It probably wasn't only sound driver problems that kept users away

Microsoft has lifted a 29-month compatibility hold that prevented some Windows 10 systems from upgrading to Windows 11 due to an issue with an Intel Smart Sound Technology driver.…

Attackers could nab an org's most sensitive keys if left unaddressed

Updated  Customers of Delinea's Secret Server are being urged to upgrade their installations "immediately" after a researcher claimed a critical vulnerability could allow attackers to gain admin-level access.…

Someone forgot to tell Apple and Samsung as Chinese brands rebound

The world is collectively buying more factory-fresh smartphones again, with Chinese homegrown brands propelling shipments. Meanwhile, Apple reported a near double-digit slump, and Samsung also saw declines, albeit at a slower rate.…

Fears of low-cost invasion and data spies spark call for ban

Electric vehicles may become a new front in America's tech war with China after a US senator called for Washington DC to block Chinese-made EVs to protect domestic industries and national security.…

Skills access still an issue for organizations hoping to beat the 2027 ECC support deadline

Nearly two-thirds of SAP users in North America are set to migrate to its latest S/4HANA ERP platform, or have already started the process, according to a recent survey.…

This wasn't what most had in mind when Redmond promised to make the feature 'great again'

Microsoft is to try out "recommendations" – ads for apps in the Microsoft Store – in the Windows 11 Start Menu, but only for a small set of US Beta Channel Windows Insiders at first.…

System alerts were pinging but cat had no way of knowing what was happening

A developer named Danny Guo has shared a story of the time his cat alerted him to a DDoS attack.…

Neither side can afford to lose, but one surely must

Opinion  Twice it was tried, twice it failed. In Germany, Munich and Lower Saxony both decided to switch to open source for official IT. Both projects, to some extent or another*, returned to Microsoft. Now the state of Schleswig-Holstein is hoping for third time lucky. It's been planning the same thing for three years, and now it's pressing the button.…

Kernel 6.8, GNOME 46, and more apps in Snap packages

The beta version of this year's Ubuntu LTS release is out, complete with a new, and automatable, installation program.…

Thanks to sensors and math, machines can 'learn' to adapt to new mediums

Eggheads at MIT say they have developed a method for 3D printing, which they claim greatly reduces the time taken to adapt machines to using different materials.…

If you're too exhausted to think, maybe you shouldn't be doing tech support

who, me?  Welcome once again, gentle reader folk, to the comfy corner of The Register safe space we call Who, Me? wherein readers share their stories of times when they were not perhaps at the very peak of their technical brilliance.…

First rise in five years varies between 9.26 and 16.67 percent for different products – for no apparent reason

Microsoft has foreshadowed significant price rises for its Dynamics 365 cloudy business applications.…

Reconaissance vessels first, then set a course for armed drones

South Korean industrial giant HD Hyundai's maritime arm announced on Sunday it will collaborate with controversial software developer Palantir Technologies to develop an unmanned surface vessel (USV) that can conduct reconnaissance for the world's navies.…

Investors get excited about using AI to make AI easier

Supercolossal SaaS seller Salesforce is reportedly poised to acquire cloud data management outfit Informatica.…

PLUS: Chinese chipmaker Nexperia attacked; A Microsoft-signed backdoor; CISA starts scanning your malware; and more

Infosec in brief  US Congress nearly killed a reauthorization of FISA Section 702 last week over concerns that it would continue to allow warrantless surveillance of Americans, but an amendment to require a warrant failed to pass.…

PLUS: AWS expands India payment options; Alibaba co-founders unite in criticism; Korea invests in AI; and more

Asia In Brief  The Australian operations of Estonian cloud and web hosting outfit BlueVPS have been struck by a multi-day outage that commenced on or about April 9 and is ongoing at the time of writing.…

Industrial revolution didn't give us human mimics, so why should AI think like us, this computer scientist wonders

Interview  While the likes of OpenAI and Google DeepMind chase after some fabled artificial general intelligence, not everyone thinks that's the best use of our time and energy in developing AI.…

'Something is stopping it, even though it clearly can do it'

AI models become better at foretelling the future when asked to frame the prediction as a story about the past, boffins at Baylor University in Texas have found.…

'Not all AI content is spam, but I think right now all spam is AI content'

interview  We know Google search results are being hammered by the proliferation of AI garbage, and the web giant's attempts to curb the growth of machine-generated drivel haven't helped all that much.…

There's no Huawei we saw that coming

Years after Uncle Sam ordered US telecommunications providers to rip and replace Huawei kit from their networks, Beijing is telling telcos in China to strip out American-made chips.…