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Monday September 30, 2024. 07:04 AM
PSMC does a deal with Tata in what really might be – all hype aside – an actual 'key milestone' It looks like India has scored a deal to host its first semiconductor fab, possibly at the expense of a project in Japan.…
LLMs are helpful, but don't use them for anything important AI models just can't seem to stop making things up. As two recent studies point out, that proclivity underscores prior warnings not to rely on AI advice for anything that really matters.…
Plus: UK man charged with compromising firms for stock secrets; ransomware actor foils self; and more Infosec In Brief Put away that screwdriver and USB charging cable – the latest way to steal a Kia just requires a cellphone and the victim's license plate number.…
Plus: SpaceX plans Vietnam investment; Yahoo! Japan content moderation secrets; LG offloads Chinese display factory; and more ASIA IN BRIEF It's not often The Register writes about a cryptocurrency outfit being on the right side of a scam or crime, but last week crypto...
Sunday September 29, 2024. 06:39 PM
Alethe Denis exposes tricks that made you fall for that return-to-office survey Interview A hacker walked into a 'very big city' building on a Wednesday morning with no keys to any doors or elevators, determined to steal sensitive data by breaking into both the physical...
It won't smash any benchmarks, but it will go where most others can't Brit chipmaker Pragmatic Semiconductor has created a 32-bit microprocessor in a 'flexible technology that is fully functional while flexed.'…
Saturday September 28, 2024. 01:27 PM
Soldiers' new best friend does all the heavy lifting Soldiers bear a heavy burden while serving their homelands, which is why the US Army has awarded contracts this week to two companies for a new generation of equipment-hauling robots. …
Friday September 27, 2024. 11:45 PM
Snoops allegedly camped out in inboxes well into September The US Department of Justice has charged three Iranians for their involvement in a 'wide-ranging hacking campaign' during which they allegedly stole massive amounts of materials from Donald Trump's 2024 presidential...
Now Arm reportedly approached, rebuffed by Chipzilla. Who's next? MOS Technology? Comment Brit chip designer Arm is reportedly the latest to make an attempted play for Intel's product division.…
AI screengrab service to be opt-in, features encryption, biometrics, enclaves, more Microsoft has revised the Recall feature for its Copilot+ PCs and insists that the self-surveillance system is secure.…
Licensing mixes also needed lest vendors give too much away Interview On the eve of the Cockroach Labs' annual conference, CEO Spencer Kimball commented about the virtues of a rival database company. 'There are real benefits to the way MongoDB does things, and that's why a...
Even investors might not get much out of it Opinion Once upon a time, OpenAI was purely a non-profit. Really. It was established in December 2015 as a non-profit AI research organization. Now it appears increasingly likely that OpenAI will become a for-profit company.…
Defenders beware: Data theft, extortion, and backdoors on Storm-0501's agenda Microsoft's latest threat intelligence blog issues a warning to all organizations about Storm-0501's recent shift in tactics, targeting, and backdooring hybrid cloud environments.…
Satellite broadband mega-constellation passes mega-milestone Starlink's subscriber count is accelerating and has passed the 4 million milestone, up from the 2.3 million it claimed in its 2023 progress report.…
Pair of industry giants set to take on £711M upgrade supporting four UK departments IBM and Oracle have won a competition to supply an ERP upgrade to a group of UK central government departments in a deal worth £711 million ($950 million).…
Working from home, but missing the voice of Elinor Hamilton telling you all services are canceled? Great news for transport nerds! It is now possible to recreate the desolation of an empty platform with every train delayed or canceled, thanks to an unnervingly accurate...
Text Edit emerges, plus tinted terminal title bar when it's time to tread tactfully For those on the RPM side of the fence, Fedora 41 has hit beta, and works better in VirtualBox than ever if you're curious to try it.…
'He sat in a chair, rubbed his temple, and began to recite syntax as if performing magic' On Call The end of the working week brings with it magical possibilities for fun and frolics, which is why The Register celebrates each Friday with a fresh incantation of On Call –...
Engineers at Grab don't need to ask each other questions any more Asia's answer to Uber, Singaporean superapp Grab, has admitted it gathered more data than it could easily analyze – until a large language and generative AI turned things around.…
Space broadband on weapons is not something Elon Musk condones A Russian drone shot down over Ukraine appears to have been fitted with equipment made by Elon Musk's space broadband service Starlink, according to Ukrainian media.…
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