TheRegister
Flight simulator fans revive a classic Boeing 747 cockpit
How far would you take your flight simulation hobby? Perhaps some extra screens? Maybe some custom controllers? Or would you go as far as to revive a scrapped Boeing 747 cockpit to satisfy your simulation needs?…
EY exposes 4TB+ SQL database to open internet for who knows how long
A Dutch cybersecurity outfit says its lead researcher recently stumbled upon a 4TB+ SQL Server backup file belonging to EY exposed to the web, effectively leaking the accounting and consulting megacorp's secrets.…
Smile! Uncle Sam wants to scan your face on the way in – and out
Planning to visit the United States in the near future? If so, get ready to have your picture taken – and stored for decades – upon both entry and exit under a new Customs and Border Protection rule.…
India to dethrone US for dev numbers as AI reshapes coding, says GitHub
The Indian software developer community will outgrow the US's by 2030, GitHub's Octoverse 2025 report shows. However, today, the United States remains in the lead.…
Dame Emma Thompson gives the 'AI revolution' both barrels
Dame Emma Thompson's expletive-laden takedown of AI writing assistants may strike a chord with frustrated users everywhere.…
Nvidia pitches Omniverse DSX as model for gigawatt-scale AI factories
Nvidia unveiled Omniverse DSX at its GTC event in Washington DC — a blueprint for designing and operating gigawatt-scale AI datacenters using digital twin technology.…
AI layoffs to backfire: Half quietly rehired at lower pay
Many organizations rushing to cut staff in the name of AI efficiency are expected to quietly rehire those roles – often "offshore or at lower salary."…
The CAPITAL LETTERS trick that helped merge Windows 95 into NT
The early versions of Windows NT were the last hurrah for the Windows 3.1-esque Program Manager. But getting the Windows 95 shell into the codebase occasionally required using CAPITAL LETTERS.…
Marketing giant Dentsu warns staff after Merkle data raid
Global marketing giant Dentsu is writing to current and former staff after a cyberattack on a subsidiary led to bank, payroll, and other sensitive data being stolen.…
UK politicians to draft outage blueprint after AWS calamity
The UK government will publish a plan for handling future cloud outages after last week's AWS failure knocked out several departments.…
Sole trader dispatched almost 1M spam texts to hard-up Brits, says watchdog
Britain's data watchdog has fined a sole trader £200,000 for nearly a million spam texts targeting people in debt – almost 20 pence per message.…
Bolt Graphics unveils Zeus GPU built on RISC-V and path tracing tech
Ubuntu Summit One of the more unexpected talks at last week's Ubuntu Summit 25.10 in London was by Antonio Salvemini of Bolt Graphics, who introduced the company's forthcoming range of Zeus graphics accelerator hardware. These are very unlike any conventional GPUs – or indeed anything else.…
UK government on the lookout for bargain-priced CTO
The UK government is on the hunt for a new CTO after incumbent David Knott announced his departure, citing family reasons.…
Zen Internet loses unfair dismissal appeal case with former CEO
UK ISP Zen Internet has lost an appeal against a ruling that it unfairly dismissed former CEO Paul Stobart.…
9 in 10 Exchange servers in Germany still running out-of-support software
Germany's infosec office (BSI) is sounding the alarm after finding that 92 percent of the nation's Exchange boxes are still running out-of-support software, a fortnight after Microsoft axed versions 2016 and 2019.…
Starlink tells the world it has over 150 sextillion IPv6 addresses
Internetworking wonks have investigated Starlink’s use of IP addresses and found some interesting facts.…
Australian police building AI to translate emoji used by ‘crimefluencers’
Australia’s Federal Police (AFP) is working on an AI to interpret emojis and the slang used online by Generation Z and Generation Alpha, so it can understand them when they discuss crime online.…
Amazon Web Services’ US-EAST-1 region in trouble again, with EC2 and container services impacted
Amazon Web Services’ US-EAST-1 region, which last week caused massive disruption to online services, is having another bad day as internal dependencies again prove problematic.…
OpenAI non-profit will run for-profit that has yet to make a profit
OpenAI has obtained a new lease on life.…
Firewalls and VPNs are so complex now, they can actually make you less secure
Organizations using Cisco and Citrix VPN devices were nearly seven times as likely to suffer a ransomware infection over a 15-month period, according to At-Bay, a provider of cyber insurance and a vendor of managed detection and response products.…