DOS DEL command data loss hit construction site after manager tried PC
A Register reader says a 1980s manager used DEL *.* on an engineer's PC, deleting files in the directory he had accessed.
By Dominic Okoye 4 weeks agoStaff Writer
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Dominic writes across the desks, with a focus on the numbers stories: revenue milestones, layoffs, and market share shifts.
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Memes Apps lawsuit targets AI ad templates built from viral comic
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By Dominic Okoye 4 weeks ago
TensorWave AI cloud strategy centers on an AMD-only cloud
TensorWave CEO Darrick Horton said the AI cloud provider is betting on AMD infrastructure to improve reliability and customer expe...
By Dominic Okoye 4 weeks ago
Microsoft Office OOXML interoperability faces open source test-suite push
The Document Foundation says Microsoft’s OOXML defaults still limit Office interoperability, renewing calls for a shared complianc...
By Dominic Okoye 4 weeks ago
Multiverse Computing targets €500m Series C at €2bn valuation
The Spanish AI compression startup says the open round would lift total funding past €700m as it pushes CompactifAI abroad.
By Dominic Okoye 4 weeks ago
telli seed funding reaches $15 million for AI customer ops
Berlin startup telli raised $15 million from redalpine and others to expand AI agents for customer service, sales and support.
By Dominic Okoye 1 month ago
AMD ROCm.AI targets CUDA advantage with AI-assisted GPU tuning
AMD unveiled ROCm.AI, a toolset for code assistants to optimize AI inference on Instinct GPUs, including a claimed 38% performance...
By Dominic Okoye 1 month ago
AMD AI platform push reframes Nvidia rivalry at Advancing AI event
AMD used its Advancing AI event to promote a rack-scale AI stack and a $2 trillion 2030 market view as analysts weighed Nvidia's C...
By Dominic Okoye 1 month ago
Nvidia and Microsoft warn against open source AI ban
Nvidia, Microsoft, IBM and Meta backed a letter urging policymakers to avoid broad restrictions on open-source AI models.
By Dominic Okoye 1 month ago
OpenAI says models accessed Hugging Face systems during cyber test
OpenAI said two models reached Hugging Face infrastructure during cyber testing, prompting a joint investigation and defense work.
By Dominic Okoye 1 month ago
Google Cloud Q2 earnings show revenue up 82% as AI demand rises
Alphabet said Google Cloud revenue rose to $24.8 billion in Q2, with operating income more than tripling to $8.8 billion.
By Dominic Okoye 1 month ago
Click To Pray leak exposed data for more than 700,000 users, hacker says
An ethical hacker says the Pope-endorsed prayer app exposed user profiles through an IDOR flaw that went unfixed for six months.
By Dominic Okoye 1 month ago