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
Thomas is a senior reporter at The Register. His specialty lies in government IT, software development, and the ethical use of artificial intelligence. Thomas has nearly 30 years of experience in technology publishing, including roles ranging from magazine section editor to editor-at-large.
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
Hisense QLED TVs are just LED TVs, lawsuit claims
Quantum dot technology allegedly absent from tellies
Personal Tech01 Mar 2025 | 58
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
AWS unboxes quantum cat qubit kit called Ocelot
Sprinting after Microsoft and co, Amazon claims it too has a QC chip that's good at all-important error correction
Science27 Feb 2025 | 13
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Microsoft shows off novel quantum chip that can scale to 'a million qubits'. So far: Eight
Updated Not just a matter of time but a matter of Majorana fermions, too
Science19 Feb 2025 | 37
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
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
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
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
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
A win at last: Big blow to AI world in training data copyright scrap
You gotta fight ... for your Reuters ... to party
AI + ML12 Feb 2025 | 34
'Key kernel maintainers' still back Rust in the Linux kernel, despite the doubters
Rustaceans could just wait for unwelcoming C coders to slowly SIGQUIT...
OSes11 Feb 2025 | 44
RIP Raymond Bird: Designer of UK's first mass-produced business computer dies aged 101
Obit Engineer was behind the HEC series and more
Science11 Feb 2025 | 52
Only 4 percent of jobs rely heavily on AI, with peak use in mid-wage roles
Mid-salary knowledge jobs in tech, media, and education are changing. Folk in physical jobs have less to sweat about
AI + ML11 Feb 2025 | 27
Amazon, Google asked to explain why they were serving ads on sites hosting CSAM
Updated And US government adverts at that, say senators
Personal Tech08 Feb 2025 | 42
'Maybe the problem is you' ... Linus Torvalds wades into Linux kernel Rust driver drama
Open source project chief hits out at 'social media brigading'
Software07 Feb 2025 | 135
Google's 7-year slog to improve Chrome extensions still hasn't satisfied developers
Makers of content blockers, privacy add-ons say promises weren't kept
Personal Tech07 Feb 2025 | 37
Coordinates of millions of smartphones feared stolen, sparking yet another lawsuit against data broker
Fourth time’s the harm?
Personal Tech06 Feb 2025 | 6
Why UK Online Safety Act may not be safe for bloggers
Updated Individual publishers could be held liable for visitors' off-topic posts, legal eagle argues
Legal06 Feb 2025 | 110
Mixing Rust and C in Linux likened to cancer by kernel maintainer
Updated Some worry multiple languages will make it harder to maintain this open source uber-project, others disagree
Software05 Feb 2025 | 127
Oracle starts laying mines in JavaScript trademark battle
Big Red accused of stalling or derailing legal fight by challenging fraud claim
Software05 Feb 2025 | 82
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
Trump scrubs all mention of DEI, gender, climate change from federal websites
Meanwhile, the Internet Archive races to save what it can – again
Public Sector03 Feb 2025 | 124
Dell ends hybrid work policy, demands return-to-office despite remote work pledge
That email chain could have been a 30-second chit-chat, says IT giant
On-Prem31 Jan 2025 | 101
You begged Microsoft to be reasonable. Instead it made Copilot reason-able with OpenAI GPT-o1
'Magical free' upgrade coincidentally follows M365 price hike
SaaS31 Jan 2025 | 25
Amazon sued for allegedly slurping sensitive data via advertising SDK
Harvesting of location data and other personal info without user consent, lawsuit claims
Personal Tech30 Jan 2025 | 24
Guess who left a database wide open, exposing chat logs, API keys, and more? Yup, DeepSeek
Oh someone's in DeepShi...
CSO30 Jan 2025 | 71
White House asks millions of govt workers if they would be so kind as to fork right off
Unions fear federal staff purge and RTO will spark chaos for Americans
Public Sector29 Jan 2025 | 106
AI revoir, Lucie: France's answer to ChatGPT paused after faux pas overdrive
Slew of embarrassing answers sends open source chatterbox back for more schooling
AI + ML29 Jan 2025 | 69
The curious story of Uncle Sam's HR dept, a hastily set up email server, and fears of another cyber disaster
Lawsuit challenges effort to create federal-wide centralized inbox expected to be used for mass firings
CSO29 Jan 2025 | 57
SLAP, Apple, and FLOP: Safari, Chrome at risk of data theft on iPhone, Mac, iPad Silicon
It's another cousin of Spectre, here to read your email, browsing history, and more
Research29 Jan 2025 | 15
AI facial recognition could sink this murder probe
updated Cops relied on unreliable tech for search warrant, omitted details ... so judge bins off evidence
AI + ML28 Jan 2025 | 37
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
DeepSeek limits new accounts amid cyberattack
Updated Chinese AI startup grapples with consequences of sudden popularity
Cyber-crime27 Jan 2025 | 43
AI agents? Yes, let's automate all sorts of things that don't actually need it
Opinion OpenAI's Operator a solution in search of a problem
AI + ML27 Jan 2025 | 47
Robots in schools, care homes next? This UK biz hopes to make that happen
Interview Bot manufacturers should think outside the box of humanoid form – unless those makers are Engineered Arts
On-Prem27 Jan 2025 | 35
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
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
Tool touted as 'first AI software engineer' is bad at its job, testers claim
Nailed just 15% of assigned tasks
AI + ML23 Jan 2025 | 75
LinkedIn accused of training AI on private messages
Updated Microsoft's IG-for-suits insists lawsuit's claims are without merit
AI + ML22 Jan 2025 | 20
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
OpenAI's ChatGPT crawler can be tricked into DDoSing sites, answering your queries
The S in LLM stands for Security
AI + ML19 Jan 2025 | 31
Microsoft eggheads say AI can never be made secure – after testing Redmond's own products
If you want a picture of the future, imagine your infosec team stamping on software forever
AI + ML17 Jan 2025 | 85
GM parks claims that driver location data was given to insurers, pushing up premiums
We'll defo ask for permission next time, automaker tells FTC
Personal Tech17 Jan 2025 | 40
Google reports halving code migration time with AI help
Chocolate Factory slurps own dogfood, sheds drudgery in specific areas
AI + ML16 Jan 2025 | 15
Apple's interoperability efforts aren't meeting spirit or letter of EU law, advocacy groups argue
Free Software Foundation Europe and others urge European Commission to double down on DMA
Software16 Jan 2025 | 27
Even modest makeup can thwart facial recognition
You may not need to go full Juggalo for the sake of privacy
AI + ML15 Jan 2025 | 47
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