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India eats China's lunch in US smartphone manufacturing
For the first time, India has overtaken China as the top manufacturing hub for smartphones shipped to the US.…
Tom Lehrer: Satirist, mathematician, inventor of the Jello shot
Obituary The field of satirists and hit singer-songwriters who were also professional mathematicians and lecturers is a very small one, and as such, we feel sure Tom Lehrer was the greatest who ever lived… And he also invented the modern Jell-O shot.…
AI don't know: Enterprises slow to pick up on Copilot+ PCs
Copilot+ PCs are so far failing to penetrate the enterprise as IT decision makers remain understandably unimpressed with the exclusive Windows AI features they offer and other efforts, such as the need to refresh fleets with Windows 11-capable gear, take priority.…
Microsoft used staff in China to help babysit US govt cloud services, report says
Microsoft has been left with egg on its face after an independent investigation revealed a concerning pattern of using workers based in China to maintain and support US government customers on its Azure cloud.…
Trump pushes EU into trade 'deal' that several EU leaders aren't happy about
world war fee The US president and EU chief agreed to a deal over the weekend, averting a trade war between the world's two largest economies, but the agreement has a number of European leaders calling foul. …
NASA faces brain drain as thousands exit under voluntary resignation scheme
Almost 3,900 of NASA's workforce is set to leave the agency thanks to voluntary incentives, with senior staffers among those heading out the door.…
Report: Trae AI IDE quietly beams data to ByteDance, even with tracking turned off
An analysis of data collection in the Trae AI-powered IDE from ByteDance shows extensive network activity, which continued even when telemetry was disabled in settings.…
Majority of 1.4M customers caught in Allianz Life data heist
Financial services biz Allianz says the majority of customers of one of its North American subsidiaries had their data stolen in a cyberattack.…
Windows 11 is a minefield of micro-aggressions in the shipping lane of progress
Workflow. Productivity. Enablement. These are the holy words by which software companies sanctify their ever more plunder-hungry Viking raids on enterprise IT coffers. If only they were true. At least Vikings didn’t pretend to be offering monastery renovations and smart haircuts when they turned up.…
Elon outs $16.5B Samsung chip deal Tesla asked to keep secret
Samsung Electronics has scored a $16.5 billion contract to make the silicon to power Tesla's next-gen self-driving computer hardware. The firm is set to produce this from a new fab it is building in Texas, according to Tesla CEO Elon Musk.…
Aeroflot aeroflops over 'IT issues' after attackers claim year-long compromise
Russia's largest airline, Aeroflot, canceled numerous flights on Monday morning following what it says was a failure in its IT systems - something hacktivists are claiming responsiblity for.…
'Impossible hill to climb': US clouds crush European competition on their home turf
European cloud infrastructure companies make up just 15 percent of their own market, and the huge investment the US giants can wield makes their dominance "an impossible hill to climb" for any would-be challengers.…
UK VPN demand soars after debut of Online Safety Act
Searches and sign-ups for VPN providers have surged in the wake of online age checks that were introduced on July 25 as part of the UK's Online Safety Act.…
Intel cutting cutting-edge node funds would mean no more Moore's Law
Intel chief executive Lip-Bu Tan has warned that he may pull investment from Intel's leading-edge 14A semiconductor process node unless "a meaningful external customer" can guarantee profits – a move which may finally spell the end of the chipmaker's loyal adherence to Moore's Law.…
UK needs to pick up handsets for troubled Emergency Services Network project
The UK government is talking to tech suppliers to provide handsets for the country's emergency services' voice and data network, in a procurement which could be worth up to £925 million ($1.24 billion).…
Intern did exactly what he was told and turned off the wrong server
Who, Me? Returning to work on Monday morning can feel like a mistake, which is why The Register welcomes readers back to their desks with a fresh instalment of Who, Me? It's the reader-contributed column in which we tell your tales of making a mess at work, and somehow surviving.…
US spy satellite agency breached, but insists no classified secrets spilled
Infosec in brief A computer intrusion hit the US spy satellite agency, but officials insist no classified secrets were lost - just some unclassified ones, apparently.…
Seeing is believing in biomedicine, which isn't great when AI gets it wrong
Biomedical visualization specialists haven't come to terms with how or whether to use generative AI tools when creating images for health and science applications. But there's an urgent need to develop guidelines and best practices because incorrect illustrations of anatomy and related subject matter could cause harm in clinical settings or as online misinformation.…
Congress tries to outlaw AI that jacks up prices based on what it knows about you
Two Democratic members of Congress, Greg Casar (D-TX) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI,) have introduced legislation in the US House of Representatives to ban the use of AI surveillance to set prices and wages.…
Blame a leak for Microsoft SharePoint attacks, researcher insists
A week after Microsoft told the world that its July software updates didn't fully fix a couple of bugs, which allowed miscreants to take over on-premises SharePoint servers and remotely execute code, researchers have assembled much of the puzzle — with one big missing piece.…