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Shadow IT has given way to shadow AI. Enter AI-BOMs
Shadow IT has given way to shadow AI. Enter AI-BOMs
When it comes to securing enterprise supply chains, now heavily infused with AI applications and agents, a software bill of materials (SBOM) no longer provides a complete inventory of all the components in the environment. Enter AI-BOMs.…
AI inference just plays by different rules
Moving to mainframe can be cheaper than sticking with VMware: Gartner
Moving to mainframe can be cheaper than sticking with VMware: Gartner
VMware users considering a new home might find it cheaper to move to an IBM mainframe than adopting Broadcom’s new licenses, according to Gartner Vice President Analyst Alessandro Galimberti.…
If the vote you rocked, your personal info can be grokked
If the vote you rocked, your personal info can be grokked
Your voter data could be used against you. A foreign intelligence service that wished to identify the family members of deployed military personnel could do so by cross-referencing public voter record data and social media posts.…
How TeamViewer ONE transforms IT operations from firefighting to autopilot
Hope your holiday was horrid: You botched the last thing you did before leaving
Hope your holiday was horrid: You botched the last thing you did before leaving
Who, Me? Monday is upon us once again and The Register hopes that when you arrive at your desk, all is well. We offer that sentiment because we use the first day of the working week to bring you a fresh instalment of "Who, Me?" – the reader-contributed column in which you confess to making mistakes, and explain how you survived them.…
Ask.com, former home of search butler Jeeves, closes just as conversational search comes back
Ask.com, former home of search butler Jeeves, closes just as conversational search comes back
In the mid-1990s, search engine designers settled on the user interface that dominates to this day: a text box into which users enter text, and a resulting list of websites.…
Five Eyes spook shops warn rapid rollouts of agentic AI are too risky
Five Eyes spook shops warn agentic is too wonky for rapid rollout
Information security agencies from the nations of the Five Eyes security alliance have co-authored guidance on the use of agentic AI that warns the technology will likely misbehave and amplifies organizations’ existing frailties, and therefore recommend slow and careful adoption of the tech.…
Just in time for Labour Day, China makes it illegal to fire humans if AI takes their jobs
Just in time for Labour Day, China makes it illegal to fire humans if AI takes their jobs
A Chinese court has ruled that it’s illegal to replace human workers with AI.…
Microsoft's turned Windows into a cesspool, but it wants to do better
Microsoft's turned Windows into a cesspool, but it wants to do better
kettle When it comes to making decisions that piss off your user base, no one knows how to do it like Microsoft. …
Inference is giving AI chip startups a second chance to make their mark
Inference is giving AI chip startups a second chance to make their mark
AI adoption is reaching an inflection point as the focus shifts from training new models to serving them. For the AI startups vying for a slice of Nvidia's pie, it's now or never.…