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Updated 2026-07-10 17:19
LisaFPGA brings Apple's magnificent misfire back in programmable logic
Open source recreation costs a fraction of the original and may even work with Twiggy drives
Orbital datacenter gold rush needs an environmental review, FCC told
Green groups want licenses frozen before a million satellites litter the exosphere
OpenAI's Atlas browser doesn't make it to its first birthday
Standalone experiment killed after less than 12 months as model maker redirects agentic ambitions towards workplace productivity
AI-driven datacenter builds drive Microsoft's emissions up a quarter in one year
Firm faces quandary of wanting to help the environment, but also wanting to force AI on everyone
EU puts 'addictive' design of Facebook, Instagram under the DSA microscope
Brussels says Meta failed to properly assess or mitigate risks posed by infinite scroll, autoplay, and more
Capita hears demand for pension scheme cleanup 'loud and clear' – but won't say yes
Outsourcer wants a commercial chinwag before agreeing to cover UK government's recovery costs
Fashion mart Miinto unzips breach details, warns shoppers to watch for phisherfolk
Copenhagen company sorry' after 'perpetrator' pops order management system
Cinnamon 6.8 will support Wayland – if you want it
Next version of Linux Mint's desktop has both kinds of display server
Scot NHS Trust probes email stuffup involving maternity patients' data
NHS Forth Valley is the latest health board to bungle basic email data protection principles
BOFH: Cross-department AI pitches are easier to swallow with a pint in hand
Some ideas need workshopping, others need a warning light
Datacenter MacGyver saved the biggest football match of the year
Police wanted to call off a grudge game until tech support electrified fevered fans
Red Hat offers RHEL support ‘forever’ for those who need to lock in to legacy tech
Beware the golden screwdriver
Microsoft warns customers AI will mean busier Patch Tuesdays
More patches mean more reasons to buy Redmond's auto-patching tools
An unnamed US county – perhaps in Ohio – paid $1M extortion demand to cybercriminals
Leaked negotiations spill the tea
AI slop writing has taken over the internet, particularly LinkedIn and X
One in four long-form social media posts appear entirely AI-generated, with nearly half of those on Microsoft's and Elon's platforms involving AI in some form
AI tool scours the web for job openings, preps your resume and cover letter
Searching for work sucks; AI combs the internet and sucks it all up. Combine the two and let 'er rip with this Python project
OpenMandriva claims disgruntled admin trashed repos after community bust-up
Linux distro accuses former contributor of deleting years of work and pushing a package that could have broken installs
SAP makes it easier for customers to shop for legacy product support, ending EU antitrust probe
Vendor drops reinstatement fees and caps back-maintenance charges ahead of the ECC support cliff
Outlook for Mac bug makes font choice a purely decorative feature
Monospaced code snippets among the reported casualties
EU 'Chat Control' snoopfest returns after vote to kill it falls short
Opponents won the count but missed the 360-seat threshold needed to stop the interim CSAM-scanning rule
KDE Plasma users face a dire omen of change: 6.6.6 arrives
6.7 is now current, and in 6.8 you're getting Wayland whether you like it or not
Canonical Managed Kubeflow lands on Azure
PARTNER CONTENT: Why platform teams are swapping DIY Kubeflow for Canonical's managed service
Brown says AI make student brain no work good, teacher should help use it better
Take-home midterm row sharpens fears that the tools are dulling minds and easing cheating
UK.gov withholds £10M payment from Capita over pensions project fiasco, as dispute continues
After CEO promised 'flagship use-case' for AI, retired scheme members still struggling to make ends meet, MPs hear
Microsoft closes book on Nightmare Eclipse's RoguePlanet zero-day
Weeks after the exploit code dropped, Redmond has finally ships a fix for the Defender zero-day
Speedier type checks in TypeScript 7.0 as first stable Go release ships
10X faster build times could force Slack developers back to their keyboards
Britain's cloud habit has become a billion-pound risk
24-hour outage in key AWS region could leave UK firms nursing massive losses, researchers claim
Microsoft to switch off OWA Light after nearly two decades
Nobody needs a simple web client for Exchange, do they?
MPs tell NHS to start packing Palantir's bags ahead of 2027 contract break
Health committee calls out public mistrust, shaky evidence, and highlights alternatives
Accenture admits to 'isolated matter' after crook tries to flog alleged 35GB haul
Consulting giant says it has 'remediated ... source' after crook claims to offer source code, keys, and cloud creds for sale
Ubuntu emphasizes Arm64 support – and gets Rustier
Even so, it has some issues with the Rust coreutils
Windows 95 detected installers by looking for magic words and hoping for the best
If your name's not on the list, you're... probably not a setup program
Scientist models way to make sure no one's violating the ban on nuclear weapons in space
There is a long-standing international treaty in place but we can't be the only ones side-eyeing world's current crop of politicos
Thief posed as Wi-Fi fixing hero, then stole priceless trophy
If people think you are doing a legitimate job, you can get away with anything
New Horizons Pluto probe just woke itself up after 321 days of hibernation
Good luck getting your PC to do that after lunch
Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek thinks AI is going to pay off
Downer for doomers as conservative investor plans to lift portfolio exposure by 150 percent, and even more once it adds electrification ventures
nubia Neo 5 GT Special Edition debuts with the first and only Liquid and Air Dual Active Cooling System in its class
PARTNER CONTENT: nubia aims to democratize premium gaming with a revolutionary AquaCore thermal architecture, launching first in Southeast Asia
Microsoft shifts to annual exchange rate price revision for cloudy products
Previously did it twice a year, so customers now have fewer chances to surf FX waves
OpenAI makes ChatGPT better at banter
With GPT-Live, talking, listening, and formulating answers all happen at once
The AI that spawned MechaHitler and deepfake porn puts on a suit to become legal advisor and Excel jockey
The newly renamed SpaceXAI wants you to believe little ol' Grok is all grown up
Suspected Chinese snoops caught breaking into universities' Roundcube mailservers
Proofpoint researcher tells The Reg: 'We estimate the total volume of targets would be a few dozen'
Intel-backed AI chip startup SambaNova breathes new life into aging Nvidia GPUs in latest benchmarks
Third-party testing shows heterogeneous compute platform combining H200s and SN50 RDUs churning out 763 tok/s in MiniMax M2.7
Former GitHub CEO launches competitor designed for the age of vibe coding
As GitHub struggles to manage AI load, challengers take aim
OpenAI job listing suggests ChatGPT could someday replace junior analysts at Goldman Sachs
What, did someone get some bad news during their IPO process or something?
GitHub Copilot: Sorry Dave, I can't do that harmful thing - unless you ask me in code
More fun with AI jailbreaks, this time at the workflow level
Allstate Insurance quits Broadcom, alleges vengeful license audit on the way out
CA and VMware both suing insurance giant
AI memory crunch takes a bite out of PC shipments
IDC warns smaller players may struggle as DRAM drought drags on
Tool promises to make lazy academics' AI-written papers sound more human
Startup insists it's not trying to help anyone cheat the system - honest!
Police intercept tipsy teens after Waymo snitches for shooting Orbeez out of the car
Armed response and canine support called in for troublemaking duo ratted out by driverless car's array of cameras
Bug in top AI coding agents shows that Unix-era security headaches never really die
'GhostApproval' problem highlights human-in-the-loop fails
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