'Beatings will continue until morale improves' Kettle It has been a bad week for thousands of tech workers this week, with multiple corporations announcing that headcount reduction will continue for the time being.…
Lees meerSmaller, quieter, and expected to deliver millions of packages in coming years Amazon on Thursday released photos of its newest delivery drone, the MK 30, and announced will expand its Prime Air drone delivery operations to Italy, the UK, and an unn…
Lees meerIntel, Siemens, Google, Meta, and Stripe among event walkouts Meta and Stripe have joined Google, Intel, and Siemens in a growing boycott of next month's Web Summit in Lisbon after the event's chief executive compared Israel's actions in response to…
Lees meerPlanned episodes on China and AI reportedly worried Apple top brass The Problem With Jon Stewart, popular show on Apple TV with the eponymous host, will not be returning to the streaming service for a third season.…
Lees meerIntel, Siemens, Google, Meta, and Stripe among event walkouts Meta and Stripe have joined Google, Intel, and Siemens in a growing boycott of next month's Web Summit in Lisbon after the event's chief executive compared Israel's actions in response to…
Lees meerThere was a young man from Moldova, who the Feds just want to roll over, but with 20 inside, and nowhere to hide, he just wants it all to be over A Moldovan who allegedly ran the compromised-credential marketplace E-Root has been extradited from the…
Lees meerSignal could help astronomers suss out the mass of the universe An international team of scientists have discovered a fast radio burst (FRB) so distant that it blows the previous record away, but is still one of the brightest they've ever seen.…
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Lees meerUntil the Democrats leave office, that is The FCC has voted on a plan to reinstate net neutrality rules that require ISPs treat all data equally – rules which were canceled under the Trump administration in 2017.…
Lees meerOne's cheaper but with ads, the other's more expensive with no ads, says Musk X is launching two tiers of premium subscriptions, according to owner and CTO Elon Musk, but details are still scant.…
Lees meerFlorida man gets 4,900 people to 'vote' via SMS after promoting it as an option Nearly 5,000 people sent in an SMS "voting" for Hillary Clinton after a man the US Office of Public Affairs characterized as a "social media influencer" promoted it as a…
Lees meerOne's cheaper but with ads, the other's more expensive with no ads, says Musk X is launching two tiers of premium subscriptions, according to owner and CTO Elon Musk, but details are still scant.…
Lees meerHong Kong-based maker claims cooler is 'silent' A Hong Kong-based PC maker is claiming a first with the release of a Mini PC featuring a silent, solid-state active cooling system for its processor.…
Lees meerNo word on motivation but pair face up to 5 years in the cooler Two men this week confessed to deliberately bypassing testing protocols that are essential to keeping nuclear power plants safe. This happened not once, not twice, but 29 times.…
Lees meerTry to hold back your tears as CEO to employee pay ratio hits: 250 to 1 Microsoft boss Satya Nadella was paid $48.5 million in compensation for running the business in 2023 – the lowest amount he received in the past three years due to smaller stock…
Lees meerNo word on motivation but pair face up to 5 years in the cooler Two men this week confessed to deliberately bypassing testing protocols that are essential to keeping nuclear power plants safe. This happened not once, not twice, but 29 times.…
Lees meerIndia's big four outsourcers scored record deals in Q2, but revenue didn't reflect those successes Infosys and Wipro have decided to skip hiring graduates this year as part of their "utilization optimization" strategies, after a quarter that brought…
Lees meerUK regulator lists series of potential remedies for anti-competitive practices early on in probe The UK's competition regulator is drafting remedies that could have big implications for Microsoft and AWS, should behavior that prevents or restricts c…
Lees meerPalantir users' endorsement letter could lay the ground for Palantir win The controversial Federated Data Platform for England's health service looks set for more delays as the government body awarding the £480 million ($582 million) contract – for …
Lees meerMangled spreadsheets mean government was asleep on the job and should be held to account The Royal College of Anaesthetists is to consider whether it has confidence in the UK National Health Service's recruitment process, following revelations that …
Lees meerThe difference is especially stark at 2:00 AM On Call Welcome once more to On Call, The Register's weekly column featuring readers' turbulent tales of their tech support troubles. This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "Mal" whose first job in …
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