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Britains's AI gold rush hits a wall: not enough electricity

Fri, 2025-10-17 08:00
Energy Secretary Miliband promises renewable utopia for green and pleasant land... filled with datacenters

Energy is essential for delivering the UK governments' AI ambitions, but Britain faces a critical question: how can it supply enough power for rapidly expanding datacenters without causing blackouts or inflating consumer bills?…

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AI boffins teach office supplies to predict your next move

Fri, 2025-10-17 07:15
What the world's been waiting for: a stapler with wheels to help humans afflicted by RSI

It was only a matter of time. Having invaded the software world, AI has now fixed its sights on once-benign household objects and desk fodder.…

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'Fax virus' panicked a manager and sparked job-killing Reply-All incident

Fri, 2025-10-17 06:30
The 1990s called with a reminder that in the time before ransomware, infosec panics could be quite quaint

On Call By Friday it's only natural to look back upon the working week with a certain nostalgia, an emotion The Register celebrates each week in On Call – the reader-contributed column that shares your tales of tech support trauma.…

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Anthropic brings mad Skills to Claude

Thu, 2025-10-16 23:55
Teaching an old bot new tricks

Paying Anthropic customers can now teach their Claude new tricks, which the company calls Skills.…

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TSMC hurrying to bring advanced chip tech to Arizona fab

Thu, 2025-10-16 23:25
CEO C.C. Wei cites strong demand for AI products. Intel may also be a factor

TSMC is accelerating the rollout of advanced process nodes at its Arizona fabs to meet growing demand for American-made AI products.…

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AI makes phishing 4.5x more effective, Microsoft says

Thu, 2025-10-16 22:53
And potentially 50 times more profitable

People receiving an AI phishing email are 4.5 times more likely to click on the malicious link or file, according to Microsoft.…

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Decomposed dinosaurs make Texas a top destination for AI bit barns

Thu, 2025-10-16 20:45
Datacenter hopefuls looking to cash in on AI craze are setting up shop in Lone Star State in search of cheap power

Everything is bigger in Texas and that includes the GPU bit barns at the heart of the AI boom.…

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Vulnerability scores, huh, what are they good for? Almost nothing

Thu, 2025-10-16 19:45
CVE and CVSS systems suffer from misaligned incentives and inconsistency

Aram Hovespyan, co-founder and CEO of security biz Codific, says that the rating systems for identifying security vulnerabilities and assessing threat risk need to be overhauled.…

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Nork scammers work the blockchain to steal crypto from job hunters

Thu, 2025-10-16 19:24
If someone sends you a coding test, be wary of downloading it

If you're a software developer looking for a job, North Korean scammers have an offer for you that's off the chain, the blockchain that is. These gangs have recently adopted a technique called EtherHiding, hiding malware inside blockchain smart contracts to sneak past detection and ultimately swipe victims' crypto and credentials, according to Google's Threat Intelligence team.…

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