A Linux alternative? Debian/Hurd shows microkernel Unix dream is alive (2025/08/18) The official GNU microkernel is still breathing – and now it's 64-bit
Generative AI isn't just a matter of life and death. It's far more important than that (2025/08/18) Opinion Visions of immortality are uniformly dull. But this is gonna get ugly
Teen interns brute-forced a disk install, with predictable results (2025/08/18) Who, Me? The real lesson here is how little some companies care about training
Someone's poking the bear with infostealers targeting Russian crypto developers (2025/08/18) If you wanted to hurt Putin’s ransomware racketeers, these info-stealing npm packages are one way to do it
In Otter news, transcription app accused of illegally recording users’ voices (2025/08/18) Vidchat hosts probably know Otter.ai records everything and feeds it into AI. Their guests may not
India's PM laments missing out on global chipmaking dominance – in 1964! (2025/08/18) Prime Minister promises first local silicon will appear this year, decades after Fairchild Semi's Robert Noyce made polite inquiries
Google admits anticompetitive conduct in Australia, agrees to modest fine (2025/08/18) Asia In Brief PLUS: Philippines bans gambling payments; Indonesia warns Roblox; China lures young scientists; And more!
P2P payment service Zelle sued for enabling payment fraud hell (2025/08/18) Infosec In Brief PLUS: Kryptos solution up for auction; Canadian parliament springs a leak; Fake crypto lawyers; And more
Nabiha Syed remakes Mozilla Foundation in the era of Trump and AI (2025/08/17) interview The non-profit has a new look but still stands up for the open web
Timekettle T1 AI translator helps you scale the Tower of Babel (2025/08/17) hands on Handy tool for when only a dedicated device will do
Election workers fear threats and intimidation without feds' support in 2026 (2025/08/16) Feature 'Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst,' one tells The Reg
Microsoft keeps adding stuff into Windows we don't want – here's what we actually need (2025/08/16) OPINION These ten features would make users more productive
Minority Report: Now with more spreadsheets and guesswork (2025/08/16) Precogs replaced by profiling and postcode data... and 'AI'. What could wrong? Lots, say privacy campaigners
Oracle cuts cloud jobs with Seattle hit hard as AI spending soars (2025/08/16) AI will take your salary in capex before it can take your job
Typhoon-adjacent Chinese crew broke into Taiwanese web host (2025/08/15) Is that a JuicyPotato on your network?
No more Blocktoberfest? German court throws book at ad blockers (2025/08/15) UPDATED Could tinkering with a site’s code to hide ads count as infringement?
Ethernet switch vendors like Cisco are riding high on AI network economics (2025/08/15) When one GPU translates into three to five of the fastest switch ports money can buy, can you blame them?
Linux is about to lose a feature – over a personality clash (2025/08/15) comment A large and unfortunate mistake in the kernel development management process is underway
Cisco's Secure Firewall Management Center now not-so secure, springs a CVSS 10 RCE hole (2025/08/15) Switchzilla's summer of perfect 10s