ThinkPad Designer David Hill Spills Secrets, Designs That Never Made It
ThinkPad Designer David Hill Spills Secrets, Designs That Never Made It Summary David W. Hill, who led ThinkPad design from 1995 to 2017, talks to The Register about a string…
Intel CEO Hits Out at ‘Misinformation’ After US President Calls on Him To Resign
Intel CEO Hits Out at ‘Misinformation’ After US President Calls on Him To Resign Summary Intel chief executive Lip-Bu Tan has pushed back against what he called “misinformation” about his…
UK Secretly Allows Facial Recognition Scans of Passport, Immigration Databases
UK Secretly Allows Facial Recognition Scans of Passport, Immigration Databases Summary Privacy campaigners say the UK government has quietly permitted police facial-recognition systems to scan images drawn from passport and…
North Korean cyber-espionage group ScarCruft adds ransomware in recent attack
North Korean cyber-espionage group ScarCruft adds ransomware in recent attack Summary South Korean cybersecurity firm S2W reports that the North Korea-linked hacker group ScarCruft included a newly observed ransomware variant…
Federal judiciary tightens digital security as it deals with ‘escalated cyberattacks’
Federal judiciary tightens digital security as it deals with ‘escalated cyberattacks’ Summary U.S. federal court officials announced strengthened cybersecurity measures after what they described as “escalated cyberattacks” targeting their case…
Sudden spike in demand causes issues in Azure East US region
Sudden spike in demand causes issues in Azure East US region Summary Microsoft Azure’s East US region experienced virtual machine allocation failures after a sudden spike in demand for compute…
OpenAI Releases GPT-5
OpenAI Releases GPT-5 Summary OpenAI has released GPT-5 following a two-year development cycle. CEO Sam Altman described it as a “significant leap in intelligence” over previous models. The system posts…
Google TV’s Uncertain Future
Google TV’s Uncertain Future Summary Google has quietly reversed course on selling advertising directly on its Google TV smart‑TV platform, returning ad inventory to publishers and moving to revenue‑share arrangements,…
Microsoft’s $30 Windows 10 Security Updates Cover 10 Devices
Summary Microsoft’s $30 Extended Security Updates (ESU) for Windows 10 will cover up to ten devices tied to a single Microsoft Account, according to updated support documentation. The ESU programme…
Trump Signs Executive Order Opening 401(k) Retirement Market To Crypto Investments
Trump Signs Executive Order Opening 401(k) Retirement Market To Crypto Investments Summary President Trump has signed an executive order directing federal regulators to explore ways to allow participant-directed defined-contribution retirement…