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Vendor promises fix for separate privilege-escalation flaw in the coming weeks

Proposal would let UTC drift an hour from Earth's rotation, sparing computer systems awkward adjustments for centuries

What are they puffing? Tobacco, apparently. Cancer researcher tells El Reg it's a bad bet

Browser-based fun to remember a time before Apple's annual cash grab became a thing

DDR4 makes a comeback as component costs rise, while Linux offers an escape from forced upgrades

New desktop app simplifies stripping out bundled software, with heavier cuts carrying security and support risks

If you thought 1.6 Tbps was fast, just wait, Cisco's USFP targets 12.8 Tbps in a single optical pluggable

Amazon, Google, Meta among members of lobby group funding dire warnings over cloud sovereignty plans

Decades of cross-platform character corruption finally comes to an end for Windows coders

Tick, tick, tick, tick, ticket, ticket, tick tick

Paul Henninger shares news of his move up via email as around 200 colleagues prepare for redundancy

FBI alleges covert recorder was plugged into a TV, with a second device later discovered in the employee's bag

Analyst predicts 80% of neoclouds will disappear as standalone businesses by 2030

Whitehall's digital staffing falls short of its own target as ministers leave the skills gap unresolved

New models arrive so fast, we already have more new tech than it's possible to understand in a career

37% of ransomware attacks involve psychological or physical threats, global survey found

When continuous integration gits you down, there's always an AI-tuned monorepo

Nick Andersen wants to work with private industry on security, but the Trump admin has taken an axe to such efforts.

Geordie's tests recorded 155 activity traces and multiple subagents after dot was given read-only permissions

The company unites resources from disparate macOS devices