America's National Science Foundation workers fired in bulk by Trump reinstated
Judge slams 'significant chaos' that's now Uncle Sam's standard operating procedure
Science04 Mar 2025 |
On-Prem
US stocks slip as Trump pulls trigger on Canada, Mexico, China tariffs
With friends like these...
Public Sector03 Mar 2025 | 16
Wanna save Intel? Fire the board, bring back Pat, ex-CEO Craig Barrett says
Comment Shareholders urged to press CTRL-Z on loyal Gelsinger's 'retirement'
On-Prem03 Mar 2025 | 1
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 | 3
Lenovo teases solar-powered and folding screen concept laptops
MWC Annual Barcelona tech fest brings demo devices that aren't commercially available... will they ever see light of day?
Personal Tech03 Mar 2025 | 3
Cybersecurity not the hiring-'em-like-hotcakes role it once was
Analysis Ghost positions, HR AI no help – biz should talk to infosec staff and create 'realistic' job outline, say experts
CSO03 Mar 2025 | 5
Altnets told to stop digging and start stuffing fiber through abandoned pipes
Why churn up roads when there's thousands of miles of disused infrastructure underfoot?
Networks03 Mar 2025 | 51
The Register gets its claws on Huawei’s bonkers tri-fold phone
First Look It’s well-built and surprisingly easy to handle but let down by Android. And stupidly expensive
Personal Tech03 Mar 2025 | 16
Regional Internet Registries work to prevent one of their own going rogue
APRICOT There's a lot going on at the orgs who regulate IP addresses as they revisit global governance and new leadership comes to APNIC and LACNIC
Networks02 Mar 2025 |
Hisense QLED TVs are just LED TVs, lawsuit claims
Quantum dot technology allegedly absent from tellies
Personal Tech01 Mar 2025 | 58
Membership of New Zealand’s domain registry suddenly triples, which isn't entirely welcome
Free speech org criticized constitution and made hard-to-sustain accusations of possible censorship
Networks01 Mar 2025 | 33
Intel slows its roll on $28B Ohio fab expansion, pushing production to 2030s
x86 giant still expects to ramp 18A process tech this year
On-Prem28 Feb 2025 | 7
Three charged in Singapore with alleged link to illicit shipments of Nvidia GPUs to China
Accused face up to 20 years in prison
On-Prem28 Feb 2025 | 18
Non-biz Skype kicks the bucket on May 5
Microsoft confirms you have 60 days to export your data or shift to Teams
Networks28 Feb 2025 | 100
AMD looks to undercut Nvidia, win gamers' hearts with RX 9070 series
The question is whether we can find them in stock and at MSRP
Systems28 Feb 2025 | 49
Profit slide at HP can only mean one thing: Hammer time
Executives pull on the baggy trousers to distribute the pink slips
Systems28 Feb 2025 | 22
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 | 167
FBI officially fingers North Korea for $1.5B Bybit crypto-burglary
Federal agents, open up ... your browsers and see if you recognize any of these wallets
Cyber-crime27 Feb 2025 | 23
Framework Desktop wows iFixit – even with the soldered RAM
Is stuck-down memory forgivable if it's for the sake of performance?
Personal Tech27 Feb 2025 | 48
Ampere bets on Arm to muscle into Intel's telco territory
Chipmaker touts high-core, low-power Altra processors as the future of 5G and AI inferencing
Systems27 Feb 2025 | 2
Popular
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
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
US Cyber Command reportedly pauses cyberattacks on Russia
Infosec In Brief PLUS: Phishing suspects used fishing gear as alibi; Apple's 'Find My' can track PCs and Androids; and more
Governments can't seem to stop asking for secret backdoors
Opinion Cut off one head and 100 grow back? Decapitation may not be the way to go
Ex-SAP CTO walks away with €7.1M payout after scandal
Criminal probe understood to have ended following settlement over 'inconsiderate' behavior
First private moon lander to touch down safely starts sending selfies
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost planned to work for 14 days, should be useful for years thanks to its reflector that improves on Apollo-era tech
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
Microsoft unveils finalized EU Data Boundary as European doubt over US grows
Some may have second thoughts about going all-in with an American vendor, no matter where their data is stored
Altnets told to stop digging and start stuffing fiber through abandoned pipes
Why churn up roads when there's thousands of miles of disused infrastructure underfoot?
Cybersecurity not the hiring-'em-like-hotcakes role it once was
Analysis Ghost positions, HR AI no help – biz should talk to infosec staff and create 'realistic' job outline, say experts
STORIES
Trump tariffs forcing rethink of PC purchases stateside
Some businesses sticking with Windows 10, AI boxes not reviving demand
Personal Tech27 Feb 2025 | 37
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 | 33
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 | 28
Tech jobs are now white-collar trades that need apprentices, not a career crawl
APRICOT With a generation of networking engineers set to retire, is this how to give their successors a faster start?
Networks27 Feb 2025 | 76
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
FAA confirms it's testing Starlink, maybe for tasks Elon says Verizon is doing badly
Plus: Musk's biz empire reportedly pulled in $6B-plus from Uncle Sam last year
Networks27 Feb 2025 | 31
Wallbleed vulnerability unearths secrets of China's Great Firewall 125 bytes at a time
Boffins poked around inside censorship engines – here's what they found
Networks27 Feb 2025 | 39
Like a kid handing in homework at the last minute, Supermicro finally files its missing financial figures
SMCI had to come up with long-delayed report – or lose its slot on NASDAQ again
On-Prem26 Feb 2025 | 4
Yes, Slack isn't working properly right now – enjoy your internet snow day
Final update Chat app chaps slapped, rapped for leaving yakkity-yakkers in a flap
SaaS26 Feb 2025 | 9
Qualcomm pledges 8 years of security updates for Android kit using its chips (YMMV)
Starting with Snapdragon 8 Elite and 'droid 15
Personal Tech26 Feb 2025 | 5
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
Framework guns for cheap laptops with upgradeable alternative
Chromebook-area pricing for latest designs
Personal Tech26 Feb 2025 | 41
Under Trump 2.0, Europe's dependence on US clouds back under the spotlight
Interview Technologist Bert Hubert tells The Reg Microsoft Outlook is a huge source of geopolitical risk
Off-Prem26 Feb 2025 | 117
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 | 33
HP CEO pay for 2024 = 261,658 toner cartridges
That's down on last year in terms of financial compensation and – given ink price hike – the number of supplies he is valued at
On-Prem26 Feb 2025 | 10
Wozniak: I didn't reduce chip count for manufacturing. I wanted to prove I was clever
Plus: Beware of a hotspot called 'spanky'
Personal Tech26 Feb 2025 | 21
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
Incoming deputy boss of Homeland Security says America's top cyber-agency needs to be reined in
Plus: New figurehead of DOGE emerges and they aren't called Elon
Public Sector26 Feb 2025 | 37
Xi know what you did last summer: China was all up in Republicans' email, says book
Of course, Microsoft is in the mix, isn't it
Cyber-crime25 Feb 2025 | 30
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 | 113
London is bottom in Europe for 5G, while Europe lags the rest of the world
Plus: Fandroid alert – Android devices sometimes say '5G' when connecting to 4G
Networks25 Feb 2025 | 26
Are you cooler than ex-Apple design guru Sir Jony Ive?
What is it with high-powered execs and their love for U2?
Offbeat25 Feb 2025 | 81
Hurrah! AI won't destroy developer or DBA jobs
Bureau of Labor Statics warns lawyers and customer service reps to brace for change, says 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 | 29
If you dip your toes into immersion cooling, watch out for dielectric liquid sharks
APRICOT The small pool of suppliers understand their market power
On-Prem25 Feb 2025 | 1
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 | 10
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
Apple promises to spend $500B, hire 20K over 4 years to swerve Trump import tariffs
Sorry, that should read: Boost US manufacturing and R&D, believe in the American people, etc etc
On-Prem24 Feb 2025 | 28
US Dept of Housing screens sabotaged to show deepfake of Trump sucking Elon's toes
'Appropriate action will be taken,' we're told – as federal HR email sparks uproar, ax falls on CISA staff
Public Sector24 Feb 2025 | 130
Microsoft trims more CPUs from Windows 11 compatibility list
Updated OEMs blowing dust from the processor stock cupboard, beware
OSes24 Feb 2025 | 126
Intel cranks up accelerators in Xeon 6 blitz to outgun AMD
But you're probably not cool enough for Chipzilla's 288-core monster
Systems24 Feb 2025 | 3
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
The software UK techies need to protect themselves now Apple's ADP won’t
No matter how deep you are in Apple's 'ecosystem,’ there are ways to stay encrypted in Blighty
Security24 Feb 2025 | 122
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
Maps of terrestrial fibre networks aren’t great. The Internet Society wants to fix that
APRICOT Wants regulators and carriers to adopt Open Fibre Data Standard to answer questions like ‘Is that one fibre, or nine?’
Networks24 Feb 2025 | 10
Trump administration threatens tariffs for any nation that dares to tax Big Tech
Digital services taxes, network build levies, touted as violations of US sovereignty
Public Sector24 Feb 2025 | 138
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
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
Los Alamos boffins slap blinkers on satellites so we know who to blame in a crash
Extremely Low Resource Optical Identifier no brighter than LED, but readable with telescopes
Networks21 Feb 2025 | 26
T-Mobile US puts NYC emergency services in the 5G fast lane with network slicing
Updated 911 gets VIP treatment in 'one of the most congested and demanding environments for connectivity'
Networks21 Feb 2025 | 9
ST Micro skips in, arm in arm with AWS, bearing a chip for 1.6 Tbps pluggable optics
It's Friday. Quit the doomscrolling. Distract yourself with IT infra news
Networks21 Feb 2025 | 6
HP ditches 15-minute wait time policy due to 'feedback'
It woz The Reg wot won it ... or maybe just common sense prevailed among management
Personal Tech21 Feb 2025 | 165
DIMM techies weren’t allowed to leave the building until proven to not be pilferers
On Call Who knew a script could make RAM re-appear?
Storage21 Feb 2025 | 129
Lenovo isn't fussed by Trumpian tariffs or finding enough energy to run AI
Enterprise hardware biz produced record revenue, just $1M of profit, but execs think losses are behind it
On-Prem21 Feb 2025 | 6
National Science Foundation staff axed by Trump fear for US scientific future
Feature An inside tale: Probation extended, tenure revoked, a scramble to merge research portfolios, and more
Science21 Feb 2025 | 140
Laptop makers stalled on repairability improvements
Apple, Dell made some progress, but MacBooks are still the worst to crack open, says PIRG
Personal Tech20 Feb 2025 | 43
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
Talk of Broadcom and TSMC grabbing pieces of Intel lights fire under investors
Chipzilla's design and manufacturing limbs said to be on the table
Systems20 Feb 2025 | 12
Insiders say IBM's broader return-to-office plan hits older, more expensive staff hard
IT giant doing whatever it takes to reach $300 a share
On-Prem20 Feb 2025 | 36
HP deliberately adds 15 minutes waiting time for telephone support calls
Updated Stalling tactics designed to push print or PC users to online support, sorry, 'self-solve'
Personal Tech20 Feb 2025 | 248
Dark mode might be burning more juice than you think
Most people crank up the brightness, making energy savings moot
Personal Tech20 Feb 2025 | 87
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
Ghost ransomware crew continues to haunt IT depts with scarily bad infosec
FBI and CISA issue reminder - deep sigh - about the importance of patching and backups
Ransomware in Focus20 Feb 2025 | 7
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
US Army soldier linked to Snowflake extortion rampage admits breaking the law
That's the way the cookie melts
Cyber-crime20 Feb 2025 |
Trump can't quickly or easily kill the CHIPS Act, but he can fire the workers funded by it
Comment Reported layoffs suggest R&D functions may be hobbled, fab subsidies also at risk
On-Prem19 Feb 2025 | 79
Trump’s DoD CISO pick previously faced security clearance suspension
Hey, at least Katie Arrington brings a solid resume
Public Sector19 Feb 2025 | 14
Telco to open lab to test cell network interoperability with satellites
Because 4G notspots aren't much good to anyone
Networks19 Feb 2025 | 1
Hundreds of Dutch medical records bought for pocket change at flea market
15GB of sensitive files traced back to former software biz
Storage19 Feb 2025 | 40
Mobile operators brace for bigger, faster headaches with 6G
NGMN reports what telcos want, but admits most can be delivered by 5G
Networks19 Feb 2025 | 47
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
Trump teases 25% semiconductor tariffs that will go ‘substantially higher’
Envisions phased introduction dependent on manufacturing commitments
Public Sector19 Feb 2025 | 174
Acer signals 10% laptop price hike in US, blames Trump's extra China tariff
Analyst tells El Reg to expect more of this across hardware brands
Personal Tech18 Feb 2025 | 56
Looks like paywalls are coming soon to a subreddit near you
What do Redditors think? Well, it wouldn't be Reddit if they were happy
Personal Tech18 Feb 2025 | 54
Huawei to bring massively expensive trifold smartphone to world market
There's everything to play for, but there ain't no Play Store
Personal Tech18 Feb 2025 | 26
Lloyds Bank reviews tech and engineering personnel in reorg
Admits it will be saying 'goodbye to talented people' in UK amid fears of jobs being offshored to India
On-Prem18 Feb 2025 | 71
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
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
NAND flash prices plunge amid supply glut, factory output cut
Flaky demand for PCs and smartphones blamed
Storage17 Feb 2025 | 14
UK court says Chinese operation must sell Scottish chip biz stake without delay
'Satisfied' the risk to national security is 'a real and significant one' that should not be 'prolonged'
Systems17 Feb 2025 | 24
TechUK demands that Britain's chip strategy is crisped up
Trade body wants recommendations fast-tracked and fabs designated critical national infrastructure
Systems17 Feb 2025 | 9
Techie pointed out meetings are pointless, and was punished for it
Who, Me? When asked to offer honest feedback, maybe pause to ponder how well you play office politics
On-Prem17 Feb 2025 | 127
Broadcom reportedly investigates acquiring Intel’s chip design biz
Shhh. Don’t tell Hock Tan about those Xeons that unlock functions when you pay a fee
Systems17 Feb 2025 | 16
Backup software vendor Veeam deleted forum data after restoration SNAFU
DevOps team did the dirty on a database
Storage17 Feb 2025 | 7
Fujitsu worries US tariffs will see its clients slow digital spend
Asia In Brief PLUS: Pacific islands targeted by Chinese APT; China’s new rocket soars; DeepSeek puts Korea in a pickle; and more
Public Sector16 Feb 2025 | 1
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
SonicWall firewalls now under attack: Patch ASAP or risk intrusion via your SSL VPN
updated Roses are red, violets are blue, CVE-2024-53704 is sweet for a ransomware crew
Networks14 Feb 2025 | 9
Our world faces 'unprecedented' spike in electricity demand
And it's not just datacenters driving the need for 3,500 TWh of new energy generation by 2027
On-Prem14 Feb 2025 | 106
Datacenter energy demand in bitbarn 'capital of the world' Virginia nearly doubled in second half of 2024
Dominion Energy already eyeing another 26 GW worth of datacenter demand
On-Prem14 Feb 2025 | 7
Critical PostgreSQL bug tied to zero-day attack on US Treasury
High-complexity bug unearthed by infoseccers, as Rapid7 probes exploit further
Research14 Feb 2025 | 21
Biting the hand that feeds IT
