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Azure startup credits don't apply to Claude via Azure AI Foundry, reader finds – after $1,600 charge
Companies using credits bundled with Microsoft for Startups have found some unwelcome surprises on their credit card statements after deploying Anthropic's Claude via Azure AI Foundry.…
RAM is getting expensive, so squeeze the most from it
Linux has two ways to do memory compression – zram and zswap – but you rarely hear about the second. The Register compares and contrasts them.…
NASA pencils in fresh Artemis II Moon launch attempt for April 1
NASA has set April 1 for the Artemis II launch, with engineers preparing the Space Launch System (SLS) for a rollout to the pad on March 19.…
Interpol cybercrime crackdown leads to 94 arrests, 45,000 IP takedowns
Ninety-four people were arrested as part of a global, multi-month cybercrime crackdown, Interpol revealed today.…
Nanny state discovers Linux, demands it check kids' IDs before booting
Opinion A new wave of age verification laws requires kids and teenagers to register before they can use a computer.…
Atomic Britain: UK plans regulatory reset to boost nuclear power
Britain's government is pushing ahead with nuclear planning and regulatory reforms, aiming to accelerate atomic projects that will power homes and datacenters.…
NanoClaw latches onto Docker Sandboxes for safer AI agents
exclusive NanoClaw, an open source agent platform, can now run inside Docker Sandboxes, furthering the project's commitment to security.…
Google rushes Chrome update fixing two zero-days already under attack
Google has pushed out an emergency Chrome update to fix two previously unknown vulnerabilities that attackers were already exploiting before the patches landed.…
Windows pays tribute to Britain's creaking rail network with a BSOD
Bork!Bork!Bork! Today we visit the south of England, where Windows has fallen over, briefly granting unrestricted rail travel to one and all.…
Openreach: Fiber can sniff out leaky water pipes – if anyone bothers fixing them
Openreach claims its fiber network infrastructure can detect leaks in nearby water supply pipes, which could save millions of liters of the precious fluid... if the water companies can be bothered to fix them.…
Blustering Blackbeard's PC was all at sea, sysadmin got him shipshape in seconds
On Call Arrr! How is it Friday already? The Register can't explain where the week went, but we can deliver a new installment of On Call, the reader-contributed column that shares your stories of tech support SNAFUs.…
AI Burning Man happens next week – here's what <i>The Register</i> expects at GTC 2026
Nvidia has a bit of a problem. Popular generative AI workloads like code assistants and agentic systems generate massive quantities of tokens and need to move them at speed. But the GPU giant's chips currently struggle to deliver.…
Prince of PDFs, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, to step down after 18 years
Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen has announced he intends to depart the company after 18 years as the prince of PDFs.…
Apple takes a bite out of app store fees in China
Apple has cut the fees it charges Chinese developers to sell their apps and other digital goodies.…
Pentagon AI chief praises Palantir tech for speeding battlefield strikes
As the US continues its strikes on Iran as part of Operation Epic Fury, speakers at Palantir's AIPCON event on Thursday said the company’s Maven Smart System product has shortened the time it takes the Department of Defense to select and hit targets on the battlefield during the conflict.…
Rogue AI agents can work together to hack systems and steal secrets
AI agents work together to bypass security controls and stealthily steal sensitive data from within the enterprise systems in which they operate, according to tests carried out by frontier security lab Irregular.…
Perplexity: Everything is Computer, everything is AI, Computer is everything, AI is us
Perplexity is ready to have enterprises use its AI service even if enterprises may still be wary of delegating tasks to software agents.…
District denies enrollment to child based on license plate reader data
American parents of school-aged children may want to pay attention to where their cars are parked and for how long, as license plate reader data is now being cited by at least one school district when challenging whether students live where they say they do.…
Microsoft Copilot now boarding your health information
Microsoft wants to store your healthcare data so that its AI "delivers personalized health insights that you can act on," but without the liability that comes with actual medical advice.…
White House activates Yu-Gi-Oh's trap card by using anime clip for war comms
Anime mainstay Yu-Gi-Oh has criticized the White House for using a clip from the TV show in videos promoting US military action.…

