Is there anything more terrifying than a 'smart' HR chatbot? Well, OK, yes, but ... This ongoing generative AI assistant hype-cycle already feels like it's been going on for a decade, with Big Tech pouring billions into systems that simultaneously a…
Lees meerRemote work option will still be offered – but at the cost of career advancement Exclusive On Monday Dell is expected to send a "Return To Office" notification to all employees, a source familiar with the matter has told The Register.…
Lees meerSo that's where all the laid-off semiconductor engineers went! After years of development, Meta may finally roll out its homegrown AI accelerators in a meaningful way this year.…
Lees meerUp until now watchdogs say they've just been guesstimating consumption The US government has just signed off an emergency probe into how much power cryptocurrency miners are drawing from America's electricity grid. …
Lees meerAs extortion tactics evolve, operational shutdowns are the next step Feature The Colonial Pipeline ransomware infection has become a cautionary tale about how borking critical infrastructure can cause real-world pain, with fuel shortages leading to…
Lees meerUS govt isn't exactly in a hurry with the Chips Act money either Intel has seemingly postponed the completion date of its planned Ohio manufacturing site to late 2026, blaming the current weakness of the semiconductor market and delays in receiving …
Lees meerAs if by magic, multiple IPv4s may be reduced to just one Updated UK ISP Zen Internet has warned subscribers that their IP addresses will shortly change, with some facing a reduction in their address count down to one.…
Lees meerPutting compact servers inside stores can help to harness the power of analytcs and AI Commissioned Retailers are using edge computing for a variety of use cases, collecting data from sensors, cameras and other devices and crunching the numbers wit…
Lees meerPutting compact servers inside stores can help to harness the power of analytcs and AI Commissioned Retailers are using edge computing for a variety of use cases, collecting data from sensors, cameras and other devices and crunching the numbers wit…
Lees meerBiz boffins say bottom line and market cap didn't change post directive – but staff mood did Research has shed light on the profitability gains that the biggest US corporations experienced after issuing return to office mandates: There weren't any, …
Lees meerTwelve very cold hours and many miles after being told to ignore the power button, guess what happened? On Call Every Friday, The Register presses the OFF button the week with a fresh instalment of On Call, our column that recounts readers' experie…
Lees meerThe only thing worse than a telemarketer is a robo-telemarketer The FCC wants to make AI-powered robocalls illegal and has warned of a rising wave of scams from voice-cloning technology.…
Lees meerBreaking the AI performance bottleneck is key for Middle Kingdom's ambitions ChangXin Memory Technologies, aka CXMT, could become China's first domestic producer of high-bandwidth memory modules, which are crucial to building the accelerators used i…
Lees meerMeta boss told in social media safety probe: 'Your product is killing people' Executives from the top social media companies faced contentious, sometimes contemptuous, questioning from the US Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday in a hearing titl…
Lees meerRouter maker claims Chinese giant refuses to license on reasonable terms Netgear is suing Huawei in California, accusing its networking kit rival of racketeering and anti-competitive behavior for refusing to license Wi-Fi patents it holds on reasona…
Lees meerNo restrictions, but it could be harder to deal with American businesses The chip wars between Washington and Beijing keep grinding on with more than a dozen Chinese tech companies now being added to a list of entities claimed by the Department of D…
Lees meer'Deepest apologies to the sub-postmasters and their families' Fujitsu's CFO is the latest in the the Japanese vendor's exec ranks to apologize for the megacorp's role in the Post Office Horizon scandal, widely viewed as one of the greatest miscarria…
Lees meerAt least it's no longer an afterthought Systems Approach In 1996, Larry Peterson and I published the first edition of Computer Networks: A Systems Approach in the hope that it would become a widely adopted textbook in networking classes. Our draft …
Lees meerRetrieving electronic records takes 45 minutes and staff say they don't have time to use systems An award-winning IT rollout at one of the UK's largest hospitals trusts is beset with problems that prevent staff from accessing the data they need, cre…
Lees meerThey're just an algorithm away, national lab engineer tells El Reg Feature When the first commercial coal-fired electric power plants came online, starting with the Holborn Viaduct power station that supplied electricity to the City of London in Ja…
Lees meerStaff at Northern Ireland facility voted in ballot that forces drivemaker's hand, union says Seagate workers building external hard drives in Northern Ireland have voted for trade union recognition, meaning they now have collective bargaining rights…
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