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Nice try, sinners: Pope nixes idea of AI pontiff blessing netizens
Pope Leo XIV has crucified the idea of creating an AI version which would've allowed Catholics around the world to have a virtual audience with him – without the need for a trip to Vatican City.…
User group says SAP's licensing models make cloud migration harder
SAP's German-speaking user group has warned that the enterprise software giant's current licensing regime is creating unwanted difficulties in launching cloud migration and upgrade projects.…
OpenAI plugs ShadowLeak bug in ChatGPT that let miscreants raid inboxes
ChatGPT's research assistant sprung a leak – since patched – that let attackers steal Gmail secrets with just a single carefully crafted email.…
Charities warn Ofcom too soft on Online Safety Act violators
As UK ministers continue to quiz stakeholders over the effectiveness of the Online Safety Act, one charity chief raised concerns over the robustness of Ofcom's enforcement of the controversial legislation.…
British spreadsheet wizard will take mad skillz to Vegas after taking national Excel crown
The inaugural finals of the UK Excel Championship have come and gone, and there is now one spreadsheet wrangler to rule them all, at least in the United Kingdom.…
Word to the wise: Don't tell your IT manager they're not in Excel
On Call Welcome to another installment of On Call, The Register's Friday frolic through your tales of delightful tech support encounters.…
MI6 reveals 'Silent Courier' dark web portal upgrade it hopes will help it recruit new spies
The UK’s Secret Intelligence Service, aka MI6, has created a dark web portal called “Silent Courier” that it hopes would-be foreign informants will find a suitably secure means of sharing secrets.…
Slack threatened to delete nonprofit coding club’s data if it didn’t pay $50k in a week
Slack sent a nonprofit hacking club for teens a demand for $50,000, payable within a week, and threatened to delete the club’s message archive if it did not pay.…
Pigs will fly: Uber Eats to trial drone delivery
Flying pigs may soon be on their way to some US households, after rideshare and food delivery behemoth Uber teamed with drone operator Flytrex for food delivery services.…
Humanity now has zero active robots at Venus as Japan ends 15-year ‘Dawn’ mission
Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency has decided to abandon its Akatsuki Venus orbiter, after losing contact with the craft last year.…
Microsoft boasts about humongous datacenter on abandoned Foxconn site in Wisconsin
Microsoft's CEO has claimed the operating system-slinger is building the "world's largest datacenter."…
Intel and Nvidia sitting in a tree, NVLink-I-N-G
Nvidia is set to become one of Intel's largest shareholders after the GPU giant announced on Thursday it would invest $5 billion in the struggling chipmaker under a co-development agreement targeting PCs and datacenter infrastructure.…
Google stuffs Chrome full of AI features whether you like it or not
Now that it knows it won't be forced to sell its browser, Google is cramming AI into every vacant corner of Chrome it can find, whether you like it or not. …
Google pushes emergency patch for Chrome 0-day - check your browser version now
Google pushed an emergency patch for a high-severity Chrome flaw, already under active exploitation. So it's time to make sure you're running the most recent version of the web browser.…
Atlassian drops $1B on company that helps measure dev productivity
Atlassian has continued its AI spending spree with a $1 billion takeover of developer analysis biz DX, a move it promised would give devs "less friction and more flow."…
AI can now design functional viruses - not the computer kind, either
A group of Stanford bioengineers claim that they've created synthetic bacteriophages using AI-generated designs that not only work in the real world, but are far more infectious than their naturally-occurring counterparts. …
Crims bust through SonicWall to grab sensitive config data
SonicWall is telling some customers to reset passwords after attackers broke into its cloud backup service and accessed firewall configuration data.…
The Notepad that knew too much: Humble text editor gets unnecessary AI infusion
Microsoft is continuing to shovel AI functionality into its Notepad application, with Windows Insiders the first test subjects.…
Cybercriminals pwn 850k+ Americans' healthcare data
Cybercriminals broke in and stole nearly a million Americans' data in the space of a week, in the course of three digital burglaries at healthcare providers.…
Workday U-turns on rehiring pledge as activist investors take $2B stake
Activist investors have taken a $2 billion stake in Workday, signaling approval of its direction and saying they "look forward to continued collaboration with the company."…

