Intel Compute Runtime 24.13.29138.7 Brings Improved OpenCL/OpenGL Sharing
Chinese Cities Are Sinking Rapidly
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Tow-Boot 2023.07 U-Boot Distribution Released With New Board Support
A quarter of 5-7 year olds now use smartphones, says regulator
The UK's telecoms regulator has found that nearly a quarter of children between the ages of five and seven own a smartphone while a similar percentage use social media unsupervised.…
Cybercriminals threaten to leak all 5 million records from stolen database of high-risk individuals
The World-Check database used by businesses to verify the trustworthiness of users has fallen into the hands of cybercriminals.…
Rockchip NPU Open-Source Driver Taking Shape, Will Aim For Upstream Accel Driver
Intel oneVPL GPU Runtime 2024Q1 Brings VP9 Fix & AV1 Refinements
Germany cuffs alleged Russian spies over plot to bomb industrial and military targets
Bavarian state police have arrested two German-Russian citizens on suspicion of being Russian spies and planning to bomb industrial and military facilities that participate in efforts to assist Ukraine defend itself against Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion.…
FBI Says Chinese Hackers Preparing To Attack US Infrastructure
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Wing Commander III changed how the copy hotkey works in Windows 95
It is almost 30 years since Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger was released. In addition to allowing users to kick some Kilrathi ass, the game also played an important role in testing Windows 95.…
Some smart meters won't be smart at all once 2/3G networks mothballed
Months after being quizzed by a committee of cross-party MPs, the UK government is still failing to clarify ways to support the substitution of millions of smart meters that will become obsolete when 2G and 3G networks are switched off.…
Your trainee just took down our business and has no idea how or why
On Call Welcome once more to On Call, The Register's Friday foray into tech support memories contributed by you, our much-appreciated readers.…
Northrop Grumman Working With SpaceX On US Spy Satellite System
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UK unions publish AI bill to protect workers from 'risks and harms' of tech
A UK federation of trades unions has published a bill designed to protect workers from “the risks and harms” of AI-powered decision-making in the workplace.…
Huawei's latest flagship smartphone contains no world-shaking silicon surprises
When Huawei debuted its Mate 60 smartphone in mid-2023, it turned heads around the world after teardown artists found it contained a system-on-chip manufactured by Chinese chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) using a 7nm process.…
Oracle scores big win with Fujitsu Japan for its Alloy partner cloud
Oracle has had a big win in Japan that could turn into something enormous, and also revealed plans to score more success in the land of the rising sun.…
Reddit Is Taking Over Google
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Ubuntu 24.04 Yields a 20% Performance Advantage Over Windows 11 On Ryzen 7 Framework Laptop
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Meta lets Llama 3 LLM out to graze, claims it can give Google and Anthropic a kicking
Meta has unleashed its latest large language model (LLM) – named Llama 3 – and claims it will challenge much larger models from the likes of Google, Mistral, and Anthropic.…
Netflix Blows Past Earnings Estimates As Subscribers Jump 16%
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