FCC wants telcos to carrier unlock all devices after 60 days
Should you stay or should you go now? If Rosenworcel gets her way, there won't be trouble
Personal Tech27 Jun 2024 |
On-Prem
'One Less Car' Uber bets a grand you'll ditch your wheels
Comment Taxi app wants to prove it itself is cheaper, greener than owning a motor
Personal Tech27 Jun 2024 | 1
Engineers risk blasting US missile defense to smithereens, say auditors
Now the 2028 deadline is at risk
Public Sector27 Jun 2024 |
Americans abroad cut off as AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile US suffer roaming outages
Why all three at once? Blame Syniverse – everyone else is
Networks27 Jun 2024 | 3
Nokia to sell submarine network business to France in $375M deal
Comms giant to dump undersea internet cable unit by early 2025
Networks27 Jun 2024 | 1
Intel flashes 4 Tbps optical chiplet to supercharge datacenters
Likens tech to going from horse-drawn carriages to trucks
Systems27 Jun 2024 | 1
Atos's UK auditor raises 'material uncertainty' about future
Looming debt repayments and stalling restructure talks cause for concern
Public Sector27 Jun 2024 | 11
Elon Musk to destroy the International Space Station – with NASA's approval, for a fee
SpaceX wins contract for 'deorbit vehicle' at a pleasing price
Public Sector27 Jun 2024 | 67
Alibaba Cloud reveals its datacenter design, homebrew network used for LLM training
Exclusive 15,000 GPUs per DC, in hosts packing eight apiece, plus nine NICs – helped by switches with custom heat sinks
Systems27 Jun 2024 | 2
Indian govt probes claims Foxconn won't hire married women
Updated Cultural traditions clash with manufacturing ambitions
Public Sector27 Jun 2024 | 13
Lenovo brings virtualization, cloud stack to Chinese chip designer Loongson's CPU arch
NAS slingers, healthcare software makers, government buyers join the march to silicon sovereignty
Virtualization27 Jun 2024 | 3
WhisperGate suspect indicted as US offers a $10M bounty for his capture
Russian national accused of attacks in lead-up to the Ukraine war
Public Sector27 Jun 2024 | 5
As expected, Apple set to vanish Batterygate, dodgy audio lawsuits with money
Pocket-change payouts of $6M and $35M await approval in July
Personal Tech26 Jun 2024 | 11
FCC slaps Verizon with $1M fine for dropping 911 calls, again
Less than an hour's profit - that sends a strong message for emergency cover
Networks26 Jun 2024 | 6
AI's appetite for power could double datacenter electricity bills by 2030
Believe it or not, this is modest relative to other predictions
On-Prem26 Jun 2024 | 9
Huawei struggling to ramp GPU production as US sanctions bite
President Xi tells nation that battle for tech dominance, game between 'international powers' are 'intertwined'
Systems26 Jun 2024 | 3
Supreme Court won't stop Biden leaning on social media giants to tackle disinfo
White House can get back to asking Facebook and co to kindly bin off what the Feds say is misinformation
Public Sector26 Jun 2024 | 19
Hong Kong's Furi Labs shakes up smartphone scene with dash of Debian
DEVCONF.CZ The FLX1 runs its own build of 'Trixie' but has an Android layer
Personal Tech26 Jun 2024 | 25
Microsoft makes it harder to avoid OneDrive during new Windows 11 installs
Hey, OneDrive! Leave my files alone
Storage26 Jun 2024 | 68
Atos in chaos as bailout talks unravel faster than you can say 'restructuring'
Time for plan B (or will it be C?)
HPC26 Jun 2024 | 10
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If you're using Polyfill.io code on your site – like 100,000+ are – remove it immediately
Scripts turn malicious, infects webpages after mysterious CDN swallows domain
Microsoft blamed for million-plus patient record theft at US hospital giant
Updated Probe: Worker at speech-recog outfit Nuance wasn't locked out after firing
British Airways blames T5 luggage chaos on fault 'outside of our control'
Exclusive It was Vodafone, basically
Julian Assange pleads guilty, leaves courtroom a free man
Now, about that bill for the private jet that's taking him home to Australia …
Microsoft makes it harder to avoid OneDrive during new Windows 11 installs
Hey, OneDrive! Leave my files alone
Organized crime and domestic violence perps are big buyers of tracking devices
Australian study finds GPS trackers – and sometimes AirTags – are in demand for the wrong reasons
Resource burden of electric vehicles set to triple by 2050
Experts say 'circular economy strategies' could keep demand at 2015 levels
Microsoft founder Paul Allen's tech museum closes, sells off collection
Letter from Einstein, vintage space suit, and ancient computers all up for sale
Apple tells emulator developers it's OK with retro games – not entire OSes
Updated We sure hope this won't upset European regulators given how great their relationship is with Apple right now
Hong Kong's Furi Labs shakes up smartphone scene with dash of Debian
DEVCONF.CZ The FLX1 runs its own build of 'Trixie' but has an Android layer
STORIES
Etched looks to challenge Nvidia with an ASIC purpose-built for transformer models
Startup says Sohu chip will be 20x faster than Nvidia's H100 in Llama 70B … assuming it's actually built
AI + ML26 Jun 2024 | 6
British Airways blames T5 luggage chaos on fault 'outside of our control'
Exclusive It was Vodafone, basically
Networks26 Jun 2024 | 88
AT&T wants Big Tech to help fund US internet access
Affordable Connectivity funding coming to an end soon...
Networks26 Jun 2024 | 15
Want to save the planet from AI? Chuck in an FPGA and ditch the matrix
Watts down, doc: Boffins find machine learning models can function with more modest power requirements
AI + ML26 Jun 2024 | 30
Julian Assange pleads guilty, leaves courtroom a free man
Now, about that bill for the private jet that's taking him home to Australia …
Security26 Jun 2024 | 186
Apple tells emulator developers it's OK with retro games – not entire OSes
Updated We sure hope this won't upset European regulators given how great their relationship is with Apple right now
OSes26 Jun 2024 | 18
US mayors urge Congress to ditch red-tape-slaying broadband expansion bill
What's the matter, you want China to win, huh?
Networks25 Jun 2024 | 17
Fiend touts stolen Neiman Marcus customer info for $150K
Flash clobber chain fashionably late to Snowflake fiasco party
Cyber-crime25 Jun 2024 | 2
And that's 3 recalls for Tesla Cybertruck in as many months
Now windshield wipers are failing and trim is detaching of its own accord
Personal Tech25 Jun 2024 | 46
On-prem AI has arrived – the solution to cloudy problems no one really has
HPE discover Which isn't to say Nvidia and hyperscalers will win, says analyst Steve Brazier, as regulators circle
On-Prem25 Jun 2024 | 3
Intel investor sues over Foundry flop, seeks to reforge corporate governance
Lawsuit demands big changes and a little transparency in reporting
Systems25 Jun 2024 | 7
South Korean lithium battery plant blaze kills at least 23
National Fire Agency responds with inspection of 213 batt-related workplaces
On-Prem25 Jun 2024 | 16
Ooredoo to splash Nvidia GPUs across the Middle East
Qatari telco reckons deal will give it an 18–24 month lead in region
AI + ML25 Jun 2024 |
Airbn-bye: Barcelona bans short-term apartment rentals for tourists
Spanish sublet shock solution to housing crisis
Personal Tech25 Jun 2024 | 57
Julian Assange to go free in guilty plea deal with US
WikiLeaks boss already out of Blighty and, if all goes to plan, ultimately off to home in Australia
Security25 Jun 2024 | 147
America's best chance for nationwide privacy law could do more harm than good
Analysis 'Congress has effectively gutted it as part of a backroom deal'
Personal Tech25 Jun 2024 | 31
Record labels gang up to sue AI music generator duo into utter oblivion
Updated Recording Industry Ass. of America orchestrates war on Udio and Suno
AI + ML24 Jun 2024 | 49
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 | 88
Indonesian government datacenter locked down in $8M ransomware rumble
Variant of Lockbit 3.0 said to be weapon of choice for attack
Systems24 Jun 2024 |
Microsoft's latest Surface devices almost as easy to fix as they are to break
iFixit hands out provisional 8 out of 10 for hardware designed with repairs in mind
Personal Tech24 Jun 2024 | 13
China and the EU agree to consultations over EV anti-subsidy investigation
Tit for tat spat could be avoided
Personal Tech24 Jun 2024 | 15
Europe accuses Apple of preventing devs from telling users about world outside
Plus: Commission launches new probe into iPhone maker's efforts to work with new laws
SaaS24 Jun 2024 | 13
Britain's Ministry of Defence accused of wasting £174M on 'external advice'
Morpheus comms system online by 2025? You must be dreaming
Public Sector24 Jun 2024 | 49
DARPA searched for fields quantum computers really could revolutionize, with mixed results
It's not all hype, but more work is needed before solutions are feasible or affordable
Systems24 Jun 2024 | 34
Samsung teases investment to get into the GPU game
Analysis A head-on assault on Nvidia seems unlikely – but dumping AMD from Exynos has merit
AI + ML24 Jun 2024 | 7
Risk of installing dodgy extensions from Chrome store way worse than Google's letting on, study suggests
All depends on how you count it – Chocolate Factory claims 1% fail rate
Research23 Jun 2024 | 33
Bake an LLM with custom prompts into your app? Sure! Here's how to get started
Hands on In Rust, we trust. But in gen-AI to not hallucinate? Eh, that's another story
AI + ML22 Jun 2024 | 5
Apple Intelligence won't be available in Europe because Tim's terrified of watchdogs
These privacy rules might harm privacy! No, really, that's totally why we're doing this
AI + ML21 Jun 2024 | 65
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 | 8
Uncle Sam sanctions Kaspersky's top bosses – but not Mr K himself
Here's America's list of the supposedly dirty dozen
CSO21 Jun 2024 | 16
Tesla sued for 'systemic' racism at its Fremont, California plant
Campus faces yet another racial discrimination lawsuit as Clean Air Act violations claims also hit the fan
Personal Tech21 Jun 2024 | 45
AT&T forbidden from cutting landline services to large parts of California
Telecoms company will remain a carrier of last resort per CPUC ruling
Networks21 Jun 2024 | 18
Waymo robotaxis set to cruise past red tape into LA and beyond
Google's self-driving cars can be tested in way mo' streets now
Personal Tech21 Jun 2024 | 9
Starlink stuffs the internet into a backpack by invitation only
Satellite dishes not just for roofs anymore
Networks21 Jun 2024 | 15
Guess how much stored data is ever used or accessed
Interview Not a lot, says NetApp's Matt Watts as he talks file classification, wastage, and power consumption
Storage21 Jun 2024 | 20
Since joining NATO, Sweden claims Russia has been borking Nordic satellites
If Putin likes jammin', we hope NATO likes jammin' too
Security21 Jun 2024 | 55
How Europe can force Apple to support competition
Exclusive Open Web Advocacy report calls for these extensive changes to iGiant's rules
Personal Tech21 Jun 2024 | 55
Meta warns bit flips, other hardware faults cause AI errors
It's no hallucination: '4 in 1,000 inferences inaccurate' due to this alone, depending on the setup
AI + ML21 Jun 2024 | 39
Google’s attempt to kill off child privacy app advertising lawsuit defeated
Won't somebody pleeease think of the ... oh, right, they are
Personal Tech20 Jun 2024 | 5
Crooks get their hands on 500K+ radiology patients' records in cyber-attack
Two ransomware gangs bragged of massive theft of personal info and medical files
Cyber-crime20 Jun 2024 | 4
Biden bans Kaspersky: No more sales, updates in US
Blockade begins July 20 on national security grounds as antivirus slinger vows to fight back
CSO20 Jun 2024 | 105
Car dealer software bigshot CDK pulls systems offline twice amid 'cyber incident'
Downtime set to crash into next week
Cyber-crime20 Jun 2024 | 13
Musk ropes Dell, Supermicro into xAI supercomputer project
Oh, Mike, what have you got yourself into now
HPC20 Jun 2024 | 11
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
Tesla's tight grip on repairs sparks courtroom showdown
Class action allowed to continue with EV maker's 'tying' practices the focus
Personal Tech20 Jun 2024 | 12
Half of Dell US staff reportedly opted for remote work
Reduced promotion prospects for those involved, and some already eyeing up the exit route
On-Prem20 Jun 2024 | 22
Semiconductor industry navigating choppy waters with sunnier climes ahead
Despite dip in equipment revenue, analysts predict robust rebound
Systems20 Jun 2024 |
Battery electric vehicles lose their spark in Europe as hybrids steal the show
Germans cooling on proper EVs, according to auto industry group
Personal Tech20 Jun 2024 | 167
Microsoft's new Surface Laptop 7 has arrived. The recovery images have not
Nice computer. Shame if anything happened to it
Personal Tech20 Jun 2024 | 47
AI-assisted automation for clouds and networks climbs Gartner's hype cycles
Yes, AI will volunteer to run your IT estate. You might be a fool to trust it
AI + ML20 Jun 2024 | 2
Samsung Korea warns many apps won't run on its Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PCs
FWIW Microsoft says 'your apps run great' even when emulated on Arm
Personal Tech20 Jun 2024 | 46
Australian billionaire wins right to sue Facebook in the US over scam ads
Andrew Forrest has spent five years railing against promos that falsely claim he's found the route to crypto riches
Personal Tech20 Jun 2024 | 78
Qualcomm agrees to pay $75M in all-cash deal to settle licensing suit
Judge asked to green-light payout to shareholders over SEP license and bundling claims
Personal Tech19 Jun 2024 | 4
Satellite phone service could soon become the norm
America's Big 3 cellcos all signed up already, though most of the 'non terrestrial' tech not actually live yet
Networks19 Jun 2024 | 45
Brit watchdog gnawing on HPE's $14B buy of cable giant Juniper Networks
Invites comments from rivals and customers at start of merger probe
Networks19 Jun 2024 | 10
GPU-accelerated VMs on Proxmox, XCP-ng? Here's what you need to know
Hands on Go ahead, toss that old gaming card in your box and boost your AI applications — you know you want to
AI + ML19 Jun 2024 | 14
50 launches, 1 knighthood – Rocket Lab CEO talks heavy-lift rockets, Venus, and Musk
Interview Sir Peter Beck on bringing balance to the market and more
Science19 Jun 2024 | 10
Supermicro plans to flood market with liquid-cooled datacenter tech
Three new Silicon Valley campuses in pipeline to meet demand
Systems19 Jun 2024 | 1
Hong Kong authorities halt alleged smuggler shifting 596 'high-end' CPUs to China
Images suggest they could be recent Intel Xeons – perhaps even the sort of kit subject to sanctions
Systems19 Jun 2024 | 14
Japan's industrial SciTech Institute plans two quantum computers and an Nvidia injection
10,000 qubits reportedly on the cards for one of them, with help from IBM
Systems19 Jun 2024 |
HPE intros virtualization solution it says is totally not targeting grumpy VMware customers
HPE Discover It's complementary to Virtzilla, and will eschew controverial aspects of Broadcom's licensing changes
Virtualization19 Jun 2024 | 4
World's top AI chatbots have no problem parroting Russian disinformation
Study finds they're taking Putin pushers' point of view 30% of the time
AI + ML19 Jun 2024 | 68
Rogue uni IT director pleads guilty after fraudulently buying $2.1M of tech
Two decades in the clink would be quite an education
Cyber-crime18 Jun 2024 | 14
Dark-web kingpin puts 'stolen' internal AMD databases, source code up for sale
Updated Chip designer really gonna need to channel some Zen right now
Cyber-crime18 Jun 2024 |
EU attempt to sneak through new encryption-eroding law slammed by Signal, politicians
If you call 'client-side scanning' something like 'upload moderation,' it still undermines privacy, security
Security18 Jun 2024 | 75
TSMC chip plant construction halted by discovery of archaeological ruins
Ancient ruined architecture? What's Intel's Itanium doing in Taiwan?
Systems18 Jun 2024 | 5
Amazon Labor Union votes overwhelmingly to join forces with Teamsters in NYC
Hey Andy, how do you like them Big Apples?
Personal Tech18 Jun 2024 | 12
What's up with Mozilla buying ad firm Anonym? It's all about 'privacy-centric advertising'
Analysis Is such a thing possible for an industry that never respected people's wishes?
Personal Tech18 Jun 2024 | 47
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
T-Mobile US drags New Jersey borough to court over school cell tower permit denial
Comms outfit says 'think of the children' isn't a legal reason to reject application
Networks18 Jun 2024 | 32
CHERI Alliance formed to promote memory security tech ... but where's Arm?
Updated Academic-industry project takes next step as key promoter chip designer licks its wounds
Research18 Jun 2024 | 3
Researchers find Meta's withdrawal of misinformation tool hard to swallow
Feature If the new system is so good, why not onboard everyone who accessed the old system?
Networks18 Jun 2024 | 41
BT speaks out against Vodafone and Three's mobile marriage plans
Fears 'MergeCo' will snaffle disproportionate spectrum
Networks18 Jun 2024 | 17
IMF suggests tax on AI's CO2 emissions, but not AI itself
Be afraid … be very afraid: AI could also revolutionize tax itself, money boffins argue
Public Sector18 Jun 2024 | 14
Tencent ponders banning infomercials hosted by 'virtual humans' on its flagship video service
Beijing's interest in generative AI has its limits
AI + ML18 Jun 2024 |
Vietnam's internet again in trouble as three of five submarine cables go down
Outages came a day after nation launched giveaway of .VN domains in pursuit of improved digital sovereignty
Public Sector18 Jun 2024 | 11
Arm security defense shattered by speculative execution 95% of the time
'TikTag' security folks find anti-exploit mechanism rather fragile
Research18 Jun 2024 | 27
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
US Surgeon General wants cigarette-style health warning labels on social networks
Something like ... Side effects may include low self esteem, short attention span, and intrusive ads?
Personal Tech17 Jun 2024 | 31
In homage to Jurassic Park, researchers store DNA in amber-like polymer
Could be used to solve long term digital data storage problems too
Storage17 Jun 2024 | 8
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