Trump administration likely to upend Biden AI policy
22 hours ago · Analysis President Biden has taken some steps to create a concrete AI policy in the United States. However, while there's plenty to argue about in terms of how effective the administration's moves have been, experts The Register spoke to agree that there are likely to be more big changes once Donald Trump begins his second term.. For starters, expect Biden's 2023 executive order on AI to be ...
SpaceX claims another Starship success, fumbles the catch
2 days ago · SpaceX has notched up another test flight of its Starship behemoth, but chose not to try catching the Super Heavy Booster this time. The rocket launched from SpaceX's Boca Chica facility in Texas at 2200 UTC on November 19 without incident. Following stage separation, the Super Heavy booster executed its typical flip maneuver and seemed to head back to the launch site for another catch by the ...
Microsoft starts boiling the Copilot frog • The Register
4 days ago · Opinion In 1968's Star Trek episode, "The Ultimate Computer," Captain Kirk had his ship used to test M5, a new computer. A copilot, if you will, for the Starship Enterprise. Designed to more efficiently perform the jobs of the human crew, the M5 indeed did those jobs very well yet with such a terrifying lack of understanding it had to be disabled. But not before exacting a …
T-Mobile US 'monitoring' China's 'industry-wide attack'
3 days ago · T-Mobile US said it is "monitoring" an "industry-wide" cyber-espionage campaign against American networks – amid fears Chinese government-backed spies compromised the un-carrier among with various other telecommunications providers. On Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported T-Mo was among those hit in a months-long effort by the Chinese to ...
Musk to head up Trump's gov't efficiency 'department'
Nov 14, 2024 · Comment Well, it's official(ish): US president-elect Donald Trump has made good on a campaign promise to appoint Elon Musk to the head of "the Department of Government Efficiency" – or DOGE.. No, we're not joking.Doge, as in Dogecoin, the meme cryptocurrency championed by the SpaceX supremo. We even warned about the possibility of such a move back in September when Musk and Trump's cozy ...
Apple's iCloud hit with £3 billion overcharging claim
Nov 14, 2024 · UK consumer group Which? has filed a £3 billion action against Apple over alleged competition law breaches related to its iCloud service. The claim alleges that the iPhone maker locked customers into iCloud and charged them handsomely for the privilege. Which? claims that around 40 million Apple customers in the UK who have obtained iCloud services in the last nine years could be affected ...
NatWest blocks bevy of messenger apps on staff devices
Thu 14 Nov 2024 // 10:53 UTC. The full list of messaging apps officially blocked by Brit banking and insurance giant NatWest Group is more extensive than WhatsApp, Meta's Messenger, and Skype – as first reported. BBC broke the news of the banking group formally banning the three apps on November 12, but The Register now understands the list ...
Ofgem slaps down Capita's £130M smart meter splurge
Fri 15 Nov 2024 // 11:25 UTC. UK energy regulator Ofgem is set to disallow current and projected costs of nearly £130 million ($165 million) accrued by Data Communications Company (DCC), the Capita-owned monopoly responsible for the UK's smart meter platform. Ofgem regulates DCC in an attempt to ensure it offers higher quality services and ...
Snowflake opens chat-driven access to enterprise data
Nov 13, 2024 · Within Cortex, Snowflake is introducing a new chat API, which it says will help the Cortex Analyst product create conversational experiences with structured data and enable the Cortex Search capability to build conversational experiences with documents. Cortex AI also offers access to external large language models via LLM functions or REST APIs.
Fujitsu does not trust Post Office use of Horizon data
Tue 12 Nov 2024 // 11:53 UTC. Fujitsu's Europe boss has told a public inquiry into the Post Office scandal — one of the widest miscarriages of justice in UK history — that the company does not trust the UK public body in its use of Horizon system data to support future police prosecutions. Speaking at the inquiry this week, Paul Patterson ...