6+ hour, 25+ min ago   (582+ words) Ingenious coders coaxed multichannel chiptunes from the humblest of sound hardware Even for 1982, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum had poor sound: a piezoelectric speaker that could beep. But you can do a lot with a single bit if you turn it…...

8+ hour, 37+ min ago   (1168+ words) RIP, you won't be mourned The term "security through obscurity" describes an old idea that networks and systems will remain secure so long as their architecture, along with any vulnerabilities or other weaknesses, remains secret or hidden. It was never…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (408+ words) There's no place like the Home directory, but the Documents folder is sometimes nicer ON CALL Friday morning is The Register's home for tech support stories, which we showcase in On Call – the weekly column made possible by readers generously…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (569+ words) Coinbase engineer gives simulated insect $100 and lets its neurons make the trades If you want to understand how 2026 is going, in March The Register reported that scientists had connected a simulated fruit fly brain to a virtual body and let…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (909+ words) In the latest installment of "my AI model is more dangerous than yours," Anthropic on Thursday warned that cybercriminals and state-sponsored hackers alike are using its Claude models to automate cyberattacks, build kamikaze drone swarms, conduct mass surveillance operations, and…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (649+ words) The UK government opposed a proposal to make air traffic control provider NATS reimburse airlines for passenger compensation arising from its failures, weeks before a massive tech glitch led to 2,000 flight cancellations. During a House of Commons debate, Liberal Democrat…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (817+ words) Human operator: don't touch CIS orgs. AI agents: look a squirrel! An unknown attacker used hundreds of AI agents to exploit two PaperCut MF/NG bugs and break into at least 395 organizations. The victims were concentrated in the US education…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (450+ words) The global research firm warned that workforce cuts could save money in the short term but risk weakening talent pipelines and eroding institutional knowledge over the longer term. With labor force growth flat or declining worldwide, competition for talent would…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (406+ words) Getting straight answers out of OpenAI about how many websites and services its agents have hijacked increasingly seems like pulling teeth, as the company seems intent on making the world discover each instance one by one. Case in point: The…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (537+ words) Nscale accounts for nearly two-thirds of the equity funding raised by UK datacenter infrastructure companies, according to a report from Tracxn. The market research firm identifies the rent-a-GPU operation as the only unicorn – a privately held company valued at more…...