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Hier — 21 janvier 2026theregister.co.uk

Social Security Administration admits it underreported DOGE dirty dealings

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21 janvier 2026 à 17:46

Encrypted files, Cloudflare sharing, and political outreach surface in DOJ filings

DOGE's mucking around at the Social Security Administration (SSA) has been heavily scrutinized, but now the SSA itself is admitting it slightly underreported the unofficial agency's improper activities within its systems. DOGE employees may have been asked to assist a political advocacy group using SSA data, prompting Hatch Act referrals.…

Don't click on the LastPass 'create backup' link - it's a scam

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21 janvier 2026 à 18:10

Phishing campaign tries to reel in master passwords

Password managers make great targets for attackers because they can hold many of the keys to your kingdom. Now, LastPass has warned customers about phishing emails claiming that action is required ahead of scheduled maintenance and told them not to fall for the scam. …

House GOP wants final say on AI chip exports after Trump gives Nvidia a China hall pass

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21 janvier 2026 à 20:53

Bill still needs to pass the House and Senate before the president can sign or veto it

President Trump's decision to green-light the sale of Nvidia H200 GPUs to China isn't sitting well with some of his Republican colleagues in the House of Representatives. These GOP politicians have proposed a bill that would give Congress final say over the export of AI chips to China and other countries of concern.…

MIT boffins create device that 'paints' iridescent structural color in real time

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21 janvier 2026 à 21:22

From adaptive wearables to light-based signaling ideas, researchers are exploring what comes next

The feathers of a hummingbird, the wings of a butterfly, and the sparkle of an opal are all examples of nature's ability to produce structural, iridescent colors that typically require lab-grade materials and techniques to replicate. An MIT team says it has found a way to make that process far more accessible.…

AI hasn't delivered the profits it was hyped for, says Deloitte

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21 janvier 2026 à 21:50

Business transformation, but not much remuneration

Making money isn't everything ... at least not when it comes to AI. Research from professional services firm Deloitte shows that, for most companies, adopting AI tools hasn't helped the bottom line at all. But researchers still sing the technology's praises.…

Aujourd’hui — 22 janvier 2026theregister.co.uk

AI networking startup Upscale scores $200M to challenge Nvidia's NVSwitch

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22 janvier 2026 à 00:07

Plans to swing SkyHammer silicon into UALink switches later this year

AI networking startup Upscale AI on Wednesday announced it has raised $200 million in Series A funding to challenge Nvidia's dominance of switches for rack-scale AI systems, putting it in competition with the likes of Cisco and AMD.…

Future jobs in AI will come with a hardhat and boots, tech bigshots argue

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22 janvier 2026 à 00:09

Jensen Huang and Alex Karp talk up trade skills as AI datacenters multiply, while Satya Nadella says the real test comes later

The leaders of the AI world descended on Davos, Switzerland, this week for the World Economic Forum, where they took turns lobbing their best guesses about what the next phase of AI would mean for jobs, as well as whether the AI bubble was real and when it may pop.…

Anthropic writes Constitution for Claude it thinks will soon be proven ‘misguided’

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22 janvier 2026 à 05:48

Describes its LLMs as an ‘entity’ that probably has something like emotions

The Constitution of the United States of America is about 7,500 words long, a factoid The Register mentions because on Wednesday AI company Anthropic delivered an updated 23,000-word constitution for its Claude family of AI models.…

Splash-screen memories from a Bangkok ticket machine

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22 janvier 2026 à 07:33

When the operating system is older than the transport network

Bork!Bork!Bork! There's no keeping an obsolete operating system down, although keeping it operational can sometimes be a challenge, if public terminals are any indication. Today's bork uses an OS that dates back 26 years, but is still serving up train tickets.…

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