Trump nukes 60 years of anti-discrimination rules for federal contractors The (good old) boys are back in town Offbeat22 Jan 2025 | 40
Patch procrastination leaves 50,000 Fortinet firewalls vulnerable to zero-day Seven days after disclosure and little action taken, data shows Patches21 Jan 2025 | 2
Trump hits undo on Biden AI safety order, EV mandate, emissions standards, and more Also, prepare for paused wind projects and the Gulf of America from Trump 2.0 – and that's just day 1 Public Sector21 Jan 2025 | 137
China claims major fusion advance and record after 17-minute Tokamak run 1,066 seconds of steady-state high-confinement plasma operation and all that Science22 Jan 2025 | 44
HPE probes IntelBroker's bold data theft boasts Incident response protocols engaged following claims of source code burglary Cyber-crime21 Jan 2025 |
UK aims to fix government IT with help from AI Humphrey Ring a bell? Suite of tools named after Yes Minister's master of manipulation Public Sector21 Jan 2025 | 73
App stores unconvinced by Trump's TikTok ban pause, which may itself be on shaky legal ground Analysis El Reg asked a lawyer to explain WTH is going on Personal Tech21 Jan 2025 | 32
Microsoft joins CISPE, the Euro cloud crew that tried to curb its licensing Exclusive From fighters to friends in six months, despite AWS voting against it PaaS + IaaS21 Jan 2025 | 9
Trump 'waved a white flag to Chinese hackers' as Homeland Security axed cyber advisory boards And: America 'has never been less secure,' retired rear admiral tells Congress Security22 Jan 2025 | 30
Infosec was literally the last item in Trump's policy plan, yet major changes are likely on his watch Feature Everyone agrees defense matters. How to do it is up for debate CSO22 Jan 2025 | 10
AI pothole patrol to snap flaws in Britain's crumbling roads Now if only the councils could afford to fill them Offbeat21 Jan 2025 | 129
Silk Road's Dread Pirate Roberts walks free as Trump pardons dark web kingpin Ross Ulbricht's family are now appealing for donations to support his reintegration into society Legal22 Jan 2025 | 86
Supply chain attack hits Chrome extensions, could expose millions Threat actor exploited phishing and OAuth abuse to inject malicious code Cyber-crime22 Jan 2025 | 2
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 | 15
Asda tech divorce from Walmart delays cut-over for 55 stores Supermarket taking 'pragmatic approach' to 'Europe's largest IT transformation program' On-Prem21 Jan 2025 | 23
PowerSchool theft latest: Decades of Canadian student records, data from 40-plus US states feared stolen Updated Lawsuits pile up after database accessed by miscreants Cyber-crime22 Jan 2025 | 25
Words alone won't get the stars and stripes to Mars Comment So you want to go to the Red Planet. How deep are your pockets and how much time do you have? Science21 Jan 2025 | 121
Tariff uncertainty looms large over budget conscious CIOs Updated It’s a feature not a bug, and what the US electorate voted for, says analyst Personal Tech21 Jan 2025 | 29
Ransomware scum make it personal for Reg readers by impersonating tech support That invitation to a Teams call on which IT promises to mop up a spamstorm may not be what it seems CSO22 Jan 2025 | 17
Meta, X sign up to Euro Commish code of conduct on hate speech Under Digital Services Act, monitors will be allowed to report abusive language and platforms should respond in 1 day Personal Tech21 Jan 2025 | 102
Analysts say real datacenter emissions are a dirty secret Amazon doesn't break out figures, but then again neither do Microsoft nor Google On-Prem22 Jan 2025 | 6
Apple Intelligence turned on by default in upcoming macOS Sequoia 15.3, iOS 18.3 Plus: Google stuffs Gemini into Workspace, with a hidden off switch? AI + ML22 Jan 2025 | 48
Microsoft issues out-of-band fix for Windows Server 2022 NUMA glitch Update addresses boot failures on multi-node systems Patches22 Jan 2025 | 4
Google DeepMind CEO says 2025's the year we start popping pills AI helped invent Nobel Prize winner Demis Hassabis thinks human trials will happen soon Science22 Jan 2025 | 27
Neural interface lets paralyzed person steer virtual quadcopter, opening new doors for gaming Researchers aim to tackle unmet needs for social connection and recreation Science21 Jan 2025 | 8
Business value from GenAI remains elusive despite IT spending boom The nascent tech enters Hype Cycle’s downward slope, says Gartner CxO22 Jan 2025 | 12
Apple sued for using dangerous 'forever chemicals' in Watch bands Markets smartwatches as health helpers even as they expose some owners to PFAS Personal Tech22 Jan 2025 | 6
UK tax collector's phone service 'deliberately' bad to push users online, say MPs Cut off nearly 44k peeps who had been waiting 70 minutes for advice on unavoidable chore Public Sector22 Jan 2025 | 40
Samsung Galaxy S25 is so smart it wears Crocs, allegedly resists quantum decryption First fondle This year's model adds lots of AI, improved management, and support for biz buyers Personal Tech22 Jan 2025 | 16
Better power management, security, and scheduling in Linux kernel 6.13 But no changes to bcachefs OSes22 Jan 2025 | 4
NASA spacewalkers to swab the ISS for microbial life Learning how to deal with the microorganisms hitching a ride with humans Science22 Jan 2025 | 9
Former Amazon exec appointed as chair of UK's competition watchdog Interim appointment after former head booted out for not being 'sufficiently focused on growth' CxO22 Jan 2025 | 8
Oracle emits 603 patches, names one it wants you to worry about soon Old flaws that keep causing trouble haunt Big Red Patches23 Jan 2025 |
Microsoft throws more cash at its carbon guilt by replanting Brazilian rainforest Meanwhile, datacenter emissions continue to soar On-Prem22 Jan 2025 | 5
LinkedIn accused of training AI on private messages Microsoft's IG-for-suits insists lawsuit's claims are without merit AI + ML22 Jan 2025 | 4
Asus lets processor security fix slip out early, AMD confirms patch in progress Answers on a postcard to what 'Microcode Signature Verification Vulnerability' might mean Patches23 Jan 2025 |
Beijing picking up some of the bill for iPhones sold in China What? Why? Xi wants people spending, so has extended a subsidy scheme to phones, tabs, and smartwatches Personal Tech23 Jan 2025 |
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Tool touted as 'first AI software engineer' is bad at its job, testers claim Nailed just 15% of assigned tasks AI + ML23 Jan 2025 | 5