Cloudflare CEO threatens to make the Winter Olympics a political football after Italy slugs it with a fine
Here's the thing.
He has a legitimate complaint.
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Techie banned from client site for outage he didn’t cause
Correction: whenever they found the problem, and whatever it was, they still blamed it on the external guy that wasn't there anymore to defend himself
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The world is one bad decision away from a silicon ice age
"The US is more run by lawyers, concerned with regulation and process"
No, The US is now run by lawyers and other political shills, with a total disregard for regulation and process.
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Ofcom officially investigating X as Grok's nudify button stays switched on
"It does feel like this is more about an excuse to censor Twitter rather than any actual moral outrage."
Nonsense.
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Brussels plots open source push to pry Europe off Big Tech
Isn't that exactly what the US techbros want the EU to do to enable them to milk Europe even more?
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CES 2026 worst in show: AI girlfriends, a fridge that won't open unless you talk to it, and more
I don't want a waffle.
I want a glass of milk.
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Microsoft Windows Media Player stops serving up CD album info
Some of us never left.
For what it's worth, I ripped a boxed Allman Brothers' set last night, and Rhythmbox just did it, pictures and all.
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Britain goes shopping for a rapid-fire missile to help Ukraine hit back
You may want to check out Wes O'Donnell on YouTube to see all the equipment the UK has delivered and developed already.
Some old, some so new even the UK forces don't have them yet.
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Tories vow to boot under-16s off social media and ban phones in schools
So I think we can safely ignore them now.
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AI industry insiders launch site to poison the data that feeds them
> Our source explained that the poisoned data on the linked pages consists of incorrect code that contains subtle logic errors and other bugs
That's been around for years, it's called StackOverflow
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Help desk read irrelevant script, so techies found and fixed their own problem
I had the other way around, I supported some scientific software from a small company for years.
Whenever there was a problem I couldn't solve, I'd phone and the switchboard would put me through to the head developer.
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Malaysia and Indonesia block X over failure to curb deepfake smut
Musk does not know what those words mean.
If he did, he would not block people who provide (justifiable) complaints against his site.
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Grok told to cover up as UK weighs action over AI 'undressing'
So the function is still available to those that will pay for it then?
Meanwhile the UK government continues to spend taxpayers money maintaining a large number of accounts on X. Time to grow a spine and get off the platform.
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Linus Torvalds: Stop making an issue out of AI slop in kernel docs – you're not changing anybody's mind
> "You do the maths."
Can't be arsed, I'll get ChatGPT to do it instead.
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Developer writes script to throw AI out of Windows
Since AI models have largely be trained by ignoring the idea of copyright, how about saying that nothing produced by these AI models may be copyrighted.
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Boffins probe commercial AI models, find an entire Harry Potter book
To mitigate the risk of infringement claims, commercial AI model makers may implement "guardrails" – filtering mechanisms – designed to prevent models from outputting large portions of copyrighted content, whether that takes the form of text, imagery, or audio.
Wait.
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Apple hopes to save Siri from laughingstock status with infusion of Google Gemini
Heads up: not a good day to be advocating for Grok
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How CP/M-86's delay handed Microsoft the keys to the kingdom
Thank you
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UK government exempting itself from flagship cyber law inspires little confidence
""My preference is to legislate little and often"
The reality will be too little too late.
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Bank of England's Oracle cloud migration bill triples as project grinds on
That it's Oracle's infamously pricey and difficult to implement software, or that our central bank are placing all their data on Oracle cloud, within scope of the US Patriot Act data-theft-when-we-feel-like-it provisions?
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Danish dev delights kid by turning floppy drive into easy TV remote
"teach kid to place card within range of a video camera"
Putting a floppy into a drive is a simple tactile process, with a satisfying feedback (*clunk*, whirr etc) that is easy to understand and so is the eject mechanism.
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What if Linux ran Windows… and meant it? Meet Loss32
Can you install office 365 on a windows box with no glitches, nerfs, bugs, ....?
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Trump may hate renewables, but AI datacenters still fancy cheap solar
Yeah, I get it.
However, that's my entire point.
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UK regulators swarm X after Grok generated nudes from photos
I don't think it just a test of the online safety act, I think it is also a test of whether the current US administraion is ok with one of their darling digital companies endorsing non-consent sexual images and by the sounds of it alleged child pornography.
Although I wouldn't be surprised if Trump defended X/Grok, pedos will look out for one another.
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Don’t bother with the retailer’s website, says Google: Gemini can shop for you
I am suprised that retailers are on board with letting Google AI handle the sale and not actually have the buyer go to their website, as surely you want to try and see if the buyer may purchase other impulse products or upset them on other items from your online store?
Which are a lot harder to do when they never actually visit your website.
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Microsoft teases targeted Copilot removal for admins
which nukes Copilot.
Permanently.
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HSBC app takes a dim view of sideloaded Bitwarden installations
Just... stop calling it sideloading.
It is an installation that Google is unhappy about and complains.
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Zuck forms Meta Compute to pave the planet with 'hundreds of gigawatts' of AI datacenters
Seems apposite for a fruitcake.
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Windows 2000 still earning its keep running a rail ticket machine in Portugal
We did like XP, the next version, too; but only when we set it to ’Classic’ mode when it "looked" like 2000.
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PC shipments set to hit the buffers as AI guzzles memory
The grift that keeps on giving.
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The Microsoft 365 Copilot app rebrand was bad, but there are far worse offenders
- Outlook Express
- Outlook - Part of the installable Office Suite
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Birmingham pauses Oracle relaunch to get staff on board
I cant work out why there isnt a standard implementation of <choose relevant ERP solution here> that works for all councils, as they must all have the same processes and procedures as all the other councils in the uk.
Birmingham cant be much different from Swindon!
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Most devs don't trust AI-generated code, but fail to check it anyway
>> only 48 percent say they always check code generated with AI assistance
These are the same sort of devs who blindly download compromised npm packages and the like, with zero eyes on the code they have now globbed into their own spaghetti.
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QR codes a powerful new phishing weapon in hands of Pyongyang cyberspies
why does anyone scan something they can't read themselves?
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Iran’s internet goes dark amid mass protests, reports of violent government response
When you are trying to organise legitimate protests against a despotic regime.
Yes the Internet is required!
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Affordable housing site goes live with meme-laden test data
"Affordable housing in London has long been a persistent problem [...]"
Technically, it's the lack of affordable housing that's been a problem.
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2026 brings a bumper crop of Microsoft tech funerals
As usual, but that doesn't matter.
You've sold a product and you have tens of thousands of customers paying annual licenses for those products.
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Users prompt Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot to remove clothes in photos then 'apologize' for it
I assume all the major payment processors (Visa, MasterCard etc) will be suspending their services ASAP?
The same as they did with legal adult sites?
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GNOME dev gives fans of Linux's middle-click paste the middle finger
I didn't like this feature when I started using Linux, then it became an essential feature that I'd use multiple times a day, and like the author, I miss it badly in MacOS.
Taking it out of Linux is a mistake, but symptomatic of much of modern computing where useful features get trashed that have big effects on people's workflows and ways of using Computers.
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Copper supplies set to peak just as tech needs more
"Concerns are mounting over copper supplies, with a fresh study warning that demand will likely outstrip production within decade, threatening to constrain global technological advancement"
I have to say that the problem would be smaller for copper and rare earth element supplies if more electrical waste recycling was done across the planet.
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Debian goes retro with a spatial desktop that time forgot
Definitely a distro worth looking at (it drives me bonkers when Windows suddenly decides to rearrange things: that group of icons are all Python-related, OBS and multimedia are grouped here...
Oops, the power has gone off on that monitor, fixed it, now WTF just happened to my desktop?).
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India demands crypto outfits geolocate customers, get a selfie to prove they’re real
Gosh, it sounds to me like India is imposing requirements on crypto traders analogous to requirements which are already placed on conventional financial institutions to prevent fraud, money laundering, terrorist financing, and other illicit activity.
I can see why the crypto bros would consider this kind of reporting "onerous," since the entire point of crypto is to be able to commit financial crimes without consequence, but does El Reg really need to abet them?
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Artificial brains could point the way to ultra-efficient supercomputers
... is so good at solving partial differential equations, why do they give so many people difficulties in their maths classes?
Speaking of hardware/problem fit, it's always bugged me that fad-followers did so much to destroy and suppress analogue computers, when they are an excellent, and better fit than digital computers, for certain classes of problems and simulations.
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Infamous BreachForums forum breached, spilling data on 325K users
"Following the publication of this data, undoubtedly many threat actors will face difficulties in hiding their identities and an increased risk of getting arrested,"
Good!
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Fujitsu scores place on £984M UK government framework despite bid boycott
Schedule 6: Mandatory Exclusion Grounds
I think that might need a review by parliament.
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New carbon capture tech could save us from datacenter doom
Impressive achievement.
Now, let's take a look at the scale of the problem atmospheric carbon capture is attempting to solve.
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Trump spectrum sale leaves airlines with $4.5B bill for altimeter do-over
A lot of avionics have a pedigree from between ten and twenty years ago and there are good reasons.
An update to anything safety critical (and radalts can come under that heading) is a time consuming process as the new kit has to be thoroughly qualified and there is a rule: Don't be the first with anything.
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Google pushing Gemini into Gmail, but you can turn it off
...the one that turns it all off.
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IceWM soldiers on while Budgie jumps the Wayland ship
Even though this new X server is in a very early stage, I still find it encouraging.
Not so much because I expect it to supplant Xorg any time soon or perhaps even later; more because I take it as a sign that some folks don't consider Wayland to be fait accompli.
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'Violence-as-a-service' suspect arrested in Iraq, extradition underway
At least the antisocial media sites you mention don't deliver bombs and bullets.
Foxtrot has actively recruited people as young as 13 to murder people - purely because they are below the age where they can be held fully responsible for their actions.
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Trump says Americans shouldn't 'pick up the tab' for AI datacenter grid upgrades
Reservoirs, flood relief, sewerage, water/electricity grids, rail and road, hospitals and schools.
But AI isn't essential infrastructure.
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DragonFire laser to be fitted to Royal Navy ships after acing drone-zapping trials
I'm sure that George Lucas will be looking into the copyright implications of that one!
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Mall display crashes the vibe with Windows activation nag
-no activation messages or other system dialogs; messages are logged and/or echoed over the network;
-no BSODs - ditto;
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ISS stint ends early as NASA aborts Crew-11 over crew illness
It's a space virus ! Don't bring him back, that's how the zombie apocalypse starts !
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Tech that helps people outshone overhyped AI at CES 2026
The "C" component of it disappeared years ago, when it simply became a mutual backpacking orgy 'tween industry "leaders" and faux journalist "yes" men.
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Meta reacts to power needs by signing long-term nuke deals
Errmmm, not quite.
Yes it's a gap, no it doesn't need plugging now, perhaps not ever.
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Apple blocks dev from all accounts after he tries to redeem bad gift card
"I will leave as fast as I can even if this is fixed,"
Don't say that.
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Microsoft euthanizes ancient deployment toolkit
creation of a Microsoft Account
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Capita tells civil servants to wait for chatbots to fix pension portal woes
The part of TFA that I picked up as the main take-away was, basically, this:
Capita lost the contract because they were, er, Capita, and were replaced by MyCSP
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Glibc 'abortion joke' diff tiff leaves Richard Stallman miffed
I view the joke as being about government censorship than even attitudes about abortion, but I agree with you that it's not really about abortion as such.
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Linus Torvalds tries vibe coding, world still intact somehow
I like using vibe coding to get me 90% of the way there, it's really good at that.
But dear god, give up all hope after that, they just completely break down as soon as you ask it to add features or fix bugs.
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OpenAI putting bandaids on bandaids as prompt injection problems keep festering
The implementation of LLMs has always bothered me, especially the software architecture.
If you don't know by now that you shouldn't trust external input in any way, you shouldn't be near software development in any capacity.
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Starlink to lower orbits of thousands of satellites over safety concerns
"When you wish upon a star(link), Makes no difference who you are"coz Musk doesn't give a shit about anybody.
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Bots, bias, and bunk: How can you tell what's real on the net?
Critical thinking is never out of fashion, those who oppose it areIf it is too good to be true, it is too good to be true (and therefore is false)Know the Dunning-Kruger effect and realize when you yourself are incompetentBelieving in magic is a just a disguise for ignorance
Biting the hand that feeds IT
