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Speech now streaming from brains in real-time
Some smart cookies have implemented a brain-computer interface that can synthesize speech from thought in near real-time.…
Apple belatedly patches actively exploited bugs in older OSes
Apple has delivered a big batch of OS updates, some of which belatedly patch older versions of its operating systems to address exploited-in-the-wild flaws the iGiant earlier fixed in more recent releases.…
North Korea’s fake tech workers now targeting European employers
North Korea’s scamming, thieving, and AI-abusing fake IT workers are increasingly targeting European employers.…
Forget Signal. National Security Adviser Waltz now accused of using Gmail for work
Senior members of the US National Security Council, including the White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, have been accused of using their personal Gmail accounts to exchange sensitive information.…
Mozilla is rolling Thundermail, a Gmail, Office 365 rival
Thunderbird, Firefox maker Mozilla's open-source email client, is aiming to reinvent itself as a more comprehensive communications platform.…
Lightmatter says it's ready to ship chip-to-chip optical highways as early as summer
Lightmatter this week unveiled a pair of silicon photonic interconnects designed to satiate the growing demand for chip-to-chip bandwidth associated with ever-denser AI deployments.…
Not even Intel's top bosses know what's on CEO Lip-Bu Tan's chopping block
Vision Not even Intel's top brass know what's on newly minted CEO Lip-Bu Tan's chopping block.…
To avoid disaster-recovery disasters, learn from <em>Reg</em> readers' experiences
On Call Special How can you avoid a disaster recovery disaster?…
Nvidia’s AI suite may get a whole lot pricier, thanks to Jensen’s GPU math mistake
Comment At its GPU Technology Conference last month, Nvidia broke with convention by shifting its definition of what counts as a GPU.…
FAA closes investigations into Blue Origin landing fail, Starship Flight 7 explosion
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is closing its investigations into both the SpaceX Starship Flight 7 explosion and Blue Origin New Glenn-1 landing failure.…
Microsoft to mark five decades of Ctrl-Alt-Deleting the competition
Microsoft will officially hit the half-century mark on Friday as the Windows giant turns 50 years old. What do you consider the highs and lows of the company's journey to dominance?…
Writing for humans? Perhaps in future we'll write specifically for AI – and be paid for it
Interview Thomson Reuters, based in Canada, recently scored a partial summary judgment against Ross Intelligence, after a US court ruled the AI outfit's use of the newswire giant's copyrighted Westlaw content didn't qualify as fair use.…
Trump yanks CHIPS Act cash unless tech giants pony up more of their own dough
More doubt is being cast over the US CHIPS Act program with the Trump administration threatening to halt payments unless companies in line to receive funding commit to substantially expand their own investments.…
Google makes end-to-end encrypted Gmail easy for all – even Outlook users
Google will soon offer end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) email for all users, even those who do not use Google Workspace, and says it'll do so without imposing any undue stress on IT admins.…
Delicious irony as Euro alliance pumps €1M of Microsoft's money into open source cloud federation tech
An alliance of cloud service providers in Europe is investing €1 million into the Fulcrum Project, an open source cloud federation tech that gives an alternative to local customers anxious about using US hypercalers.…
UK threatens £100K-a-day fines under new cyber bill
The UK's technology secretary revealed the full breadth of the government's Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR) Bill for the first time this morning, pledging £100,000 ($129,000) daily fines for failing to act against specific threats under consideration.…
Isar’s first orbital rocket crashes into sea – CEO calls it a 'great success'
Comment Yet another rocket exploded over the weekend and – you guessed it – its CEO called the test flight "a great success." This raises the question: what even counts as failure anymore in the world of so-called "New Space" – the VC-fueled and risk-friendly private rocket sector?…
RISC OS Open plots great escape from 32-bit purgatory
A new funding effort from RISC OS Open seeks to modernize the operating system for future Arm hardware.…
Asda's tech separation from Walmart nears £1B as delays mount
The UK's third-largest supermarket has seen the expected costs of its tech divorce from former US owner Walmart rise to nearly £1 billion ($1.3 billion) after news broke that the project is now expected to run into calendar Q3 of year four, overshooting its original three-year timeline.…
GCHQ intern took top secret spy tool home, now faces prison
A student at Britain's top eavesdropping government agency has pleaded guilty to taking sensitive information home on the first day of his trial.…