One-year countdown to 'biggest Ctrl-Alt-Delete in history' as Windows 10 approaches end of support Microsoft's hardware compatibility gamble still hasn't paid off OSes14 Oct 2024 | 123
Get more licenses for less with SAP price tiering, advise experts German ERP vendor entices users to cloud, but be aware of how the system works, ITAM experts warn Databases14 Oct 2024 | 4
Compression? What's that? And why is the network congested and the PCs frozen? Who, Me? The only thing worse than a Reply All storm is a Send All storm Software14 Oct 2024 | 101
WordPress saga escalates as WP Engine plugin forcibly forked and legal letters fly WP Engine seems to be excluded from sponsoring events, too Software14 Oct 2024 | 24
Indonesia orders Apple, Google to take down Chinese bargain app Temu Plus: Infosys stops sending job offer emails; Singtel outage; Australia to require ransomware payment reveals Applications13 Oct 2024 | 3
Anthropic's Claude vulnerable to 'emotional manipulation' AI model safety only goes so far AI + ML12 Oct 2024 | 42
Ubuntu turns 20: 'Oracular Oriole' shows this old bird's still got plenty of flight The 24.10 release offers fun and freshness, but not immutability Software11 Oct 2024 | 45
Windows 11 24H2 hoards 8.63 GB of junk you can't delete When the 'cleanup' option stubbornly refuses OSes11 Oct 2024 | 73
Why send a message when you can get your Zoom digital video clone to read the script? We're sure colleagues will find your lookalike, soundalike avatar's missive very warm and human AI + ML11 Oct 2024 | 29
Apple macOS 15 Sequoia is officially UNIX. If anyone cares... Explainer But what does that mean? OSes11 Oct 2024 | 59
Techie took five minutes to fix problem Adobe and Microsoft couldn't solve in two weeks On Call This is why every admin loves to hate Windows OSes11 Oct 2024 | 149
Tencent builds one NoSQL database to rule all data models Exclusive Tamed DB sprawl and saved cloudy resources with 'X-Stor' Databases11 Oct 2024 | 8
GSA plows ahead with face matching tech despite its own reliability concerns A week after saying remote ID verification tech is unreliable, the GSA is expanding access to other agencies Software10 Oct 2024 | 3
Microsoft admits Outlook crashes, says impact 'mitigated' Users just need to 'refresh/restart' their sessions Software10 Oct 2024 | 61
AMD aims latest processors at AI whether you need it or not Ryzen AI PRO 300 series leans heavily on Microsoft's Copilot+ PC requirements AI + ML10 Oct 2024 | 6
Version 7.6 – the 'OpenBSD of Theseus' – released Ideal for black-clad ultra-minimalist types. You probably wouldn't like it OSes10 Oct 2024 | 32
You have issues with 'Issues' always being called 'Issues' in Jira, so Atlassian now allows them to be called ‘Tasks’ Developers get auto-coding ideas drawn from bug reports, and more AI besides Devops10 Oct 2024 | 22
OpenAI says Chinese gang tried to phish its staff Claims its models aren't making threat actors more sophisticated - but is helping debug their code Cybersecurity Month10 Oct 2024 | 4
Deno 2.0 looks to backward compatibility to move forward Modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript plays nicer with Node.js Devops09 Oct 2024 | 4
Nobel Chemistry Prize goes to AlphaFold, Rosetta creators - another win for AI Let’s just hope they don’t give the literature award to a bot, too Science09 Oct 2024 | 5
CIQ takes Rocky Linux corporate with $25K price tag Backs RHEL-compatible distro with indemnification and update guarantees OSes09 Oct 2024 | 21
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Thunderbird for Android is go – at least the beta is A traditional-style rich email client – but for tablets Applications09 Oct 2024 | 41
Copilot's crudeness has left Microsoft chasing Google, again Opinion Surely Redmond knows that almost nobody has tamed unstructured data? AI + ML09 Oct 2024 | 27
Supermicro crams 18 GPUs into a 3U AI server that's a little slow by design Can handle edge inferencing or run a 64 display command center Systems09 Oct 2024 | 2
OpenAI appoints international expansion boss Picks Singapore as APAC hub and outlines desire to get governments onside AI + ML09 Oct 2024 | 4
LinkedIn: If our AI gets something wrong, that's your problem Artificial intelligence still no substitute for the real thing AI + ML09 Oct 2024 | 21
Using iPhone Mirroring at work? You might have just overshared to your boss What does IT glimpse but a dating app on your wee little screen Software08 Oct 2024 | 26
Incumbent congressman not turning up to debates? Train an AI on his press releases Hallucinations, made-up facts... and that's just the human politicians AI + ML08 Oct 2024 | 10
Starlink was offered for free to those hit by Hurricane Helene. It is not entirely free Updated And now SpaceX clarifies special promotion Networks08 Oct 2024 | 152
Netizens are torturing Google's AI podcast hosts NotebookLM's Audio Overview feature rudely discovers its wife never existed AI + ML08 Oct 2024 | 12
Eric Schmidt: Build more AI datacenters, we aren't going to 'hit climate goals anyway' Perhaps the power-draining tech is the solution after all, posits former Google CEO AI + ML08 Oct 2024 | 80
Switching customers from Linux to BSD because boring is good EuroBSDcon 2024 Stability? Predictability? Reliability? Where's the fun in that? OSes08 Oct 2024 | 121
AI-driven e-commerce fraud is surging, but you can fight back with more AI Juniper Research argues the only way to beat them is to join them AI + ML08 Oct 2024 | 7
Linus Torvalds declares war on the passive voice Linux contributors told to sort out their grammar lest they be actively corrected OSes08 Oct 2024 | 142
Workday beats Oracle and Microsoft in UK 'Matrix' ERP deal The SaaS-only provider and Cognizant snag £144.3M in gov software shake-up Databases08 Oct 2024 | 8
Where AI meets everyday business apps Access Google’s Gemini at Work event to learn how AI can boost enterprise user productivity Sponsored Post
Microsoft veteran ditches Team Tabs, blaming storage trauma of yesteryear How do you indent yours? Software08 Oct 2024 | 115
A year after taking on Intel's NUC mini-PCs, Asus says it's ready to improve them AI is showing the way to new possibilities after a tricky first year Personal Tech08 Oct 2024 | 37
XCP-NG thanks Broadcom for increased interest, swipes Citrix for not helping build an alternative XenServer fork plans to make its next version a better target for VMware migrations Virtualization08 Oct 2024 | 4
China reportedly tells local AI buyers to ignore Nvidia In Brief Plus: Google, Oracle, spend $9.5 billion on Asia datacenters; Philippines to tax clouds; Vietnam infosec praised; and more AI + ML08 Oct 2024 | 3
Epic judge orders Google to let rivals set up app stores Chocolate Factory vows to appeal Applications07 Oct 2024 | 19
Inflection AI Enterprise offering ditches Nvidia GPUs for Intel's Gaudi 3 Struggling chipmaker scores another win Systems07 Oct 2024 | 2
Cops love facial recognition, and withholding info on its use from the courts Withholding exculpatory evidence from suspects isn't a great look when the tech is already questionable Security07 Oct 2024 | 23
SAP offers different way to move SQL Server-based software to the cloud Just don’t call it an alternative to RISE with SAP Databases07 Oct 2024 | 3
Rival browsers cry foul after Microsoft Edge slips through EU gatekeeper cracks Vivaldi and others line up behind Opera to request a rethink Software07 Oct 2024 | 18
Xfce 4.20 creeps toward Wayland support while Mint 22.1 polishes desktop routine A couple of FOSS goodies that should be ready for the festive season OSes07 Oct 2024 | 13
An easy route to AI-enhanced productivity How the integration of Google Gemini across Google Workspace turbo charges existing apps with AI power Sponsored Feature
Meta gives Llama 3 vision, now if only it had a brain Hands on El Reg gets its claws in multimodal models - and shows you how to use them and what they can do AI + ML06 Oct 2024 | 35
159 Automattic staff take severance offer and walk out over WP Engine feud WordPress supremo Mullenweg channels Churchill: Never let a good crisis go to waste Software04 Oct 2024 | 39
Office 2024 unveiled for Microsoft 365 refuseniks For the IT professional who has to take work home Applications04 Oct 2024 | 63
Busybox 1.37 is tiny but capable, the way we like Linux tools to be Self-proclaimed Swiss Army knife of embedded Linux moves slow and fixes things in latest release Software04 Oct 2024 | 45
Google Cloud to help India export its Digital Public Infrastructure Bundles free government apps to help digital diplomacy – and maybe find some new customers Public Sector04 Oct 2024 | 2
John Deere accused of being full of manure with its right-to-repair promises Tractor maker has only turned over shoddy tools, half-baked info, may be breaking the law, says senator Personal Tech03 Oct 2024 | 54
Saying goodbye to the tech dreams Microsoft abandoned with Windows 11 24H2 Is that a Mixed Reality headset, or just a complicated paperweight? Oh and farewell WordPad OSes03 Oct 2024 | 23
Google expands visual, audio search, lets AI handle layout AI Overviews get links to referenced websites – and ads AI + ML03 Oct 2024 | 3
Valve powers up Arch Linux – because who needs Windows when you have a Steam Deck? Distro behind the handheld console announces corporate sponsorship OSes03 Oct 2024 | 47
The force is strong in Iceberg: Are the table format wars entering the final chapter? Interview Former Apple engineer and Apache PMC member Russell Spitzer describes efforts to unite around a single format Databases03 Oct 2024 | 26
Mega supermarket spots stock discrepancy of tens of millions amid ERP system migration Exclusive Britain's Asda admits tech divorce from ex-owner Walmart is still overrunning Databases03 Oct 2024 | 109