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)

'PromptQuest' is the worst game of 2025. You play it when trying to make chatbots work

(2025/12/26)

Opinion Everything you hated about text adventure games is now being sold as a productivity tool



IT team forced to camp in the office for days after Y2K bug found in boss's side project

(2025/12/26)

On Call Y2K The lack of trust that leads to outsourcing can be expensive



Humanoid robots are still novelty acts, but investment is surging to make them real tomorrow

(2025/12/25)

Investment and interest have outpaced technology and society



AMD Strix Halo vs Nvidia DGX Spark: Which AI workstation comes out on top?

(2025/12/25)

Hands On Two tiny boxes, 128 GB apiece – but very different strengths



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.



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