Vibe coding: What is it good for? Absolutely nothing (Sorry, Linus) (2025/11/24) Opinion Coding purists once considered BASIC harmful. AI can't even manage that
UK Covid-19 Inquiry finds early pandemic surveillance was weeks out of date (2025/11/24) Lack of effective data flows and reduced scientific investment hampered response
Dev's last-day-of-contract code helped to crash app used by 350,000 people (2025/11/24) Who, Me? Customer signed off and a remaining staffer triggered the mess
Cryptology boffins’ association to re-run election after losing encryption key needed to count votes (2025/11/24) The shoemaker’s children have new friends
OVH CEO predicts some cloud prices to rise 5-10 percent by mid-2026 (2025/11/24) Or maybe even sooner, warns Octave Klaba, as AI sends storage costs soaring
70-hour work weeks no longer enough for Infosys founder, who praises China’s 996 culture (2025/11/24) Asia In Brief PLUS: Manga publishers win Cloudflare copyright case; India, EU to link payment systems; Storm over Australia’s weather website; And more!
Weaponized file name flaw makes updating glob an urgent job (2025/11/23) Infosec In Brief PLUS: CISA issues drone warning; China-linked DNS-hijacking malware; Prison for BTC Samourai; And more
Bossware booms as bots determine whether you're doing a good job (2025/11/23) A lot of companies are turning to employee monitoring tools to make sure workers aren't slacking off
It's TEE time for Brave's AI assistant Leo (2025/11/22) Browser maker wraps cloud AI data processing in confidential computing
Copackaged optics have officially found their killer app - of course it's AI (2025/11/22) SC25 With power in such short supply, every watt counts
Self-destructing thumb drive can brick itself and wipe your secret files away (2025/11/21) Catch: you have to plug it into a computer first
Researchers get inside the mind of bots, find out what texts they trained on (2025/11/21) RECAP agent overcomes model alignment efforts to hide memorized proprietary content
ShinyHunters 'does not like Salesforce at all,' claims the crew accessed Gainsight 3 months ago (2025/11/21) EXCLUSIVE Shiny talks to The Reg
Makers slam Qualcomm for tightening the clamps on Arduino (2025/11/21) Updated But the Wiring folks were disenchanted even before Qualcomm swallowed Arduino
Pentagon pumps $29.9M into bid to turn waste into critical minerals (2025/11/21) It's unclear how much scandium and gallium ElementUSA will contribute to the supply chain, or when
Big Red borrows a lot of green, hopes AI will put it in the black (2025/11/21) opinion Cost of insuring against Oracle debt default spikes as September seems a long time ago
Rhyme is the key to set AIs free when verse outsmarts security (2025/11/21) Poetry proves potent jailbreak tool for today's top models
Google's AI is eating your email by default. Here's how to shut its mouth (2025/11/21) Want out of those new 'smart features'? We’ve got you covered
SpaceX loses debut V3 Super Heavy in ground test mishap (2025/11/21) Redesigned booster ruptures during early checks, delaying latest Starship iteration
Four charged over alleged plot to smuggle Nvidia AI chips into China (2025/11/21) Prosecutors say front companies, falsified paperwork, and overseas drop points used to dodge US export rules