Emergent Tech
London's Metropolitan Police flip the switch: Smile, fellow citizens... you're undergoing Live Facial Recognition
This is not a test
20 Feb 16:49 | 52
Emergent Tech
Vid
Researchers trick Tesla into massively breaking the speed limit by sticking a 2-inch piece of electrical tape on a sign
You'd hope it would know 85mph speed limits aren't exactly routine
20 Feb 12:30 | 146
Emergent Tech
How's this for a crossover? Scumbag scammed victims with fake gem mines – then pivoted to fake crypto-mines
Not the sort of 'digital transformation' you want to be part of
20 Feb 11:07 | 6
Artificial Intelligence
VCs warn: Pumping millions into an AI startup? You mean, pumping millions into Azure, AWS or Google Cloud...
And forget SaaS-y upstarts: These machine-learning darlings are more like traditional service outfits
20 Feb 07:54 | 6
Internet of Things
Ring in the changes: Mandatory two-factor authentication, login alerts, targeted ads opt-out after punters voice privacy gripes
Smart-home kit slinger does the right thing... under commercial duress
19 Feb 06:03 | 30
Emergent Tech
One man is standing up to Donald Trump's ban on US chip tech going to Huawei. That man... is Donald Trump
President slams his own administration's 'ridiculous' China crackdown
19 Feb 00:26 | 84
Emergent Tech
Microsoft to bravely defend US democracy for a slack handful of voters in Fulton, Wisconsin
ElectionGuard guards real-life election
18 Feb 12:00 | 32
Internet of Things
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a flying solar panel: BAE Systems' satellite alternative makes maiden flight in Oz
Spindly thing claimed to stay airborne for a year with 15kg payload
17 Feb 12:30 | 74
Artificial Intelligence
Please check your data: A self-driving car dataset failed to label hundreds of pedestrians, thousands of vehicles
RoundupPlus: Trump budget favors AI, 'patent troll' backs down, and CEO quits amid sex pest claims
17 Feb 10:13 | 31
Artificial Intelligence
Good news: Neural network says 11 asteroids thought to be harmless may hit Earth. Bad news: They are not due to arrive for hundreds of years
And also, crucial point, the software may be wrong and we'll never be released by these angels of death
17 Feb 06:03 | 77
Artificial Intelligence
Can AI-enhanced virtual sports presenters do the job? It's a big ask
Something for the Weekend, Sir?The ball's in your park and I'm just happy for the team
14 Feb 10:00 | 91
Emergent Tech
Talk about high tech: Tens of thousands of Cali marijuana convictions to go up in smoke, thanks to algorithms
Now that's toke'n ring networking: Code of America happy to pass around its tools to scrub cases under US state law
14 Feb 04:07 | 17
Emergent Tech
Looker that price tag: Google closes on $2.6bn acquisition of data analytics biz after all-clear from competition bods
Apparently the UK's CMA has never heard of Amazon
13 Feb 17:45 | 1
Artificial Intelligence
Will Police Scotland use real-time discrimination-happy face-recog tech? Senior cop tells us: We won't... for now
After panel urges halt to live matching, top brass says it would only be 'used in an intelligence-led, targeted way'
13 Feb 08:11 | 24
Emergent Tech
Crypto-upstart subpoenas Glassdoor to unmask ex-staff believed to be behind negative reviews. EFF joins the fray
UpdatedParent of Kraken wants to know who's daring to speak their mind
12 Feb 21:22 | 37
Artificial Intelligence
Report on AI in UK public sector: Some transparency on how government uses it to govern us would be nice
Ya think?
12 Feb 13:25 | 24
Emergent Tech
Fake docs rock real docs: Ex-Wall St guy accused of conning medics out of £27m for bogus cryptocurrency fund using faked paperwork
He spent the dosh on himself rather than invest it as promised, prosecutors claim
12 Feb 10:11 | 26
Artificial Intelligence
Startup Mycroft AI declares it will fight 'patent troll' tooth and nail after its Linux voice-assistant attracts lawsuit
UpdatedOK Google, a little help here?
12 Feb 09:16 | 41
Emergent Tech
Oh good, the FTC has discovered acqui-hires... American watchdog to probe decade of Big Tech takeovers
Hope they've got a dump truck or three to deliver paperwork covering years of acquisitions
11 Feb 20:30 | 13
Emergent Tech
Crazy idea but hear us out... With robots taking people's jobs, can we rethink this whole working to survive thing?
A nation of takeout deliverers
11 Feb 07:09 | 161
Popular
Networks
Forcing us to get consent before selling browser histories violates our free speech, US ISPs claim
That ain't the way life should be, Maine responds
Security
Don't use natwest.co.uk for online banking, Natwest bank tells baffled customer
UpdatedDot-com is all the rage, yo
Science
Galileo got it wrong – official: Jupiter actually wet, not super-dry: 'No one would have guessed that water might be so variable across the planet'
The 1990s spacecraft, that is
Artificial Intelligence
Researchers trick Tesla into massively breaking the speed limit by sticking a 2-inch piece of electrical tape on a sign
VidYou'd hope it would know 85mph speed limits aren't exactly routine
Software
Larry Tesler cut and pasted from this mortal coil: That thing you just did? He probably invented it
ObitPARC, Apple and Amazon – computing pioneer dies at 74
Security
Apple drops a bomb on long-life HTTPS certificates: Safari to snub new security certs valid for more than 13 months
Keep your crypto below 398 days after September 1 and you're all good
Security
When the air gap is the space between the ears: A natural gas plant let ransomware spread from office IT to ops
Mystery facility hit by 'commodity' infection thought to be Ryuk
Software
Chrome deploys deep-linking tech in latest browser build despite privacy concerns
It's not a bug, it's a feature, explains the Chocolate Factory
Software
The great big open-source census: Most-used libraries revealed – plus 10 things developers should be doing to keep their code secure
Linux Foundation hears your gripes about naming schemes, legacy code, and more
Data Centre
Hey, Brits. Your Google data is leaving the EU before you are: Hoard to be shipped from Ireland to US next month
Relax, you won't feel a thing
STORIES
Artificial Intelligence
Meet Clippy 9000: Microsoft brags about building Earth's largest AI language model, refuses to let it out of the lab
El Reg has also invented the warp drive but, ah jeez, we're told we can't show anyone. Shame. It's a tough one
11 Feb 00:45 | 47
Artificial Intelligence
Arm gets edgy: Tiny neural-network accelerator offered for future smart speakers, light-bulbs, fridges, etc
Meet the Ethos-U55 and the Cortex-M55 for edge devices
10 Feb 14:00 | 9
Artificial Intelligence
Beware, Tesla might take away your car's autopilot if you buy its vehicles from third party dealerships – plus more news
RoundupIncluding: Google Maps turns 15
10 Feb 06:57 | 89
Emergent Tech
EU we go again: Commission takes aim at Qualcomm over 5G antitrust concerns for radio frequency front end chips
Regulator sends Request for Information to processor producer over abuse of position
06 Feb 14:46 | 12
Emergent Tech
Robbing-some Caruso and pal lived life of luxury using victims' millions in crypto-Ponzi scam, say prosecutors
Pair allegedly gambled away investor cash and blew the rest on private jet and cars, mansion, fashion
06 Feb 13:03 | 20
Artificial Intelligence
Facebook mulls tagging pics with 'radioactive' markers to trace the origin of photos used to build image-recog AI
Invisible watermarks can be detected in trained software to root out theft, benchmark cheating, etc
06 Feb 09:04 | 43
Artificial Intelligence
Google, YouTube, Twitter tell face-rec upstart Clearview to stop harvesting people's content – that's their job
UpdatedTech-for-cops CEO claims First Amendment rights as a legal defense
05 Feb 23:01 | 13
Emergent Tech
Boss planning to tear you a new one? Google Glass is back: Weird workwear aimed at devs, but on sale to all
Calm down, Glass EE2's a 'single purpose tool for Enterprise'. Mainly
05 Feb 19:30 | 30
Artificial Intelligence
And now, here's Cli-Mate 9000 with the weather... Pattern-recognizing neural network tries its hand at forecasting
Not perfect, not going to replace supercomputer math engines, fascinating nonetheless
05 Feb 12:28 | 13
Artificial Intelligence
This AI is full of holes: Brit council fixes thousands of road cracks spotted by algorithm using sat snaps
Blackpool isn't just about stag dos, chips, and illuminations, after all
05 Feb 07:04 | 117
Emergent Tech
Swivel on this: Spinning Surface Hub 2X module may not be happening after all
Partner webinar pours cold water on compute cartridge for boardroom behemoth
03 Feb 11:50 | 3
Artificial Intelligence
AI snatches jobs from DJs and warehouse workers, plus OpenAI and PyTorch sittin' in a tree, AI, AI, AI for you and me
RoundupJanuary's other AI news summarized for you... by a human... honest
03 Feb 06:58 | 22
Artificial Intelligence
Two startups enter, one leaves: Intel kills off much-delayed Nervana AI training chip, pushes on with Habana
Spring Hill NNP-I inference parts to live on, Spring Crest NNP-T is toast
31 Jan 23:20 | 7
Artificial Intelligence
Will Asimov fix my doorbell? There should be a law about this
Something for the Weekend, Sir?Computer systems must do no harm? ... Ha ha ha...
31 Jan 10:07 | 162
Event
Got an AI secret you want to tell the world? Advice on ML business tools to share? Our MCubed 2020 call for papers is open and waiting for you
Not ready to speak yet? Grab a blind-bird ticket while you can
31 Jan 07:00 |
Artificial Intelligence
Facebook coughs up $550m to make AI photo tagging lawsuit vanish. How ever will it survive on that $17.9bn left over?
That tech backlash in full: More and more are using the antisocial network
30 Jan 20:45 | 14
Emergent Tech
In your face short sellers! Tesla goes two quarters in a row without losing money
A supercharged 2020 ahead? Or is the Electric Emperor a little short on threads?
30 Jan 19:22 | 34
Artificial Intelligence
Google says its latest chatbot is the most human-like ever – trained on our species' best works: 341GB of social media
Although Meena makes sense, most of the time, color us skeptical of a scoring system devised by web giant
30 Jan 07:03 | 55
Emergent Tech
US government grounds drone fleet (no, not the military ones with Hellfire missiles) over Chinese espionage fears
Paranoid stance comes as Interior Department website falls over
30 Jan 02:56 | 22
