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Los Alamos Boffins Slap Blinkers On Satellites So We Know Who To Blame In A Crash

Extremely Low Resource Optical Identifier no brighter than LED, but readable with telescopes Scientists at the Los Alam... Read more

T-Mobile US Puts NYC Emergency Services In The 5G Fast Lane With Network Slicing

911 gets VIP treatment in 'one of the most congested and demanding environments for connectivity' T-Mobile US has signe... Read more

ST Micro Skips In, Arm In Arm With AWS, Bearing A Chip For 1.6 Tbps Pluggable Optics

It's Friday. Quit the doomscrolling. Distract yourself with IT infra news Developed in collaboration with Amazon Web Se... Read more

HP Ditches 15-minute Wait Time Policy Due To 'feedback'

It woz The Reg wot won it ... or maybe just common sense prevailed among management HP Inc today abruptly ditched the m... Read more

DIMM Techies Werent Allowed To Leave The Building Until Proven To Not Be Pilferers

Who knew a script could make RAM re-appear? On Call  Another Friday is upon us, and The Register understands some of y... Read more

Lenovo Isn't Fussed By Trumpian Tariffs Or Finding Enough Energy To Run AI

Enterprise hardware biz produced record revenue, just $1M of profit, but execs think losses are behind it Lenovo believ... Read more

National Science Foundation Staff Axed By Trump Fear For US Scientific Future

An inside tale: Probation extended, tenure revoked, a scramble to merge research portfolios, and more Feature  With th... Read more

Laptop Makers Stalled On Repairability Improvements

Apple, Dell made some progress, but MacBooks are still the worst to crack open, says PIRG The right to repair movement ... Read more

Euro Cloud Biz Trials 'server Blades In A Cold Box' System

Hot air or a 50% energy saving? Exoscale datacenter runs proof-of-concept to test veracity of Digger's claims A1 Digita... Read more

Talk Of Broadcom And TSMC Grabbing Pieces Of Intel Lights Fire Under Investors

Chipzilla's design and manufacturing limbs said to be on the table Venture capitalists are circling Intel amid talk tha... Read more

Insiders Say IBM's Broader Return-to-office Plan Hits Older, More Expensive Staff Hard

IT giant doing whatever it takes to reach $300 a share IBM is looking to reduce expenses through what's described as a ... Read more

HP Deliberately Adds 15 Minutes Waiting Time For Telephone Support Calls

Stalling tactics designed to push print or PC users to online support, sorry, 'self-solve' Updated  HP Inc is trying t... Read more

Dark Mode Might Be Burning More Juice Than You Think

Most people crank up the brightness, making energy savings moot Using apps and websites in dark mode can actually use m... Read more

DXC Paid 50% More Than Original Contract Value For Disastrous Public Sector Oracle Project

Systems integrator secured 'variation' just before mega SAP migration put on hold Systems integrator DXC accrued over 5... Read more

Ghost Ransomware Crew Continues To Haunt IT Depts With Scarily Bad Infosec

FBI and CISA issue reminder - deep sigh - about the importance of patching and backups The operators of Ghost ransomwar... Read more