Security MOIS-linked cyber outfit puts on a ransomware show to disguise the wide-open backdoor behind the scenes Researchers at Rapid7 say that they have spotted what they believe was an Iranian intelligence cyber unit masquerading as the Chaos ransomware gang to hide a state-sponsored espionage operation. The intrusion was spotted earlier this year, and investigators…
AI For AI agents, seeing is expensive Businesses deploying AI agents to automate computer usage may be spending far more money than necessary if those agents try to emulate human visual interaction. Reflex, an enterprise application platform, recently set out to compare vision agents with API agents. A vision agent in this context refers to an…
I sat down in the Musk v. Altman trial courtroom today, painfully aware that no one was going to ask Shivon Zilis the question on everyone’s minds: Girl, what the fuck are you doing? Zilis, who testified under oath that she is the mother of four of Musk’s children, was… what’s the best way to…
Personal Tech Commercial PC demand expected to cushion broader slowdown AMD expects its PC CPU shipments to decline in the second half of the year because of the memory supply crisis, but hopes that expanding corporate sales will pick up the slack. During a conference call for the chip firm’s Q1 2026 financial results, chair and…
Site News A new coat of paint Most days are the same. Wake up. Stretch. Grumble to the wife. She grumbles back. Tea, toast. Maybe an egg. Whip out your phone at the breakfast table, check the news. Mostly bad. Check The Reg to see what they’re on about today. “Whaaaaaaaa????” Some days are different. Today…
Science All driller, no filler NASA’s Curiosity Rover got a rock stuck to the drill at the end of its robotic arm, necessitating some remote-controlled shaking and jiggling to free the tool. We’ve all been there, doing a bit of do-it-yourself with a power tool when something awful happens. It might be hitting a pipe…
It turns out Fox McCloud’s appearance in the Super Mario Galaxy Movie was a tease of things to come: Nintendo just surprise announced the first new Star Fox game in two decades. The game is called, simply, Star Fox, and it’s out very soon, launching on June 25th. Nintendo says that it’s “based” on the…
Offbeat Okay, the rodent was a willing participant – after all, who turns down treats for a spin that charges a phone? Who needs power outlets when you can charge off of animal labor? The next time someone asks you if a hamster running on a wheel can produce a measurable amount of energy, you…
Google has pulled the plug on Project Mariner, an experimental feature designed to perform tasks for you across the web, as reported earlier by Wired’s Maxwell Zeff. The Project Mariner landing page now contains a message that says: “Thank you for using Project Mariner. It was shut down on May 4th, 2026 and its technology…
AI Compute from Colossus leads to relaxed limits Anthropic is partnering with SpaceX to ease capacity constraints that have stranded Claude customers, a gesture that may soothe developer discontent about service availability and cost. Ami Vora, chief product officer at Anthropic, announced the expanded rate limits during Code for Claude, a developer event livestreamed from…