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The 20 most-commented-on tech support columns from On Call's first 500 instalments On Call To celebrate the recent 500th appearance of On-Call, the column that features your tales of tech support torture, The Register has trawled through the archives to find the 20 columns...
If Windows 11 no longer works properly, you can reset the operating system, download the installation files from the Microsoft cloud, and reinstall Windows 11. You can also restore your data in the process. However, this requires a fast internet connection, as the operating ...
Laptops powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon processors are clocking in at about 20 hours of battery life. Ditto for notebooks powered by Intel’s “Lunar Lake” chip. But isn’t that number way, way more than what the average user actually needs? No. On the contrary, it’s...
When used correctly, Virtual Desktops, first introduced in Windows 10 and then refined in Windows 11, offer a handy way to manage multiple workflows. They let you create separate, dedicated workspaces within the OS, keeping things organized and clutter free. This is...
Churns out apps, but testing needed to iron out performance woes Researchers are finding that most companies integrating AI into their tech stack have run headlong into performance and reliability issues with the resulting applications.…
Google is updating the post-quantum cryptography in Chrome, replacing the experimental Kyber with the fully standardized Module Lattice Key Encapsulation Mechanism (ML-KEM) to enhance protection against quantum computing attacks. BleepingComputer reports: This change comes...
Hours-long videos of ’80s and ’90s Weather Channel broadcasts set to vaporwave tunes are all over YouTube. They’re perfect for those moments you want to remember a time when weather was a little less scary.
Kendall McDaniel felt like a nomad worker, wandering from job to job, never making enough money, never feeling fulfilled. He worked entry-level jobs in construction, in healthcare and at multiple fast-food joints. In those fast-food jobs, McDaniel said, “You could be...
Just as European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was preparing to present her new team, there is trouble over the line-up for Commission posts: The European Union’s current Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services, Thierry Breton, has unexpectedly...
While AI is often touted as being the solution for all kinds of tasks, when it comes to developing software it seems that it may not always be improving things. A new study from Uplevel suggests that today's GenAI-based developer tools don't tend to increase coding...
Well you wouldn't get far protesting a water system or a power grid, right? The UK government's decision to designate datacenters as critical national infrastructure (CNI) may do more than just offer protection against critical incidents; it may also allow developers to...
Citing 'foreign interference activity', Meta has introduced a global ban on Russian state media outlets on its social media platforms. The move is fueled in part by concern about attempts by Russia to influence the 2024 US presidential election. The ban, which is coming into ...
Thrills and spills from a fold-up bike? We couldn’t believe it either.
TL;DR: Get the grade-A refurbished Apple iPad Pro 12.9' 4th Gen (2020) in near-mint condition for just $599 (reg. $1,299). We all want a great-performing device to take with us on the go. Whether you're a commuter, frequent traveler, or student, an Apple iPad is the most...
UK's second largest retailer set to move ERP to the cloud with AWS, Accenture, and the German software gaint Sainsbury's has become the third top-ten UK retailer to join the SAP program to lift legacy applications to the cloud and migrate them to its latest S/4HANA ERP...
Generative AI depends on data to build responses to user queries. Training large language models (LLMs) uses huge volumes of data—for example, OpenAI’s GPT-3 used the CommonCrawl data set, which stood at 570 gigabytes and 400 billion tokens. But these data sets, while...
TL;DR: For $59.99, get a lifetime subscription to XSplit Broadcaster for Windows and step up your streaming game with premium tools. Looking to upgrade your streaming setup without breaking the bank? The XSplit Broadcaster lifetime subscription is the perfect solution for...
If there's one thing we know about Big Red, it's being entirely reasonable JavaScript luminaries and at least 2,500 other interested parties have again asked Oracle to set the programming language free by walking away from the trademark for its name.…
If you’re not ready to say goodbye to Burning Man’s vibes—or if you’re looking for “Burning Man Light”—you can attend one of many regional burns around the world.
Google's philanthropic arm is partially funding a new initiative that 'aims to deploy more than 50 small satellites in low-Earth orbit to pinpoint flare-ups as small as a classroom anywhere in the world,' reports Ars Technica. From the report: The FireSat constellation,...
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