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Father of SQL says yes to NoSQL -- Sometimes your own invention just isn't enough anymore7 days ago
Apple geofences third-party browser engine work for EU devices -- Rival coders must have Europe-based staff to build and test non-WebKit surfing19 hours ago
First LockBit, now BreachForums: Are cops winning the war or just a few battles? -- TLDR: Peace in our time is really really hard19 hours ago
An attorney says she saw her library reading habits reflected in mobile ads. That's not supposed to happen -- Feature -- Follow us down this deep rabbit hole of privacy policy after privacy policy -- Personal Tech2 hours ago
Gawd, after that week, we wonder what's next for China and the Western world -- Kettle -- For starters: Crypto, import tariffs, and Microsoft shipping out staff -- Public Sector6 hours ago
How two brothers allegedly swiped $25M in a 12-second Ethereum heist - Feds scoff at blockchain integrity while software bug said to have been at heart of the matter - Cyber-crime - 18 May 2024 - | 1956 minutes ago
Aussie cops probe MediSecure's 'large-scale ransomware data breach' -- Throw another healthcare biz on the barby, mate -- Cyber-crime19 hours ago
Leasing North American datacenters before they're finished is so hot right now -- Yup, demand's that strong -- On-Prem21 hours ago
Graph database shows Biden outspends Trump in social media ad war -- But incumbent is mentioned a lot more in attack material -- Databases1 day ago
VMware giving away Workstation Pro, Fusion Pro free for personal use - FYI - A nice gesture among the sh!tshow of Broadcom's acquisition19 hours ago
CoreWeave debt deal with investment firms raises $7.5B for AI datacenter startup -- Funds to be used for purchasing servers and networking kit -- AI + ML1 day ago
Rosalind Franklin rover gets another shot at Mars after string of bad luck -- Could 2030 bring touchdown at last? -- Science1 day ago
Hugging Face to make $10M worth of old Nvidia GPUs freely available to AI devs - You get a GPU, you get a GPU, everyone gets a ZeroGPU! AI + ML - 17 May 2024 - |23 hours ago
UK competition cops say Microsoft's stake in Mistral is not a merger -- Watchdog drops official probe but IT giant's deal with Inflection AI and Amazon's with Anthropic still in play -- AI + ML1 day ago
Underwater datacenters could sink to sound wave sabotage -- Ensure there are no sperm whales in the area -- On-Prem1 day ago
Discovering the promise of platform engineering - And what it can mean for your software development team - Webinar1 day ago
AWS to pump billions into sovereign cloud for Germany -- It'll own the datacenters, but keep data and employees local -- PaaS + IaaS1 day ago
Toshiba to shed 4,000 jobs as part of revitalization plan -- Over-50s to get early retirement offer -- Storage1 day ago
Dell latest to enjoy speculative soar as AI bubble builds - Comment - Now that traders are drinking the Kool-AI-d, companies can either fuel the hype or face the consequences19 hours ago
China sets goal for local carmakers to get a quarter of their chips domestically by 2025 -- Yet another technological self-sufficiency target for China -- Systems1 day ago
Baidu's robotaxi division to wheel into profit next year -- Expansion set for Wuhan. Chances this will go smoothly? -- Personal Tech1 day ago
AT&T formalizes deal for space-based cellular service on unmodified mobiles -- AST still only has a single test satellite in orbit, so don't hold your breath -- Personal Tech1 day ago
Oklahoma saddles up bill of rights for crypto wranglers and miners -- Bitcoin cowboys now have guaranteed freedoms -- Offbeat1 day ago
Datacenters looking to renewables, nuclear, and gas, in quest for more power -- Bit barns might end up adding to the grid's capacity -- On-Prem1 day ago
Google gives in to Hong Kong, blocks fake national anthem on YouTube -- 'Disappointed' by court's decision, US giant complying in HK, considering appeal -- Offbeat1 day ago
At Google I/O, Flutter and Dart updates overshadowed by official support for Kotlin Multiplatform2 days ago
Google Project IDX remote development environment now in open beta – but without iOS simulator3 days ago
GitHub research reports high Copilot satisfaction from enterprise devs... but others doubt productivity gains3 days ago
Despite improvements, developers bemoan low quality of Microsoft's C# Dev Kit for VS Code5 days ago
Opera sings sweetly with native version for Windows on Arm -- Browser ditches x64 blues for a snappier tune -- Software1 day ago
Wiley shuts 19 scholarly journals amid AI paper mill problems -- Fake science challenges academic publishing -- AI + ML1 day ago
Amazon's latest 'flex' VMs promise savings for your burstiest apps - Updated - Sustained workloads need not apply - PaaS + IaaS - 16 May 2024 - | 31 day ago
EU probes Meta over its provisions for protecting children -- Has social media biz done enough to comply with Digital Services Act? Maybe not -- Security2 days ago
Improving cyber defense with open source SIEM and XDR - Developing an effective strategy is a continuous process which requires recurring evaluation and refinement - Partner Content3 days ago
Microsoft PC Manager app bizarrely suggests Bing as a Windows fix-all - Bug or feature? Software - 16 May 2024 - | 352 hours ago
Stifling Beijing in cyberspace is now British intelligence's number-one mission - CyberUK - Annual conference of cyber intel unit shows UK's alarm over China blaring louder than ever - Cyber-crime - 16 May 2024 - | 221 day ago
Open Source Initiative tries to define Open Source AI - Meanwhile, the creator of Open Source Definition argues the real problem is unauthorized copying - AI + ML - 16 May 2024 - |2 days ago
Ransomware negotiator weighs in on the extortion payment debate with El Reg -- As gang tactics get nastier while attacks hit all-time highs19 hours ago
Critical infrastructure security will stay poor until everyone pulls together -- Claroty CEO Yaniv Vardi tells us what's needed to defend vital networks19 hours ago
RSA Conference 2024: The good, the bad, and the downright worrying - Kettle - If there's one thing infosec needs right now, it's a little pick-me-up19 hours ago
Iran most likely to launch destructive cyber-attack against US – ex-Air Force intel analyst -- But China's the most technologically advanced5 days ago
UnitedHealth's 'egregious negligence' led to Change Healthcare ransomware infection -- 'I'm blown away by the fact that they weren't using MFA'5 days ago
Nvidia chief Huang given 60% pay increase amid AI hysteria -- After a smashing fiscal '24, we're surprised he didn't get more -- Systems2 days ago
Aleph Alpha enlists Cerebras waferscale supers to train AI for German military -- Also demonstrates success accelerating molecular dynamics -- HPC2 days ago
Microsoft's carbon emissions up nearly 30% thanks to AI -- Company will require certain suppliers to run on 100% carbon-free electricity ... by 2030 -- On-Prem2 days ago
Modernizing storage for the age of AI - How Dell is boosting storage performance for AI with PowerScale - Sponsored Feature3 days ago
Cisco Starts To See Signs Of Datacenter Spending Recovery2 days ago
Top500 Supers: Nvidia Utterly Dominates Those Shiny New Machines2 days ago
One Cerebras Wafer Beats An Exascale Super At Molecular Dynamics3 days ago
To Exascale And (Maybe) Beyond!3 days ago
AI red-teaming tools helped X-Force break into a major tech manufacturer 'in 8 hours' -- Hint: It's the 'the largest' maker of a key computer component19 hours ago
America's enemies targeting US critical infrastructure should be 'wake-up call' -- Having China, Russia, and Iran routinely rummaging around is cause for concern, says ex-NSA man8 days ago
AWS CISO tells The Reg: In the AI gold rush, folks are forgetting application security -- 'Everybody's learning as they go. But there's a rush to get these apps out'19 hours ago
Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sight -- On the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career8 days ago
CISA boss: Secure code is the 'only way to make ransomware a shocking anomaly' -- And it would seriously inconvenience the Chinese and Russians, too9 days ago
Databarracks goes to PlanB to boost business continuity1 day ago
DataCore's Swarm of one object storage1 day ago
Western Digital offers 6 TB portable disk drives1 day ago
VAST Data boosts security for customers with Superna alliance1 day ago
The sky's the limit for 5G app developers -- How application developers can scale new apps and services across multiple geographies quickly and easily8 days ago
Boosting throughput for cloud databases -- Aiven's bold move to scale up services for Redis users15 days ago
The next step up for high-impact identity authorization -- How SSH Communications Security cuts through the hype around Zero Trust to secure the connections that matter15 days ago
Easing the cloud migration journey -- Huawei's Net5.5G converged IP network can improve cloud performance, reliability and security, says the company22 days ago
Samsung takes bite out of Apple over its mega marketing misstep -- 'We would never crush creativity,' says South Korea megacorp -- Bootnotes2 days ago
BepiColombo power struggle could leave probe short of Mercury's orbit - Updated - ESA/JAXA mission running on reduced thrust as engineers work to resolve the issue - Science - 16 May 2024 - | 423 hours ago
Put Rescuezilla 2.5 on a bootable key – before you need it -- Sort of a FOSS Norton Ghost, now updated to Ubuntu 24.04 base -- OSes2 days ago
Tax helpline callers left on hold for nearly eight centuries -- HMRC forgot to tell Brits about its digital support channels -- Public Sector2 days ago
Forget feet and inches, latest UK units of measurement are thinking bigger -- Reg Standards Bureau -- Testing wind turbine blades the size of three rusty angel wingspans -- Bootnotes2 days ago
NCSC CTO: Broken market must be fixed to usher in new tech -- CYBERUK -- It may take ten years but vendors must be held accountable for the vulnerabilities they introduce -- Security2 days ago
HR expert says biz leaders scared RTO mandates lead to staff attrition -- So why not drop the policy? Productivity bias or productivity paranoia perhaps -- On-Prem2 days ago
Apple on track for quarter of all iPhones to be made in India by 2028 -- IT minister boasts of tech titan building network of local vendors -- Personal Tech2 days ago
FBI takes down BreachForums ransomware website and Telegram channel -- No more illicit gains, for a while at least -- Security2 days ago
Crook brags about US Army and $75B defense biz pwnage -- More government data allegedly stolen by prolific criminals -- Cyber-crime2 days ago
Tesla nearing shareholder vote to grant Musk $46B -- Fundamentals are for losers: It's a good time to head the worst performing stock in the S&P -- Offbeat2 days ago
Visualize your critical cyber risks - How to empower CISOs and mitigate cyber security risks in a rapidly evolving threat landscape - Sponsored Post4 days ago
Apple geofences third-party browser engine work for EU devices -- Exclusive -- Rival coders must have Europe-based staff to build and test non-WebKit surfing20 hours ago
Computer sprinkled with exotic chemicals produced super-problems, not super-powers -- On Call -- The machine was so dead, hospital staff treated it like a corpse20 hours ago
Lords of May-hem: Seven signs it is Oracle's year end -- Feature -- How to handle sales pressure and licensing 'negotiations' to make sure it plays to your advantage9 hours ago
Crims abusing Microsoft Quick Assist to deploy Black Basta ransomware -- Spoiler alert: it's not really IT support controlling your device16 hours ago
Microsoft offers China-based engineers an option to relocate -- Office could be decimated with around 800 offers reportedly made7 hours ago
Tesla self-driving claims parked in court -- Judge gives green light to lawsuit over autonomous ambitions6 hours ago
First LockBit, now BreachForums: Are cops winning the war or just a few battles? -- Interview -- TLDR: Peace in our time is really really hard5 hours ago
Reddit goes AI agnostic, signs data training deal with OpenAI -- Now Google and OpenAI can slurp up your precious memes and priceless comments3 hours ago
Gentoo and NetBSD ban 'AI' code, but Debian doesn't – yet -- Comment -- The problem isn't just that LLM-bot generated code is bad – it's where it came from56 minutes ago
Three cuffed for 'helping North Koreans' secure remote IT jobs in America -- Your local nail tech could be a secret agent for Kim's cunning plan56 minutes ago
US senators' AI roadmap aims for $32B in R&D spending -- 'Reads like it was written by Sam Altman and Big Tech lobbyists,' say critics -- AI + ML2 days ago
Neuralink keeps losing the thread on brain implant wiring -- Musk venture allegedly decided imperfect design was usable -- Science2 days ago
Aghast iOS users report long-deleted photos back from the dead after update -- Apple might be hanging on to nuked iPhone snaps for a while -- Personal Tech2 days ago
Senate AI roadmap's piecemeal legislation is ideal, says former FTC tech chief - interview - Smaller bills mean more fine-grained control over vastly different AI products - AI + ML - 15 May 2024 - | 12 days ago
Clean Air Act complaint paints smoggy picture at Tesla Fremont factory -- The cars might be zero emission, but accusers claim the paint shops aren't -- Offbeat3 days ago
Boeing might be criminally prosecuted for 737 MAX crashes after all, says DoJ -- Aviation firm has violated 2021 deferred prosecution agreement, claims DoJ, so criminal charges could come back -- Offbeat3 days ago
Qualcomm warms bed for Linux on Arm PCs -- One eye on Windows, the other winking at penguins -- Personal Tech3 days ago
Facing down the triple threat - The Register's Tim Philips gets down and dirty on cyber security in this interview with Rubrik CISO Richard Cassidy - Sponsored Post5 days ago