GNOME Foundation's new executive director is Canadian, a techie, and a GNOME user Steven Deobald certainly talks the talk The GNOME Foundation has hired a new executive director to lead the organization, acting as GNOME's public face and leading the non-profit's fundraising efforts.… #theregister #IT
Arm says it isn’t worried by tariffs, but won't give guidance for FY'26 No direct impact on royalty, licensing biz but device end demand in firing line World War FeeΒ  Arm shares took a tumble after it declined to issue guidance for the year ahead in light of the current economic uncertainty, despite the chip designer claiming record revenue for the quarter just ended.… #theregister #IT
Users find RISE with SAP service levels below industry standard Gartner also says customers say ERP vendor's internal processes cause delays Users who signed up for the RISE with SAP deal are finding that the costs are higher than expected, and the service levels are worse, research from Gartner indicates.… #theregister #IT
Arista cats purr over $2B quarter while tariff time bomb ticks Networking biz cashes in on AI hysteria, warns trade tensions could disrupt supply and margins World War FeeΒ  Arista Networks is warning investors of the fear, uncertainty and doubt caused by the Trump administration's shifting trade policies.… #theregister #IT
Nvidia boss gets 45% pay bump, but is the billionaire happy? Jenson Huang's compensation package swells to $49.8M, firm reveals younger Huangs on the payroll too The gods of executive pay smiled on Nvidia's chief executive in the last full financial year, awarding him a 45 percent bump in total compensation.… #theregister #IT
The 12 KB that Windows just can't seem to quit Icons from a more civilized time Windows deposits a huge number of files onto a user's PC, some of which are essential for the operating system, and others that are a reminder of gentler times. Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen this week took another trip down memory lane to the pixel-tastic world of moricons.dll on his Old New Thing blog.… #theregister #IT
NASA JPL boss bails for 'personal reasons' as budget cuts bite Laurie Leshin to leave in June Laurie Leshin, director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), is stepping down in June and will be replaced by JPL veteran David Gallagher.… #theregister #IT
Amazon touts Vulcan – its first robot with a sense of 'touch' Claims human warehouse workers will still live long and prosper Internet souk Amazon has unveiled a new robot for its warehouses and claims the machine uses a sense of "touch" to shift around 75 percent of the types of packages handled.… #theregister #IT
ESA feeling weightless and unwanted amid proposed NASA cuts Euro space agency insists it's reliable and desirable in face of 'abusive spouse' NASA's "skinny" budget has rattled its allies. After years of close cooperation, the European Space Agency (ESA) is looking jilted, while others describe the US space scene as adrift in gloom and doubt.… #theregister #IT
'I see you're running a local LLM. Would you like some help with that?' Dev creates official Clippy 'love letter' to query AI models on your box Clippy is back - and this time, its arrival on your desktop as a front-end for locally run LLMs has nothing to do with Microsoft. … #theregister #IT