People power made payroll support in putrid places prodigiously perilous
(2024/01/01)
On Call: Dirt File And don’t get us started on what it’s like to work around high explosives
How do you teach a robot dog new tricks? Throw it a string of hex, a crayon, and a canvas
(2023/12/31)
Artist Agnieszka Pilat tells The Register how she gets Spot to paint, not pant
Scientists mull Solar Radiation Management – a potential climate-change stop-gap
(2023/12/30)
In-depth As we argue over freeing ourselves from fossil fuels, can SRM buy us time to develop green energy we need?
NAT, ATM, decentralized search – and other outrageous opinions from the 1990s
(2023/12/29)
Systems Approach The predictions that turned out correct ... and the ones we wished were right
Is it time for 6G already? Traffic analysis says yep
(2023/12/29)
Comment 5G networks won't have the capacity to cope by end of the decade
CEO arranged his own cybersecurity, with predictable results
(2023/12/29)
On Call Cleaning up after hackers is easy compared to surviving the politics of consultancy
Amazon already has a colossal ads business and will extend it to Prime Video in January
(2023/12/29)
Analysis E-tail giant seeks profitability for its vid-streaming service and a classic Big Tech dominance play
Irony alert: Lawsuit alleging Chrome’s Incognito Mode isn’t will settle on unknown terms
(2023/12/29)
Google accused of tracking you even when you think it won’t
Nvidia slowed RTX 4090 GPU by 11 percent, to make it 100 percent legal for export to China
(2023/12/29)
For now
NASA Juno probe to produce 'firehose of data' during close flyby of Jupiter moon
(2023/12/28)
Io, Io, it's off to work we go
A tale of 2 casino ransomware attacks: One paid out, one did not
(2023/12/28)
Feature What can be learned from MGM's and Caesars' infosec moves
Kaspersky reveals previously unknown hardware 'feature' exploited in iPhone attacks
(2023/12/28)
'This is no ordinary vulnerability' sec pros explain
Broadcom to end VMware’s channel program, move partners to its own invite-only offering
(2023/12/28)
Suppliers don’t know much about what’s going on. Which leaves users in limbo, too
‘I needed antihistamine tablets every time I opened the computers’
(2023/12/28)
ON CALL: DIRT FILE Readers share more filthy tales of cruddy computers, including a potentially explosive airport issue
Israel to plow $3.2B into $25B Intel fab project
(2023/12/27)
Foundry site due to open in 2028 ... assuming it's not, y'know, delayed or cancelled
Microsoft nixed Mixed Reality: This Windows VR didn't even make it to the ER
(2023/12/27)
Stick WMR next to 3D TVs, Segways, and maybe soon generative AI
New York Times sues OpenAI, Microsoft over 'millions of articles' used to train ChatGPT
(2023/12/27)
'A business model based on mass copyright infringement'
What comes after open source? Bruce Perens is working on it
(2023/12/27)
Interview 'Our licenses aren't working anymore,' says free software pioneer
Apple's timepiece turmoil taken to appeals court
(2023/12/27)
Updated Leftover Christmas dollars burning a hole in your pocket? Series 9 and Ultra 2 watches vanish from shelves
Here's who thinks AI chatbots will eventually be smart enough to be your coworker
(2023/12/27)
Comment Large language models one day may automate your day-to-day work chores – without getting you fired, we hope