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Outlook.com bounces legit emails as Microsoft's authentication crackdown goes sideways

A validation error has stopped Outlook.com from accepting legitimate emails.The problem appears widespread and, according to reports from affected users, can result in non-delivery reports with error codes related to SPF (Sender Policy Framework) va...

Portal breach at Germany's top university exposes every registered user's password

Attackers stole central university login passwords belonging to everyone registered with the Technical University of Munich's myTUM portal, including an admin whose credentials were then used to attack a second system.TUM restored access to its TUMo...

AI Slop FM radio experiment puts machines on trial, one dodgy tune at a time

A Welsh music enthusiast has built an internet radio station that plays AI-generated tunes alongside human-made tracks without telling listeners which is which, to find out whether listeners really hate AI music or just the idea of it.AI Slop FM is...

No-code vs low-code – which is right for your project?

You've decided you need a website. Maybe it's for a new business, a side hustle, or your personal portfolio. Now comes the next question – how are you actually going to build it?For years, the answer for most small businesses was a d...

We’re giving away a bag filled with almost $900 worth of tech for Black Friday

As we inch toward the gift-giving season, which officially kicks off with Black Friday, we thought it’d be the perfect time for another giveaway. As with previous sweepstakes, we raided The Verge’s tech closet and stuffed as much tech as possib...

Memory crunch makes refurbished kit look a lot less secondhand

Rising memory prices are pushing more customers toward refurbished tech, suppliers say, with warranties of up to three years helping to make secondhand kit a less daunting purchase.Memory costs have more than quadrupled this year as manufacturers pr...

Dev error bricked 600 PCs, caused $1M CD-ROM write-off

Welcome to Monday, the day upon which The Register offers a new instalment of "Who, Me?" – our reader-contributed column that shares your stories of messing up, 'fessing up, and somehow finding redress.This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "Ori...

Linus Torvalds sees signs AI-prompted patch flood has peaked

The worst of the patchpocalypse may be behind us, according to Linus Torvalds.Writing in his weekly kernel update post, the Linux kernel dev leader delivered Linux 7.4 rc2 – the second rough cut of the next kernel – which he rated as a big release f...

Huawei says it’s made a 100 percent Chinese PC

Huawei claims it’s built a desktop PC that uses only parts made in CHina.The company launched the Qingyun HM650 last week and said it uses Huawei’s own Kirin X90 processor, a ten-core 20-thread machine with a clock speed of 2.3 GHz. The machine runs...

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang starring in possible remake of The Spy Who Shagged Me

Nvidia’s board has opened an investigation into its CEO Jensen Huang after he admitted to an affair, amid allegations he had a commercial relationship with a woman US authorities feel is likely a Chinese spy.The AI hardware giant’s board published a...

Here’s the full text of Jensen Huang’s memo to Nvidia

Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., attends a media briefing following the company's "Japan AI Ecosystem" reception in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, July 16, 2026. Japan is planning to buy 27,500 next-generation Rubin chips fro...

Soul Glo’s Diaspora Problems is a hardcore record like no other

Soul Glo has a new record called NA I'M GON GRAB ALLAT coming out in January, and I, for one, can not wait. While two singles have dropped, it's not enough to truly tide me over, so I've been revisiting Songs to Yeet at the Sun and my favorite...

Epic Games Launcher is coming to SteamOS

In October, Epic Games said that it was "investigating" making Fortnite compatible with Valve's Linux-based SteamOS. At the time, Epic Games Launcher was in preview, but SteamOS was not specifically listed as a supported distro. Now, Communicat...

Nvidia is investigating Jensen Huang’s relationship with a Chinese spy

Nvidia has announced that it is opening an investigation into CEO Jensen Huang and his relationship with Megaspeed executive Alice Huang, who was reportedly recruited by China's Ministry of State Security to spy on the company. A statement post...

Apple is racing to make Siri more agentic

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says CEO John Ternus is pressuring AI czar Craig Federighi to accelerate the Siri roadmap and deliver a powerful AI agent that can compete with OpenAI's Dots or Meta's Muse. While Federighi has delivered a functional ver...

Elvis and Eminem rights holders are suing Suno

Suno is facing yet another pair of lawsuits. A group of rights holders of Elvis Presley's music and the publisher of some of Eminem's biggest records are suing the AI music company, claiming it illegally generates music and lyrics that mimic th...

Doom delivers five minutes of terminal violence on an IBM mainframe

Can an IBM Z mainframe run Doom? Of course it can. The more interesting question is whether you can play it through a text terminal without ruining your eyesight.WND Software's browser demo connects to an IBM Z mainframe over SSH using its terminal...

Apple’s M5 MacBook Air is down to its lowest price since July

A top-down view of the 15-inch MacBook Air, which features Apple’s M5 processor. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge The latest 13-inch MacBook Air is currently available for $1,099.99, marking the second time we’ve seen this $200 dis...

Chatbots might be coming to Apple’s HomeView

Code in the iOS 27.3 beta suggests that Apple could add support for chatbots to its smart home hub. There's a flag listed for a "Conversational Apps" category. While there are no details about what apps would fall under that heading, it seems r...

Internet governance about to get its quadrennial stress test at ITU meeting

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) kicks off its quadrennial plenipotentiary on Monday, and internet governance organizations are bracing in case the event becomes a forum for nation-states to try to challenge their roles.The ITU is th...