Reddit is people! Which means its search might not be so damaged by AI slop
Community content site aims to profit from real conversation
AI + ML02 Aug 2025 | 10
Software
Rampant emoji use suggests crypto-stealing NPM package was written by AI
Kodane code was either machine-generated or done by a teenager
AI + ML01 Aug 2025 | 12
OpenAI removes ChatGPT self-doxing option
Checkbox to make chatbot conversations appear in search engines deemed a footgun
AI + ML01 Aug 2025 | 4
Gadget geeks aghast at guru's geriatric GPU
Paramount Penguin Linus Torvalds still uses a 2017 graphics card
OSes01 Aug 2025 | 52
Court upholds Epic win in Google Play Store antitrust battle
Appeals panel says Chocolate Factory abused its dominance in Android app distribution
Legal01 Aug 2025 | 7
Microsoft gives in to Chromebook bullies and drops Windows 11 SE
Budget educational computing is now Google's game to lose
OSes01 Aug 2025 | 26
Another one bites the dust as KubeSphere kills open source edition
Company blames license violations and infrastructure changes for abrupt move
Software01 Aug 2025 | 15
Oracle offers workaround to Windows boot issue in the cloud instead of fix
Kludge causing production outages
OSes01 Aug 2025 | 3
Enterprise software giants weaponize AI to kill discounts and deepen lock-in
Oracle, SAP, Salesforce et al are tightening the screws, Forrester warns
AI + ML01 Aug 2025 | 10
Windows 10 @ 10: How Microsoft led developers round in circles
Comment From one platform to rule them all to a carousel of half-baked visions
OSes01 Aug 2025 | 33
AI is contributing to Meta’s growth – just not the kind anyone cares about
Good old machine learning, not LLMs, are what’s really paying for Zuck’s genAI splurge
AI + ML01 Aug 2025 | 3
Amazon is spending a boatload on AI but investors are impatient for results
Hang in there, it's early days, insists CEO Andy Jassy
AI + ML31 Jul 2025 | 7
New Google AI model maps world in 10-meter squares for machines to read
DeepMind geospatial AI model offers comprehensive view of Earth image data
AI + ML31 Jul 2025 | 11
Tesla starts sort-of Robotaxi service in San Francisco by invite only
There's a driver at the wheel
AI + ML31 Jul 2025 | 12
NIST discovers DevSecOps, thinks world should really check this out
What's next - gonna tell us it's time to migrate to Windows 8?
Devops31 Jul 2025 | 2
Microsoft's Azure AI Speech needs just seconds of audio to spit out a convincing deepfake
No way this will be abused
AI + ML31 Jul 2025 | 5
Canonical dusts off TPM encryption for Ubuntu 25.10
Passwordless disk locking is coming, a couple of years later than hoped
OSes31 Jul 2025 | 55
Brit watchdog pushes to rein in Microsoft and AWS with 'strategic market status'
Regulators around the globe pay attention as results of 21-month cloud probe published
PaaS + IaaS31 Jul 2025 | 7
Figma debuts on Wall Street at $33 per share – then more than triples
updated Investors cash in as design firm goes public after takeover dreams dashed
Software31 Jul 2025 | 3
AWS Lambda loves charging for idle time: Vercel claims it found a way to dodge the bill
Startup’s workaround reuses stuck compute slots to rein in runaway function costs
Devops31 Jul 2025 | 12
Popular
Cybercrooks attached Raspberry Pi to bank network and drained ATM cash
Criminals used undocumented techniques and well-placed insiders to remotely withdraw money
Long live the nub: ThinkPad designer David Hill spills secrets, designs that never made it
Interview We almost got more butterfly keyboards and foldable workstations
Servers hated Mondays until techie quit quaffing coffee in their company
On Call Unix boxes needed a hotfix to survive early morning cold boots
Tested: Microsoft Recall can still capture credit cards and passwords, a treasure trove for crooks
exclusive Our tests have shown there are ways to get around the promised security improvements
As ransomware gangs threaten physical harm, 'I am afraid of what's next,' ex-negotiator says
Crims warned 40% of respondents that they and their families would suffer
Virgin Media scraps wholesale network rival to Openreach
NetCo is a no-go amid ongoing 'strategic review' by co-parent Telefónica
ISS is still leaking air after latest repair efforts fail
Russian boffins searching for root cause in their segment of the outpost, former cosmonaut says
Top spy says LinkedIn profiles that list defense work 'recklessly invite attention of foreign intelligence services'
Workers on joint US/UK/Australia nuclear submarine program are painting a target on themselves
Another one bites the dust as KubeSphere kills open source edition
Company blames license violations and infrastructure changes for abrupt move
Windows 10 @ 10: How Microsoft led developers round in circles
Comment From one platform to rule them all to a carousel of half-baked visions
STORIES
Capgemini wins £107M HMRC extension – no competition needed
Updated Deal for legacy applications support reaches £322M as they continue to be decommissioned
Public Sector31 Jul 2025 | 14
Qualcomm working on datacenter CPU and in ‘advanced discussions’ with hyperscaler
But may face competition in its core smartphone segment as Samsung says it’s found a premium handset-maker who wants its Exynos SoCs
Systems31 Jul 2025 | 3
Trump officials float plan for Americans to share their medical data more freely
Apple, Google, AI biggies, and for-profit insurance all eagerly rubbing their hands
Public Sector31 Jul 2025 | 28
Alibaba admits Qwen3's hybrid-thinking mode was dumb
Chinese e-commerce giant is going back to dedicated instruct and thinking-tuned models as they prioritize quality over convenience
AI + ML31 Jul 2025 | 5
Microsoft hails cloud and AI revenue for boffo earnings
Azure numbers shared for the first time. No details about AI, however.
Software30 Jul 2025 | 7
Zuck tries to justify AI splurge with talk of 'superintelligence' for all
You get a superintelligence and you get a superintelligence. Everybody gets a superintelligence
AI + ML30 Jul 2025 | 40
Enterprises neglect AI security – and attackers have noticed
IBM report shows a rush to embrace technology without safeguarding it, and as for governance...
AI + ML30 Jul 2025 | 2
Zed code editor hears your prayers, rolls out AI-free mode
Can we have this as a global feature in all software? Please?
AI + ML30 Jul 2025 | 29
Italy says Meta may be violating law with AI in WhatsApp
Competiton regulator smells abuse of a dominant market position, Zuckercorp claims all is well
AI + ML30 Jul 2025 | 4
Palo Alto Networks inks $25b deal to buy identity-security shop CyberArk
The lure? Identity security and privileged access management tools to verify humans and... machines
Security30 Jul 2025 | 2
Edge case: Opera claims Microsoft still playing dirty with defaults
Brazil is the latest browser battlefield
Software30 Jul 2025 | 11
Oracle VirtualBox licensing tweak lies in wait for the unwary
Java-like move could land those expecting free trial with a new bill
Virtualization30 Jul 2025 | 116
Datacenter lobby blows a fuse over EU efficiency proposals
Green rules risk short-circuiting AI ambitions, warns group including AWS, Microsoft and Google
On-Prem30 Jul 2025 | 19
Europe's AI crackdown starts this week and Big Tech isn't happy
Users and developers struggle to comply as situation evolves
AI + ML30 Jul 2025 | 29
Cisco donates Agntcy project to Linux Foundation in the hope it gets AI agents interacting elegantly
AI frameworks are becoming a Russian nesting doll of abstraction layers
AI + ML30 Jul 2025 | 5
Microsoft researchers: To fend off AI, consider a job as a pile driver
Knowledge workers will be most affected
AI + ML29 Jul 2025 | 32
US agencies log nearly 9x more GenAI use cases in 2024 - but deployments stall
Strict regulations, lack of funding, and hallucinations remain hurdles to implementation
AI + ML29 Jul 2025 | 2
Devs are frustrated with AI coding tools that deliver nearly-right solutions
Vibe coding is right out, say most respondents in Stack Overflow survey
AI + ML29 Jul 2025 | 35
US sends 33,000 smart 'strike kits' to make Ukrainian drones even deadlier
interview Auterion CEO explains how autonomy will change the face of warfare
AI + ML29 Jul 2025 | 38
Waymo plots Dallas robotaxi launch, stays ahead of Tesla in Texas turf war
Alphabet’s driverless darling taps Avis to manage the fleet for 2026 debut
AI + ML29 Jul 2025 | 7
Windows 10 turns 10: Dying OS just worked, lacked compatibility chaos
Redmond’s last mostly sane OS nears end-of-life as AI nags take over
OSes29 Jul 2025 | 72
Blender 3D app suite could touch down on tablets, starting with iPad
Some users keen while others point out pile of unresolved bugs in core product
Software29 Jul 2025 | 3
Linux kernel 6.16 lands without any headline features but 38M lines of code
Mostly minor changes under the hood – a lot of them
OSes29 Jul 2025 | 29
Raspberry Pi RP2350 A4 update fixes old bugs and dares you to break it again
5 V-tolerant GPIO opens the way to some intriguing retro-nerdery
Personal Tech29 Jul 2025 | 37
Microsoft pops legacy Exchange public folders on the chopping block
Support for migrations to be scrapped come October
Applications29 Jul 2025 | 5
Publishers cry foul over W3C crusade to rid web of third-party cookies
Exclusive Advocacy group tells UK competition watchdog proposal favors Google
Software29 Jul 2025 | 38
Microsoft bolts Copilot Mode onto Edge to chase AI-browser crowd
'Edge, order two tons of creamed corn...'
AI + ML28 Jul 2025 | 40
AI don't know: Enterprises slow to pick up on Copilot+ PCs
Businesses don't seem to care about exclusive features like Recall
AI + ML28 Jul 2025 | 41
Trae AI IDE quietly beams data to ByteDance, even with tracking turned off, report says
updated Investigators detail persistent background connections and file transmissions despite telemetry opt-out
AI + ML28 Jul 2025 | 6
Windows 11 is a minefield of micro-aggressions in the shipping lane of progress
A better minesweeper is needed. Time for an intervention to save Microsoft from itself
OSes28 Jul 2025 | 164
Intel cutting cutting-edge node funds would mean no more Moore's Law
At least at Chipzookie... TSMC and Global Foundaries may yet continue to try to defy physics
Systems28 Jul 2025 | 28
'It looks sexy but it's wrong' – the problem with AI in biology and medicine
The case of the improbably well-endowed rat
AI + ML27 Jul 2025 | 59
First release candidate of systemd 258 is here
The latest version of systemd looks to be a big one, with substantial new functionality. More to love – right?
OSes25 Jul 2025 | 160
As AI becomes more popular, concerns grow over its effect on mental health
Too much of anything is bad for you, including faux-magical statistical models
AI + ML25 Jul 2025 | 32
US DoE taps federal sites for fast-track AI datacenter and energy builds
Private sector invited to colocate at legacy nuclear facilities
On-Prem25 Jul 2025 | 1
FreeBSD 15 installer to offer minimal KDE desktop
The FreeBSD Laptop project continues – and plans to offer a very visible change
OSes25 Jul 2025 | 33
Debian isn't waiting for 2038 to blow up, switches to 64-bit time for everything
We say everything... just not the oldest hardware. Unix Epochalypse less than 13 years away
OSes25 Jul 2025 | 96
Caught a vibe that this coding trend might cause problems
Opinion No, it will not turn you into a 10X programmer. In fact, it won't even transform you into a noob developer
AI + ML25 Jul 2025 | 59
ServiceNow eyes $100M in AI-powered headcount savings
CFO claims money being reinvested in sales and engineering staff
SaaS25 Jul 2025 | 12
Intel abandons chip plants in Germany and Poland, confirms more layoffs
CEO Lip-Bu Tan says strategy shift will focus on customer needs, efficiency, and cutting costs
Systems25 Jul 2025 | 30
Microsoft walks us through Copilot Search with a domain it doesn't even own
Mock-ups feature m365.com, which could be yours for a few bucks
Networks25 Jul 2025 | 24
Problem PC had graybeards stumped until trainee rummaged through trash
On Call Evidence of copious sugar hits hinted at unauthorized usage
Personal Tech25 Jul 2025 | 121
You DO see Windows 11 as an AI PC opportunity, say Dell and Intel
Time to 'reimagine' it as a gateway, a gateway to inner peace, er, sales
Personal Tech25 Jul 2025 | 46
Microsoft CEO feels weighed down by job cuts
Satya Nadella lays out revised mission for Redmond. Spoiler: It involves AI
CxO25 Jul 2025 | 43
Weapons jam: Pentagon sucks at removing foreign objects from its gear, auditors say
Component origin isn't tracked, says GAO, meaning the circuits in equipment could be from anywhere
Public Sector24 Jul 2025 | 20
White House bans 'woke' AI, but LLMs don't know the truth
They can only enforce consistency based on their training
AI + ML24 Jul 2025 | 36
Print Screen is for noobs: Capture images in Windows like a pro
hands on If a picture is worth 1,000 words, you could save yourself a lot of typing
OSes24 Jul 2025 | 22
Wayback 0.1 debuts as early Wayland server for X11 diehards
Complete with new website – but the software's still alpha level stuff, so be careful
Software24 Jul 2025 | 29
So much for watermarks: UnMarker tool nukes AI provenance tags
Boffins insist your deepfake tracking tech won't work
AI + ML24 Jul 2025 | 20
AI is an over-confident pal that doesn't learn from mistakes
So says a study by boffins at Carnegie Mellon University
AI + ML24 Jul 2025 | 44
Compromised Amazon Q extension told AI to delete everything – and it shipped
Malicious actor reportedly sought to expose AWS 'security theater'
Security24 Jul 2025 | 8
AI data-suckers would have to ask permission first under new bill
If it passes, the law would redefine the boundaries of fair use
AI + ML24 Jul 2025 | 10
Microsoft-owned GitHub: Open source needs funding. Ya think?
'Industry, national governments, and the EU' must pay for maintainers. El Reg says charity shouldn't start at home
Software24 Jul 2025 | 66
Britain's AI datacenter plans face energy, planning, investment challenges
You don't become a 'superpower' overnight
On-Prem24 Jul 2025 | 21
50 years ago, Gates and Allen made the deal that launched Microsoft
How the MITS Altair 8800, a $264 RAM board, and some BASIC changed the world
Software24 Jul 2025 | 28
Not pretty, not Windows-only: npm phishing attack laces popular packages with malware
The "is" package was infected with cross-platform malware after a scam targeting maintainers
Security24 Jul 2025 | 10
EU cloud gang challenges Broadcom's $61B VMWare buy in court
COMMENT CISPE cites recent channel changes, but the deal was decided on different matters
Virtualization24 Jul 2025 | 6
The tiny tech tribe who could change the world tomorrow but won't
Sometimes, one small tweak can make a very big difference.
Personal Tech24 Jul 2025 | 88
Mistral AI environmental report confirms AI is a hungry, thirsty beast
French model dev hopes to inspire others to adopt standards-based reporting
AI + ML24 Jul 2025 | 4
AWS closes China AI research center, citing boilerplate 'business priorities'
Nvidia's Jensen Huang just had a win with his argument that the world needs China’s AI brains, now this
AI + ML24 Jul 2025 | 3
Trump AI plan rips the brakes out of the car and gives Big Tech exactly what it wanted
'Build, baby, build', and forget about regulation and wokeness is the gist of it
Public Sector24 Jul 2025 | 49
How to host a Linux-powered local dev site in Windows
hands on A working copy of your site can run under Windows Subsystem for Linux
Virtualization23 Jul 2025 | 24
AI industry's size obsession is killing ROI, engineer argues
Huge models are error-prone and expensive
AI + ML23 Jul 2025 | 16
IRS has lost one-quarter of its IT staff since Trump took office
The 2026 tax year ought to be fun
Public Sector23 Jul 2025 | 28
VMware prevents some perpetual license holders from downloading patches
Exclusive Despite pledging help for those who don’t sign for subs, Broadcom says validating their entitlements will delay support
Virtualization23 Jul 2025 | 25
SAP warns of 'extended approvals' for spending in manufacturing, US public sector
Vendor sees 'slight deceleration' in cloud backlog as it offers mixed results
Applications23 Jul 2025 | 1
Copilot Vision on Windows 11 sends data to Microsoft servers
Total Recall: Capturing everything you do on your PC screen to become a 'true companion'
OSes23 Jul 2025 | 98
Firefox 141 relieves chronic Linux pain in the neck
But there are tweaks for everyone – even if some are less welcome than others
Software23 Jul 2025 | 53
NatWest banks on AWS and Accenture for AI-driven customer overhaul
Deal adds to a string of relationships based on improving data and analytics
Databases23 Jul 2025 | 8
Sh!t happens, so Microsoft is paying biz to flush its carbon sins underground
Organic waste to be pumped out of sight as part of 4.9M-tonne CO2 removal deal
On-Prem23 Jul 2025 | 15
Google's open lakehouse: the foundation for enterprise AI data
Unifying data to support AI applications used to come with trade-offs. Not any more, says Google
Sponsored feature
COVID-19 pandemic accelerated brain aging – even if you didn’t catch the virus
Boffins think worry and stress during the plague years changed our wetware, and that the damage can be reversed
Science23 Jul 2025 | 27
Stop flooding us with AI-based grant applications, begs Health Institute
ai-pocalypse Already reeling from staff cuts, the health agency is choking on slop
AI + ML23 Jul 2025 | 13
One in six US workers pretends to use AI to please the bosses
ai-pocalypse AI-nxiety is real, and it's causing some bizarre behavior
AI + ML22 Jul 2025 | 48
Google AI Overviews are killing the web, Pew study shows (again)
ai-pocalypse Summarizing online content is good for the search giant, not so much for publishers
AI + ML22 Jul 2025 | 25
How AI chip upstart FuriosaAI won over LG with its power-sipping design
Testing shows RNGD chips up to 2.25x higher performance per watt than.... five-year-old Nvidia silicon
AI + ML22 Jul 2025 | 3
Arch Linux users told to purge Firefox forks after AUR malware scare
The distro's greatest asset is arguably also its greatest weakness
OSes22 Jul 2025 | 40
GitHub command palette wins stay of execution after dev pushback
Fans say low usage no surprise when obscure but beloved feature disabled by default
Devops22 Jul 2025 | 3
UK government swoons over OpenAI in legally meaningless love-in
Credulous minister claims MoU – not contract – with chatbot biz could help 'fix NHS' and 'drive economic growth'
AI + ML22 Jul 2025 | 22
Microsoft patches critical SharePoint 2016 zero-days amid active exploits
Admins urged to rotate machine keys, restart IIS after emergency fix
Patches22 Jul 2025 |
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