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)

Why chasing the AI dragon may force big tech to take sustainability seriously

(2022/06/06)

Comment Carbon offsets don't make you green when your datacenters are still rolling coal



Higher spec machines lift US PC revenues 40% even as shipments drop

(2022/06/06)

Desktops, inflation and other factors also shaping American demand



Compute responsibly: Yet another IT industry sustainability drive

(2022/06/06)

From greener datacenters to data transparency and 'conscious code', IBM, Dell, others push for better IT ops



The Register talks to Microsoft's European cloud rivals about getting a fair deal

(2022/06/06)

What do we want? Open standards, just licensing and a level playing field, say OVHcloud, Scaleway and others



Sony launches a space laser subsidiary (for comms, not conflict)

(2022/06/06)

Plans to beam data to satellites, and between orbiting birds too



Microsoft: You own the best software keyboard there is. Please let us buy it

(2022/06/06)

Come back Swype, all is forgiven. Don't you want our money, Redmond?



Behind Big Tech's big privacy heist: Deliberate obfuscation

(2022/06/06)

Opinion You opted out, but you didn't uncheck the box on page 24, so your data's ours...



Datacenter switching surged in Q1, but it won't last forever

(2022/06/06)

Supply and demand are in for a switcheroo, analyst tells El Reg



Brute force and whiskey: The solution to all life's problems

(2022/06/06)

Who, Me? Just make sure to drink it AFTER the rocket has successfully launched



Japan lets its banks and other entities issue stablecoins

(2022/06/06)

Wants private coins to have face value in Yen by 2023



Microsoft delays next Exchange Server release to 2025

(2022/06/06)

Four years later than planned – maybe that's how long it will take to make it secure?



Multiplatform Linux kernel 'pretty much done' says Linus Torvalds

(2022/06/06)

Debuts version 5.19rc1, which includes HPE's next-gen server ASIC and much more



Costa Rican government held up by ransomware … again

(2022/06/06)

In brief Also US warns of voting machine flaws and Google pays out $100 million to Illinois



Yandex CEO Arkady Volozh resigns after being added to EU sanctions list

(2022/06/06)

Updated Russia's top tech CEO accused of material support to Moscow



Ampere: Cloud biz buy-ins prove our Arm server CPUs are the real deal

(2022/06/04)

Interview Startup teases 128+ core chip, disses Xeon and Epyc, unsurprisingly



Feeling highly stressed about your job? You must be a CISO

(2022/06/04)

'The attack surface has expanded exponentially' during the work-from-home pandemic, says one



New York to get first right-to-repair law for electronics

(2022/06/04)

Hey, big Apple, how'd you like them Big Apples?



Even Russia's Evil Corp now favors software-as-a-service

(2022/06/04)

Albeit to avoid US sanctions hitting it in the wallet



Police lab wants your happy childhood pictures to train AI to detect child abuse

(2022/06/03)

Updated Like the Hotdog, Not Hotdog app but more Kidnapped, Not Kidnapped



Taser maker offers electric-shock drones to stop school shootings

(2022/06/03)

For $50,000 annually plus building work, budget-strapped teachers can (maybe) zap gunmen, for the kids



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