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Updated 2026-07-13 15:00
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
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
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