Blue screen of death or Eurovision's Windows95man performance – what's less annoying?
It is rare that the world of vintage desktop operating systems and trashy Euro-pop collide, but on Saturday's Eurovision Song Contest they did, and the results were as baffling as they were explosive.…
US tariffs on Chinese EVs may grow from around 25% to 100%
The Biden administration is reportedly set to quadruple Chinese electric vehicle tariffs as part of an onslaught of increased taxes on imports from the country.…
Intel reportedly seeking $11B to finance facility in Ireland
Intel is holding negotiations with private equity investor Apollo Global Management to secure $11 billion in funding for a manufacturing facility in Ireland.…
The end is nigh for Windows 10 21H2
Microsoft is warning customers still clinging to Windows 10 21H2 that mere weeks of servicing remain for enterprise and education users.…
You OK, Apple? Seriously, your silicon lineup is … a mess
Comment Apple seems to have skipped a few steps in its silicon roadmap.…
Starlink suffers 'degraded service' from solar storm but emerges intact
The geomagnetic storm that led to nighttime light shows over the weekend also caused problems for the Starlink satellite broadband service, disrupted GPS signals, and affected the orbit of the Hubble Space Telescope.…
Europol confirms incident following alleged auction of staff data
Europol is investigating a cybercriminal's claims that they stole confidential data from a number of the agency's sources.…
Arm to launch AI division with new chips by 2025
Asia in brief SoftBank-owned Arm is reportedly preparing to add AI chips to its product portfolio starting in 2025.…
Is the long awaited Raspberry Pi flotation about to happen?
A flotation of the company behind the Raspberry Pi computer could come sooner rather than later, according to reports.…
IBM Consulting bought into Microsoft's Copilot – now it'll help customers do the same
IBM Consulting has boarded the Microsoft Copilot bandwagon with Copilot Runway, a service aimed at assisting businesses to integrate their own AI assistants into their workflows.…
You want us to think of the children? Couldn't agree more
Opinion If your cranky uncle was this fixated about anything, you'd always be somewhere else at Christmas. Yet here we are again. Europol has been sounding off at Meta for harming children. Not for the way it's actually harming children, but because – repeat after me – end-to-end encryption is hiding child sexual abuse material from the eyes of the law. "E2EE = CSAM" is the new slogan of fear.…
CoreWeave plows £1B into UK HQ and datacenters as it eyes European expansion
American GPU cloud operator CoreWeave is expanding its operations across the pond, setting up a new European headquarters in London and revealing plans to build a pair of AI datacenters in the UK, all valued at £1 billion ($1.3 billion).…
AWS CISO tells The Reg: In the AI gold rush, folks are forgetting application security
RSAC As corporations rush full tilt to capitalize on the AI craze and bring machine-learning-based apps to market, they aren't paying enough attention to application security, says AWS Chief Information Security Office Chris Betz.…
One bank's brilliant upgrade was another bank's crash
who, me? Monday again? It seems like only yesterday it was Sunday. Oh well, that means it's time to kick off the working week with a dose of Who, Me? – The Reg's weekly confessional, where readers share tales of tech mischief and misadventure.…
Ransomware negotiator weighs in on the extortion payment debate with El Reg
Interview Ransomware hit an all-time high last year, with more than 60 criminal gangs listing at least 4,500 victims – and these infections don't show any signs of slowing.…
US semiconductor building boom means staff shortages and talent slipping away
The US semiconductor industry is said to be struggling to hire as well as retain staff as the country cranks up its chipmaking capacity to reduce its reliance on foreign supplies.…
What's with AI boffins strapping GoPros to toddlers? We take a closer look
AI researchers looking for better ways to train large language models are turning to the masters of language acquisition – children – to find out how it's done.…
Critical infrastructure security will stay poor until everyone pulls together
Interview Take a glance at the cybersecurity headlines of late, and you'll see a familiar phrase that keeps cropping up: Critical infrastructure. …
Look to the skies this weekend as solar storms strike Earth
Video The US National Weather Service has issued a warning that a G4 solar storm will lash Earth from Friday until Sunday.…
TikTok becomes first platform to require watermarking of AI content
TikTok intends to begin labelling AI-generated images and videos uploaded to its video-sharing service.…