- Apple called on to ditch AI headline summaries after BBC debacle
'Facts can't be decided by a roll of the dice' Press freedom advocates are urging Apple to ditch an "immature" generative AI system that incorrectly summarized a BBC news notification that incorrectly related that suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter Luigi Mangione had killed himself.…
- Microsoft investigating 365 Office activation gremlin
Says it's not sure what the issue is but points at admins tweaking licensing options It's not just you, there is indeed an activation problem in Microsoft 365 Office triggered by administrators making changes at the licensing level.…
- Adélie Linux 1.0 – small, fast, but not quite grown up
Remarkably compact, remarkably cross-platform, remarkably long beta period Beta 6 of Adélie Linux is arriving, just over six years after Beta 1 – but they do say that good things come to those who wait.…
- The Automattic vs WP Engine WordPress wars are getting really annoying
Forks at dawn.... but it's not great sign for open source Opinion I am so sick of this. I've been a happy WordPress user since it rolled out the door in 2003, and I kissed Vignette (since acquired by OpenText) goodbye. WordPress was just so much easier to use than the alternatives; it was open source; and it was free. It was such a win!…
- Fedora Asahi Remix 41 for Apple Macs is out
New shiny if you run Linux on an M1 or M2 The Fedora 41 version of Asahi Linux is out – the go-to Linux distro for Apple Silicon Macs.…
- Techie fluked a fix and found himself the abusive boss's best friend
And there his troubles began … On Call Digital technology remains frighteningly finickity, which is why good tech support people are always in demand – and also the reason The Register never tires of telling your support stories each Friday in On Call, the column your generosity makes possible.…
- Rocks from Chinese Moon mission suggest Luna's history needs revision
Meanwhile, NASA signs off on Artemis software upgrade Chinese scientists think it's time to rewrite the Moon's history after analyzing samples returned to Earth by the Chang'e 6 mission.…
- Infosec experts divided on AI's potential to assist red teams
Yes, LLMs can do the heavy lifting. But good luck getting one to give evidence CANALYS FORUMS APAC Generative AI is being enthusiastically adopted in almost every field, but infosec experts are divided on whether it is truly helpful for red team raiders who test enterprise systems.…
- Microsoft coughs up yet more Windows 11 24H2 headaches
Users report the sound of silence from operating system update Microsoft has logged some new known issues with Windows 11 24H2 and thrown up more safeguard holds until the problems are resolved.…
- Axiom Space shuffles space station assembly sequence – to get it standalone sooner
Aiming to be freeflying by 2028. Handy if anything should happen to the ISS Axiom Space has shuffled the assembly sequence of its space station to remove any dependence it would have on the International Space Station (ISS) by as soon as 2028.…
- US bipartisan group publishes laundry list of AI policy requests
Chair Jay Obernolte urges Congress to act – whether it will is another matter After 10 months of work, the bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence in the US house of Congress has unveiled its report, outlining recommendations for federal AI policy.…
- Million GPU clusters, gigawatts of power – the scale of AI defies logic
It's not just one hyperbolic billionaire – the entire industry is chasing the AI dragon Comment Next year will see some truly monstrous compute projects get underway as the AI boom enters its third year. Among the largest disclosed so far is xAI's plan to expand its Colossus AI supercomputer from an already impressive 100,000 GPUs to a cool million.…
- Stranded in space: Starliner crew to remain in orbit even longer as SpaceX faces delays
Week-long mission set to stretch into ninth month Two astronauts who traveled to the International Space Station aboard Boeing's problem-plagued Starliner are facing another extended delay. …
- Apple and Meta trade barbs over interoperability requests
Both are only thinking about the best interests of users, of course The European Commission (EC) has continued pushing Apple to open up more of iOS to third parties, and Apple has pushed back, warning that doing so risks user privacy.…
- Watchdog deep-sixes job ad that was actually pay-to-play training course
Misleading listing on a recruitment site? Whatever next? The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has slapped IT Career Change Ltd on the wrist over a September 2024 ad promoting a career in Health & Safety.…
- Asda decided on a 'no go' for 'mass rollout' of store IT conversion
Amid plans to convert smaller stores, retailer opted to stall December shift as Walmart tech divorce continues Exclusive Asda decided not to go ahead with planned cut-over dates to introduce new systems at some smaller stores earlier this month as part of its technical divorce from Walmart, the previous owner of the UK's third-largest supermarket.…
- Humanoid robots coming soon, initially under remote control
Dodgy AI chatbots as brains – what could go wrong? Feature The first telephone call in 1876 was marked by Alexander Graham Bell's request to his assistant, Thomas, "Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you."…
- Don't fall for a mail asking for rapid Docusign action – it may be an Azure account hijack phish
Recent campaign targeted 20,000 folk across UK and Europe with this tactic, Unit 42 warns Unknown criminals went on a phishing expedition that targeted about 20,000 users across the automotive, chemical and industrial compound manufacturing sectors in Europe, and tried to steal account credentials and then hijack the victims' Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure.…
- Fear of Foxconn reportedly driving possible Nissan, Honda and Mitsubishi merger
The EV race is well and truly running, and no-one wants to be left in the dust The automotive industry has been shaken this week by news that giant Japanese carmakers Nissan and Honda are contemplating a merger, with Mitsubishi Motors apparently keen to become part of the mix.…
- Supreme Court to hear TikTok's appeal against law that would force it to shut, or sell
Will consider free speech arguments just nine days before the clock runs out The US Supreme Court has decided to consider made-in-China social network TikTok's appeal against the law that requires it to shift to local ownership, or close, by January 19.…
- Intel sued again over struggling foundry business
Derivatives claim seeks damages from execs and board members Beleaguered chipmaker Intel has been sued yet again by shareholders over its foundry business, this time in a derivative lawsuit targeting executives and board members.…
- US reportedly mulls TP-Link router ban over national security risk
It could end up like Huawei -Trump's gonna get ya, get ya, get ya updated The Feds may ban the sale of TP-Link routers in the US over ongoing national security concerns about Chinese-made devices being used in cyberattacks.…
- SpaceX rocketeers get fresh FAA license for next Starship launch
Authorization comes less than a month after flight 6: 'The FAA continues to increase efficiencies' The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is issuing a license authorization for the next test flight of SpaceX's Starship.…
- Microsoft won't let customers opt out of passkey push
Enrollment invitations will continue until security improves Microsoft last week lauded the success of its efforts to convince customers to use passkeys instead of passwords, without actually quantifying that success.…
- Boffins trick AI model into giving up its secrets
All it took to make an Google Edge TPU give up model hyperparameters was specific hardware, a novel attack technique … and several days Computer scientists from North Carolina State University have devised a way to copy AI models running on Google Edge Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), as used in Google Pixel phones and third-party machine learning accelerators.…
- Xfce 4.20 is out: Wayland support lands, but some pieces are still missing
The Unixi-est of desktops gets a wide-ranging update Comment The new version of the longest-established Linux desktop is here, and at last, it's possible to use Wayland – although not everything works yet.…
- We told Post Office about system problems at the highest level, Fujitsu tells Horizon Inquiry
State-owned retail company was not subordinate to Japanese multinational in technical matters, legal rep says Fujitsu has said it continually told the Post Office about problems with Horizon, the computer system at the center of one of the UK's widest miscarriages of justice, as its client prosecuted branch managers for accounting discrepancies.…
- When old Microsoft codenames crop up in curious places
Chicago is my kind of driver model Pour a cup of cocoa and settle down for another episode of Microsoft Storytime. Why do codenames sometimes linger on in the implementation of products?…
- When your technological ghosts come back to haunt you, expect humbug
Spirits of the NeXTcube, the web ad, and the cursed smartphone deliver a seasonal Technicarol Column On a Christmas Eve when nothing felt right, I lapsed into a deep yet disturbed sleep.…
- Even Netflix struggles to identify and understand the cost of its AWS estate
If you have trouble keeping track of your various streaming subscriptions, you're gonna love the irony Keeping track of the amount of cloudy resources an org uses, and the cost of doing so, is notoriously tricky – so tricky, indeed, that even Netflix isn't on top of it.…
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