Business & Tech

Google ending ChromeOS support two years early

Rise of the Googlebook means ChromeOS users get eight years' support, not a decade

OpenAI GPT-6 Astra really good at supply chain attacks, UK gov warns

During testing, the model showed it can violate security rules more often than its predecessors

OpenAI’s dirty deeds Down Under included security bypass attempts, using exposed keys, source code siphon

Admits its agents side-swiped four Australian government sites

AMD bets $8.2B that worlds matter more than words in AI

AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li just co-founded spatial AI research company World Labs in 2024. Now it's joining AMD

AWS needs to embrace its place as the Home Depot of AI infrastructure

What's wrong with being a great wholesaler?

Microsoft tells nonprofits their deleted M365 data isn't coming back

Grant retirement went off the rails, so Redmond is offering affected organizations help starting over

JadePuffer crims hijacked Azure identities and used them to blow up cloud resources

Smells like more agentic ransomware, Redmond warns

French dev aims to solve bots' blindness so they can understand GUIs

Because sometimes escaping your sandbox requires clicking a button

Sam Walker breaks down next instalment of ‘Pop to Co-op’ brand platform

Earlier this month, Co-op launched the next instalment of its ‘Pop to Co-op’ brand platform, which highlighted how consumers could get great value on everyday essentials by shopping convenience retail.

Meta makes its enterprise ambitions official, poaches MongoDB CEO Desai

Desai will lead a newly formed group tasked with turning Meta's AI infrastructure and tools into enterprise-grade services.

How many times are you paying for the same file?

A Register dinner in Midtown on 27 October takes on the file infrastructure distributed teams still run and nobody chose, off the record

Nvidia recruits group including Anthropic, Arm for AI security platform

"This is bigger than a single product," says CEO Huang at the outset of another Nvidia-led open source security alliance.

Nucleus CTO Peter Docherty to leave at end of year

Nucleus' Peter Docherty is to leave his role as chief transformation officer (CTO) at the end of the year after almost four years with the group. Docherty confirmed his departure in a LinkedIn post, saying he was leaving after a “significant milestone” had been hit.

Microsoft's Copilot super app comes with a meter attached

Redmond calls its pricing model an 'evolution' as advanced AI racks up usage charges

Dutch government turns to NixOS for a sovereign desktop

DAWO combines a Linux-based client with open source tools for cloud, communications, and collaborative work

Europe's AI ambitions rest on somebody else's supply chain

EU firms capture less than 10% of the bloc's datacenter chips, server assembly, and cloud infrastructure markets

M&G: The overlooked tax change coming in April 2027

Much of the attention surrounding 6 April 2027 has focused on the proposed inheritance tax changes for pensions. However, another measure taking effect on the same date could have important implications for investment planning and trusts.

Ex-soldier's telecom hacking spree earns him 70 months

Active-duty campaign targeted at least ten organizations and sought $1 million in ransom payments

OpenAI agents went the long way round for UN data

Research suggests ChatGPT maker's agents got surprisingly creative when a UN data API proved less than cooperative

UK government vows to reclaim services from outsourcing giants

Whitehall unit will examine critical contracts after Capita pensions fiasco strengthens case for bringing work in-house

Ofcom pulls the plug on Openreach's aggressive fiber discount

Regulator intervenes after deciding altnets may be unable to match the offer and recover their costs

ECB invites expressions of interest for digital euro innovation workstreams

The European Central Bank is inviting private companies and organisations to join the digital euro innovation platform to collaborate on experiments with new value-added services and explore future technological developments.

Sibos 2026: Keynote speakers explore interoperability, digital assets, and AI

Sibos 2026 in Miami kicked off with an introduction to the annual conference by Graeme Munro, chair of the board at Swift.

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Swift provdes cross-border gateway to Bizum, PayID and Pix users

Swift has launched an initiative to bring the pay-by-alias experience of domestic national payment systems, Bizum, PayID and Pix, to cross-border transactions, enabling consumers to send money internationally using a mobile number or email address, rather than account details.

BNY unveils Pay-to-Wallet technology option for banks

BNY has unveiled a Pay-to-Wallet capability, making it possible for banks to send cross-border payments from bank accounts to participating retail digital wallets, using existing Swift payment messages and correspondent banking infrastructure.

US banks invited to join Apple Pay class lawsuit

US banks have been given the green light to pursue a class action lawsuit against Apple over historical fees paid for access to the firm's mobile wallet.

Why Cambridge was ‘a natural choice’ for Uniqlo’s 25th UK store

It’s safe to say Uniqlo has been having a moment in recent years. The business was named the world’s fastest-growing fashion brand in May 2025, research from Kantar revealed. In July, the company’s owner Fast Retailing also raised its full-year profit forecast.

New forms of intelligent money set to hit traditional bank B2B revenue streams

Stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and central bank digital currencies are projected to account for approximately four percent of global payments volume by 2030, diverting vast chunks of income from traditional bank revenue pools.