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A Pivotal moment for VMware: Software biz gobbled up along with Carbon Black for $5bn

Pure Storage the latest pipes 'n' plumbing playa to slash sales forecast

What is it with hosting firms being stonewalled by Microsoft? Now it's Ionos on naughty step

Tune into Nutanix's Cloud Shack of vids for a rewarding experience – top info, free gear and a chance to win .NEXT tix

Latest sneak peek at PowerShell 7 ups the telemetry but... hey... is that an off switch?

Shiny new toys take backseat in Android Studio 3.5 for now as '600 bugs' squished

Microsoft Chrom... Edge hits beta as new browser prepped for biz testing

Microsoft shares twin previews of Windows 10 with Insiders: Toys for some, coal for others

Steam cleaned of zero-day security holes after Valve turned off by bug bounty snub outrage

As browser rivals block third-party tracking, Google pitches 'Privacy Sandbox' peace plan

Contacts-slurping Android malware sneaked onto Google Play store – twice

Shhh! Microsoft, Intel, Google and more sign up to the Confidential Computing Consortium

Devs invited to bake 'Run on Google Cloud' button into git repos... By Google, of course

How Lego, Bayer and iRobot use serverless tech to get ahead – find out with us this autumn

There once was a biz called Bitbucket, that told Mercurial to suck it. Now devs are dejected, their code soon ejected

Python the latest language to slither into Microsoft's serverless Azure Functions service

TalkTalk's voice-over is writing speeds that its text can't match: Ad pulled from broadcast

Sueball claims Tesla solar panels are so effective, they started fires at Walmart stores

Overseas investors eat the UK tech sector for Brexit: More cash flung about in 7 months than the whole of last year

Don't panic! Don't panic! UK IT job ads plummet as Brexit uncertainty grabs UK tech sector by the short and curlies

Dion? He off: HP Inc CEO Weisler quits over 'family health matter', Lores will be High-res

Samsung Note10+ torn apart to expose three 5G antennas: One has to pick up something

Buying a Chromebook? Don't forget to check that best-before date

Cali court backs ex-Apple engineer who says he invented Find My iPhone and Passbook

Geek's Guide

My god, it's full of tsars: A gun-toting Russian humanoid robot is on its way to the International Space Station

End of an era for ULA as the last Delta IV Medium rocket leaves launch pad

Brit rocketeer Skyrora reckons it'll be orbital in 3 years – that is, if UK government plays ball

Brit-built trundlebot eyeing up a July 2020 launch as cams fitted to ExoMars mission rover

Join us at MCubed to find out how machine learning can fight fraudsters, cut pager noise, and much more

Electric vehicles won't help UK meet emissions targets: Time to get out and walk, warn MPs

Don't trust Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency, boffins warn: Zuck & Co know that hash is king

Moore's Law isn't dead, chip boffin declares – we need it to keep chugging along for the sake of AI

Verity Stob

Overstock dot-gone: Surplus biz CEO now surplus to requirements, ejects after Russian spy fling, deep state rant

Eighty-year-old US 'web scam man' on the run after pocketing $250,000 in Dem 'donations'

US soldier cleared of taking armoured vehicle out for joyride – because he's insane, court says

You monsters: Screen time murders your kid's imaginary friend – until they reach school age

Emergent Tech

Artificial Intelligence

Join us at MCubed to find out how machine learning can fight fraudsters, cut pager noise, and much more

EventOur practical no-hype conference on AI development

23 Aug 06:00 |

Emergent Tech

Electric vehicles won't help UK meet emissions targets: Time to get out and walk, warn MPs

Blighty not even on track for legally binding 2023-2032 levels

22 Aug 13:15 | 146

Emergent Tech

Don't trust Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency, boffins warn: Zuck & Co know that hash is king

AnalysisIt's not about the money, it's about the identifiers

22 Aug 07:05 | 51

Artificial Intelligence

Moore's Law isn't dead, chip boffin declares – we need it to keep chugging along for the sake of AI

Hot ChipsIf you want to train neural networks quickly, keep packing in the transistors

21 Aug 09:42 | 19

Emergent Tech

Raw power? More like core power: How and why you need to accelerate AI, at the edge and in the backend

SponsoredFrom 5G to retail, nothing can escape the rise of machine learning

20 Aug 09:00 |

Artificial Intelligence

Can Amazon's AI really detect fear? Plus: Fresh deepfake video freaks everyone out again

RoundupNvidia is pleased with its latest numbers, and more

19 Aug 06:21 | 31

Emergent Tech

UK.gov has £12m to help kick-start quantum techs that could be 'adopted at scale' – which is pretty niche, if we're honest

Brave investors would have to match awards four times over

16 Aug 11:00 | 16

Artificial Intelligence

'Deeply concerned' UK privacy watchdog thrusts probe into King's Cross face-recognizing snoop cam brouhaha

ICO wants to know if AI surveillance systems in central London are legal

16 Aug 04:54 | 42

Emergent Tech

Truckers, prepare to lose your jobs as UPS buys into self-driving tech

A human driver is still needed, for the moment at least

15 Aug 22:02 | 78

Emergent Tech

'Hey Google, remind Greg the locks have been changed, and he should find a new place to live. Maybe ask his mistress?'

Google Assistant can now send reminders to friends and family – this won't end well

15 Aug 21:00 | 101

Emergent Tech

Ohio state's top legal eagle just made it harder for the FBI, ICE, cops to snoop around its DMV DB for people's faces

Reminder: They're not allowed to do that without permission

15 Aug 19:56 | 12

Emergent Tech

If bigger seats and nicer nosh in British Airways' First Class still aren't enough, would sir like to wear some VR goggles?

Now you need only briefly see the cabin interior

15 Aug 15:03 | 22

Emergent Tech

WeWork filed its IPO homework. So we had a look at its small print and... yowser. What has El Reg got itself into?

CommentAuthentic tech company vibes, right down to billions in losses and admission it 'may never be profitable'

14 Aug 19:56 | 80

Emergent Tech

J'accuse! Amazon's Rekognition reckons 1 in 5 Californian lawmakers are crims in ACLU test

You gotta use 99% confidence setting before arresting anyone

14 Aug 11:47 | 61

Artificial Intelligence

It's official – Google AI gives you cancer ...diagnosis in real time: Neural net can spot breast, prostate tumors

Boffins spill beans on super 'scope machine-learning tech

14 Aug 07:03 | 27

Artificial Intelligence

Yet another reminder: When a tech giant says its AI listens to you, it means humans listen to you. Right, Facebook?

If you let voice chat app transcribe your calls, yup, people were paid to eavesdrop on your private conversations

14 Aug 05:11 | 31

Emergent Tech

Cryptocurrency lovers slip US watchdog $7m to make claims of ripping off investors, other rule breaking simply vanish

Meanwhile, SEC takes on Kik on similar charges

13 Aug 23:27 | 3

Artificial Intelligence

£250m fund for NHS artificial intelligence laboratory slammed as tech for tech's sake

Just you wait, Matthew Hancock! Just you wait!

12 Aug 10:00 | 48

Artificial Intelligence

Trying to get your head around today’s machine-learning frameworks and tools? Our lineup of experts are here to help

EventJoin us at MCubed and we'll put you in the picture

09 Aug 08:00 |

Artificial Intelligence

Reminder: When a tech giant says it listens to your audio recordings to improve its AI, it means humans are listening. Right, Skype? Cortana?

Opt-in translations feature hands chats to contractors to fix up. Redmond says it's covered by fine print

08 Aug 01:24 | 28

Internet of Things

Even tech giants find themselves telling folk not to use default passwords on Internet of S**t kit

Top tips to defend against nation-state network intrusion

06 Aug 11:19 | 40

A Pivotal moment for VMware: Software biz gobbled up along with Carbon Black for $5bn

Pure Storage the latest pipes 'n' plumbing playa to slash sales forecast

What is it with hosting firms being stonewalled by Microsoft? Now it's Ionos on naughty step

Tune into Nutanix's Cloud Shack of vids for a rewarding experience – top info, free gear and a chance to win .NEXT tix

Latest sneak peek at PowerShell 7 ups the telemetry but... hey... is that an off switch?

Shiny new toys take backseat in Android Studio 3.5 for now as '600 bugs' squished

Microsoft Chrom... Edge hits beta as new browser prepped for biz testing

Microsoft shares twin previews of Windows 10 with Insiders: Toys for some, coal for others

Steam cleaned of zero-day security holes after Valve turned off by bug bounty snub outrage

As browser rivals block third-party tracking, Google pitches 'Privacy Sandbox' peace plan

Contacts-slurping Android malware sneaked onto Google Play store – twice

Shhh! Microsoft, Intel, Google and more sign up to the Confidential Computing Consortium

Devs invited to bake 'Run on Google Cloud' button into git repos... By Google, of course

How Lego, Bayer and iRobot use serverless tech to get ahead – find out with us this autumn

There once was a biz called Bitbucket, that told Mercurial to suck it. Now devs are dejected, their code soon ejected

Python the latest language to slither into Microsoft's serverless Azure Functions service

TalkTalk's voice-over is writing speeds that its text can't match: Ad pulled from broadcast

Sueball claims Tesla solar panels are so effective, they started fires at Walmart stores

Overseas investors eat the UK tech sector for Brexit: More cash flung about in 7 months than the whole of last year

Don't panic! Don't panic! UK IT job ads plummet as Brexit uncertainty grabs UK tech sector by the short and curlies

Dion? He off: HP Inc CEO Weisler quits over 'family health matter', Lores will be High-res

Samsung Note10+ torn apart to expose three 5G antennas: One has to pick up something

Buying a Chromebook? Don't forget to check that best-before date

Cali court backs ex-Apple engineer who says he invented Find My iPhone and Passbook

My god, it's full of tsars: A gun-toting Russian humanoid robot is on its way to the International Space Station

End of an era for ULA as the last Delta IV Medium rocket leaves launch pad

Brit rocketeer Skyrora reckons it'll be orbital in 3 years – that is, if UK government plays ball

Brit-built trundlebot eyeing up a July 2020 launch as cams fitted to ExoMars mission rover

Join us at MCubed to find out how machine learning can fight fraudsters, cut pager noise, and much more

Electric vehicles won't help UK meet emissions targets: Time to get out and walk, warn MPs

Don't trust Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency, boffins warn: Zuck & Co know that hash is king

Moore's Law isn't dead, chip boffin declares – we need it to keep chugging along for the sake of AI

Overstock dot-gone: Surplus biz CEO now surplus to requirements, ejects after Russian spy fling, deep state rant

Eighty-year-old US 'web scam man' on the run after pocketing $250,000 in Dem 'donations'

US soldier cleared of taking armoured vehicle out for joyride – because he's insane, court says

You monsters: Screen time murders your kid's imaginary friend – until they reach school age

Emergent Tech

Join us at MCubed to find out how machine learning can fight fraudsters, cut pager noise, and much more

Electric vehicles won't help UK meet emissions targets: Time to get out and walk, warn MPs

Don't trust Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency, boffins warn: Zuck & Co know that hash is king

Moore's Law isn't dead, chip boffin declares – we need it to keep chugging along for the sake of AI

Raw power? More like core power: How and why you need to accelerate AI, at the edge and in the backend

Can Amazon's AI really detect fear? Plus: Fresh deepfake video freaks everyone out again

UK.gov has £12m to help kick-start quantum techs that could be 'adopted at scale' – which is pretty niche, if we're honest

'Deeply concerned' UK privacy watchdog thrusts probe into King's Cross face-recognizing snoop cam brouhaha

Truckers, prepare to lose your jobs as UPS buys into self-driving tech

'Hey Google, remind Greg the locks have been changed, and he should find a new place to live. Maybe ask his mistress?'

Ohio state's top legal eagle just made it harder for the FBI, ICE, cops to snoop around its DMV DB for people's faces

If bigger seats and nicer nosh in British Airways' First Class still aren't enough, would sir like to wear some VR goggles?

WeWork filed its IPO homework. So we had a look at its small print and... yowser. What has El Reg got itself into?

J'accuse! Amazon's Rekognition reckons 1 in 5 Californian lawmakers are crims in ACLU test

It's official – Google AI gives you cancer ...diagnosis in real time: Neural net can spot breast, prostate tumors

Yet another reminder: When a tech giant says its AI listens to you, it means humans listen to you. Right, Facebook?

Cryptocurrency lovers slip US watchdog $7m to make claims of ripping off investors, other rule breaking simply vanish

£250m fund for NHS artificial intelligence laboratory slammed as tech for tech's sake

Trying to get your head around today’s machine-learning frameworks and tools? Our lineup of experts are here to help

Reminder: When a tech giant says it listens to your audio recordings to improve its AI, it means humans are listening. Right, Skype? Cortana?

Even tech giants find themselves telling folk not to use default passwords on Internet of S**t kit

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My MacBook Woe: I got up close and personal with city's snatch'n'dash crooks (aka some bastard stole my laptop)

Buying a Chromebook? Don't forget to check that best-before date

Disgruntled bug-hunter drops Steam zero-day to get back at Valve for refusing him a bounty

Stuff like sophisticated government spyware is scary and all – but don't forget, a single .wmv file can pwn you via VLC

Apple: Ok, ok, we'll stop listening in on your Siri conversations. For now, but maybe in the future

Take two cornerstones of British life, booze and queues, then squirt them with face scans: AI Bar

Apple techies analyzing Siri recordings may have heard you unzipping and bonking – plus more

Can't dance? That's no excuse. Let a robot do it for you at this 'forced exoskeleton rave'

UK digital network Openreach takes 15 electric vans for a spin

GM Cruise holds off on self-driving taxis for this year, says it needs more testing time to be safe

Phuck off, phishers! JPMorgan Chase crafts AI to sniff out malware menacing staff networks

UK cops blasted over 'disproportionate' slurp of years of data from crime victims' phones

Silly money: Before you chuck your chequebook away, triple-check that super-handy digital coin

Microsoft bungs a billion bucks at biz developing AI that will take our jobs 'for the benefit of all'

Pair programming? That's so 2017. Try out this deep-learning AI bot that autocompletes lines of source code for you

It's a facial-recognition bonanza: Oakland bans it, activists track it, and pics taken from dating-site OkCupid feed it

Literally braking news: Two people hurt as not one but two self-driving space-age buses go awry

You'll never guess what US mad lads Throwflame have strapped to a drone (clue: it does exactly what it says on the tin)

You totally need VMs to do AI, nods VMware as Bitfusion dissolves in its vSphere of influence

Arrested development: Cops dump Amazon's facial-recognition API after struggling to make the thing work properly

We don't mean to poo-poo this, but... The Internet of S**t has literally arrived thanks to Pampers smart diapers