Possible Samsung strike puts even more pressure on memory pricing
RAM prices have risen after negotiations between Samsung and a union representing many of its workers collapsed – and the […]
Month: May 2026
AWS racks M3 Ultra Macs that boast specs you can’t currently buy
Amazon Web Services has done something many others can’t achieve: Buy a bunch of Apple’s Mac Studio computers. Mac Studio […]
On-call techie decided job was done and hit the bottle – just before his pager went off
ON CALL Welcome to another installment of On Call, The Register’s weekly reader-contributed column that celebrates the IT professionals who […]
Dude… where’s my password? Claude reunites forgetful stoner with $400k Bitcoin stash
Eleven years ago, a stoner bought some Bitcoin, lit up, and entered a password that he soon forgot. Now, after […]
AI to infest eight in ten premium phones within two years
AI will be in the majority of premium smartphones and wearables within a few years – bad news for anyone […]
UK begins antitrust inquiry into Microsoft’s business software ecosystem
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is taking a closer look at Microsoft’s business software empire, launching a strategic […]
Waymo recalls 3,800 robotaxis after one drove itself into a flood
Waymo is recalling almost 3,800 robotaxis amid fears they may go off-script and drive into floods on high-speed roads. All […]
KDE bags €1.3M as Europe realizes it might need an OS of its own
The KDE project turns 30 in five months, but it already got an early birthday present: €1,285,200 from Germany’s Sovereign […]
Grad-to-be turns graduation cap into Rust-powered light show
College graduation season has begun in the United States, and one soon-to-graduate computer science student has decided to decorate his […]
Anthropic tosses agents into the API billing pool
Anthropic has further restricted access to its Claude model family while framing the limitation as responsive customer service. “We’ve heard […]