Include climate impacts when protecting infrastructure Summary The authors respond to the Nord Stream natural-gas pipeline ruptures (September 2022), which released about 465,000 tonnes of methane, and argue that the…
How academics and ‘big tech’ can learn from one another Summary Steven C. Currall argues that academic–industry partnerships, especially with large technology firms, can be highly productive but are also…
Disney agrees to $10 million settlement for collecting data from children Summary The Federal Trade Commission announced that Disney will pay $10 million to settle allegations it collected personal data…
I was a part-time DBA. After this failover foul-up, they hired a full-time DBA Summary A part-time DBA (referred to as “Derek”) managed two MySQL instances in Boston and Malta…
White House nixes NASA unions amid budget uncertainty Summary The White House issued an executive order on 28 August adding NASA to the National Security Exclusions list, removing federal collective…
Azure budget alerts go berserk after Microsoft account migration misfire Summary Some Microsoft Azure customers were hit by wildly incorrect cost forecasts and consequent budget alerts after an account migration…
Laravel inventor tells devs to quit writing ‘cathedrals of complexity’ Summary Taylor Otwell, creator and lead maintainer of the PHP framework Laravel, warns developers against creating overly clever, hard-to-change code…
Reg readers have spoken: 93% back move away from Microsoft in UK public sector Summary The Register reports that in a reader poll of more than 1,500 participants, 93% backed…
Huawei counts cost of Western bans as UK business withers Summary Huawei’s UK arm has seen revenues collapse to £188.2m for the year ended 31 December 2024 — an 85%…
Microsoft readies Windows 11 25H2 while Windows 10 circles the drain Summary Microsoft has pushed Windows 11 version 25H2 to the Release Preview channel for Windows Insiders, with general availability…
