5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (668+ words) Proprietary platform keeps incumbent in place while NESO prepares a future competition Britain's publicly owned energy system operator has awarded Palantir a £21.2 million contract without competition, extending a relationship that began under private ownership three years earlier. The National Energy…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (710+ words) Ministers declare war on an 'industry of dither and delay' as consultations, legal caution, and judicial reviews get the chop The UK government has considered the evidence and concluded that it spends far too much time considering the evidence. In…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (906+ words) Australia’s government will introduce legislation that tries to regulate digital services and impose a “digital duty of care.” “For too long, tech companies have been running real-time, unregulated product testing on Australians,” Minister for Communications Anika Wells said today. “In…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (604+ words) MPs welcome move but still want answers over how the conflict of interest was allowed to arise Matt Clifford is stepping down as chair of the UK's taxpayer-funded Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), just days after saying he intended…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (483+ words) Natural Resources Wales (NRW) says diversity data belonging to around 2,000 current and former employees who worked at the environmental regulator between April 2013 and March 2018 was exposed in a classic Freedom of Information (FoI) blunder. The Welsh government-sponsored body confirmed on…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (591+ words) A UK watchdog is warning that cyber criminals making moves against online systems in the food supply chain could cause serious upset, following damaging attacks on the Co-op and Marks & Spencer last year. The National Audit Office (NAO) named cyber-attacks…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1268+ words) Peers have questioned why the UK's Cyber Security and Resilience Bill does not allow regulators to penalize senior executives when an organization's failure to comply involves their consent, connivance, or deliberate or careless neglect. Echoing arguments heard across the industry…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1828+ words) KETTLE AI repository Hugging Face will soon be an Nvidia property, and while everyone's promising things will remain the same we at The Register's Kettle desk aren't so sure the status quo is going to stay the status quo at…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (461+ words) Berlin-based eco-conscious search outfit Ecosia is expanding its range of European-focused web browsers to include a Linux version, citing the growing number of users in the EU looking for open alternatives to the clutches of American tech giants. Calling Linux…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (758+ words) OpenAI has pledged $1 billion in credits to subsidize access to its services and training for resource-strapped cyber defenders around the world. The AI giant expects organizations to use the subsidized credits over the next six months as part of its…...