Dissatisfied: Three-fourths of AI customer service rollouts are a letdown
If you’re thinking you can replace your human call center staff with a server farm of bots, think again. Nearly […]
Month: May 2026
London cops hail fixed facial recognition cams after suspects collared every 35 mins
London’s Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) is giving its six-month trial of static live facial recognition (LFR) cameras credit for helping […]
Microsoft gives Windows Update a Ctrl-Z for bad drivers
Microsoft is getting to grips with Windows drivers that leave the operating system in an unstable state with a proactive […]
Greater Manchester still says no to NHS data platform with Palantir at its heart
One of the UK’s biggest health regions has doubled down on its decision not to join the NHS Federated Data […]
SpaceX sets date for Starship test that asks: Did we break anything in the upgrade?
SpaceX has named the earliest date for the next Starship launch – May 19. The company has already completed a […]
Microsoft aims to speed Windows with ‘leap forward’ in WinUI 3 perf
Microsoft claims to have achieved a “leap forward” in performance for WinUI 3, the current native framework for Windows apps, […]
Royal Household seeks £3M finance system fit for a King
The UK’s Royal Household plans to spend £3 million ($4 million) on a new finance system to replace one that […]
dBase debased: Database titan fades to black after 47 years
It looks like a popular blog post about the decline and fall of dBase has knocked the long-moribund database’s website […]
Linux gains more critical Windows apps: 3D Movie Maker and Space Cadet Pinball
Thanks in part to a Register reader and skilled programmer-archeologist, we bring you news of yet more vital enterprise Windows […]
Vietnam to develop domestic cloud so it can ditch risky overseas operators for government workloads
Vietnam has decided to develop its own cloud platform, so its government agencies can stop using foreign-owned services. Prime Minister […]