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Hi Russell Roberts Roberts | Log in Top Daily Headlines Friday, 15 May 2026 Tencent admits GPUs only pay for themselves when powering personalized ads Chinese web giant says accelerator shortage is over as local hardware arrives in volume Thu 14 May 2026 Anthropic’s Bun Rust rewrite merged at speed of AI Version 1.3.14 of JavaScript toolkit released as last Zig version; a million lines of Rust code merged in gargantuan commit Thu 14 May 2026 Cisco to fire 4,000 staff and generously give them free training – on Cisco Reducing memory requirements to control costs in a new wave of kit Thu 14 May 2026 Bedrock and a hard place: Claude adventure leaves AWS user staring down $30K invoice CAD: Cost Anomaly Detection or Create Astounding Debt? Thu 14 May 2026 Dude… where’s my password? Claude reunites forgetful stoner with $400k Bitcoin stash AI to the rescue as 11-year search for password turns up in old PC files Thu 14 May 2026 To gain root access at this company, all an intruder had to do was ask nicely Human IT managers thought they were being nice to the boss, but were assisting a threat actor Thu 14 May 2026 KDE bags €1.3M as Europe realizes it might need an OS of its own Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund backs the desktop project while public sector interest in homegrown alternatives grows Thu 14 May 2026 AI models are getting better at replacing cybersecurity pros on certain tasks UK researchers find LLMs are learning to finish jobs faster and improving all the time Thu 14 May 2026 Dirty Frag gets a sequel as Fragnesia hands Linux attackers root-level access Fresh kernel flaw comes with public exploit code and continues ugly run of highly reliable privilege escalation bugs tied to memory and page-cache handling Thu 14 May 2026 Sick and wrong: Ontario auditors find doctors' AI note takers routinely blow basic facts 60% of evaluated AI Scribe systems mixed up prescribed drugs in patient notes, auditors say Thu 14 May 2026 Americans would rather have a nuclear plant in their backyard than a datacenter AI and the bit barns that power it have developed a serious PR problem Thu 14 May 2026 UK begins antitrust inquiry into Microsoft's business software ecosystem Brit regulator has 'heard' customers can't always 'effectively combine software from Microsoft with that of other providers' Thu 14 May 2026 UK government prescribes Single Patient Record for NHS data chaos Doctors welcome joined-up care plan, but warn patient trust depends on safeguards, access controls, and knowing where Palantir fits in Thu 14 May 2026 NASA fleshes out Artemis III, the Moon mission that won't go to the Moon SpaceX and Blue Origin may yet get a role in low Earth orbit rehearsal, readiness permitting Thu 14 May 2026 Nobody believes the 'criminals and scumbags' who hacked Canvas really deleted stolen student data Other than Instructure execs - maybe? Fri 15 May 2026 Cops arrest man suspected of being Dream Market kingpin Owe Martin Andresen faces charges in both US and Germany connected with money laundering, claims he sent gold bars directly to his doorstep Thu 14 May 2026 AI to infest eight in ten premium phones within two years And Counterpoint sees fad spreading from pricey handsets to smart rings and earbuds too... whether you asked for it or not Thu 14 May 2026 Calling the cops just got extra AI as police seek to add tech to contact systems AI already listening in to call handlers in real time, conducting live database searches Thu 14 May 2026 Grad-to-be turns graduation cap into Rust-powered light show Eric Park tells us he doesn't plan to wear his modified cap to commencement, but his code's available for anyone with no such qualms and an upcoming ceremony Thu 14 May 2026 Cerebras risked it all on dinner plate-sized AI accelerators a decade ago. Today it’s worth $66 billion Here's a look at the tech powering the first big IPO of 2026 Fri 15 May 2026 This email was sent to kh6jrm@gmail.com You can update your preferences or unsubscribe Situation Publishing Ltd, 315 Montgomery Street, 9th & 10th Floors, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA The Register and its contents are Copyright © 2026 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy