- Android keyboard ditches keys entirely, predicts what you mean
Aimed at blind tablet users, although it's winning sighted fans too TapType is a new Android keyboard that's invisible. You can't see it – but that's OK, neither can its developer nor some of its target users.…
- Contracts are in C++26 despite disagreement over their value
Inventor Bjarne Stroustrup argues feature is neither minimal nor viable The ISO C++ committee (WG21) has approved the C++26 standard, described by committee member Herb Sutter as the most compelling release since C++11, and including Contracts, despite opposition to the feature from C++ inventor Bjarne Stroustrup, among others.…
- Memory-makers' shares are down. Some RAM prices have eased. Blaming Google is not a good idea
Chocolate Factory boffins have found a way to reduce AI’s memory use, but don’t assume that means less demand for DRAM The high cost of memory has sideswiped the technology industry, causing server vendors to admit their quotes are guesstimates and depressing sales of PCs and smartphones. Nobody is immune: Microsoft used the RAM panic as cover for fixing Windows 11’s memory gluttony, and Sony suspended orders for compact flash and SD cards because it can’t buy the chips to build them.…
- Surprise! Big Tech has been a bit rubbish at enforcing Australia’s kids social media ban
Regulator ‘moving into an enforcement stance’ and investigating Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat as millions continue to doomscroll Australia’s eSafety Commission is “moving into an enforcement stance” after finding that Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat haven’t done enough to comply with the nation’s social media minimum age (SMMA) obligation, which bans social media outfits from providing their services to children under 16 years of age.…
- GitHub backs down, kills Copilot pull-request ads after backlash
Letting Copilot alter others' PRs was the wrong judgment call, says product manager Updated Microsoft has done a 180. Following backlash from developers, GitHub has removed Copilot's ability to stick ads - what it calls "tips" - into any pull request that invokes its name. …
- OpenAI patches ChatGPT flaw that smuggled data over DNS
Check Point says outbound controls blocked web traffic but overlooked DNS OpenAI talks up data security for its AI services, yet Check Point says that ChatGPT allowed data to leak through a DNS side channel before the flaw was fixed.…
- US PC shipments to fall 13% as memory and storage crunch hits budget systems
Omdia says education, consumer, commercial, and public sector demand will weaken through 2026 US PC shipments are set to fall by 13 percent this year thanks to the ongoing memory and storage crisis, and things are not expected to get better until next year at the earliest, with budget PCs hardest hit.…
- Telnyx joins LiteLLM in latest PyPI package poisoning tied to Trivy breach
Also, EU probes Snapchat, RedLine suspect extradited, AstraZeneca leak claim surfaces, and more infosec in brief The cybercrime crew linked to the Trivy supply-chain attack has struck again, this time pushing malicious Telnyx package versions to PyPI in an effort to plant credential-stealing malware on developers’ systems.…
- FCC says it's making it easier for US telcos to ditch legacy lines
But critics say stopping some engineering tests is not the sort of corner you want to cut America's telecoms regulator has unveiled new measures to speed the transition to modern high-speed networks, but critics argue the move could leave behind those in rural areas or with special needs.…
- Artemis II countdown begins as NASA prepares for crewed Moon flyby
Orion's four astronauts edge toward liftoff for humanity's first lunar voyage in more than 50 years NASA is preparing to send astronauts around the Moon, with the Artemis II mission countdown set to begin tonight.…
- UK fines Irish Apple outpost over sanctions-busting payments to Russian dev
Regulator says payments totaling £635K reached entity owned and controlled by a designated person The UK government has fined an Apple subsidiary £390,000 for breaching sanctions on Russia after it sent more than £600,000 to a developer linked to a designated entity.…
- SAP looking to pull more external data into its AI platform with Reltio acquisition
Merger positioned to boost appeal of ERP giant's Business Data Cloud SAP is to acquire master data management and data integration specialist Reltio with the promise of helping integrate data from outside the vendor's broad application portfolio into its AI platform.…
- Citrix NetScaler bug exploited in days, may be multiple flaws in a trench coat
Researchers say attackers are already looting vulnerable boxes In-the-wild exploitation of a critical Citrix NetScaler bug has begun less than a week after disclosure, with researchers warning that attackers are already poking and pillaging vulnerable boxes.…
- South Korean AI chip startup Rebellions eyes new shores for rack-scale invasion
Funding round comes ahead of planned IPO GPU-makers like Nvidia and AMD may dominate the AI infrastructure market, but there are still more than a few AI chip startups knocking around.…
- Microsoft Fabric Database Hub only a 'partial' solution for admins
Could help break silos, but users should take wait-and-see approach to system limited to Microsoft DBs and DBaaS Microsoft's new Fabric Database Hub is a "partial solution" for enterprises relying on systems outside the vendor's portfolio, but within these confines, it could make databases more connected and manageable, say analysts reacting to the news.…
- Microsoft yanks Windows 11 preview update after install failures
KB5079391 pulled after some devices hit errors, adding to recent quality woes Microsoft has halted the rollout of a Windows update after some users encountered installation errors.…
- Humanoid robots one tiny step closer to exterminating autoworkers' jobs
Torso on a trolley tries its hands in warehouse role That's one small step for Humanoid, or rather a short factory floor traversal. The UK-based robotics biz says it has completed a proof-of-concept test showing its rolling robot can be deployed in a production environment to help with automotive manufacturing.…
- European Commission admits attackers broke into public web systems, but says little else
Brussels notifying 'Union entities' whose data may've been snatched in websites breach The European Commission has admitted that attackers broke into its public-facing web infrastructure and siphoned off data in a bare-bones disclosure that answers the what but ducks most of the how.…
- Google is to journalism what Vikings were to monks. Now their man will run the BBC
Canny planning or dangerous compromise? Matt Brittin takes the hotseat at a pivotal moment Opinion The BBC has a new head honcho in waiting, the Director-General designate Matt Brittin. His job: helming one of the world's most famous and oldest international media brands, one with a vast and sensitive domestic position. His last job: President of EMEA Business and Operations at Google. You can imagine a greater culture clash, but you'll have to work at it.…
- Security contractor blew the whistle on support crew's viral indifference
Career-limiting stupidity and rudeness exposed, with terminal consequences Who, Me? The week before Easter may be a short one for many in the Reg-reading world, but that won't stop us from opening it with a fresh installment of Who, Me? It's the reader-contributed column in which you share stories of things you did at work that had interesting consequences.…
- US foreign router ban criticized for being ‘industrial policy disguised as cybersecurity’
Public policy professor says it will make America less secure but hits Netgear’s lobbying goals The United States’ ban on foreign-made SOHO routers won’t improve security, and only makes sense as “industrial policy disguised as cybersecurity,” according to Milton Mueller, Professor at the University of Georgia’s School of Public Policy and founder of its Internet Governance Project.…
- DXC staff to strike in Australia after some go without pay rise for five years
PLUS: Iran war may slow APAC IT spend; Toshiba, Mitsubishi, talk chip biz combo; Fusion plasma control networks; And more! Asia In Brief Staff at services giant DXC’s Australian outpost will go on strike this week after 14 months of negotiations over a new pay agreement failed.…
- AI will write code, but prepare to babysit it – and be sure you speak its language
This week on the Kettle, we predict that AI software development won't make you want to fire your devs anytime soon kettle Tell an AI to write you a poem and it'll do it, just in a way that requires a human touch to perfect; the same goes for writing code.…
- The first thing vibe coding builds is confidence it will help you succeed
And developers should be confident it won't kill the craft Secret CEO In 1991, when I was 16, a Norwegian Exchange student gave an inspirational performance of the Three Billy Goats Gruff, in the original Norwegian, at my high school talent night. She delivered this performance with such gusto that every word of her performance stuck in my mind and, to this day, I can recite the Three Billy Goats Gruff in Norwegian.…
- Bees and hummingbirds aren't just buzzing – they're sipping trace booze
Alcohol turns up in most floral nectar, meaning pollinators are drinking tiny cocktails without ever getting drunk Bees and hummingbirds are effectively day-drinking on the job because their lunch is quietly fermenting.…
- Anthropic struggling with Chinese competition, its own safety obsession
The maker of Claude faces headwinds as it rushes to go public Anthropic, riding a wave of goodwill after resisting demands from the US Defense Department to soften model safeguards, is reportedly planning to go public as soon as Q4 2026.…
- To BSOD or not to BSOD? Only Microsoft knows the answer
Famous blue screens remind conference of security pros that this OS sometimes has bad days Bork!Bork!Bork! When is a bork not a bork? Perhaps when it's on a Microsoft stand at a US security conference.…
- Microsoft takes up residence next to OpenAI, Oracle at Crusoe's 900 MW Texas datacenter expansion
New campus to include on-site power generation Bitcoin farmer turned bit barn builder Crusoe revealed plans to add 900 megawatts of capacity to its Abilene Texas datacenter campus on Friday to support Microsoft's AI ambitions.…
- Folk are getting dangerously attached to AI that always tells them they're right
Sycophantic bots coach users into selfish, antisocial behavior, say researchers, and they love it AI can lead mentally unwell people to some pretty dark places, as a number of recent news stories have taught us. Now researchers think sycophantic AI is actually having a harmful effect on everyone.…
- Apple's last tower topples… and the others will follow
Farewell, Mac Pro: Increasing integration means the end of expandable computers Apple has discontinued the Mac Pro – but it's just the first of the tower computers to go. The rest will follow soon.…
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