Foxconn factory fiasco could leave Wisconsinites on the hook for $300m

What's Mandarin for 'Where's my money?' | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 1 year ago

Clearview AI wants its facial-recognition tech in banks, schools, etc.

I get knocked down but I get up again, Italy, Canada, UK, ACLU, Facebook, Google, YouTube, Twitter... are never gonna keep me down | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 1 year ago

Version 251 of systemd coming soon to a Linux distro near you

'Experimental' systemd-sysupdate feature likely to get the most attention | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 1 year ago

If you're using the ctx Python package bad news: Vandal added info-stealing code

Domain associated with maintainer email expired, taken over in supply-chain attack | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 1 year ago

We have bigger targets than beating Oracle, say open source DB pioneers

Advocates for MySQL and PostgreSQL see broader future for movement they helped create | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 1 year ago

Quad nations pledge deeper collaboration on infosec, data-sharing, and more

But think tank says its past attempts at working together haven't gone well | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 1 year ago

Who had money on Samsung and Red Hat joining forces on next-gen memory software?

Cloudy server testbed coming, open source code filtering into RHEL promised | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 1 year ago

Patch now: Zoom chat messages can infect PCs, Macs, phones with malware

Google Project Zero blows lid off bug involving that old chestnut: XML parsing | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 1 year ago

Linus Torvalds debuts 'boring old plain' Linux kernel 5.18

Adds 'feature activation' for Intel silicon, but Chipzilla still isn't saying what that means | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 1 year ago

Beijing reverses ban on tech companies listing offshore

Announcement comes as Chinese ride-hailing DiDi Chuxing delists from NYSE under pressure | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 1 year ago

How to find NPM dependencies vulnerable to account hijacking

Security engineer outlines self-help strategy for keeping software supply chain safe | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 1 year ago

Before the web there was a hypertext service. Gopher's back

The world was not ready for this gift. It is still not ready for this gift. Coming soon to a Gopherspace near you | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 1 year ago

SmartNICs power the cloud, are enterprise datacenters next?

High pricing, lack of software make smartNICs a tough sell, despite offload potential | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 1 year ago

Deepfake attacks can easily trick live facial recognition systems online

Plus: Next PyTorch release will support Apple GPUs so devs can train neural networks on their own laptops | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 1 year ago

FTC signals crackdown on ed-tech harvesting kid's data

Trade watchdog, and President, reminds that COPPA can ban ya | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 1 year ago

Lonestar plans to put datacenters in the Moon's lava tubes

How? Founder tells The Register 'Robots… lots of robots' | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 1 year ago

US fears China may have ten exascale systems by 2025

China refuses to share benchmarks, US sharpens focus on developing optimized software | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 1 year ago

China-linked Twisted Panda caught spying on Russian defense R&D

Because Beijing isn't above covert ops to accomplish its five-year goals | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 1 year ago

Intel plans immersion lab to chill its power-hungry chips

AI chips are sucking down 600W+ and the solution could be to drown them. | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 1 year ago

Just when you thought you'd seen the last of Clippy

It looks like you've copied a phone number, would you like help? | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 1 year ago

OpenVMS on x86-64 reaches production status with v9.2

One of the most battle-tested OSes out there hits commodity kit, but does anyone still care? | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 1 year ago

Mystery of industry-focused backdoored NPM packages solved

Snyk, JFrog, ReversingLabs spend weeks investigating modules that turn out to be pen-test code | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 1 year ago

Did you know Twitter has an open-source arm? This is what it's been up to

Bluesky thinking includes blueprints for distributed social network | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 1 year ago

Google cancels bi-annual performance reviews, shifts to GRAD system

New review system supposedly less of a headache for managers, staff | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Remember the hype for NFV? Whatever happened with that?

A technical deep-dive with a networking guru who was there | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Critical vulnerabilities found in 'millions of Aruba and Avaya switches'

Airports, hospitals, hotels, and more need to deploy patches for hijack bugs | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

AMD teases CPUs with Xilinx AI engines for 2023

And unlike Intel, Zen giant saw boom in PC land, thanks to focus on high-end parts | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Watch out for AI models regurgitating misplaced keys that unlock crypto wallets

Effect of GitHub's OpenAI-powered Copilot memorizing sensitive but public data | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Apple to bin apps that go three years without updates

Developers will be given 90 days to get them up to code, or face banishment | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Cloud market dominated by AWS, Google, Microsoft (unsurprisingly)

Big three’s market share now at 65 per cent almost everywhere outside China | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Nvidia starts laying groundwork for future open and parallel code

Gearing up to go full stack, firm spends time on standards, open-source communities | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Quantum-tunneling memory could boost AI energy efficiency by 100x

Boffins get excited about building better machine synapses | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Dropbox unplugged its own datacenter to test resilience

Two years of disaster planning massively reduced recovery time objective, company says | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Problems for the Linux kernel NTFS driver as author goes silent

Concerns for Paragon CEO, and head kernel boss Torvalds suggests seeking maintainers | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

AI models still racist, even with more balanced training

Plus: US government's NIST publishes 86-page report investigating algorithmic bias | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Facebook's Meta, tracking code, and the student financial aid website

Also: Occulus virtual reality apps fail to detail info collection | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Intel says costly 10nm ramp will counter PC slowdown

China lockdowns, Apple's homegrown silicon, and more give x86 giant a headache – with an aspirin in reach | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Worried about being replaced by a robot? Become a physicist

Scientists develop algorithm that decides if your job can just be an algorithm | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

ZX Spectrum: Q&A with some of the folks who worked on legendary PC

Plus: A look at some of the Centre for Computing History's most exciting machines | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Microsoft fixes Point of Sale bug that delayed Windows 11 startup for 40 minutes

You thought hunting for discount vouchers took a while? That's nothing compared to Windows booting on a till | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Interpol: We can't arrest our way out of cybercrime

Especially when gangs are better funded than local police | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Sina Weibo, China's Twitter analogue, reveals users' locations and IP addresses

Sssshhhh! Nobody tell Elon Musk | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Arm reportedly wrests back control of its rogue China limb

Ouster of rebel CEO should clear path for planned Arm IPO | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

US appeals court ruling could 'eliminate internet privacy'

Tech terms of service dissolve Fourth Amendment rights, EFF warns | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Five Eyes nations reveal 2021's fifteen most-exploited flaws

Malicious cyber actors go after 2021's biggest misses, spend less time on the classics | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

India to upgrade mobile networks near Maoist insurgents to 4G

They're currently on 2G – a tactic the government uses to suppress communication | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Microsoft points at Linux privilege-escalation flaws

Will Redmond start code-naming Windows make-me-admin bugs? | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Fedora starts to simplify Linux graphics handling

Changes will make things less challenging for developers, but maybe not for users | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago