On Call Fridays can be a drag, but The Register has a formula to inject a little fun by delivering a new instalment of On Call – the reader-contributed column in which we share your tech support stories. This week, meet a reader we’ll Regomize as “Albert” who told us about his time working for…
Qualcomm has quietly entered the market for custom hyperscale silicon, and datacenter CPUs Speaking on the company’s Q2 earnings call, CEO Cristiano Amon said the company will provide custom product to “a leading hyperscaler,” expects shipments “in the December quarter” and is “thinking about a multi-generation engagement.” Pressed on the details, Amon said Qualcomm is…
Engineering trust with safeguards for clinical-grade AI The transition and deployment of AI into clinical environments requires uncompromising architectural and operational safeguards. In our research on simulations of patient-facing telemedical conversations, AI co-clinician uses a dual-agent architecture: a “Planner” module continuously monitors the conversation, verifying that the “Talker” agent stays within safe clinical boundaries. Similarly,…
Exclusive A novel China-linked threat group infiltrated more than a dozen critical networks in Poland, Asian countries, and possibly beyond, beginning in December 2024 and with activity uncovered as recently as this month. I’m concerned about what they are leaving behind: What type of C2 on a sleep cycle is still lingering in these environments?…
Nearly half of UK businesses are still getting breached, and in many cases, the attacker’s big breakthrough is an employee clicking “sure, why not” on a fake login page. The UK government’s latest Cyber Security Breaches Survey, released on Thursday, puts the hit rate at 43 percent of businesses and 28 percent of charities reporting…
Anthropic is pulling in more LLM revenue than OpenAI, despite having a fraction of the users. New stats from Counterpoint Research put Anthropic on top of the global LLM revenue table in Q1 2026, with a 31.4 percent share, narrowly ahead of OpenAI on 29 percent, but the real story lies beneath that near-tie. Anthropic…
Japanese tech giant Fujitsu has confirmed the demise of its mainframe business in the year 2035 and hinted it’s working on significant defense projects. CEO Takahito Tokita confirmed the 2035 death date earlier this week when delivering a briefing on the company’s medium-term management plan and future directions. He used that moment to note that…
Microsoft boss Satya Nadella told investors during an earnings call last night that the company needs to “win back” its fans. Nadella was referring to its consumer business as Microsoft has become acutely aware that customers are unhappy with the quality and stability of its flagship operating system. Microsoft published figures for its third financial…
An influential SAP user group has criticized the vendor’s API policy update, saying it lacks clarity and potentially prevents users from starting new projects and innovating on their SAP platforms. AI clause in new SAP API policy has partners worried over lock-in READ MORE The new API policy [PDF], published by the ERP giant last…
The Coalition for Fair Software Licensing has published research showing that US workers reckon Microsoft is using its productivity tools to lock their employers into the company’s AI services. Microsoft 365 confirms new premium tier, stuffed with AI and few discounts READ MORE The survey data of more than 1,000 workers – out a day…