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Earlier this month, the GNOME Shell Extensions store updated its review guidelines to include a new section specifically stating that "extensions must not be AI-generated," as reported by It's FOSS […]

Merriam-Webster has settled on a word that represents 2025 – and that word is "slop." The dictionary-maker defines "slop" as "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in […]

If you’re looking for a last-minute gift for a gamer, you’re in luck. Both Best Buy and Target are offering the 128GB Meta Quest 3S VR headset for around $249 […]

Today, I’m talking with Prashanth Chandrasekar, who is the CEO of Stack Overflow. I last had Prashanth on the show in 2022, one month before ChatGPT launched. While the generative […]

Most people know at least two things about 5K monitors: they look great, and they're usually expensive. The Apple Studio Display is the most popular model, and it costs $1,599. […]

"Not ideal." "Completely unacceptable." "Shameless." "Predatory." "Some bullshit." "Total bullshit." This is how musicians, producers, and others in the industry are describing the relentless spread of AI clones. Of course, […]

Amazon has launched a new AI feature in the Kindle app that gives spoiler-free answers to questions about the book you're reading and confirmed that authors can't opt out from […]

When he was 19 years old, Brendan Foody started Mercor with two of his high school friends as a way for his other friends, who also had startups, to hire […]

A collision in space was narrowly avoided last week when a newly deployed Chinese satellite came within a few hundred meters of one of the roughly 9,000 Starlink satellites currently […]

iRobot, the owner of the Roomba robot vacuum, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, stating that it will be acquired by its contract manufacturer, Picea Robotics. The Chinese-based company assumed […]

On-prem control planes, dark-site upgrades, and multicloud policies target regulated deployments Nutanix is taking a pop at VMware – again – as it unwraps features that it says allow customers […]

Watchdog links schedule change to replanning of UK payments system overhaul The European Central Bank's (ECB) decision to delay its move to a new messaging standard in 2022 ended up […]

One keypress turned a tricky Windows NT balancing act into a life of leisure Who, Me?  After a weekend of R&R, The Register welcomes you back to the working week […]

PLUS: Drugs found in ink cartridges; Censorship fighters criticize Vultr; Coupang CEO resigns; And more! Asia In Brief  A SpaceX executive has claimed that a Chinese satellite launch came within […]

CEO warns airlines that don’t learn to sell themselves to machines could soon be flying under the radar British Airways' chief executive has warned that the airline industry is fast […]

Executive order sidesteps Congress and sets up Litigation Task Force President Trump and his patrons in big tech have long wanted to block states from implementing their own AI regulations. […]

Protests force disclosure of costs totaling $16,000 per student over 7 year rollout replacing 80 legacy systems The total cost of a Workday implementation project at Washington University in St. […]

Critical vulnerabilities found in third-party applications eligible for award under 'in scope by default' move Microsoft is overhauling its bug bounty program to reward exploit hunters for finding vulnerabilities across […]

Competition Appeal Tribunal to decide if multibillion-pound overcharging case can go to trial Stop us if you've heard this one before. Microsoft is in court regarding allegedly sharp software licensing […]

Wiz says React2Shell attacks accelerating, ranging from cryptominers to state-linked crews Half of the internet-facing systems vulnerable to a fast-moving React remote code execution flaw remain unpatched, even as exploitation […]

Watchdog highlights slate of unmet priorities A US spending watchdog has delivered another withering verdict on the Department of Veterans Affairs’ efforts to drag its health records program into the […]

IDC's latest tracker numbers were brought to you by the letters A and I The global server market went into overdrive in the third quarter of 2025, racking up a […]

On-prem control planes, dark-site upgrades, and multicloud policies target regulated deployments Nutanix is taking a pop at VMware – again – as it unwraps features that it says allow customers […]

Company vacuumed up by its own manufacturer iRobot, the company behind autonomous vacuum cleaner brand Roomba, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, telling investors that its Chinese manufacturer will […]

Watchdog links schedule change to replanning of UK payments system overhaul The European Central Bank's (ECB) decision to delay its move to a new messaging standard in 2022 ended up […]

Automaker admits raid that crippled its factories in August led to the theft of sensitive info Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has reportedly told staff the cyber raid that crippled its […]

Both admit attackers were already exploiting the bugs, with scant detail and hints of spyware-grade abuse Apple and Google have both issued emergency patches after zero-day bugs were caught being […]

Minister insists 'modest' bill is not an assault on privacy-preserving tech The Danish government wants the public to weigh in on its proposed laws restricting use of VPNs to access […]

I'm dreaming of a white hat mass Opinion  It was 40 years ago that four young British hackers set about changing the law, although they didn't know it at the […]

One keypress turned a tricky Windows NT balancing act into a life of leisure Who, Me?  After a weekend of R&R, The Register welcomes you back to the working week […]