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Folk are getting dangerously attached to AI that always tells them they're right

52 min 29 sec ago
Sycophantic bots coach users into selfish, antisocial behavior, say researchers, and they love it

AI can lead mentally unwell people to some pretty dark places, as a number of recent news stories have taught us. Now researchers think sycophantic AI is actually having a harmful effect on everyone.…

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Apple's last tower topples… and the others will follow

1 hour 41 min ago
Farewell, Mac Pro: Increasing integration means the end of expandable computers

Apple has discontinued the Mac Pro – but it's just the first of the tower computers to go. The rest will follow soon.…

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Senators want datacenters to come clean on power consumption

2 hours 36 min ago
Ratepayer Protection Pledge is unenforceable without hard numbers, Warren and Hawley argue

US senators are pushing to require datacenters and other large energy customers to report consumption, arguing the data is essential to hold them accountable to local communities.…

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Microsoft tells crusty old kernel drivers to get with the Windows Hardware Compatibility Program

4 hours 13 min ago
Cross-signed code gets the cold shoulder as Redmond tightens trust

Microsoft is removing trust for kernel drivers that haven't been through the Windows Hardware Compatibility Program (WHCP) in a bid to further secure the Windows kernel.…

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Commercial space pleads with NASA to stop moving the goalposts in orbit

6 hours 2 min ago
Private station hopefuls say ISS rethink is shaking confidence

NASA's new Moon plan isn't the only policy shift causing concern. Parts of the commercial space industry are also uneasy about the agency's latest change of direction.…

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AFC Ajax drops ball as flaws let hackers play admin with tickets and bans

6 hours 47 min ago
Vulns in Dutch football club's systems didn't just expose data – they let outsiders play with accounts, and even lift stadium bans

Dutch football giant AFC Ajax has admitted to a data breach after an attacker gained access to its internal systems, in an incident that looks less like a stray pass and more like the gates left wide open.…

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Iran war drives urgent need  to counter underwater attack drones

8 hours 11 sec ago
US and UK forces seeking tech tender with an April 3 deadline

The UK and US are looking for technology to counter the threat posed by underwater drones to ships, harbors and other critical maritime infrastructure, and are asking industry for answers.…

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Lloyds app glitch turned transactions into shared experience for 447k users

8 hours 59 min ago
A botched update mixed up transaction data across accounts, with thousands now receiving goodwill payouts

A botched overnight software update at Lloyds Banking Group left up to 447,000 customers briefly seeing other people's transactions in its mobile apps, with the bank now acknowledging the scale of the incident and compensating affected users.…

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UK government admits Capita pension portal was crapita at launch

9 hours 47 min ago
PAC grilling reveals £239M bought a system that couldn't handle the work, the volumes, or placeholder text

A UK government official has admitted Capita did not reach the expected level of performance following the disastrous launch of the Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS) web portal late last year.…

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Engineer sabotaged hardware then complained when it didn't work

11 hours 47 min ago
The 600 km drive to fix the mess was a special treat

On Call Every week is special in its own way, and The Register celebrates that fact by using Friday mornings to deliver a fresh installment of On Call, our weekly reader-contributed column that shares your memories of managing IT messes someone else made.…

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Security boffins scoured the web and found hundreds of valid API keys

12 hours 13 min ago
Global bank's devs have some cleaning up to do after cloud creds found in website code

Computer security boffins have conducted an analysis of 10 million websites and found almost 2,000 API credentials strewn across 10,000 webpages.…

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India’s space program can't spend money fast enough, putting missions in peril

14 hours 34 min ago
Satnav systems aren’t well, IP is being sold too cheap, and thousands of roles remain open

India’s space program has thousands of vacant roles it’s struggled to fill, isn’t spending money fast enough to meet its mission timelines, and may be undervaluing intellectual property it sells to the private sector.…

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China’s not thrilled its AI experts want to leave the country

17 hours 36 min ago
Urges scientists to avoid major conference, and looks unkindly on Meta's Manus acquisition

China appears to be unhappy about its brightest AI talent going offshore, either to visit or to sell their wares.…

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Anthropic tweaks timed usage limits to discourage Claude demand during peak hours

Thu, 2026-03-26 22:15
AI biz makes some Claude conversations more costly to manage capacity

Anthropic on Wednesday adjusted its opaque usage limits for Claude customers by reducing the power of the services it delivers during times of peak demand, in an effort to balance demand with its capacity to deliver service.…

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AI companies lick their chops as FCC proposes forcing call center onshoring

Thu, 2026-03-26 22:11
You actually thing companies are going to pay Americans to take customer service calls in the AI age?

Uncle Sam is trying to make American call centers great again. The question is whether they will be great because they're filled with local workers or whether this will provide yet another excuse for companies to turn customer service jobs over to AI.…

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AWS would prefer to forget March ever happened in its UAE region

Thu, 2026-03-26 21:39
Cloud giant waives an entire month of charges, then erases the billing data. There is literally nothing to see here.

I received an email / billing notification from AWS this week that may be the most diplomatically crafted communication in the history of cloud computing. Here it is, stripped of the usual boilerplate around it:…

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AMD’s new desktop CPU oozes cache out of all 16 cores

Thu, 2026-03-26 21:12
Turns out massive caches are good for more than games. House of Zen boasts 5-13% perf boost over prior-gen part

AMD aims to extend its lead in desktop gaming with a new CPU, dubbed the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition. This top-of-the-line part has 16 cores fed by an absolutely massive 208 MB pool of cache, with memory spread across both CCDs.…

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'Empathetic' Salesforce bots to help those fired by uncaring humans

Thu, 2026-03-26 20:41
I’m sorry, Dave. I can’t give you your job back, but here’s the form you fill out to collect benefits

There’s a joke in Boston that goes: the people in Southie will steal your wallet and help you look for it.…

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Using AI to code does not mean your code is more secure

Thu, 2026-03-26 19:38
Use of AI coding assistants has surged, but so has the number of vulnerabilities in AI-generated code

As more people use AI tools to write code, the tools themselves are introducing more vulnerabilities.…

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Apple's making more iPhone parts in the US. The iPhone itself? Not so much

Thu, 2026-03-26 17:09
Maybe that's why Tim didn't get an invitation to the President's tech bro club?

Apple's American Manufacturing Program (AMP) is expanding, with new suppliers signed on to produce iPhone components - though those parts will still be shipped overseas for final assembly.…

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