Chinese State Media Calls US a ‘Surveillance Empire’ Over Trackers In Chips Summary China’s state-run Xinhua criticised recent Reuters reporting that US authorities secretly placed location trackers in targeted shipments…
Decoding Palantir, the Most Mysterious Company in Silicon Valley Key Points • Palantir builds configurable data‑infrastructure tools (Foundry for private enterprise; Gotham for government and law enforcement) rather than selling…
Controversial climate report from Trump team galvanises scientists into action Summary The US Department of Energy report produced by the Trump administration team claims that global warming is “less damaging…
Should UK.gov save money by looking for open source alternatives to Microsoft? You decide Summary The Register’s Lindsay Clark kicks off a reader poll and debate after reporting that the…
Why the UK public sector still creaks along on COBOL Summary The UK government is publicly embracing AI, but much of its IT estate remains rooted in decades-old legacy systems…
Microsoft kills volume rebates in name of ‘transparency’ Summary Microsoft is changing how it prices Online Services in Enterprise Agreements: from 1 November 2025 pricing will align with the rates…
Linux is about to lose a feature – over a personality clash Summary The Register reports that bcachefs, a next‑generation copy‑on‑write filesystem for Linux, looks set to be omitted from…
Oracle cuts cloud jobs with Seattle hit hard as AI spending soars Summary Oracle has filed Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notices showing more than 300 employees in California…
No more Blocktoberfest? German court throws book at ad blockers Summary The German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has partially overturned an appeals-court finding in an 11-year copyright dispute between…
Chinese State Media Calls US a ‘Surveillance Empire’ Over Trackers In Chips Summary Reuters reported that US authorities secretly placed location-tracking devices inside targeted shipments of advanced chips to detect…
