Obsolete Google nag drowns out late-bar notice in Sweden
… More 'too late' than 'extra late', amirite?" Backup and Sync for Google Photos and Google Drive was introduced in 2017 before being killed off in 2021 in favor of Google Drive for Desktop. …
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Mozilla calls out Microsoft over Copilot push in Windows
… "As part of this, we are reducing unnecessary Copilot entry points, starting with apps like Snipping Tool, Photos, Widgets and Notepad." It's that move that prompted Mozilla's response, with the company essentially saying that this latest Copilot rollback is too little too late for Windows users. …
Windows pays tribute to Britain's rail network with a BSOD
… Windows is slumped in the corner like someone on the last train home after a night out that involved drinking too much booze. Or it might be an overflow error in the operating system after the latest ticket price rises were fed into it. …
RSS dulls the pain of the modern web
… It was good enough that it largely obliterated a lot of other RSS syndication tools. So – tell us if you saw this coming – Google shut it down in 2013. It is still missed – The Reg ran a retrospective a decade later. …
Microsoft Copilot boss Suleyman to chase superintelligence
… MORE CONTEXT Four horsemen of the AI-pocalypse line up capex bigger than Israel's GDP Gartner suggests Friday afternoon Copilot ban because tired users may be too lazy to check its mistakes Microsoft Copilot to hijack your browser... for your own convenience Say goodbye to budget PCs and smartphone… …
Task Manager's CPU%: an obituary for the recent past
… "The CPU number in Task Manager is a moving little obituary for the immediate past," explained former Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer, "Not what happened at the moment that your eyeballs landed on the row." Plummer wrote the original version of Task Manager, back when it was a lean, mean, process-k… …
Nvidia slaps forehead: AI, that's what quantum needs!
… It's trying to get back there now Growing void between enterprise and frontier AI puts open weights models in the spotlight Nvidia's Rubin GPU is likely to be late thanks to memory shortage and technical challenges Intel gets trapped in Elon's reality distortion field as it joins in megafab delusio… …
Microsoft hints at bit bunkers for war zones
… MORE CONTEXT Renewables reached nearly 50% of global electricity capacity last year Iran targets M365 accounts with password-spraying attacks Iran war drives urgent need to counter underwater attack drones The drone swarm is coming, and NATO air defenses are too expensive to cope Microsoft's datace… …
US cloud giants not invited to Euro digital dosh project
… "If the EU is the first major market to launch a sovereign digital currency then it could spur all sorts of financial innovation and provide a much-needed economic boost to its companies and citizens," he said, but added: "OVHcloud's Canadian court battle shows that EU incorporation alone isn't a c… …
Ex-Google exec Matt Brittin now runs the BBC
… And it was perfectly understandable that the algorithm had to be kept secret to prevent commercial interests from gaming it. By the time it became apparent that the commercial interests gaming the secret algorithms were the algorithms' owners, it was too late. …