DARPA zaps popcorn with laser power beamed 5.3 miles through air
(2025/05/19)
800-watt demo breaks distance record for optical energy transmission
Nvidia builds a server to run x86 workloads alongside agentic AI
(2025/05/19)
Computex Wants to be the 'HR department for agents'
Microsoft open sources Windows Subsystem for Linux – well, most of it
(2025/05/19)
Time to stand on its own two webbed feet?
GitHub Copilot angles for promotion from assistant to agent
(2025/05/19)
Build Agent mode arrives, for better or worse
When LLMs get personal info they are more persuasive debaters than humans
(2025/05/19)
Large-scale disinfo campaigns could use this in machines that adapt 'to individual targets.' Are we having fun yet?
LastOS slaps neon paint on Linux Mint and dares you to run Photoshop
(2025/05/19)
Another distro for Windows users – presumably ones who love bling
Nvidia sets up shop in Taiwan with AI supers and a factory full of ambition
(2025/05/19)
Computex Researchers and TSMC to benefit from expanded infrastructure
Latest patch leaves some Windows 10 machines stuck in recovery loops
(2025/05/19)
Updated Veteran OS might be almost out of support, but there's still time for Microsoft to break it
Millions at risk after attackers steal UK legal aid data dating back 15 years
(2025/05/19)
Cybercriminals lifted info including addresses, ID numbers, and financial records from agency systems
AI skills shortage more than doubles for UK tech leaders
(2025/05/19)
Highest recorded jump in skills gap for more than a decade, recruiter finds
IT chiefs of UK's massive health service urge vendors to make public security pledge
(2025/05/19)
Enormous org has been hit by ransomware again and again, on multiple fronts, over the past year
Qualcomm confirms it's dipping into datacenter world again, probably for AI
(2025/05/19)
Computex CEO Cristiano Amon teases plans for high-speed-low-power inferencing products
Automatic UK-to-US English converter produced amazing mistakes by the vanload
(2025/05/19)
Who, Me? Yard of Eden just doesn't have the right ring to it
Nvidia opens up speedy NVLink interconnect to custom CPUs, ASICs
(2025/05/19)
Computex One of the two just needs to be made by Nv
Eeek! p0wned Alabama hit by unspecified 'cybersecurity event'
(2025/05/19)
Infosec In Brief PLUS: Euro-cops take down investment scammers; Fancy Bear returns to Ukraine; and more
China launches an AI cloud into orbit. 12 sats for now, 2,800 in coming years
(2025/05/19)
Asia In Brief PLUS: South Korea signs for massive supercomputer; HCL gets into chipmaking; US tariffs slow APAC tech buying; and more
Ex-NSA bad-guy hunter listened to Scattered Spider's fake help-desk calls: 'Those guys are good'
(2025/05/18)
INTERVIEW Plus, Co-op tells The Reg: 'we took early and decisive action' to block the crooks
To progress as an engineer career-wise, become a great communicator
(2025/05/18)
Systems Approach It'll even help you develop technical skills
Apple to add fresh accessibility features for 2025
(2025/05/18)
Global Accessibility Awareness Day It matters for everyone, because we'll all be disabled one day
Boffins devise technique that lets users prove location without giving it away
(2025/05/17)
ZKLP system allows apps to confirm user presence in a region without exposing exactly where