ARM Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life (Terry Pratchett, Jingo)

Pre-owned software trial kicks off in UK as Microsoft pushes resale ban

(2025/09/08)

ValueLicensing's David spins the sling for another go at the Windows Goliath



So much for the paperless office: UK government inks £900M deal for printers etc.

(2025/09/08)

Four-year framework hands Canon and pals a license to print money



VMware's in court again. Customer relationships rarely go this wrong

(2025/09/08)

Opinion Have you ever seen the 'Are we the baddies' sketch, Broadcom?



Playing ball games in the datacenter was obviously stupid, but we had to win the league

(2025/09/08)

Who, Me? You're out, forever!



Anthropic to pay at least $1.5 billion to authors whose work it knowingly pirated

(2025/09/08)

Expect more ‘slush funds’ of this sort, analyst tells El Reg



All IT work to involve AI by 2030, says Gartner, but jobs are safe

(2025/09/08)

Analyst firm doesn’t rate OpenAI as an enterprise-ready vendor



Microsoft, Linode, warn of cloud latency spikes due to Middle East submarine cable problems

(2025/09/08)

Asia In Brief PLUS: Lenovo to sell bonkers clip-on-screen; AWS NZ rumblings; Google helps catch South Korean phish



It's AI all the way down as Google's AI cites web pages written by AI

(2025/09/07)

ai-pocalypse Like a snake eating its own tail



After nearly half a century in deep space, every ping from Voyager 1 is a bonus

(2025/09/07)

Powered by plutonium, running on pure stubbornness



As Xi and Putin chase immortality, let's talk about digital presidents-for-life

(2025/09/07)

Opinion And maybe even dictator Brain-in-a-box-as-a-Service



No more waiting for lines: New Windows keyboard shortcuts output em and en dashes with ease

(2025/09/06)

Hands on Insider builds have them now. Everyone else will have to employ other methods



Reg hack attends job interview hosted by AI avatar, struggles to exit uncanny valley

(2025/09/06)

If an employer asks you do to this, demand a trial run so you can learn the rules of this strange new world



OpenAI reorg at risk as Attorneys General push AI safety

(2025/09/06)

California, Delaware AGs blast ChatGPT shop over chatbot safeguards



US cuffs 475 at Hyundai–LG battery plant – feds tout largest single-site raid

(2025/09/06)

South Korean government protests as workers left up s**t creek



Let us git rid of it, angry GitHub users say of forced Copilot features

(2025/09/05)

Unavoidable AI has developers looking for alternative code hosting options



If Broadcom is helping OpenAI build AI chips, here's what they might look like

(2025/09/05)

Analysis Whatever happened to that Baltra thing Tan and crew were helping Apple cook up?



FCC plans to kill Wi-Fi on school buses, hotspots for library patrons

(2025/09/05)

Chair Carr calls E-Rate expansions unlawful, Ted Cruz warns of online risks for kids



The crazy, true story behind the first AI-powered ransomware

(2025/09/05)

interview tldr; boffins did it



Shell to pay: Crims invade your PC with CastleRAT malware, now in C and Python

(2025/09/05)

Pro tip, don't install PowerShell commands without approval



HHS warns US health care industry to share data with patients or else

(2025/09/05)

After years of foot-dragging, penalties for blocking access finally kick in



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There are no accidents whatsoever in the universe.
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