Elon is the bakery owner swearing in the street about Yelp critics canceling him First he was speed-running moderation, now internet advertising. Welcome to the party, pal
Kettle By now Elon Musk should be used to high-risk maneuvers. If it's not SpaceX landing reusable rockets or docking manned capsules in orbit, it's Teslas hitting the road under AI control.…
UK competition watchdog wins appeal – investigation into Apple will go on iPhone maker tried to legally kill mobile browser, gaming probe by CMA
The UK Court of Appeal has upheld the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA's) decision to launch a probe into mobile browsers and cloud gaming, quashing an appeal by Apple to kill the process.…
Senate bill aims to stop Uncle Sam using facial recognition at airports Legislation would eliminate TSA permission to use the tech, require database purge in 90 days
The US Transportation Security Administration's plans to expand its use of facial recognition tech, already in use at several American airports, may be over before it begins if a newly introduced Senate bill becomes law.…
Electric vehicles earn shocking report card for reliability Legacy auto makers struggle with new tech, and upstarts suffer teething problems with first cars
Consumer Reports' latest car reliability survey suggests electric vehicles (EVs) are causing owners more problems than their hybrid or conventional counterparts.…
HPE to start pumping AI capabilities into Greenlake under Project Ethan OpsRamp now natively available through IT-as-a-service platform
HPE Discover EMEA HPE chief technology officer Fidelma Russo showed off an upcoming platform, codenamed Project Ethan, at the company's Discover event in Barcelona this week.…
Bank boss hated IT, loved the beach, was clueless about ports and politeness At the dawn of the dialup age, making a connection could be complicated
On Call As the clock ticks towards the weekend, <em>The Register</em> once again welcomes readers to On Call, our weekly reader-contributed tale detailing the trials and tribulations of tech support.…
Thirty-nine weeks: That's how long you'll be waiting for an AI server from Dell Revenue and net income down, server market flickers, PCs fail to ignite
Dell has told investors that demand for AI servers has surged, but buyers will be forced to wait 39 weeks to get their hands on the hardware due to supply chain constraints.…
Ex-school IT admin binned student, staff accounts and trashed phone system After getting the tintack, IRL BOFH went rogue
The former IT administrator of a public high school has agreed to plead guilty to a computer abuse charge for deactivating student and staff accounts, wiping some profiles, and disabling the phone system.…
Watchdog claims retaliation from military after questioning cushy federal IT contracts IT-AAC had a hand in scrutinizing JEDI, now faces probe for challenging $300M+ single-source deals
Special report The CEO of an independent watchdog has challenged the award of single-source federal government IT contracts worth over $300 million to AWS, Bluestaq, and VMware.…
Bitcoin's thirst for water is just as troubling as its energy appetite A single transaction chugs 6.2 million times more than a credit card swipe
It probably won't come as a shock to those aware of the electricity usage of the Bitcoin network, but the world's most popular cryptocurrency also uses tons of water to keep itself running.…
Broadcom's latest Trident switch silicon packs neural net processor to terminate congestion Chip promises better telemetry, security, and traffic engineering, vendor claims
Broadcom's latest switch silicon boasts a built in neural networking engine it says can be trained to combat network congestion on the fly, at line speeds, all without compromising latency or throughput.…
Rackspace runs short of Cloud Files storage in LON region Rackspace? More like Lackspace as customers face upload and delete problems
Updated Rackspace is running out of, er, space. At least as far as a portion of its Cloud Files customers served by the LON (London) region are concerned.…
HPE targets enterprises with Nvidia-powered platform for tuning AI 'We feel like enterprises are either going to become AI powered, or they're going to become obsolete'
HPE Discover EMEA HPE - like many tech companies - is betting big on AI in the hope customers will splash enteprise cash on training or fine tuning models and other areas of interest, rather than risk falling behind their peers.…<!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' -->
Honda cooks up an electric motorbike menu, with sides of connectivity Plans buffet of components you can assemble into a dream machine
Honda has updated its plan to electrify its motorcycle range, creating modular components that can be assembled into customized motorcycles – most with advanced connectivity features.…
China's Loongson debuts processor that 'matches Intel silicon circa 2020' Best not to dismiss it, as Asus looks to be onboard and advances are promised
Chinese chip houses Loongson and CXMT have debuted products that demonstrate the Middle Kingdom’s increasingly sophisticated semiconductor scene, and an interest for such efforts from major electronics manufacturers.…
Meta yanks VR headset's strap-on booster battery after charging bricks it A misbehaving Li-ion on your noggin - what could possibly go wrong?
Meta has paused shipments of the wearable battery-slash-head strap accessory for its Quest 3 VR goggles amid reports the device bricks itself when charged.…
Goldman sacked: Apple 'wants out' of credit card collab Don't be too shocked: Financial giant has been fleeing normie banking lately after failing to find footing
The future of Apple's credit card offering has been thrown into limbo, as the iPhone giant apparently wants out of its collaboration with Goldman Sachs, issuer of the Apple Card.…
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