GPT-5 is going so well for OpenAI that there’s now a ‘show additional models’ switch Summary OpenAI’s rollout of GPT-5 aimed to funnel users through a single, unified model that…
No more fake news: Google now lets you prioritise El Reg, others in search results Summary Google has started rolling out a “preferred sources” feature in the US and India…
Latest Windows patches cause false alarm error to appear in event viewer Summary Microsoft’s July non-security preview and the August 2025 security update can cause Event Viewer to log an…
US weather agency dangles $396M to run ops for its next space-watching fleet Summary The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued a request for proposals for a…
OpenAI’s GPT-5 looks less like AI evolution and more like cost cutting Summary The Register argues that GPT-5 is less a leap in AI capability and more a series of…
Fortinet discloses critical bug with working exploit code amid surge in brute-force attempts Summary Fortinet has disclosed a critical OS command injection flaw in FortiSIEM (CVE-2025-25256) with a CVSS score…
Tsunami forecasting about to get a lot faster thanks to El Capitan super Summary Researchers using El Capitan — the world’s most powerful publicly known supercomputer — have developed a…
Doctors get dopey if they rely too much on AI, study suggests Summary A recent study published in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology examined how continuous exposure to AI-assisted image…
What is Microsoft Managed Desktop (MMD)? Summary Microsoft Managed Desktop (MMD) was a cloud-based device management service from Microsoft that simplified provisioning, configuration, maintenance and support for corporate Windows devices.…
What is governance, risk and compliance (GRC)? Summary GRC (governance, risk and compliance) is a unified discipline for managing an organisation’s corporate governance policies, enterprise risk management programmes and regulatory/company…
