AI + ML
White House report cautiously optimistic about job-killing AI
Drivers and cashiers, it's time to look for a different line of work
22 Dec 00:20 | 39
22nd > December > 2016 Archive
Legal
Australian Internet policy remains years behind reality
Metadata extensions, copyright and Turnbull abandoning transformation show we're way off the pace
22 Dec 00:39 | 12
Software
Firefox to give all extensions their own process in January
Multi-process plan, for the sake of security and stability, is moving fast
22 Dec 01:27 | 37
Security
NIST requests ideas for crypto that can survive quantum computers
Christmas miracle: Government preparing properly for problem expected to land in ~20 years
22 Dec 04:10 | 31
Software
Raspberry Pi Foundation releases operating system for PCs, Macs
Debian-derived PIXEL brings Pi experience to x86s, as Foundation chases 'best desktop environment, period'
22 Dec 05:55 | 127
END-OF-YEAR ROUND UP
Virtualisation got boring in 2016, but the fun's about to start anew
Server virtualisation is so 2006. But other virtual ideas are just getting started
22 Dec 06:57 | 1
On-call
Support chap's Sonic Screwdriver fixes PC as user fumes in disbelief
Plus: The crummy computer that did double duty as a pie-warmer
22 Dec 07:57 | 129
Software
Eating Brotli will improve Edge's inner health says Microsoft
Google's compression algo shrinks Edge's page load times without taxing your CPU
22 Dec 08:28 | 9
Channel
Capita is STILL the BIGGEST tech services supplier to UK.gov
Slurped £1.9bn of taxpayer cash in 2016, research claims
22 Dec 09:01 | 11
On-Prem
Gov claws back £440m for rural broadband
600,000 homes to get 24Mbps by 2020
22 Dec 09:49 | 42
OSes
Windows 10 nags, Dirty Cow, Microsoft's Linux man love: The Reg's big ones for 2016
Under your skin, in your head - what got you reading
22 Dec 10:31 | 17
On-Prem
NAND, fab-ulous NAND, price rises make DRAM a cash cow
Low supply put them in the mood, so Micron results are up now
22 Dec 10:59 |
Channel
HPE exec quits for online security startup
Channel overlord Lee Hughes slips off boss overcoat, hands to Mark Armstrong
22 Dec 11:37 | 1
Security
Groupon frauds blamed on third-party password breaches
Been re-using passwords again, bud123?
22 Dec 11:58 | 5
Bootnotes
How Rogue One's Imperial stormtroopers SAVED Star Wars and restored order
And why the rebellion is COOL again (warning contains Rogue One spoilers)
22 Dec 12:31 | 140
Comment
'Twas Brillo but then Android Things, which watched as Google Weaved its Nest
The Internet of Google Things
22 Dec 13:03 | 22
Bootnotes
What gifts did ol' kitten heels May get this year?
Shoes and handbags, of course
22 Dec 13:35 | 31
Edge + IoT
Building IoT: Forget the vision, just show us how to build it
Nuts, bolts and more for devs, architects and engineers
22 Dec 13:42 | 22
+Comment
Rising flash demand looks non-volatile. Time to build a fab
SK Hynix seems persuaded
22 Dec 14:17 |
Analysis
Did EU ruling invalidate the UK's bonkers Snoopers' Charter?
Intepretation is in the eye of the beholder. In this case, British courts
22 Dec 15:01 | 64
Legal
Rollout of smart meters continues at a snail's pace
Look on the bright side, they might never arrive
22 Dec 16:09 | 37
+Comment
Big Sphere 3D shareholder tosses activist letter in firm's lap
Full restructuring needed, it says
22 Dec 16:22 | 2
Security
'DNC hackers' used mobile malware to track Ukrainian artillery – researchers
Frontline battlefield operatives are Fandoids?
22 Dec 17:01 | 26
Updated
Bad news: Exim hole was going to be patched on Xmas Day. Good news: Keyword 'was'
Code release for info-leak bug brought forward
22 Dec 19:53 | 12
Storage
Who's been naughty and nice in IT storage – over to you, Gartner-claus
New magic quadrant plus other bits and bytes from the enterprise backup world
22 Dec 20:40 | 3
Science
Chinese boffins: We're testing an 'impossible' EM Drive IN SPAAAACE
Time NASA pulled its finger out
22 Dec 21:12 | 107
Analysis
Uber's self-driving cars get kicked out of SF, seek refuge in Arizona
After registration revoked in Cali, upstart looks for less regulated climes
22 Dec 21:35 | 33
Legal
We've been Trumped! China's Alibaba is a 'notorious' knock-offs souk, says US watchdog
Auction site slapped on list as haven for counterfeit goods
22 Dec 22:53 | 51
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