AI query optimization in IBM's Db2 shows you can teach a tech dinosaur new tricks
The database Big Blue doesn't like to talk about gets makeover in November
Databases27 Jun 2024 | 1
Software
Anthropic tries 'to enable beneficial uses' of AI by government agencies
Not keen on smart weapons, more interested in stopping human trafficking
AI + ML27 Jun 2024 | 3
Microsoft yanks Windows 11 update after boot loop blunder
Tour of recovery options not supposed to be part of KB5039302
OSes27 Jun 2024 | 14
Reddit hopes robots.txt tweak will do the trick in scaring off AI training data scrapers
Pay up or go away, pretty please?
AI + ML27 Jun 2024 | 20
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
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
Google begs court for relief from Epic Games' Play Store demands
$137M needed to overhaul Play Store too great to bear, Google argues. Oh, and user security is important, too
Applications26 Jun 2024 | 19
OneHouse takes $35M to fight for Hudi in table format wars
After Databricks snaffled Iceberg-linked Tabular, CEO insists there are more than two horses in this race
Databases26 Jun 2024 |
Google festoons Chrome Enterprise browser with more controls
Because if there's one thing it really needed more of...
Software26 Jun 2024 |
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
SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 to receive support right up to end of Unix epoch
And there's a special offer on the CentOS-compatible Liberty Linux
OSes26 Jun 2024 | 9
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
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
Stability AI stabilized by investment from Silicon Valley royalty, new executive team
Text-to-image AI outfit can now buy time to build products and profit
AI + ML26 Jun 2024 | 1
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
CSO25 Jun 2024 | 51
OpenAI to pull plug on 'unsupported' nations – cough, China – from July 9
It’s not entirely clear what actions the ChatGPT maker plans to take, if any
AI + ML25 Jun 2024 | 7
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
SAP customers warned on hidden risks in the unofficial route to the cloud
But RISE with SAP can also be too rigid for some customers, Gartner says
Databases25 Jun 2024 | 1
Nvidia loses a cool $500B as market questions AI boom
Cisco was briefly the world's most valuable company too, you know, just before the dot com bust
AI + ML25 Jun 2024 | 19
Andrew Tanenbaum honored for pioneering MINIX, the OS hiding in a lot of computers
Software System Award recognises his contributions to education
OSes25 Jun 2024 | 47
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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
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VMware by Broadcom makes its stack easier to live with, as promised
Compute, storage, and networking virtualization brought together – with live ESXi patching
Virtualization25 Jun 2024 | 4
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
GenAI dominates the narrative in ERP, but what is it good for?
Low-code and report production vie for early use cases, but risks remain
AI + ML25 Jun 2024 | 7
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 |
Alibaba Cloud unleashes thousands of Chinese AI models to the world
Like Bedrock or Azure OpenAI Studio – but with the added fun of geopolitical risk
Off-Prem25 Jun 2024 |
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
Ollama drama as 'easy-to-exploit' critical flaw found in open source AI server
About a thousand vulnerable instances still exposed online, we're told
Patches24 Jun 2024 | 8
Y Combinator, startups funnily enough aren't fans of draft California AI safety law
Same old whinging: We can't change the world if you ask us to do it openly
AI + ML24 Jun 2024 | 17
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
Linux geeks cheer as Arm wrestles x86
AlmaLinux and upstream kernel support for Raspberry Pi 5, plus a forthcoming high-performance Arm64 Tuxedo laptop
OSes24 Jun 2024 | 23
It's desktop refresh season in the land of the Windowsalikes
Those with curious disposition spoilt for choice as KDE 6.1, Cinnamon 6.2, and IceWM 3.5 all arrive
OSes24 Jun 2024 | 22
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
SoftBank boss says 'artificial superintelligence' could be three years away
Asia In Brief Plus: Huawei closer to divorcing Android; India probes Amazon warehouses; Singapore gets autonomous street sweepers
AI + ML24 Jun 2024 | 31
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
From network security to nyet work in perpetuity: What's up with the Kaspersky US ban?
Kettle It's been a long time coming. Now our journos speak their brains
Security22 Jun 2024 | 40
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
Privacy features lose their way in latest Firefox update
Mozilla backtracking on private window changes after uproar
Software21 Jun 2024 | 37
How to escape VMware's pricey clutches with Virt-v2v
Devconf.cz Or any other hypervisors that might hypothetically be acquired or suddenly get more costly
Virtualization21 Jun 2024 | 17
The X Window System is still hanging on at 40
Never underestimate the stickiness of legacy technology
Software21 Jun 2024 | 83
You're wrong, I'm right, and you're hiding the data that proves it
On Call There should be honor among techies, but it can be hard to admit error
Software21 Jun 2024 | 72
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
Anthropic delivers Claude 3.5 model – and a new way to work with chatbots
Video Fast, funny, visionary, sure ... anything that knocks OpenAI down a peg will do
AI + ML20 Jun 2024 | 11
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
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
Musk ropes Dell, Supermicro into xAI supercomputer project
Oh, Mike, what have you got yourself into now
HPC20 Jun 2024 | 11
systemd 256.1: Now slightly less likely to delete /home
Fixes catastrophic data loss, er, bug, er poorly documented feature... user error
Software20 Jun 2024 | 212
Oracle Java license teams set to begin targeting Oracle users who don't think they use Oracle
IP address of downloads offers crumb trail to orgs who should be ready for Big Red, says licensing expert
Software20 Jun 2024 | 63
Study employs large language models to sniff out their own bloopers
What if it's LLMs all the way down?
AI + ML20 Jun 2024 | 24
Using AI to guide tomorrow’s England stars to greater glory
The English FA is using Google Cloud AI to gain insights from scouting reports to nurture star footballers of the future
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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
OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever's new startup aims to create 'safe superintelligence'
He's in competition with – and critical of – his former workplace
AI + ML20 Jun 2024 | 27
Valkey gains momentum with broadening band of backers
AlmaLinux and Broadcom added to list of partners for open source Redis fork
OSes19 Jun 2024 |
Microsoft admits to problems upgrading Windows 11 Pro to Enterprise
Recent patches have broken the update path
OSes19 Jun 2024 | 11
GenAI more buzz than biz as tech barely dents jobs, says survey
Don't believe the hype
AI + ML19 Jun 2024 | 8
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
Self-driving cars safer in sunlight, twilight another story
YMMV
AI + ML19 Jun 2024 | 75
That PowerShell 'fix' for your root cert 'problem' is a malware loader in disguise
Control-C, Control-V, Enter ... Hell
Research19 Jun 2024 | 18
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
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
Google DeepMind's latest model promises realistic audio for your AI-generated vids
Video Launch comes as Runway, Pika, Kling push the boundaries of machine-imagined video
AI + ML18 Jun 2024 | 2
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
CentOS 7 holdouts thrown a support lifeline by SUSE
Liberty Linux Lite to keep the updates coming for a few more years ... for a fee
OSes18 Jun 2024 | 12
Ada and Zangemann: Fancy reading your kids a book about FOSS?
Devconf.cz It's not every tech conference that has story-reading sessions… but maybe they should
OSes18 Jun 2024 | 10
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
VMware by Broadcom warns of two critical vCenter flaws, plus a nasty sudo bug
Specially crafted network packet could allow remote code execution and access to VM fleets
Patches18 Jun 2024 | 8
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 |
NTT uses scattered monitors to trick your brain into seeing 3D images
Because not everyone's walking around wearing augmented reality goggles yet
Software18 Jun 2024 | 10
Arm security defense shattered by speculative execution 95% of the time
'TikTag' security folks find anti-exploit mechanism rather fragile
Research18 Jun 2024 | 27
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
Feds sue Adobe and execs for stinging subscribers with 'hidden' cancellation fees
Graphic design giant slammed for using graphic design to bury T&Cs
Applications17 Jun 2024 | 24
McDonald's not lovin' its AI drive-thru experiment with IBM
Automated voice ordering still on the menu for the future, though
AI + ML17 Jun 2024 | 50
Law firms seek investors' support in Teradata class action
Claim analytics and data platform biz misled investors about size of public cloud forecast
Databases17 Jun 2024 | 1
Um, what ever did happen with network automation?
Systems Approach Is it lingering somewhere between fusion power and self-driving cars?
Networks17 Jun 2024 | 10
Microsoft resumes rollout of Windows 11 24H2 to Insiders
Everything is fine, despite Recall setting fire to the house that Gates built
OSes17 Jun 2024 | 15
Asda IT staff shuffled off to TCS amid messy tech divorce from Walmart
Exclusive Infrastructure teams have 'eye on door' as SAP migration enters critical phase
Databases17 Jun 2024 | 89
Nearly 20% of running Microsoft SQL Servers have passed end of support
Exclusive That beige box running a server is easily forgotten ... until it goes wrong
Databases17 Jun 2024 | 68
Can platform-wide AI ever fit into enterprise security?
Opinion You know what they say about headlines that end in a question mark
AI + ML17 Jun 2024 | 7
Notorious cyber gang UNC3944 attacks vSphere and Azure to run VMs inside victims' infrastructure
Who needs ransomware when you can scare techies into coughing up their credentials?
Security17 Jun 2024 | 5
China's Big Tech companies taught Asia to pay by scanning QR codes, but made a mess along the way
Feature A push for interoperability is accelerating, but maybe not fast enough to stop biometrics taking over
Software17 Jun 2024 | 19
From RAGs to riches: A practical guide to making your local AI chatbot smarter
Hands on Nine out of 10 execs recommend adding Retrieval Augmented Generation to your daily regimen
AI + ML15 Jun 2024 | 23
European Commission may be about to put the squeeze on Apple for its App Store rules
iBiz potentially facing hefty penalties under the Digital Markets Act
Personal Tech15 Jun 2024 | 27
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 | 42
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
Let's take a look at Oracle's love and hate relationship with open source software
Opinion All businesses use FOSS now, but Big Red never been entirely comfortable with it
Software14 Jun 2024 | 10
Mozilla defies Kremlin, restores banned Firefox add-ons in Russia
Browser maker decided not to follow Putin's orders. Well done
Applications14 Jun 2024 | 53
How Apache Spark lit up the tech world and outshone its big data brethren
Interview El Reg queries author Matei Zaharia on a decade of the project
Databases14 Jun 2024 |
Microsoft cancels universal Recall release in favor of Windows Insider preview
Wider release coming real soon – promise – after the Windows faithful give it a thrashing
OSes14 Jun 2024 | 52
Japan's space agency helps to target advertising with satellite photos of crops
Some would say ads for cabbage are futile – can pics from space at least make them timely?
Software14 Jun 2024 | 20
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
Version 256 of systemd boasts '42% less Unix philosophy'
And it's subsuming another bit of Linux by replacing sudo
Software13 Jun 2024 | 171
VMware revenue plunges $600M, but Broadcom assures investors growth plan is on track
Costs cut deeply, with more to come, and forward bookings surge
Virtualization13 Jun 2024 | 16
Google borrows from Android to make ChromeOS better
'Large portions' of droid tech stack going into laptop OS plumbing
OSes12 Jun 2024 | 7
Waymo issues software fix after driverless taxi hits telephone pole
NHTSA already probing robo-car biz over crashes with 'clearly visible objects'
AI + ML12 Jun 2024 | 27
No, an AI bot isn't running for mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming
But candidate Victor Miller tells The Reg he'll use machine learning to help govern
AI + ML12 Jun 2024 | 10
Four more US states pile on Apple as DoJ turns up antitrust heat
Growing coalition joins federal fray, accusing iGiant of playing monopoly
Personal Tech12 Jun 2024 | 5
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