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Too much of anything is bad for you, including faux-magical statistical models

There are numerous recent reports of people becoming too engaged with AI, sometimes to the detriment of their mental health.…

Private sector invited to colocate at legacy nuclear facilities

The US Department of Energy (DoE) has identified four sites where private sector firms will be invited to colocate datacenters and energy generation projects, in line with the Trump administration's goal to boost AI development in America.…

The FreeBSD Laptop project continues – and plans to offer a very visible change

FreeBSD 15 is coming, maybe at the end of this year – and along with other improvements, it may finally offer the option of installing with a graphical desktop.…

Zuckercorp blames legal uncertainty under upcoming TTPA law

Meta has followed in Google's footsteps in deciding that pending EU political advertising regulations are so onerous to comply with that they're not even going to bother.…

Policy management not affected, but some personal data may have been snaffled

Updated  Business insurance and employment status specialist Qdos has confirmed that an intruder has stolen some customers personal data, according to a communication to tech contractors that was seen by The Register.…

Malicious code lurking in over 5,000 downloads, says Socket researcher

Developer freelancing platform Toptal has been inadvertently spreading malicious code after attackers broke into its systems and began distributing malware through developer accounts.…

We say everything... just not the oldest hardware. Unix Epochalypse less than 13 years away

Venerable Linux distribution Debian is side-stepping the Y2K38 bug – also known as the Unix Epochalypse – by switching to 64-bit time for everything but the oldest of supported hardware, starting with the upcoming Debian 13 "Trixie" release.…

Under oath in French Senate, exec says it would be compelled – however unlikely – to pass local customer info to US admin

Microsoft says it "cannot guarantee" data sovereignty to customers in France – and by implication the wider European Union – should the Trump administration demand access to customer information held on its servers.…

No, it will not turn you into a 10X programmer. In fact, it won't even transform you into a noob developer

Opinion  Everyone loves the idea of magic. All you have to do is wave your hands, say a few words, and something new is born to the world. That works for Harry Potter, but it won't work for you. Vibe coding, the notion that you can build programs by telling an AI what you want the software to do, is pure fantasy.…

CFO claims money being reinvested in sales and engineering staff

ServiceNow claims it is on course to realize $100 million in savings on its global headcount this year due to the internal implementation of AI.…

CEO Lip-Bu Tan says strategy shift will focus on customer needs, efficiency, and cutting costs

Ailing chip giant Intel is ditching its manufacturing sites in Germany and Poland and signaling further job cuts ahead as its new leader tries to stem the losses and turn the Silicon Valley pioneer's fortunes around.…

Satya Nadella lays out revised mission for Redmond. Spoiler: It involves AI

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Thursday told employees in a memo that the company's recent layoffs have been "weighing heavily on me."…

Mock-ups feature m365.com, which could be yours for a few bucks

Microsoft this week trumpeted the launch of Microsoft 365 Copilot Search with lofty promises and slick mock-ups, but the domain plastered all over them didn't belong to the corporation.…

Evidence of copious sugar hits hinted at unauthorized usage

On Call  By Friday, many readers will feel they need a sugar hit to get through the day, which is why The Register tries to offer a jolt of amusement in the form of a new installment of On Call, the reader-contributed column in which we share your tech support tales.…

Nobody thinks of running a website without HTTPs. Safer DNS still seems optional

Systems Approach  Last week I turned on DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions) for the systemsapproach.org domain. No need to applaud; I was just trying to get an understanding of what the barriers to adoption might be while teaching myself about the technology.…

Time to 'reimagine' it as a gateway, a gateway to inner peace, er, sales

With three months to go until Microsoft ends support for Windows 10, Dell and Intel want to convince corporate buyers that upgrading their PC fleet is a virtue and not a necessity.…

CISPE cites recent channel changes, but the deal was decided on different matters

COMMENT  Trade group Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) has filed a formal appeal before the European General Court to seek annulment of the European Commission's decision to approve Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware.…

Psst, wanna buy some innovation?

An estimated $1 billion worth of smuggled high-end Nvidia AI processors have reportedly found their way onto the Chinese black market, despite the US government's strict restrictions on exports of the tech.…

Plus she has to cough up a slice of Pyongyang’s payday

An Arizona woman who ran a laptop farm from her home - helping North Korean IT operatives pose as US-based remote workers - has been sentenced to eight and a half years behind bars for her role in a $17 million fraud that hit more than 300 American companies.…

We're all businesspeople here, right?

Elon Musk could use a win after Tesla's weak second-quarter earnings, and he sort of got it when President Donald Trump proclaimed he wasn't going to use the power of the presidency to destroy his businesses. …