Hardware inspector fired for spotting an error he wasn't trained to find Manager's quality control priorities were upside down On Call  Welcome again to On Call, The Register's weekly column in which readers share stories of earnestly trying to fix broken tech, and end up feeling broken afterwards.… #theregister #IT
Hardware inspector fired for identifying a dead device
On Call: Manager's quality control priorities were upside down
Microsoft agrees to 11th hour Win 10 end of life concessions Consumer org forces Redmond to expunge list of requirements for free ESU in Euro Economic Area, just need a Microsoft account Microsoft will give consumers in the European Economic Area no-strings extended support for the soon-to be-EOL Windows 10.… #theregister #IT
Microsoft agrees to 11th hour Win 10 end of life concessions
Updated: Consumer org forces Redmond to expunge list of requirements for free ESU in Euro Economic Area, just need a Microsoft account
Just using open source software isn't radical any more. Europe needs to dig deeper Companies must realize they can be more than pure consumers, and public sector ought to go beyond 'promotion' Feature  It is 2025. Linux will turn 34 and the Free Software Foundation (FSF) 40. For the EU and Europe at large, which is famously experimental with government deployments of open source tech, be… #theregister #IT
Just using open source isn
Feature: Companies must realize they can be more than pure consumers, and public sector ought to go beyond 'promotion'
Brits warned as illegal robo-callers with offshored call centers fined half a million It’s amazing the number of calls Jo, Helen, and Ian get through The UK's data protection watchdog fined two Brit businesses with offshore call centers £550,000 (c $735,000) over illegal automated marketing calls.… #theregister #IT
Brits warned as illegal robo-callers fined £550,000
: It’s amazing the number of calls Jo, Helen, and Ian get through
Dell enters the earbud market with kit you can control from the cloud Apple prices meet Dell style Dell has entered the earbud market with a product you can manage from the cloud.… #theregister #IT
Dell enters the earbud market with cloud-manageable kit
: Apple prices meet Dell style
800,000 tons of mud probably just made electronics a little more expensive Accident causes major copper mine to suspend operations, as commodity and share prices soar In recent years technology buyers have endured hardware price rises due to a pandemic and its impact on supply chains, the global wave of inflation that followed, tariffs, and surging demand for AI technologies that al… #theregister #IT
800,000 tons of mud may make electronics more expensive
: Accident causes major copper mine to suspend operations, as commodity and share prices soar
Apple, Google tell Europe its Digital Markets Act isn't working for them – or consumers They would say that, wouldn’t they? Apple and Google have both urged the European Union to revisit its Digital Markets Act (DMA), which both tech giants say is failing.… #theregister #IT
Apple, Google tell Europe the Digital Markets Act is a FAIL
: They would say that, wouldn’t they?
Intel reportedly wants TSMC's help to end its reliance on ...TSMC Chipzilla seeks investment from its top fab frenemy Intel has reportedly sought an investment from rival chipmaker TSMC.… #theregister #IT
Intel asks TSMC for help ending its reliance on...TSMC
: Chipzilla seeks investment from its top fab frenemy
Google to merge Android and ChromeOS in 2026, because AI You'll see the results next year, but it's not the end of Googly lappies Video  Google has confirmed it will merge its ChromeOS and Android operating systems, and that the mobile OS will emerge triumphant.… #theregister #IT
Google to merge Android and ChromeOS in 2026, because AI
Video: You'll see the results next year, but it's not the end of Googly lappies
Microsoft cuts off Azure phone surveillance support for Israeli military Brad Smith says 'we do not provide technology to facilitate mass surveillance of civilians' The president of Microsoft has said it's cutting parts of the Israeli military off from Azure after reports that the army was using the platform in a mass surveillance operation against Palestinians in the West Bank and G… #theregister #IT
Microsoft cuts off Azure surveillance support for Israel
: Brad Smith says 'we do not provide technology to facilitate mass surveillance of civilians'