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theregister 9h ago 21°

Devs in the trenches are stressed from the mandate to automate everything, but Render thinks it can help

San Francisco plays host to hosting company's Localhost conference
theregister 36h ago 21°

Welcome to your new telco job – here's sudo access to a database with full customer info stored in the clear

It happened at a major US telco in the early 2000s
theregister 35h ago 17°

UK Cabinet Office hiring AI and innovation 'influencer' to build 'AI-first culture' in civil service

Every buzzword deployed in quest to transform into 'country that is equipped for an AI world'
theregister 5h ago 15°

Waymo hits the brakes after robotaxis keep missing the signs for freeway construction zones

Nearly 4,000 vehicles recalled for driving past closure warnings and between cones marking shut lanes
theregister 48h ago 14°

If AGENTS.md smells ripe, your code won’t live up to the hype

Researchers urge developers to see that less is more when it comes to instructions
theregister 36h ago 14°

Major US carrier stored credit card info in the clear, employee learned on first day

It happened at a major US telco in the early 2000s
theregister 28h ago 14°

The AI tipping point: where enterprise AI runs at scale

PARTNER CONTENT: AI's cloud journey homeward bound: enterprises prefer private clouds for scaling AI workloads.
theregister 31h ago 13°

Microsoft once used its own brand of 'Lego' to optimize Windows

Making software feel snappier when you only have 12 MB RAM
theregister 26h ago 12°

Committed skeptic finds himself warming to new Amazon AI products that actually don't suck

Ed's note to Corey: Blink once if you're safe, twice if you're in danger
theregister 13h ago 12°

Users claimed they’d never seen a spell checker and panicked at the sight of red squiggles

Techie couldn’t help but be a little blunt when the support call came in – but has no regrets!
theregister 7h ago 12°

Microsoft's latest Windows bug belongs in the Recycle Bin

File deletion dialog swaps recognizable names for internal gibberish
theregister 30h ago 12°

AI nose uses 'Smell Language Model' to sniff out signs of disease

Sampling patients' breath may save lives and emergency room resources
theregister 41h ago 12°

Cyber offenses now account for around a third of all crime across Asia and South Pacific

Latest Interpol review shows how scams continue to dominate, and AI-enabled attackers prove too hot to handle for cash-strapped regions
theregister 25h ago 11°

Midjourney pivots from AI image generation to body scanning medical spa where patients bathe in 'golden light'

The underlying technology is real...and borrowed from a partner the company failed to mention
theregister 8h ago 11°

Rights groups brand Home Office's AI age guesser for asylum-seekers as biased and inaccurate

Campaigners say tech is unable to reliably distinguish between kids and adults at the boundary where use is planned
theregister 44h ago 11°

Estonia intends to recognize AI agents with digital IDs

I am not a number!
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