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Big AI's content problem: Take the work, keep the money
The more we learn about how AI does business, the more unfair it looks
OpenAI pauses some training amid allegations its rogue agents behaved more badly than first thought
Amid allegations that agents may have gone off the rails thousands of times, China set up some kind of agentic incident hotline
Amazon evaluating drone deliveries in Australia, Asia
PLUS: Singapore helps Meta find new form of scam; Nothing bets it can create Indian consumer tech giant; Bangkok floods, tech holds on
Singapore to train 80,000 FS sector employees in AI skills
Singapore's financial services sector has moved to prepare itself for the artificial intelligence era through the launch of an AI workforce co-lab and a commitment to train 80,000 employees in the technology.
Citrix confirms ongoing NetScaler zero day exploitation
"Similar techniques have previously been observed with critical Citrix NetScaler vulnerabilities..."
Apple buried Copland 30 years ago. Now the failed OS boots in a browser
The final developer build offers a glimpse of the future Cupertino abandoned for NeXT
Revolut gets green light to buy Argentinian bank
Revolut has received the regulatory go-ahead to acquire small Argentinian lender Banco Cetelem from BNP Paribas.
Runtime: Okta's bid to keep AI agents in check
+ Google wields an AX, and TestKube spins up unit tests from natural-language commands.
Uncle Sam coughs up $1.9B for grid upgrades as datacenters hit a power wall
Better conductors and improved sensing capabilities expected to unlock at least 23 gigawatts of additional capacity
How Samsung turned months of inactivity into a very attention-seeking smartphone
Your spare Android won’t come back to life in a hurry but – like neglected PCs – it really should
Space Jam: UK debuts space squadron to protect satellites
Number III Space Effects Squadron likely to use electronic warfare rather than lobbing missiles at hostile orbiting threats
Bitget hit by $387.5 million hack
Bitget has halted customer withdrawals after hackers that the crypto exchange suspects are linked to North Korea stole more than $380 million.
Bitget blames North Korea for $387.5M crypto wallet raid
Familiar fingerprints point to Kim’s regime … to the surprise of nobody
ShinyHunters tells The Reg: We hacked the FBI to 'protect our business'
Which copy of that file is the real one? Dinner, off the record, in Midtown
Joe Fay chairs a Register dinner in New York on the file infrastructure nobody has got around to replacing, with nothing on the record.
Raspberry Pi surfs memory crunch to record first half
A well-timed RAM stockpile helped keep boards shipping while rivals struggled for memory
Valen creator drives 'Golden Spike' to connect new languages with Rust
An experiment is afoot to sidestep C as the language of interoperability with Rust
Microsoft cells out, crams multiple values into Excel boxes
Once a single-scalar home, spreadsheet cells are being redeveloped to handle many tenants
Fake Google Security Team ad says 'no script reading' in voice phishing - then prints the script
More mockery and memes from the Dark Web Roast
Akamai signs $11.6bn cloud deal with Anthropic, its largest ever
"Our cloud infrastructure service is getting big fast..."
Google-backed energy outfit brings 33 MW of 4 GW geothermal potential online in Utah
Fervo Energy aims to have 100 MW online by New Year and half a gigawatt by 2028
Crooks use fake desktop apps to fool HR staff into giving them remote access
Nothing in the attack chain screams malicious software, except none of the impersonated HR and payroll providers actually offers a desktop app
New software dependency validation process increases speeds by 54x
Morrisons opens winter flu jab service
Morrisons Pharmacy has launched its annual flu jab vaccination service, which offers free NHS jabs to eligible patients. Eligible individuals include those over 65, pregnant women and those with clinical health risks.
NatWest unveils AI-powered audio-visual spending insights tool
NatWest is set to trial a fully generative audio-visual AI spending insights tool that lets customers explore their finances through natural voice and text conversations.
British Garden Centre profits surge as estate reaches 80 sites
British Garden Centre's profits have soared in 2025, citing a year of investment, favourable spring weather and brick-and-mortar expansion.
Lidl looks to tackle food insecurity and child health in 2030 plan
Lidl GB has launched a new Better Futures commitment to support five million people across Great Britain by 2030, bringing its community initiatives together under a single measurable target.
US prosecutors seize Tether-linked payment firm's bank accounts - FT
US federal prosecutors have seized bank accounts belonging Capstone, a payments business working on behalf of stablecoin issuer Tether and its sister exchange Bitfinex, according to the Financial Times.
Mango appoints Katarzyna Niemirowicz-Majtas as chief retail officer role
Spanish fashion brand Mango has named Katarzyna Niemirowicz-Majtas as its new chief retail officer and member of the steering committee. She is taking over from César de Vicente, who is leaving the firm to pursue a new opportunity.
