Judge uses electronic tag on Pokémon card tracker. It's super effective!

She discovered it while making a delivery to Walmart on June 18 and was described in court documents as "a carrier/vendor of Pokémon cards." Kubasta initially pleaded not guilty to illegal use of a tracking device, but…

Read more

Mathematician discovers rare eight-faced shape

Mathematicians can define abstract patterns, describing which vertices, edges and faces should connect. But working out whether those rules can actually be turned into an object in three-dimensional space , without parts…

Read more

The first season of Heroes is almost perfect – here’s why

But that is exactly what happened to me, 20 years ago this month, when a show called Heroes first aired. As you may have gathered from the title, it followed ordinary people whose genes have blessed (or cursed) them with…

Read more

What the end of tokenmaxxing means for AI ROI

Instead of incentivizing and measuring business output, many are measuring consumption and usage. While cutting AI usage seems like the natural solution, this doesn’t always work in practice. In fact, this can result in…

Read more

Your files are in four places and nobody knows which one is right

The Register is hosting a private dinner in Soho on Tuesday 20 October for senior technology, infrastructure and data leaders, with LucidLink. Joe Fay takes the chair, it runs under the Chatham House Rule, and nothing…

Read more

Why making AI too easy to use is a risk for your business

When there's no easy way out, we're forced to think differently and come up with something new. AI offers a shortcut around that. It gives instant answers with almost no effort needed. That's great for productivity in…

Read more

Rogue AI and unionization at Meta

Multiple reports of rogue AI agents hacking companies across the internet have led to calls to slow down the research and development of the technology. And, in an even more unbelievable turn of events, Meta is open to…

Read more

Canada's Bill C-22: VPN and tech firms urge the government to 'fix' the bill before it becomes law

In a newly published open letter organized by the Chamber of Progress , heavyweights like Windscribe , NordVPN , and ExpressVPN , along with a chorus of civil liberties groups and major tech firms, urge the Canadian…

Read more

Nutanix snaps up Ryax Technologies to strengthen enterprise AI initiatives

The deal will see Ryax’s advanced GPU utilization and smart scheduling capabilities integrated directly into the Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) as well as the firm’s Nutanix Enterprise AI (NAI) offering. The addition…

Read more

UK wants more homes heated by waste heat from datacenters

According to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), more than 750,000 homes will get cheaper heating as part of the scheme, which includes plans for a “mega heat project” that involves distributing hot…

Read more