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)

Telcos find cloud migrations, security, are a pain in the IaaS

(2024/10/22)

Carriers consume less than half the cloud they committed to use



Major publishers sue Perplexity AI for scraping without paying

(2024/10/22)

We sell that to OpenAI – how dare you steal it and make stuff up



Lab-grown human brain cells drive virtual butterfly in simulation

(2024/10/22)

Could organoid-driven computing be the future of AI power?



Pixel perfect Ghostpulse malware loader hides inside PNG image files

(2024/10/22)

Miscreants combine it with an equally tricky piece of social engineering



India, Nvidia, discuss jointly developed AI chip

(2024/10/22)

Current capabilities mean local manufacturing is not likely – but a chip tuned to Indian needs could work



China Telecom's next 150,000 servers will mostly use local processors

(2024/10/22)

Intel and AMD left scrapping over about a third of the deal, and license fees



Intern allegedly messed with ByteDance's LLM training cluster

(2024/10/22)

No losses caused – except the intern's job – says TikTok parent



US leans on Japan to curb sales of chipmaking equipment to China

(2024/10/22)

Tokyo between a rock and a hard place as Beijing threatens to retaliate



Drone maker DJI sues Pentagon over ‘Chinese military company’ label

(2024/10/22)

Pending CCP drone ban could render the suit irrelevant



US moves ahead with crackdown on data brokers selling to six 'countries of concern'

(2024/10/22)

Biden's Executive Order finally getting its day in the sun, soonish



China’s Spamouflage cranks up trolling of US Senator Rubio as election day looms

(2024/10/22)

Note to Xi: Marco and Ted Cruz aren't the same person



Sophos to snatch Secureworks in $859M buyout: Why fight when you can just buy?

(2024/10/21)

Private equity giant Thoma Bravo adds another trophy to its growing collection



Microsoft says its Copilot AI agents set to tackle employee tasks in November

(2024/10/21)

Let bots manage your supply chain? What could possibly go wrong?



The billionaire behind Trump's 'unhackable' phone is on a mission to fight Tesla's FSD

(2024/10/21)

Interview Dan O'Dowd tells El Reg about the OS secrets and ongoing clash with Musk



China ramps up semiconductor patents amid US export restrictions

(2024/10/21)

AI innovation and geopolitical tensions push Middle Kingdom filings up 42%



Musk's $1M election lottery raises serious legal concerns, says Pennsylvania governor

(2024/10/21)

C'mon, do you really think ol' Elon’s handing out all that cash, day after day?



SiFive launches early access for Premier P550 RISC-V developer board

(2024/10/21)

Broader December release promises Ubuntu support and enhanced features



Gary Marcus proposes generative AI boycott to push for regulation, tame Silicon Valley

(2024/10/21)

Interview 'I am deeply concerned about how creative work is essentially being stolen at scale'



ASML faces turbulence amid stock drop, customer delays

(2024/10/21)

Analysis Samsung halts fab orders, deliveries slow, China restrictions continue – but company expects Beijing sales bounce



macOS HM Surf vuln might already be under exploit by major malware family

(2024/10/21)

Like keeping your camera and microphone private? Patch up



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A: Four. One to ask "What is the registration number of the light bulb?", one
to ask "Have you tried rebooting it?", another to ask "Have you tried
reinstalling it?" and the last one to say "It must be your hardware because
the light bulb in our office works fine..."