The Register

If gamers can have a slimline version of the OS, why not IT admins?

Microsoft just demonstrated it can put Windows 11 on a diet if it really wants to, with the announcement of PC gaming handhelds running a slimmed-down version of the operating system under the hood.…

Another tech biz to be Yanked from London Stock Exchange

Qualcomm has bid $2.4 billion to buy connectivity specialist Alphawave Semi. If approved it will see yet another London Stock Exchange-listed tech biz put under the control of an overseas owner.…

Plus: Hitachi turns graybeards into AI agents, Tiananmen anniversary censorship, AWS in Taiwan, and more!

Asia in brief  China's space agency has revealed its Tianwen 2 probe has unfurled a "solar wing."…

Big tech can't be bothered to fight crime. It can barely be bothered even to say so

Opinion  A lot of our tech world is nightmarish, but sometimes this is literally true.…

SentinelOne discovered the campaign when they tried to hit the security vendor's own servers

An IT services company, a European media group, and a South Asian government entity are among the more than 75 companies where China-linked groups have planted malware to access strategic networks should a conflict break out.…

The journey to mass production has been extraordinarily difficult – will it be worth it?

Feature  Seagate says it has a clear way forward to 100 TB disk drives using 10 TB per platter technology, but HAMR tech is nearly 25 years old and full mass production is still not underway. What has been taking so long?…

Prospect union threatens to up campaign, raise dispute with CEO

Emotions are running high at BT over the Brit telco's refusal to "improve their derisory and insulting" pay offer to manager grade staff, according to John Ferrett, national secretary at union Prospect.…

1.19MHz eight-bit CPU trounced modern GPUs – can you do better with your retro-tech?

The Atari 2600 gaming console came into the world in 1977 with an eight-bit processor that ran at 1.19MhZ, and just 128 bytes of RAM – but that’s apparently enough power to beat ChatGPT at chess.…

If you like it to keep working, don’t put a ring on it

Who, Me?  Reg readers are so dedicated it seems some of you are married to the job, although you also admit that no relationship is perfect when you send stories to Who, Me? It's the column in which we share your tales of making massive mistakes and somehow staying together with your employer afterwords.…

PLUS: Doxxers jailed; Botnets bounce back; CISA questioned over app-vetting program closure; And more

Infosec in Brief  If a cyberattack hit critical infrastructure in the US, it would likely crumble, former deputy national security adviser and NSA cybersecurity director Anne Neuberger said last week.…

Security, not model performance, is what's stalling adoption

Interview  Before AI becomes commonplace in enterprises, corporate leaders have to commit to an ongoing security testing regime tuned to the nuances of AI models.…

Don't worry, only 100 more years of Sellafield nuclear site cleansing to go

The center for the UK's nuclear industry wasted £127 million ($172 million) during delays and replanning as it scrambled to find alternatives for facilities which treat and repackage plutonium, a Parliamentary report found.…

The authors who claimed America hacked itself to discredit Beijing are back with another report

China’s National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center on Thursday published a report in which it claims Taiwan targeted it with a years-long cyber offensive, backed by the USA, but which was so feeble Beijing complains compared it to an ant trying to shake a tree .…

It's boom time for the next generation of fast travel

On Friday, President Trump signed an executive order telling the FAA to lift its 52-year ban on supersonic flight over the US and told the FAA to devise a scheme to limit noise pollution from such aircraft.…

DOGE moves fast and breaks things, and now our data is at risk, security guru warns in hearing

Security guru Bruce Schneier played the skunk at the garden party in a Thursday federal hearing on AI's use in the government, focusing on the risks many are ignoring.…

They're fighting like cats and DOGEs

Fire up those popcorn makers. The bromance between tech mogul Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump has come to an ignominious end as the billionaires feud on their respective social media platforms.…

FAIR Package Manager project aims to prevent political power plays

The Linux Foundation on Friday introduced a new method to distribute WordPress updates and plugins that's not controlled by any one party, in a bid to "stabilize the WordPress ecosystem" after months of infighting.…

Rangefinder broke during descent so lander didn't slow down

UPDATED  Japanese firm ispace’s latest attempt to land a craft on the Moon appears to have failed, after its Hakuto-R lander, dubbed Reliance, went dark while approaching the lunar surface.…

OpenAI boots accounts linked to 10 malicious campaigns

Fake IT workers possibly linked to North Korea, Beijing-backed cyber operatives, and Russian malware slingers are among the baddies using ChatGPT for evil, according to OpenAI's latest threat report.…

Destructive malware has been a hallmark of Putin's multi-modal war

A new strain of wiper malware targeting Ukrainian infrastructure is being linked to pro-Russian hackers, in the latest sign of Moscow's evolving cyber tactics.…