Reg readers have spoken: 93% back move away from Microsoft in UK public sector
Reg readers have spoken: 93% back move away from Microsoft in UK public sector Summary The Register ran a debate and poll after the UK government confirmed it expects to…
Garmin Beats Apple to Market with Satellite-Connected Smartwatch
Garmin Beats Apple to Market with Satellite-Connected Smartwatch Summary Garmin has announced the Fenix 8 Pro — its first smartwatch with built-in inReach satellite and cellular connectivity — days before…
UK government trial of M365 Copilot finds no clear productivity boost
UK government trial of M365 Copilot finds no clear productivity boost Summary A three-month pilot (October–December 2024) by the Department for Business and Trade gave 1,000 M365 Copilot licences to…
AI Generated ‘Boring History’ Videos Are Flooding YouTube, Drowning Out Real History
AI Generated ‘Boring History’ Videos Are Flooding YouTube, Drowning Out Real History Summary A Slashdot post summarises a 404 Media investigation by Jason Koebler that finds a surge of AI-generated…
Goldman Sachs warns AI bubble could burst datacenter boom
Goldman Sachs warns AI bubble could burst datacenter boom Summary Goldman Sachs forecasts global datacentre capacity will jump from about 62 GW today to roughly 92 GW by 2027, driven…
Supermarket Giant Tesco Sues VMware, Warns Lack of Support Could Disrupt Food Supply
Supermarket Giant Tesco Sues VMware, Warns Lack of Support Could Disrupt Food Supply Summary Tesco has filed a lawsuit against Broadcom and reseller Computacenter seeking at least $134 million, alleging…
Huawei counts cost of Western bans as UK business withers
Huawei counts cost of Western bans as UK business withers Summary Huawei’s UK arm has seen its business shrink dramatically since Western restrictions were imposed. For the year to 31…
Switzerland Releases Open-Source AI Model Built For Privacy
Switzerland Releases Open-Source AI Model Built For Privacy Summary Switzerland has launched Apertus, a fully open-source, multilingual language model trained on about 15 trillion tokens covering over 1,000 languages. The…
Google Critics Think the Search Remedies Ruling is a Total Whiff
Google Critics Think the Search Remedies Ruling is a Total Whiff Summary Federal court remedies in the US antitrust case against Google — which block exclusive search deals but allow…
Google’s Latest Pixel Drop Brings the Material 3 Expressive UI To Older Devices
Google’s Latest Pixel Drop Brings the Material 3 Expressive UI To Older Devices Summary Google’s September Pixel Drop backports the Material 3 Expressive UI and a bundle of other feature…