It's time to decentralize the internet, again: What was distributed is now centralized by Google, Facebook, etc
2 years ago by Drewski to /s/DecentralizeAllThings from (theregister.com)
University duo thought it would be cool to sneak bad code into Linux as an experiment. Of course, it absolutely backfired
3 years ago by [deleted] to /s/Linux from (theregister.com)
Pirate Bay co-founder criticises Parler for its lack of resilience
3 years ago by [deleted] to /s/SocialMedia from (theregister.com)
Microsoft will release a web browser for Linux next month
Chromium devs want the browser to talk to devices, computers directly via TCP, UDP. Obviously, nothing can go wrong
3 years ago by [deleted] to /s/Browsers from (theregister.com)
ISS crew shelters from debris twice after Russia blows up old satellite
2 years ago by magnora7 to /s/WorldNews from (theregister.com)
FBI abused spy law, but only like 280,000 times in a year. Redacted report card comes out (report link and redactions contents in comments)
11 months ago by SoCo to /s/news from (theregister.com)
Microsoft hijacks Google's Chrome download page to beg you not to ditch Edge
1 year ago by [deleted] to /s/Browsers from (theregister.com)
Textbook publishers sue shadow library LibGen for copyright infringement
7 months ago by [deleted] to /s/piracy from (theregister.com)
Police warrant orders Ring to provide man's home footage
1 year ago by Drewski to /s/privacy from (theregister.com)
X.Org is now pretty much an ex-org: Maintainer declares the open-source windowing system largely abandoned
1 year ago by [deleted] to /s/Linux from (theregister.com)
LastPass admits attackers copied password vaults
1 year ago by [deleted] to /s/technology from (theregister.com)
Goodbye, humans: Call centers "could save $80b" switching to AI
Software fees to make up 10% of John Deere's revenues by 2030
1 year ago by [deleted] to /s/Internet from (theregister.com)
Ad blockers struggle under Chrome's new rules
1 year ago by Drewski to /s/technology from (theregister.com)
Makers of ad blockers and browser privacy extensions fear the end is near
1 year ago by [deleted] to /s/privacy from (theregister.com)
Soon the most popular 'real' desktop will be the Linux desktop
9 months ago by [deleted] to /s/Linux from (theregister.com)
Caffeine makes fuel cells more efficient, cuts cost of energy storage
1 month ago by PanzersGhost to /s/technology from (theregister.com)
Man stabbed to death by chicken with razor blade attached to its leg
1 year ago by [deleted] to /s/whatever from (theregister.com)
Mozilla CSO demands fines to curb Big Tech surveillance
Age Verification Providers Say Don’t Worry About California Design Code; You’ll Just Have To Scan Your Face For Every Website You Visit
USENET, the OG social network, rises again like a text-only phoenix
8 months ago by [deleted] to /s/SocialMedia from (theregister.com)
Robot can rip the data out of RAM chips with chilling technology
10 months ago by [deleted] to /s/Security from (theregister.com)
Eighteen of 25 reproductive health apps and wearable devices reviewed by Mozilla received a *Privacy Not Included warning label – meaning they are problematic when it comes to protecting users' privacy and security.
The sad state of Linux desktop diversity: 21 environments, just 2 designs
Wi-Fi devices set to become object sensors by 2024 under planned 802.11bf standard
3 years ago by [deleted] to /s/privacy from (theregister.com)
Social media is too much for most of us to handle
9 months ago by [deleted] to /s/SocialMedia from (theregister.com)
Apple violated worker rights by suppressing NYC union drive
10 months ago by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from (theregister.com)
So much for CAPTCHA – bots can do them quicker than humans
8 months ago by Drewski to /s/technology from (theregister.com)
Maker of Chrome extension with 300,000+ users tells of constant pressure to sell out
8 months ago by [deleted] to /s/Browsers from (theregister.com)
Google warns its own employees: Do not use code generated by Bard
10 months ago by [deleted] to /s/Artificial_Intelligen from (theregister.com)
Microsoft wants you to believe it wont access private data with its intrusive scan for older Office versions
1 year ago by SoCo to /s/privacy from (theregister.com)
Um, almost the entire Scots Wikipedia was written by someone with no idea of the language – 10,000s of articles
Vietnam to collect biometrics - even DNA - for new ID cards
2 months ago by PanzersGhost to /s/privacy from (theregister.com)
FTC opens inquiry into Amazon, Google, Microsoft AI deals
3 months ago by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from (theregister.com)
Microsoft to let Internet Explorer 11 haunt Windows some more
11 months ago by [deleted] to /s/Browsers from (theregister.com)
Microsoft and GM deal means your next car might talk, lie, gaslight and manipulate you
Eurocops shut down Exclu encrypted messaging app
Tech companies could be fined $25 million if they don't build suitable mechanisms to scan for child sex abuse material in end-to-end encrypted messages
Chinese database detailing 2.4 million influential people, their kids, their addresses, and how to press their buttons revealed
3 years ago by Pis-dur to /s/WorldNews from (go.theregister.com)
Artificial intelligence is a liability ¦ Automating people out of business processes will not go well at all, mark our words
4 months ago by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from (theregister.com)
Windows XP activation algorithm cracked, keygen now works on Linux
11 months ago by [deleted] to /s/technology from (theregister.com)
Google's Go may add telemetry reporting that's on by default
"I love the Linux desktop, but that doesn't mean I don't see its problems all too well"
DPL: Debian project has plenty of money but not enough developers
Seven 'no log' VPN providers accused of leaking – yup, you guessed it – 1.2TB of user logs onto the internet
3 years ago by Sigterminator to /s/UncensoredTech from (theregister.com)
Mozilla's midlife crisis has taken it from web pioneer to Google's weird neighbor
7 months ago by [deleted] to /s/technology from (theregister.com)
AI to replace 2.4 million jobs in the US by 2030, many fewer than other forms of automation
7 months ago by [deleted] to /s/Artificial_Intelligen from (theregister.com)
Political Policies Continue Erasing US's Industrial Strengths As Some Try To Hide It: IBM staff grumble redeployment orders are stealth layoffs
1 year ago by SoCo to /s/politics from (theregister.com)
Avira also mines imaginary internet money on customers' PCs
2 years ago by bandofla to /s/technology from (theregister.com)
ExpressVPN bought for $1bn by Brit biz with an intriguing history in adware
2 years ago by Drewski to /s/privacy from (theregister.com)
UK formally abandons Europe’s Unified Patent Court, Germany plans to move forward nevertheless
3 years ago by magnora7 to /s/WorldNews from (theregister.com)
Ex-White House CIO tells The Reg: TikTok ban may be diplomatic disaster | Theresa Payton on why US needs a national privacy law
1 month ago by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from (theregister.com)
Windows 11 installs still dramatically trail Windows 10
7 months ago by Myocarditis-Man to /s/technology from (theregister.com)
Cost of gallium peaks after Chinese export restrictions land
8 months ago by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from (theregister.com)
YouTube has been accused of tracking children online and targeting them with personalized ads
8 months ago by [deleted] to /s/youtube from (theregister.com)
Hey, online pharmacies: Quit spreading around everyone's data already
Epson zaps lasers into oblivion, in the name of the environment
Web ad firms scrape email addresses before you know it
1 year ago by [deleted] to /s/news from (theregister.com)
Confessions of a ransomware negotiator
2 years ago by Drewski to /s/Security from (theregister.com)
Do you want speed or security as expected? Spectre CPU defenses can cripple performance on Linux in tests
2 years ago by [deleted] to /s/Linux from (theregister.com)
Microsoft plugging more ads into Windows 11 Start Menu
1 year ago by Myocarditis-Man to /s/technology from (theregister.com)
GitHub claims source code search engine is a game changer. (Not mentioned: Connecting pseudo-anonymous code to other projects, may unmask some programmers)
The crime against humanity that is the modern OS desktop, and how to kill it
Intel accused of wiretapping because it uses analytics to track keystrokes, mouse movements on its website
IT blunder permanently erases 145,000 users' personal chats in KPMG's Microsoft Teams deployment – memo
3 years ago by [deleted] to /s/TechCompanies from (theregister.com)
An Internet of Trouble lies ahead as root certificates begin to expire en masse, warns security researcher
3 years ago by Drewski to /s/Internet from (theregister.com)
AI and wearables are scaring the wellbeing out of workers | We thought everyone was thrilled about being spied on and having their jobs taken by bots
Mozilla slams Microsoft for using dark patterns to drive Windows users toward Edge
3 months ago by PanzersGhost to /s/Browsers from (theregister.com)
'Only 700 new IT jobs' were created in US last year | Pandemic overhiring + AI-generated cuts at the entry level = A bad year to be a techie, says Janco
Want to pwn a satellite? Turns out it's surprisingly easy
8 months ago by [deleted] to /s/Security from (theregister.com)
Deplatforming hate forums doesn't work, British boffins warn
How thieves steal cars using vehicle CAN bus: Security isn't an afterthought, there's no security on the car's CAN at all.
1 year ago by iamonlyoneman to /s/cars from (theregister.com)
Native Americans ask Apache foundation to change name...again
1 year ago by SoCo to /s/technology from (theregister.com)
Heata offers free hot water by mounting servers on people's water tanks
1 year ago by [deleted] to /s/UnitedKingdom from (theregister.com)
Legless Lithuanian attacks copper with todger
1 year ago by [deleted] to /s/NotTheOnion from (theregister.com)
Google Play to ban Android VPN apps from interfering with ads
1 year ago by [deleted] to /s/Android from (theregister.com)
Another data-leaking Spectre bug found, smashes Intel, Arm defenses
2 years ago by [deleted] to /s/Security from (theregister.com)
Linux Mint users in hot water for being slow with security updates, running old versions
Microsoft confirms Russian spies stole source code, accessed internal systems
1 month ago by ZephirAWT to /s/ScienceUncensored from (theregister.com)
What if Microsoft had given us Windows XP 2024?
3 months ago by PanzersGhost to /s/technology from (theregister.com)
Amazon Ring, Alexa accused of every nightmare IoT security fail you can imagine
Intel NDA blueprints – 20GB of source code, schematics, specs, docs – spill onto web from partners-only vault
3 years ago by zyxzevn to /s/Hacking from (theregister.com)
Forget the AI doom and hype, let's make computers useful | Machine learning has its place, just not in ways that suits today's hypesters
7 days ago by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from (theregister.com)
96% of US hospital websites share visitor info with Meta, Google, data brokers
21 days ago by PanzersGhost to /s/privacy from (theregister.com)
Software troubles delay F-35 fighter jet deliveries. Again
So, are we going to talk about how GitHub is an absolute boon for malware, or nah?
3 months ago by PanzersGhost to /s/Security from (theregister.com)
India launches contest to build homegrown web browser
Rocky Linux first to recover from CentOS source purge
10 months ago by Myocarditis-Man to /s/Linux from (theregister.com)
Intel mulls cutting 16 and 32-bit support, booting straight into 64-bit mode
Australia asks Twitter how it will mod content without staff, gets ghosted
11 months ago by [deleted] to /s/Twitter from (theregister.com)
4chan and other web sewers scraped up into Google's mega-library for training ML
Future of warfare is AI, retired US Army general warns
1 year ago by Drewski to /s/Artificial_Intelligen from (theregister.com)
Microsoft Defender is flagging legit URLs as malicious
Thought you'd opted out of online tracking? Think again
Surprise! China's top Android phones collect way more info
Chinese distributors reportedly dump dud chips on Russia
1 year ago by [deleted] to /s/WorldNews from (theregister.com)
Iran reveals use of cryptocurrency to pay for imports
1 year ago by Drewski to /s/cryptocurrency from (theregister.com)
'It's dead, Jim': Torvalds marks Intel Itanium processors as orphaned in Linux kernel
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