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Asia In Brief  Chinese authorities last week announced “identification measures” for AI-generated content that will require it to be labelled with human and machine-readable notifications.…

PLUS: Alleged Garantex admin arrested in India; Google deletes more North Korean malware

Infosec In Brief  United States Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr has unveiled plans to form a Council on National Security that will combat foreign threats to American tech and telecommunications infrastructure.…

How to tame its hypersensitive hyperparameters and get it running on your PC

Hands on  How much can reinforcement learning - and a bit of extra verification - improve large language models, aka LLMs? Alibaba's Qwen team aims to find out with its latest release, QwQ.…

AT&T engineer, and the Deep Throat of the network age, dies at 79

In 2006, a retired AT&T engineer knocked on the door of the EFF's office in a rundown part of San Francisco's Mission district and asked, "Do you folks care about privacy?" With him he carried schematics exposing the largest US government domestic spying operation since Watergate.…

Trapped gas isn't just a party foul – it's a launch-stopper

The hydraulic problem that kept the next International Space Station (ISS) crew on the ground this week was likely due to trapped air in the system.…

What has more than a decade of support ahead of it cannot be dead

SUSECON25  Veteran Linux wrangler SUSE confirmed its place aboard the AI train at its Orlando SUSECON25 shindig, where announcements were plentiful regarding the tech industry's latest obsession.…

Aix-Marseille University rolls out welcome mat for American researchers facing funding cuts

American boffins fearful that their work (or should that be "woke"?) activities will draw the disfavor of the Trump administration are being offered sanctuary in the Land of the Free, otherwise known as Europe.…

What about the average Big Blue worker? $48,582 up from $43,069

CEO salary watch  IBM emperor Arvind Krishna's total financial package went up by double digits in 2024 to more than $25 million.…

National security defense being used to keep appeal behind closed doors

US politicians and privacy campaigners are calling for the private hearing between Apple and the UK government regarding its alleged encryption-busting order to be aired in public.…

Biz leaders still dream of obedient agents replacing workers. In the actual workplace, they're going AWOL

Opinion  I am so sick and tired of AI hype. I'm not the only one.…

Ratification of 128 additional moons puts the smaller gas giant way ahead on satellite count

The International Astronomical Union on Tuesday ratified the recent discovery of 128 previously unknown moons orbiting Saturn, taking the gas giant’s count of known natural satellites to 274.…

Tin rattling earns rebuke from GNOME extension's original developer as well as dozens of everyday users

The maintainer of one of the most popular extensions to customize the GNOME desktop is stepping down and seeking someone to take over development after a fundraising effort backfired.…

It's March already and you haven't patched?

Researchers are tracking a newly discovered ransomware group with suspected links to LockBit after a series of intrusions were reported starting in January.…

Mooney M20 propeller plane hit mountain in Slovenia amid bad weather

One of the initial backers of infamous torrenting site The Pirate Bay, Carl Lundström, has died after crashing his aircraft in bad weather.…

The same chap also caused a bomb scare in a missile factory

On Call  Welcome once again to On Call, The Register's Friday column in which we share your astounding tales of being asked to tackle tech support jobs that seemingly defy common sense.…

Rideshare companies said it isn’t happening. Lawmakers aren’t convinced

India’s government has ordered an investigation into whether Uber and local ride-share champion charge Ola customers more if they use iPhones.…

Veteran of Oracle vs Google Java trial fumes over 'gimmicks' and 'sham' arguments

A federal judge has ordered six US government agencies to immediately rehire employees fired this year by the Trump administration.…

It'll take a few days, give or take your situation

Google has told The Register it's beginning to roll out a fix for Chromecast devices that were crippled by an expired security certificate authority. We're assured this deployment will take place over the next few days.…

Pouring sensitive info into unapproved, unaccountable, unsafe models would be a 'severe' cybersecurity fail

House Democrats have sent letters to 24 federal agencies asking for assurances that Elon Musk's DOGE team is not feeding sensitive government data into "unapproved and unaccountable" AI systems.…

Restoring x86 giant to its former glory, a job no one will envy

Intel has tapped former Cadence CEO and Intel board member Lip-Bu Tan to lead the embattled x86 chipmaker as it struggles to overcome mounting losses stemming from its foundry business.…