Новости за 13.05.2024

Korean-controlled silicon slinger could be coming back to the fold

Not everything in the semiconductor industry is about shearing off every last nanometer, which is why the Biden administration is splashing out CHIPS Act funding to those pursuing less cutting edge processor production. …

The o is not short for 'Oh sh...' for Google and co

OpenAI on Monday showed off GPT-4o, its latest multimodal machine learning model, making it partially available to both free and paid customers through its ChatGPT service and its API.…

And the windows are opened to 6.10 in September or so

Linux kernel 6.9 is here, with many under-the-covers improvements that won't be very visible to users, but which tidy things up, fix bugs, and pave the way for future changes.…

Going once, going twice, going offline

Christie's website remains offline as of Monday after a "technology security issue" shut it down Thursday night – just days before the venerable auction house planned to flog $840 million of art.…

Either they learned to brake-check or motorcycles were following too close

Emergency ambulances diverted while experts restore systems

Multiple US security agencies have published advisories on Black Basta after the ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the recent attack on US healthcare provider Ascension.…

Catz talks up company's feel-good efforts... Just don’t mention the margins

Pundit tells The Reg Intel could suffer the effects of retaliation

The Biden administration is reportedly set to quadruple Chinese electric vehicle tariffs as part of an onslaught of increased taxes on imports from the country.…

Another huge investment for chip giant despite losses

Intel is holding negotiations with private equity investor Apollo Global Management to secure $11 billion in funding for a manufacturing facility in Ireland.…

Time for 22H2, the LTSC version, or perhaps something completely different?

M4? The M3 is barely six months old, and what about all those Macs still stuck on the M2? When will they get some love?

Unusually high activity from Sun may have also hastened Hubble's demise

Hint: It's the 'the largest' maker of a key computer component

RSAC  An unnamed tech business hired IBM's X-Force penetration-testing team to break in and search for security vulnerabilities in their networks. …

Plus Foxconn defends Wisconsin efforts, Korea to spend on chips, and more

Reports suggest an end of May IPO and a valuation of up to half a billion

Those with a delicate constitution, look away now

It is rare that the world of vintage desktop operating systems and trashy Euro-pop collide, but on Saturday's Eurovision Song Contest they did, and the results were as baffling as they were explosive.…

Intelligence-sharing platform remains down for maintenance

Europol is investigating a cybercriminal's claims that they stole confidential data from a number of the agency's sources.…

It's called Copilot Runway, not run away

IBM Consulting has boarded the Microsoft Copilot bandwagon with Copilot Runway, a service aimed at assisting businesses to integrate their own AI assistants into their workflows.…

NHS England's own survey also reveals suspicions that it would sell data to third parties

With LLNL's AMD-powered El Capitan on the horizon, time is running out for Intel's Aurora to claim number 1 spot

The Register’s Tim Philips gets down and dirty on cyber security in this interview with Rubrik CISO Richard Cassidy

But breaking E2EE and blanket bans aren't thinking at all

Opinion  If your cranky uncle was this fixated about anything, you'd always be somewhere else at Christmas. Yet here we are again. Europol has been sounding off at Meta for harming children. Not for the way it's actually harming children, but because – repeat after me – end-to-end encryption is hiding child sexual abuse material from the eyes of the law. "E2EE = CSAM" is the new slogan of fear.…

Ah, just nod and smile when they talk about Britain and Europe

American GPU cloud operator CoreWeave is expanding its operations across the pond, setting up a new European headquarters in London and revealing plans to build a pair of AI datacenters in the UK, all valued at £1 billion ($1.3 billion).…

'Everybody's learning as they go. But there's a rush to get these apps out'

Who's the more foolish: the fool, or the fool who follows him?

who, me?  Monday again? It seems like only yesterday it was Sunday. Oh well, that means it's time to kick off the working week with a dose of Who, Me? – The Reg's weekly confessional, where readers share tales of tech mischief and misadventure.…