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
Software
Microsoft blames Outlook's wobbly weekend on 'problematic code change'
And Monday's not looking that steady, either
SaaS03 Mar 2025 | 9
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 | 3
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 | 10
AI and cloud-native advancements
Optimizing hybrid multicloud with Nutanix
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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 | 56
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 | 139
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 | 133
Windows 7 lives! How to keep your favorite fossil running
You probably shouldn't, but if you must, you can
OSes01 Mar 2025 | 59
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 | 167
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 | 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
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 | 73
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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
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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 | 94
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
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 | 113
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
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
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
Microsoft trims more CPUs from Windows 11 compatibility list
Updated OEMs blowing dust from the processor stock cupboard, beware
OSes24 Feb 2025 | 126
uBlock Origin dead for many as Google purges Manifest v2 extensions
Chrome ad blocker stopped working? Time to look elsewhere
Applications24 Feb 2025 | 130
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
Beta of Unix version 2 restored to life
What is dead may never die
OSes24 Feb 2025 | 37
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
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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 | 222
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
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
Why do younger coders struggle to break through the FOSS graybeard barrier?
FOSDEM 2025 The hurdles are higher than you might imagine
Software14 Feb 2025 | 111
HPE says blocking Juniper buy is a sure Huawei to ensure China and Cisco thrive
Analyst argues stopping the deal benefits Switchzilla by preventing rise of strong challenger for AI networks
Networks14 Feb 2025 | 9
Chinese AI marches on as Baidu makes its chatbot free, Alibaba scores Apple deal
New ‘Deep Search’ thinking and planning bot to go up against peoples’ champion DeepSeek
AI + ML14 Feb 2025 | 2
Lawyers face judge's wrath after AI cites made-up cases in fiery hoverboard lawsuit
Talk about court red-handed
AI + ML14 Feb 2025 | 95
After clash over Rust in Linux, now Asahi lead quits distro, slams Linus' kernel leadership
I fought the Torv and ... the Torv won
OSes13 Feb 2025 | 158
Analysts welcome ACID transactions on real-time distributed Aerospike
The little database company with big users gaining fans as it adds consistency to speed and scale
Databases13 Feb 2025 | 3
US lawmakers press Trump admin to oppose UK's order for Apple iCloud backdoor
Senator, Congressman tell DNI to threaten infosec agreements if Blighty won't back down
Security13 Feb 2025 | 57
SAP snared in revenue trap unless it extends legacy ERP support
User can still push for perpetual licenses despite vendor's craving for subscription deals
Databases13 Feb 2025 | 7
LibreOffice still kicking at 40, now with browser tricks and real-time collab
FOSDEM 2025 Standard FOSS office suite continues to evolve in interesting new directions
Applications13 Feb 2025 | 145
WordPress war latest: Ploy to trademark Hosted WordPress, Managed WordPress derailed
Updated Objection from open source community heralded as 'great victory for the ecosystem'
Software13 Feb 2025 | 8
Feds want devs to stop coding 'unforgivable' buffer overflow vulnerabilities
FBI, CISA harrumph at Microsoft and VMware in call for coders to quit baking avoidable defects into stuff
CSO13 Feb 2025 | 75
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
Running hot? Server shipments forecast to cool in 2025
Supply chain and regulatory hurdles likely to shrink figures
On-Prem12 Feb 2025 | 2
EU plans to 'mobilize' €200B to invest in AI to catch up with US and China
Captain's Log, Stardate 3529.7 – oh yeah, Commish also withdrawing law that would help folks sue over AI harms
AI + ML12 Feb 2025 | 15
Why SAP may be mulling 2030 end of maintenance for legacy ERP
Users' sluggish migration of critical apps mean current deadline not workable, says analyst
Databases12 Feb 2025 | 21
UK government insiders say AI datacenters may be a pricey white elephant
Economy-boosting bit barn? Not in my back yard, some locals expected to say
On-Prem12 Feb 2025 | 119
AI summaries turn real news into nonsense, BBC finds
Updated Research after Apple Intelligence fiasco shows bots still regularly make stuff up
AI + ML12 Feb 2025 | 105
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