India’s PM laments missing out on global chipmaking dominance – in 1964! Summary Indian prime minister Narendra Modi used his Independence Day speech to highlight new semiconductor investment and promise…
Google admits anticompetitive conduct in Australia, agrees to modest fine Summary Australia’s competition regulator has secured an admission from Google over exclusive search pre-installs on Android devices sold by Telstra…
Teen interns brute-forced a disk install, with predictable results Summary Reader-submitted anecdote from The Register’s “Who, Me?” column. In 1996, a high-school intern—Regomized as “Kerry”—and a fellow teen were working…
List or get off the pot: Auditors demand gov’t improve IT reporting or give it up Summary The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB)…
Softbank bets $2 billion on Intel having a future Summary Japanese investment group SoftBank has purchased about a two percent stake in Intel with a $2 billion investment. Both companies…
August update leaves Windows reset and recovery dead in the water Summary Microsoft’s August 2025 security update broke the Reset and recovery functionality on a number of Windows editions, notably…
PinePhone Pro canned in pursuit of RISC-V business Summary Pine64 has announced it will discontinue the PinePhone Pro, its higher-end open smartphone aimed at developers and FOSS enthusiasts, while continuing…
NASA starts bolting together Artemis III rocket for 2027 Moon shot Summary NASA has begun assembling the Space Launch System (SLS) for Artemis III at Kennedy Space Center by moving…
How low can colo go, asks JLL, as datacenter vacancy rates near zero Summary Colocation capacity in North America has fallen to a record-low 2.3% vacancy in H1 2025 as…
Python survey shows growth even as Foundation funding falters Summary The Python Software Foundation (PSF), with JetBrains, published its largest Python Developer Survey yet (around 29–30k responses). The results show…
