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EventWhether your serverless ambitions are AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, or Google Cloud focused, you should really join us at Serverless Computing London in November. We’re just putting the finishing touches to the speaker lineup for Serverless Computing London, which happens at the QEII Centre in the heart of London in November. …

EventsWe're pleased as punch to reveal that our second keynote at MCubed 2019 will be AI pioneer, and chief scientist and co-founder of Quantellia, Dr Lorien Pratt. Dr Pratt's CV stretches over 30 years, and includes delivering machine learning solutions for clients including the Human Genome Project, SAP, the Colorado Bureau of …

Who, Me?Monday has once again reared its head, and with that we welcome you back to Who, Me?, El Reg's weekly column where techies tell us about incidents from days of yore. Today we meet "Ian", who wrote in about a time his helpful advice was not quite as helpful as he'd thought it might be. At least not to the top brass. Ian, an …

On CallHave you got that Friday feeling? El Reg does, mainly because we're bringing you the latest instalment of On Call. Every week, we trawl through emails recounting the times readers have been faced with a particularly tricky call-out, searching for the best one to take you into the weekend. This time, we meet "Wayne", who got …

Who, Me?Are you hoping to make it through the week without a major balls-up? El Reg's fingers are crossed for you – but remember, not everyone is that lucky. On the plus side, that does provide us – and you – with the fodder we need for our Who, Me? column. Our weekly trip down the memory lanes people would probably rather forget is …

On CallAll hail On Call, the beacon of light at the end of the long week's tunnel. Here, readers share their tech support triumphs and woes, from the infuriating to the fascinating, for your reading pleasure. This time, we meet "Nico", who was faced with something of a PIBKAC situation when email was a slightly newer innovation, in …

We’re thrilled to announce that Facebook’s Sebastian Riedel will be delivering a keynote at Minds Mastering Machines (MCubed), our three day delve into artificial intelligence, machine learning and advanced analytics this autumn. Sebastian leads the London site of Facebook AI Research (FAIR) and is also a professor in Natural …

Who, Me?Welcome once more to Who, Me? your weekly shot in the arm with other readers' ugly tales of lost jobs and catastrophic cockups. This week, we meet "Trevor", who tells us about a time an over-egged CV got him, and his firm, in a spot of bother over the festive season. Trevor was working for an outsourcer in Dublin and was lent …

On CallIt's that time again: Friday morning, and your weekly dose of On Call, where we gather round to share a laugh at someone else's expense. This week, we return to the saga of Bruce and Sheila, a tech support chap and a PA working in a petrochemical firm in South Africa. When we last saw them, Sheila had been struggling to put …

RoundupYou're busy. We're busy... looking busy. Here's a quick catch up on this week's chip news for you. Intel continues rolling out ninth-gen Core processors: In October last year, Intel launched its ninth-generation still-14nm Core processors for desktops and laptops. These are dubbed the Coffee Lake Refresh because it's a refresh …

Who, Me?Welcome once more to Who, Me? where readers share their panic-inducing moments of tech support cock-ups. coffee beans A quick cup of coffee leaves production manager in fits and a cleaner in tears READ MORE This week, we meet "Adrian", who was consulting for a local weekly newspaper in the 1980s when he nearly destroyed 20 …

On CallRoll up, roll up, to the best part of your day, nay, your week – On Call, where Reg readers share Eureka moments and gleeful memories in tech support. man photocopies own head, pic by shutterstock User secures floppies to a filing cabinet with a magnet, but at least they backed up daily... right? READ MORE This week, we meet …

The world might be in turmoil, but if you want to learn how to turn chaos into an advantage, you should be joining us at Continuous Lifecycle in just over a month’s time. Chaos engineering is just one of the topics on our agenda, along with DevOps, Containers, Serverless and much more. Crystal Hirschorn will be explaining how …

EventsWe’ve extended call for papers for our MCubed conference to April 15, meaning you've still got time to tell us how you've made AI and machine learning work in your organisation. Our AI and ML event returns to London in September, and we want to hear how real world organisations like yours are using artificial intelligence, …

Whether you're planning your first foray into Functions, are ready to get your initial Lambda experiments into production, or want to take your current FaaS set-up to the next level, you should join us at our Serverless Computing London conference. And until the end of May, you can grab tickets for our two day conference at …

There’s just a few days left to grab your early bird tickets for Continuous Lifecycle, and join us in May for three days of serverless, containers, CI/CD and DevOps. We’ll be taking an indepth look at how the smartest companies have overhauled how they do their software development and deployment to save time, money and …

EventsIf you want to accelerate your software development and deployment operation, and stay within budget, get your skates on to grab a handful of tickets for Continuous Lifecycle London before our early bird offer expires in two weeks. We have two excellent keynote speakers in the shape of Kubernetes pioneer and Heptio CTO Joe …

Serverless Computing London returns in November, and we want you to be there, on stage. Last year Situation Publishing, the people behind The Register and DevClass, together with Heise Medien, launched Serverless Computing London, the first three day event to focus on the full range of serverless platforms and tools, and how …

Huawei has slapped two employees on the wrist for making promotional tweets using a rival Apple's iPhone. Citing an internal memo, Reuters said that digital marketing agency Sapient had "VPN problems" sending the tweet by desktop – because of China's great firewall. An iPhone with a roaming SIM was used instead. Huawei may …

EventsWe'll be revealing the first tranche of speakers for Continuous Lifecycle 2019 next week, meaning you have just days to save hundreds of pounds with our blind bird ticket offer. Once again, our independent committee have put together a programme that spans fundamental tools and concepts of containerization, continuous delivery …

UK security training company Hacker House briefly had its site blocked after being mistaken for malware by Cisco's security wing Talos' smart "threat intelligence" software. Hacker House runs training classes on ethical hacking and defense techniques, as well as its own business security services in areas like penetration …

EventsThe call for papers for MCubed 2019 is open, so if you're using machine learning or AI in real life we'd love to hear from you. And if you're not ready to take the stage next year, you can grab a front row seat by snapping up one of our cut price blind bird tickets. MCubed, brought to you by Situation Publishing and Heise, …

EventsWe're just putting the finishing touches to the speaker lineup for Continuous Lifecycle London 2019, with 40 experts and practitioners spanning Continuous Delivery, DevOps, Containers, Microservices and more. This all takes place in London next May, but right now you can snap up blind bird tickets for the two-day conference …

Is the Windows October 2018 update here again? Did it ever exist previously? Are we all in a feverish dream where the latest version, build 1809, is stable and fit for purpose, and Patch Tuesday was totally uneventful? Our finger hovers over the "no" button, but we live in hope of someone one day fitted a "yes" key. Huawei …

Microsoft has confirmed that a 4G version of its budget fondleslab, the Surface Go, will ship this month. The LTE version of the mini convertible 2-in-1 is targeted at "Frontline Workers". Microsoft names insurance loss adjusters and construction project managers as typical use cases. It touted Microsoft's device management …