Oracle moves to assure MySQL community it really does care
Big Red waves new features including vector support, while skeptics await concrete timescales
Databases10 Mar 2026 | 2
Software
Sorry, kids. Memory crunch threatens to kneecap Chromebook shipments
Low-cost computers bashed by billion-dollar investment in AI infrastructure
Personal Tech10 Mar 2026 | 5
Linux PC vendor System76 tries to talk Colorado down over OS age checks
Don't celebrate yet – more states are considering them
OSes10 Mar 2026 | 9
Microsoft Authenticator to nuke Entra creds on rooted and jailbroken phones
Warning, lockout, then wipe if your device trips detection
Personal Tech10 Mar 2026 | 12
Brit competition cops warn AI agents may not be 'faithful servants' to consumers
Autonomous assistants could manipulate choices, push pricier deals, and prioritize their creators
AI + ML10 Mar 2026 | 13
Xen Project quietly announced five years of support for all releases
As Citrix slips out a preview of Xen Server 9, the release that brings it back to the V12N mainstream
Virtualization10 Mar 2026 | 4
Palantir’s lethal AI weaponry deployed to find chairs for US government staff
As Department of Agriculture employees return to the office, it needs ‘real-time analytics to optimize employee seat assignments’
Public Sector10 Mar 2026 | 21
Anthropic debuts pricey and sluggish automated Code Review tool
First vibe coding, now vibe reviewing ... but the buzz is good as it finds worthy issues
Devops09 Mar 2026 | 5
Moody humans should let AI handle bad public feedback first, study finds
Enjoy meltdowns from businesses on Yelp over negative reviews? AI is threatening to take that away
AI + ML09 Mar 2026 | 7
Microsoft taps Claude to make Copilot Cowork a better agent
Copilot gets tuned to handle long-running knowledge work tasks
AI + ML09 Mar 2026 | 4
'AI brain fry' affects employees managing too many agents
Three agents is about all we can handle
AI + ML09 Mar 2026 | 18
Microsoft 365 confirms new premium tier, stuffed with AI and few discounts
E7 arrives with a hefty price. Got to keep those shareholders happy
Applications09 Mar 2026 | 37
How AI is boosting gender equality in high-performance racing
A virtual Driver Agent is leveling the odds for female motorsport drivers
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MariaDB backs down on Galera removal after community outcry
But questions remain over long-term commitment to clustering tech in open source
Databases09 Mar 2026 | 7
LibreOffice learns to speak Markdown in version 26.2
Plain-text fans rejoice as Writer gains native CommonMark import and export
Applications09 Mar 2026 | 45
Ex-Meta execs pop up on Nscale board as rent-a-GPU firm raises $2B
Former policy boss Nick Clegg joins Cheryl Sandberg and one-time Yahoo prez Susan Decker
On-Prem09 Mar 2026 | 6
Microsoft Azure CTO set Claude on his 1986 Apple II code, says it found vulns
This isn't just a nostalgia trip – billions of legacy microcontrollers may be at risk
AI + ML09 Mar 2026 | 42
UK government's Shared Services Strategy is entering the danger zone
Opinion Gargantuan ERP and HR overhaul has committed around £1.7B and affects nearly half a million public workers
Databases09 Mar 2026 | 9
AI agents now help attackers, including North Korea, manage their drudge work
interview Crims 'will do what gets them their objective easiest and fastest,' Microsoft threat intel boss tells The Reg
Security08 Mar 2026 | 8
Unpacking the deceptively simple science of tokenomics
feature Inference at scale is much more complex than more GPUs, more tokens, more profits
Systems07 Mar 2026 | 18
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FBI is investigating breach that may have hit its wiretapping tools
Infosec In Brief PLUS: Europol takes down two crime gangs; LastPass users phished (again); Crooks increase crypto hauls; And more
Microsoft Azure CTO set Claude on his 1986 Apple II code, says it found vulns
This isn't just a nostalgia trip – billions of legacy microcontrollers may be at risk
Iran is the first out-loud cyberwar the US has fought
Kettle Cyber is no longer the hush-hush thing it used to be, as team Trump invades Iran with hackers taking the lead
AI vs AI: Agent hacked McKinsey's chatbot and gained full read-write access in just two hours
David and Goliath…but with AI agents
Bug that wiped customer data saved the day – and a contract
Who, Me? Ignorance really was the way to achieve bliss
LibreOffice learns to speak Markdown in version 26.2
Plain-text fans rejoice as Writer gains native CommonMark import and export
Royal Navy races to arm ships against drone threat
Britain's Ministry of Defence wants a counter-drone system designed, contracted, and delivered within weeks
Microsoft 365 confirms new premium tier, stuffed with AI and few discounts
E7 arrives with a hefty price. Got to keep those shareholders happy
MariaDB backs down on Galera removal after community outcry
But questions remain over long-term commitment to clustering tech in open source
ShinyHunters claims more high-profile victims in latest Salesforce customers data heist
And they abused a Mandiant-developed open source tool in the attacks
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Brits fear AI will strip the human touch from public services
'There's a naive techno-utopianism in Whitehall'
AI + ML07 Mar 2026 | 51
Oracle and OpenAI's Texas Stargate datacenter expansion reportedly on the skids
Meta supposedly considering untapped capacity in deal brokered by Nvidia
Systems07 Mar 2026 | 27
Anthropic bods rework AI damage yardstick, find scant labor impact
It's the end of the world as we know it, and AI feels fine
AI + ML07 Mar 2026 | 16
Don’t blame AI yet for poor jobs numbers, analysts say
US unemployment ticked up to 4.4%
AI + ML06 Mar 2026 | 13
Firefox taps Anthropic AI bug hunter, but rancid RAM still flipping bits
Now if only device makers would deliver higher quality components
AI + ML06 Mar 2026 | 32
US state laws push age checks into the operating system
Bad legislation, but an especially big headache for FOSS
OSes06 Mar 2026 | 202
Anthropic sues US government after unprecedented national security designation
Brands Trump administration decision 'legally unsound' and has 'no choice but to challenge it in court'
AI + ML06 Mar 2026 | 37
Washington reportedly moves to tighten leash on AI chip exports
Draft rules could force Nvidia and AMD to seek government approval before selling abroad
Systems06 Mar 2026 | 17
Microsoft spots ClickFix campaign getting users to self-pwn on Windows Terminal
Crooks tweak familiar copy-paste ruse so that victims run malicious commands themselves
Cyber-crime06 Mar 2026 | 4
UK peers warn weakening AI copyright law could hammer creative industries
House of Lords committee says ministers must not trade a £124B sector for promises of future tech growth
AI + ML06 Mar 2026 | 10
Microsoft kicks new Outlook opt-out deadline down the road to 2027
Admins get another year before migration pressure ramps up
SaaS06 Mar 2026 | 61
Son of government contractor arrested after alleged $46M crypto heist from US Marshals
FBI and French GIGN swoop on Saint Martin, John Daghita in cuffs
Security06 Mar 2026 | 6
Microsoft finally gets around to fixing Windows 10 Recovery Environment after breaking it in October
Released from the curse of the update bork fairy
OSes06 Mar 2026 | 10
UK Treasury not sure about ditching Oracle to join £1.7 billion shared services program it is funding
Updated It promised £1.15B… but finance ministry yet to show 'formal commitment' to adopt Workday SaaS, watchdog says
Databases06 Mar 2026 | 14
Altman said no to military AI abuses – then signed Pentagon deal anyway
Opinion OpenAI CEO's principles lasted about 12 hours before $200M check arrived
AI + ML06 Mar 2026 | 29
Microsoft previews tech to ease creation of keyboard-accessible websites
‘focusgroup’ has nothing to do with market research, offers devs faster coding and faster websites for everyone
Software06 Mar 2026 | 28
Chardet dispute shows how AI will kill software licensing, argues Bruce Perens
Alarm bells are ringing in the open source community, but commercial licensing is also at risk
Software06 Mar 2026 | 103
Okta CEO ‘paranoid’ as vibe coders stir SaaS-pocalypse fears
It’s ok, Todd. You’re only paranoid if you’re wrong.
SaaS05 Mar 2026 | 7
Munificent 7 vow to spare US households from AI's rising energy costs
Bit tricky enforcing this. What's the penalty if they go up anyway?
AI + ML05 Mar 2026 | 8
Office EU waves sovereignty flag with a familiar stack under the bonnet
Euro productivity suite appears to be hosted Nextcloud and Collabora Online
Software05 Mar 2026 | 18
npmx package browser released as alpha to fix pain of using npmjs
Project initiated by Nuxt lead Daniel Roe attracts wide support thanks to multiple issues with the official interface
Software05 Mar 2026 | 3
Microsoft Copilot to hijack your browser... for your own convenience
Embeds Edge into AI assistant, ignores questions about opt-in
AI + ML05 Mar 2026 | 78
UK still doodling digital pound while Brussels frets over payment sovereignty
Geopolitical tensions turn up the pressure for European legislators
Software05 Mar 2026 | 59
Supposedly big-brained execs are outsourcing decisionmaking to AI
Survey of UK bosses find 62 percent rely on LLMs for help
AI + ML05 Mar 2026 | 47
Broadcom says AI companies can’t make their own silicon any time soon
Offers booming customer accelerator biz as evidence, while VMware props up its software business
Systems05 Mar 2026 | 6
Malware-laced OpenClaw installers get Bing AI search boost
Think before you download
Cyber-crime04 Mar 2026 | 6
HR may have to cajole and soothe reluctant employees to get them to use AI
Employees need guidance and support if companies really want to commit to AI adoption
AI + ML04 Mar 2026 | 42
AI doctor's assistant is easily swayed to change prescriptions, give bad medical advice
Spread false medical info, supersize drug orders, and more!
AI + ML04 Mar 2026 | 18
Flex appeal: UK datacenter cuts AI power draw 40% on command
London GPU farm dances to National Grid's tune in five-day trial, critical workloads not disrupted
On-Prem04 Mar 2026 | 3
Google stuffs Gemini into Android Studio Panda 2 to build apps from prompts
The card game bridge could be a bridge too far for Mountain View's AI
AI + ML04 Mar 2026 | 6
NIMBY pushback begins to bite US datacenter buildout
New capacity under construction falls for first time since 2020 as permitting, zoning, and power hurdles mount
On-Prem04 Mar 2026 | 10
Gram: Zed, but with AI and chat features removed
Brand-new stripped-down fork of the Zed all-Rust code editor
Software04 Mar 2026 | 30
UK digital ID brief quietly moves to new minister after resignation
James Frith takes reins from Josh Simons, who quit even though he was cleared over journalist vetting scandal
Public Sector04 Mar 2026 | 22
Capita's £370M Whitehall outsourcing deal challenged as 'abnormally low'
Rival bidder Sopra Steria launched legal claim over DWP procurement
Databases04 Mar 2026 | 28
Users fume at Outlook.com email 'carnage'
Updated Email flow slowed or stopped by mysterious forces at Microsoft
Networks04 Mar 2026 | 109
One vendor doesn't mind high RAM prices: VMware
Memory tiering and pooled memory are having a moment because they offer the chance to use less RAM
Systems04 Mar 2026 | 6
Google feels the need for security speed, so will ship Chrome updates every two weeks
Retains eight-weekly Extended Stable releases but warns fortnightly updates are the best way to stay safe
Software04 Mar 2026 | 18
OpenAI says its latest model is less likely to beat around the bush
The AI giant is also trying to walk back some terms of its deal with the Defense Department
AI + ML04 Mar 2026 | 10
Chat at your own risk! Data brokers are selling deeply personal bot transcripts
AI conversations for sale include sensitive health and legal details
AI + ML03 Mar 2026 | 13
BunsenLabs Carbon keeps the CrunchBang flame alive with Debian 13
Release lays the groundwork for going Wayland, if that's your sort of thing
OSes03 Mar 2026 | 14
Western governments seek to lock down 6G before it even exists
Telecoms coalition wants to avoid another 5G-style vendor scramble with early security guardrails
Networks03 Mar 2026 | 20
CIOs say AI adoption is moving faster than they can manage
Risk management? Continuity plan if our provider disappears? We've heard of these things
AI + ML03 Mar 2026 | 8
AWS backs Open VSX as Rust survey shows VS Code decline
AI-first editors and agent-driven tooling intensify competition in the IDE market
Devops03 Mar 2026 | 12
Until last month, attackers could've stolen info from Perplexity Comet users just by sending a calendar invite
AI browsing agent left local files open for the taking
Research03 Mar 2026 | 4
Bank of England says it can run £431M settlement system without Accenture
Deputy governor tells MPs central bank now has in-house skills and IP to maintain revamped RTGS
Public Sector03 Mar 2026 | 21
Bootleg Windows, Office scheme crashes, triggers 22-month lockup for Florida woman
Heidi Richards paid more than $5M for certificate of authenticity labels in five years
Software03 Mar 2026 | 74
Microsoft reportedly eyes E7 tier to make AI agents pay their way – like the humans they'll replace
Redmond wants a monthly cut from every digital worker on your payroll. Agents don't need dental, they will need a SKU
AI + ML03 Mar 2026 | 49
Chrome Gemini panel became privilege escalator for rogue extensions
High-severity flaw let malicious add-ons access system via browser's embedded AI feature
Security03 Mar 2026 | 4
Claude having artificially intelligent hiccups and access lockouts for over two hours
Developers ponder the horror of having to actually write code
SaaS03 Mar 2026 | 7
Huawei brings its flatpack AI datacenters, packed full of Chinese chips, to the world
Claims it can build and deploy them fast, whether they run at speed is another matter
On-Prem03 Mar 2026 | 5
Motorola partners with GrapheneOS for future phones
Don't expect to see compatible hardware before 2027
OSes02 Mar 2026 | 46
Generic methods arrive in Golang, but they weren't the top dev demand
Approved proposal reverses earlier stance, even as survey highlights bigger frustrations
Devops02 Mar 2026 | 14
Stop macOS 26 nagging with one tiny policy tweak
Trick uses a simple configuration profile to convince your Mac that upgrading isn't allowed
OSes02 Mar 2026 | 39
SAP writes $480M check to finally end IP legal spat with Teradata
A joint venture from 2008 led to years of claims and counter-claims between the data whizzkids
Databases02 Mar 2026 | 1
Windows 11 tops market share as 10 faces extended farewell
More than a fifth of servers still on Windows Server 2016
OSes02 Mar 2026 | 10
Firefox 149 beta develops a split personality
A handy feature you can already try in recent versions
Software02 Mar 2026 | 31
LibreOffice Online dragged out of the attic, dusted off for another go
Browser-based version back on the menu, reopening questions about TDF's relationship with Collabora
Applications02 Mar 2026 | 58
OpenAI’s Altman says Pentagon set ‘scary precedent’ binning Anthropic
Signs a deal with Washington anyway, says he’s kept control of killer robots by allowing only cloudy AI, with guardrails
AI + ML02 Mar 2026 | 35
AWS Middle East disrupted after ‘objects struck datacenter’ amid Iran war
Asia In brief PLUS: AI claims 2,000 jobs at Australia’s WiseTech; Samsung wants humanoid robots for autonomous factories; Micron opens India plant; And more!
Off-Prem01 Mar 2026 | 8
OpenClaw, but in containers: Meet NanoClaw
Interview A smaller, security-conscious take on the viral AI agent platform
AI + ML01 Mar 2026 | 21
SaaS-pocalypse chatter is doomster pr0n. It would be nice if enterprise IT were boring again
Opinion Lost among the investor froth, someone has to do all the boring stuff. And they'll probably be around for the next spin of the hype cycle
SaaS01 Mar 2026 | 20
Open source devs consider making hogs pay for every download
Opinion Careless big-time users are treating FOSS repos like content delivery networks
Databases28 Feb 2026 | 96
Trump orders purge of 'woke' Anthropic from government
updated Without a single 'You're Fired' joke
Public Sector27 Feb 2026 | 140
Amazon and Nvidia open their wallets to lock in OpenAI's business while SoftBank keeps the lights on
ChatGPT maker announces $110B in new investment amid flurry of self-serving deals
AI + ML27 Feb 2026 | 14
Lovable-hosted app littered with basic flaws exposed 18K users, researcher claims
Who's to blame – the vibey platforms or the humans who ignore security warnings?
Applications27 Feb 2026 | 9
50 GW of datacenter demand queues up for UK grid access
To put that into perspective, 45 GW was peak electricity use for Britain so far this year
Systems27 Feb 2026 | 51
Sopra Steria sues UK government over £958M Capita outsourcing award
French firm claims DWP failed to identify rival's bid was 'abnormally low' and alleges govt breached procurement rules
Public Sector27 Feb 2026 | 39
Mondelēz picks Celonis as process backbone for SAP overhaul
Snack giant opts for vendor-neutral process mining as it shifts from ECC to S/4HANA
Databases27 Feb 2026 | 1
Engineer held hostage by client who asked for the wrong fix
On Call 'I was no longer field support. I was collateral'
On-Prem27 Feb 2026 | 94
NUC, NUC! Who’s there? ASUS with a client device for Microsoft’s cloudy PCs
Dell also joins the alternative to Windows 365 Link fun
Off-Prem27 Feb 2026 | 36
Anthropic to Pentagon: Autonomous weapons could hurt US troops and civilians
AI upstart won’t remove Claude’s guardrails to stay onside with Dept. of War
Public Sector27 Feb 2026 | 54
Jack Dorsey’s fintech outfit Block announces 40% layoffs, blames AI, gets 23% stock bump
One massive round of firings is apparently better for morale than a drip-drip-drip of death
AI + ML27 Feb 2026 | 39
New endowment hopes to raise a big pile of money for open source projects
Grants for critical, unappreciated projects
Software27 Feb 2026 | 2
ServiceNow boasts its AI bot is resolving 90% of its own help desk tickets
When it gets stuck, the bot will escalate rather than hallucinate
AI + ML26 Feb 2026 | 22
Burger King turns to AI to flame broil employees who aren't friendly enough
Because nothing says hospitality like a bot counting your pleases
AI + ML26 Feb 2026 | 117
AI models suck slightly less at math than they did last year
exclusive Latest ORCA test results out
AI + ML26 Feb 2026 | 33
Anthropic launches new marketing blog, pretends it's being 'written' by 'retired' LLM
Pretending the software is sentient makes it sound more powerful
AI + ML26 Feb 2026 | 32
Rapid AI-driven development makes security unattainable, warns Veracode
Report claims more vulnerabilities created than fixed as remediation gap widens
Software26 Feb 2026 | 13
Top cloud providers to outspend Ireland's GDP on AI in 2026
TrendForce says eight hyperscalers are set to pour $710B into servers and infrastructure
On-Prem26 Feb 2026 | 13
Microsoft to auto-launch Copilot in Edge whenever you click a link from Outlook
Whac-A-Mole season continues as Redmond finds yet another corner to stuff its 21st century Clippy
AI + ML26 Feb 2026 | 84
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