Charities warn Ofcom too soft on Online Safety Act violators Another blow for the legislation as Parliament continues to hear stakeholder views As UK ministers continue to quiz stakeholders over the effectiveness of the Online Safety Act, one charity chief raised concerns over the robustness of Ofcom's enforcement of the controversial legislation.… #theregister #IT
Charities warn Ofcom too soft on Online Safety Act violators
: Another blow for the legislation as Parliament continues to hear stakeholder views
British spreadsheet wizard will take mad skillz to Vegas after taking national Excel crown Q: How many Excel users do you need to correctly set the number formatting of a cell? A: Monday, January 1st, 1900 The inaugural finals of the UK Excel Championship have come and gone, and there is now one spreadsheet wrangler to rule them all, at least in the United Kingdom.… #theregister #IT
UK Excel champ crowned
: Q: How many Excel users do you need to correctly set the number formatting of a cell? A: Monday, January 1st, 1900
Word to the wise: Don't tell your IT manager they're not in Excel Contractor sneakily fired after pointing out odious ignorance On Call  Welcome to another installment of On Call, The Register's Friday frolic through your tales of delightful tech support encounters.… #theregister #IT
Word to the wise: Don
On Call: Contractor sneakily fired after pointing out odious ignorance
MI6 reveals 'Silent Courier' dark web portal upgrade it hopes will help it recruit new spies YouTube vids explain digital tradecraft to reach spooks over Tor or VPN without blowing your cover The UK’s Secret Intelligence Service, aka MI6, has created a dark web portal called “Silent Courier” that it hopes would-be foreign informants will find a suitably secure means of sharing secrets.… #theregister #IT
MI6 upgrades dark web portal to recruit new spies
: YouTube vids explain digital tradecraft to reach spooks over Tor or VPN without blowing your cover
Slack threatened to delete nonprofit coding club’s data if it didn’t pay $50k in a week Collaborationware CEO tried to smooth things over, but Hack Club now plans a strategy shift Slack sent a nonprofit hacking club for teens a demand for $50,000, payable within a week, and threatened to delete the club’s message archive if it did not pay.… #theregister #IT
Slack
: Collaborationware CEO tried to smooth things over, but Hack Club now plans a strategy shift
Pigs will fly: Uber Eats to trial drone delivery Teams with UAV operator Flytrex for service that moves meals in minutes Flying pigs may soon be on their way to some US households, after rideshare and food delivery behemoth Uber teamed with drone operator Flytrex for food delivery services.… #theregister #IT
Pigs will fly: Uber Eats to trial drone delivery
: Teams with UAV operator Flytrex for service that moves meals in minutes
Humanity now has zero active robots at Venus as Japan ends 15-year ‘Dawn’ mission Thanks for the memories, Akatsuki Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency has decided to abandon its Akatsuki Venus orbiter, after losing contact with the craft last year.… #theregister #IT
Japan ends ‘Dawn’ Venus mission after 15 turbulent years
: Thanks for the memories, Akatsuki
Microsoft boasts about humongous datacenter on abandoned Foxconn site in Wisconsin In a state known for dairy, football, and broken tech dreams Microsoft's CEO has claimed the operating system-slinger is building the "world's largest datacenter."… #theregister #IT
Microsoft touts mega-datacenter on old Foxconn site
: In a state known for dairy, football, and broken tech dreams
Intel and Nvidia sitting in a tree, NVLink-I-N-G But still no hero customer for Chipzilla's Foundry biz Nvidia is set to become one of Intel's largest shareholders after the GPU giant announced on Thursday it would invest $5 billion in the struggling chipmaker under a co-development agreement targeting PCs and datacenter infrastructure.… #theregister #IT
Intel–Nvidia $5B tie-up spans NVLink racks and PC graphics
: But still no hero customer for Chipzilla's Foundry biz
Google stuffs Chrome full of AI features whether you like it or not Why browse the web yourself when an AI sidekick can spoon-feed it to you? Now that it knows it won't be forced to sell its browser, Google is cramming AI into every vacant corner of Chrome it can find, whether you like it or not. … #theregister #IT
Google reveals plan to turn Chrome into an AI-heavy browser
: Why browse the web yourself when an AI sidekick can spoon-feed it to you?