Apple AI boffins puncture AGI hype as reasoning models flail on complex planning AI 'thinking' may just be an illusion If you are betting on AGI – artificial general intelligence, the point at which AI models rival human cognition – showing up next year, you may want to adjust your timeline.… #theregister #IT
Apple AI boffins pour cold water on reasoning models
: AI 'thinking' may just be an illusion
Let them eat junk food: Major organic supplier to Whole Foods, Walmart, hit by cyberattack United Natural Foods shut down some of its systems on June 5 after spotting network intruders North American grocery wholesaler United Natural Foods told regulators that a cyber incident temporarily disrupted operations, including its ability to fulfill customer orders.… #theregister #IT
United Natural Foods disrupted by IT security incident
: United Natural Foods shut down some of its systems on June 5 after spotting network intruders
Unemployment is spiking for US IT pros - unless you want to babysit bots Economic uncertainty and the race to AI are pillaging the IT job market The IT job market in the US is being hit from two sides at once: Companies are grappling with fears of a recession stemming from the Trump administration's erratic tariff policy, while AI is increasingly mopping up entry-level jobs.… #theregister #IT
IT unemployment jumps from 4.6% to 5.5% in US: Janco
: Economic uncertainty and the race to AI are pillaging the IT job market
UK's Isambard-AI super powers up as government goes AI crazy Brace yourselves Britain, PM Keir Starmer's challenged his teams: 'show me how they can use AI' Britain's beefiest supercomputer, Isambard-AI, is set to become fully operational this summer, as the government steps up its strategy to push AI everywhere as a driver for economic recovery.… #theregister #IT
UK
: Brace yourselves Britain, PM Keir Starmer's challenged his teams: 'show me how they can use AI'
US lawmakers fire back a response to Trump's NASA cuts Big expensive Moon rockets = good. Science = yeah, whatever While US President Donald Trump and his former best pal, Elon Musk, were having a very public spat, the US Senate fired back with its response to NASA's proposed budget cuts. Big rockets = good. Science = still bad.… #theregister #IT
US lawmakers fire back a response to Trump
: Big expensive Moon rockets = good. Science = yeah, whatever
Europe's cloud datacenter ambition 'completely crazy' says SAP CEO Christian Klein sees little benefit from trying to compete with the dominant hyperscalers The leader of Europe's most valuable company says there is no point in the continent building datacenters to try to compete with US cloud hyperscalers which have already invested in the region.… #theregister #IT
Europe
: Christian Klein sees little benefit from trying to compete with the dominant hyperscalers
Microsoft cuts the Windows 11 bloat for Xbox handhelds If gamers can have a slimline version of the OS, why not IT admins? Microsoft just demonstrated it can put Windows 11 on a diet if it really wants to, with the announcement of PC gaming handhelds running a slimmed-down version of the operating system under the hood.… #theregister #IT
Microsoft cuts the Windows 11 bloat for Xbox handhelds
: If gamers can have a slimline version of the OS, why not IT admins?
Floppy disks and paper strips lurk behind US air traffic control Not to worry nervous flyers, FAA vows to banish archaic systems... in a few years The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has confirmed that the US air traffic control system still runs on somewhat antiquated bits of technology, including floppy disks and paper strips.… #theregister #IT
US air traffic control uses floppy disks for backup
: Not to worry nervous flyers, FAA vows to banish archaic systems... in a few years
Alphawave Semi swallowed in Qualcomm's $2.4B connectivity conquest Another Brit tech biz to be Yanked from London Stock Exchange Qualcomm has bid $2.4 billion to buy London Stock Exchange-listed connectivity specialist Alphawave Semi. If approved it will see yet another British tech business put under the control of an overseas owner.… #theregister #IT
Qualcomm confirms buyout offer for LSE-listed Alphawave
: Another tech biz to be Yanked from London Stock Exchange
Blocking stolen phones from the cloud can be done, should be done, won't be done Big tech can't be bothered to fight crime. It can barely be bothered even to say so OpinionΒ  A lot of our tech world is nightmarish, but sometimes this is literally true.… #theregister #IT
Blocking stolen phones from the cloud can but won
Opinion: Big tech can't be bothered to fight crime. It can barely be bothered even to say so