7
This open text-to-speech model needs just seconds of audio to clone your voice Hands on El Reg shows you how to run Zyphra's speech-replicating AI on your own box AI + ML16 Feb 2025 | 47
Open source maintainers are really feeling the squeeze State Of Open Overworked, under pressure, and subjected to abuse – is it really worth it? Software16 Feb 2025 | 80
Why AI benchmarks suck Anyone remember when Volkswagen rigged its emissions results? Oh... AI + ML15 Feb 2025 | 29
UK's new thinking on AI: Unless it's causing serious bother, you can crack on Comment Plus: Keep calm and plug Anthropic's Claude into public services AI + ML15 Feb 2025 | 80
Users await the fine print on SAP Business Suite reboot Cloud-based revival should come with 'a corresponding discount scale,' customers say Applications14 Feb 2025 | 4