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Updated 2026-07-14 04:45
India’s tech services giant HCL is getting into the AI datacenter business
Starting small with $37m and maybe 50MW but reckons full-stack service plan can succeed
Gobi X: Creating more energy for AI, not taking it from society
PARTNER CONTENT: How Envision is reversing the datacenter playbook by making computing chase abundant desert power, not the other way around
Zuck's AI ambitions put Meta on course to become America's next big cloud provider
Renting out spare compute is simply the natural progression for any sufficiently large infra company
Zig creator calls Bun’s Claude Rust rewrite ‘unreviewed slop’
The port took just 11 days and about $165,000 at API pricing
Excel competition goes extreme, makes spreadsheet geeks compete from the street
Defending world champ Diarmuid Early wins again despite being forced to solve puzzles outdoors
The price is wrong: AI cost calculation has to consider task completion rates, not just token costs
Cheap can be expensive
Microsoft chief turns hostile on frontier AI labs, warns companies to guard their IP
Lock it down, warns Satya Nadella, seemingly forgetting the billions Redmond chipped in to OpenAI back in the good old days
German firm files for insolvency, blames cybercrims who shut down production for 6 weeks
ZEGO-TVZ says the financial fallout from a March cyberattack left shutting its doors as the only option
Astronomers find sugar near the creamy center of the Milky Way (no caramel, though)
First interstellar monosaccharide suggests some of life's ingredients may be scattered across the galaxy
Philips to replace bricked Hue Bridge Pro devices
Company releases a fresh firmware update. Go on, install it, we dare you...
EU and UK officially blame Russian spies for cyberattack on Poland's power grid
Sweeping sanctions and condemnation follow op that could have left half a million without power in the depths of winter
SREs to AI agents: Prove yourself before you touch production
SPONSORED FEATURE: 696 experts find co-pilot welcome, autopilot not so much
Sticker shock has execs rethinking this whole AI thing
This week on The Reg's Kettle podcast, we wonder whether tokenminning is going to bring the industry back down to Earth
Lucky 13: SpaceX aims for July 16 Starship flight test
Hopefully, the rocket won't go in the same direction as the company's share price
Microsoft emails Windows 10 holdouts: Fine, keep your old PC another year
Consumer security updates now run to October 2027, and Redmond doesn't mention Windows 11 once
World Cup grudge attackers may have scored Argentine FA access via year-old infostealer infection
Footie fans? Overreacting? There's a first time for everything
HTTP gets a QUERY method so complex searches can stop pretending to be POST
New verb carries request content while remaining safe, idempotent, and cacheable
Progress orders emergency ShareFile server shutdown over mystery security threat
Vendor insists there's no evidence of unauthorized access, but it's asking customers to take one of the most drastic precautions available
Backup and running? Not this digital sign
Nagware goes large on the mean streets of Derby
Photovoltaics are still running after a year under Swiss trains
Solar boss reckons challenges are regulatory, not technological
Microsoft is losing the battle to protect license lucre. It better get used to the feeling
Time for the Clone Wars remake
AI needs a home, not a hotel
PARTNER CONTENT: Firms crafting internal AI must choose a permanent residence for their tech, not just rent server space by the hour.
Apple accuses OpenAI of stealing its core tech secrets
Lawsuit alleges job-swappers took secrets with them, helped by coaching on how to avoid scrutiny
User crippled a network while trying to learn Nmap
IT department was not pleased, but was also easily fooled
Meta admits its first ‘superintelligence’ was too stupid to survive for three days
Pulls AI-powered image tweaker after allowing free-for-all
Lenovo denies using banned Chinese SSDs where they're not allowed
PLUS: Canadian/Bhutanese datacenter for India; China re-uses a rocket; Australia signals AI intervention; And more!
Memory makers are slaves to the boom-bust rollercoaster, and the AI boom is the wildest ride of all
The RAMpocalypse may be the precursor to the AIpocalypse
It's an AI web, and we're just rats in the walls
Bots, not people, are now the ones who use the internet the most
AI customers are coming around to the idea that small is beautiful
OpenAI and Anthropic have built AI Swiss Army Knives, but the future may be smaller built-for-purpose tools
Irish datacenters now guzzle 23% of the country's electricity
Consumption rose another 10% while restrictions on most new grid connections remained around Dublin
Slothful summer app lets you scroll simply by tilting your head
ScrollPods is Mac-only, and you'll need compatible AirPods
Destructive Windows backdoor stuffs multiple wipers and ransomware code into a single package
Microsoft says GigaWiper combines at least 3 malware families into one modular tool
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
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