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Anthropic's compute tab could top $1 trillion. Revenue growth is already slowing, but the AI giant keeps signing bigger checks. More here: theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20… theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20…
Anthropic's compute tab could top $1T as Q3 revenue nears $17B

Anthropic's compute tab could top $1T as Q3 revenue nears $17B

Revised IPO filing warns 12x revenue growth is unlikely to continue

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A perfect 10 security flaw, active exploitation, and Linux malware. Attackers are targeting Node-RED, a programming tool used in industrial environments. More here: theregister.com/security/202… theregister.com/security/202…
Max-severity bug in widely used OT programming tool exploited to deliver Linux malware

Max-severity bug in widely used OT programming tool exploited to deliver Linux malware

Your industrial IoT gateway isn't exposed to the internet, right? RIGHT?!

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What happens when AI starts finding bugs in the law? Researchers warn that LLMs could uncover legal loopholes faster than courts and lawmakers can close them. More here: theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20… theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20…
AI could break legal systems by finding previously hidden loopholes

AI could break legal systems by finding previously hidden loopholes

Turns out legislation may have bugs, too

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Cops and security firms disrupted a 1.3 million-device botnet, while Google accused manufacturer Videostrong of shipping hardware with a preinstalled backdoor. More here: theregister.com/cyber-crime/… theregister.com/cyber-crime/…
Cops bust botnet of 1.3M infected Android TV boxes

Cops bust botnet of 1.3M infected Android TV boxes

Videostrong accused of shipping devices with a backdoor baked in

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Marvell is betting big on optics with a $115B all-stock deal for Lumentum, aiming to connect ever-larger AI systems without hitting copper's limits. More here: theregister.com/systems/2026… theregister.com/systems/2026…
Marvell wants to be a copper topper, bets $115B on photonics leader to push optical networking

Marvell wants to be a copper topper, bets $115B on photonics leader to push optical networking

IP house believes optics demand is going to explode as Nvidia and others eye bigger systems

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Trigger[.]dev says an attacker accessed customer environment variables in a security incident, but questions remain about how it happened and how many orgs were affected. More here: theregister.com/security/202… theregister.com/security/202…
Cloud-hosted AI workflow tool has environment variables snatched in security incident

Cloud-hosted AI workflow tool has environment variables snatched in security incident

So, who's ready to clear the dust out of that server closet and move things back on-prem?

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Organizations are losing millions in token charges as criminals hijack their corporate LLM access to steal expensive computing resources and AI services. More here: theregister.com/security/202…
Token thieves costing companies $100K+ per day in illicit LLM charges

Token thieves costing companies $100K+ per day in illicit LLM charges

Don't let the LLMjackers hit you

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#EXCLUSIVE: The Register saw the memo in which SUSE confirms cuts to 1 in 10 employees – because of... AI More here: theregister.com/software/202…
SUSE to cut one in ten employees because of... AI

SUSE to cut one in ten employees because of... AI

'Modern tooling is already changing our daily workflows' says CEO at open source biz

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Attacks on emergency alert apps in Russia and Ukraine More here: theregister.com/security/202…
Nuclear threats and street brawls: Russia, Ukraine report attacks on their emergency alert apps

Nuclear threats and street brawls: Russia, Ukraine report attacks on their emergency alert apps

Within minutes of a ceasefire lifting in Kherson, Ukraine’s citizens were pummelled with threatening notifications

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Canada stops turning back the clocks – but Microsoft wishes it could. More here: theregister.com/software/202…
Microsoft's Canada timezone troubles leave admins fixing calendars, pretending they're in Bogota

Microsoft's Canada timezone troubles leave admins fixing calendars, pretending they're in Bogota

Canadian regions stop turning back the clocks, Microsoft wishes it could

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Frozen II.... the sequel... some Euro shoppers are out of luck as hackers attack the freezers again.... More here: theregister.com/cyber-crime/…
Frozen part II: Hackers remotely defrost produce in Euro supermarkets ... again

Frozen part II: Hackers remotely defrost produce in Euro supermarkets ... again

Let it go (bad): Dozens of stores report mass food wastage as managers start their week in puddles

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A must-listen: This week's Register podcast on Anthropic going public. In our in-house Kettle chatfest, the editorial team breaks down some the more, er, questionable claims. More here: theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20…
Anthropic's IPO prospectus is big on promises, short on answers to tough questions

Anthropic's IPO prospectus is big on promises, short on answers to tough questions

Pity Sam Altman: He's going to have a lot more explaining to do when OpenAI follows this work of abstract legal art

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The FBI has blamed North Korean hackers for the record-breaking $6.3 billion theft from cryptocurrency exchange Binance, pointing the finger at the notorious Lazarus Group. More here: theregister.com/security/202…
FBI pins $6.3B Binance crypto heist on North Korean hackers

FBI pins $6.3B Binance crypto heist on North Korean hackers

Exchange scrambles to replace stolen funds as customers withdraw billions and hackers get busy laundering their haul

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From the department of "pointless but still cool" comes word of some kit being repurposed as a terminal for AI agents. theregister.com/offbeat/2026…
Vintage fun: Prodding AI agents using retro hardware just because you can

Vintage fun: Prodding AI agents using retro hardware just because you can

'It helps me stretch what I can do in the current age of AI coding, and keeps my curiosity alive'

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Billions returned to shareholders? Ticked. Billions in net profit banked? Ticked? Thinking of chopping 60,000 workers? Ticked. Nice one Microsoft. theregister.com/software/202…
Microsoft's moolah mountain is more massive than ever. It just doesn't want the people who built it

Microsoft's moolah mountain is more massive than ever. It just doesn't want the people who built it

Flash the cash, flush the cache

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Driverless vehicles in old London town? What if the supplier bails? Sovereign autonomous cars: theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20…
Britain's driverless dream hits a roundabout of awkward questions

Britain's driverless dream hits a roundabout of awkward questions

Institute for Driverless Transport wants answers on jobs impact and what happens if the supplier bails

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Backup smack-up, who needs it? theregister.com/storage/2026…
Manager threatened to fire a colleague, then gave them a critical task – which they flubbed

Manager threatened to fire a colleague, then gave them a critical task – which they flubbed

Nobody noticed for years, at which point the boss realized they had to cover up their poor decision

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Penguin overlord Linus Torvalds says kernel coding community has found a better balance to use AI: Penguin: theregister.com/os-platforms…
Linus Torvalds says Linux kernel is out of ‘stabilization phase’ and using ‘much healthier model’...

Linus Torvalds says Linux kernel is out of ‘stabilization phase’ and using ‘much healthier model’...

Yet machine-made patches ‘often get rewritten’

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HBD EMACS theregister.com/applications…
'Mother of all editors' Emacs is 50

'Mother of all editors' Emacs is 50

By a startling coincidence, so is its arch-rival Vi

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PSTN no more, no, really, we mean it. Read more here: theregister.com/networks/202…
Landline phones will switch off across Britland in 100 days, no extensions – Openreach

Landline phones will switch off across Britland in 100 days, no extensions – Openreach

Legacy public switched telephone network service is to be retired on January 31, 2027

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