Foundry site due to open in 2028 ... assuming it's not, y'know, delayed or cancelled

The government of Israel has agreed to contribute $3.2 billion in grants to support the construction of a $25 billion fab at Intel's Kiryat Gat site in the country.…

Stick WMR next to 3D TVs, Segways, and maybe soon generative AI

Microsoft has admitted what the rest of the tech world has long suspected: Windows Mixed Reality has no future at the IT giant, and the platform will be yanked from a future release of the operating system.…

'A business model based on mass copyright infringement'

The New York Times has sued Microsoft and OpenAI, claiming the duo infringed the newspaper's copyright by using its articles without permission to build ChatGPT and similar models. It is the first major American media outfit to drag the tech pair to court over the use of stories in training data.…

'Our licenses aren't working anymore,' says free software pioneer

Interview  Bruce Perens, one of the founders of the Open Source movement, is ready for what comes next: the Post-Open Source movement.…

Leftover Christmas dollars burning a hole in your pocket? Series 9 and Ultra 2 watches vanish from shelves

Updated  The game of patent ping-pong over the Apple Watch and Ultra 2 has continued as the phone maker filed an appeal over an import ban of the devices into the US.…

Large language models one day may automate your day-to-day work chores – without getting you fired, we hope

Comment  Large language models seem poised to evolve from AI chatbots generating synthetic content on your screen to virtual agents that are capable of performing actions on your PC right at your desk.…

PLUS: Fujitsu Japan spins out servers, storage, and PCs; Japan’s moonshot on track; Samsung reportedly delays Arizona fab opening

Asia In Brief  Infosys has lost a ten-year, $1.5 billion deal it announced just three months ago in September 2023.…

Turing Award winner whose research and startups broke ground for five decades, tells The Reg he has more up his sleeve

Interview  What if we built the operating system on top of the database instead of the other way around? It sounds like an idea from an undergraduate student after one microdose too many, except it's not. It's a serious idea from someone who has already upended the computing industry and whose influence has spread into familiar products from Microsoft and Oracle.…