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6 Oct, 02:14 · Technology · United States OpenAI launches visual ads that appear alongside image generation results Specifically, OpenAI is adding visual display ads to its ad product line-up so that ads will appear alongside images that users ask ChatGPT to generate.
6 Oct, 02:00 · Technology Promotion The question you would ask HPE and NVIDIA if nobody was recording The Register’s data sovereignty dinner in Washington puts HPE’s and NVIDIA’s AI infrastructure leads at one table, off the record, on 29 October.
6 Oct, 02:00 · Technology Promotion Lola Vision Systems is trying to make it easier to run AI models on chips In 2024, he launched Lola Vision Systems, an AI infrastructure company that builds software and chips for running AI models on devices.
6 Oct, 02:00 · Technology Open or closed AI? How founders are choosing what to build on at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 For AI startups, choosing a model isn’t necessarily a one-time architecture decision anymore. Secure your Disrupt pass to hear how AI leaders are navigating those choices.
6 Oct, 01:58 · Technology Hackers steal 8 million citizens’ records from Danish government database The Danish government has confirmed that its central database of citizens’ data was breached and most of its contents were stolen.
6 Oct, 01:45 · Technology Guide How to turn on Developer Mode on your Chromebook We'll dig through everything and discuss what changes once Developer Mode is on and whether it's something you need as you use your Chromebook as your everyday computer.
6 Oct, 00:45 · Technology Siri can index more of your personal data — here's how to limit it If you’re concerned about Apple’s new digital assistant, here’s how you can restrict its access to your data.
6 Oct, 00:30 · Technology · United Kingdom Games Workshop seeks IT leader to summon the legions in epic saga battling the forces of ERP Back in January 2021, The Register reported that Games Workshop delayed its Microsoft Dynamics-based ERP rollout and appointed a new integrator, having already hoped to go live in 2020.
6 Oct, 00:27 · Technology · United States Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman Altman co-founded OpenAI with Musk in 2015 but earlier this year Musk alleged in court that Altman, OpenAI, and the company’s president, Greg Brockman.
6 Oct, 00:15 · Technology Are phone coolers worth it? Notebookcheck found 3DMark stability scores of 77 percent and 79.2 percent on the ASUS ROG Phone 8 Pro without the AeroActive Cooler X.
5 Oct, 23:45 · Technology Guide How far away can a Wi-Fi extender be from your router? Wi-Fi extenders can be finicky, and placement matters more than you might think. Top Wi-Fi extenders, as their name implies, capture and extend the reach of your router's signal coverage.
5 Oct, 23:38 · Technology Google admits some 'complex' Android apps run poorly on Intel Googlebooks Googlebooks, the new platform designed to play well with Android smartphones, may have problems with Android apps in some cases. Google offers a curated group of optimized apps for Googlebooks.
5 Oct, 23:15 · Technology Guide How long can you expect an Xbox Series X to last? Strong software support and a repairable design should give Microsoft's console a long lifespan. When Microsoft announced its disc-to-digital feature it raised questions around an all-digital future.
5 Oct, 23:00 · Technology Review Qalo SL-1 review: A barebones smart band that's priced like a flagship At $199.95, Qalo is asking for the same sort of money as Garmin wants for its own smart band, the Cirqa.
5 Oct, 23:00 · Technology Can Safeworld convince people that GenAI robots won’t hurt them? The big trend in robots is handing the keys over to a generative AI model, but that brings with it a problem.
5 Oct, 22:25 · Technology Ubuntu 'Stonking Stingray' beta swims out: Deeper Rust 'oxidization' plus LLM speech-to-text GNOME 51 is here, and Ubuntu interim releases are getting interesting again. The version in the Ubuntu beta isn’t working smoothly.
5 Oct, 22:00 · Technology Explaining Hall-effect, TMR, and other new types of "mechanical" switches A Bluetooth keyboard with full-height optical switches and a 133 Hz wireless polling rate, for instance.
5 Oct, 21:24 · Technology Windows 11 market share creeps upwards as cost of staying on Windows 10 set to double
5 Oct, 21:04 · Technology · United Kingdom Why are data centres such a big deal in Scotland? Every time you ask ChatGPT a question, read a Google summary or make an online bank payment, a data centre is working behind the scenes.
5 Oct, 19:30 · Technology Opinion Brighter isn't better and more is less. The AI slowdown is nigh, no matter who says what
5 Oct, 19:18 · Technology Google's Fitbit Edge leaks out with a screen and Pixel 11 colors We knew that Google was likely coming out with a mid-range Fitbit model that slots between the Fitbit Air and the Pixel Watch 5.
5 Oct, 19:00 · Technology Promotion What people say about their file infrastructure once the badge comes off Joe Fay chairs a Register dinner in Soho on 20 October where infrastructure leaders compare notes on the file estate they inherited, off the record.
5 Oct, 17:39 · Technology Buyer missed one option and got 1% of the cable they needed Terry’s order duly arrived, all one meter of it – plus paperwork explaining that the other 99 meters would be along now, thanks to the partial delivery option.
5 Oct, 17:00 · Technology Review Apple iPhone 18 Pro review: big changes for small differences The iPhone 18 Pro is one of a pair of slab phones launched alongside Apple’s first folding phone, the iPhone Duo, and is the cheapest of the new phones.

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