Developer writes script to throw AI out of Windows
Satya Nadella's call to accept and embrace desktop brainboxes faces skepticism
Linus Torvalds tries vibe coding, world still intact somehow
The Emperor Penguin has a go… just for fun
Court tosses appeal by hacker who opened port to coke smugglers with malware
Dutchman fails to convince judges his trial was unfair because cops read his encrypted chats
Lenovo has a hunch you’re about to try quitting VMware
Tweaks its hardware to run multiple private cloud stacks, and shift between them
India’s flagship PSLV rocket fails for the second time in a row
One payload out of fifteen survived and sent home some useful data
Science14 Jan 2026 |
Trump administration sets GPU export rules that put Chinese buyers at the back of the queue
America first, for sales and access to foundries
Public Sector14 Jan 2026 |
Google rekindles relationship with jilted JPEG XL image format
Chromium commit adds support for image decoder after the Big G ditched it a few years back
Software14 Jan 2026 | 3
Windows info-disclosure 0-day bug gets a fix as CISA sounds alarm
First Patch Tuesday of 2026 goes big
Security14 Jan 2026 | 1
Memory shortage could push PC shipments to pre-pandemic lows
Could be back to 2016 levels
Systems13 Jan 2026 | 1
Popular Python libraries used in Hugging Face models subject to poisoned metadata attack
The open-source libraries were created by Salesforce, Nvidia, and Apple with a Swiss group
Patches13 Jan 2026 |
Anthropic Claude wants to be your helpful colleague, always looking over your shoulder
Just be careful not to entrust the AI model with your sensitive data
AI + ML13 Jan 2026 | 6
Moon hotel startup hopes you get lunar lunacy, drop $1M deposit for 2032 stay
Step 1: Ask for deposit. Step 2: ??? Step 3: Build Moon hotel empire
Offbeat13 Jan 2026 | 18
SK Hynix's $13B packaging facility promises more HBM for the AI bubble
Great news for AMD and Nvidia, less so for cash-strapped consumers
Storage13 Jan 2026 | 3
Cloud to be an American: Congress votes to kick China off remote GPU services
US House backs bill to regulate remote access to export-controlled chips
Public Sector13 Jan 2026 | 7
AI and automation could erase 10.4 million US roles by 2030
AI-pocalypse Forrester models slow, structural shift rather than sudden employment collapse
AI + ML13 Jan 2026 | 6
Trump says Americans shouldn't 'pick up the tab' for AI datacenter grid upgrades
Big Tech warned expansion must come without higher household bills as Microsoft signals support
On-Prem13 Jan 2026 | 27
Cloudflare CEO threatens to make the Winter Olympics a political football after Italy slugs it with a fine
Labels Rome's comms regulator ‘a quasi-judicial body’ that works on behalf of ‘shadowy, European media cabal’
Linus Torvalds tries vibe coding, world still intact somehow
The Emperor Penguin has a go… just for fun
AI + ML13 Jan 2026 | 18
Dutch cops cuff alleged AVCheck malware kingpin in Amsterdam
33-year-old was under surveillance for some time before returning home from the UAE
Legal13 Jan 2026 | 6
Trump may hate renewables, but AI datacenters still fancy cheap solar
Analysts say cheap energy and storage make sense for bit barns despite policy headwinds
On-Prem13 Jan 2026 | 31
Federal agencies told to fix or ditch Gogs as exploited zero-day lands on CISA hit list
Git server flaw that attackers have been abusing for months has now caught the attention of US cyber cops
Security13 Jan 2026 | 1
Mandiant open sources tool to prevent leaky Salesforce misconfigs
AuraInspector automates the most common abuses and generates fixes for customers
SaaS13 Jan 2026 |
Court tosses appeal by hacker who opened port to coke smugglers with malware
Dutchman fails to convince judges his trial was unfair because cops read his encrypted chats
Cyber-crime13 Jan 2026 | 9
Affordable housing site goes live with meme-laden test data
Updated Yes, London property prices are high. But here's a picture of Boris Johnson
Offbeat13 Jan 2026 | 21
Birmingham pauses Oracle relaunch to get staff on board
Europe's largest council delays Fusion reimplementation four years after go-live disaster
Databases13 Jan 2026 | 27
Britain goes shopping for a rapid-fire missile to help Ukraine hit back
Project Nightfall aims to deliver a UK-built long-range strike capability at speed
Public Sector13 Jan 2026 | 90
Fujitsu scores place on £984M UK government framework despite bid boycott
Turns out the voluntary pledge to restrict public sector tendering during Horizon scandal inquiry has loopholes
Public Sector13 Jan 2026 | 10
Developer writes script to throw AI out of Windows
Satya Nadella's call to accept and embrace desktop brainboxes faces skepticism
OSes13 Jan 2026 | 56
Linus Torvalds: Stop making an issue out of AI slop in kernel docs – you're not changing anybody's mind
'Because the AI slop people aren't going to document their patches as such'
Lenovo has a hunch you’re about to try quitting VMware
Tweaks its hardware to run multiple private cloud stacks, and shift between them
Virtualization13 Jan 2026 | 5
India demands crypto outfits geolocate customers, get a selfie to prove they’re real
Government is fed up with bad actors using digi-cash to fund dodgy deeds
Public Sector13 Jan 2026 | 10
No fire sale for firewalls as memory shortages could push prices higher
In SEC filings, Fortinet and Palo Alto show shrinking product margins taking hold.
Security12 Jan 2026 | 4
'Violence-as-a-service' suspect arrested in Iraq, extradition underway
Gang members 'systematically exploited children and young people,' cops say
Cyber-crime12 Jan 2026 | 8
Zuck forms Meta Compute to pave the planet with 'hundreds of gigawatts' of AI datacenters
No wonder he's going nuclear
Off-Prem12 Jan 2026 | 17
Danish dev delights kid by turning floppy drive into easy TV remote
Just insert a disk and the TV starts playing three-year-old’s favorite shows
Offbeat12 Jan 2026 | 47
Apple hopes to save Siri from laughingstock status with infusion of Google Gemini
Partnership between behemoths raises questions about OpenAI's place at the iTable
AI + ML12 Jan 2026 | 33
Open source MySQL repository has no commits in more than three months
Fly.io introduces Sprites: lightweight, persistent VMs to isolate agentic AI
Tailwind Labs lays off 75 percent of its engineers thanks to ‘brutal impact’ of AI
Microsoft open sources XAML Studio amid developer discontent with Visual Studio designers
Infinidat's latest upgrades should make ransomware thieves shiver
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Nvidia, Eli Lilly just say yes to making drugs together, using Vera Rubin GPUs
If penicillin was discovered on moldy bread, who's to say the next miracle drug won't be born from AI hallucinations
AI + ML12 Jan 2026 | 7
PC shipments set to hit the buffers as AI guzzles memory
High-margin infrastructure kit takes precedence, leaving laptops and desktops wanting
Systems12 Jan 2026 | 11
Mall display crashes the vibe with Windows activation nag
Bork!Bork!Bork! Digital signage is great, until it isn't
Offbeat12 Jan 2026 | 12
Businesses in 2026: Maybe we should finally look into that AI security stuff
Survey finds security checks nearly doubled in a year as leaders wise up
AI + ML12 Jan 2026 |
Don’t bother with the retailer’s website, says Google: Gemini can shop for you
You can check out anytime you like, but please don’t ever leave
AI + ML12 Jan 2026 | 33
IceWM soldiers on while Budgie jumps the Wayland ship
Two new Linux GUIs – plus Phoenix, an experimental new X server in Zig
Software12 Jan 2026 | 12
Cisco XDR in 30: Turning Security Signals Into Confident Action
How network-led Cisco XDR helps teams see threats clearly and respond faster
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Block CISO: We red-teamed our own AI agent to run an infostealer on an employee laptop
exclusive Agents must be 'safer and better than humans,' James Nettesheim tells The Reg
Security12 Jan 2026 | 1
Microsoft euthanizes ancient deployment toolkit
Immediate retirement for freebie automation platform
Software12 Jan 2026 | 10
Claude joins the ward as Anthropic eyes US healthcare data
AI firm promises HIPAA-compliant integrations as chatbot moves into hospital admin
AI + ML12 Jan 2026 | 6
ISS stint ends early as NASA aborts Crew-11 over crew illness
Sick astronaut back on Earth by Thursday, nature of ailment remains undisclosed
Science12 Jan 2026 | 11
Microsoft teases targeted Copilot removal for admins
Yes, you can get rid of it – assuming nobody's looked at it in 28 days
AI + ML12 Jan 2026 | 31
Infamous BreachForums forum breached, spilling data on 325K users
Updated Website built around buying and selling stolen data has lost control of its own
Cyber-crime12 Jan 2026 | 9
The world is one bad decision away from a silicon ice age
Opinion Venezuela today, Taiwan tomorrow? This might be the last good year for buying hardware
Systems12 Jan 2026 | 96
Ofcom officially investigating X as Grok's nudify button stays switched on
Tech minister Liz Kendall says the government will back a robust regulatory response
AI + ML12 Jan 2026 | 88
How CP/M-86's delay handed Microsoft the keys to the kingdom
A late operating system, a stopgap deal, and the accident that made DOS dominant
OSes12 Jan 2026 | 57
Windows 2000 still earning its keep running a rail ticket machine in Portugal
Bork!Bork!Bork! 'Unsupported' doesn't mean 'unused'
Offbeat12 Jan 2026 | 17
Tories vow to boot under-16s off social media and ban phones in schools
Opposition leader Kemi Badenoch pitches age limits and classroom curbs as fixes for behavior and mental health
Personal Tech12 Jan 2026 | 54
2026 brings a bumper crop of Microsoft tech funerals
A busy year of end-of-support dates awaits unwary admins
Software12 Jan 2026 | 9
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Storage12 Jan 2026 | 112
India’s government denies it plans to demand smartphone source code
Says ongoing talks about security are about understanding best practice, not strong-arming vendors
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Malaysia and Indonesia block X over failure to curb deepfake smut
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Cloudflare CEO threatens to make the Winter Olympics a political football after Italy slugs it with a fine
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The world is one bad decision away from a silicon ice age
Opinion Venezuela today, Taiwan tomorrow? This might be the last good year for buying hardware
Court tosses appeal by hacker who opened port to coke smugglers with malware
Dutchman fails to convince judges his trial was unfair because cops read his encrypted chats
Microsoft euthanizes ancient deployment toolkit
Immediate retirement for freebie automation platform
How CP/M-86's delay handed Microsoft the keys to the kingdom
A late operating system, a stopgap deal, and the accident that made DOS dominant
Developer writes script to throw AI out of Windows
Satya Nadella's call to accept and embrace desktop brainboxes faces skepticism
Infamous BreachForums forum breached, spilling data on 325K users
Updated Website built around buying and selling stolen data has lost control of its own
India’s government denies it plans to demand smartphone source code
Says ongoing talks about security are about understanding best practice, not strong-arming vendors
Ofcom officially investigating X as Grok's nudify button stays switched on
Tech minister Liz Kendall says the government will back a robust regulatory response
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AI industry insiders launch site to poison the data that feeds them
exclusive Poison Fountain project seeks allies to fight the power
AI + ML11 Jan 2026 | 47
Brussels plots open source push to pry Europe off Big Tech
Call for Evidence casts FOSS as a way to break US dependence
Software11 Jan 2026 | 78
UK government exempting itself from flagship cyber law inspires little confidence
ANALYSIS Ministers promise equivalent standards just without the legal obligation
Cyber-crime10 Jan 2026 | 38
Liquid cooling means more performance and less heat for supercomputing
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HPC09 Jan 2026 | 22
Accenture bets AI will ring up retail sales with Profitmind investment
Let the bots figure out what to sell for how much
Applications09 Jan 2026 | 10
How hackers are fighting back against ICE surveillance tech
Remember when government agents didn't wear masks?
Security09 Jan 2026 | 121
Most devs don't trust AI-generated code, but fail to check it anyway
Developer survey from Sonar finds AI tool adoption has created a verification bottleneck
AI + ML09 Jan 2026 | 20
CES 2026 worst in show: AI girlfriends, a fridge that won't open unless you talk to it, and more
There's a lot of bad ideas set to create literal waste and be a waste of money
Offbeat09 Jan 2026 | 142
Meta reacts to power needs by signing long-term nuke deals
New nuclear capacity won’t show up until around 2030
PaaS + IaaS09 Jan 2026 | 13
Debian goes retro with a spatial desktop that time forgot
Trixie plus a carefully configured MATE setup, and absolutely nothing else
OSes09 Jan 2026 | 41
Putinswap: France trades alleged ransomware crook for conflict researcher
Basketball player accused of aiding cybercrime gang extradition blocked in exchange for Swiss NGO consultant
Cyber-crime09 Jan 2026 | 11
QR codes a powerful new phishing weapon in hands of Pyongyang cyberspies
State-backed attackers are using QR codes to slip past enterprise security and help themselves to cloud logins, the FBI says
Cyber-crime09 Jan 2026 | 24
Microsoft Windows Media Player stops serving up CD album info
No naming that tune and no album covers
OSes09 Jan 2026 | 126
NASA decides to bring Crew-11 home early after astronaut health scare
Medical issue forces mission curtailment and leaves station short-handed
Science09 Jan 2026 | 11
Copper supplies set to peak just as tech needs more
Analysts say production will top out this decade while global electrification keeps ramping
On-Prem09 Jan 2026 | 26
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