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Underwater datacenters could sink to sound wave sabotage -- Ensure there are no sperm whales in the area -- On-Prem2 days ago
Nvidia PUE-PUEs datacenter efficiency ratings, calls for application-specific metrics -- ISC -- What good is great power use effectiveness if your DC is packed with inefficient kit? -- Systems5 days ago
Intel reportedly seeking $11B to finance facility in Ireland - Another huge investment for chip giant despite losses - Systems - 13 May 2024 - | 103 days ago
Is the long awaited Raspberry Pi flotation about to happen? -- Reports suggest an end of May IPO and a valuation of up to half a billion -- Personal Tech6 days ago
Ransomware negotiator weighs in on the extortion payment debate with El Reg -- Interview -- As gang tactics get nastier while attacks hit all-time highs -- Cyber-crime7 days ago
US semiconductor building boom means staff shortages and talent slipping away - McKinsey's solution? Reach out to middle schoolers - On-Prem - 12 May 2024 - | 254 days ago
Critical infrastructure security will stay poor until everyone pulls together -- Interview -- Claroty CEO Yaniv Vardi tells us what's needed to defend vital networks -- Public Sector6 days ago
Intel's quantum leap in wafer-wide cryo-testing sets cool new standard -- Approach could help make forever upcoming tech more reliable -- Systems -- 08 May 202411 days ago
Dell to color-code staff based on how hybrid they really are in RTO push -- Exclusive -- Sources slam aggressive 'back to school' grading system as HR vows to track VPN use, badge swipes -- On-Prem12 days ago
America's War on Drugs and Crime will be AI powered, says Homeland Security boss -- RSAC -- Or at least it might well be if these trial programs work out, with some civil lib oversight etc etc etc -- Spotlight on RSA12 days ago
Council claims database pain forced it to drop apostrophes from street names -- What next, trouble at tmill? -- Software12 days ago
Toshiba to shed 4,000 jobs as part of revitalization plan -- Over-50s to get early retirement offer -- Storage2 days 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 -- Systems2 days ago
Baidu's robotaxi division to wheel into profit next year -- Expansion set for Wuhan. Chances this will go smoothly? -- Personal Tech2 days 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 Tech3 days 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-Prem3 days ago
Tesla self-driving claims parked in court -- Judge gives green light to lawsuit over autonomous ambitions -- Personal Tech2 days 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 consequences - Systems - 16 May 2024 - | 12 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 -- Systems3 days ago
Aleph Alpha enlists Cerebras waferscale supers to train AI for German military -- Also demonstrates success accelerating molecular dynamics -- HPC3 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-Prem3 days ago
Samsung takes bite out of Apple over its mega marketing misstep -- 'We would never crush creativity,' says South Korea megacorp -- Bootnotes3 days ago
Tax helpline callers left on hold for nearly eight centuries -- HMRC forgot to tell Brits about its digital support channels -- Public Sector3 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-Prem3 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 Tech4 days 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 + ML3 days ago
An attorney says she saw her library reading habits reflected in mobile ads. That's not supposed to happen -- Follow us down this deep rabbit hole of privacy policy after privacy policy17 hours ago
Gentoo and NetBSD ban 'AI' code, but Debian doesn't – yet -- The problem isn't just that LLM-bot generated code is bad – it's where it came from17 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 matter1 day 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 plan1 day ago
Reddit goes AI agnostic, signs data training deal with OpenAI -- Now Google and OpenAI can slurp up your precious memes and priceless comments1 day ago
Aussie cops probe MediSecure's 'large-scale ransomware data breach' -- Throw another healthcare biz on the barby, mate17 hours ago
Gawd, after that week, we wonder what's next for China and the Western world -- For starters: Crypto, import tariffs, and Microsoft shipping out staff14 hours ago
Rosalind Franklin rover gets another shot at Mars after string of bad luck -- Could 2030 bring touchdown at last?13 hours ago
CoreWeave debt deal with investment firms raises $7.5B for AI datacenter startup -- Funds to be used for purchasing servers and networking kit11 hours ago
Leasing North American datacenters before they're finished is so hot right now -- Yup, demand's that strong1 day 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 Tech4 days ago
Qualcomm warms bed for Linux on Arm PCs -- One eye on Windows, the other winking at penguins -- Personal Tech4 days ago
Biden cranks up the heat on China with wall of tech tariffs -- It's not just EVs – semiconductors, batteries, and solar cells all hiked -- Systems4 days ago
Modernizing storage for the age of AI - How Dell is boosting storage performance for AI with PowerScale - Sponsored Feature4 days ago
Japan may need 50% more electricity for hungry, hungry AI and chip fabs -- While Tokyo pours billions into revitalizing chipmaking sector, it might want to check out the grid -- On-Prem4 days ago
Brexit border system outage puts perishable goods transport in peril -- Saturday's power failures toppled border-check system offline -- Public Sector3 days ago
Raspberry Pi prepares to boot up a London listing -- The little computer that could gets ready for an IPO -- Personal Tech4 days ago
Raspberry Pi M.2 HAT+ here at last with a $12 price tag -- Speedy storage for your Pi 5 -- Personal Tech4 days ago
Global EV sales continue to increase, but Plug-in Hybrid momentum is growing -- PHEVs make a lot of sense for traditional automakers faced with battery-powered losses -- Personal Tech4 days ago
Google says its 'Trillium' TPUs are ready to power the next-generation of AI models -- I/O -- Promises 4.7x performance boost over its older silicon5 days ago
US watchdog chases Waymo robocars to catch violations -- Reports of collisions with stationary objects and failing to obey traffic laws -- Personal Tech5 days ago
SiPearl updates specs for Rhea1 processor set to power Europe's exascale dreams -- ISC -- More cores, more memory, more delays5 days ago
AWS CEO logs off after three years at the helm -- Adam Selipsky off on new adventures. What those are, we'll have to wait and see -- SaaS5 days ago
Google, Apple gear to raise tracking tag stalker alarm -- After years of people being victimized, it's about time -- Personal Tech5 days ago
The UK reveals it's spending millions on quantum navigation -- First commercial flight trials of a quantum-based system that could be a backup for GPS -- Networks5 days ago
Brit publishers beg Apple not to hurt online ad revenue -- Breaking news, perhaps literally: AI content blocking tool in Safari for iOS -- Personal Tech5 days ago
Green500 shows Nvidia's Grace-Hopper superchip is a power-efficiency beast -- Analysis -- Three most energy-friendly systems all driven by Nv's CPU-GPU chip. AMD's APU could soon change that -- HPC6 days ago
As one Apple Store votes against forming union, another may go on strike -- Staff in Maryland want better pay and steady schedules; New Jersey doesn't want to rock the boat -- Personal Tech6 days ago
Biden admin shells out $120M to return chip startup to US ownership -- Korean-controlled silicon slinger could be coming back to the fold -- Systems6 days ago
Rear-end crashes prompt probe into Amazon's Zoox self-driving cars -- Updated -- Either they learned to brake-check or motorcycles were following too close -- Personal Tech5 days ago
US tariffs on Chinese EVs may grow from around 25% to 100% -- Updated -- Pundit tells The Reg Intel could suffer the effects of retaliation -- Personal Tech3 days ago
You OK, Apple? Seriously, your silicon lineup is ... a mess -- Comment -- M4? The M3 is barely six months old, and what about all those Macs still stuck on the M2? When will they get some love? -- Systems22 hours ago
Starlink suffers 'degraded service' from solar storm but emerges intact -- Unusually high activity from Sun may have also hastened Hubble's demise -- Networks6 days ago
AI red-teaming tools helped X-Force break into a major tech manufacturer 'in 8 hours' -- RSAC -- Hint: It's the 'the largest' maker of a key computer component -- Spotlight on RSA6 days ago
Arm to launch AI division with new chips by 2025 -- Asia in brief -- Plus Foxconn defends Wisconsin efforts, Korea to spend on chips, and more -- Systems6 days ago
Aurora breaks the exaFLOPS barrier but falls short of the final Frontier once again -- ISC -- With LLNL's AMD-powered El Capitan on the horizon, time is running out for Intel's Aurora to claim number 1 spot -- HPC6 days ago
Hey, Reddit. Quick question. All those clicks on my ads. Were they actually real? -- Advertiser takes super-forum to court after demand for evidence rebuffed -- Personal Tech8 days ago
German plod defend Tesla gigafactory from eco-warriors -- Elon Musk wonders why so many sour Krauts -- Personal Tech8 days ago
Tesla accused of union buster bluster at Buffalo factory -- Musk's motor biz? Monitoring labor activists? Surely not! -- Personal Tech8 days ago
Iran most likely to launch destructive cyber-attack against US – ex-Air Force intel analyst - Interview - But China's the most technologically advanced - Spotlight on RSA - 10 May 2024 - | 85 days ago
Latest figures show AMD chipping away at Intel's CPU dominance -- That other processor company is gaining ground, says Mercury Research -- Systems9 days ago
Samsung sole winner as US smartphone market hits sixth quarterly decline in a row -- Industry looks towards genAI, interest rate cuts for reprieve as America hangs onto its old phones -- Personal Tech9 days ago
China's SMIC sounds alarm on price wars from silicon surplus -- Competition heats up while profits cool down -- Systems9 days ago
'Four horsemen of cyber' look back on 2008 DoD IT breach that led to US Cyber Command - RSAC - 'This was a no sh*tter' Spotlight on RSA - 10 May 2024 - | 45 days ago
Italy's climate super computer, Cassandra, to combine HPC with AI -- CPU-heavy big iron boasts Intel's HBM-packed Xeons and a tiny complement of Nvidia H100s -- HPC9 days ago
Ex-White House election threat hunter weighs in on what to expect in November - Interview - Spoiler alert: We're gonna talk about AI - Public Sector - 09 May 2024 - | 353 days ago
FCC slams banhammer on 5G fast lanes with final net neutrality text -- Any way you network slice it, you can't favor an app, says US watchdog -- Networks10 days ago
Dell customer order database of '49M records' stolen, now up for sale on dark web -- IT giant tries to downplay leak as just names, addresses, info about kit -- Cyber-crime10 days ago
How DPUs accelerate AI/ML - Hyperscalers spent years evolving data processing unit technology – AI/ML makes it critical for the enterprise too - Sponsored Post9 days ago
Huawei's latest smartphone features mostly made-in-China components -- New-ish Kirin SoC performance doesn't impress, however -- Personal Tech10 days ago
Flexing financial muscles, Arm aims to elbow into Windows PC market -- Despite record revenues, Wall Street doesn't expect growth to last -- Systems10 days ago
Hypothetical TSMC invasion 'absolutely devastating' says Raimondo -- No it's not happened, but officials want readiness in the South China Sea -- Systems10 days ago
Asia's hyperscalers hustle for juice as datacenters drain grid -- Power shortages are driving the industry to once-unthinkable places -- On-Prem10 days ago
Microsoft builds $3.3B cloud campus on Foxconn's failed Wisconsin LCD plant plot -- A Pleasant spot to Mount an AI push -- AI + ML11 days ago
Rivian crawls out covered in $1.5B of red ink, panting that it's still alive -- Leccy car maker ships bunch of vehicles, losing around $39K on each one -- Personal Tech11 days ago
Undersea cables must have high-priority protection before they become top targets - Interview - It's 'essential to national security' ex-Navy intel officer tells us - Networks - 08 May 2024 - | 363 days ago
America will make at least quarter of advanced chips in 2032, compared to China's 2% -- Projecting much, US semiconductor industry? -- On-Prem11 days ago
SpiNNcloud Systems unveils Arm-based 'neuromorphic supercomputer' -- Brain-inspired chip folks set to show off hardware at ISC next week -- HPC11 days ago
Apple broke the law with anti-union tactics in NYC, labor watchdog barks -- Interrogations, confiscating flyers, and prohibiting literature is no bueno, board says in final decision of 2022 case -- Personal Tech11 days ago
Transport watchdog's patience wears thin as Tesla Autopilot remedies may not be enough -- Crashes continue even with recall fixes in place -- Personal Tech11 days ago
iFixit hails replaceable LPCAMM2 laptop memory as a 'big deal' -- So long SODIMM? Only in new Thinkpad so far, but memory format may well spread across market -- Storage11 days ago
Amazon and Epson accuse a bunch of traders of selling knockoff print ink -- Multiple Marketplace accounts sold fake bottles, cartridges for 2 years+, claim companies -- Personal Tech11 days ago
UK opens investigation of MoD payroll contractor after confirming attack -- China vehemently denies involvement -- Cyber-crime11 days ago
US commerce department yanks back Huawei export licenses - Updated - Intel and Qualcomm reportedly among those cut off - Systems - 08 May 2024 - | 46 days ago
Negotiating the evolving data storage landscape - How Pure Storage can smooth the journey of keeping up with constant change - Webinar11 days ago
Add AI servers to the list of iDevices Apple Silicon could soon power -- Updated -- Where have you been, Cupertino? -- AI + ML10 days ago
MITRE promises a cute little 17-PFLOPS AI super for the rest of Uncle Sam's agencies -- No child process left behind -- HPC -- 08 May 202411 days ago
Watch out for rogue DHCP servers decloaking your VPN connections -- Avoid traffic-redirecting snoops who have TunnelVision -- Spotlight on RSA11 days ago
IBM says these back-office, network edge Power 10 servers would be sweet for – yes, you guessed it – AI -- Short on cores, big on threads and matrix math -- AI + ML12 days ago
Apple unveils M4 chip with neural engine capable of 38 TOPS, and some other kit -- Oh, right – there's new iPad Pro and Air models, a pencil and some other stuff -- Personal Tech12 days ago
TikTok sues America to undo divest-or-die law -- Nothing like folks in Beijing lecturing us on the Constitution -- Security12 days ago
Infineon trims financial forecast amid order slowdown - Chipmaker outlines plans to save hundreds of millions and, hey presto, share price magically jumps - Systems - 07 May 2024 - |12 days ago
Tesla layoff circus runs into fourth week with another round of cuts -- Musk continues quest to make Tesla leaner, meaner, more profitable -- Personal Tech12 days ago
TSMC fully booked on advanced packaging until 2025 -- TrendForce warns of 'potential crowding out effects on HBM' -- Systems12 days ago
A tale of two Chinas: Our tech governance isn't perfect, but we still get to say no -- Opinion -- Too many folks who should know better saying info-slurping tactics of Big Tech are just as bad -- Personal Tech12 days ago
Meta, Spotify break Apple's device fingerprinting rules – new claim -- Updated -- And the iOS titan doesn't seem that bothered with data leaking out -- Research12 days ago
Semiconductor digital twins to sip $285M from America's CHIPS Act funding pool - Fake it until you make it, literally - Science - 06 May 2024 - |13 days ago
Cheyenne supercomputer sells at auction for just $480K -- And you thought consumer electronics suffered from depreciation -- HPC -- 06 May 202413 days ago
Three years on from Biden infosec EO, and we're still trying to check all the boxes -- interview -- It's taking time, but isn't a dead issue, US Government Accountability Office security director Marisol Cruz Cain says -- Public Sector13 days ago
Undersea bit-barn biz offers 90-day trial of submerged server system -- Testing platform for those 'unfamiliar with the subsea environment' -- Systems -- 06 May 202413 days ago