Plus: Russia will soon be Putin up with lagging West, fake influencers and more AI in Brief Amazon launched AI Ready, a program that aims to train two million people in AI skills by 2025, and started the initiative by offering free courses and scho…
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Lees meerUnique institutions need unique security. Instead, they're fobbed off with the same old, same old Opinion The British Library’s showpiece site, in a listed red brick building in St Pancras, is presided over by a large bronze sculpture depicting Isa…
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Lees meerKid escaped from the executive suite without screwing things up Who, Me? Monday? Again? Didn't we do that last week? Oh well, at least there's Who, Me? The Register's weekly reader-contributed tale of technical derring-try (if not quite derring-do)…
Lees meerThey’re basically skyscrapers, says Charles Fortin. But they could be ships, cars, or rocks Charles Fortin can't get excited by 30-storey skyscrapers.…
Lees meerThey’re basically skyscrapers, says Charles Fortin. But they could be ships, cars, or rocks Charles Fortin can't get excited by 30-storey skyscrapers.…
Lees meerHey Google, are the jails nicer in South Korea or the US? Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon – a wanted man in both South Korea and the United States – will soon face extradition from Montenegro after a court gave approval for his removal.…
Lees meer$195 a pop, delivered, pre-provisioned ready to stream desktops or apps re:Invent Amazon Web Services has announced the WorkSpaces Thin Client – a device dedicated to connecting to its WorkSpaces desktop-as-a service offering and based on Amazon's …
Lees meerThey get access to both China's internet and global platforms, and cash in on both China is offering foreign influencers access to its vast market in return for content that sings its praises and helps to spreads Beijing's desired narratives more wi…
Lees meerPLUS: Japan, UK, Italy, collab on new fighter jet; Korea's CBDC trial; Toshiba to delist Asia In Brief Terry Gou, the billionaire founder of contract manufacturer Foxconn, has ended his campaign to be elected as president of Taiwan.…
Lees meerStout heart a requisite for software engineers in days of yore Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen has recalled a time when Windows developers encountered the trundling terror of the USB Cart of Death following an unfortunate mistake live on stage during…
Lees meerHey Cortana: Why is David Tennant back as the BBC's longest lived space alien? The BBC is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its long-running science fiction series, Doctor Who, by popping a Surface Duo into the hands of actor David Tennant's lates…
Lees meerThink of all the crap discounted things you won't need to buy now HSBC's online and mobile banking systems crashed spectacularly this morning on the busiest shopping day of the year, potentially disappointing early risers looking for a spot of Black…
Lees meerCommunity programs retained but CEO waves farewell Broadcom's acquisition of VMware has concluded, and quickly resulted in the creation of four divisions dedicated to the virty giant's business – none of which appear to include end-user compute prod…
Lees meerYou may never have heard of it, but you almost certainly use it, possibly many times a day New versions of this amazingly versatile tool, used in most streaming video services and devices, don't come along very often.…
Lees meerNaughty engineers + inability to work email = $$$ A jury has sided with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) against Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) over the theft of source code and documentation. A total of $210 million was this week awarded.…
Lees meerWeb storefront maker fixed the flaw, but not before blasting infoseccer The owner of the e-commerce store management system OpenCart has responded with hostility to a security researcher disclosing a vulnerability in the product.…
Lees meerAnother mega-constellation incoming China has launched an Internet Technology test satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China's Sichuan Province.…
Lees meerPublic Accounts Committee slams progress and questions plans Delays to a central plank of the UK tax collector's efforts to provide an end-to-end digital service "mean the Exchequer will likely miss out on additional tax revenue of £1.75 billion," a…
Lees meerThink of all the crap discounted things you won't need to buy now HSBC's online and mobile banking systems crashed spectacularly this morning on the busiest shopping day of the year, potentially disappointing early risers looking for a spot of Black…
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