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Minority Report: Now With More Spreadsheets And Guesswork

Precogs replaced by profiling and postcode data... and 'AI'. What could wrong? Lots, say privacy campaigners The UK gov... Read more

Ethernet Switch Vendors Like Cisco Are Riding High On AI Network Economics

When one GPU translates into three to five of the fastest switch ports money can buy, can you blame them? Nvidia is exp... Read more

Little LLM On The RAM: Google's Gemma 270M Hits The Scene

A tiny model trained on trillions of tokens, ready for specialized tasks Google has unveiled a pint-sized new addition ... Read more

Cyberattack On Dutch Prosecution Service Is Keeping Speed Cameras Offline

Who knew zero-days could be so useful to highway speedsters? The lingering effects of a cyberattack on the Public Prose... Read more

Telco Giant Colt Suffers Attack, Takes Systems Offline

London-based multinational takes customer portal and Voice API platform offline as 'protective measure' following breac... Read more

Why The UK Public Sector Still Creaks Along On COBOL

Government: 'Trust us, it'll be different this time' Feature  The UK government has gone all-in on AI. More than 50 ye... Read more

Sysadmin Cured A Medical Mystery By Shifting A Single Cable

Somebody built a very sick network in the bowels of a hospital On Call  Few make it to Friday without some end-of-week... Read more

Should UK.gov Save Money By Looking For Open Source Alternatives To Microsoft? You Decide

As £9 billion MoU sparks debate about value for money, it's time to have your say Register debate series  It's a lot ... Read more

Forget Foxconn The IPhone Factory. AIs Made It A Server-slinger First And Foremost

Next: Modular datacenters ready to host rack-scale systems, to meet endless demand Manufacturer to the stars Foxconn is... Read more

Breathe Easy: Apple Watch Can Read Your Oxygen Levels Again

iBiz shifts data to iPhone in patent workaround Apple will deliver a software update for recent US Apple Watch models t... Read more

Psst: Wanna Buy A Legit FBI Email Account For $40?

Government and police employee credentials sold at bargain-basement prices on underground forums Criminals are selling ... Read more

Voice, Vision, Pen: Oh Dear. Windows Boss Says Microsoft Is Again Reshaping OS

Lessons of Windows 8 unlearned as software giant gives users what it thinks they need COMMENT  Microsoft Windows and D... Read more

Alexa Hits Snooze On Basic Functions As Alarms And Timers KO'd In UK Outage

Brits wake to a beeping nightmare as Amazon’s AI assistant forgets how to set – or stop – alarms Amazon's Alexa i... Read more

Amazon's $100B DC Spend Similar To Entire Costa Rica GDP

Microsoft cap-ex larger than output of Uganda and Google trumps Slovenia... all in the name of AI The level of investme... Read more

Stock In The Channel Pulls Website Amid Cyberattack

Intruders accessed important systems but tells customers their data is safe Updated  A UK-based multinational that pro... Read more