US Air Force secretary so confident in AI-controlled F-16s, he'll fly in one
With a pilot as backup of course – VENOM is still emerging techThe US Air Force is rapidly scaling up its plans to automate some of its fleet, and the civilian boss of the service says he's planning to...
View ArticleIndia's Uber clone Ola Cabs hails ride out of the international market
Australian drivers given two days' notice, UK and New Zealand services also shutteredIndian ride-sharing outfit Ola Cabs is shuttering operations in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK as the company...
View ArticleWe never agreed to only buy HP ink, say printer owners
Complainants smack back after hardware giant moves to dismiss lawsuitHP "sought to take advantage of customers' sunk costs," printer owners claimed this week in a class action lawsuit against the...
View ArticleIntel fuels Huawei's AI PC ambitions with Meteor Lake CPUs in MateBook X Pro
But for how much longer?Intel's Meteor Lake-based Core Ultra CPUs will power Huawei's newest MateBook X Pro, the company's first AI PC.…
View ArticleApple to allow some iPhones to be repaired with used parts
'A strategy of half-promises and unnecessarily complicated hedges'The right to repair movement just scored a major win with Apple's announcement that it plans to begin supporting iPhone repairs with...
View ArticleSpace Force boss warns 'the US will lose' without help from Musk and Bezos
China, Russia have muscled up, and whoever wins up there wins down hereThe commander of the US Space Force (USSF) has warned that America risks losing its dominant position in space, and therefore on...
View ArticleIT biz trials gadget deliveries by drone to sidestep traffic and emissions
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a hard drive!A UK IT maintenance outfit is testing out drones to deliver equipment to customers, claiming this will help with sustainability measures of all things.…
View ArticleApple's failure to duck UK antitrust probe could bring £785M windfall for devs
That 30% app tax may turn out to be a hefty liabilityApple's attempt to get the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) to toss a lawsuit over its 30 percent App Store tax has failed, meaning the iMaker...
View ArticleGoogle One VPN axed for everyone but Pixel loyalists ... for now
Another one bytes the dustIn an incredibly rare move, Google is killing off one of its online services – this time, VPN for Google One.…
View ArticleLoongson CPU that performs like 2020 Core i3 makes its way to Chinese mini PCs
Slow but bona fide made in ChinaLoongson's current-generation 3A6000 processor, one of the fastest designed and made in China for consumers, is now available in a line of mini PCs.…
View ArticleAI spam is winning the battle against search engine quality
'Not all AI content is spam, but I think right now all spam is AI content'interview We know Google search results are being hammered the proliferation of AI garbage, and the web giant's attempts to...
View ArticleWorld is finally buying more phones and prices are rising
Someone forgot to tell Apple and Samsung as Chinese brands reboundThe world is collectively buying more factory-fresh smartphones again, with Chinese homegrown brands propelling shipments. Meanwhile,...
View ArticleTesla decimates staff amid ongoing performance woe
Shares of the worst performing member of the S&P 500 slide some more as news unlikely to please investorsTesla is starting the week on a low note by laying off "more than" 10 percent of its...
View ArticleJapan turns up heat on Apple, Google with threat of hefty fines
Antitrust proposals could stretch to 30% of annual revenues for law-breaking app store monopoliesApple, Google, and other Big Tech players could be fined 20 or even 30 percent of their sales in Japan...
View ArticleSenator Warren slams Intuit's 'junk fees' as America's Tax Day rolls around...
Says the IRS can do this stuff for freeAs Americans go through their annual ceremony of tax day, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has reminded the FTC that tax software biz Intuit is making bank on...
View ArticleCISA in a flap as Chirp smart door locks can be trivially unlocked remotely
Hard-coded credentials last thing you want in home security appSome smart locks controlled by Chirp Systems' software can be remotely unlocked by strangers thanks to a critical security vulnerability.…
View ArticleKonica Minolta and Fujifilm ponder JV to cut costs of printer businesses
Japanese giants have big brands, but tiny shares of a shrinking marketJapanese imaging manufacturers Konica Minolta and Fujifilm have revealed talks aimed at creating a joint venture to handle printer...
View ArticleYouTube now sabotages ad-blocking apps that stream its vids
EFF lambastes latest 'lazy and deliberately malicious move'YouTube says it will intentionally cripple the playback of its videos in third-party apps that block its ads.…
View ArticleFYI: This site claims to have harvested 4B+ Discord chats, today all yours...
Of course there's an enterprise plan for the Feds and AI trainersUpdated Internet-scraping outfit Spy.pet claims to have harvested more than four billion public messages made by nearly 620 million...
View ArticleLogitech intros free tool for ChatGPT prompts... plus a mouse with an AI button
For when the AI service cannot grok what it's being askedLogitech has launched a free software tool to help existing users of its kit with ChatGPT prompts, but those that splash out on the upcoming...
View ArticleTesla asks shareholders to reinstate Musk's voided $56B pay package
Given the electric car maker's annus horribilis so far in 2024, does the chief even deserve it?A Delaware court may have voided Elon Musk's $56 billion Tesla pay package in February, but now the board...
View ArticleFuture Roku TVs may inject tailored ads into anything and everything when you...
Muted the audio? That's an advert. Paused a video? That's an advertUpdated Will Roku TVs of the future throw up targeted ads on the screen whenever you pause a video? We hope not but...…
View ArticleTaiwanese film studio snaps up Chinese surveillance camera specialist Dahua
Stymied by sanctions, it had to go … but where?Chinese surveillance camera manufacturer Zhejiang Dahua Technology, which has found itself on the USA’s entity list of banned orgs, has fully sold off its...
View ArticleAI PCs are here but a killer application for biz users? Nope
Resist the pressure to jump on the bandwagon just yet warns, warns ForresterForrester Research says that although 50 models of AI PCs are already on sale today there remains "no killer app" that would...
View ArticleNovelty flip phone strips out almost every feature possible to be as boring...
Only good for calls and texts pretty much, and that's no mistakeThose who find modern smartphones too distracting from real life might be interested in the Boring Phone (no relation to the smartphone...
View ArticleHuawei's latest flagship smartphone contains no world-shaking silicon surprises
Kirin 9010 SoC powering the Pura 70 is impressive, but doesn't indicate unforeseen prowessWhen Huawei debuted its Mate 60 smartphone in mid-2023, it turned heads around the world after teardown artists...
View ArticleA quarter of 5-7 year olds now use smartphones, says regulator
Social media use and gaming show steep increases within the age group, after UK comms watchdog given new powersThe UK's telecoms regulator has found that nearly a quarter of children between the ages...
View ArticleTesla Cybertruck turns into world's most expensive brick after car wash
Bulletproof? Is it waterproof? Ts&Cs say: 'Failure to put Cybertruck in Car Wash Mode may result in damage'The perils of turning cars into computers were laid bare by a hapless Cybertruck owner who...
View ArticleMicrosoft foresees a new type of AI PC: A Surface designed with help from...
For now, Redmond is dogfooding Azure for product simulationsMicrosoft has bragged that its own Azure HPC service was able to reduce the length of its Surface laptop design process – most notably for a...
View ArticleGone in 35 seconds – the Cybertruck's misbehaving acceleration pedal
Riveting conclusion to Tesla recall sagaWhile the vast majority of recent Tesla recalls have been addressed with over-the-air updates, the fix for Cybertruck's recalcitrant acceleration pedal...
View ArticleTesla slashes vehicle and self-driving-ish software prices as shares plummet
Because nothing reassures investors like discounting some inventoryAfter a week beset by disaster after disaster, Tesla has decided to reassure investors that it's still a safe bet … by discounting...
View ArticleAustralia secures takedown order for terror videos, which Elon Musk wants to...
Yet X remains a supporter of The Christchurch Call, an international agreement to stop video nasties+Comment Australia's government has secured a court order requiring Elon Musk's social network, X,...
View ArticleEuropean Commission to suspend TikTok's new rewards program, open second probe
For some reason the world's most notorious app decided not to tick all boxes under the world’s toughest digital lawTikTok has earned itself a second investigation under the European Union's Digital...
View ArticleDon't rent out that container ship yet: CIOs and biz buyers view AI PCs with...
Risky bet? Premium price with 'no demonstrable benefits'? It doesn't sound like an order avalancheItalic text…
View ArticleiPhone sales dive 19.1% in China as Huawei comeback hits Apple in the high end
From first place to third as local brands growiPhone sales in China - the world's largest smartphone market - slipped by 19.1 percent in Q1 year-over-year while many domestic brands rose, pushing Apple...
View ArticleWaymo robotaxi drives down wrong side of street after being alarmed by...
Strange tales from San FranciscoA self-driving Waymo taxi in San Francisco was filmed passing unicyclists and scooters – which would have been mundane if it weren't for the fact that the autonomous...
View ArticleWhite House tweaks HIPAA to shield medical files of those seeking...
In theory, this should make it harder for states to compel data-sharing to enforce anti-abortion lawsA revision to America's healthcare privacy rules aims to better protect abortion providers and...
View ArticleSenate passes law forcing ByteDance to sell off TikTok – or face a US ban
Somewhere in Beijing, someone's screaming: Mother, PFACAA!The US Senate has passed a bill that compels TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance to offload the app to a US-approved buyer or face a ban....
View ArticleIf Britain is so bothered by China, why do these .gov.uk sites use Chinese ad...
One wonders why are there adverts on public-sector portals at allExclusive At least 18 public-sector websites in the UK and US send visitor data in some form to various web advertising brokers –...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament votes to screw repair rights in consumer toolkits
Directive places requirements on gizmo vendors, but still needs formal approvalThe European Parliament has adopted the right-to-repair directive with 584 votes in favor and three against, making...
View ArticleTesla misses the mark on all fronts in quarter of chaos
Who cares that net profit slid 55%? Not Wall StreetIn a dynamic first quarter, Elon Musk's Tesla contended with a terrorist organization, survived an arson attempt, and fiercely competed with hybrid...
View ArticleMusk moves Tesla's goalposts, investors happily move shares higher
It's the millions-of-robotaxis promise again – and all y'all buying it this time, too?Opinion Elon Musk has a strategy and you may have seen it before: When things aren't going well, he'll say...
View ArticleSamsung shows off battery tech it says will see you gone in nine minutes
Might help to set spluttering EV market on fire. Won't catch fire thanks to built-in ventsSamsung SDI, the Korean giant’s battery biz, on Tuesday promised EV batteries that can charge to 80 percent...
View ArticleFCC votes 3-2 to bring net neutrality back from the dead
Law responds again to pingsThe FCC voted Thursday to restore America's net neutrality rules, nearly seven years after they were taken offline.…
View ArticleByteDance 'would rather' torpedo TikTok than sell it off
As app boss vows to nuke America's divest-or-ban law in the courtsBetween shutting down or selling TikTok, owner ByteDance would prefer doing the former.…
View ArticleRing dinged for $5.6M after, among other claims, rogue insider spied on...
Cash to go out as refunds to puntersThe FTC today announced it would be sending refunds totaling $5.6 million to Ring customers, paid from the Amazon subsidiary's coffers.…
View ArticleFlaws in Chinese keyboard apps leave 750 million users open to snooping,...
Huawei is OK, but Xiaomi, OPPO, and Samsung are in strife. And Honor isn't living its nameMany Chinese keyboard apps, some from major handset manufacturers, can leak keystrokes to determined snoopers,...
View ArticleHelp! My mouse climbed a wall and now it doesn't work right
Support chap learns users will try to solve problems in non-obvious waysOn Call As another week drains down the plughole of history, it's time for The Register to once again deliver a fresh instalment...
View ArticleTikTok ban could escalate US-China trade war, ex-White House CIO tells The Reg
Doing business in Beijing? 'You need to do a what-if scenario'interview It didn't seem America's divest-or-ban bill for TikTok was going to make it into law when we last spoke with former White House...
View ArticleThe eight-bit Z80 is dead. Long live the 16-bit Z80!
Yes, they are harder to solder, but there's way more potentialFeature The Z80 has a long series of successor models – some compatible and some not. There are multiple options for hobbyist computer...
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