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Microsoft hypes PCs with NPUs, still can't offer a good reason to buy one
Comment Microsoft has talked up the role played by neural processing units (NPUs) in making Windows more "intelligent," even though the silicon is not currently on the hardware requirements list.…
Client defended engineer after oil baron-turned tech support entrepreneur lied about dodgy dealings
On Call Welcome once again to On Call, The Register's weekly reader-contributed column that shares your stories from the frontlines of tech support.…
RondoDox botnet fires 'exploit shotgun' at nearly every router and internet-connected home device
A new RondoDox botnet campaign uses an "exploit shotgun" - fire at everything, see what hits - to target 56 vulnerabilities across at least 30 different vendors' routers, DVRs, CCTV systems, web servers, and other network devices, and then infect the buggy gear with malware.…
It's trivially easy to poison LLMs into spitting out gibberish, says Anthropic
Poisoning AI models might be way easier than previously thought if an Anthropic study is anything to go on. …
Amazon's Quick Suite is like agentic AI training wheels for enterprises
Despite ongoing concerns over the accuracy, reliability, and trustworthiness of AI in the enterprise, Amazon believes that if it can just make building agents easier for the average worker, they'll be automating the boring parts of their job in no time.…
Google rearranges Agentspace into Gemini Enterprise
Google on Thursday announced the launch of Gemini Enterprise, a platform for automating business workflows using the company's Gemini family of machine learning models.…
Crims had 3-month head start on defenders in Oracle EBS invasion
The raid on Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) likely began as early as July - about three months before any public detections - with extortionists compromising "dozens" of organizations, a Google investigation has determined.…
This is your brain on bots: AI interaction may hurt students more than it helps
Today's students are using AI for everything from tutoring to therapy to romance. A new study warns the tech may be dulling kids' social skills quietly, like booze on the brain.…
Space Shuttle war of words takes off as senator blasts 'woke Smithsonian'
Exclusive The war of words over the possible relocation of Space Shuttle Discovery has ratcheted up, with the office of Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) telling The Register that the orbiter belongs in Houston "whether the woke Smithsonian and its cronies in Congress like it or not."…
GitHub Copilot Chat turns blabbermouth with crafty prompt injection attack
GitHub's Copilot Chat, the chatbot meant to help developers code faster, could be helping attackers to steal code instead.…
Discord says 70,000 photo IDs compromised in customer service breach
Communication platform provider Discord has admitted that around 70,000 users had their government IDs stolen as part of its recent data breach.…
US PC shipments hit the buffers as Trump’s tariffs take their toll
WORLD WAR FEE The global PC market is ticking upward as Windows 10's end-of-life nears, except in North America, where tariff shocks and economic jitters have slowed demand.…
Gartner warns agentic AI startups: Prepare to be consolidated
Gartner has signaled that the supply of "agentic AI" in terms of models, platforms, and products far outstrips demand, creating a situation that will lead to consolidation and market correction.…
Humans flunk the Turing test for voices as bots get chattier
Think you can distinguish between a human voice and a robot? Think again, because the numbers are starting to say otherwise. …
Meta will move React to Linux Foundation to address vendor dominance fears
Meta will contribute React, React Native, and JSX (JavaScript XML) to a new React Foundation, part of the Linux Foundation, and said that "it is important that no single company or organization is overrepresented."…
China moves to extend control over tech industry's critical rare earths
China is hitting back at US export restrictions with some of its own, tightening its control on so-called rare earth minerals and introducing laws that require companies to get licenses before they can ship goods containing rare earths, even those made outside of the country.…
Windows 11 gets a fresh Start in latest Canary build
It's taken a while, but Microsoft has finally made its redesigned Start menu available to Canary Channel Windows Insiders, while also removing .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 as a Feature On Demand, and adding Edit, the command-line text editor.…
Kubernetes kicks down Azure Front Door
If you struggled to access the Azure Portal or Microsoft Entra this morning, you weren't alone – Microsoft has blamed a Kubernetes crash for the outage.…
Clearview AI sees red as UK tribunal sides with regulator over $10M GDPR fine
The UK General Regulatory Chamber's Upper Tribunal (UT) has ruled in favor of the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), which appealed against a 2023 decision that it could not fine Clearview AI over GDPR violations.…
SonicWall breach hits every cloud backup customer after 5% claim goes up in smoke
SonicWall has admitted that all customers who used its cloud backup service to store firewall configuration files were affected by a cybersecurity incident first disclosed in mid-September, walking back earlier assurances that only a small fraction of users were impacted.…