Trump threatens to add formal Apple Tax on top of the 'Apple tax'
World War Fee But pauses tech-adjacent threat to slap all Euro-imports with 50 percent duties
Public Sector26 May 2025 | 18
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China approves rules for national ‘online number’ ID scheme
Asia In Brief PLUS: Original emoji retired; Xiaomi's custom silicon; Pakistan dedicates 2,000 MW to AI and crypto
Public Sector26 May 2025 | 3
Even a humble keyboard is now political in Taiwan
Computex Chinese manufacturers are advertising how they dodge tariffs, and tech leaders know they’re in a new world
Personal Tech25 May 2025 | 11
Cybercrime is 'orders of magnitude' larger than state-backed ops, says ex-White House advisor
INTERVIEW Michael Daniel also thinks Uncle Sam should increase help to orgs hit by ransomware
Cyber-crime24 May 2025 | 15
Datacenter biz wants to turn heat and carbon waste into biomass for sale
From bit barn to algae farm?
On-Prem23 May 2025 | 24
Nvidia ain't done with x86 as it taps Intel Xeons to babysit GPUs
Computex AI-optimized CPUs promise 4.6GHz clocks, at least for one in eight cores
Systems23 May 2025 | 2
Lenovo thought it could surf geopolitics, until Trump's sudden tariff changes
Worries about uncertainty, even as AI pushes revenue and profit higher
On-Prem23 May 2025 | 21
BT managers' union mulls options after 'derisory or non-existent pay rise
Annoyed at poor or missing salary increase offer as Brit telco pays out dividend
Networks23 May 2025 | 8
User unboxed a PC so badly it 'broke' and only a nail file could fix it
On Call For once, the IT department was rewarded for finding the fix, and the perfect-if-unexpected fixer
Personal Tech23 May 2025 | 99
Rideshare companies in India are asking for tips before the trip
Consumer affairs Minister is not happy with Uber for following local players with this scheme to encourage rapid pickups
Public Sector23 May 2025 | 23
Anthropic Claude 4 models a little more willing than before to blackmail some users
Open the pod bay door
AI + ML22 May 2025 | 21
AI and virtualization are two major headaches for CIOs. Can storage help solve them both?
It's about evolution not revolution, says Lenovo
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Space Force tech mission threatened by staff and funding black hole
Budget slashing has 'outsized impact' on us, says commander who fears branch not ready for orbital war
Public Sector22 May 2025 | 12
Bain launches datacenter biz for Euros worried about climate change and Trump
Data sovereignty fears fuel pitch to hyperscalers
Systems22 May 2025 | 12
'Close to impossible' for Europe to escape clutches of US hyperscalers
Barriers stack up: Datacenter capacity, egress fees, platform skills, variety of cloud services. It won't happen, say analysts
PaaS + IaaS22 May 2025 | 81
AROS turns any PC into an Amiga with USB-bootable distro
And other ways to get that Amiga feeling on a budget
OSes22 May 2025 | 53
Europe is Russian to sanction Putin's pals over 'hybrid' threats
Names spies, web hosts, GPS jammers, fishing (not phishing) biz
Public Sector22 May 2025 | 7
Apartment living to get worse in 5 years as 6 GHz Wi-Fi nears ‘exhaustion’
Cable Labs predicts two percent packet loss and 10ms latency in some buildings unless more spectrum freed
Networks22 May 2025 | 115
Wyden warns telcos still leave Senate in the dark after Trump DOJ snooping scandal
Updated AT&T, Verizon, T-Mo failed to alert lawmakers about surveillance, senator says
Public Sector21 May 2025 | 13
Sergey Brin promises next generation of Glassholes will be much less conspicuous
Google I/O Chocolate Factory comes for Meta's Ray-Bans with Warby Parker pact
Personal Tech21 May 2025 | 36
Popular
Apartment living to get worse in 5 years as 6 GHz Wi-Fi nears ‘exhaustion’
Cable Labs predicts two percent packet loss and 10ms latency in some buildings unless more spectrum freed
Builder.ai coded itself into a corner – now it's bankrupt
Comment When 'AI-powered' means 'mostly humans and bad decisions'
Torvalds' typing taste test touches tactile tragedy
Opinion There’s something wrong with keyboard design, but we can’t put our finger on it
LastOS slaps neon paint on Linux Mint and dares you to run Photoshop
Another distro for Windows users – presumably ones who love bling
AROS turns any PC into an Amiga with USB-bootable distro
And other ways to get that Amiga feeling on a budget
Millions at risk after attackers steal UK legal aid data dating back 15 years
Cybercriminals lifted info including addresses, ID numbers, and financial records from agency systems
'Ongoing' Ivanti hijack bug exploitation reaches clouds
Nothing like insecure code in security suites
Signal shuts the blinds on Microsoft Recall with the power of DRM
Chat app blocks Windows' screenshot-happy feature from peeking at private convos
'Close to impossible' for Europe to escape clutches of US hyperscalers
Barriers stack up: Datacenter capacity, egress fees, platform skills, variety of cloud services. It won't happen, say analysts
DARPA zaps popcorn with laser power beamed 5.3 miles through air
800-watt demo breaks distance record for optical energy transmission
STORIES
Coinbase confirms insiders handed over data of 70K users
Bribed support staff identified, fired
Cyber-crime21 May 2025 | 17
Google carves out cloudy safe spaces for nations nervous about America's reach
From air-gapped bunkers to partner-run platforms, sovereignty is suddenly in vogue
PaaS + IaaS21 May 2025 | 25
Trump announces $175B for Golden Dome defense shield over America
In practice, it'll cost many times that and almost certainly won't work
Security21 May 2025 | 178
UK 'extremely dependent' on US for space security
After 60 years+ cooperation on space and military ops, worrying 'rhetoric' from Team Trump has Brits examining options
Security21 May 2025 | 106
AI can't replace devs until it understands office politics
Column Being human and working on a team is the job, not writing code
AI + ML21 May 2025 | 58
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang labels US GPU export bans ‘precisely wrong’ and ‘a failure’
Computex Argues the world needs China’s AI researchers working on his chips so the rest of us benefit
AI + ML21 May 2025 | 22
AMD puts Intel in rear view mirror with Threadripper Pro 9000 high-end desktop chips
Computex RDNA 4 makes workstation debut with 32GB R9700
AI Infrastructure Month21 May 2025 | 32
'Ongoing' Ivanti hijack bug exploitation reaches clouds
Nothing like insecure code in security suites
CSO21 May 2025 | 4
Google crowns Jules to be its agent and spreads the AI love
Google I/O Choc Fac brings gen mods to Android, Chrome, pretty much everywhere else
AI + ML21 May 2025 | 6
How open systems drive AI performance
Open-source philosophy, system-level optimizations prevent nightmare GenAI deployments, says CentML CTO
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Dell creates one private cloud to rule them all and in the datacenter bind them
Mix Master Mike will spin up Nutanix, VMware, Red Hat on the same beastly cluster
PaaS + IaaS20 May 2025 | 3
Actors' union complains about Epic Games cloning Darth Vader
I'm altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further
AI + ML20 May 2025 | 29
Transform your storage ownership experience with guaranteed IT outcomes
HPE expands storage guarantee program with new SLAs for cyber resilience, zero data loss, energy efficiency
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Wanted: A handy metric for gauging if GPUs are being used optimally
Even well-optimized models only likely to use 35 to 45% of compute the silicon can deliver
Systems20 May 2025 | 9
Torvalds' typing taste test touches tactile tragedy
Opinion There’s something wrong with keyboard design, but we can’t put our finger on it
Personal Tech20 May 2025 | 217
Virgin Media O2 patches hole that let callers snoop on your coordinates
Researcher finds VoLTE metadata could be used to locate users within 100 meters
Security20 May 2025 | 31
Trump signs TAKE IT DOWN law meant to stop revenge porn
Fine-print is vague and broad, could easily be abused to blunt protected speech
Personal Tech20 May 2025 | 83
Nvidia builds a server to run x86 workloads alongside agentic AI
Computex Wants to be the 'HR department for agents'
AI Infrastructure Month19 May 2025 | 2
Nvidia sets up shop in Taiwan with AI supers and a factory full of ambition
Computex Researchers and TSMC to benefit from expanded infrastructure
AI Infrastructure Month19 May 2025 | 4
Millions at risk after attackers steal UK legal aid data dating back 15 years
Cybercriminals lifted info including addresses, ID numbers, and financial records from agency systems
Cyber-crime19 May 2025 | 49
IT chiefs of UK's massive health service urge vendors to make public security pledge
Enormous org has been hit by ransomware again and again, on multiple fronts, over the past year
Cyber-crime19 May 2025 | 27
Qualcomm confirms it's dipping into datacenter world again, probably for AI
Computex CEO Cristiano Amon teases plans for high-speed-low-power inferencing products
AI Infrastructure Month19 May 2025 | 2
Nvidia opens up speedy NVLink interconnect to custom CPUs, ASICs
Computex One of the two just needs to be made by Nv
AI + ML19 May 2025 |
Ex-NSA bad-guy hunter listened to Scattered Spider's fake help-desk calls: 'Those guys are good'
INTERVIEW Plus, Co-op tells The Reg: 'we took early and decisive action' to block the crooks
CSO18 May 2025 | 65
To progress as an engineer career-wise, become a great communicator
Systems Approach It'll even help you develop technical skills
CxO18 May 2025 | 36
Apple to add fresh accessibility features for 2025
Global Accessibility Awareness Day It matters for everyone, because we'll all be disabled one day
Personal Tech18 May 2025 | 29
Fired US govt workers, Uncle Xi wants you! – to apply for this fake consulting gig
Phony LinkedIn recruitment ads? Groundbreaking
Public Sector16 May 2025 | 27
America’s consumer watchdog drops leash on proposed data broker crackdown
Crooks must be licking their lips at the possibilities
Personal Tech16 May 2025 | 10
Whodunit? 'Unauthorized' change to Grok made it blather on about 'White genocide'
Agitprop? Protest? An attempt to suck up to the boss?
AI + ML16 May 2025 | 121
Microsoft winnows: Layoffs hit software engineers hard
Python, TypeScript, Azure SDK devs among those let go
Software16 May 2025 | 45
Dems are upset about DOGE's IRS hackathon, but the IRS says it never happened
Tax bods characterize it more as a brainstorming session, says Elon's unit wasn't involved
Public Sector16 May 2025 | 19
Apple slams door on Fortnite's stateside iOS comeback
Epic's latest submission blocked right after CEO offered truce with Cupertino
Personal Tech16 May 2025 | 28
Annual electronic waste footprint per person is 11.2 kg
Extending all the dumped devices' lives by 12 months? Like taking 2M cars off the road each year
Personal Tech16 May 2025 | 59
AWS says Britain needs more nuclear power to feed AI datacenter surge
CEO warns energy demands will overwhelm grid without extra generation capacity
AI Infrastructure Month16 May 2025 | 66
Good luck to Atos' 7th CEO and its latest biz transformation
We suspect Philippe Salle will need it, not to mention staff and customers
On-Prem16 May 2025 | 16
How sticky notes saved 'the single biggest digital program in the world'
Success of UK's Universal Credit has lessons for government IT projects, former minister claims
Public Sector16 May 2025 | 77
UK government overrules local council’s datacenter refusal on Green Belt land
DPM signs off 96MW bit barn, citing national policy shift
AI Infrastructure Month16 May 2025 | 37
Trump says he has a problem if Apple builds iThings in India
Cupertino's plan to spend $500bn stateside wasn’t enough to placate the tycoon of tariffs
Public Sector16 May 2025 | 55
Plan to keep advanced chips from China with tracking tech gains support in Congress
Every shipment you make, every FLOP you generate, Uncle Sam will be watching you
AI Infrastructure Month15 May 2025 | 25
Uncle Sam claims H-1B fraud crackdown is working as registrations drop 25%
Surely Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric has nothing to do with it
On-Prem15 May 2025 | 43
Coinbase extorted for $20M. Support staff bribed. Customers scammed. One hell of a SNAFU
Expert tells us: 'It is the most unique breach disclosure I've ever seen'
Cyber-crime15 May 2025 | 14
The 'End of 10' is nigh, but don't bury your PC just yet
Linux types mobilize website to help people avoid creating more e-waste
OSes15 May 2025 | 247
Chip bans? LOL! Chinese web giant Tencent says it has enough GPUs for future AI model training
Partly because America does AI wrong and it can get more done with less
AI Infrastructure Month15 May 2025 | 20
AMD’s first crack at Nvidia hampered by half-baked training software, says TensorWave boss
Interview Bit barn operator to wedge 8,192 liquid-cooled MI325Xs into AI training cluster
AI Infrastructure Month14 May 2025 | 5
GAO finds billions in possible government savings, all without Elon's help
Comment More than $100M in costs could be cut by gutting duplicative IT alone, making DOGE itself look a bit redundant
Public Sector14 May 2025 | 43
Uncle Sam pulls $2.4B Leidos deal to support CISA after rival alleges foul play
Nightwing claims insider intel helped secure lucrative CISA work but US says decision is unrelated
Public Sector14 May 2025 | 4
Intel needs external foundry customers to make 14A process node pay off
Ailing chip giant targets 2027 break-even as costly EUV tools raise stakes
Systems14 May 2025 | 8
Intel Xeon 6 CPUs make their name in AI, HPC
There isn’t a datacenter workload whose performance or efficiency isn’t improved by using Xeon 6 chips
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Meta's still violating GDPR rules with latest plan to train AI on EU user data, says noyb
'Legitimate interest' won't wash, says privacy outfit, as Zuck's org claims activists want to 'delay AI innovation'
AI + ML14 May 2025 | 71
VPN Secure parent company CEO explains why he had to axe thousands of 'lifetime' deals
Admits due diligence fell short - furious users cry ‘gaslighting’
Networks14 May 2025 | 74
Go ahead and ignore Patch Tuesday – it might improve your security
No rush, according to Gartner chap who says: 'Nobody has ever out-patched threat actors at scale'
Patches14 May 2025 | 34
C-suite at Alphabet make B-A-N-K from 2024 equity awards
CEO Pichai slumming it on a measly $10.725M compared to lieutenants
PaaS + IaaS14 May 2025 | 7
Everyone's deploying AI, but no one's securing it – what could go wrong?
CYBERUK Crickets as senior security folk asked about risks at NCSC conference
CSO14 May 2025 | 22
Post Office finally throttles delayed in-house EPOS project
Troubled state biz tenders £410M software and DC-to-cloud migration plan, goodbye to Fujitsu on the Horizon
Public Sector14 May 2025 | 35
EuroHPC lines up AI upgrade for Leonardo supercomputer
Updated And it's Eviden who has no reason to moan over LISA upgrade - though questions over funding remain
AI Infrastructure Month14 May 2025 | 2
Ransomware scum have put a target on the no man's land between IT and operations
Defenses are weaker, and victims are more likely to pay, SANS warns
CSO14 May 2025 | 17
US tech titans rejoice in $600B Saudi shopping spree
Prince Mohammed bin Bone Saw will take a few hundred thousand GPUs with his missiles and fighter jets
AI Infrastructure Month14 May 2025 | 46
NSF director memo to staff: Don't worry about those job cuts, at least for now
Court orders halt to layoffs – as folks steering American innovation wonder how long injunction will last
Science14 May 2025 | 8
Trump ends Biden-era dream to cap US AI chip exports
Ding dong, diffusion is dead
AI Infrastructure Month13 May 2025 | 11
Intel's data-leaking Spectre defenses scared off yet again
Updated ETH Zurich boffins exploit branch prediction race condition to steal info from memory, fixes have mild perf hit
Research13 May 2025 | 5
Microsoft boots 3% of staff in latest cull, middle managers first in line
Redmond talks up new technologies, capabilities for productivity ... just don’t call it AI
Software13 May 2025 | 26
Commvault fixes critical Command Center issue after flaw finder alert
Pay-to-play security on CVSS 10 issue is now fixed
Patches13 May 2025 |
Judge puts two-week pause on Trump's mass government layoffs
But the government may be ignoring it anyway
Public Sector13 May 2025 | 74
AMD is Ryzen to the SMB occasion with a bundle of baby Epycs
The House of Zen’s low-end enterprise strategy is badge engineering at its best
AI Infrastructure Month13 May 2025 | 13
Linus Torvalds goes back to a mechanical keyboard after making too many typos
Linux 6.15 is coming along nicely too, unless autocorrect messes things up
OSes13 May 2025 | 99
Amazon tested warehouse robots and found they're not ready to replace humans
Rise of the machines postponed ... for now
AI + ML13 May 2025 | 30
Bosses weren’t being paranoid: Remote workers more likely to start own biz
All those return to office mandates make a lot more sense now
CxO12 May 2025 | 46
CISA mutes own website, shifts routine cyber alerts to Musk’s X, RSS, email
Updated Cripes, we were only joking when we called Elon's social network the new state media
Security12 May 2025 | 67
FreeBSD fans rally round zVault upstart
Community fork picks up where TrueNAS CORE left off
Storage12 May 2025 | 14
US, China agree to roll back tariffs – but only for 90 days
world war fee IT projects may remain in limbo due to deal being far from final, but markets are up, so Trump'll declare a win
Personal Tech12 May 2025 | 50
So your [expletive] test failed. So [obscene participle] what?
Who, Me? It was acceptable in the '80s
Software12 May 2025 | 92
US Copyright Office found AI companies sometimes breach copyright. Next day its boss was fired
Some see an action to benefit Elon. The White House sees an agency obsessed with DEI
AI + ML12 May 2025 | 113
TikTok's Chinese app - Douyin - in trouble after spat over the price of jade
Asia In Brief PLUS: Huawei's Windows-free PC appears; Robo-car rentals come to China; Europe, India, collab in space; and more
Legal12 May 2025 | 4
UK Ministry of Defence is spending less with US biz, and more with Europeans
France's share of MOD cash is growing while the US's shrinks
Offbeat10 May 2025 | 78
Nip chip smugglers by building trackers into GPUs, US Senator suggests
AI phone home
On-Prem09 May 2025 | 74
US govt's science foundation purges 37 divisions, equity unit among casualties
DEI another day: Trump priorities bite as $1B in grants vanish, layoffs loom
Science09 May 2025 | 81
US Transpo Sec wants air traffic control rebuild in 3 years, asks Congress for blank check
Price tag unknown
Public Sector09 May 2025 | 108
Tech titans: Wanna secure US AI leadership? Stop giving the world excuses to buy Chinese
Execs from AMD, Microsoft, and OpenAI tear into profit busting AI diffusion rules
AI Infrastructure Month09 May 2025 | 22
Microsoft wants us to believe AI will crack practical fusion power, driving future AI
This BS ends at some point, right?
AI Infrastructure Month09 May 2025 | 47
If Google is forced to give up Chrome, what happens next?
Opinion It's going to be very, very interesting in a 'May you live in interesting times' way
Software09 May 2025 | 74
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