AMD is expanding its rack-scale AI lineup with a design to run AI agents, offering CPU-only configurations or integrated CPU/GPU deployments, and liquid-cooled or air-cooled versions. Revealed at the Open Compute Project (OCP) Summit 2026 in San Jos...
EVENT: Every sovereign AI architecture is a trade, and the currency changes with the option: capital, capability, elasticity, or the fine print about who operates it. The cost you notice last is usually the one that decides whether the pilot ever be...
Microsoft has closed a loophole that let users sidestep the need for an account during setup for consumer versions of Windows 11. If users clicked "Learn More" when the setup process prompted for a Microsoft account, the Out-of-Box Experience (OOBE)...
Yandex engineers are working to restore services after Ukraine launched drone strikes on three of its five Russian datacenters. The strikes began overnight on October 7-8, "seriously damaging" Yandex's Sasovo datacenter and leading to a total shutdo...
UCLA and Oracle have settled a dispute over a troubled ERP project originally budgeted at $120 million, with the vendor waiving $1.31 million in outstanding fees and granting $3.1 million in credits against future charges. In May, the University of...
Not satisfied with shoehorning Copilot into every crevice of Office, Microsoft is adding Office to the Copilot app, while also evicting the AI assistant from certain parts of Outlook. The plan is simple: give the Copilot app a prompt, and it will cr...
London's minicab drivers want Mayor Sadiq Khan to put the brakes on robotaxis before they threaten thousands of jobs, with a new City Hall report casting doubt on whether the capital is ready for driverless cars. The Independent Workers' Union of Gr...
A piece of internet history that once traveled strapped to a pigeon's leg is up for auction at Christie's, where someone has already bid $4,000 for what might be the world's most expensive ping. The unusual lot is a surviving IP packet from a 2001 e...
You don't need to be a designer, and you don't need to understand HTML, CSS, or a single line of JavaScript. You just need an idea, and the ability to describe it.That's the promise of vibe coding, and it's why the tech world has...
Meta is making up for lost time in the AI race. After launching Muse Spark, the first model from its revamped Superintelligence Labs division, and buzzy AI agent Muse, it's now launching two new models it claims can go toe-to-toe with the indus...
So much for doing less political spending. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Elon Musk has handed out at least $276 million to Republican groups since July, The New York Times reports, making him both the party's top known donor...
KETTLE The FBI has announced what appears to be a third arrest in the ShinyHunters investigation, following the group's breach of Bureau systems, even as AI advances potentially leave human hackers on borrowed time. You can listen to the latest epi...
Multiple Ukrainian drone strikes over the last week have taken Russian data centers offline and reportedly caused online bot traffic to plummet - but in reality it's probably not the kind of bot activity most people associate with Russia.A char...
As the world’s billionaires anxiously plot datacenters to run trillions of lines of AI-generated slop code, one software engineer has zagged in a completely different direction: building an ecosystem for writing and running small apps that run on de...
It's 1988. Windows 2.0 is a DOS shell that runs on a dual-floppy 8086 PC. VGA is the aspirational video standard. A three-man startup in East London has decided to create low-cost LANs. There's not much of that and not much by way of standards, whic...
The Basecase seen here with 3D-printed grips and a rear plate that offers (unofficial) compatibility with Lego blocks and minifigs. Most companies have slowed down releasing new Switch 2 cases, but one of my favorite accessory makers recently...
Raspberry Pi Desktop has returned after four years, skipping Debian 12 to deliver a new version based on Debian 13 "Trixie." The updated release brings the familiar Pi desktop to PCs and Intel Macs, and could be worth a look if you want a simple, li...
I’ve been testing two Googlebooks: this Asus model, and HP’s too. My first week with the new Android-powered laptops has been about as rocky as anyone's, but I've slowly learned to like them, even if love still feels a ways off. Every moment t...
The No Man's Sky universe is about to get a little bit smaller - but in a good way. Hello Games announced that its long-running sci-fi exploration game will be coming to iOS, with versions for both the iPhone and iPad available starting on Octo...
Another working week has arrived, bringing with it the chance to shine or commence career decline. The latter is the sort of thing The Register often writes about each Monday in "Who, Me?" – our reader-contributed column that shares your stories of...