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Monday June 9, 2025. 11:00 AM
The world is awash in data and all you need to do is ask for it. Of course, you also need to ask in the right way, and in the world of software development, that means using an API. Given the right combination of XML and JSON, there are thousands of APIs ready, willing, and...
Much has been written about SQL Server Always On Availability Groups, but the topic of SQL Server Failover Cluster Instances (FCI) that span both availability zones and regions is far less discussed. However, for organizations that require SQL Server high availability (HA)...
In design terms, Windows 11 is pretty chaotic. There are various visual styles within the operating system, as it seems Microsoft was unable to adopt a uniform approach. But there are also areas of the OS that are just a bit messy. The Settings app is a good example of this, ...
Prospect union threatens to up campaign, raise dispute with CEO Emotions are running high at BT over the Brit telco's refusal to 'improve their derisory and insulting' pay offer to manager grade staff, according to John Ferrett, national secretary at union Prospect.…
Street smarts vs book smarts Recently, one of our expert contributors opined that the act of writing helps to make an IT leader stronger, arguing that writing is a leadership superpower. According to CIO.com, writing conquers cognitive limits, clarifies complex thoughts, and ...
The Atlantic makes that case that 'the foundation of the AI industry is a scam' and that AI 'is not what its developers are selling it as: a new class of thinking — and, soon, feeling — machines.' [OpenAI CEO Sam] Altman brags about ChatGPT-4.5's improved 'emotional...
If you like it to keep working, don’t put a ring on it Who, Me? Reg readers are so dedicated it seems some of you are married to the job, although you also admit that no relationship is perfect when you send stories to Who, Me? It's the column in which we share your tales...
1.19MHz eight-bit CPU trounced modern GPUs – can you do better with your retro-tech? The Atari 2600 gaming console came into the world in 1977 with an eight-bit processor that ran at 1.19MhZ, and just 128 bytes of RAM – but that’s apparently enough power to beat...
'Replanting forests can help cool the planet even more than some scientists once believed, especially in the tropics,' according to a recent announcement from the University of California, Riverside. In a new modeling study published in Communications Earth & Environment,...
Plus: Hitachi turns graybeards into AI agents, Tiananmen anniversary censorship, AWS in Taiwan, and more! Asia in brief China's space agency has revealed its Tianwen 2 probe has unfurled a 'solar wing.'…
A new study 'adds a whole extra level of detail to our understanding of caffeine's impact on the brain during sleep,' reports ScienceAlert: Caffeine was shown to increase brain signal complexity, and shift the brain closer to a state of 'criticality', in tests run by...
The U.K. electricity grid 'was built to deliver power generated by coal and gas plants near the country's major cities and towns,' reports the BBC, 'and doesn't always have sufficient capacity in the wires that carry electricity around the country to get the new renewable...
Linus has released 6.16-rc1 and closed the merge window for this release. I think we had a fairly normal merge window, although I did get the feeling that there were a few more 'late straggler' pull requests than usual. Not to a huge degree, but there was definitely an...
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 News: Murena partners with phone markers, Redox developer ports X11 and GTK, GNOME testing its own distro on real hardware, Linux Mint...
Nintendo's new Switch 2 console sold a record 3 million units after its launch Thursday. But then today Microsoft announced their own upcoming handheld gaming device that's Xbox-branded (and Windows-powered). Working with ASUS' ROG division, they build a device that weighs...
PLUS: Doxxers jailed; Botnets bounce back; CISA questioned over app-vetting program closure; And more Infosec in Brief If a cyberattack hit critical infrastructure in the US, it would likely crumble, former deputy national security adviser and NSA cybersecurity director Anne ...
Sunday June 8, 2025. 11:57 PM
'NASA engineers have spent the past decade developing a rugged, partially autonomous lander designed to explore Europa, one of Jupiter's most intriguing moons,' reports Gizmodo. But though NASA 'got cold feet over the project,' the engineers behind the project are now...
Quite often, I wonder how much nostalgia plays part in our perception of past events. Luckily, with software, you can go “back” and retest it, and so there’s no need for any illusions and misconceptions. To wit, I decided to reinstall and try Windows 7 again (as a virtual...
TL;DR: Looking for a laptop that won't break the bank? This Lenovo 2-in-1 Chromebook is just $74.99 (reg. $475.99). If you're in the market for a laptop that's actually affordable, look no further than this Lenovo 2-in-1 Chromebook. Not only will it go easy on your wallet, bu...
In late April Meta introduced its Meta AI app, which included something called a Discover feed. ('You can see the best prompts people are sharing, or remix them to make them your own.') But while Meta insisted 'you're in control: nothing is shared to your feed unless you...
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