AI with an improvisational streak is under development (2022/04/19) Robots need to learn to adapt to chaotic humans, says German researcher
Windows Insider builds are back for Lenovo PCs in China (2022/04/19) Microsoft tinkers with defaults as block lifted with PC Manager update
Intel: Our fabs can mass produce silicon qubit devices (2022/04/19) Updated If conventional silicon manufacturing processes can be repurposed, it could help create practical quantum systems
Funky Pigeon pauses all orders after 'security incident' (2022/04/19) Parent WH Smith says no customer payment data exposed, according to current investigations
Logitech Lift: Vertical mouse for those with small hands (2022/04/19) Hands on It's the MX Vertical... only smaller
Infosys noncompete clause sparks complaint from labor rights org (2022/04/19) Policy in place since 2007, but increased employee attrition might have made it more visible
Space Launch System dress rehearsal canceled for repairs (2022/04/19) If at first you don't succeed... you're probably NASA
Twitter faces existential threat from world's richest techbro (2022/04/19) Opinion Cash of the Titan: Musk's Twitter take-over plan may be many things – let's hope it’s not the one he claims
Windows 11 usage stats within touching distance of... XP (2022/04/19) Hardware requirements + cautious enterprises = slow adoption
IBM ordered to pay $105 million to insurer over tech project's collapse (2022/04/19) Appeals court takes previous payout ruling and multiplies by six
Google's plan to win the cloud war hinges on its security aspirations (2022/04/19) Interview VP Sunil Potti talks strategy with The Register
Shanghai lockdown: Chinese tech execs warn of supply-chain chaos (2022/04/19) 'Severe consequences' for industry ... and anyone setting foot outside
Scraping public data from the web still OK: US court (2022/04/19) Latest LinkedIn blow / Profile harvesting legal / HiQ case rolls on
Beanstalk loses $182m in huge flash-loan crypto heist (2022/04/19) A lesson learned the very hard way
Uncle Sam probes Activision for any insider trading (2022/04/18) Troubled games maker reveals investigation amid Microsoft takeover
UK Prime Minister, Catalan groups 'targeted by NSO Pegasus spyware' (2022/04/18) UAE reportedly using 'legal' malware on erstwhile allies
TSMC’s 2025 timeline for 2nm chips suggests Intel gaining steam (2022/04/18) Semiconductor veteran says x86 titan could catch up with Asia-Pacific rivals in three years
Microsoft ups bug bounties 30% for cloud lines, pays more for 'scenario-based' exploits (2022/04/18) In Brief Plus: HP fixes critical Teradici flaws, Karakurt may be a Conti side hustle, and info-stealing malware set free
Fake it until you make it: Can synthetic data help train your AI model? (2022/04/18) Yes and no. It's complicated.
AI models to detect how you're feeling in sales calls (2022/04/18) In brief Plus: Driverless Cruise car gets pulled over by police, and more