US stocks slip as Trump pulls trigger on Canada, Mexico, China tariffs
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Public Sector03 Mar 2025 | 16
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Diversity, equity, and inclusion is not an illusion, but it soon might be
Global tech corps wrestle with policy disparity on either side of the Atlantic
CxO13 Feb 2025 | 291
Larry Ellison wants to put all America's data, including DNA, in one big Oracle system for AI to study
From the billionaire who said real-time surveillance is good for keeping us in check
AI + ML12 Feb 2025 | 69
IBM return-to-office order hits finance, ops teams amid push to dump staff for AI
Demand described as a 'soft layoff'
On-Prem12 Feb 2025 | 35
I'm a security expert, and I almost fell for a North Korea-style deepfake job applicant …Twice
Remote position, webcam not working, then glitchy AI face ... Red alert!
CSO11 Feb 2025 | 82
Democrats demand to know WTF is up with that DOGE server on OPM's network
Are you trying to make this easy for China and Russia?
Public Sector06 Feb 2025 | 153
Trump admin seeks to reclassify federal CIOs, opening door to political appointees
Fall in line with executive policy or you're gone, acting OPM chief insists
CxO05 Feb 2025 | 48
Alphabet achieves first $100B annual profit ... and sees its shares sink
Whaddya gotta do to impress investors these days? Maybe convince them you're not overspending on AI?
Off-Prem05 Feb 2025 | 6
Another banner year for ransomware gangs despite takedowns by the cops
And it doesn't take a crystal ball to predict the future
Cyber-crime31 Jan 2025 | 6
You probably have more CIO experience than the incoming White House CIO
From AI startup CISO to running federal IT - sure, why not?
Public Sector28 Jan 2025 | 30
DeepSeek's R1 curiously tells El Reg reader: 'My guidelines are set by OpenAI'
Updated Despite impressive benchmarks, the Chinese-made LLM is not without some interesting issues
AI + ML27 Jan 2025 | 32
Mental toll: Scale AI, Outlier sued by humans paid to steer AI away from our darkest depths
Who guards the guardrail makers? Not the bosses who hire them, it's alleged
AI + ML24 Jan 2025 | 15
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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
OpenAI's Operator agent wants to tackle your online chores – just don’t expect it to nail every task
Hello Operator? Can you give me number nine? Can I see you later? Will you give me back my dime?
AI + ML23 Jan 2025 | 14
Former Amazon exec appointed as boss of UK's competition watchdog
Interim appointment after former head booted out for not being 'sufficiently focused on growth'
CxO22 Jan 2025 | 11
Business value from GenAI remains elusive despite IT spending boom
The nascent tech enters Hype Cycle’s downward slope, says Gartner
CxO22 Jan 2025 | 13
OpenAI wants to blow through $500B on AI infrastructure for itself, with help from pals
Updated SoftBank, Oracle, MGX form Stargate Project with ChatGPT maker, intend to outspend Microsoft this year
AI + ML22 Jan 2025 | 16
Sage Copilot grounded briefly to fix AI misbehavior
'Minor issue' with showing accounting customers 'unrelated business information' required repairs
AI + ML20 Jan 2025 | 23
Just as your LLM once again goes off the rails, Cisco, Nvidia are at the door smiling
Some of you have apparently already botched chatbots or allowed ‘shadow AI’ to creep in
AI + ML17 Jan 2025 | 11
IT job market is still shrinking but not as quickly as last year
Half the number of roles axed, and yes – you can keep blaming AI
CxO15 Jan 2025 | 36
Megan, AI recruiting agent, is on the job, giving bosses fewer reasons to hire in HR
Interview She doesn't feel pity, remorse, or fear, but she'll craft a polite email message as she turns you down
AI + ML15 Jan 2025 | 83
Intel Capital next into the chip giant's trebuchet, to be shot as far over the wall as possible
This'll be good for you, don't you worry, CFO tells venture fund while pulling back the sling
CxO15 Jan 2025 | 8
Tesla, Musk double down on $56B payday appeal
What could be the motivation for continuing to fight the case?
CxO09 Jan 2025 | 75
Kyndryl's consulting business may be less than it seems
Special report Insiders say it's largely a matter of labeling
CxO08 Dec 2024 | 22
The workplace has become a surveillance state
Cracked Labs report explores the use of motion sensors and wireless networking kit to monitor offices
CxO27 Nov 2024 | 72
AI hiring bias? Men with Anglo-Saxon names score lower in tech interviews
Study suggests hiding every Tom, Dick, and Harry's personal info from HR bots
AI + ML21 Nov 2024 | 140
Here's how a Trump presidency could change the tech industry
Kettle Anything could happen in the next half ... decade
Public Sector13 Nov 2024 | 123
TSMC's US operations threatened with employee discrimination class action
Updated Allegedly it's hard to get ahead at the chipmaker unless you speak Mandarin
CxO13 Nov 2024 | 6
AMD axes 4% of staff while staring hungrily at AI, servers
LLM, LLM on the wall, who will be laid off first of all?
AI + ML13 Nov 2024 | 7
Air National Guardsman gets 15 years after splashing classified docs on Discord
22-year-old talked of 'culling the weak minded' – hmm!
Cyber-crime13 Nov 2024 | 93
Flanked by Palantir and AWS, Anthropic's Claude marches into US defense intelligence
An emotionally manipulable AI in the hands of the Pentagon and CIA? Cool
AI + ML07 Nov 2024 | 4
Mozilla Foundation crumbles as third of staff cast off
Firefox overlord to 'revisit' advocacy mission
Applications06 Nov 2024 | 89
Average North American CISO pay now $565K, mainly thanks to one weird trick
Best way to boost your package is to leave, or pretend to
Cybersecurity Month03 Oct 2024 | 12
Hands up who hasn't made an offer to buy some part of Intel
Comment Now Arm reportedly approached, rebuffed by Chipzilla. Who's next? MOS Technology?
Systems27 Sep 2024 | 21
Now Dell salespeople must be onsite five days a week
Return-to-office mandate reaches inevitable conclusion
CxO26 Sep 2024 | 119
There’s no way Qualcomm is buying Intel as is
Comment Is this from the same gossips who were wrong about Altera and Mobileye or the DoJ subpoenaing Nvidia?
Personal Tech21 Sep 2024 | 22
LinkedIn started harvesting people's posts for training AI without asking for opt-in
Updated Opt out if you don't like it – EU and a few others, including now the UK, excepted
AI + ML19 Sep 2024 | 88
Open source maintainers underpaid, swamped by security, going gray
AI-coded contributions? Most would rather skip the bot's work
Software18 Sep 2024 | 43
The empire of C++ strikes back with Safe C++ blueprint
You pipsqueaks want memory safety? We'll show you memory safety! We'll borrow that borrow checker
Applications16 Sep 2024 | 113
I stole 20 GB of data from Capgemini – and now I'm leaking it, says cybercrook
Updated Allegedly pilfered database has source code, private keys, staff info, T-Mobile VM logs, more
Cyber-crime12 Sep 2024 | 20
Medical cannabis CTO says vendors would hang up when he called looking for a deal
Alternaleaf now has an outsized tech team, a build-not-buy mentality, and a love of FOSS
CxO11 Sep 2024 | 15
Defense AI models 'a risk to life' alleges spurned tech firm
In-depth Chatterbox Labs CEO claims Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office unfairly cancelled a contract then accused him of blackmail
AI + ML06 Sep 2024 | 8
Pat Gelsinger's grand plan to reinvent Intel is in jeopardy
Comment Foundry faces a reckoning
CxO06 Sep 2024 | 66
Nvidia and chums inject $160M into Applied Digital to keep GPU sales rolling
Datacenters are the lifeline for its $30B ML-fueled boom
PaaS + IaaS06 Sep 2024 | 5
Cognizant alleges Infosys swiped its trade secrets
Sueball suggests outsourcer went out of bounds by developing competing product
CxO26 Aug 2024 | 9
Delta: CrowdStrike's offer to help in Falcon meltdown was too little, too late
Airline unimpressed with 'unhelpful and untimely' phone call from CEO, Falcon maker says claims untrue
CxO08 Aug 2024 | 32
Microsoft punches back at Delta Air Lines and its legal threats
SatNad himself offered CrowdStrike recovery help, Redmond says, before suggesting airline's IT is in a mess
CxO07 Aug 2024 | 39
More than 83K certs from nearly 7K DigiCert customers must be swapped out now
Small stay of execution in 'exceptional circumstances' promised – amid legal action to pause digital bonfire
CSO31 Jul 2024 | 18
How deliciously binary: AI has yet to pay off – or is transforming business
Feature Calculating ROI of neural networks turns out to be rather complicated
CxO30 Jul 2024 | 67
Patch management still seemingly abysmal because no one wants the job
Comment Are your security and ops teams fighting to pass the buck?
Malware Month25 Jul 2024 | 29
How a cheap barcode scanner helped fix CrowdStrike'd Windows PCs in a flash
This one weird trick saved countless hours and stress – no, really
OSes25 Jul 2024 | 89
The months and days before and after CrowdStrike's fatal Friday
Analysis 'In the short term, they're going to have to do a lot of groveling'
CSO25 Jul 2024 | 46
EU's renewable hydrogen plan needs a 'reality check'
Member nations aren't on the same page, investors are confused, and nobody understands the real costs
CxO19 Jul 2024 | 78
Car dealer software slinger CDK Global said to have paid $25M ransom after cyberattack
15K dealerships take estimated $600M+ hit
Malware Month12 Jul 2024 | 16
Coders' Copilot code-copying copyright claims crumble against GitHub, Microsoft
A few devs versus the powerful forces of Redmond – who did you think was going to win?
Software08 Jul 2024 | 40
Cancer patient forced to make terrible decision after Qilin attack on London hospitals
Exclusive Skin-sparing mastectomy and breast reconstruction scrapped as result of ransomware at supplier
Malware Month05 Jul 2024 | 73
EFF wants FTC to treat lying chatbots as 'unfair and deceptive' in eyes of the law
And hit AI operators 'with all the fines', says Cory Doctorow
Public Sector02 Jul 2024 | 13
Affirm fears customer info pilfered during ransomware raid at Evolve Bank
Number of partners acknowledging data theft continues to rise
Malware Month02 Jul 2024 | 2
Indian govt probes claims Foxconn won't hire married women
Updated Cultural traditions clash with manufacturing ambitions
Public Sector27 Jun 2024 | 20
Mozilla is trying to push me out because I have cancer, CPO says in bombshell lawsuit
Steve Teixeira, said to be CEO-in-waiting, now sues Firefox maker for discrimination, retaliation
Applications24 Jun 2024 | 91
Change Healthcare finally spills the tea on what medical data was stolen by cyber-crew
'Substantial proportion' of America to get a little note from next month
Cyber-crime21 Jun 2024 | 9
IBM, Kyndryl again once sued for age discrimination – this time by its own VPs
More big blues at Big Blue ... And of course El Reg is cited in lawsuit
CxO20 Jun 2024 | 5
HPE, Nvidia team up to offer 'turnkey' private cloud racks for keeping AI loads local
HPE Discover Everyone wants to be best buddies with Jensen Huang's GPU juggernaut
AI + ML18 Jun 2024 | 1
Shoddy infosec costs PwC spinoff and NMA $11.3M in settlement with Uncle Sam
Updated Pen-testing tools didn't work – and personal info of folks hit by pandemic started appearing in search engines
CSO17 Jun 2024 | 2
Microsoft answered Congress' questions on security. Now the White House needs to act
Feature Business as usual needs a real change
Public Sector15 Jun 2024 | 45
Meta won't train AI on Euro posts after all, as watchdogs put their paws down
Facebook parent calls step forward for privacy a 'step backwards'
AI + ML14 Jun 2024 | 41
Wells Fargo fires employees accused of faking keyboard activity to pretend to work
Homer Simpson was ahead of his time
CxO13 Jun 2024 | 121
Oracle Ads have had it: $2B operation shuts down after dwindling to $300M
Analysis In this slightly more private era, your data ain't as profitable as it once was
Personal Tech13 Jun 2024 | 25
US senators propose guardrails for government AI purchases and operations
Bill proposes appointment of chief AI officers, privacy safeguards, and lots of testing
Public Sector13 Jun 2024 | 2
AMD's DC chief happy to work with Intel and others to chip away at Nvidia's AI empire
'If everybody's got their own little ecosystem, it's very inefficient'
Systems12 Jun 2024 | 3
Akira: Perhaps the next big thing in ransomware, says Tidal threat intelligence chief
Interview Scott Small tells us gang's 'intent and capability' should get the attention of CSOs
Malware Month09 Jun 2024 | 3
Microsoft Research chief scientist has no issue with Windows Recall
As tool emerges to probe OS feature's SQLite-based store of user activities
OSes06 Jun 2024 | 114
More layoffs at Microsoft: What's really going on here?
Analysis We had a record quarter, so sorry to see you go
On-Prem04 Jun 2024 | 69
Intel CEO says sanctions on China squanders opportunity for US chipmakers like Intel
Computex When the Middle Kingdom starts making its own processors, it won’t buy ones made by me!
On-Prem04 Jun 2024 | 36
IT infrastructure scared away potential buyers of struggling e-commerce site
Whatever gear storied cycling site Wiggle used didn't propel it to a successful sale after the biz hit bumps
CxO31 May 2024 | 42
California's Governor Newsom is worried AI will be smothered in regulation
OTOH, 'If we chase a shiny object, we could put ourselves in a perilous position'
AI + ML30 May 2024 | 17
MIT professor hoses down predictions AI will put a rocket under the economy
It's easier to foresee growing inequality than surging growth
AI + ML29 May 2024 | 38
2.8M US folks learn their personal info was swiped months ago in Sav-Rx IT heist
Theft happened in October, only now are details coming to light
Cyber-crime28 May 2024 | 8
How's Uncle Sam getting on with Biden's AI exec order? Pretty good, we're told
Interview Former Pentagon deputy CIO Rob Carey tells us guardrails should steer Feds away from bad ML
Public Sector27 May 2024 | 7
Wanna curb datacenter outages? Try combating burnout with shorter shifts
If hiring more people to work fewer hours isn't appealing, you could always make a robot do it
On-Prem24 May 2024 | 8
Three-year-old Apache Flink flaw under active attack
We know IT admins have busy schedules but c'mon
Patches24 May 2024 | 11
Here's yet more ransomware using BitLocker against Microsoft's own users
Updated ShrinkLocker throws steel and vaccine makers into the hurt locker
Malware Month23 May 2024 | 4
Google guru roasts useless phishing tests, calls for fire drill-style overhaul
Current approaches aren't working and demonize security teams
Security23 May 2024 | 57
70% of CISOs worry their org is at risk of a material cyber attack
Wait, why do you want this job again?
CSO23 May 2024 | 7
Confused by the SEC's IT security breach reporting rules? Read this
'Clarification' weighs in on material vs voluntary disclosures
CSO22 May 2024 | 2
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-crime12 May 2024 | 43
The hiring frenzy is over at India's services giants
Headcounts are down for the first time in ages, margins are up, and CEOs are happy
CxO30 Apr 2024 | 4
Atlassian loses half its CEOs, but customers stay solid after Server products exit support
Discloses ongoing experiments with usage-based pricing
Software26 Apr 2024 | 14
Indian bank’s IT is so shabby it’s been banned from opening new accounts
After two years of warnings, and outages, regulators ran out of patience with Kotak Mahindra Bank
Security25 Apr 2024 | 26
Microsoft promises Copilot will be a 'moneymaker' in the long term
Exec tells investors to 'temper' expectations as mission to convince customers of price tag continues
AI + ML18 Mar 2024 | 57
Meta sues ex infra VP for allegedly stealing top-secret datacenter blueprints
Exec accused of using own work PC to swipe confidential AI and staffing docs for stealth cloud startup
PaaS + IaaS12 Mar 2024 | 4
How to Netflix Oracle’s blockbuster audit model
Opinion Terms and conditions apply. Lawyers need not
Databases11 Mar 2024 | 32
You got legal trouble? Better call SauLM-7B
Cooked in a math lab, here's an open source LLM that knows the law
AI + ML09 Mar 2024 | 27
Biting the hand that feeds IT
