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UK minister ducks cost questions on nationwide digital ID scheme
A UK tech minister has declined to put a figure on the cost of the government's digital ID plans as MPs question the contributions expected from central departments.…
Microsoft exec finds AI cynicism 'mindblowing'
Opinion In a tweet lamenting all the "cynics" unmoved by AI, Microsoft AI boss Mustafa Suleyman demonstrated that Redmond's Reality Distortion Field is running at full power.…
Boffins build 'AI Kill Switch' to thwart unwanted agents
Computer scientists based in South Korea have devised what they describe as an "AI Kill Switch" to prevent AI agents from carrying out malicious data scraping.…
Linux admin hated downtime so much he schlepped a live UPS during office move
On Call The working week can be burdensome, so each Friday morning The Register tries to lighten the load by bringing you a new instalment of On Call, the reader-contributed column in which you let go of tech support stories that weigh on your memory.…
Open Compute Project figuring out how to get quantum computers into classical datacenters
The Open Compute Project (OCP) has commenced a workstream to learn how to deploy quantum computers alongside classical high performance computers in the same datacenter.…
Google links Android’s Quick Share to Apple’s AirDrop, without Cupertino’s help
Google has linked Android’s wireless peer-to-peer file sharing tool Quick Share to Apple’s equivalent AirDrop.…
Veeam bets on more VMware alternatives, including Red Hat and China’s Sangfor
Backup software vendor Veeam has thrown its weight behind more alternatives to VMware.…
SEC drops SolarWinds lawsuit that painted a target on CISOs everywhere
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has abandoned the lawsuit it pursued against SolarWinds and its chief infosec officer for misleading investors about security practices that led to the 2020 SUNBURST attack.…
SC25 gets heavy with mega power and cooling solutions
SC25 Hydrogen-fueled gas turbines, backup generators, and air handlers probably aren't the kinds of equipment you'd expect on the show floor of a supercomputing conference. But your expectations would be wrong.…
Gemini tries to sniff out AI slop images while also making them easier to create
hands on Google Gemini users can now use the AI's app and website to figure out whether an image is AI-generated, though with some considerable limitations.…