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)

You don't need Linux to run free and open source software

(2025/12/25)

Part 2 Alternative apps to empower older versions of macOS or Windows



Salesforce’s ChatGPT integration is really about stopping customers from leaking their own data

(2025/12/24)

Execs say DIY OpenAI connections risked pushing CRM data past the ‘trust boundary’



AI faces closing time at the cash buffet

(2025/12/24)

opinion Will businesses continue to invest in something that's shown so little return?



Pen testers accused of 'blackmail' after reporting Eurostar chatbot flaws

(2025/12/24)

AI goes off the rails … because of shoddy guardrails



Garmin autopilot lands small aircraft without human assistance

(2025/12/24)

ATC: 'I don't know if you can hear me but cleared to land'



US shuts down phisherfolk’s $14.6M password-hoarding platform

(2025/12/24)

Crooks used platform to scoop up and store banking credentials for big-money thefts



Waymo pings updates to San Francisco fleet to prevent power outage chaos 2.0

(2025/12/24)

Meanwhile, new outages, linked to storms, are pelting the area



Sight of Clippy, Internet Explorer scares baby

(2025/12/24)

Reg reader introduces newborn to Microsoft ugly sweater. Child not amused



One real reason AI isn't delivering: Meatbags in manglement

(2025/12/24)

Feature Stuck in pilot purgatory? Confused about returns? You're not alone



North American air defense troops ready for 70th year of Santa tracking

(2025/12/24)

A newspaper misprint began a Christmas Eve tradition joining holiday cheer with military technology



NASA tries Curiosity rover's Mastcam to work out where MAVEN might be

(2025/12/24)

Time running out for savin' MAVEN as stricken spacecraft still silent as Mars solar conjunction nears



Keeping Windows and macOS alive past their sell-by date

(2025/12/24)

Part 1 Practical steps to make an aging operating system usable into 2026



Microsoft wants to replace its entire C and C++ codebase, perhaps by 2030

(2025/12/24)

Plans move to Rust, with help from AI



AWS adds hybrid cloud storage support for Nutanix’s AHV hypervisor

(2025/12/24)

VMware's main challenger already embraces multiple storage options



US punishes China’s ‘dominance’ of legacy chips with zero percent tariffs

(2025/12/24)

World War Fee President Trump previously threatened 100 percent tariffs, administration now plans something else starting in 2027



ServiceNow opens $7.7B ticket titled 'Buy security company, make it Armis'

(2025/12/23)

Customers will be able to see vulnerabilities, prioritize risks, and close them with automated workflows.



21K Nissan customers' data stolen in Red Hat raid

(2025/12/23)

Automaker's third security snafu in three years



Starlink satellite fails, polluting orbit with debris and falling toward Earth

(2025/12/23)

Spacecraft set to burn up in a few weeks, but it could have been worse



Microsoft rushes an out-of-band update for Message Queuing bug

(2025/12/23)

Redmond gets in early for the twelve whoopsies of Christmas



Windows is testing a new, wider Run dialog box. Here’s how to try it

(2025/12/23)

You’ll need to be using a Windows Insider build to see it



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