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Meta will let users tweak Threads algorithms as long as they ask nicely
Meta has decided to let Threads users make custom tweaks to its all-important algorithm, but don't expect your preferences to stick and do expect to bring your best manners.…
Lawmakers demand great wall to keep advanced chipmaking gear out of China
Banning sales to Chinese-government-affiliated companies, apparently, is not enough. A bipartisan group of American lawmakers this week called on the Trump administration to enact a blanket ban on the sale of equipment used in the production of advanced semiconductors to all of China.…
AI spurs employees to work harder, faster, and with fewer breaks, study finds
A Harvard Business Review study is answering the question ‘what will employees do if AI saves them time at work?’ The answer: more work.…
T-Mobile announces its network is now full of AI by rolling out real-time translation
T-Mobile is claiming it's now the first wireless carrier to integrate generative AI "directly into a wireless network," and it's rolling out real-time call translation as the first feature delivered on top of its new AI-filled cellular network. …
Posting AI-generated caricatures on social media is risky, infosec killjoys warn
If you've seen the viral AI work pic trend where people are asking ChatGPT to "create a caricature of me and my job based on everything you know about me" and sharing it to social, you might think it's harmless. You'd be wrong.…
Attending GTC? Join The Register for an exclusive dinner on scaling AI data platforms
Promo AI projects fail at scale not because models don't work or GPUs lack performance. They fail because data can't keep pace.…
Fukushima's radioactive hybrid terror pig boom was driven by amorous mothers
Back in 2021, in the thick of pandemic mania, The Register gleefully reported that "radioactive hybrid terror pigs" were thriving in Japan's Fukushima exclusion zone.…
Microsoft rolls out Windows 11 26H1, but you can't have it
Microsoft has released Windows 11 26H1 but is warning the vast majority of users that it is not for them.…
Were telcos tipped off to *that* ancient Telnet bug? Cyber pros say the signs stack up
Telcos likely received advance warning about January's critical Telnet vulnerability before its public disclosure, according to threat intelligence biz GreyNoise.…
Brussels drafts blueprint to spot and swat rogue drones
The European Commission wants to see stronger EU-wide cooperation over malicious drones via a new action plan. Proposals include a central counter-drone test facility, changing the current rules governing civilian use, and a development boost to Europe's own drones and counter-drone systems.…
How Microsoft's legal eagles wrangled Happy Days for Windows 95
Microsoft's Raymond Chen has revealed an unexpected use for the company's lawyers: securing permission from the cast of Happy Days so a Weezer music video could ship on the Windows 95 CD.…
Doctors told to give Palantir's NHS data platform the cold shoulder
British doctors are being urged to pull back from the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) after their union called on members to stop non-clinical use of the Palantir-built system.…
Payroll pirates are conning help desks to steal workers' identities and redirect paychecks
Exclusive When fraudsters go after people's paychecks, "every employee on earth becomes a target," according to Binary Defense security sleuth John Dwyer.…
Apple's Creator Studio creates a subscription where free apps used to live
Apple fanbois are realizing what the Creator Studio subscription means for its productivity apps, and many are unhappy with the direction of travel.…
VMware scores early win in Siemens software licensing dispute
VMware appears to have secured an early procedural win in the case it brought against German industrial giant Siemens over its alleged use of unlicensed software.…
Notepad's new Markdown powers served with a side of remote code execution
Just months after Microsoft added Markdown support to Notepad, researchers have found the feature can be abused to achieve remote code execution (RCE).…
One in five Euro datacenters AI-ready as builders battle land and labor blues
Only 20 percent of datacenters are considered AI-ready across Europe and the Middle East, despite the growing demand for infrastructure to accelerate AI processing.…
River project swims against the Wayland tide with modular window management
FOSDEM 2026 Isaac Freund's River compositor brings a little old-fashioned modularity and customizability to the brave new Wayland world.…
Reviving a CIDCO MailStation – the last Z80 computer
FOSDEM 2026 Michal Pleban knows his old kit inside out, and his talk on the CIDCO MailStation was one of the most interesting of FOSDEM for us – as well as the funniest.…
Legacy systems blamed as ministers promise no repeat of Afghan breach
Legacy IT issues are hampering key technical measures designed to prevent highly sensitive data leaks, UK government officials say.…