Sage Copilot grounded briefly to fix AI misbehavior
'Minor issue' with showing accounting customers 'unrelated business information' required repairs
AI + ML20 Jan 2025 | 19
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Just as your LLM once again goes off the rails, Cisco, Nvidia are at the door smiling
Some of you have apparently already botched chatbots or allowed ‘shadow AI’ to creep in
AI + ML17 Jan 2025 | 11
IT job market is still shrinking but not as quickly as last year
Half the number of roles axed, and yes – you can keep blaming AI
CxO15 Jan 2025 | 36
Megan, AI recruiting agent, is on the job, giving bosses fewer reasons to hire in HR
Interview She doesn't feel pity, remorse, or fear, but she'll craft a polite email message as she turns you down
AI + ML15 Jan 2025 | 80
Intel Capital next into the chip giant's trebuchet, to be shot as far over the wall as possible
This'll be good for you, don't you worry, CFO tells venture fund while pulling back the sling
CxO15 Jan 2025 | 8
Tesla, Musk double down on $56B payday appeal
What could be the motivation for continuing to fight the case?
CxO09 Jan 2025 | 74
Kyndryl's consulting business may be less than it seems
Special report Insiders say it's largely a matter of labeling
CxO08 Dec 2024 | 22
The workplace has become a surveillance state
Cracked Labs report explores the use of motion sensors and wireless networking kit to monitor offices
CxO27 Nov 2024 | 72
AI hiring bias? Men with Anglo-Saxon names score lower in tech interviews
Study suggests hiding every Tom, Dick, and Harry's personal info from HR bots
AI + ML21 Nov 2024 | 140
Here's how a Trump presidency could change the tech industry
Kettle Anything could happen in the next half ... decade
Public Sector13 Nov 2024 | 123
TSMC's US operations threatened with employee discrimination class action
Updated Allegedly it's hard to get ahead at the chipmaker unless you speak Mandarin
CxO13 Nov 2024 | 6
AMD axes 4% of staff while staring hungrily at AI, servers
LLM, LLM on the wall, who will be laid off first of all?
AI + ML13 Nov 2024 | 7
Air National Guardsman gets 15 years after splashing classified docs on Discord
22-year-old talked of 'culling the weak minded' – hmm!
Cyber-crime13 Nov 2024 | 93
Flanked by Palantir and AWS, Anthropic's Claude marches into US defense intelligence
An emotionally manipulable AI in the hands of the Pentagon and CIA? Cool
AI + ML07 Nov 2024 | 4
Mozilla Foundation crumbles as third of staff cast off
Firefox overlord to 'revisit' advocacy mission
Applications06 Nov 2024 | 89
Average North American CISO pay now $565K, mainly thanks to one weird trick
Best way to boost your package is to leave, or pretend to
Cybersecurity Month03 Oct 2024 | 12
Hands up who hasn't made an offer to buy some part of Intel
Comment Now Arm reportedly approached, rebuffed by Chipzilla. Who's next? MOS Technology?
Systems27 Sep 2024 | 21
Now Dell salespeople must be onsite five days a week
Return-to-office mandate reaches inevitable conclusion
CxO26 Sep 2024 | 119
There’s no way Qualcomm is buying Intel as is
Comment Is this from the same gossips who were wrong about Altera and Mobileye or the DoJ subpoenaing Nvidia?
Personal Tech21 Sep 2024 | 22
LinkedIn started harvesting people's posts for training AI without asking for opt-in
Updated Opt out if you don't like it – EU and a few others, including now the UK, excepted
AI + ML19 Sep 2024 | 88
Popular
OpenAI's ChatGPT crawler can be tricked into DDoSing sites, answering your queries
The S in LLM stands for Security
Donald Trump proposes US government acquire half of TikTok, which thanks him and restores service
Incoming president promises to allow ongoing operations for 90 days just as made-in-China app started to go dark
Datacus extractus: Harry Potter publisher breached without resorting to magic
Infosec in brief PLUS: Allstate sued for allegedly tracking drivers; Dutch DDoS; More fake jobs from Pyongyang; and more
Sage Copilot grounded briefly to fix AI misbehavior
'Minor issue' with showing accounting customers 'unrelated business information' required repairs
Developers feared large chaps carrying baseball bats could come to kneecap their ... test account?
Who, Me? A whole different kind of 'technical debt' turned into real-world trouble
How to leave the submarine cable cutters all at sea – go Swedish
Opinion Clear rules and guaranteed consequences concentrate the mind wonderfully. Just ask a Russian
When food delivery apps reached Indonesia, everyone put on weight
Asia In Brief PLUS: Salt Typhoon and IT worker scammers sanctioned; Alibaba Cloud’s K8s go global; Amazon acquires Indian BNPL company
Where does Microsoft's NPU obsession leave Nvidia's AI PC ambitions?
Comment While Microsoft pushes AI PC experiences, Nvidia is busy wooing developers
Ransomware attack forces Brit high school to shut doors
Students have work to complete at home in the meantime
BT unplugs plans to turn old cabinets into EV chargepoints
Your battery might be flat, but the Wi-Fi signal is going to be great
STORIES
Open source maintainers underpaid, swamped by security, going gray
AI-coded contributions? Most would rather skip the bot's work
Software18 Sep 2024 | 43
The empire of C++ strikes back with Safe C++ blueprint
You pipsqueaks want memory safety? We'll show you memory safety! We'll borrow that borrow checker
Applications16 Sep 2024 | 113
I stole 20 GB of data from Capgemini – and now I'm leaking it, says cybercrook
Updated Allegedly pilfered database has source code, private keys, staff info, T-Mobile VM logs, more
Cyber-crime12 Sep 2024 | 20
Medical cannabis CTO says vendors would hang up when he called looking for a deal
Alternaleaf now has an outsized tech team, a build-not-buy mentality, and a love of FOSS
CxO11 Sep 2024 | 15
Defense AI models 'a risk to life' alleges spurned tech firm
In-depth Chatterbox Labs CEO claims Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office unfairly cancelled a contract then accused him of blackmail
AI + ML06 Sep 2024 | 8
Pat Gelsinger's grand plan to reinvent Intel is in jeopardy
Comment Foundry faces a reckoning
CxO06 Sep 2024 | 66
Nvidia and chums inject $160M into Applied Digital to keep GPU sales rolling
Datacenters are the lifeline for its $30B ML-fueled boom
PaaS + IaaS06 Sep 2024 | 5
Cognizant alleges Infosys swiped its trade secrets
Sueball suggests outsourcer went out of bounds by developing competing product
CxO26 Aug 2024 | 9
Delta: CrowdStrike's offer to help in Falcon meltdown was too little, too late
Airline unimpressed with 'unhelpful and untimely' phone call from CEO, Falcon maker says claims untrue
CxO08 Aug 2024 | 32
Microsoft punches back at Delta Air Lines and its legal threats
SatNad himself offered CrowdStrike recovery help, Redmond says, before suggesting airline's IT is in a mess
CxO07 Aug 2024 | 39
More than 83K certs from nearly 7K DigiCert customers must be swapped out now
Small stay of execution in 'exceptional circumstances' promised – amid legal action to pause digital bonfire
CSO31 Jul 2024 | 18
How deliciously binary: AI has yet to pay off – or is transforming business
Feature Calculating ROI of neural networks turns out to be rather complicated
CxO30 Jul 2024 | 67
Patch management still seemingly abysmal because no one wants the job
Comment Are your security and ops teams fighting to pass the buck?
Malware Month25 Jul 2024 | 29
How a cheap barcode scanner helped fix CrowdStrike'd Windows PCs in a flash
This one weird trick saved countless hours and stress – no, really
OSes25 Jul 2024 | 89
The months and days before and after CrowdStrike's fatal Friday
Analysis 'In the short term, they're going to have to do a lot of groveling'
CSO25 Jul 2024 | 46
EU's renewable hydrogen plan needs a 'reality check'
Member nations aren't on the same page, investors are confused, and nobody understands the real costs
CxO19 Jul 2024 | 78
Car dealer software slinger CDK Global said to have paid $25M ransom after cyberattack
15K dealerships take estimated $600M+ hit
Malware Month12 Jul 2024 | 16
Coders' Copilot code-copying copyright claims crumble against GitHub, Microsoft
A few devs versus the powerful forces of Redmond – who did you think was going to win?
Software08 Jul 2024 | 40
Cancer patient forced to make terrible decision after Qilin attack on London hospitals
Exclusive Skin-sparing mastectomy and breast reconstruction scrapped as result of ransomware at supplier
Malware Month05 Jul 2024 | 73
EFF wants FTC to treat lying chatbots as 'unfair and deceptive' in eyes of the law
And hit AI operators 'with all the fines', says Cory Doctorow
Public Sector02 Jul 2024 | 13
Affirm fears customer info pilfered during ransomware raid at Evolve Bank
Number of partners acknowledging data theft continues to rise
Malware Month02 Jul 2024 | 2
Indian govt probes claims Foxconn won't hire married women
Updated Cultural traditions clash with manufacturing ambitions
Public Sector27 Jun 2024 | 20
Mozilla is trying to push me out because I have cancer, CPO says in bombshell lawsuit
Steve Teixeira, said to be CEO-in-waiting, now sues Firefox maker for discrimination, retaliation
Applications24 Jun 2024 | 91
Change Healthcare finally spills the tea on what medical data was stolen by cyber-crew
'Substantial proportion' of America to get a little note from next month
Cyber-crime21 Jun 2024 | 9
IBM, Kyndryl again once sued for age discrimination – this time by its own VPs
More big blues at Big Blue ... And of course El Reg is cited in lawsuit
CxO20 Jun 2024 | 5
HPE, Nvidia team up to offer 'turnkey' private cloud racks for keeping AI loads local
HPE Discover Everyone wants to be best buddies with Jensen Huang's GPU juggernaut
AI + ML18 Jun 2024 | 1
Shoddy infosec costs PwC spinoff and NMA $11.3M in settlement with Uncle Sam
Updated Pen-testing tools didn't work – and personal info of folks hit by pandemic started appearing in search engines
CSO17 Jun 2024 | 2
Microsoft answered Congress' questions on security. Now the White House needs to act
Feature Business as usual needs a real change
Public Sector15 Jun 2024 | 45
Meta won't train AI on Euro posts after all, as watchdogs put their paws down
Facebook parent calls step forward for privacy a 'step backwards'
AI + ML14 Jun 2024 | 41
Wells Fargo fires employees accused of faking keyboard activity to pretend to work
Homer Simpson was ahead of his time
CxO13 Jun 2024 | 121
Oracle Ads have had it: $2B operation shuts down after dwindling to $300M
Analysis In this slightly more private era, your data ain't as profitable as it once was
Personal Tech13 Jun 2024 | 25
US senators propose guardrails for government AI purchases and operations
Bill proposes appointment of chief AI officers, privacy safeguards, and lots of testing
Public Sector13 Jun 2024 | 2
AMD's DC chief happy to work with Intel and others to chip away at Nvidia's AI empire
'If everybody's got their own little ecosystem, it's very inefficient'
Systems12 Jun 2024 | 3
Akira: Perhaps the next big thing in ransomware, says Tidal threat intelligence chief
Interview Scott Small tells us gang's 'intent and capability' should get the attention of CSOs
Malware Month09 Jun 2024 | 3
Microsoft Research chief scientist has no issue with Windows Recall
As tool emerges to probe OS feature's SQLite-based store of user activities
OSes06 Jun 2024 | 114
More layoffs at Microsoft: What's really going on here?
Analysis We had a record quarter, so sorry to see you go
On-Prem04 Jun 2024 | 69
Intel CEO says sanctions on China squanders opportunity for US chipmakers like Intel
Computex When the Middle Kingdom starts making its own processors, it won’t buy ones made by me!
On-Prem04 Jun 2024 | 36
IT infrastructure scared away potential buyers of struggling e-commerce site
Whatever gear storied cycling site Wiggle used didn't propel it to a successful sale after the biz hit bumps
CxO31 May 2024 | 42
California's Governor Newsom is worried AI will be smothered in regulation
OTOH, 'If we chase a shiny object, we could put ourselves in a perilous position'
AI + ML30 May 2024 | 17
MIT professor hoses down predictions AI will put a rocket under the economy
It's easier to foresee growing inequality than surging growth
AI + ML29 May 2024 | 38
2.8M US folks learn their personal info was swiped months ago in Sav-Rx IT heist
Theft happened in October, only now are details coming to light
Cyber-crime28 May 2024 | 8
How's Uncle Sam getting on with Biden's AI exec order? Pretty good, we're told
Interview Former Pentagon deputy CIO Rob Carey tells us guardrails should steer Feds away from bad ML
Public Sector27 May 2024 | 7
Wanna curb datacenter outages? Try combating burnout with shorter shifts
If hiring more people to work fewer hours isn't appealing, you could always make a robot do it
On-Prem24 May 2024 | 8
Three-year-old Apache Flink flaw under active attack
We know IT admins have busy schedules but c'mon
Patches24 May 2024 | 11
Here's yet more ransomware using BitLocker against Microsoft's own users
Updated ShrinkLocker throws steel and vaccine makers into the hurt locker
Malware Month23 May 2024 | 4
Google guru roasts useless phishing tests, calls for fire drill-style overhaul
Current approaches aren't working and demonize security teams
Security23 May 2024 | 57
70% of CISOs worry their org is at risk of a material cyber attack
Wait, why do you want this job again?
CSO23 May 2024 | 7
Confused by the SEC's IT security breach reporting rules? Read this
'Clarification' weighs in on material vs voluntary disclosures
CSO22 May 2024 | 2
Ransomware negotiator weighs in on the extortion payment debate with El Reg
Interview As gang tactics get nastier while attacks hit all-time highs
Cyber-crime12 May 2024 | 43
The hiring frenzy is over at India's services giants
Headcounts are down for the first time in ages, margins are up, and CEOs are happy
CxO30 Apr 2024 | 4
Atlassian loses half its CEOs, but customers stay solid after Server products exit support
Discloses ongoing experiments with usage-based pricing
Software26 Apr 2024 | 14
Indian bank’s IT is so shabby it’s been banned from opening new accounts
After two years of warnings, and outages, regulators ran out of patience with Kotak Mahindra Bank
Security25 Apr 2024 | 26
Microsoft promises Copilot will be a 'moneymaker' in the long term
Exec tells investors to 'temper' expectations as mission to convince customers of price tag continues
AI + ML18 Mar 2024 | 57
Meta sues ex infra VP for allegedly stealing top-secret datacenter blueprints
Exec accused of using own work PC to swipe confidential AI and staffing docs for stealth cloud startup
PaaS + IaaS12 Mar 2024 | 4
How to Netflix Oracle’s blockbuster audit model
Opinion Terms and conditions apply. Lawyers need not
Databases11 Mar 2024 | 32
You got legal trouble? Better call SauLM-7B
Cooked in a math lab, here's an open source LLM that knows the law
AI + ML09 Mar 2024 | 27
Chinese chap charged with stealing Google’s AI datacenter secrets
Moonlighted for PRC companies after side-stepping Big G's security, allegedly
On-Prem07 Mar 2024 | 13
Desktop GPU shipments jumped by a third – no thanks to AI PCs
Prices stabilized, so buyers opened their wallets
AI + ML06 Mar 2024 | 6
Copilot can't stop emitting violent, sexual images, says Microsoft whistleblower
Updated AI tech loves picturing women in underwear, Windows giant won't do anything about it, watchdog told
AI + ML06 Mar 2024 | 92
'We had to educate Oracle about our contract,' CIO says after Big Red audit
Estimates put audits at $3B revenue for Ellison's company, so go at your own pace, experts recommend
Databases06 Mar 2024 | 58
Today in tech layoffs: Sony Interactive and Expedia
Game over for 900 staff as PlayStation London office and more shuttered
CxO27 Feb 2024 | 9
Sandvine put on America's export no-fly list after Egypt used network tech for spying
Canadian network box maker floats in denial
CSO27 Feb 2024 | 11
Multiple billions up for grabs as UK government launches cloud services tenders
Two major procurement initiatives aim to beef up public sector tech
PaaS + IaaS26 Feb 2024 | 41
City council megaproject mulls ditching Oracle after budget balloons to £131M
As bankrupt local authority slashes services and hikes taxes, consultants enjoy £1k-a-day while system still can't offer auditable accounts
Databases22 Feb 2024 | 125
Oracle faces continued legal battle over alleged NetSuite software misrepresentations
Judge allows fraud case to continue after customer resubmits complaint
Databases21 Feb 2024 | 8
Staff say Dell's return to office mandate is a stealth layoff, especially for women
Exclusive Employees feel frustrated by lack of communication and bosses' inability to tell them which offices are open
CxO20 Feb 2024 | 182
Bank boss has pay slashed after presiding over tech outages in 2023
Singapore's DBS wants accountability for digital dropouts
CxO07 Feb 2024 | 4
GitOps pioneer Weaveworks unravels after funding fabric frays
Company burned through $61.6M in investment
CxO06 Feb 2024 | 3
When it comes to working from home, Register readers are bucking national trends
Our survey shows you like your away-from-office comforts
CxO05 Feb 2024 | 73
Dell said to be preparing broad Return To Office order this Monday
Exclusive Remote work option will still be offered – but at the cost of career advancement
CxO03 Feb 2024 | 105
Return to Office mandates boost company profits? Nope
Biz boffins say bottom line and market cap didn't change post directive – but staff mood did
CxO02 Feb 2024 | 74
Enterprise wallets to sustain European IT growth as devices lag
Software and services set to save continent's tech growth into 2024, says Gartner
CxO09 Nov 2023 |
Digital democracy or IT anarchy? Gartner flags the low-code revolution
Without strong governance, incoming tools will wreak havoc for CIOs
CxO08 Nov 2023 | 17
Woo-hoo, UK ahead of Europe in this at least – enterprise IT automation
But plenty of tech folk wish management would just leave them alone
CxO07 Nov 2023 | 12
US venture capitalist spending continues to slide, hits six year low in Q3
Looking for a bright spot? Well, it's easier to beg the Feds for cash now, say researchers
CxO12 Oct 2023 | 3
What to expect when the UK-US Data Bridge comes into force this week
Opinion Britain's privacy watchdog still not happy that agreement 'appropriately' protects sensitive data
CxO11 Oct 2023 | 19
Microsoft reportedly runs GitHub's AI Copilot at a loss
Analysis Redmond willing to do its accounts in red ink to get you hooked
CxO11 Oct 2023 | 6
BYOD should stand for bring your own disaster, according to Microsoft ransomware data
Rising number of RaaS baddies drive global attack numbers up 200%
CxO05 Oct 2023 | 9
BlackBerry to split into two companies, foraging for tastier fare for shareholders
Hopes to float IoT biz and keep infosec ops, then make a second pressing
CxO05 Oct 2023 | 16
Supreme Court doesn't want to hear union's beef about STEM grad work visas
End of the road for those hoping to cut 3-year permit back down to 12 months
CxO03 Oct 2023 | 7
Biting the hand that feeds IT
