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The air is hissing out of the overinflated AI balloon
Opinion There tend to be three AI camps. 1) AI is the greatest thing since sliced bread and will transform the world. 2) AI is the spawn of the Devil and will destroy civilization as we know it. And 3) "Write an A-Level paper on the themes in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet."…
Getting touchy-feely with a Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2
HANDS ON A $40, 5-inch touchscreen has landed for the Raspberry Pi, offering a smaller sibling for the existing 7-inch model.…
Junk is the new punk: Why we're falling back in love with retro tech
It's 2025 and the latest mega-album has just been released – on cassette tape. Taylor Swift dropped Life of a Showgirl on digital, vinyl, and the old jewel-cased pencil spinners. They're still with us, complete with tape tangling and endless rewinding to find that specific track you love.…
CIO made a dangerous mistake and ordered his security team to implement it
Who, Me? Welcome to another instalment of Who, Me? It's The Register's reader-contributed column that shares your missives about massive mistakes, and how you managed to move on after them.…
Mysterious X-37B spaceplane flies again, this time carrying a quantum GPS alternative
The US military’s Boeing-built X-37B spaceplane is in space again for its eighth mission.…