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GOV.UK to unleash AI chatbot on confused citizens
The UK's Government Digital Service (GDS) will add an AI chatbot to its GOV.UK app in early 2026, before rolling it out across the GOV.UK website used by most government departments and services.…
Cornish recycling drive sows confusion among Reg Standards Bureau
The Reg Standards Bureau was plunged into uproar this week when a reader suggested a new unit for weight, inspired by Cornwall's revamped food recycling service.…
User found three reasons – all of them wrong – to dispute tech support's diagnosis
On Call Welcome once more to On Call, The Register's reader-contributed Friday column in which we share your stories of tech support jobs so wrong, they're right.…
Ten mistakes marred firewall upgrade at Australian telco, contributing to two deaths
Technicians working on a firewall upgrade made at least ten mistakes, contributing to two deaths, according to a report on a September incident that saw Australian telco Optus unable to route calls to emergency services.…
China turns on a vast experimental network it says is an heir to ARPANET
Chinese authorities on Thursday certified the China Environment for Network Innovation (CENI), a vast research network that Beijing hopes will propel the country to the forefront of networking research.…
Amazon blocked 1,800 suspected North Korean scammers seeking jobs
Even Amazon isn't immune to North Korean scammers who try to score remote jobs at tech companies so they can funnel their wages to Kim Jong Un's coffers.…
Waterfox browser goes AI-free, targets the Firefox faithful
Waterfox, a popular fork of Firefox, is saying nay to AI. Considering how unpopular Mozilla's plan to botify its browser has become, this could win the alternative some converts.…