Новости за 22.04.2024

Lachwani faked it but didn't make it

Manish Lachwani, former CEO of app testing firm HeadSpin, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and will pay a fine of $1 million.…

Chinese tech juggernaut eyes global expansion despite US tech restrictions

Because nothing reassures investors like discounting some inventory

After a week beset by disaster after disaster, Tesla has decided to reassure investors that it's still a safe bet … by discounting prices around the world. …

$20m to keep the industry from having to rely on fossil fuels

Solar energy company Exowatt has launched with the financial support of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, alongside two other investors.…

The Reg accepts no responsibility for borked installations

Worried about Windows 11 bloat and want a bit more control over what goes into its ISOs? Over the weekend, a new version of Tiny11 Builder in PowerShell guise arrived.…

Don't bore us, get to the chorus: You need less privacy so we can protect the children

KDE edition has the most conspicuous changes, and could become future flagship

Prosecutors believe one frikkin' laser did make its way to Beijing

Germany has arrested three citizens who allegedly tried to transfer military technology to China, a violation of the country's export rules.…

LGBTQ+ dating app's maker previously denied selling sensitive user data

Riveting conclusion to Tesla recall saga

While the vast majority of recent Tesla recalls have been addressed with over-the-air updates, the fix for Cybertruck's recalcitrant acceleration pedal necessitates a rare venture into meatspace. And it's as underwhelming as it is simple.…

Meta insists it's just misunderstood and it's safe to talk to citizens over FB

Which one of you is already running 100-plus kilowatt racks?

Survey  As CPUs and GPUs grow ever denser and power-hungry, many, including Register readers, expect liquid cooling to play a larger role in enterprise datacenters over the next few years.…

Sadly no push to ban stupid TikTok dances, but ByteDance would have year to offload app Stateside

High-flying AI scientist claims unfair dismissal following pregnancy leave

Clippy 2024 is something else

Microsoft has acknowledged an error – Copilot is auto-launching for Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel as well as the Canary and Dev builds.…

Leaked draft report says stated goals still come up short

Google's Privacy Sandbox, which aspires to provide privacy-preserving ad targeting and analytics, still isn't sufficiently private.…

Facing down the triple threat of ransomware, data breaches and criminal extortion

Commercial operators must try Varda

The US Federal Aviation Administration is updating its launch license requirements: if you're launching something designed for reentry, you'll need a license for that, too. Before you launch.…

Syzmon Jastrzebski wrongly borrowed $126k, money written off as he's left the country

What if it's not AI but the algorithm to blame?

Opinion  It was a bold claim by the richest and most famous tech founder: bold, precise and wrong. Laughably so. Twenty years ago, Bill Gates promised to rid the world of spam by 2006. How's that worked out for you?…

For once, Redmond's finest saved the day - by being rubbish in unexpectedly useful ways

For now, Redmond is dogfooding Azure for product simulations

Microsoft has bragged that its own Azure HPC service was able to reduce the length of its Surface laptop design process – most notably for a hinge, which was reduced to one iteration, and hopes to use AI to do even better in future.…

The processor that gave the world the ZX Spectrum and so much more is out of wafers

Two rounds of reports and patches may not have completely closed this hole

A day after FBI boss warns Beijing is poised to strike against US infrastructure