Techie's enthusiasm for decluttering fails to spark joy
Who, me? Welcome once again, dear readerfolk, to the sanctuary of Who, Me? in which Register readers can recount the times when their technical skills abandoned them, even if momentarily, without fear of judgment.…
Elon Musk's X Launches Grok AI-Powered 'Stories' Feature
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GIMP 2.10.38 Released As What Might Be The Last Of GIMP 2
How 'Star Wars' was Influenced by San Francisco - and Architecture
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Germany points finger at Fancy Bear for widespread 2023 hacks, DDoS attacks
Infosec in brief It was just around a year ago that a spate of allegedly Russian-orchestrated cyberattacks hit government agencies in Germany, and now German officials claim to know for a fact who did it: APT28, or Fancy Bear, a Russian threat actor linked to the GRU intelligence service.…
Scientists Find a 'Missing Link' Between Poor Diet and Higher Cancer Risk
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Google to relocate some US jobs to India and Mexico
Asia in brief Google announced the layoff of 200 of its core team professionals last week while moving some roles to India and Mexico, according to reports.…
Microsoft's 'Responsible AI' Chief Worries About the Open Web
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Can Technology Help Reduce Drunk-Driving Deaths?
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Linux 6.9-rc7 Released: The Kernel Is Looking Good
America's Federal Regulators Are Preparing More Lawsuits Against Crypto Companies
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Could Better Data Protections Reduce Big Tech's Polarizing Power?
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Some San Francisco Tech Workers are Renting Cheap 'Bed Pods'
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Ten years ago Microsoft bought Nokia's phone unit – then killed it as a tax write-off
Retrospective Ten years ago Microsoft absorbed the handset division of Nokia. The world's biggest operating systems vendor was going mobile in a big way, and buying the erstwhile world leader in mobile phones to ensure its success.…
AI-Operated F-16 Jet Carries Air Force Official Into 550-MPH Aerial Combat Test
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Will Calls to Scrutinize Digital-Currency Purchases of Oil Bring New Regulations For Crypto?
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New Intel P-State Linux Driver Patches To Better Handle Hybrid Core CPUs
Is Mastodon's Link-Previewing Overloading Servers?
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Plato's Final Hours Recounted In Scroll Found In Vesuvius Ash
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End-to-end encryption may be the bane of cops, but they can't close that Pandora's Box
interview Police can complain all they like about strong end-to-end encryption making their jobs harder, but it doesn't matter because the technology is here and won't go away. …