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If you're forced to use Windows 11, here's how to steal some of your time back
Windows 11 is now the most popular desktop operating system, finally beating Windows 10. But it's also loaded with head-scratching default settings that sap your productivity and treat you like a computer illiterate. …
X tells the French police 'non' to its request for algorithmic data
The site formerly known as Twitter has said it will not hand over any information to French police over an investigation into its recommendation algorithms.…
Cursor AI YOLO mode lets coding assistant run wild, security firm warns
Cursor's AI coding agent will run automatically, in YOLO mode, if you let it. According to Backslash Security, you might want to think twice about doing so.…
Another massive security snafu hits Microsoft, but don't expect it to stick
comment Here we go again. Another major Microsoft attack, with this one seeing someone — most likely government-backed hackers — exploiting a zero-day bug in SharePoint Server that Redmond failed to fix.…
Nvidia extends CUDA support to RISC-V just in time for next wave of Chinese CPUs
Nvidia is officially bringing its CUDA software stack to RISC-V CPUs.…
Humongous parachute for European Mars landing mission tested successfully
video The European Space Agency (ESA) conducted a successful parachute test for the ExoMars Mars landing rover earlier this month, even as uncertainty looms over US involvement in the project.…
NASA veteran warns Hubble faces death by a hundred cuts
Interview "I would say I'm cautiously optimistic, but that probably overstates how I'm feeling."…
I just deleted my entire social media presence before visiting the US – and I'm a citizen
Column We don't want to believe what we deeply understand: nothing is really deleted, and someone, somewhere can (and probably will) use that record against us.…
Clear Linux OS terminated as Intel trims the fat
Intel has abruptly killed off Clear Linux OS, ending Chipzilla's decade-long adventure in this part of the Linux world.…
Vintage computing boffin releases expansive Intel 286 test suite
The developer of MartyPC, an emulator for vintage Intel-compatible hardware that targets cycle accuracy, has released a test suite for Intel's classic 80286 processor and compatibles – created, in a fit of raw enthusiasm and hyperfocus, by single-stepping a physical chip from the mid-1980s through the execution of almost 1.5 million instructions.…
AWS slaps usage caps on Kiro as AI editor preview proves too popular for its own good
AWS has introduced daily usage limits and a user waitlist for Kiro, its preview spec-driven AI editor, citing unexpectedly high demand as it works to scale the system.…
Please, FOSS world, we need something like ChromeOS
Comment Dear Santa. For Windows-10-end-of-support-day in October, please may we have a dead simple bulletproof all-free OS that gets old PCs online without a Google account, and does nothing else?…
Radio geeks reveal how to access crucial hurricane data after US Department of Defense cut it off
With the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) set to shut down a key satellite data stream used in US hurricane forecasting, a group of amateur radio enthusiasts has stepped in with a decoder they say could fill the gap.…
Four new Android spyware samples linked to Iran's intel agency
Four new samples of Android spyware linked to the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) that collects WhatsApp data, records audio and video, and hunts for files by name, surfaced shortly after the Iran-Israel conflict began.…
Composer for worst Tomb Raider games jailed over COVID-19 loan fraud
Sad news for the three people who fondly remember the soundtracks to turn-of-the-millennium Tomb Raider – their composer, Peter Connelly, has been sentenced to 16 months behind bars for COVID-19 loan fraud.…
Microsoft patches under-attack SharePoint 2019 and SE
Microsoft is releasing out-of-band security updates for SharePoint Server 2019 and SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, following a warning that vulnerable versions were now under attack.…
Selling your digital soul to use Bluesky's DMs isn't just a bad idea, it's the law
Opinion On June 10, social network Bluesky announced that in 15 days it would introduce age verification for UK users, to comply with the UK Online Safety Act. As this law threatens non-compliant content companies with eight-figure fines from July 25, you can see why. The how, however, is breathtakingly inexcusable.…
Under-qualified sysadmin crashed Amazon.com for 3 hours with a typo
Who, Me? Welcome again to "Who, Me?" – The Register's Monday column in which readers admit to making mistakes and explain how they managed to keep their careers going afterwards.…
Alaska Airlines grounds itself due to mysterious IT problem
US carrier Alaska Airlines has grounded its fleet due to an unspecified IT issue.…
Japan discovers object out beyond Pluto that rewrites the Planet 9 theory
Asia In Brief Japan’s National Astronomical Observatory last week announced the discovery of a small body with an orbit beyond Pluto’s, and scientists think its presence means the “Planet 9” theory should be revisited.…