Buyer's remorse haunts 3 in 5 business software purchases They never do tell you about the unexpected costs and overly complex implementations Applications18 Oct 2023 | 3
Ampere leads a pack of AI startups to challenge Nvidia's 'unsustainable' GPUs AI Platform Alliance probably has Jensen Huang in tears...of laughter AI + ML18 Oct 2023 | 2
Atlassian users complain of cloud migration dead ends, especially in UK Lack of local clouds and inflexible offers see users depart. Maybe the new ‘Compass’ developer experience tool will be more to their liking Software18 Oct 2023 | 9
US launches official probe into Cruise after pair of pedestrian accidents Hey, we're still safer than human drivers, says GM outfit AI + ML17 Oct 2023 |
Thousands of Teslas recalled over brake fluid bug OTA software update to deal with misbehaving sensor Software17 Oct 2023 | 18
Ex-Fugees star accuses his lawyer of going full robot in corruption trial An AI may be able to botch a closing argument, but can it sing Killing Me Softly? AI + ML17 Oct 2023 | 5
What did the VisiCalc fairy bring you for Spreadsheet Day? Jez and friend's Excel-lent Adventure Software17 Oct 2023 | 12
TileDB secures $34M to reimagine databases, not just collect GitHub stars System aims to clean mess of high-performance analytics cluttering the modern data stack Databases17 Oct 2023 | 3
Serenity OS turns five and emits first offspring, Ladybird Indie C++ Unix-like OS project now has an indie Javascript-capable browser, too OSes17 Oct 2023 | 4
Microsoft starts offering advice in how to code for Arm In 2027 a quarter of PCs won’t use x86, and Redmond wants its ecosystem ready OSes17 Oct 2023 | 18
LinkedIn lays off nearly 700 staff, engineers to suffer the most Time to update that resume on, er ... oh. Software16 Oct 2023 | 27
Windows 10's latest update issue isn't a bug but a feature – to test your patience Some attempted installations of KB5031356 were reportedly stuck on 30% after 24 hours OSes16 Oct 2023 | 46
Developers build AI to read ancient scroll burnt in Mount Vesuvius eruption AI in brief Plus: US Space Force halts use of ChatGPT and more AI + ML16 Oct 2023 | 8
Birmingham set to miss deadline to make Oracle disaster 'safe and compliant' Bankrupt council is like 'ship adrift' – lacks financial info in midst of equal pay nightmare Databases16 Oct 2023 | 32
Excel Hell II: If the sickness can't be fixed, it must be contained Opinion Microsoft's Steve Ballmer once called open source a cancer. Today's diagnosis points to a different cause Software16 Oct 2023 | 111
As it prepares to abandon its on-prem server products, Atlassian is content. Users? Not so much Massive price rises are coming for smaller holdouts, and Australian vendor knows its bottom line could hurt Software16 Oct 2023 | 57
How 'AI watermarking' system pushed by Microsoft and Adobe will and won't work Check for 'cr' bubble in pictures if your app supports it, or look in the metadata if it hasn't been stripped, or... AI + ML15 Oct 2023 | 38
Microsoft ends its week on a high – after a trying time with tax bills and Copilot costs Kettle Bit of a Blizzard of news for Redmond Software15 Oct 2023 | 2
Ubuntu unleashes Mantic Minotaur with 23.10 build The bull has escaped Minos' labyrinth, and El Reg follows the thread Software14 Oct 2023 | 7
Raspberry Pi 5: Hot takes and cooler mistakes How does the device fare as a daily driver, and is cooling really optional?
Windows 10's latest update issue isn't a bug but a feature – to test your patience Some attempted installations of KB5031356 were reportedly stuck on 30% after 24 hours
Cisco zero-day bug allows router hijacking and is being actively exploited We'd say 'Hurry up and patch' but it hasn't written one yet. While you wait, disable HTTP
British boffins say aircraft could fly on trash, cutting pollution debt by 80% Domestic jets can use 'municipal solid waste' to fly the friendly skies
Cloudflare exiles baseboard management controller from its server motherboards Puts Datacenter-ready Secure Control Modules to work in boxen built by Lenovo
LinkedIn lays off nearly 700 staff, engineers to suffer the most Time to update that resume on, er ... oh.
China requires any new domestic Wi-Fi kit to support IPv6 and run it by default Beijing set big targets for next-gen networks, but adoption stats suggest it's falling short
Tell me Huawei: Chinese giant wants to know what made EU label it high security risk Files official complaint as it battles to keep market share
MariaDB ditches products and staff in restructure, bags $26.5M loan to cushion fall Strategic DBaaS and distributed back end jettisoned after years of promotion Databases13 Oct 2023 | 12
GNOME developer proposes removing the X11 session The suggested change is the first step in desktop environment becoming Wayland-only OSes13 Oct 2023 | 77
Brit watchdog slams Microsoft as it clears $69B Activision Blizzard buy 'Tactics employed by Microsoft are no way to engage with us' Software13 Oct 2023 | 15
Gas supplier blames 'rogue' code for Channel Island outage CEO claims bug had millions-to-one chance of disrupting supply – but it did Software13 Oct 2023 | 67
Workload written by student made millions, ran on unsupported hardware, with zero maintenance On Call Nobody minded for 20 years or so, until another student took action Software13 Oct 2023 | 168
Google offers some copyright indemnity to users of its generative AI services 'If you are challenged, we will assume responsibility' AI + ML12 Oct 2023 | 8
Excel recruitment time bomb makes top trainee doctors 'unappointable' Exclusive Mangled mismatch of formats, macros, and VLOOKUP practice hits wannabe anesthetists Software12 Oct 2023 | 159
AI safety guardrails easily thwarted, security study finds OpenAI GPT-3.5 Turbo chatbot defenses dissolve with '20 cents' of API tickling AI + ML12 Oct 2023 | 28
Hell no, we won’t pay, says Microsoft as Uncle Sam sends $29B bill for back taxes Says it has enough cash to foot the demand Software11 Oct 2023 | 60
HashiCorp Vault scans for skeletons in your code closet HashiConf Added functionality follows BluBracket acquisition earlier this year Devops11 Oct 2023 |
AI processing could consume 'as much electricity as Ireland' Boffins estimate power needed if every Google search became an LLM interaction. Gulp AI + ML11 Oct 2023 | 14
HashiCorp tweaks Terraform with user interface changes and AI infused testing HashiConf Can I use AI to write me a license that won't annoy the open-source community? Devops11 Oct 2023 |
Red Hat retires mailing list, leaving Linux loyalists to read between the lines Comment Email is just so 20th century OSes11 Oct 2023 | 31
Generative AI slashes cloud migration hassles, says McKinsey partner Bhargs Srivathsan also urges enterprises to ditch the tech Lamborghinis for efficient ride AI + ML11 Oct 2023 | 18
Microsoft gives unexpected tutorial on how to install Linux You may need it – Windows 10 is no longer a free upgrade OSes11 Oct 2023 | 100
SAP barely moving needle to migrate users off ECC before support ends Gartner finds only a third are somewhat prepared for S/4HANA transition Databases11 Oct 2023 | 6
Go ahead, let the unknowable security risks of Windows Copilot onto your PC fleet Column Or maybe don't let Microsoft's desire to defeat Google dictate your defensive strategy AI + ML11 Oct 2023 | 69
Software patch fixes Euclid space telescope navigation bug Probe goes loopy after mistaking solar rays for stars Software11 Oct 2023 | 8
Meta watchdog sticks a probe into Facebook rules after fake Biden vid allowed to stay Doctored video featured vile false slur, but it wasn't a deepfake ... so that's OK, then? AI + ML11 Oct 2023 | 7
Microsoft says VBScript will be ripped from Windows in future release It's PowerShell or something similar in the not too distant future OSes10 Oct 2023 | 48
Microsoft extends life support for aging Apache Cassandra 3.11 database But only if you're ready to cozy up in Azure's abode Databases10 Oct 2023 |
Incus 0.1 is Canonical's LXD 'containervisor' with Ubuntu integration stripped out Community fork delivers first code for more distro-neutral functionality OSes10 Oct 2023 |
SAP customers on brink of ERPocalypse as 2025 support cliff looms for ECC When German vendor promised service until 2027, not everyone qualified Databases10 Oct 2023 | 10
Microsoft does not want ValueLicensing CEO anywhere near its confidentiality ring Perpetual license case perpetually rumbles on Software10 Oct 2023 | 11
Unity CEO 'retires' in the wake of fee fiasco Ex-Red Hat CEO James M Whitehurst takes the big chair in the interim Software10 Oct 2023 | 46
Japanese PM says international AI regulations will be here by Christmas G7 to meet after getting ideas from UN’s Internet Governance Forum AI + ML10 Oct 2023 | 8
Forcing Apple to allow third-party app stores isn't enough Opinion You're excited about Meta offering iOS apps via Facebook ads? Really? Applications09 Oct 2023 | 74
Qualtrics culls 780 jobs amid 'complex' growth spurt Staff get Zoom meeting to hear how they might be hit after phase of rapid hiring ends Software09 Oct 2023 | 6
The generative AI easy button: How to run a POC in your datacenter There’s an easy way to get started with generative AI without long procurement cycles or substantial deployments - here’s how Commissioned
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Microsoft drops official support for Python 3.7 in Visual Studio Code Should still work for the foreseeable future, but rely on it at your own risk Software09 Oct 2023 | 25
UK data watchdog warns Snap over My AI chatbot privacy issues AI in brief Plus: 4channers are making troll memes with Bing AI, and more AI + ML09 Oct 2023 | 6
Apple antique aficionados can boot to the future with OpenCore Legacy Patcher FOSS Fest Hackintoshing reaches a wider audience – owners of older Macs OSes09 Oct 2023 | 19
Scripted shortcut caused double-click disaster of sysadmin's own making Who, Me? Tech remembers why those safeguards were there there to start with Software09 Oct 2023 | 106
SoftBank boss Masayoshi Son predicts artificial general intelligence is a decade away 'Investo-bot, make me rich' is his vision – powered by Arm chips, natch AI + ML09 Oct 2023 | 19
AI girlfriend encouraged man to attempt crossbow assassination of Queen 21-year-old jailed for nine years after he was egged on by Replika bot AI + ML06 Oct 2023 | 110
Microsoft Cortana's farewell tour comes to the Windows Insider program Last season's assistant shuffles off from the Canary build of Windows 11 OSes06 Oct 2023 | 13
ELKS and Fuzix: Linux – and Unix – writ very, very small That is not dead which can eternal lie. Iä! Iä! IA16! OSes06 Oct 2023 | 36
In rare bout of generosity, Oracle extends free support for Database 19c Big Red says it wants to give customers time to upgrade to 23c, which only exists in the cloud for now Databases06 Oct 2023 | 5
Acting union calls out Hollywood studios for 'double standard' on AI use Actors would get sued for violating their IP, why is the opposite not true? AI + ML05 Oct 2023 | 15
When is a PC an AI PC? Nobody seems to know or wants to tell Canalys EMEA Forum HP and Lenovo developing machines with LLMs – maybe it'll be in the price? AI + ML05 Oct 2023 | 35
Not even the ghost of obsolescence can coerce users onto Windows 11 It's a great advert for Ubuntu anyway OSes05 Oct 2023 | 209
After a clean and inclusive Ubuntu-based desktop? Elementary, dear user iPadOS-like distro reaches 7.1 and talks to you on installation OSes05 Oct 2023 | 6
DuckDB shuns VC breadcrumbs so support isn't all it's quacked up to be Company behind popular in-process OLAP system feels weight of success Databases05 Oct 2023 | 1
Canva creates $200M kitty to pay creators for stuff they feed its design-bot Maybe this being-ethical-with-creators-and-not-just-ripping-off-their-stuff thing is gathering steam AI + ML05 Oct 2023 | 7
Microsoft rolls OpenAI's text-to-pic DALL-E 3 into Bing AI-made images invisibly watermarked – as academics warn that kind of measure is pointless AI + ML04 Oct 2023 | 2
Dell jumps on personalized GenAI biz wagon with 'customizable' pitch Flags up enterprise customer adoption 'hesitancy,' though, as data governance worries persist AI + ML04 Oct 2023 | 1
Mint freshens up its Linux garden for Ubuntu and Debian fans One version's edgier than the other OSes04 Oct 2023 | 27
City council Oracle megaproject got a code red – and they went live anyway Poor security and segregation of duties also worry auditors Databases04 Oct 2023 | 59
Ex-Microsoft maverick takes us on a trip through vintage Task Manager code Plus: Have you updated to the latest version of Bloated Fetal Sacs? OSes04 Oct 2023 | 22
Human knocks down woman in hit-and-run. Then driverless Cruise car parks on top of her Victim in critical condition AI + ML04 Oct 2023 | 122
If you want to fund open source code via Patreon with GitHub, well now you can Exploited open source maintainers get broader payment pleading options Devops03 Oct 2023 | 4
ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam Compiles learning and code to pass – but not necessarily with flying colors AI + ML03 Oct 2023 | 17
AMD graphics card users report gremlins with Windows 11 It looks like you spent hours tuning your settings – shall I reset them for you? OSes03 Oct 2023 | 11
Microsoft CEO whinges about Google's default search deals Alleges it achieved dominance through nefarious means – but who would do such a thing? Software03 Oct 2023 | 23
And now for something completely different: Python 3.12 Nobody expects more flexible string parsing Devops03 Oct 2023 | 29
MongoDB promises to keep its hands off application building Yet history tells us it's an ever present temptation to grab greater chunks of the stack Databases03 Oct 2023 | 1
Watermarking AI images to fight misinfo and deepfakes may be pretty pointless Exclusive Basically, it's 'not going to work' AI + ML02 Oct 2023 | 29
Fuming Tom Hanks says he had nothing to do with that AI dental ad clone of him Updated I'm not a smart man, but I know it should be cast away AI + ML02 Oct 2023 | 27
openSUSE offers Slowroll distro for those scared by the speed of Tumbleweed Keep rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin' OSes02 Oct 2023 | 8
NSA hopes AI Security Center will help US outsmart, outwit, and outlast adversaries Agency boss warns enemies trying to nick AI advances and 'corrupt our application of it' AI + ML02 Oct 2023 | 1
Outlook's clingy 'reopen last session' prompt gets the boot It looks like you're a perpetual Office user who needs a hidden feature disabled. Would you like help? Applications02 Oct 2023 | 16
Lost your luggage? That's nothing – we just lost your whole flight! Who, me? Tech's second day on the job nearly saw his high-flying career grounded Databases02 Oct 2023 | 96
OpenAI warns folks over GPT-4 Vision's limits and flaws AI In Brief Plus: Mistral emits uncensored model, Meta expands Llama 2's context window, Alexa drills into your voice AI + ML02 Oct 2023 | 4
What's next for VMware? Long-term Virtzilla-watchers predict Broadcom's moves Consensus is cuts and spin-offs are coming, whether they'll help is another matter Virtualization02 Oct 2023 | 4
Free software pioneer Richard Stallman is battling cancer A changed RMS appeared at the GNU 40th anniversary event in Switzerland OSes29 Sep 2023 | 44
UTM: An Apple hypervisor with some unique extra abilities Friday FOSS Fest Fancy running Windows, Linux and Classic MacOS on your modern x86-64 or Arm64 Mac? Walk this way Virtualization29 Sep 2023 | 18
Bringing AI to reality How DeepBrain made the most of Lenovo's AI Innovators Program Sponsored Feature
Contract for England's controversial health data platform delayed NHS also launches £2M project to engage patients with data strategy Databases29 Sep 2023 | 14
CNCF's chief techie talks WebAssembly, AI and licenses Interview Or how one pesky press release ruined a vacation Software29 Sep 2023 | 3
Infosys launches aviation cloud it claims can halve lost luggage Also optimizes routes and tames crowds, but can't stop that person who just reclined into your knees Software29 Sep 2023 | 24
Red Hat bins Bugzilla for RHEL issue tracking, jumps on Jira Just in time to get Atlassian’s latest cross-team collab bits Software29 Sep 2023 | 51
Medium asks AI bot crawlers: Please, please don't scrape bloggers' musings OpenAI and Google might respect robots.txt but how about the others? AI + ML29 Sep 2023 | 7
OpenAI in talks with Jony Apple Ive and Softbank over iPhone-but-for-AI monster So, a portable Alexa or Google Home-esque gadget? AI + ML28 Sep 2023 | 3
More and more LLMs in biz products, but who'll take responsibility for their output? ServiceNow and SAP join the genAI frenzy, but users advised to 'keep a human in the loop' AI + ML28 Sep 2023 | 9
NTT will take those SAP licenses off your hands if it helps ease cloud migration Bid to break impasse where boards only see costs Databases28 Sep 2023 | 5
Cloudflare loosens AI from the network edge using GPU-accelerated Workers Isn't that how Skynet took over? AI + ML28 Sep 2023 |
If the Linux Foundation was a software company, it'd be the biggest in the world Kubecon The Kubernetes circus hits Shanghai and ponders how to connect engineers Software28 Sep 2023 | 13