OK
http://www.theregister.co.uk/
Websites
Runtime: 917ms
On October 19, 2025, 07:49 AM UTC, http://www.theregister.co.uk/ was accessible when tested on AS6697 in Belarus.
Failures
HTTP Experiment
null
DNS Experiment
null
Control
null
DNS Queries
Resolver:
172.217.34.22
Query:
IN A www.theregister.co.uk
Engine:
system
Name
Class
TTL
Type
DATA
@
IN
A
188.114.96.3
@
IN
A
188.114.97.3
TCP Connections
Connection to 188.114.96.3:80 succeeded.
Connection to 188.114.97.3:80 succeeded.
HTTP Requests
URL
GET https://www.theregister.com/
Response Headers
Alt-Svc:h3=":443"; ma=86400Cf-Cache-Status:DYNAMICCf-Ray:990eaddd6f93b659-WAWContent-Type:text/html; charset=UTF-8Date:Sun, 19 Oct 2025 07:49:29 GMTLink:<https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/tag/js/gpt.js>; rel=preload; as=script;,</design_picker/e714a636e007b97b937b69414caf9141f7a3cf27/javascript/_.js>; rel=preload; as=script;,</css/eac2ec4195a73df9b0d2e497e60918d3e1ea0033/scaffolding.css>; rel=preload; as=style;,</css/eac2ec4195a73df9b0d2e497e60918d3e1ea0033/design.css>; rel=preload; as=style;,</design_picker/5e49edbd1875f214e0decae1e24b200066780fa8/style/fonts/arimo/arimo-700.latin.woff2>; rel=preload; as=font; crossorigin;,</design_picker/5e49edbd1875f214e0decae1e24b200066780fa8/style/fonts/arimo/arimo-400.latin.woff2>; rel=preload; as=font; crossorigin;Server:cloudflareVary:Accept-EncodingX-Clacks-Overhead:GNU Terry Pratchett, Lester HainesX-Content-Type-Options:nosniffX-Reg-Bofh:pfy03gb
Response Body
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type">
<meta name="Googlebot-News" content="noindex">
<title>The Register: Enterprise Technology News and Analysis</title>
<meta name="robots" content="max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:standard, max-video-preview:0">
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0, width=device-width">
<meta name="description" content="Enterprise technology news for IT decision-makers and professionals">
<meta property="og:title" content="Enterprise Technology News and Analysis">
<meta property="og:image" content="https://www.theregister.com/design_picker/621fa76b064a476dc713ebf25bbf16451c706c03/graphics/icons/reg_logo_og_image_1200x630.jpg">
<script>
var RegZoot = { };
var RegCC = [ ];
var RegPageType = 'Index';
var RegTruePageType = 'www index';
var RegEagleType = 'RT-2F';
var RegBirds = ["buzzard","eagle","falcon","hawk","owl"];
</script>
<link rel="canonical" href="https://www.theregister.com/">
<link rel=stylesheet type="text/css" href="/css/eac2ec4195a73df9b0d2e497e60918d3e1ea0033/scaffolding.css">
<link rel=stylesheet type="text/css" href="/css/eac2ec4195a73df9b0d2e497e60918d3e1ea0033/design.css">
<style>
#nav_elem_none {
text-decoration: underline !important;
}
</style>
<link rel=stylesheet type="text/css" href="/css/eac2ec4195a73df9b0d2e497e60918d3e1ea0033/rows.css">
<link rel="preload" as="image" href="https://regmedia.co.uk/2025/10/01/shutterstock_fax_machine.jpg?x=648&y=324&crop=1">
<link rel=alternate type="application/atom+xml" href="/headlines.atom" title="The Register: whole site">
<script>
var RegCR = true;
</script>
<script src="/design_picker/e714a636e007b97b937b69414caf9141f7a3cf27/javascript/_.js"></script>
<script>
RegGPT('reg_homepage/front','0252c57b1aeb58c77c65fab58d6810ed','0252c57b1aeb58c77c65fab58d6810ed');
</script>
<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js"></script>
<link rel=search href="https://search.theregister.com/">
<link rel=search type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" title="El Reg Search" href="/Design/page/search.osd">
<link rel="icon" href="/design_picker/13249a2e80709c7ff2e57dd3d49801cd534f2094/graphics/favicons/favicon.ico" sizes="any"><!-- 32×32 -->
<link rel="icon" href="/design_picker/13249a2e80709c7ff2e57dd3d49801cd534f2094/graphics/favicons/favicon.svg" type="image/svg+xml">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/design_picker/13249a2e80709c7ff2e57dd3d49801cd534f2094/graphics/favicons/apple-touch-icon.png"><!-- 180×180 -->
<link rel="manifest" href="/design_picker/13249a2e80709c7ff2e57dd3d49801cd534f2094/graphics/favicons/site.webmanifest">
<meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#ff0000">
<meta name="msapplication-config" content="/design_picker/13249a2e80709c7ff2e57dd3d49801cd534f2094/graphics/favicons/browserconfig.xml">
<meta name="theme-color" content="#ff0000">
</head>
<body class="fullwidth" data-pagetype='Index'>
<div id="page">
<div data-oop="1" data-pos="top" data-raptor="kite" aria-hidden="true" class="adun"></div>
<div id="masthead">
<div class="los_amigos">
<div class="left_nav">
<a id="mob_user_link" href="https://account.theregister.com/register/" aria-label="Your Account">
<img class="account_icon" width="16" height="16" src="/design_picker/ae01b183a707a7db8cd5f2c947715ed56d335138/graphics/std/user_icon_white_extents_16x16.png" srcset="/design_picker/ae01b183a707a7db8cd5f2c947715ed56d335138/graphics/std/user_icon_white_extents.svg" alt="">
<img class="filled_icon" width="16" height="16" src="/design_picker/ae01b183a707a7db8cd5f2c947715ed56d335138/graphics/std/user_icon_white_filled_extents_16x16.png" srcset="/design_picker/ae01b183a707a7db8cd5f2c947715ed56d335138/graphics/std/user_icon_filled_white_extents.svg" alt="">
<span id="mob_user_text"><span>Sign in / up</span></span>
</a>
</div>
<div class="center_nav">
<a href="https://www.theregister.com/" class="logo">
<span class="visually_hidden">The Register</span>
</a>
</div>
<div class="right_nav">
<a href="https://search.theregister.com/" class="nav_search topnav_elem" data-name="Search" aria-label="Search">
<img width="16" height="16" src="/design_picker/ae01b183a707a7db8cd5f2c947715ed56d335138/graphics/std/magnifying_glass_white_extents_16x16.png" srcset="/design_picker/ae01b183a707a7db8cd5f2c947715ed56d335138/graphics/std/magnifying_glass_white_extents.svg" alt="">
</a>
<div id="site_nav_mobile">
<noscript><div id="site_nav_mobile_hiding_stamp"></div></noscript>
<button id="mobile_menu_toggle" aria-label="Open menu" type="button">
<img width="16" height="16" src="/design_picker/ae01b183a707a7db8cd5f2c947715ed56d335138/graphics/icon/burger_menu_white_16x16.png" srcset="/design_picker/ae01b183a707a7db8cd5f2c947715ed56d335138/graphics/icon/burger_menu_white_extents.svg" alt="">
<img width="16" height="16" src="/design_picker/ae01b183a707a7db8cd5f2c947715ed56d335138/graphics/icon/burger_menu_white_close_16x16.png" srcset="/design_picker/ae01b183a707a7db8cd5f2c947715ed56d335138/graphics/icon/burger_menu_white_close_extents.svg" alt="">
</button>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="top_panel_wrapper">
<div id="top_panel">
<div class="block_section nav">
<div class="nav_col first_col">
<div class="nav_top_group">
<div class="nav_topics">
<div class="nav_head_bk">
<h2 class="main_head">Topics</h2>
</div>
<div>
<nav>
<div class="nav_elem">
<div class="cat_header">
<div id="nav-security">
<a href="#subnav-box-nav-security" data-toggle-for="subnav-box-nav-security" class="topnav_elem mob_only">Security</a>
<h2 class="desk_only section_nav-security">
<a href="#subnav-box-nav-security" data-toggle-for="subnav-box-nav-security" class="topnav_elem desk_only">Security</a>
</h2>
</div>
</div><div id="subnav-box-nav-security" class="subnav_box"><a href="https://www.theregister.com/security/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-security-all"><span class="prefix_all">All </span>Security</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/security/cyber_crime/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-security-cyber_crime">Cyber-crime</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/security/patches/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-security-patches">Patches</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/security/research/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-security-research">Research</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/security/cso/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-security-cso">CSO</a>
<noscript><a href="#masthead" class="subnav_elem close_box" aria-label="Top navigation">(X)</a></noscript>
</div>
</div><div class="nav_elem">
<div class="cat_header">
<div id="nav-off_prem">
<a href="#subnav-box-nav-off_prem" data-toggle-for="subnav-box-nav-off_prem" class="topnav_elem mob_only">Off-Prem</a>
<h2 class="desk_only section_nav-off_prem">
<a href="#subnav-box-nav-off_prem" data-toggle-for="subnav-box-nav-off_prem" class="topnav_elem desk_only">Off-Prem</a>
</h2>
</div>
</div><div id="subnav-box-nav-off_prem" class="subnav_box"><a href="https://www.theregister.com/off_prem/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-off_prem-all"><span class="prefix_all">All </span>Off-Prem</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/off_prem/edge_iot/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-off_prem-edge_iot">Edge + IoT</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/off_prem/channel/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-off_prem-channel">Channel</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/off_prem/paas_iaas/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-off_prem-paas_iaas">PaaS + IaaS</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/off_prem/saas/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-off_prem-saas">SaaS</a>
<noscript><a href="#masthead" class="subnav_elem close_box" aria-label="Top navigation">(X)</a></noscript>
</div>
</div><div class="nav_elem">
<div class="cat_header">
<div id="nav-on_prem">
<a href="#subnav-box-nav-on_prem" data-toggle-for="subnav-box-nav-on_prem" class="topnav_elem mob_only">On-Prem</a>
<h2 class="desk_only section_nav-on_prem">
<a href="#subnav-box-nav-on_prem" data-toggle-for="subnav-box-nav-on_prem" class="topnav_elem desk_only">On-Prem</a>
</h2>
</div>
</div><div id="subnav-box-nav-on_prem" class="subnav_box"><a href="https://www.theregister.com/on_prem/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-on_prem-all"><span class="prefix_all">All </span>On-Prem</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/on_prem/systems/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-on_prem-systems">Systems</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/on_prem/storage/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-on_prem-storage">Storage</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/on_prem/networks/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-on_prem-networks">Networks</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/on_prem/hpc/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-on_prem-hpc">HPC</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/on_prem/personal_tech/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-on_prem-personal_tech">Personal Tech</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/on_prem/cxo/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-on_prem-cxo">CxO</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/on_prem/public_sector/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-on_prem-public_sector">Public Sector</a>
<noscript><a href="#masthead" class="subnav_elem close_box" aria-label="Top navigation">(X)</a></noscript>
</div>
</div><div class="nav_elem">
<div class="cat_header">
<div id="nav-software">
<a href="#subnav-box-nav-software" data-toggle-for="subnav-box-nav-software" class="topnav_elem mob_only">Software</a>
<h2 class="desk_only section_nav-software">
<a href="#subnav-box-nav-software" data-toggle-for="subnav-box-nav-software" class="topnav_elem desk_only">Software</a>
</h2>
</div>
</div><div id="subnav-box-nav-software" class="subnav_box"><a href="https://www.theregister.com/software/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-software-all"><span class="prefix_all">All </span>Software</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/software/ai_ml/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-software-ai_ml">AI + ML</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/software/applications/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-software-applications">Applications</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/software/databases/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-software-databases">Databases</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/software/devops/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-software-devops">DevOps</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/software/oses/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-software-oses">OSes</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/software/virtualization/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-software-virtualization">Virtualization</a>
<noscript><a href="#masthead" class="subnav_elem close_box" aria-label="Top navigation">(X)</a></noscript>
</div>
</div><div class="nav_elem">
<div class="cat_header">
<div id="nav-offbeat">
<a href="#subnav-box-nav-offbeat" data-toggle-for="subnav-box-nav-offbeat" class="topnav_elem mob_only">Offbeat</a>
<h2 class="desk_only section_nav-offbeat">
<a href="#subnav-box-nav-offbeat" data-toggle-for="subnav-box-nav-offbeat" class="topnav_elem desk_only">Offbeat</a>
</h2>
</div>
</div><div id="subnav-box-nav-offbeat" class="subnav_box"><a href="https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-offbeat-all"><span class="prefix_all">All </span>Offbeat</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/Debates/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-offbeat-debates">Debates</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/columnists/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-offbeat-columnists">Columnists</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/science/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-offbeat-science">Science</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/geeks_guide/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-offbeat-geeks_guide">Geek's Guide</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/bofh/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-offbeat-bofh">BOFH</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/legal/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-offbeat-legal">Legal</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/bootnotes/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-offbeat-bootnotes">Bootnotes</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/site_news/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-offbeat-site_news">Site News</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/about_us/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-offbeat-about_us">About Us</a>
<noscript><a href="#masthead" class="subnav_elem close_box" aria-label="Top navigation">(X)</a></noscript>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="nav_bottom_group">
<div class="nav_bottom_section nav_special_features">
<div class="nav_head_bk">
<a href="#subnav-box-nav-special_features" data-toggle-for="subnav-box-nav-special_features" id="nav-special_features" class="topnav_elem mob_only">Special Features</a>
<h2 class="main_head">
<span class="topnav_elem desk_only">Special Features</span>
</h2>
</div>
<nav>
<div class="nav_elem">
<div id="subnav-box-nav-special_features" class="subnav_box">
<a href="https://www.theregister.com/special_features">All Special Features</a>
<a href="https://www.theregister.com/special_features/cybersecurity_month">Cybersecurity Month</a>
<a href="https://www.theregister.com/special_features/cloud_infrastructure_month">Cloud Infrastructure Month</a>
<a href="https://www.theregister.com/special_features/datacenter_networking_nexus/">Datacenter Networking Nexus</a>
<a href="https://www.theregister.com/special_features/the_state_of_storage/">The State of Storage</a>
<a href="https://www.theregister.com/special_features/european_supercomputing/">European Supercomputing</a>
<a href="https://www.theregister.com/special_features/ai_infrastructure_month/">AI Infrastructure Month</a>
<a href="https://www.theregister.com/special_features/spotlight_on_rsac/">Spotlight on RSAC</a>
<a href="https://www.theregister.com/special_features/ai_software_development_week/">AI Software Development Week</a>
<a href="https://www.theregister.com/special_features/disaster_recovery_week/">Disaster Recovery Week</a>
<a href="https://www.theregister.com/special_features/nvidia_gtc/">Nvidia GTC</a>
<a href="https://www.theregister.com/special_features/ransomware_in_focus/">Ransomware in Focus</a>
<a href="https://www.theregister.com/special_features/future_of_the_datacenter">The Future of the Datacenter</a>
<a href="https://www.theregister.com/special_features/vmware_explore">VMware Explore</a>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
</div>
<div class="nav_bottom_section nav_elem nav_vendor_voice">
<div class="nav_head_bk">
<h2 class="main_head">
<span class="topnav_elem desk_only">Vendor Voice</span>
</h2>
</div>
<nav>
<div class="nav_elem">
<div class="cat_header">
<div id="nav-tag-vendor-voice">
<a href="#subnav-box-nav-tag-vendor-voice" data-toggle-for="subnav-box-nav-tag-vendor-voice" class="topnav_elem mob_only">Vendor Voice</a>
<h2 class="desk_only section_nav-tag-vendor-voice">
<a href="#subnav-box-nav-tag-vendor-voice" data-toggle-for="subnav-box-nav-tag-vendor-voice" class="topnav_elem desk_only">Vendor Voice</a>
</h2>
</div>
</div>
<div id="subnav-box-nav-tag-vendor-voice" class="subnav_box">
<a href="https://www.theregister.com/VendorVoice/" class="subnav_elem" id="nav-tag-vendor-voice-all">
<span class="prefix_all">All </span>Vendor Voice
</a>
<a
href="https://www.theregister.com/VendorVoice/aws_fis/"
class="subnav_elem"
id="nav-tag-vendor-voice-vv_aws_fis">
Money Movement Hub
</a>
<a
href="https://www.theregister.com/VendorVoice/google_bigquery/"
class="subnav_elem"
id="nav-tag-vendor-voice-vv_google_bigquery">
The BigQuery Difference
</a>
<a
href="https://www.theregister.com/VendorVoice/aws_global_partner_security_initiative/"
class="subnav_elem"
id="nav-tag-vendor-voice-vv_aws_global_partner_security_initiative">
AWS Global Partner Security Initiative
</a>
<a
href="https://www.theregister.com/VendorVoice/aws_new_horizon_financial_services/"
class="subnav_elem"
id="nav-tag-vendor-voice-vv_aws_new_horizon_financial_services">
Amazon Web Services (AWS) New Horizon in Cloud Computing
</a>
<noscript>
<a href="#masthead" class="subnav_elem close_box" aria-label="Top navigation">(X)</a>
</noscript>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
</div>
<div class="nav_bottom_section nav_resources">
<div class="nav_head_bk">
<a href="#subnav-box-nav-resources" data-toggle-for="subnav-box-nav-resources" id="nav-resources" class="topnav_elem mob_only">Resources</a>
<h2 class="main_head">
<span class="topnav_elem desk_only">Resources</span>
</h2>
</div>
<nav id="top_nav">
<div class="nav_elem">
<div id="subnav-box-nav-resources" class="subnav_box">
<a href="https://whitepapers.theregister.com/">Whitepapers</a>
<a href="https://whitepapers.theregister.com/events/list/">Webinars & Events</a>
<a href="https://account.theregister.com/edit/newsletter/">Newsletters</a>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div aria-hidden="true" class="adun" data-pos="top" data-raptor="condor" data-lg=",fluid,leaderboard," data-xlg=",superleaderboard,billboard,fluid,leaderboard," data-xxlg=",superleaderboard,billboard,brandwidth,fluid,leaderboard,">
<noscript>
<a href="https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_homepage/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2aPSYCeVxZgoiFOedF3z17wAAAIQ&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0" target="_blank">
<img src="https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_homepage/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2aPSYCeVxZgoiFOedF3z17wAAAIQ&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0" alt="">
</a>
</noscript>
</div>
<div id=main-col class="safari">
<div id="index_page" class=headlines>
<div class="srow rt-3a">
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/on_call/?td=rt-3a" class="story_link">
<div class="story_grid_img">
<picture>
<source srcset="https://regmedia.co.uk/2025/10/01/shutterstock_fax_machine.jpg?x=477&y=239&crop=1 477w, https://regmedia.co.uk/2025/10/01/shutterstock_fax_machine.jpg?x=592&y=296&crop=1 592w, https://regmedia.co.uk/2025/10/01/shutterstock_fax_machine.jpg?x=1184&y=592&crop=1 1184w" sizes="(max-width: 409px) 477px, (max-width: 649px) 592px, (max-width: 767px) 477px, 478px">
<img src="https://regmedia.co.uk/2025/10/01/shutterstock_fax_machine.jpg?x=592&y=296&crop=1" alt="" width="592" height="296">
</picture>
</div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>'Fax virus' panicked a manager and sparked job-killing Reply-All incident</h4>
<div class="standfirst">
<span class="label">On Call</span>
The 1990s called with a reminder that in the time before ransomware, infosec panics could be quite quaint
</div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<div class="other_stories">
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/16/windows_11_update_localhost/?td=rt-3a" class="story_link">
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Windows 11 update breaks localhost, prompting mass uninstall workaround</h4>
<div class="standfirst">
<span class="label">Updated</span>
Microsoft's quality control department caught napping again
</div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<div class="line_separator"></div>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/16/anthropic_mad_skills_claude/?td=rt-3a" class="story_link">
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Anthropic brings mad Skills to Claude</h4>
<div class="standfirst">
Teaching an old bot new tricks
</div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<div class="line_separator"></div>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/sap_s4hana_business_case/?td=rt-3a" class="story_link">
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>SAP users still wrestling with business case for S/4HANA</h4>
<div class="standfirst">
A decade later, ERP giant struggles to convince legacy customers to upgrade
</div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
</div>
</div>
<div aria-hidden="true" class="adun" data-pos="top" data-raptor="condor" data-xsm=",mpu," data-sm=",mpu," data-md=",mpu," data-xmd=",leaderboard,">
<noscript>
<a href="https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_homepage/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2aPSYCeVxZgoiFOedF3z17wAAAIQ&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0" target="_blank">
<img src="https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_homepage/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2aPSYCeVxZgoiFOedF3z17wAAAIQ&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0" alt="">
</a>
</noscript>
</div>
<div class="srow rt-1a">
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/18/ruby_central_taps_ruby_core/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Ruby Central tries to make peace after 'hostile takeover'</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Taps Ruby core to oversee RubyGems, Bundler</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Devops</span><span class="time_stamp" title="18 Oct 11:15" data-epoch="1760786113">18 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">8</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/meta_blue_owl_hyperion/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Meta convinces Blue Owl to cut $30B check for its Hyperion AI super cluster</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Cleverly concocked deal keeps debt off Social Media empire's books</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">On-Prem</span><span class="time_stamp" title="17 Oct 21:08" data-epoch="1760735333">17 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">14</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/amazon_nuke_washington/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Amazon spills plan to nuke Washington...with X-Energy mini-reactors</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Now they just need to get regulatory approval</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Networks</span><span class="time_stamp" title="17 Oct 18:58" data-epoch="1760727499">17 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">24</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/american_airlines_envoy_oracle_ebs/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>American Airlines subsidiary Envoy caught in Clop's Oracle EBS raid</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Not a good week for Big Red</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Cybersecurity Month</span><span class="time_stamp" title="17 Oct 17:32" data-epoch="1760722326">17 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">2</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
</div>
<div class="srow rt-2f">
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/vatican_seminar_calls_for_global/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="592" data-height="296" data-src="/2025/10/17/shutterstock_2639315715.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Thou shalt not let AI run amok: Vatican wants global rules</h4>
<div class=standfirst>'AI is a tool', Pope tells attendees</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">AI + ML</span><span class="time_stamp" title="17 Oct 17:01" data-epoch="1760720470">17 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">17</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/hyperscaler_datacenter_ocp/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="592" data-height="296" data-src="/2022/04/07/datacenter.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Hyperscalers try to beat the heat with larger racks, more air flow</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Most datacenters to ditch 19-inch standard for 21-inch OCP kit by 2030</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">On-Prem</span><span class="time_stamp" title="17 Oct 16:32" data-epoch="1760718768">17 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">14</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<div class="bird ad-eagle">
<div class="bird_wrapper">
<div class="ad_inner_wrap">
<div aria-hidden="true" class="adun" data-pos="top" data-raptor="eagle" data-xsm=",mpu,dmpu," data-sm=",mpu,dmpu," data-md=",mpu,dmpu," data-xmd=",mpu,dmpu," data-lg=",dmpu,mpu," data-xlg=",dmpu,mpu," data-xxlg=",dmpu,mpu,">
<noscript>
<a href="https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_homepage/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=3&c=33aPSYCeVxZgoiFOedF3z17wAAAIQ&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0" target="_blank">
<img src="https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_homepage/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=3&c=33aPSYCeVxZgoiFOedF3z17wAAAIQ&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0" alt="">
</a>
</noscript>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/chambers_of_commerce_h1b/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="592" data-height="296" data-src="/2020/12/16/trump.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Chamber of Commerce sues over Trump's $100K H-1B paywall</h4>
<div class=standfirst>US biz lobby claims president overstepped his authority with proclamation demanding hefty visa fee</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Legal</span><span class="time_stamp" title="17 Oct 16:03" data-epoch="1760716988">17 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">43</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/prosper_breach/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="592" data-height="296" data-src="/2024/05/07/data_shutterstock.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Have I Been Pwned logs 17.6M victims in Prosper breach</h4>
<div class=standfirst>P2P lending platform says it could not verify the claims at present</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Cyber-crime</span><span class="time_stamp" title="17 Oct 15:30" data-epoch="1760715015">17 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">2</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
</div>
<div class="srow rt-9bs has_label">
<h3 class="row_label has_lateral_ornaments">CYBERSECURITY MONTH</h3>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/16/microsoft_aspnet_core_vulnerability/?td=rt-9bs" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2024/05/24/shutterstock_alert.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Microsoft kills 9.9-rated ASP.NET Core bug – 'our highest ever' score</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Flaw in Kestrel web server allowed request smuggling, impact depends on hosting setup and application code</div>
</div>
</a>
</article><div class="other_stories"><div class="line_separator"></div>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/15/vc_code_extension_leaks/?td=rt-9bs" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Devs are writing VS Code extensions that blab secrets by the bucketload</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Vibe coding may have played a role in what took researchers months to fix</div>
</div>
</a>
</article><div class="line_separator"></div>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/15/highly_sophisticated_government_hackers_breached/?td=rt-9bs" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>'Highly sophisticated' government goons hacked F5, stole source code and undisclosed bug details</h4>
<div class=standfirst>And they swiped a limited amount of customers' config data</div>
</div>
</a>
</article><div class="line_separator"></div>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/14/chinese_hackers_arcgis_backdoor/?td=rt-9bs" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Chinese gang used ArcGIS as a backdoor for a year – and no one noticed</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Crims turned trusted mapping software into a hideout - no traditional malware required</div>
</div>
</a>
</article></div>
</div>
<div class="srow rt-1b">
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/windows_10_upgrades_lifts_global_pc_shipments/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2022/04/28/shutterstock_powerswitch.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Turns out the end of Windows 10 is good for something: The PC refresh cycle</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Operating system's D-day resucitates flatlining computer sector</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Personal Tech</span><span class="time_stamp" title="17 Oct 14:16" data-epoch="1760710577">17 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">48</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/labor_unions_surveillance_lawsuit/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2021/01/12/visa.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements has_trailer_top">
<h4>Labor unions sue Trump administration over social media surveillance</h4>
<div class=standfirst>
<span class="label">Updated</span> Sharing views POTUS doesn't like? Say goodbye to that visa, First Amendment be damned</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Legal</span><span class="time_stamp" title="17 Oct 13:07" data-epoch="1760706472">17 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">45</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/car_industry_nexperia_supply/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2021/11/03/shutterstock_car_factory.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Carmakers fear chip crunch as Dutch sanctions hit Nexperia</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Beijing blocks exports after Netherlands imposes special measures on Chinese-owned chipmaker</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Systems</span><span class="time_stamp" title="17 Oct 12:36" data-epoch="1760704566">17 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">17</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/microsoft_azure_satellite_data/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2015/10/20/earth_portrait_teaser.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Microsoft parks Landsat and Sentinel satellite data in Azure's orbit</h4>
<div class=standfirst>NASA's Earth-watching archives find new home in Redmond's cloud, complete with Copilot hype</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">PaaS + IaaS</span><span class="time_stamp" title="17 Oct 11:25" data-epoch="1760700314">17 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">2</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
</div>
<div class="srow rt-1a">
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/sap_s4hana_business_case/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>SAP users still wrestling with business case for S/4HANA</h4>
<div class=standfirst>A decade later, ERP giant struggles to convince legacy customers to upgrade</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Databases</span><span class="time_stamp" title="17 Oct 11:16" data-epoch="1760699769">17 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">14</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/boris_johnson_loves_chatgpt/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Boris Johnson confesses: He's fallen for ChatGPT</h4>
<div class=standfirst>As OpenAI allows chatbot to spout erotic content, former British prime minister makes true feelings known</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Offbeat</span><span class="time_stamp" title="17 Oct 10:54" data-epoch="1760698497">17 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">46</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/crossed_wires_iioc_case/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Literal crossed wires sent cops after innocent neighbors in child abuse case</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Eight-year telco blunder had a profound impact on three wrongly accused in Wales</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Networks</span><span class="time_stamp" title="17 Oct 09:51" data-epoch="1760694703">17 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">75</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/mit_boffins_double_the_precision/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>MIT boffins double precision of atomic clocks by taming quantum noise</h4>
<div class=standfirst>'Global phase spectroscopy' makes ultraprecise optical timekeepers even more precise</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="17 Oct 08:45" data-epoch="1760690715">17 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">7</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
</div>
<div class="srow rt-4a">
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/13/ai_power_bills/?td=rt-4a" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>We're all going to be paying AI's Godzilla-sized power bills</h4>
<div class=standfirst>
<span class="label">Opinion</span> Even if you never use it, you'll be paying for it thanks to datacenters' never-ending hunger for electricity</div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/in_britain_talk_is_cheap/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2023/02/06/power_shutterstock.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Britain's AI gold rush hits a wall – not enough electricity</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Energy secretary Miliband promises renewable utopia for green and pleasant land... filled with datacenters</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">On-Prem</span><span class="time_stamp" title="17 Oct 08:00" data-epoch="1760688004">17 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">85</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/ai_boffins_teach_office_supplies/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2015/06/16/data_scientist_image_via_shutterstock.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>AI boffins teach office supplies to predict your next move</h4>
<div class=standfirst>What the world's been waiting for: a stapler with wheels to help humans afflicted by RSI</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Offbeat</span><span class="time_stamp" title="17 Oct 07:15" data-epoch="1760685311">17 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">24</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/on_call/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2025/10/01/shutterstock_fax_machine.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements has_trailer_top">
<h4>'Fax virus' panicked a manager and sparked job-killing Reply-All incident</h4>
<div class=standfirst>
<span class="label">On Call</span> The 1990s called with a reminder that in the time before ransomware, infosec panics could be quite quaint</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Networks</span><span class="time_stamp" title="17 Oct 06:30" data-epoch="1760682610">17 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">121</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
</div>
<div class="srow rt-2c">
<div class="bird ad-falcon">
<div class="bird_wrapper">
<div class="ad_inner_wrap">
<div aria-hidden="true" class="adun" data-pos="top" data-raptor="falcon" data-xsm=",fluid,mpu," data-sm=",fluid,mpu," data-md=",fluid,mpu," data-xmd=",fluid,leaderboard,mpu," data-lg=",fluid,leaderboard,mpu," data-xlg=",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,leaderboard,mpu," data-xxlg=",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,brandwidth,brandimpact,leaderboard,mpu,">
<noscript>
<a href="https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_homepage/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44aPSYCeVxZgoiFOedF3z17wAAAIQ&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0" target="_blank">
<img src="https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_homepage/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44aPSYCeVxZgoiFOedF3z17wAAAIQ&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0" alt="">
</a>
</noscript>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="srow rt-5c">
<div class="rhs_line">
<a class="nextplatform_logo" href="https://nextplatform.com/"><img loading="lazy" src="/design_picker/8abd5b416f4fff841c2ae741366892cf42e8fa79/graphics/icon/nextplatform_logo.svg" alt="The Next Platform" width="177" height="29"></a>
</div>
<div class="feed">
<article>
<a href="https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/10/17/the-third-time-will-be-the-charm-for-broadcom-switch-co-packaged-optics/">
<h4>The Third Time Will Be The Charm For Broadcom Switch Co-Packaged Optics</h4>
</a>
</article><article>
<a href="https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/10/17/how-hpc-is-igniting-discoveries-in-dinosaur-locomotion-and-beyond/">
<h4>How HPC Is Igniting Discoveries In Dinosaur Locomotion – And Beyond</h4>
</a>
</article><article>
<a href="https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/10/16/tsmc-is-running-ahead-of-forecasts-on-ai-growth/">
<h4>TSMC Is Running Ahead Of Forecasts On AI Growth</h4>
</a>
</article><article>
<a href="https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/10/15/ellison-oracle-is-leveraging-all-of-its-advantages-to-build-a-different-cloud/">
<h4>Ellison: Oracle Is Leveraging All Of Its Advantages To Build A Different Cloud</h4>
</a>
</article>
</div>
</div>
<div class="srow rt-1a">
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/16/anthropic_mad_skills_claude/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Anthropic brings mad Skills to Claude</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Teaching an old bot new tricks</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">AI + ML</span><span class="time_stamp" title="16 Oct 23:55" data-epoch="1760658906">16 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">16</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/16/tsmc_us_roadmap/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>TSMC hurrying to bring advanced chip tech to Arizona fab</h4>
<div class=standfirst>CEO C.C. Wei cites strong demand for AI products. Intel may also be a factor</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Systems</span><span class="time_stamp" title="16 Oct 23:25" data-epoch="1760657105">16 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">3</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/16/ai_makes_phishing_45x_more_effective/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>AI makes phishing 4.5x more effective, Microsoft says</h4>
<div class=standfirst>And potentially 50 times more profitable</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Cybersecurity Month</span><span class="time_stamp" title="16 Oct 22:53" data-epoch="1760655230">16 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">9</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/16/texas_ai_bitbarns/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Decomposed dinosaurs make Texas a top destination for AI bit barns</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Datacenter hopefuls looking to cash in on AI craze are setting up shop in Lone Star State in search of cheap power</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">AI + ML</span><span class="time_stamp" title="16 Oct 20:45" data-epoch="1760647528">16 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">25</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
</div>
<div class="srow rt-1b">
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/16/cve_cvss_scores_not_useful/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2024/07/23/security_shutterstock.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Vulnerability scores, huh, what are they good for? Almost nothing</h4>
<div class=standfirst>CVE and CVSS systems suffer from misaligned incentives and inconsistency</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Security</span><span class="time_stamp" title="16 Oct 19:45" data-epoch="1760643912">16 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">5</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/16/norks_abuse_blockchains_to_scam/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2023/01/17/shuttertstock_north_korea_btc_flag_laptop.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Nork scammers work the blockchain to steal crypto from job hunters</h4>
<div class=standfirst>If someone sends you a coding test, be wary of downloading it</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Cybersecurity Month</span><span class="time_stamp" title="16 Oct 19:24" data-epoch="1760642658">16 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">3</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/16/microsoft_copilot_updates/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2024/03/21/copilot_shutterstock.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Feeling lonely? Microsoft Copilot can now listen to your every word, watch your screen</h4>
<div class=standfirst>We've seen this before and it was called Cortana or Clippy</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">AI + ML</span><span class="time_stamp" title="16 Oct 16:50" data-epoch="1760633456">16 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">50</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/16/salesforce_benioff_false_prophets/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2025/10/16/prophet.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Salesforce's Benioff warns of AI 'false prophets' while promising true profits by 2030</h4>
<div class=standfirst>CRM messiah preaches data discipline while rivals chase LLM miracles</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">SaaS</span><span class="time_stamp" title="16 Oct 16:46" data-epoch="1760633168">16 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">5</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
</div>
<div class="srow rt-4a">
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/12/gelsingers_foundry_dream_lives_on/?td=rt-4a" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Inside the belly of the beast: A technical walk through Intel's 18A production facility at Fab52</h4>
<div class=standfirst>
<span class="label">deep dive</span> Now if Lip Bu Tan can just find a willing customer</div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/16/chinese_russian_cyber_espionage/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2022/05/20/china_russia.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Chinese cyberspies snoop on Russian IT biz in rare east-on-east attack</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Who needs enemies when you have friends like Xi?</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Cyber-crime</span><span class="time_stamp" title="16 Oct 16:27" data-epoch="1760632041">16 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">9</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/16/oracle_ai/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2016/08/07/oracle_logo_360b_shutterstock.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Oracle goes all-in on AI, customers still figuring out how they'll use it</h4>
<div class=standfirst>It's all agents and LLMs in Vegas, and even legacy users can partake</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">AI + ML</span><span class="time_stamp" title="16 Oct 15:11" data-epoch="1760627465">16 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">5</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/16/nordvpn_linux_gui/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2025/10/16/shutterstock_nordvpn.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>NordVPN open sources its Linux GUI client under GPLv3</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Joins its command-line client from a couple of years ago</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Networks</span><span class="time_stamp" title="16 Oct 14:39" data-epoch="1760625548">16 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">8</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
</div>
<div class="srow rt-2d">
<div class="bird ad-hawk">
<div class="bird_wrapper">
<div class="ad_inner_wrap">
<div aria-hidden="true" class="adun" data-pos="mid" data-raptor="hawk" data-xsm=",fluid,mpu," data-sm=",fluid,mpu," data-md=",fluid,mpu," data-xmd=",fluid,leaderboard,mpu," data-lg=",fluid,leaderboard,mpu," data-xlg=",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,leaderboard,mpu," data-xxlg=",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,brandwidth,brandimpact,leaderboard,mpu,"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="srow rt-1al">
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/replaying_ancient_steps/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements has_trailer_top">
<h4>Replaying ancient steps</h4>
<div class=standfirst>How HPC is igniting discoveries in dinosaur locomotion (and beyond)</div>
<div class="time_comments"><span class="section_name">Partner Content</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/16/google_gmail_trusted_contacts/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Locked out of your Gmail account? Google says phone a friend</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Recovery feature lets trusted contacts help you get back in when other methods fail</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Personal Tech</span><span class="time_stamp" title="16 Oct 14:10" data-epoch="1760623810">16 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">12</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/16/us_datacenters_ai_power/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>US hyperscalers to guzzle 22% more grid juice by end of 2025</h4>
<div class=standfirst>AI hype fuels bit barn boom – and utilities are sweating the surge</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">On-Prem</span><span class="time_stamp" title="16 Oct 13:47" data-epoch="1760622429">16 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">22</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/16/windows_11_update_localhost/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements has_trailer_top">
<h4>Windows 11 update breaks localhost, prompting mass uninstall workaround</h4>
<div class=standfirst>
<span class="label">Updated</span> Microsoft's quality control department caught napping again</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">OSes</span><span class="time_stamp" title="16 Oct 13:11" data-epoch="1760620297">16 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">157</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
</div>
<div class="srow rt-5b">
<div class="rhs_line">
<a class="blocksandfiles_logo" href="https://blocksandfiles.com/"><img loading="lazy" src="/design_picker/ee7b0d32b167268b4fca76bb55ac877e69d05813/graphics/icon/blocksandfiles_logo.svg" alt="Blocks and Files" width="200" height="29"></a>
</div>
<div class="feed">
<article>
<a href="https://blocksandfiles.com/2025/10/17/quantum-meyrath-products-and-processes/">
<h4>Quantum & Meyrath: Products and processes</h4>
</a>
</article><article>
<a href="https://blocksandfiles.com/2025/10/17/storage-news-roundup-17-october/">
<h4>Storage news roundup – 17 October</h4>
</a>
</article><article>
<a href="https://blocksandfiles.com/2025/10/17/seagate-working-on-composable-memory-appliance-with-cxl-memory/">
<h4>Seagate working on Composable Memory Appliance with CXL memory</h4>
</a>
</article><article>
<a href="https://blocksandfiles.com/2025/10/16/rubriks-immutable-backups-can-provide-malware-threat-intelligence/">
<h4>Rubrik’s immutable backups can provide malware threat intelligence</h4>
</a>
</article>
</div>
</div>
<div class="srow rt-1ar">
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/16/cisco_senate_scrutiny/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Senator presses Cisco over firewall flaws that burned US agency</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Bill Cassidy letter asks if Switchzilla sat on critical flaws before feds were forced into emergency patching</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Public Sector</span><span class="time_stamp" title="16 Oct 12:44" data-epoch="1760618653">16 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">6</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/16/axiom_space_ceo/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements has_trailer_top">
<h4>Axiom Space ejects CEO after six months, installs NASA veteran as replacement</h4>
<div class=standfirst>
<span class="label">Updated</span> Jonathan Cirtain at the helm as revolving door swings for private corp</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="16 Oct 12:15" data-epoch="1760616908">16 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">8</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/16/sothebys_breach/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Auction house Sotheby's finds its data on the block after cyberattack</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Alert says financial account information lifted from systems</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Cyber-crime</span><span class="time_stamp" title="16 Oct 11:52" data-epoch="1760615576">16 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">7</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/16/machine_learning_meets_malware/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements has_trailer_top">
<h4>Machine learning meets malware: how AI-powered ransomware could destroy your business</h4>
<div class=standfirst>How to avoid your business being felled by an AI-powered ransomware attack that costs less than a laptop.</div>
<div class="time_comments"><span class="section_name">Partner Content</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
</div>
<div class="srow rt-1b">
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/16/uk_tech_grad_jobs/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2016/11/04/graduates.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements has_trailer_top">
<h4>Tech industry grad hiring crashes 46% as bots do junior work</h4>
<div class=standfirst>
<span class="label">ai-pocalypse</span> GenAI meets Gen Z – only one gets the job</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">AI + ML</span><span class="time_stamp" title="16 Oct 11:18" data-epoch="1760613499">16 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">56</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/16/firefox_and_tbird_144/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2025/10/15/ffox-144-mac.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Firefox 144 brings fixes, features, and farewells for 32-bit Linux die-hards</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Mozilla hardens its browser and toys with AI search while closing the door on legacy systems</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Software</span><span class="time_stamp" title="16 Oct 10:41" data-epoch="1760611285">16 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">31</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/16/race_to_supply_advanced_memory/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2025/10/15/gold_rush.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements has_trailer_top">
<h4>The $100B memory war: Inside the battle for AI's future</h4>
<div class=standfirst>
<span class="label">Feature</span> The AI gold rush is so large that even third place is lucrative</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Storage</span><span class="time_stamp" title="16 Oct 09:45" data-epoch="1760607907">16 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">7</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/16/spacexs_starship_two_down_a/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2023/07/26/moon_shutterstock.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements has_trailer_top">
<h4>SpaceX's Starship: Two down, Mons Huygens to climb</h4>
<div class=standfirst>
<span class="label">Comment</span> Musk's moonshot still missing orbit, refueling, landing</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Science</span><span class="time_stamp" title="16 Oct 09:01" data-epoch="1760605267">16 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">76</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
</div>
<div class="srow rt-1b">
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/16/oracle_vectorizes_its_customers/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2025/10/15/larry_ellison.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements has_trailer_top">
<h4>Larry Ellison's latest craze: Vectorizing all the customers</h4>
<div class=standfirst>
<span class="label">Comment</span> Oracle slurps your data whether you like it or not... for the good and bad of the planet</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">AI + ML</span><span class="time_stamp" title="16 Oct 08:13" data-epoch="1760602391">16 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">34</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/16/windows_10_office_and_servers/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2020/12/16/shutterstock_engage_surface.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>End of support for older Office and Windows Server versions pile on the pain for admins</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Windows 10 is the least of some people's problems</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Applications</span><span class="time_stamp" title="16 Oct 07:28" data-epoch="1760599693">16 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">38</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/16/uk_universal_rail_data/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2020/02/25/shutterstock_mind_the_gap2.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Mind the gap – in mobile coverage: UK train signal to stay patchy till 2030</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Minister pins hopes on low Earth orbit satellites to plug crap rail connectivity</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Networks</span><span class="time_stamp" title="16 Oct 06:45" data-epoch="1760597114">16 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">15</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/16/meta_arm_nvidia/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2024/07/12/shutterstock_zuck.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Meta sends Arm a friend request asking for help with Nvidia’s Grace CPUs</h4>
<div class=standfirst>No custom Arm CPUs to speak of yet</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Systems</span><span class="time_stamp" title="16 Oct 00:30" data-epoch="1760574631">16 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_no_comments"></span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
</div>
<div class="srow rt-1a">
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/15/fsf_librphone_vs_proprietary_binary_blog/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Librephone battles the proprietary binary blob</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Free Software Foundation project aims to reverse-engineer non-freedom respecting firmware</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">OSes</span><span class="time_stamp" title="15 Oct 23:56" data-epoch="1760572572">15 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">32</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/15/cisa_blames_nationstate_hackers_democrats/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>CISA exec blames nation-state hackers and Democrats for putting America's critical systems at risk</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Federal agencies have seven days to patch F5 products</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Cybersecurity Month</span><span class="time_stamp" title="15 Oct 22:24" data-epoch="1760567042">15 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">19</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/15/twitter_x_bot_show_user_info/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>X to combat bot problem by showing more info about users</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Meet [user] from [location]</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Applications</span><span class="time_stamp" title="15 Oct 21:58" data-epoch="1760565509">15 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">17</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/15/openais_chatgpt_popular_few_pay/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>OpenAI's ChatGPT is so popular that almost no one will pay for it</h4>
<div class=standfirst>If you build it, they will come and expect the service to be free</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">AI + ML</span><span class="time_stamp" title="15 Oct 21:03" data-epoch="1760562193">15 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">75</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
</div>
<div class="srow rt-9bq has_label">
<h3 class="row_label has_lateral_ornaments">SPONSORED FEATURES</h3>
<article>
<a href="/2025/09/09/ai_laptop_its_more/?td=rt-9bq" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2023/11/28/ai_shutterstock.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>AI on a laptop? It's more realistic than you think</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Inside the Snapdragon X Series quest to reinvent AI</div>
</div>
</a>
</article><div class="other_stories"><div class="line_separator"></div>
<article>
<a href="/2025/09/09/rethinking_application_delivery_hybrid/?td=rt-9bq" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Rethinking application delivery for the hybrid world</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Why bake apps into your OS when you can deliver them as a side dish?</div>
</div>
</a>
</article><div class="line_separator"></div>
<article>
<a href="/2025/08/26/vmware_customers_say_byebye/?td=rt-9bq" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>VMware customers say bye-bye Broadcom and vote for Nutanix</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Many seeking a replacement for VMware are turning to Nutanix as a strategic choice</div>
</div>
</a>
</article><div class="line_separator"></div>
<article>
<a href="/2025/08/11/how_fixed_wireless_access/?td=rt-9bq" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>How fixed wireless access can bridge the digital divide wherever you are</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Wireless reaches the parts fiber can’t</div>
</div>
</a>
</article></div>
</div>
<div class="srow rt-2g">
<div class="bird ad-owl">
<div class="bird_wrapper">
<div class="ad_inner_wrap">
<div aria-hidden="true" class="adun" data-pos="btm" data-raptor="owl" data-xsm=",fluid,mpu,dmpu," data-sm=",fluid,mpu,dmpu," data-md=",fluid,mpu,dmpu," data-xmd=",fluid,leaderboard,mpu," data-lg=",fluid,mpu,leaderboard," data-xlg=",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,mpu,leaderboard," data-xxlg=",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,brandwidth,brandimpact,mpu,leaderboard,"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="srow rt-1a">
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/15/apple_goes_all_in_on/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Apple goes all in on AI acceleration with M5 MacBook, iPad, and Vision Pros</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Oh and the CPU is up to 15% faster for those that could care less about articifically intelligent Apple products and more about getting work done</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Personal Tech</span><span class="time_stamp" title="15 Oct 20:31" data-epoch="1760560270">15 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">51</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/15/japan_openai_copyrighted_anime/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Japan tells OpenAI to stop spiriting away its copyrighted anime</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Tokyo cries foul over Sora slop abusing 'irreplaceable treasures' of anime, manga - oh, and copyright law</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">AI + ML</span><span class="time_stamp" title="15 Oct 20:15" data-epoch="1760559326">15 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">11</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/15/microsoft_nvidia_ai_datacenter_deal/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Microsoft, Nvidia, and others inject $40B into AI bubble with massive datacenter deal</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Big Tech and big money unite to back world’s biggest bit-barn buyout</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">AI + ML</span><span class="time_stamp" title="15 Oct 19:09" data-epoch="1760555375">15 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">9</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/15/cisco_ai_readiness_index/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Cisco: Most companies don't know what they're doing with AI</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Only 13% are AI-ready; the rest are bolting it on and hoping for ROI</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">AI + ML</span><span class="time_stamp" title="15 Oct 16:15" data-epoch="1760544912">15 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">19</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
</div>
<div class="srow rt-3c has_label">
<h3 class="row_label"><a class="row_title_link has_lateral_ornaments" href="/Popular/" aria-label="Popular Stories">Popular</a></h3><div class="horiz_scroll">
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/sap_s4hana_business_case/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2018/04/26/tired_businessman_shutterstock.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>SAP users still wrestling with business case for S/4HANA</h4>
<div class=standfirst>A decade later, ERP giant struggles to convince legacy customers to upgrade</div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/meta_blue_owl_hyperion/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2025/10/17/blue_owl.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Meta convinces Blue Owl to cut $30B check for its Hyperion AI super cluster</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Cleverly concocked deal keeps debt off Social Media empire's books</div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/prosper_breach/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2024/05/07/data_shutterstock.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Have I Been Pwned logs 17.6M victims in Prosper breach</h4>
<div class=standfirst>P2P lending platform says it could not verify the claims at present</div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/crossed_wires_iioc_case/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2020/03/25/shutterstock_openreach.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Literal crossed wires sent cops after innocent neighbors in child abuse case</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Eight-year telco blunder had a profound impact on three wrongly accused in Wales</div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/in_britain_talk_is_cheap/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2023/02/06/power_shutterstock.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Britain's AI gold rush hits a wall – not enough electricity</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Energy secretary Miliband promises renewable utopia for green and pleasant land... filled with datacenters</div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/labor_unions_surveillance_lawsuit/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2021/01/12/visa.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements has_trailer_top">
<h4>Labor unions sue Trump administration over social media surveillance</h4>
<div class=standfirst>
<span class="label">Updated</span> Sharing views POTUS doesn't like? Say goodbye to that visa, First Amendment be damned</div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/car_industry_nexperia_supply/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2021/11/03/shutterstock_car_factory.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Carmakers fear chip crunch as Dutch sanctions hit Nexperia</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Beijing blocks exports after Netherlands imposes special measures on Chinese-owned chipmaker</div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/windows_10_upgrades_lifts_global_pc_shipments/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2022/04/28/shutterstock_powerswitch.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Turns out the end of Windows 10 is good for something: The PC refresh cycle</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Operating system's D-day resucitates flatlining computer sector</div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/amazon_nuke_washington/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2023/09/29/shutterstock_nuclear.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Amazon spills plan to nuke Washington...with X-Energy mini-reactors</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Now they just need to get regulatory approval</div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/17/boris_johnson_loves_chatgpt/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2020/03/31/boris_shutterstock.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Boris Johnson confesses: He's fallen for ChatGPT</h4>
<div class=standfirst>As OpenAI allows chatbot to spout erotic content, former British prime minister makes true feelings known</div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<a class="reg_btn_primary more_popular_stories" href="/Popular/">MORE<br>STORIES</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="srow rt-1ar">
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/15/windows_paint_video_chen/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Microsoft veteran explains Windows quirk that made videos play in Paint</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Raymond Chen says the OS used green-screen overlays to fake video playback – with curious side effects</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Offbeat</span><span class="time_stamp" title="15 Oct 14:14" data-epoch="1760537687">15 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">21</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/15/asml_q3_2025/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>ASML shrugs off China slump with faith in AI-fueled chip demand</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Beijing's self-reliance push and US export limits hit orders</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Systems</span><span class="time_stamp" title="15 Oct 13:22" data-epoch="1760534547">15 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">5</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/15/raspberry_pi_os_lmde_debian_13/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Raspberry Pi OS, LMDE, Peppermint OS join the Debian 13 club</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Downstream Linux projects line up behind the latest release</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">OSes</span><span class="time_stamp" title="15 Oct 13:14" data-epoch="1760534062">15 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">21</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/07/credential_stuffing_231_million/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements has_trailer_top">
<h4>Credential stuffing: £2.31 million fine shows passwords are still the weakest link</h4>
<div class=standfirst>How recycled passwords and poor security habits are fueling a cybercrime gold rush</div>
<div class="time_comments"><span class="section_name">Partner Content</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
</div>
<div class="srow rt-1b">
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/15/augment_pricing_model/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2016/06/27/exit.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>AI startup Augment scraps 'unsustainable' pricing, users say new model is 10x worse</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Second huge increase in six months sees some devs heading for the exit</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">AI + ML</span><span class="time_stamp" title="15 Oct 12:34" data-epoch="1760531661">15 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">23</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/15/microsoft_cloud_licensing_lawsuit/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2016/10/22/rising_prices_shutterstock.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements has_trailer_top">
<h4>£2B UK cloud licensing claim against Microsoft seeks more business backers</h4>
<div class=standfirst>
<span class="label">Updated</span> Action alleges Redmond unfairly hikes costs for businesses running Windows Server outside Azure</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Software</span><span class="time_stamp" title="15 Oct 12:15" data-epoch="1760530550">15 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">5</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/15/idc_counterpoint_smartphone_sales/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2024/09/18/shutterstock_secondhandiphones.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Everyone wants a fancy phone – even the folk buying them second-hand</h4>
<div class=standfirst>IDC and Counterpoint say premium kit is driving sales in both new and used markets</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Personal Tech</span><span class="time_stamp" title="15 Oct 11:52" data-epoch="1760529143">15 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">21</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/15/ico_fines_capita_14m/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2016/05/26/alarm_87657483.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Capita fined £14M after 58-hour delay exposed 6.6M records</h4>
<div class=standfirst>ICO makes example of outsourcing giant over sluggish cyber response</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Cybersecurity Month</span><span class="time_stamp" title="15 Oct 11:01" data-epoch="1760526102">15 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">30</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
</div>
<div class="srow rt-2h">
<div class="bird ad-buzzard">
<div class="bird_wrapper">
<div class="ad_inner_wrap">
<div aria-hidden="true" class="adun" data-pos="btm" data-raptor="buzzard" data-xsm=",fluid,mpu,dmpu," data-sm=",fluid,mpu,dmpu," data-md=",fluid,mpu,dmpu," data-xmd=",fluid,leaderboard,mpu," data-lg=",fluid,mpu,leaderboard," data-xlg=",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,mpu,leaderboard," data-xxlg=",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,brandwidth,brandimpact,mpu,leaderboard,"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="srow rt-1b">
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/15/schleswig_holstein_open_source/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2025/10/15/shutterstock_schleswigholsteinflag.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Schleswig-Holstein waves auf Wiedersehen to Microsoft stack</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Germany's northernmost state bins Outlook – and tens of thousands of Redmond licenses</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Applications</span><span class="time_stamp" title="15 Oct 10:16" data-epoch="1760523386">15 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">47</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/15/europe_sustainability_canalys/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2017/05/11/shutterstock_wrecking_ball.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements has_trailer_top">
<h4>Trump's anti-sustainability agenda comes to Eurozone</h4>
<div class=standfirst>
<span class="label">canalys emea forum 2025</span> ESG kicked like a 'toxic political football' amid greenwashing</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">CxO</span><span class="time_stamp" title="15 Oct 09:00" data-epoch="1760518814">15 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">126</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/15/uk_gov_ai_savings/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2019/01/28/shutterstock_parliament.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>UK government's £45B AI savings pitch built on broad-brush guesswork, MPs told</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Think tank cautions that without job cuts or capital savings, the math doesn't add up</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Public Sector</span><span class="time_stamp" title="15 Oct 08:15" data-epoch="1760516105">15 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">40</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/15/ai_vs_flying_cars/" class=story_link>
<div class="packed_img story_grid_img" data-width="378" data-height="250" data-src="/2021/04/15/shutterstock_car.jpg"></div>
<div class="article_text_elements has_trailer_top">
<h4>AI is the flying car of the mind: An irresistible idea nobody knows how to land or manage</h4>
<div class=standfirst>
<span class="label">Column</span> And which will crash, repeatedly, until users learn how to handle it safely</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">AI + ML</span><span class="time_stamp" title="15 Oct 07:30" data-epoch="1760513412">15 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">63</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
</div>
<div class="srow rt-1a">
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/15/salesforce_dreamforce_agents_everywhere/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Salesforce pumps the dream of AI agents as helpers, not replacements</h4>
<div class=standfirst>In the Agentic Enterprise, 'AI doesn’t replace people, it elevates them'</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">SaaS</span><span class="time_stamp" title="15 Oct 00:08" data-epoch="1760486923">15 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">7</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/14/microsoft_october_2025_patch_tuesday/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Frightful Patch Tuesday gives admins a scare with 175+ Microsoft CVEs, 3 under attack</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Plus: Adobe, SAP, Ivanti offer treats, not tricks</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Cybersecurity Month</span><span class="time_stamp" title="14 Oct 22:30" data-epoch="1760481013">14 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">21</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/14/cisa_jettisoning_more_staff_reassigning/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>CISA cuts more staff and reassigns others as government stays shut down</h4>
<div class=standfirst>America's main cybersecurity agency has lost almost 1,000 people this year</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">Public Sector</span><span class="time_stamp" title="14 Oct 22:01" data-epoch="1760479265">14 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">6</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
<article>
<a href="/2025/10/14/framework_linux_controversy/" class=story_link>
<div class="article_text_elements">
<h4>Framework flame war erupts over support of politically polarizing Linux projects</h4>
<div class=standfirst>Laptop maker's apolitical endorsement of politically contentious projects meets resistance</div>
<div class=time_comments>
<span class="section_name">OSes</span><span class="time_stamp" title="14 Oct 21:38" data-epoch="1760477884">14 Oct 2025</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">109</span></div>
</div>
</a>
</article>
</div>
<a href="/earlier/1/" class="reg_btn_primary wide" data-unit-type="more_stories_link">MORE STORIES</a>
</div>
</div>
<div id=footer>
<div class="footer_slogan">
<div class="footer_wrapper">
<p>The Register <img class="vulture_icon" src="/design_picker/d518b499f8a6e2c65d4d8c49aca8299d54b03012/graphics/icon/vulture_white.png" alt="icon"> Biting the hand that feeds IT</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="footer_wrapper">
<div class=foot_wrapper>
<div class="left_block">
<div class="foot_list">
<h4>About Us<img loading="lazy" width="7" height="11" alt="" src="/design_picker/d2e337b97204af4aa34dda04c4e5d56d954b216f/graphics/icon/footer_mob_nav_arrow_black.svg" class="expand_arrow"></h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.theregister.com/Profile/contact/">Contact us</a></li>
<li><a target=_blank rel=noopener href="https://www.theregister.com/AdvertiseWithUs/">Advertise with us</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theregister.com/Profile/about_the_register/">Who we are</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="foot_list more_us">
<h4>Our Websites<img loading="lazy" width="7" height="11" alt="" src="/design_picker/d2e337b97204af4aa34dda04c4e5d56d954b216f/graphics/icon/footer_mob_nav_arrow_black.svg" class="expand_arrow"></h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.nextplatform.com/">The Next Platform</a></li>
<li><a href="https://devclass.com/">DevClass</a></li>
<li><a href="https://blocksandfiles.com/">Blocks and Files</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="foot_list privacy">
<h4>Your Privacy<img loading="lazy" width="7" height="11" alt="" src="/design_picker/d2e337b97204af4aa34dda04c4e5d56d954b216f/graphics/icon/footer_mob_nav_arrow_black.svg" class="expand_arrow"></h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.theregister.com/Profile/cookies/">Cookies Policy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theregister.com/Profile/privacy/">Privacy Policy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theregister.com/Profile/terms_and_conditions_of_use/">Ts & Cs</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="right_block">
<div class="foot_list">
<a href="https://situationpublishing.com/" id="sitpub_logo">
<img loading="lazy" width="250" alt="Situation Publishing" src="/design_picker/d2e337b97204af4aa34dda04c4e5d56d954b216f/graphics/std/sitpublogo_2022.png">
</a>
<p>
Copyright. All rights reserved © 1998–2025
</p>
</div>
</div>
<noscript><img width="1" height="1" src="/Design/graphics/std/transparent_pixel.png" alt="no-js"></noscript>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id=end_scripts>
<script>
if (typeof(ElReg.Ga.sendPageView) === 'function') {
ElReg.Ga.sendPageView('reg_homepage/front','0252c57b1aeb58c77c65fab58d6810ed','0252c57b1aeb58c77c65fab58d6810ed');
}
</script>
<script>
$(function() { RegUtils.set_bucket_group(721) });
</script>
</div></div>
</body>
</html>
URL
GET http://www.theregister.co.uk/
Response Headers
Cf-Ray:990eaddc5f41d565-WAWConnection:keep-aliveDate:Sun, 19 Oct 2025 07:49:29 GMTLocation:https://www.theregister.com/Nel:{"report_to":"cf-nel","success_fraction":0.0,"max_age":604800}Report-To:{"group":"cf-nel","max_age":604800,"endpoints":[{"url":"https://a.nel.cloudflare.com/report/v4?s=wnJMhEFzmwsShZgeQ9ldUtfyaS8SXQw5OM0QninzgEvgB6SRHniMXdOKgxz7e%2FoYugXe1pIeXo%2BvQ%2BDhBrVXlmtwLom04EIzRHvsZNq49ckez5cHdw%3D%3D"}]}Server:cloudflare
Response Body
Empty body
Resolver
Resolver ASN
AS15169
Resolver IP
172.217.34.22
Resolver Network Name
Google LLC
Report ID
20251019T074213Z_webconnectivity_BY_6697_n4_zlOL92BJrV5OedIU
Platform
android
Software Name
ooniprobe-android-unattended (5.2.2)
Measurement Engine
ooniprobe-engine (3.27.0)