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)

Fraudster hacked hotel system, paid 1 cent for luxury rooms, Spanish cops say

(2026/02/18)

'First time we have detected a crime using this method,' cops say



Windows 11 finally hits right note: MIDI 2.0 support arrives

(2026/02/18)

Musical instrument digital interface protocol leaves preview for bright lights of General Availability



Texas sues TP-Link over China links and security vulnerabilities

(2026/02/18)

State disputes the company's claim that its routers are made in Vietnam



Deutsche Bahn back on track after DDoS yanks the brakes

(2026/02/18)

National rail bookings and timetables disrupted for nearly 24 hours



6,000 execs struggle to find the AI productivity boom

(2026/02/18)

Survey says 80% of firms see no gains from the tech



Your AI-generated password isn't random, it just looks that way

(2026/02/18)

Seemingly complex strings are actually highly predictable, crackable within hours



Tesla drops 'Autopilot' branding in California after DMV order

(2026/02/18)

EV maker avoids 30-day license suspension after state ruling on self-driving claims



Cabinet Office probes digital ID minister over think tank's journalist investigation

(2026/02/18)

Starmer orders inquiry after Labour Together commissioned dossier on reporters



Godot maintainers struggle with 'draining and demoralizing' AI slop submissions

(2026/02/18)

GitHub itself to blame for AI slop pull requests, say devs



Notepad++ declares hardened update process 'effectively unexploitable'

(2026/02/18)

Miscreants will need to find another avenue for malware shenanigans



You can jailbreak an F-35 just like an iPhone, says Dutch defense chief

(2026/02/18)

No worries if the US doesn't want to be friends with Europe anymore



Windows 11 Start menu makes unscheduled stop in Saint Moritz

(2026/02/18)

Bork!Bork!Bork! Passenger info display takes scenic detour via desktop and pending updates



Europe's 5G Standalone stall risks falling behind US, Asia

(2026/02/18)

Report warns delayed rollouts could widen capability gap as new standards emerge



HackerOne 'updating' Ts&Cs after bug hunters question if they're training AI

(2026/02/18)

CEO lauds security researchers, insists they're not 'inputs'



Microsoft throws spox under the bus after Parliament testimony on ICC email kerfuffle

(2026/02/18)

Exclusive Apologizes for 'inaccuracy'



Linus Torvalds and friends tell The Reg how Linux solo act became a global jam session

(2026/02/18)

Ts'o, Hohndel and the man himself spill beans on how checks in the mail and GPL made it all possible



Qualcomm set to triumph in UK smartphone ‘patent tax’ case

(2026/02/18)

Consumer group Which? brought the case and now plans to bail after court indicated it would lose



Palo Alto CEO says AI isn’t great for business, yet

(2026/02/18)

Sees little enterprise AI adoption other than coding assistants, buys Koi for what comes next



Indian conglomerate Adani plans very slow $100 billion AI datacenter build

(2026/02/18)

PM Modi tells citizens AI will lift them up, not take their jobs



Anthropic's latest Sonnet gets better at using computers, amid bouts of existential angst

(2026/02/18)

Version 4.6 can also be 'warm, honest, prosocial, and at times funny'



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