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Just using open source software isn't radical any more. Europe needs to dig deeper
Feature It is 2025. Linux will turn 34 and the Free Software Foundation (FSF) 40. For the EU and Europe at large, which is famously experimental with government deployments of open source tech, behind initiatives to promote open licensing, and whose governments promote equal opportunity for FOSS vendors in public tendering, it's a crunch point.…
Hardware inspector fired for spotting an error he wasn't trained to find
On Call Welcome again to On Call, The Register's weekly column in which readers share stories of earnestly trying to fix broken tech, and end up feeling broken afterwards.…
Apple, Google, tell Europe its Digital Markets Act isn't working for them - or consumers
Apple and Google have both urged the European Union to revisit its Digital Markets Act (DMA), which both tech giants say is failing.…
Dell enters the earbud market with kit you can control from the cloud
Dell has entered the earbud market with a product you can manage from the cloud.…
800,000 tons of mud probably just made electronics more expensive
In recent years technology buyers have endured hardware price rises due to a pandemic and its impact on supply chains, the global wave of inflation that followed, tariffs, and surging demand for AI technologies that allowed vendors to charge higher prices. Now, 800,000 tons of mud has pushed copper prices higher.…
Intel reportedly wants TSMC's help to end its reliance on ...TSMC
Intel has reportedly sought an investment from rival chipmaker TSMC.…
Google to merge Android and ChromeOS in 2026, because AI
Video Google has confirmed it will merge its ChromeOS and Android operating systems, and that the mobile OS will emerge triumphant.…