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Tokenmaxxing isn't an AI strategy -- Before checking AI's price tag, see whether it fits

1 month ago

Calling out corporate BS? There's a steaming pile to aim for -- Your instinctive revulsion is spot on. Follow your nose

1 month ago

Those who 'circle back' and 'synergize' also tend to be crap at their jobs -- Cornell Uni researchers pivot to pluck low-hanging fruit to optimize bandwidth

1 month ago

Supposedly big-brained execs are outsourcing decisionmaking to AI -- Survey of UK bosses find 62 percent rely on LLMs for help

1 month ago

AI video company arouses fury by boasting about replacing creative jobs -- Marketing stunt backfires with creators

1 month ago

Really Simple Licensing spec lets web publishers demand their due from AI scrapers -- Publishers now have more comprehensive tools for managing automated content harvesting

1 month ago

How BigQuery combines data and AI for business transformation -- AI ingests and prepares data to generate valuable insight, but only with the right data warehousing system.

1 month ago

The one thing SME IT can do that the big guys can't: Change the world -- Not quite the answer to life, the universe and everything, but not far off

1 month ago

Starbucks brews up AI to support baristas instead of replace them -- Customers weren't sold on automation, so the search for ROI continues

1 month ago

Brewhaha: Turns out machines can't replace people, Starbucks finds -- Caffeine addicts evidently not thrilled to see cafes become walk-in vending machines

1 month ago

Trump admin freaks out over mere suggestion Amazon was going to show tariff impact on prices -- Revealing import taxes would be 'hostile and political' to Dear Leader

1 month ago

Trump's tariff turmoil leaves IT projects in deep freeze -- Investment delays are inevitable as uncertainty clouds US trade policy, warns investment bank

1 month ago

Biz tax rises, inflation and high interest. Why fewer UK tech firms started in 2024 -- And the government thinks that AI and taking shackles off big tech will help? God help Britain

1 month ago

Capital One two-day outage leaves customers in free-fall -- Third-party supplier blamed as folks left unable to access funds

1 month ago

Oh, good. Supermicro board probe clears server slinger of misconduct claims -- But hunts for a fresh CFO 'in light of rapid recent growth'

1 month ago

Here's how a Trump presidency could change the tech industry -- Anything could happen in the next half ... decade

1 month ago

Top 10 billionaires make nearly $64B in post-Trump election stock surge -- 9 out of 10 are techies, but Zuckerberg lost money

1 month ago

French govt finance panel mulls nationalizing Atos -- Protecting IT projects for military and other bits of the public sector

1 month ago

'Open banking' rules will put your financial data back where it belongs -- Well, at least eventually since some companies have until 2030 to comply

1 month ago

Worker surveillance must comply with credit reporting rules -- US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau demands transparency, accountability from sellers of employee metrics

1 month ago

Manifest file destiny: Declare your funding needs via JSON -- India-based stockbroker Zerodha pledges $1M a year for open source projects

1 month ago

Bank of America app glitch zeroes out people's balances -- Unidentified tech issues now resolved

1 month ago

Unity scraps hated runtime fees, hits devs with subscription hikes instead -- Insert coin to continue

1 month ago

Study shock! AI hinders productivity and makes working worse -- Management drank the Kool Aid but staff can't cope with new demands

1 month ago

Texas court blocks FTC noncompete ban, and you can blame SCOTUS -- That was quick: Supremes' gutting of Chevron deference is already paying dividends

1 month ago

Brace for new complications in big tech takedowns after Supreme Court upended regulatory rules -- Matters like antitrust cases against AI players, Adobe's subscription mess, and net neutrality could be decided by judges – not experts

1 month ago

Google festoons Chrome Enterprise browser with more controls -- Because if there's one thing it really needed more of...

1 month ago

Feds sue Adobe and execs for stinging subscribers with 'hidden' cancellation fees -- Graphic design giant slammed for using graphic design to bury T&Cs

1 month ago

Hey, Reddit. Quick question. All those clicks on my ads. Were they actually real? -- Advertiser takes super-forum to court after demand for evidence rebuffed

1 month ago

Law prof predicts generative AI will die at the hands of watchdogs -- Big tech backlash and animus against the machines will invite stifling red tape

1 month ago

Netherlands arm of KPMG fined $25M for cheating in exams -- Staff followed US lead and shared answers after move to online testing

1 month ago

Two of India's most prominent startup tech giants are in deep trouble -- Paytm's bank has been locked out, edtech darling Byju's faces bankruptcy

1 month ago

AI-driven booze bouncers can ID you with face scan -- Cheerio to cheeky Chardonnay chancers

1 month ago

Top-tier IT talent doesn't stick around in 'mid-market' organizations -- Though that might be the least of their worries, according to this report

1 month ago

Sports Illustrated boss fired – but it's totally nothing to do with AI fake news -- Publisher seeks 'the Uberization of Content'

1 month ago

'Return to Office' declared dead -- Remote work is here to stay despite in-person mandates, this economist says

1 month ago

Duke Uni libraries decamp from 37Signals' Basecamp over CTO's blogs -- We're canceling our subscriptions, say librarians citing co-founder's views

1 month ago

HP sued over use of forfeited 401(k) retirement contributions -- If IT giant loses this lawsuit, it might just upset every plan in America

1 month ago

UnitedHealthcare's broken AI denied seniors' medical claims, lawsuit alleges -- Post-acute care algorithm allegedly comes up short 90% of the time

1 month ago

WeBroke WeWork, WePromise WeFix it: How subleasing giant hopes to survive bankruptcy -- Coworking gambit divided office space – and got conquered

1 month ago

'AI divide' across the US leaves economists concerned -- AI use up 266% in five years but it's still used by less than a quarter of workers

12 days ago

Unity CEO 'retires' in the wake of fee fiasco -- Ex-Red Hat CEO James M Whitehurst takes the big chair in the interim

12 days ago

Unity apologizes, tweaks runtime install fees after gaming world outrage -- Is this the engine maker's final continue?

12 days ago

Bit barn biz Cyxtera files for Chapter 11, hopes to bounce back after reboot -- Overseas subsidiaries unaffected, sale still on the table

11 days ago

CEO sorry after telling staff to 'leave pity city' over bonuses -- Put the $26 million in the bag

12 days ago

Predict stocks, foresee public opinion, all kinda possible with ChatGPT-like models -- Boffins foretell LLMs infiltrating finance and politics with confidently held views

12 days ago

MariaDB cuts jobs, repeats 'going concern' warning to stock market -- New CFO sees interesting in-tray at 20 percent year-on-year growth database company

12 days ago

Tupperware looking less airtight than you'd think -- The party could be over soon

12 days ago

Publishers land killer punch on Internet Archive in book copyright court battle -- Dot-org vows to appeal after judge decides digitizing printed titles and lending them out isn't fair use

12 days ago

How the Internet Archive faces potential destruction at the hands of Big Four publishers -- Digital lending is only fine when we do it

12 days ago

Adidas grapples with $1.3B in unsold Yeezy sneakers after breaking up with Kanye West -- This is what happens when you put all your eggs in one basket case

12 days ago

Disaster recovery blunder broke New York Stock Exchange this week -- The irony, it burns

9 days ago

Uber, Lyft stock decimated as US aims to classify gig workers as staff -- About to get a lot trickier to justify contractor status for app-hired folks

12 days ago

Inflation, recession, pah! IT budgets set to rise in 2023 -- Turns out all it took was a business-disrupting global pandemic

12 days ago

Soaring costs, inflation nurturing generation of 'quiet quitters' among under-30s - My friends say I should act my wage. What's my wage again?

12 days ago

Billionaire CEO tells Googlers 'we shouldn't always equate fun with money' -- A day in the G is like a day on the farm. Every meal a banquet. Every code checkout a parade. I love the G

12 days ago

Former Digital Realty datacenter reborn as urban farmstead -- No, the devil's lettuce isn't on the menu

4 months ago

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs memorialized with online archive of emails, guff -- Top tip: Skip the memos with cancer advice

4 months ago

DeFi venture OptiFi permanently locks up $661,000 of assets in code snafu -- Look who misunderstood the consequences a Solana close command

4 months ago

Micro Focus bought by Canada's OpenText for $6b -- Resting place of Novell – and one-time home to SUSE – finds new life in the Great White North

4 months ago

UK hospitals lose millions after AI startup valuation collapses -- Two trusts saw nearly $18 million go up in smoke when Sensyne Health was delisted from AIM

12 days ago

Ninefold increase in startup layoffs in Q2 follows economic uncertainty -- Industry set to readjust to new realities of raising cash

12 days ago

Obscure Asian fintech AMTD Digital becomes the new GameStop -- Social media suspected as shares surge 20,000 percent and company admits there's no good explanation

12 days ago

VC wells drying up: Y Combinator's latest class shrinks 40% -- Time to take another gander at that pitch deck

12 days ago

Intel experiences another kind of meltdown -- 'We must and will do better' CEO pledges amid big losses, Optane axed, expectations slashed

4 months ago

Martin Shkreli, out of prison for running a Ponzi scheme, now pushes Web3 thing -- His latest project, Druglike, most definitely isn't in the pharmaceutical business, from which he's been banned

4 months ago

IQE files against Tower Semiconductor claiming theft of trade secrets -- Wafer company says it has 'significant reason' to believe Israeli chipmaker misappropriated IP

4 months ago

UK government extends review of BT stake owned by French tycoon Patrick Drahi -- Altice bigwig now telco's largest shareholder but denies it's a takeover attempt

4 months ago

Vendors are hiking prices up to 30 percent and claiming 'it's inflation' -- No it's not, says Gartner – it's a hardcore sales tactic you can easily counter

12 days ago

End of the road for biz living off free G Suite legacy edition -- Firms accustomed to freebies miffed that web giant's largess doesn't last

12 days ago

IoT biz Insteon goes silent, smart home gear plays dumb -- CEO removes mention of company from LinkedIn profile

12 days ago

HSBC taps IBM to explore quantum for financial applications -- Interesting blue sky research aims to put the quant in quantum, although progress in sector isn't rapid

12 days ago

Singapore and UK ink digital trade agreements at Future Tech Forum in London -- Such memorandums of understanding are all the rage

4 months ago

When criminals go corporate: Ransomware-as-a-service, bulk discounts and more -- Pen-testers, rogue developers, dodgy hosters, etc. etc.

4 months ago

'Unicorn' startup CEO faked sales figures, deals to trick investors, prosecutors claim -- Co-founder of mobile dev biz HeadSpin Manish Lachwani charged with fraud

4 months ago

Microsoft, flush with cash, raises cloud office suite prices for businesses -- Microsoft 365, Office 365 to cost a little bit more from next March

4 months ago

Stack Overflow acquired for $1.8bn by Prosus (no, me neither) -- Q&A community ponders life as an enterprise education resource

4 months ago

Lambda School, a coding bootcamp that takes a cut of your next tech salary, now takes a 30% cut in staff -- Plus: Workers axed at '$4bn' Patreon, techies walk away from Basecamp

4 months ago

JavaScript developers left in the dark after DroidScript software shut down by Google over ad fraud allegations -- Creator suspects his ID was copied, web giant keeps quiet

4 months ago

Founders of medical science upstart uBiome once likened to Theranos now indicted for, you guessed it, fraud -- Failed firm was full of it, Feds say

4 months ago

Bad: US govt says Chinese duo hacked, stole blueprints from just about everyone. Also bad: They extorted cash -- Including COVID-19 research, it is claimed. And they'll almost certainly never face an American court

12 days ago

WeWork sues SoftBank over 'AWOL' $3bn shares purchase – which included millions lined up for ousted CEO Neumann -- Japanese giant defends decision, says trendy office rental biz didn't meet its terms

12 days ago

Talk about ill-gotten gains: Coronavirus KOs Xerox's $30bn months-long hostile takeover bid of HP Inc -- Turmoil in the financial markets fells ambitious acquisition plan

12 days ago

Remember that Sonos speaker you bought a few years back that works perfectly? It's about to be screwed for... reasons -- Planned obsolescence strikes again

12 days ago

Yeah, you better, you... you better tell us how you're misusing people's data, privacy, watchdog suggests to US telcos -- Cellular networks asked nicely to 'fess up or something might, maybe, happen some day

11 days ago

Another way to look at Amazon's counterfeit-busting Project Zero: Making merchants cough up protection money -- It's up to you to stop fake stuff going on sale in our cyber-bazaar, says multibillion-dollar biz

11 days ago

Sick of bandwidth gouging? Cloudflare, Google, Microsoft, IBM have some good news -- Bandwidth Alliance decides to throw us a bone

11 days ago

Facebook tells users to report crappy customer service from advertisers -- Threatens to ban ads from businesses with low marks

11 days ago

Republican tax bill ready to rescue hard-up tech giants, struggling rich -- Procedural snafu delays vote until Wednesday – but here's basically what's in it

4 months ago

Tech VCs sue Uncle Sam over President Trump's immigration chill -- We can't throw money at nerds if they can't get here, wail Silicon Valley's sugar daddies

4 months ago

Bespoke vending machine biz Bodega AI trips cultural landmine -- Plan to dehumanize shopping taken as threat to beloved mom-and-pop stores

4 months ago

Give staff privacy at work, Euro human rights court tells bosses -- Management must consider employees' rights in workplace policy

4 months ago

Brexit, schmexit: Christmas sales up 4 per cent at Dixons Carphone

4 months ago

Jeremy Hunt pockets £14m through sale of course search website

4 months ago

Building a DevOps business case

4 months ago

Korean cargo line bailout saves Christmas for tech companies

4 months ago

Insure against a cyberwhat now? How the heck do we crunch those numbers?

4 months ago

Wait... who broke that? Things you need to do to make your world diagnosable

4 months ago

New data porting rules mustn't overburden businesses with costs, says UK minister

4 months ago

E.ON fined £7m for smart meter fail

4 months ago

Virgin Media boss urges UK watchdogs not to pick wrong BT battle

4 months ago

Junk your IT. Now. Before it drags you under

4 months ago

Slashdot, SourceForge looking for new owners after parent dumps them on the web's doorstep

4 months ago

Daddy Dyson keeps it in the family and hoovers up son's energy biz

4 months ago

IBM sued for talking up semiconductor business it couldn't give away

12 days ago

Mighty Blighty broadbanders beg: Let us lay cable in BT's, er, ducts

12 days ago

Can you really run your business on a smartphone?

12 days ago

'Careful management of headcount' for Juniper after tepid quarter

12 days ago

Symantec's already virtually split, says letter to suppliers

4 months ago

Intel prods PC market's corpse, corpse shouts 'I'M NOT DEAD!'

4 months ago

Chin up, tech world. Gartner says it'll be OK

4 months ago

Telecom New Zealand exits Australia with AAPT sale

4 months ago

PEAK iPAD: Slab looking a bit peaky, needs big biz to take more tablets

11 days ago

Child porn hidden in legit hacked websites: 100s redirected to sick images

11 days ago

'The Apprentice' is a load of old codswallop, says biz prof

11 days ago

Biz email slinger Mimecast tumbles over

11 days ago

Carl Icahn may be planning to block Dell buyout

4 months ago

The business mullet: Cool or tool?

4 months ago

When your squash partner 'endorses' your coding skills on LinkedIn...

4 months ago

Vodafone phone and mobe biz service goes titsup

4 months ago

Experts: Firms need to come clean about cyber attacks

4 months ago

HP pops out all-in-one biz boxes

4 months ago

AMD's new CEO bobs, weaves, says 'big' and 'fast' are good

4 months ago

UK.gov opens Red Tape Challenge regulation-slash website

4 months ago

Video in the workplace

12 days ago

Five essential BlackBerry apps for business

12 days ago

Small biz calls for end date on enhanced 17.5% VAT

12 days ago

UK.gov relaxes patent application process

12 days ago

Mobile phones: Where does the money go?

4 months ago

Does business really care about security?

4 months ago

Making sense of the new business of IT

4 months ago

Recession forces software escrow releases to jump by 150%

4 months ago

Live Now : Reg Business Productivity Webcast

4 months ago

Alternative perspectives on business productivity

4 months ago

If I wanted to get there, I wouldn't start from here!

4 months ago

Former AMD kingpin gives Intel hell

4 months ago

Intel execs shift seats as Gelsinger departs

4 months ago

The Reg takes on storage platforms

4 months ago

Prof: Fat ladies don't get to be CEOs, lardy blokes do

4 months ago

Arms biz glovepuppets Parliamentary kit probe

4 months ago

Send old Shuttles to Mars, says Scotty ashes prang man

4 months ago

Brits decline to 'think outside the box'

4 months ago

Are you making the most of your IT?

4 months ago

Italy, Poland threaten veto on EU green package

4 months ago

Supersonic bizjets could have windowless flight decks

4 months ago

Green biz now 'bigger than software and biotech'

4 months ago

Mobile tech: Crystal ball gazing

4 months ago