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MX Linux 25.1 brings back switchable init systems

21.01.2026 12:00

Dislike systemd but occasionally need it for something? MX can help MX Linux 25.1 restores the ability to switch init systems â the killer feature of MX Linux of old.â¦

Child safety or age-gating for all? UK social media ban plan draws fire

21.01.2026 11:15

Open Rights Group says plans would create serious privacy risks The UK government's proposed ban on under-16s using social media would amount to building a mass age-verification system for the entire ...

Kids learn computer theory with wood, cardboard, and hot glue

21.01.2026 10:30

Behold the cardboard ENIAC Students at an Arizona school have built a full-scale replica of ENIAC, marking 80 years since the dedication of the computer at the University of Pennsylvania.â¦...

ATM takes a kicking yet keeps on ticking

21.01.2026 08:01

But who is paying to keep the lights on? Bork!Bork!Bork! Sometimes technology is made of sterner stuff than we give credit for, such as this ATM, which has clung on to life â and power â des...

Curl shutters bug bounty program to remove incentive for submitting AI slop

21.01.2026 06:29

Maintainer hopes hackers send bug reports anyway, will keep shaming âsilly' ones The maintainer of popular open-source data transfer tool cURL has ended the projectâs bug bounty program afte...

Sony no longer home of the Bravia as it plans TV biz spin-out to Chinaâs TCL

21.01.2026 04:34

Hasn't said why, but low share in a slow-growing market suggests it can't be bothered Sony wants to stop making televisions.…

OpenAI will try to guess your age before ChatGPT gets spicy

21.01.2026 02:37

Think of the children...and the monetization options available where they're not allowed OpenAI says it has begun deploying an age prediction model to determine whether ChatGPT users are old enough to...

Cloudflare whacks WAF bypass bug that opened side door for attackers

21.01.2026 00:05

ACME validation had a challenge-request hole Cloudflare has fixed a flaw in its web application firewall (WAF) that allowed attackers to bypass security rules and directly access origin servers, which...

Anthropic CEO: Selling H200s to China is like giving nukes to North Korea

20.01.2026 23:10

This is totally not because China is giving away its best models away for free, right? Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei isn’t happy about the US allowing Nvidia to sell GPUs to Chinese companies, and like...

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy goes wobbly on AI bubble possibility

20.01.2026 22:29

Sure it's a bubble and the deals are circular - that doesn't mean Amazon's not going to try to extract value from it Could one of the most prominent tech company leaders be less-than-enthused about th...

AI researchers map models to banish 'demon' persona

20.01.2026 22:03

Keeping models on the Assistant Axis improves AI safety Researchers from Anthropic and other orgs have observed situations in which LLMs act like a helpful personal assistant, and are trying to study ...

Mozilla starts offering RPMs of Firefox Nightly

20.01.2026 20:35

More packaging options for the leading all-FOSS browser If you can't wait to get the bleeding-edge version of Firefox, we have good news. Mozilla is offering native RPM packages of Firefox Nightly for...

Remember VoidLink, the cloud-targeting Linux malware? An AI agent wrote it

20.01.2026 19:48

AI + skilled malware developers = security threat VoidLink, the newly spotted Linux malware that targets victims' clouds with 37 evil plugins, was generated "almost entirely by artificial intelligence...

Dead batteries cough up lithium after a bath in CO₂ and water, boffins say

20.01.2026 19:12

Still or sparkling? Either way, the problem of scale remains Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere, and recycling them cleanly and safely at scale is still hard. Now, a Chinese research team claims to ...

Power scarcity drives datacenters to Texas, where the juice is

20.01.2026 17:50

Plus, one in three bit barns expected to exceed 1 GW by 2035 Everything's bigger in Texas, including the amount of available power. That's why the Lone Star State is set to become the leading bit barn...

Rackspace tests customer loyalty with brutal email price hike

20.01.2026 16:07

Mailbox costs leap overnight as longtime users vent their frustration Rackspace is giving a masterclass in how to annoy customers after an eye-watering price hike for email hosting.…

OpenAI is still figuring out how to make money, but wants you to believe in it

20.01.2026 15:34

And the world economy might depend on it finding an answer This week, OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar took to the internet to make a bold pitch for the company's future, which she claims is bright, despite wha...

Majority of CEOs report zero payoff from AI splurge

20.01.2026 15:31

PwC survey finds more than half of 4,500+ biz leaders see no revenue growth nor cost savings More than half of CEOs report seeing neither increased revenue nor decreased costs from AI, despite massive...

AI framework flaws put enterprise clouds at risk of takeover

20.01.2026 15:00

Update Chainlit to the latest version ASAP Two "easy-to-exploit" vulnerabilities in the popular open-source AI framework Chainlit put major enterprises' cloud environments at risk of leaking data or e...

Windows 11, not AI, kick-started the PC upgrade cycle

20.01.2026 14:27

Corporate IT refreshed hardware to stay supported, not chase new features If 2025 proved anything about PCs, it's that corporate IT will upgrade hardware out of necessity long before it does so out of...

Anthropic quietly fixed flaws in its Git MCP server that allowed for remote code execution

20.01.2026 14:00

Prompt injection for the win Anthropic has fixed three bugs in its official Git MCP server that researchers say can be chained with other MCP tools to remotely execute malicious code or overwrite file...

For the price of Netflix, crooks can now rent AI to run cybercrime

20.01.2026 13:32

Group-IB says crims forking out for Dark LLMs, deepfakes, and more at subscription prices Cybercrime has entered its AI era, with criminals now using weaponized language models and deepfakes as cheap,...

Microsoft veteran explains the one weird trick that made Windows 95 restart faster

20.01.2026 13:08

Hold down Shift to make the magic happen (or not, as the case might be) Microsoft's Raymond Chen has explained why holding down Shift during a Windows 95 restart would get the system up and running ag...

Global economy shrugs off US tariff shock, tech spending does heavy lifting

20.01.2026 12:26

Wave of American-imposed tariffs failed to derail global growth, according to the IMF The global economy has proved more resilient than many expected in the wake of US tariff shocks, with the Internat...

Manchester ATM ups PIN requirement to full Windows login

20.01.2026 12:02

Definitely Maybe running Windows 7? Bork!Bork!Bork! Just because Microsoft has ended support doesn't mean an operating system will suddenly disappear. Take this crusty ATM running Windows 7 in the fai...

MPs ask who's responsible when AI crashes the UK finance system

20.01.2026 11:43

Committee says watchdogs lack urgency as accountability for automated decisions remains unresolved UK financial regulators must conduct stress testing to ensure businesses are ready for AI-driven mark...

England's Department of Health and Social Care offering £285k for new tech director

20.01.2026 11:15

Fancy it? As national health tech boss, you'd be one of the highest paid in the team England's Department of Health and Social Care is recruiting a head of technology, digital and data at a maximum sa...

£45B savings remain theoretical as UK digital roadmap delayed again

20.01.2026 10:30

Promised plan keeps slipping as ministers talk up future efficiency The UK government has delayed publication of its long-promised digital roadmap, a plan it says could eventually help save up to £45...

UK gambling regulator accuses Meta of lying about its struggle to spot illegal ads

20.01.2026 07:44

Labels Zuck’s ad library ‘a window into criminality’ and the Social Network as ‘happy to turn a blind eye’ The head of the UK’s Gambling Commission has accused social media giant Meta of l...

Akamai CEO wants help to defeat piracy, reckons he can handle edge AI alone

20.01.2026 05:55

OG CDN boss says fighting illegal streams is about stopping criminals cashing in, not free speech Interview When Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince recently threatened to disrupt the Winter Olympics to pro...

Micron finds a way to make more DRAM with $1.8bn chip plant purchase

20.01.2026 01:55

Taiwan’s Powerchip sells legacy fab it opened just 19 months ago after spending $9.5 billion Micron has found a way to add new DRAM manufacturing capacity in a hurry by acquiring a chipmaking campus...

ERP isn't dead yet – but most execs are planning the wake

19.01.2026 18:14

7 out of 10 C-suite cats reckon software category's best days are behind it, but can't agree what's next Seven out of ten C-suite leaders see a life beyond ERP as businesses have come to know it, but ...

Broker who sold malware to the FBI set for sentencing

19.01.2026 17:36

Feras Albashiti faces 10 years after $20,000 in sales to undercover agent exposed ransomware ties A Jordanian national faces sentencing in the US after pleading guilty to acting as an initial access b...

Just the Browser claims to tame the bloat without forking

19.01.2026 16:08

Strips the slop and snoopery from Chrome, Edge, and Firefox The promise of Just the Browser sounds good. Rather than fork one of the big-name browsers, just run a tiny script that turns off all the bi...

NASA's Artemis II Moon rocket arrives at the launch pad

19.01.2026 15:34

If it all goes wrong, British kids of the '80s might remember an alternative NASA's monster Moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), has trundled out to the launch pad – though the upper stage an...

Microsoft Intune changes to start biting unprepared admins

19.01.2026 15:00

Mobile application management updates mean apps could soon be blocked Today's a critical day for administrators managing a fleet of mobile devices via Microsoft Intune. Without updates, apps - includi...

Don't underestimate pro-Russia hacktivists, warns UK's cyber crew

19.01.2026 14:37

They’re not the most sophisticated, but even simple attacks can lead to costly consequences The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is once again warning that pro-Russia hacktivists are a thr...

Windows 11 shutdown bug forces Microsoft into out-of-band damage control

19.01.2026 14:05

Ships emergency update to fix a Patch Tuesday misfire that prevented systems from switching off Microsoft has rushed out an out-of-band Windows 11 update after January's Patch Tuesday broke something ...

Cop cops it after Copilot cops out: West Midlands police chief quits over AI hallucination

19.01.2026 13:43

Craig Guildford banned Israeli fans based on Microsoft's match report, told MPs 'we don't use AI,' then discovers... they did The chief constable of West Midlands Police has retired after his force us...

Ingram Micro admits summer ransomware raid exposed thousands of staff records

19.01.2026 13:32

Maine filing confirms July attack affected 42,521 employees and job applicants Ingram Micro disclosed that a July 2025 ransomware attack compromised the personal data of tens of thousands of employees...

UK prime minister stares down barrel of ban on social media for kids

19.01.2026 12:55

Labour's latest U-turn? 61 backbenchers pile pressure for Starmer to back Tory peer's amendment The British government may impose a ban on under-16s using social media, despite Labour prime minister K...

Warwickshire school to reopen after cyberattack crippled IT

19.01.2026 12:15

Kids return to classrooms after safety infrastructure knocked out A Warwickshire secondary school says it will fully reopen this week after a cyberattack forced a prolonged closure – though staff wi...

Price, battery life, performance – that's how you sell PCs

19.01.2026 12:00

Traditional considerations back in vogue. On-device AI? Not so much The majority of PCs that commercial resellers shipped to enterprise customers in Q4 were AI-capable, however, it was the traditional...

Royal Navy's helicopter drone makes its first autonomous flight

19.01.2026 11:15

Capable of carrying 1-ton payload and key to strategy protecting North Atlantic from Russian submarines The Royal Navy has conducted the first flight of a helicopter-sized autonomous drone that is pla...

Open source's new mission: Rebuild a continent's tech stack

19.01.2026 10:30

Freedom can be very contagious if it grows on its own terms. Europe of all places should know that Opinion Europe is famous for having the most tightly regulated non-existent tech sector in the world....

ATM maintenance tech broke the bank by forgetting to return a key

19.01.2026 08:30

Bank staff wore the blame for a silly security slip Who, Me? Welcome to another edition of “Who Me?”, The Register’s Monday column that shares your mistakes and celebrates your escapes.… ...

Hiring at India’s Big Four outsourcers stalls, as AI seemingly makes an impact

19.01.2026 06:03

Revenue growth is sluggish, too India’s big four outsourcers – HCL, Infosys, TCS and Wipro – have essentially stopped hiring, perhaps coinciding with their increased use of AI to power their pra...

Microsoft hiring energy strategists to power its Asian datacenters

19.01.2026 03:11

PLUS: ASUS gets into healthcare gadgets; Vietnam’s first fab; Australia's child social ban takes out 4.7 million accounts; And more! Asia In Brief Microsoft is hiring senior managers to ensure its d...

Mandiant releases quick credential cracker, to hasten the death of a bad protocol

19.01.2026 00:57

PLUS: Navy spy sent to brig for 200 months; Black Axe busted again; Bill aims to crimp ICE apps; and more Infosec In Brief PLUS: Google’s security outfit Mandiant last week released tools that can c...

Nvidia leans on emulation to squeeze more HPC oomph from AI chips in race against AMD

18.01.2026 13:21

AMD researchers argue that, while algorithms like the Ozaki scheme merit investigation, they're still not ready for prime time. Double precision floating point computation (aka FP64) is what keeps mod...