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IBM announces chip that natively executes Arm and Z instructions concurrently
Cunning plan to expand the amount of software that runs on mainframes is also an admission ISVs are focusing their energies elsewhere
AliExpress accused of fingerprinting shoppers with silent audio trick that also muted a dev's headphones
Sawtooth waves you can't hear still mess with your Bluetooth. Firefox and Brave say they've got you covered
Tesla to recall almost three million vehicles over hidden door handles
At least it looks cool, right Elon? China demands changes ahead of ban on new models in 2027
Chipmakers laughing all the way to the vault as memory prices go stratospheric
Gartner reckons $1.6 trillion year is just the start, and don't expect a bust anytime soon
You don't want this Sleepwalker backdoor on your Windows machine
Its own command language, 23 instructions - signs point to 'well-resourced operation rather than an opportunistic one'
Browser fingerprint tool shows how easy you are to track using the latest sneaky tricks
Glassbox dev admits he had some help from Claude to build locally running tool
Aviva launches integrated high-value protection proposition with two-tier underwriting service
Aviva has today (24 August) launched an integrated high-value proposition to support advisers in addressing the complex and evolving needs of high-net-worth clients.
Conjure cash with old Macs by linking them to AI inference Borg
Darkbloom distributed inference network promises to put underutilized Apple kit to work
UK tech infrastructure spending fell a bit in 2025, but remains strong
Hardware spending continues to soar, but investments in software and data centres actually decreased slightly compared to 2024.
Logitech hit by sueball over tariff refunds
Complaint: Peripheral maker did not want to unplug itself from higher prices and hand back cash to customers
Windows NT 4 went on sale 30 years ago today
The version that started to bring all Microsoft’s pieces together
AI-native financial services startup Neno raises €6.6 million
Dutch fintech Neno has raised €6.6 million in seed funding to bring its AI-native accounting and tax offering for SMEs to the wider European market.
YouTuber's backyard fab ambitions expand from RAM to homebrew LEDs
Dr. Semiconductor's latest project lights the path toward what he tells us he hopes becomes a cottage chip industry
Iran-linked cyberattack shut down a UK power plant
No risk to wider energy system, government tells The Reg
Users mash LinkedIn's AI slop button 1M+ times in 3 weeks
Or: Shock as users of world's largest slop repository report lots of slop
Emperor Penguin Linus Torvalds banishes a bug – with a bot
The lad himself finds and fixes a tricky one… or does he?
What Nvidia's first Groq 3 LPU benchmarks tell us about its $20B gamble
Gemma 4 31B performance tests offer a best-case scenario for next-gen dataflow accelerators
Oracle Exadata Database@AWS offers advantages, but trade-offs remain
Cloud giant allows customers to get more from Oracle hardware, but will try to gain more workloads on the side
ShinyHunters and ReliaQuest trade blows over claimed breach
Attackers took a look at an employee's identity dashboard, but security firm says that's as far as they got
Chris Budd: Why good financial planning should focus on wellbeing
Financial planning was an upgrade to financial advice. On top of the technical knowledge that forms the basis of financial advice, financial planning added cashflow forecasting. For financial life planners, it also brought a much more in-depth discussion about clients’ futures.
Rising stars named on YFPA 2026 shortlist
The shortlist for the Money Marketing Young Financial Planner Awards (YFPAs) 2026 has been revealed, recognising emerging talent across the UK financial advice profession.
Ministry of Defence gets a new CDIO in charge of military AI ambitions
Dan Rodenhurst will take over from Charles Forte as the new CDIO in September.
I picked Task Manager 'to see how ready AI is for primetime… or if it would just degrade to slop' – OG dev talks to The Reg
Original author of legendary 1996 system utility tries to answer the question: 'How would I do it today?'
US datacenters tripled their water footprint in 10 years
... and those are figures from the start of the AI boom. It can only be worse now. Silo-ed reporting isn't helping
NatWest partners Enterprise Nation to back small businesses
NatWest has teamed up with Enterprise Nation to help small businesses find practical support, advice, workspace and funding opportunities.
Microsoft AI watermarks in Paint and Photos are linked to user IDs, researcher finds
Privacy? Not if you use hosted AI services
Pay.com.au brings Aussie rewards platform to the US
Australian payments and rewards platform pay.com.au has raised US$28 million in Series E funding to launch in the US.
The Future of Payments is More Than Just the Next 'Shiny New Toy'
At Payments Unleashed in London, Tom Warsop, CEO, ACI Worldwide joined FinextraTV to share his insights into where payments are heading and what the future will look like. Warsop describes the benefits of a forum to focus on how to progress payments towards a new future.
