Skip to main content

Campaigners claim NHS Palantir system could be accessed by police and immigration

4 days 3 hours ago
US spy-tech biz and platform provider retorts that this would be against the current law and a breach of its contract

Medical and legal rights campaigners are warning that the Palantir data platform, designed to be at the heart of England's health system, risks enabling UK immigration and policing departments to access confidential patient information.…

Lindsay Clark

Smart mirror shows dumb Windows in elevator

4 days 4 hours ago
All aboard the elevator where only Microsoft knows where you're going

Bork!Bork!Bork!  Smart mirrors are all the rage. However, rather than a list of headlines and tasks to do today, an unhappy Windows installation can make a smart mirror seem very dumb indeed.…

Richard Speed

China’s CERT warns OpenClaw can inflict nasty wounds

4 days 13 hours ago
Like deleting data, exposing keys, and loading malicious content - which may be why Beijing has reportedly banned it

China’s National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team has warned locals that the OpenClaw agentic AI tool poses significant security risks.…

Simon Sharwood

Atlassian to shed ten percent of staff, because AI

4 days 16 hours ago
Company is ‘reshaping our skill mix’ amid long share price slide and SaaSpocalypse whispers

Australian collaborationware company Atlassian has announced it will shed ten percent of staff – around 1,600 people.…

Simon Sharwood

Perplexity Comet hurtling toward Amazon ban

4 days 16 hours ago
Court issues preliminary injunction but delays it to allow an appeal

Perplexity's AI browser Comet has been banned from accessing Amazon's website after the e-commerce giant obtained a court-ordered preliminary injunction.…

Thomas Claburn

Iran plots 'infrastructure warfare' against US tech giants

4 days 17 hours ago
State news published a list of nearly 30 sites that could be targeted

Iran has reportedly designated Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Nvidia, Oracle, and Palantir facilities as legitimate targets of retaliatory strikes, according to an Al Jazeera report citing Iran’s state-affiliated Tasnim news agency.…

O'Ryan Johnson

Most chatbots will help plan school shootings and other violence, study shows

4 days 20 hours ago
I see you're trying to kill children. Would you like some help with that?

You might expect a bot to have guardrails that prevent it from helping you plan a crime, but your expectations might be too high. According to a study, eight of ten major commercial chatbots will help you prepare to conduct a school shooting.…

Thomas Claburn
Checked
1 hour 15 minutes ago
The Register
Biting the hand that feeds IT — Enterprise Technology News and Analysis
Subscribe to The Register feed