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How Legacy Storage Infrastructure Could Endanger Your Future

Your data is critical to AI success. So, are you really taking care of it? Sponsored Feature  There can't be many tech... Read more

Memories Fade. Archives Burn. All Signal Eventually Becomes Noise

But where are the comprehensive archives to protect digital works, or allow us to memorialize friends? Column  When mo... Read more

The Cognitive Age: How AI Is Reshaping Work, Creativity, And Human Potential

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) is ushering in what LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman calls the "Co... Read more

Spending Watchdog Blasts UK Govt Over Sloth-like Progress To Shore Up IT Defenses

Think government cybersecurity is bad? Guess again. It’s alarmingly so The UK government is significantly behind on i... Read more

The Curious Story Of Uncle Sam's HR Dept, A Hastily Set Up Email Server, And Fears Of Another Cyber Disaster

Lawsuit challenges effort to create federal-wide centralized inbox expected to be used for mass firings Two anonymous U... Read more

You Probably Have More CIO Experience Than The Incoming White House CIO

From AI startup CISO to running federal IT - sure, why not? The US has a new federal chief information officer who, bas... Read more

OpenAI Cozies Up To Uncle Sam With ChatGPT Government Edition

Pay no attention to the DeepSeek behind the headlines OpenAI has announced ChatGPT Gov, a variant of the Enterprise ver... Read more

Trump Eyes Up To 100% Tariffs On Foreign Semiconductors, TSMC In Crosshairs

No wonder OpenAI needs $500B for Stargate Americans could soon see the price of electronics skyrocket in response to a ... Read more

Meta Blocked Distrowatch Links On Facebook While Running Linux Servers

Popular community site became unmentionable – the irony is thick enough to compile Facebook has lifted a temporary ba... Read more

Why Does The UK Keep Getting Beaten Up By IT Suppliers?

Tech and commercial functions need to get in shape for the challenges ahead It's a line Brits love to quote: "You're a ... Read more

DeepSeek's Leap: How A Chinese AI Start-Up Is Challenging US Tech Dominance

For years, the United States has maintained an unparalleled lead in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), bolstered... Read more

DeepSeek's R1 Curiously Tells El Reg Reader: 'My Guidelines Are Set By OpenAI'

Despite impressive benchmarks, the Chinese-made LLM is not without some interesting issues Updated  DeepSeek's open so... Read more

US Freezes Foreign Aid, Halting Cybersecurity Defense And Policy Funds For Allies

Uncle Sam will 'no longer blindly dole out money,' State Dept says Updated  US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has froz... Read more

Nvidia Deprecates CUDA Support For Aging Architectures

Maxwell, Pascal and Volta, oh my! But fear not, driver support is still safe Updated  The end of the road is nearing f... Read more

South Carolina's Abandoned Nuclear Reactors Positioned To Fuel The AI Datacenter Boom

VC Summer units 2 and 3, abandoned in 2017, are looking for a buyer; owners say tech industry needs are a perfect fit A... Read more