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Agentic RAG is getting a lot of attention these days as a practical way to reduce — or, depending on the audacity of the vendor, eliminate — hallucinations from generative AI (genAI) tools. Sadly, it might not decrease hallucinations — but it could open the door to...
Pixel phones are filled with efficiency-enhancing Google intelligence, and one area that’s all too easy to overlook is the way the devices can improve the act of actually talking on your cellular telephone. That’s true for any Pixel model, no matter how old it may be,...
Controversial payment systems set for another lease of life The UK's government department for farming and the environment is offering up to £27 million to keep its controversial legacy farm payments systems running for another three years as it develops a replacement.…
Microsoft Active Directory is used by a majority of the world’s organizations. But Cyberattacks and misconfigurations targeting AD have surged in recent years, leading to critical outages and data loss. We spoke to Bob Bobel, CEO of Cayosoft, about how to address critical...
When it comes to cloud computing security and AI, we have a lot to learn about protecting AI systems. Most cloud security pros don’t know how to implement effective AI security, and many don’t know where to start. I suspect this will result in significant breaches in the ...
This (half-)month in Python: C—er, see—how Cython makes for faster Python; learn four timely tips for writing cutting-edge Python code; get a quick guide to installing Python without hassle, tears, or cussing at your keyboard. And did Python just beat its own record in...
BVLOS operations to modernize airspace The UK's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has approved six new trials to test the use of drones in deliveries, inspections and emergency services, including one from e-commerce megabiz Amazon.…
Rust‘s leadership team has published a list of 26 project goals for the second half of 2024, leading off with finalizing preparations for the Rust 2024 edition. Two other key goals include bringing the async Rust experience closer to par with sync Rust, and resolving the...
Six-hundred-eight in a series. Welcome to this week's overview of the best apps, games and extensions released for Windows 10 and 11 on the Microsoft Store and elsewhere in the past seven days. Microsoft is testing changes that add layout options to the 'All Apps' section of...
A long and strange tech support story that starts in Africa and ends in a Presidential Suite On Call Welcome yet again to On Call, the reader-contributed column in which The Register immortalizes readers' stories of escaping tech support traumas.…
AT&T and Verizon are urging the FCC to reject SpaceX's plan to offer cellular service with T-Mobile, arguing that it would cause harmful interference to terrestrial mobile networks. Ars Technica reports: Filings urging the Federal Communications Commission to deny SpaceX's...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Melted capsules. Cloudy insulin. Pills that may no longer work. Doctors and pharmacists say the scorching temperatures enveloping the country could be endangering people's health in an unexpected way: by...
sciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: A species of lungfish found in South America has claimed the title of the animal with the biggest genome sequenced so far. The DNA of Lepidosiren paradoxa comprises a staggering 91 billion chemical letters or 'bases,' 30...
According to Kaspersky, hackers linked to Chinese threat actors have targeted Russian state agencies and tech companies in a campaign named EastWind. The Record reports: [T]he attackers used the GrewApacha remote access trojan (RAT), an unknown PlugY backdoor and an updated...
As the excitement about the immense potential of large language models (LLMs) dies down, now comes the hard work of ironing out the things they don’t do well. The word “hallucination” is the most obvious example, but at least output that is crazily fictitious stands ...
The IRS should reopen its Technology Retirement Office to effectively manage the retirement and replacement of legacy systems, according to a Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) audit. The Register reports: The report (PDF), from the Treasury Inspector...
Avon, the great aunt of multilevel marketing shenanigans, at least had half-decent products for its agents to rope their friends and family into selling. Unfortunately many of them contained talc, whose mineral composition includes asbestos, generating a slim but...
Microsoft says it will temporarily cease its contentious Windows 11 upgrade campaign following user backlash. The tech giant had been bombarding Windows 10 users with full-screen popups urging them to switch operating systems. Starting with April's security update, these...
Texas attorney Brittany Lacayo has just earned the Guinness World Record for the 'world's widest tongue (female).' Demo video below. At 3.11 inches, it's almost the width of a credit card. (Don't confuse Lacayo with Jenny DuVander who several months ago was determined to...
A Kind of Bloop: An 8-Bit Tribute to Miles Davis' A Kind of Blue was released 15 years ago and remains one of the finest and most profoundly blasphemous chiptune tributes to popular music ever made. Andy Baio, who organized and crowdfunded the project, today announced an...
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