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Chamber of Commerce sues over Trump's $100K H-1B paywall
The US Chamber of Commerce (CoC) has filed a suit accusing President Trump of exceeding his authority by seeking to slap a $100,000 fee on H-1B visa applications.…
Have I Been Pwned logs 17.6M victims in Prosper breach
Data breach tracker HaveIBeenPwned claims the victim count of peer-to-peer lender Prosper's September cyberattack stands at 17.6 million.…
Windows 10, huh, what is it good for? PC upgrade cycles actually
It transpires that Windows 11 is indeed good for at least one thing – driving PC upgrades, according to the latest figures from Gartner.…
Labor unions sue Trump administration over social media surveillance
Lawyers at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) are helping three US labor unions sue the Trump administration over a social media surveillance program that threatens to punish those who publicly express views that are not harmonious with the government's position.…
Carmakers fear chip crunch as Dutch sanctions hit Nexperia
Major car, van, truck and bus manufacturers are warning that the Dutch government placing semiconductor biz Nexperia under special administrative measures could result in a shortage of automotive chips.…
Microsoft parks Landsat and Sentinel satellite data in Azure's orbit
Microsoft has made NASA's Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 (HLS) dataset available on Azure via the Windows giant's Planetary Computer platform.…
SAP users still wrestling with business case for S/4HANA
More than a decade after SAP's S/4HANA in-memory ERP system debuted, 95 percent of legacy users say building a positive case to migrate requires a big effort or is genuinely challenging.…
Boris Johnson confesses: He's fallen for ChatGPT
After a string of marriages and innumerable affairs, former UK prime minister Boris Johnson has come clean about his new squeeze.…
Literal crossed wires sent cops after innocent neighbors in child abuse case
Details have emerged of a troubling case in which a basic engineering mistake wrecked a digital evidence investigation and led to wrongful accusations.…
MIT boffins double precision of atomic clocks by taming quantum noise
Researchers at MIT say they have discovered a way to double the precision of optical atomic clocks by quieting the quantum noise that clouds their ticking.…
Britains's AI gold rush hits a wall: not enough electricity
Energy is essential for delivering the UK governments' AI ambitions, but Britain faces a critical question: how can it supply enough power for rapidly expanding datacenters without causing blackouts or inflating consumer bills?…
AI boffins teach office supplies to predict your next move
It was only a matter of time. Having invaded the software world, AI has now fixed its sights on once-benign household objects and desk fodder.…
'Fax virus' panicked a manager and sparked job-killing Reply-All incident
On Call By Friday it's only natural to look back upon the working week with a certain nostalgia, an emotion The Register celebrates each week in On Call – the reader-contributed column that shares your tales of tech support trauma.…
Anthropic brings mad Skills to Claude
Paying Anthropic customers can now teach their Claude new tricks, which the company calls Skills.…
TSMC hurrying to bring advanced chip tech to Arizona fab
TSMC is accelerating the rollout of advanced process nodes at its Arizona fabs to meet growing demand for American-made AI products.…
AI makes phishing 4.5x more effective, Microsoft says
People receiving an AI phishing email are 4.5 times more likely to click on the malicious link or file, according to Microsoft.…
Decomposed dinosaurs make Texas a top destination for AI bit barns
Everything is bigger in Texas and that includes the GPU bit barns at the heart of the AI boom.…
Vulnerability scores, huh, what are they good for? Almost nothing
Aram Hovespyan, co-founder and CEO of security biz Codific, says that the rating systems for identifying security vulnerabilities and assessing threat risk need to be overhauled.…
Nork scammers work the blockchain to steal crypto from job hunters
If you're a software developer looking for a job, North Korean scammers have an offer for you that's off the chain, the blockchain that is. These gangs have recently adopted a technique called EtherHiding, hiding malware inside blockchain smart contracts to sneak past detection and ultimately swipe victims' crypto and credentials, according to Google's Threat Intelligence team.…
Feeling lonely? Microsoft Copilot can now listen to your every word, watch your screen
As if pulling support for Windows 10 was not punishment enough for long-suffering customers, Microsoft has decided to shove Copilot down everyone's throats with a new voice activation feature and even more control over your PC. Soon, a Copilot box may even replace the search box on your taskbar.…