Microsoft wants to replace its entire C and C++ codebase, perhaps by 2030
Plans move to Rust, with help from AI
US punishes China’s ‘dominance’ of legacy chips with zero percent tariffs
World War Fee
President Trump previously threatened 100 percent tariffs, administration now plans something else starting in 2027
One real reason AI isn't delivering: Meatbags in manglement
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Stuck in pilot purgatory? Confused about returns? You're not alone
Memory is running out, and so are excuses for software bloat
Opinion
Maybe the answer to soaring RAM prices is to use less of it
From AI to analog, cybersecurity tabletop exercises look a little different this year
Practice makes perfect
Security26 Dec 2025 | 1
From video games to cyber defense: If you don't think like a hacker, you won't win
interview In supercharged AI race, defenders need to keep up
Security26 Dec 2025 | 5
Coming Wi-Fi 8 will bring reliability rather than greater speed
Smarter access-point handoffs, better scheduling, fewer stalls
Networks26 Dec 2025 | 9
'PromptQuest' is the worst game of 2025. You play it when trying to make chatbots work
Opinion Everything you hated about text adventure games is now being sold as a productivity tool
AI + ML26 Dec 2025 | 12
IT team forced to camp in the office for days after Y2K bug found in boss's side project
On Call Y2K The lack of trust that leads to outsourcing can be expensive
Columnists26 Dec 2025 | 26
Humanoid robots are still novelty acts, but investment is surging to make them real tomorrow
Investment and interest have outpaced technology and society
AI + ML25 Dec 2025 | 19
AMD Strix Halo vs Nvidia DGX Spark: Which AI workstation comes out on top?
Hands On Two tiny boxes, 128 GB apiece – but very different strengths
Systems25 Dec 2025 | 9
You don't need Linux to run free and open source software
Part 2 Alternative apps to empower older versions of macOS or Windows
OSes25 Dec 2025 | 52
Salesforce’s ChatGPT integration is really about stopping customers from leaking their own data
Execs say DIY OpenAI connections risked pushing CRM data past the ‘trust boundary’
AI + ML24 Dec 2025 | 6
AI faces closing time at the cash buffet
opinion Will businesses continue to invest in something that's shown so little return?
AI + ML24 Dec 2025 | 48
Pen testers accused of 'blackmail' after reporting Eurostar chatbot flaws
AI goes off the rails … because of shoddy guardrails
Security24 Dec 2025 | 14
Garmin autopilot lands small aircraft without human assistance
ATC: 'I don't know if you can hear me but cleared to land'
AI + ML24 Dec 2025 | 34
What the Linux desktop really needs to challenge Windows
Opinion Wasn't 2025 the year it happened? Yes. No. Answers on a Christmas card
US shuts down phisherfolk’s $14.6M password-hoarding platform
Crooks used platform to scoop up and store banking credentials for big-money thefts
Cyber-crime24 Dec 2025 | 1
Waymo pings updates to San Francisco fleet to prevent power outage chaos 2.0
Meanwhile, new outages, linked to storms, are pelting the area
AI + ML24 Dec 2025 | 17
Sight of Clippy, Internet Explorer scares baby
Reg reader introduces newborn to Microsoft ugly sweater. Child not amused
Offbeat24 Dec 2025 | 14
One real reason AI isn't delivering: Meatbags in manglement
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AI + ML24 Dec 2025 | 52
North American air defense troops ready for 70th year of Santa tracking
A newspaper misprint began a Christmas Eve tradition joining holiday cheer with military technology
Offbeat24 Dec 2025 | 21
NASA tries Curiosity rover's Mastcam to work out where MAVEN might be
Time running out for savin' MAVEN as stricken spacecraft still silent as Mars solar conjunction nears
Science24 Dec 2025 | 7
Keeping Windows and macOS alive past their sell-by date
Part 1 Practical steps to make an aging operating system usable into 2026
OSes24 Dec 2025 | 57
Microsoft wants to replace its entire C and C++ codebase, perhaps by 2030
Plans move to Rust, with help from AI
Software24 Dec 2025 | 181
AWS adds hybrid cloud storage support for Nutanix’s AHV hypervisor
VMware's main challenger already embraces multiple storage options
Virtualization24 Dec 2025 |
US punishes China’s ‘dominance’ of legacy chips with zero percent tariffs
World War Fee President Trump previously threatened 100 percent tariffs, administration now plans something else starting in 2027
Public Sector24 Dec 2025 | 36
ServiceNow opens $7.7B ticket titled 'Buy security company, make it Armis'
Customers will be able to see vulnerabilities, prioritize risks, and close them with automated workflows.
SaaS23 Dec 2025 |
New boss was bad, his attitude was ugly, so the tech team pranked him good
Who, Me? Mousey wouldn’t work, wah-wah-wah
21K Nissan customers' data stolen in Red Hat raid
Automaker's third security snafu in three years
Cyber-crime23 Dec 2025 | 9
Starlink satellite fails, polluting orbit with debris and falling toward Earth
Spacecraft set to burn up in a few weeks, but it could have been worse
Science23 Dec 2025 | 51
Microsoft rushes an out-of-band update for Message Queuing bug
Redmond gets in early for the twelve whoopsies of Christmas
Patches23 Dec 2025 | 9
Windows is testing a new, wider Run dialog box. Here’s how to try it
You’ll need to be using a Windows Insider build to see it
OSes23 Dec 2025 | 51
Memory is running out, and so are excuses for software bloat
Opinion Maybe the answer to soaring RAM prices is to use less of it
Software23 Dec 2025 | 139
Like a Virgin Airways bot, planning for the very first time
Airline deploys AI travel agent and it hasn't been a disaster
AI + ML23 Dec 2025 | 14
UNIX V4 tape successfully recovered: First ever version of UNIX written in C is running again
Crucial early evolutionary step found, imaged, and ... amazingly ... works
Storage23 Dec 2025 | 92
Liquid cooling means more performance and less heat for supercomputing
How Lenovo Neptune became the cooling technology behind the world's greenest supercomputers
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Oracle's new AI-enhanced support portal leaves users fuming
The company that bet the farm on AI said to have made things worse with AI
PaaS + IaaS23 Dec 2025 | 22
Pizza restaurant signage caught serving raw Windows
Bork!Bork!Bork! Menu.exe not found
Offbeat23 Dec 2025 | 42
Uber and Lyft rolling Baidu robotaxis into London next year
Cab drivers protested Uber’s arrival, but Westminster has rolled out the welcome mat for clanker chauffeurs
AI + ML23 Dec 2025 | 68
France’s post office partly offline for over 12 hours after 'major network incident'
Might be Le Grinch, or a DDoS, but it's taking a while to fix
Public Sector23 Dec 2025 | 7
Japan loses another H3 launcher, plus the satnav bird it carried
25 percent failure rate for JAXA's space truck, with the second stage again proving perilous
Science23 Dec 2025 | 8
Poisoned WhatsApp API package steals messages and accounts
And it's especially dangerous because the code works
Cyber-crime22 Dec 2025 | 21
AI and cybersecurity: Two sides of the same coin
Practical lessons on securing AI and using AI to strengthen defence
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Palo Alto's new Google Cloud deal boosts AI integration, could save on cloud costs
SEC filings show the outfit cut projected 2027 cloud purchase commitments by $114M
Security22 Dec 2025 | 2
SoftBank scrambling to come up with $22.5B in OpenAI funding before New Year
Masayoshi Son better hope he made Santa's nice list
AI + ML22 Dec 2025 | 21
Spy turned startup CEO: 'The WannaCry of AI will happen'
Interview Ah, the good old days when 0-day development took a year
AI + ML22 Dec 2025 | 14
Nvidia wasting no time to flog H200s in China
Shipments still waiting on approval from Beijing
Systems22 Dec 2025 | 13
Hacktivists scrape 86M Spotify tracks, claim their aim is to preserve culture
Anna’s Archive’s idealism doesn’t quite survive its own blog post
Security22 Dec 2025 | 32
Conman and wannabe MI6 agent must repay £125k to romance scam victim
Judge says former most-wanted fugitive Mark Acklom will likely never return to the UK
Cyber-crime22 Dec 2025 | 17
EU offers UK early gift: Data adequacy until 2031
Relief for those dealing with data pipelines between the two, but move has its critics
Public Sector22 Dec 2025 | 6
Vultures rake our claws over COSMIC as Pop OS 24.04 LTS with 'Epoch 1' emerges
Hands On Even with the latest Gparted Live, it's not easy to dual boot – but it's worth the hassle
OSes22 Dec 2025 | 16
Around 1,000 systems compromised in ransomware attack on Romanian water agency
On-site staff keep key systems working while all but one region battles with encrypted PCs
CSO22 Dec 2025 | 7
AI is rewriting how power flows through the datacenter
Rising rack densities are driving changes from grid connection to chip-level delivery
The Future of the Datacenter22 Dec 2025 | 8
Europe gets serious about cutting digital umbilical cord with Uncle Sam's big tech
Feature Public bodies migrate in the bloc as hyperscalers claim sovereignty
PaaS + IaaS22 Dec 2025 | 104
The Roomba failed because it just kind of sucked
Opinion Something messy happens when the cat hairs of reality meet the shiny hype of smart tech
AI + ML22 Dec 2025 | 117
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Systems22 Dec 2025 | 3
There’s so much stolen data in the world, South Korea will require face scans to buy a SIM
SK Telecom's epic infosec fail will cost it another $1.5 billion
Security22 Dec 2025 | 34
Through gritted teeth, Apple and Google allow alternative app stores in Japan
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Google sends Dark Web Report to its dead services graveyard
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From video games to cyber defense: If you don't think like a hacker, you won't win
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Workers should control the means of agentic production, suggests WorkBeaver boss
Interview What if AI vendors focused on the demand side?
AI + ML21 Dec 2025 | 12
NIST contemplated pulling the pin on NTP servers after blackout caused atomic clock drift
UPDATED Time signals shifted by a tiny amount that only very sensitive users would find upsetting
Security21 Dec 2025 | 81
Tired of sky-high memory prices? Buckle up, we're in this for the long haul
We haven't even hit the peak, TechInsights tells El Reg
Storage20 Dec 2025 | 77
The 5X AI reality check: why enterprises are leaving transformative value on the table
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Infinite Machine e-scooter is like the offspring of a Vespa and a Cybertruck
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Offbeat19 Dec 2025 | 76
ATM jackpotting gang accused of unleashing Ploutus malware across US
Latest charges join the mountain of indictments facing alleged Tren de Aragua members
Cyber-crime19 Dec 2025 | 22
DOE recruits cloud, chip, and AI giants for Trump's Genesis Mission
But not Phil Collins, sadly
AI + ML19 Dec 2025 | 29
WatchGuard sounds alarm as critical Firebox flaw comes under active attack
Newly disclosed vulnerability already being abused, users urged to lock down exposed firewalls
Networks19 Dec 2025 | 14
Sydney Uni data goes walkabout after criminals raid code repo
Attackers helped themselves to historical personal info on 27K people
Cyber-crime19 Dec 2025 | 17
NS&I tech overhaul blows past Treasury spending limits
UK state-owned bank admits revised plan runs beyond contract end with Atos
Public Sector19 Dec 2025 | 23
pearOS is a Linux that falls rather close to the Apple tree
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OSes19 Dec 2025 | 66
BOFH: All through the house, not a creature was stirring except the homicidal vacuum cleaner
Episode 24 Minor firmware issues coincide with workplace absence among leadership
BOFH19 Dec 2025 | 43
HPE tells customers to patch fast as OneView RCE bug scores a perfect 10
Maximum-severity vuln lets unauthenticated attackers execute code on trusted infra management platform
Patches19 Dec 2025 | 4
UK prepares to wave goodbye to 3G telecoms as tri-hard tech retires
Virgin Media the last to go as users of older mobiles warned to upgrade
Networks19 Dec 2025 | 81
Airbus to migrate critical apps to a sovereign Euro cloud
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PaaS + IaaS19 Dec 2025 | 72
Ministers confirm breach at UK Foreign Office but details remain murky
Officials admit 'there certainly has been a hack,' but refuse to confirm China link or data theft
Cyber-crime19 Dec 2025 | 26
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