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Microsoft chases Google with ChatGPT-powered Bing

woensdag 4 januari 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Software behemoth infusing search engine with AI machines that go Bing! Microsoft reportedly is integrating OpenAI's ChatGPT technology into Bing as it looks to boost its search engine's capabilities to challenge Google.…

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Japan lacks the expertise for renewed nuclear power after Fukushima

woensdag 4 januari 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

No staff and no equipment ready after over a decade of nuclear denial Japan's decision to reignite its nuclear power industry is facing serious setbacks: 11 years of prohibition has led to a shortage of engineers, a lack of students training to fill…

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Calculate Linux: It's like Gentoo, but for businesses

woensdag 4 januari 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Russian distro transforms source-based rolling release into stable, versioned product… theoretically Linux distros come and go all the time, which tends to imply that anything that continues for years has something going for it. Calculate Linux isn'…

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China may have to reassess chip strategy in face of US sanctions

woensdag 4 januari 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Beijing's dreams of producing advanced semiconductors could take much longer than hoped China may be rethinking its approach to the ongoing semiconductor wars with the US and looking to other ways to boost its chipmaking industry than simply trying …

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Doom QA testers form Microsoft's first labor union in the US

woensdag 4 januari 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

And the largest such group in the gaming industry, says Communications Workers of America Quality assurance testers at ZeniMax Studios – home of The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and Doom gaming franchises – have voted in a "supermajority" to form Microso…

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Ireland fines Meta $414m for using personal data without asking

woensdag 4 januari 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Facebook, Insta told to pay up, make changes to data slurping process within 3 months A legal saga between Meta, Ireland and the European Union has reached a conclusion – at least for now – that forces the social media giant to remove data consent r…

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Google accuses Indian antitrust watchdog of plagiarizing EU ruling

woensdag 4 januari 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

At least it was Ctrl C, Ctrl V and not ChatGPT Google is challenging a $161 million antitrust fine issued by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) based on accusations that 50 instances within the ruling were lifted from a European ruling for si…

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PyTorch dependency poisoned with malicious code

woensdag 4 januari 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

System data was exfiltrated during attack, but an anonymous person says it was a research project gone wrong An unknown attacker used the PyPI code repository to get developers to download a compromised PyTorch dependency that included malicious cod…

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Taiwan's Gigabyte spins off server biz as wholly owned subsidiary

woensdag 4 januari 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Consumer motherboard tech will reside in unit that's left behind Taiwanese OEM Gigabyte has split itself in two, spinning off its enterprise solutions business as an independent but wholly owned subsidiary that will focus on the development and sale…

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Salesforce to chop 10% of workforce in $1.4 billion restructuring blueprint

woensdag 4 januari 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

CRM specialist to 'reduce operating costs, improve operating margins' as pandemic catches up with tech industry Salesforce has announced drastic restructuring plan to cut 10 percent of its workforce at a cost of around $1.4 billion to $2.1 billion.…

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Nvidia chips and sensors to feature in Foxconn electric vehicles

woensdag 4 januari 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Foxconn targets EV portfolio growth and brings Nvidia along for the ride Hon Hai Technology Group, the electronics manufacturer and iPhone part maker better known as Foxconn, will use Nvidia chips in its autonomous vehicle platforms, it announced Tu…

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Palantir's Covid-era UK health contract extended without competition

woensdag 4 januari 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

US spy-tech firm's controversial work with patient data pushed out 6 months due to delayed data platform procurement NHS England has extended its contract with US spy-tech biz Palantir for the system built at the height of the pandemic to give it ti…

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OneDrive back on its feet, but ongoing Skype credit problem hasn't gone away

woensdag 4 januari 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Happy New year mum... no I'm calling from the landline An issue with payments and credits for Skype subscribers remains ongoing, days after The Register was first informed by readers that it was broken.…

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Some engineers are being paid between $250k and $1m, says salary survey

woensdag 4 januari 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

San Francisco is highest salaried city for tech pros (if you can afford to live there) If a new year means a new job, it might be worth taking a peek at the 2022 Levels.fyi salary survey, which reveals that principal engineers are getting up to $1 m…

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Cops chase Tesla driver 'dozing' with Autopilot on

woensdag 4 januari 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Freeze, Muskhole! A Tesla driver was fast asleep at the wheel with Autopilot engaged during a 15-minute pursuit by police, the cops claim.…

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Literally, look who's back: A comet that last swung by Earth 50,000 years ago

woensdag 4 januari 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

All right, C/2022 E3, we know what you're thinking – and we can explain everything, kinda Get a look while you can: a comet that last graced Earth's sky tens of thousands of years ago is back, and may now be visible to the naked eye – or at least th…

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India's fix for its online gaming indust... Oh. Self-regulation

woensdag 4 januari 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

House always wins India's Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has released draft rules for public consultation on its gaming industry that include a proposed self-regulating system for select registered online gaming companies.…

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NASA boss says US may lose latest space race with China

woensdag 4 januari 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Beijing could dent Yank efforts to colonize Moon if it gets there first NASA Administrator Bill Nelson believes China could control territory and resources on the Moon if it lands astronauts and builds critical infrastructure before the US.…

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LockBit: Sorry about the SickKids ransomware, not sorry about the rest

woensdag 4 januari 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Blame it on the affiliate Notorious ransomware gang LockBit "formally apologized" for an extortion attack against Canada's largest children's hospital that the criminals blamed on a now-blocked affiliate group, and said it published a free decryptor…

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Bogus facial recognition match led to jail time for US man claims lawyer

dinsdag 3 januari 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Suspected hangbag snatcher snatched incorrectly it seems A US man was wrongfully arrested and thrown in jail for nearly a week due to a seemingly false facial recognition match. …

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Intel: Please buy these new 13th-Gen CPUs, now with 24 cores

dinsdag 3 januari 2023 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Look folks, we need the business - there's a recession on Intel is cutting billions in costs amid a downturn in sales, but the show must go on, so the x86 giant is hoping it can rekindle interest in the PC market with the first 24-core chips for lap…

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