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Raspberry Pi prices hiked as AI gobbles all the memory

Wed, 2025-10-01 12:31
Another thing you can blame on the hypefest: demand sends HBM costs up 120% in a year

Raspberry Pi is upping the cost of some devices by double-digit percentages from today driven by what CEO Eben Upton calls "insatiable demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) for AI applications."…

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3.7M breach notification letters set to flood North America's mailboxes

Wed, 2025-10-01 12:24
Allianz Life and WestJet lead the way, along with a niche software shop

A trio of companies disclosed data breaches this week affecting approximately 3.7 million customers and employees across North America.…

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JetBrains wants to train AI models on your code snippets

Wed, 2025-10-01 12:09
Dangles free product licenses in return for code-related data for its training

IDE and developer tools biz JetBrains believes training AI models on public datasets is insufficient, and is offering free product licenses to organizations that are willing to share detailed code-related data.…

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Autonomous AI adoption stalls amid trust and governance crisis

Wed, 2025-10-01 11:25
Only 15% considering deployments and just 7% say it'll replace humans in next four years

Enterprises aren't keen on letting autonomous agents take the wheel amid fears over trust and security as research once again shows that AI hype is crashing against the rocks of reality.…

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Judge dismisses Arm's last legal claim against Qualcomm in licensing spat

Wed, 2025-10-01 10:20
Chip designer tells The Reg it plans to appeal

Qualcomm is claiming complete victory over Arm in their licensing spat, after a court in Delaware ruled it has not breached the terms of any architecture license agreement (ALA) with the chip designer.…

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Imgur yanks Brit access to memes as parent company faces fine

Wed, 2025-10-01 10:07
ICO investigation into platform's lack of age assurance continues

The UK's data watchdog has described Imgur's move to block UK users as "a commercial decision" after signaling plans to fine parent company MediaLab.…

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Explain digital ID or watch it fizzle out, UK PM Starmer told

Wed, 2025-10-01 09:13
Politico avoids the topic at Labour conference speech, homes in on AI instead

UK prime minister Keir Starmer avoided mentioning the mandatory digital ID scheme in his keynote speech to the Labour Party conference amid calls for him to put meat on the bones of the plans or risk it failing fast.…

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Schools are swotting up on security yet still flunk recovery when cyberattacks strike

Wed, 2025-10-01 08:50
Coursework 'gone forever' as 10% report critical damage

Schools and colleges hit by cyberattacks are taking longer to restore their networks — and the consequences are severe, with students' coursework being permanently lost in some cases.…

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UK's digital hospital plan meets analog reality check

Wed, 2025-10-01 08:13
Experts ask: Where will staff come from, and what about gran's flip phone?

The government has announced a new "digital hospital" service in England that will provide online appointments with consultants as an alternative to visiting a National Health Service (NHS) hospital.…

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Away from Oktoberfest, Munich's museums also serve science on tap

Wed, 2025-10-01 07:30
Because sometimes you need a V2 rocket with your schnitzel

Geek's Guide It's September and the German city of Munich is celebrating Oktoberfest. But away from the beer tents, schnitzel, and lederhosen lies a set of museums worth visiting for the price of a few beers.…

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Blockchain just became an utterly mainstream part of the global financial system

Wed, 2025-10-01 06:29
SWIFT and 30 banks promise to bake it into international payment infrastructure

Blockchains are still synonymous with the wild world of cryptocurrencies, but on Monday, 30 banks and SWIFT – the world’s most important cross-border payment service – made them an utterly mainstream part of the global financial system.…

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