Google Earth’s AI makeover survives one trip around the Sun
Google performed a remarkably brisk reverse ferret last week, launching AI image generation in Google Earth and yanking it the […]
Month: August 2026
Sci-fi authors Scalzi and Stross decry AI’s dystopian impact on their craft
Two prominent science fiction authors have decried the impact of AI on their craft. “I do not want or need […]
UK government investment arm cops to 40-hour leak of officials’ contact details
The UK government’s corporate finance adviser has admitted that an employee left an internal file containing the names and work […]
The AI bubble is already popping; we just don’t know it yet
KETTLE Big tech’s Q2 earnings have been pouring in over the last two weeks, and it looks like stock market […]
As Larry Ellison bets the farm, Oracle says it loves AI-written code, just not in OpenJDK
Oracle has told contributors to OpenJDK – the open source Java project it stewards – not to submit code or […]
Claude Code is revolutionizing digital archaeology. Enterprise better dig it
OPINION The UK’s National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park (TNMoC) is a natural center of digital archaeology. It has […]
Microsoft says 8GB of RAM should be enough for anyone running Windows 11
Microsoft has added four new items to the to-do list it set itself to improve the quality of Windows 11. […]
IT boss left root session open for bring-your-kid-to-work day
WHO, ME? Comedian W.C. Fields is credited with the aphorism “Never work with children or animals,” which The Register mentions […]
AI is ‘both the weapon and the target’ in latest wave of cyberattacks
AI is becoming both an attack tool and a high-value target, with attacks by AI-enabled adversaries rising 89 percent in […]
Meta straps on a ‘Kick Me’ sign by mistakenly taking down video by India’s prime minister
ASIA IN BRIEF Meta last week briefly took down an unremarkable video posted by India’s prime minister Narendra Modi, earning […]