Web Summit CEO's comments on Israeli conflict 'war crimes' sparks boycott Intel, Siemens, Google, Meta, and Stripe among event walkouts Personal Tech20 Oct 2023 | 7
Net neutrality is back in the Land of the Free – for now Until the Democrats leave office, that is Networks20 Oct 2023 | 2
Look ma, no fans: Mini PC boasts slimline solid-state active cooling system Hong Kong-based maker claims cooler is 'silent' Personal Tech20 Oct 2023 | 29
Imagine a world without egress fees or cloud software license disparities UK regulator lists series of potential remedies for anti-competitive practices early on in probe Public Sector20 Oct 2023 | 3
Royal College considers no confidence move after Excel recruitment debacle Mangled spreadsheets mean government was asleep on the job and should be held to account Personal Tech20 Oct 2023 | 27
AMD gives 7000-series Threadrippers a frequency bump with Epyc core counts Workstation CPUs hit 96 cores, high-end desktops get 64. Prices nearly as high as clock speeds Systems20 Oct 2023 | 8
US government's Login.gov turns frown upside down, now smiles on facial recognition Authentication portal to match snaps on existing IDs with user-provided snaps Personal Tech19 Oct 2023 | 20
Biden has brought the ban hammer down on US export of AI chips to China Analysis Datacenter GPUs and some consumer cards now exceed performance limits Systems19 Oct 2023 | 9
World's largest chipmaker TSMC's sales down on last year, says upswing 'coming' Isn't that what it said last time? Premium chips are picking up ... no really Systems19 Oct 2023 |
Nokia to erase up to 14,000 employees from payroll Profits plunge, sales down in Q3. Multi-year cost cutting drive means staff will be decimated Networks19 Oct 2023 | 6
First Brexit, now X-it: Musk 'considering' pulling platform from EU over probe Comment Plus: Working from home is 'detached from reality' says world's richest man Personal Tech19 Oct 2023 | 206
India courts IBM, Intel, and Tower for chip partnerships - all in one day Big Blue in early talks to advance local RISC-V designs Systems19 Oct 2023 | 1
What's unconstitutional about Google keyword search warrants? Nothing, says Colorado Supreme Court Arson case produces a very tricky precedent for anyone who values digital privacy Personal Tech18 Oct 2023 | 24
Come work at HQ... or find a new job, Roblox CEO tells staff Games developer latest to row back on WFH flexibility. 'Zoom fatigue is real,' says bigwig On-Prem18 Oct 2023 | 36
Sony, Honda tease EV that aims to be a lounge on wheels Video 'Afeela' packs Qualcomm kit, screens galore, runs Android and will have an app ecosystem Personal Tech18 Oct 2023 | 36
Apple finds another use for USB-C – a cheaper Pencil It’s also shorter, lousy under pressure, and needs a dongle on the cheapest iPad Personal Tech18 Oct 2023 | 11
Google and Qualcomm to bring RISC-V to the wrist in next-gen wearable platform Wear OS is basically Android, so this effort may do some heavy lifting to evade Arm SoCs in future phones Personal Tech18 Oct 2023 | 3
America extends China chip export bans and acts to cut off backdoor exports Chips cunningly designed to be less powerful and evade sanctions look to be in trouble Systems18 Oct 2023 | 6
TSMC abandons plans for 2nm chip plant after Taiwanese locals protest Foundry giant now searching for new home for high-end fab site Systems17 Oct 2023 |
Japan cruises ahead with drive-thru EV charging trial Perfect antidote to range anxiety ... if it works and they can sort compatibility Personal Tech17 Oct 2023 | 32
In-memory database Redis wants to dabble in disk Aims to lower costs and broaden appeal of system popular with devs
Royal College considers no confidence move after Excel recruitment debacle Mangled spreadsheets mean government was asleep on the job and should be held to account
Nokia to erase up to 14,000 employees from payroll Profits plunge, sales down in Q3. Multi-year cost cutting drive means staff will be decimated
First Brexit, now X-it: Musk 'considering' pulling platform from EU over probe Comment Plus: Working from home is 'detached from reality' says world's richest man
Analysts scratch heads over MariaDB's decision to ditch DBaaS crown jewels 'Their future is murky at the moment'
Casio keyed up after data loss hits customers in 149 countries Crooks broke into the ClassPad server and swiped online learning database
Making the problem go away is not the same thing as fixing it On Call The difference is especially stark at 2:00 AM
Indian authorities raid fake tech support rings after tipoff from Amazon and Microsoft Also went after crypto-crooks who sought money to buy miners for fake token
Amazon unveils new drone design, plans liftoff of aerial delivery in UK, Italy Smaller, quieter, and expected to deliver millions of packages in coming years
Corner cutting of nuclear proportions as duo admit to falsifying safety tests 29 times No word on motivation but pair face up to 5 years in the cooler
Amazon's Project Kuiper satellites prepare for testing after one late Prime delivery If all goes well, production to start 'before the end of the year' Networks17 Oct 2023 | 8
Ericsson pins hopes on cloudy future after Q3 lightens wallets Watch out, 'macroeconomic uncertainty' is at it again as network operators slow deployments Networks17 Oct 2023 |
UK government slammed for Palantir 'free trial period' deal in Ukraine housing scheme Updated US spy-tech vendor’s tactic deemed 'contrary to the principles of public procurement' Public Sector17 Oct 2023 | 17
iPhone 15 Pro Max users report seeing ghostly OLED apparitions A Weekend at Burn-ins Personal Tech17 Oct 2023 | 21
Raspberry Pi 5: Hot takes and cooler mistakes How does the device fare as a daily driver, and is cooling really optional? Personal Tech17 Oct 2023 | 72
Cloudflare exiles baseboard management controller from its server motherboards Puts Datacenter-ready Secure Control Modules to work in boxen built by Lenovo Systems17 Oct 2023 | 1
Chinese CPUs to feature in servers made by sanctioned Russian company Beijing appears to have lifted its ban on Loongson processors reaching Moscow Systems17 Oct 2023 | 14
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 Networks17 Oct 2023 | 13
Intel's 14th-gen Raptor Lake Refresh turns turbos up to 6GHz, gives i7 an E-core bump TSMC-equipped Meteor Lake mobile parts not coming until December Systems16 Oct 2023 | 3
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 Networks16 Oct 2023 | 43
Meta Quest 3 is a virtual reality of repair insanity Bravery and a bucket for the screws required to service latest idiot visor Personal Tech16 Oct 2023 | 9
Microsoft seeking robots to help automate datacenters Redmond runs ad to hire fleshbag team manager to make the magic happen On-Prem16 Oct 2023 | 4
Ericsson sues Lenovo over 5G patents, accuses it of stalling talks Swedish company claims Moto parent is violating its FRAND commitment Networks16 Oct 2023 | 3
Apple and Lenovo are dropping the ball for visually impaired users Accessibility features help everybody… and one day, you might need them too Personal Tech16 Oct 2023 | 20
Tachyum says someone will build 50 exaFLOPS super with its as-yet unfinished chips Interview 'It's a huge, effing big machine' HPC16 Oct 2023 | 4
One door opens, another one closes, and this one kills a mainframe Who, Me? The Reg brings you balanced coverage of retro-tech Systems16 Oct 2023 | 106
India's AI vision calls for 80 exaFLOPS of infrastructure Or about half of China's recent compute upgrade plan On-Prem16 Oct 2023 | 1
If you're brave enough to move full datacenter racks, here's the robot for you Open Compute Partner with a material handling pedigree appears to be doing it for Meta already On-Prem16 Oct 2023 | 30
India drops plan to place PCs on restricted import list PLUS: TSMC chips away at export restrictions; Singapore's COVID model challenged; Japan's banking and ID systems wobble Systems16 Oct 2023 |
Nvidia boss tells Israeli staff Mellanox founder's daughter was killed in festival massacre And engineer and girlfriend among those held hostage by Hamas On-Prem14 Oct 2023 | 115
Canon claims its nanoimprint litho machines capable of 5nm chip production Probably not a threat to ASML's EUV tech just yet, analyst tells El Reg On-Prem13 Oct 2023 | 21
Biden hopes to squeeze loopholes to slow China's devouring of US AI chips Won't stop supply of nerfed export-friendly accelerators Systems13 Oct 2023 | 4
Nvidia's accelerated cadence spells trouble for AMD and Intel's AI aspirations Analysis Or it could, just as soon as they figure out how to make the networking work Systems13 Oct 2023 | 10
UK silicon startups to share £1.3M chump change as part of chip strategy Crumbs compared to the billions thrown about in US and Europe Systems13 Oct 2023 | 27
UK government embarks on bargain bin hunt for AI policy wonk Con: You won't get a Menlo Park salary. Pro: You won't have to meet Zuck Public Sector13 Oct 2023 | 14
Nutanix, Cisco say buyers will get the best of them both There's enough overlap that the deal works already. Next: cloud networks and maybe a storage push On-Prem13 Oct 2023 | 1
Qualcomm to shed over 1,000 staff in California, plus some Brits, starting in December Vice-presidents, engineers among those scheduled to have a rotten Christmas Systems13 Oct 2023 | 6
Samsung nabs contract to produce 3nm server chips for mystery US biz Parts reportedly geared toward high-performance compute and leverage advanced packaging Systems13 Oct 2023 |
US venture capitalist spending continues to slide, hits six year low in Q3 Looking for a bright spot? Well, it's easier to beg the Feds for cash now, say researchers CxO12 Oct 2023 | 3
A $353M question: Did Meta muzzle a VR venture? Quest for control as AEI alleges Meta's monopolistic missteps Personal Tech12 Oct 2023 | 7
Beijing-backed server chip startup formed by ex-Arm China execs Almost a quarter of SoftBank-owned chip designer's total revenue comes via Middle Kingdom, um, arm Systems12 Oct 2023 | 16
DARPA worried battlefield mixed reality vulnerable to 'cognitive attacks' Hacks, physical tricks could turn headsets into vomit extractors, but tests already show no ops needed for that Public Sector12 Oct 2023 | 6
Starlink starts advertising Direct to Cell satellite phone service as coming in '2024' Slated to work with existing 4G phones, though space rivals still trying to shoot it down Networks12 Oct 2023 | 24
Cilium leaves incubator, gets the nod from Cloud Native Computing Foundation eBPF project jumps from 'just a network plugin' moves to begin wide adoption Networks12 Oct 2023 | 3
Brit competition regulator will make or break Vodafone and Three union Interested parties invited to speak now or forever hold your peace Networks12 Oct 2023 | 42
Google's third-party cookie culling to begin in Q1 2024 ... for 1% of Chrome users And in full swing starting Q3 Personal Tech12 Oct 2023 | 11
EU consultation on future telecoms cools on having big tech pay for network builds €1.5 trillion needed in the next five years – some to turf Huawei – and nobody's quite sure where to find it Networks12 Oct 2023 | 11
Latest SiFive RISC-V cores aim to boost performance, accelerate AI workloads Those are some fat vector registers Systems11 Oct 2023 | 4
California's Governor Newsom signs laws on right to repair and data deletion 'Digital emancipation proclamation' praised by tech tinkerers, but info brokers aren't happy Personal Tech11 Oct 2023 | 11
EU threatens X with DSA penalties over spread of Israel-Hamas disinformation Final update Meta also told to clean out election-bothering deepfakes from its empire – or face the music Personal Tech11 Oct 2023 | 81
Your phone's cracked screen may one day heal itself, but try not to drop it for now Analysts 'put stake in the ground' to say tech will hit market in matter of years Personal Tech11 Oct 2023 | 18
What to expect when the UK-US Data Bridge comes into force this week Opinion Britain's privacy watchdog still not happy that agreement 'appropriately' protects sensitive data CxO11 Oct 2023 | 19
ASUS thinks outside the 4″ x 4″ box with plans for custom NUCs Commercial customers are in the frame, and gamers aren't forgotten, as it takes on Intel's mini PCs Personal Tech11 Oct 2023 | 5
APNIC close to completing delegation of its final /8 IPv4 block Asian internet registry still has 5M 32-bit addresses from different sources – or practically infinite IPv6s Networks11 Oct 2023 | 6
Intel offers $179 Arc A580 GPU to gamers on a budget 640K, sorry, 1080p ought to be enough for anybody Personal Tech11 Oct 2023 | 25
Twitter further restricts free tier with option to limit replies to verified accounts The digital town square, but with more pay-to-play curbs Personal Tech11 Oct 2023 | 63
Microsoft reportedly runs GitHub's AI Copilot at a loss Analysis Redmond willing to do its accounts in red ink to get you hooked CxO11 Oct 2023 | 6
Judge tosses Sonos's $32.5M patent win over Google with savage slam down 'It is wrong that our system was used to punish an innovator and to enrich a pretender' Personal Tech10 Oct 2023 | 20
Google pays Apple $18B to $20B a year to keep its search in iPhone Bernstein estimates value of agreement, warns it and similar deals may end if DoJ wins antitrust case Personal Tech10 Oct 2023 | 12
RISC-V org claims export restrictions would stifle innovation Efforts to deny China access will hurt the 'open' part of open standard, says collab body CEO Systems10 Oct 2023 | 6
Vodafone to fast-track Arm-based OpenRAN for mobile networks Working with Ampere and others in modular approach Networks10 Oct 2023 | 5
IDC: AI is a solution for a PC industry with a sales problem Articulating use cases? Erm, yes but customers are captivated Personal Tech10 Oct 2023 | 13
China's top crypto-mining hardware-maker reportedly furloughs staff Bitmain's 'Antminers' dominate the market – but customers aren't buying On-Prem10 Oct 2023 | 15
US allows Samsung and SK hynix to keep making chips in China Investments protected, diplomatic rift averted … even Beijing likes it Systems10 Oct 2023 | 7
US govt talks up $2B X-ray photobooth to check its nuke weapon sims are right Sub-critical plutonium implosion to be snapped on nanosecond scale HPC09 Oct 2023 | 17
Net neutrality meets opposition in US, while Europe mulls charges for Big Tech Republican senators claim move will never survive judges' scrutiny Networks09 Oct 2023 | 20
Blockchain biz goes nuclear: Standard Power wants to use NuScale reactors for DCs Please, no crypto boom, thank you Systems08 Oct 2023 | 36
Apple pays $500K to make sales bods' complaint about wage theft go away About four minutes of quarterly profit, and it's settled Personal Tech06 Oct 2023 | 6
Google says that YouTube vid can wait if it saves on energy No you don't need to see Mr Beast as much as that local utility needs to power hospitals On-Prem06 Oct 2023 | 26
AI chip biz Graphcore seeks capital to remain going concern Lets off more than 100 staff in US and UK, shutters offices in three countries Systems06 Oct 2023 | 3
Police ignored the laws of datacenter climate control On Call Hello, hello, what have we here, then? A dead Dell, if I'm not mistaken. Whodunnit? On-Prem06 Oct 2023 | 115
Juniper makes 440 redundant to pursue better margins Not even AI offers a lot of upside right now Networks06 Oct 2023 |
Lenovo to offer Android PCs, starting with an all-in-one that can pack a Core i9 Another route to the year of Linux on the desktop. Or the edge Personal Tech06 Oct 2023 | 41
Amazon to launch first Project Kuiper internet satellites Bezos rocket biz not involved this time – now that's a blue origin Networks05 Oct 2023 | 2
Boffins propose RISC-V microcontroller to power cubesats Test chip promises crunching on par with 20-year-old chips while sipping power Systems05 Oct 2023 |
Taiwan looks into claims local companies helped Huawei advance China chipmaking Plus: EU is looking its own strategic export controls – and not just to China Systems05 Oct 2023 | 2
Cat accused of wiping US Veteran Affairs server info after jumping on keyboard Exclusive US govt confirms outage, leaves feline in quantum state of uncertainty Public Sector05 Oct 2023 | 96
Lenovo PC boss: 4 in 5 of our devices will be repairable by 2025 Canalys EMEA Forum And the repair parts will be repairable too. Batteries, SSDs and more will no longer be sealed into casing Personal Tech05 Oct 2023 | 52
BYOD should stand for bring your own disaster, according to Microsoft ransomware data Rising number of RaaS baddies drive global attack numbers up 200% CxO05 Oct 2023 | 9
It's time to celebrate the abysmal efforts to go paperless in the NHS Study reveals a billion spent to store paper records for 5 years as deadlines come and go Public Sector05 Oct 2023 | 59
Intel's Gelsinger grades his chip flip a hit, but AMD exec thinks it's more silicon slip Canalys EMEA Forum Exiting fab biz was 'turning point' for House of Zen, claims Darren Grasby Personal Tech05 Oct 2023 | 7
BlackBerry to split into two companies, foraging for tastier fare for shareholders Hopes to float IoT biz and keep infosec ops, then make a second pressing CxO05 Oct 2023 | 15
Amazon had secret algorithm to hike prices, claims FTC Project Nessie named in the antitrust suit, alleging Bezos's bunch pulled in an extra billion-plus Personal Tech04 Oct 2023 | 30
Google introduces phone-shaped housing for its AI tech Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro out, Chrome goliath ups support to seven years Personal Tech04 Oct 2023 | 5
Atos subsidiary Eviden scores contract win in Europe's first exascale system $526M Jupiter set to rule EU's tech orbit by 2024 HPC04 Oct 2023 |
Airwave a 'license to print money' on legacy blue-light comms contract Updated Profits and revenue increase for Motorola subsidiary challenging regulator price cap ruling Networks04 Oct 2023 | 11
Japan confirms ¥192 billion will flow to help Micron build Hiroshima plant That's $1.3 billion – pocket change compared to CHIPS Acts elsewhere On-Prem04 Oct 2023 | 1
Samsung to fab chips for RISC-V processor world's Tenstorrent For now, chaebol will manufacture AI startup’s 4nm Quasar Systems04 Oct 2023 | 2
Intel spins off FPGA biz with DC boss Sandra Rivera at the helm x86 giant eyes outside cash injections, IPO for Programmable Systems Group within three years Systems03 Oct 2023 | 2
Supreme Court doesn't want to hear union's beef about STEM grad work visas End of the road for those hoping to cut 3-year permit back down to 12 months CxO03 Oct 2023 | 7