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Kodane code was either machine-generated or done by a teenager

An NPM package packed with cryptocurrency-stealing malware appears to have been largely AI-generated, as evidenced by its liberal use of emojis and other telltale signs.…

Checkbox to make chatbot conversations appear in search engines deemed a footgun

OpenAI has removed the option to make ChatGPT interactions indexable by search engines to prevent users from unwittingly exposing sensitive information.…

Crashes the multibillion-dollar DoD party alongside Boeing, Lockheed, and Raytheon

There are no official criteria for what constitutes membership in the upper echelon of the US military industrial complex, but a $10 billion deal that consolidates dozens of contracts under a single blanket purchase agreement sure makes it seem like Palantir has earned entry.…

Paramount Penguin Linus Torvalds still uses a 2017 graphics card

As work picks up on the forthcoming Linux 6.17, many joystick-wigglers are shocked by its millionaire dev's positively ancient AMD graphics card.…

Our tests have shown there are ways to get around the promised security improvements

exclusive  Microsoft Recall, the AI app that takes screenshots of what you do on your PC so you can search for it later, has a filter that's supposed to prevent it from screenshotting sensitive info like credit card numbers. But a The Register test shows that it still fails in many cases, creating a potential treasure trove for thieves.…

Spy vs. spy

China has accused US intelligence agencies of exploiting a Microsoft Exchange zero-day exploit to steal defense-related data and take over more than 50 devices belonging to a "major Chinese military enterprise" for nearly a year.…

Appeals panel says Chocolate Factory abused its dominance in Android app distribution

A panel of judges has dismissed Google's appeal against an antitrust verdict over its Play Store business practices.…

Workers on joint US/UK/Australia nuclear submarine program are painting a target on themselves

The Director-General of Security at the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO) has lamented the fact that many people list their work in the intelligence community or on sensitive military projects in their LinkedIn profiles.…

Malaysia's attitude of 'This could be worse and our neighbors are copping it too' is a typical response

World War Fee  US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced new tariff rates that reduce the import duties on goods from several major tech-producing nations.…

Russian boffins searching for root cause in their segment of the outpost, former cosmonaut says

The International Space Station (ISS) is still leaking air from the Russian segment of the outpost despite efforts to eliminate the losses.…

Victims fear leak at Everglades Correctional Institution could lead to violent extortion

A data breach at a Florida prison has inmates' families concerned for their welfare after their contact details were allegedly leaked to convicted criminals.…

NetCo is a no-go amid ongoing 'strategic review' by co-parent Telefónica

Virgin Media has ditched plans to use its network infrastructure to create a UK national fixed line operator to rival BT's Openreach just 18 months after the project was made public.…

Oracle, SAP, Salesforce et al are tightening the screws, Forrester warns

The largest enterprise application vendors are using their entrenched positions among customers to end discounting and push high-margin AI products, an analysis by Forrester Research has warned.…

Everything's fine, says Department of Energy report

A wasp nest positively glowing with radiation was found at a Cold War-era nuclear weapons site near Aiken, South Carolina.…

From one platform to rule them all to a carousel of half-baked visions

Comment  It is July 2015. Microsoft has just released Windows 10. Developers, weary from the false trail of Windows 8 and being urged to make "Metro style" apps, are now being pitched a new vision from Microsoft: the Universal Windows Platform (UWP).…

Unix boxes needed a hotfix to survive early morning cold boots

On Call  Mornings are hard, and Friday mornings doubly so. Which is why The Register gives readers a little kick along on the last day of the working week in the form of a new installment of On Call, the reader-contributed column that tells your tales of tech support treachery and triumph.…

iBiz warns import imposts set to rise

World War Fee  The USA’s evolving tariff policy wasn't all bad news for Apple, which manufactures most of its products overseas.…

Good old machine learning, not LLMs, are what’s really paying for Zuck’s genAI splurge

Believe it or not, Meta's AI investments made a meaningful difference to its advertising business in Q2 — it's just that those models aren't the kind that's got everyone, including the Social Network, plowing tens of billions of dollars a year into datacenters.…

Hang in there, it's early days, insists CEO Andy Jassy

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy insists "AI will change every customer experience," but it's making investors nervous.…

US Army Sec appears to fold under pressure from far-right conspiracy theorist

comment  Jen Easterly has weighed in on the US Army Secretary firing her from a prestigious West Point teaching post a day after the US Military Academy announced the appointment.…