PIRG's 'Electronic Waste Graveyard' lists 100+ gadgets dumped after support vanished Consumer campaign group says 'we need lifetime transparency for tech Those well-meaning agitators at the Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) are back, this time with an interactive "Electronic Waste Graveyard" cataloging a range of devices tossed aside after software support expires or cloud connection… #theregister #IT
PIRG post parade of devices doomed by end of support
: Consumer campaign group says 'we need lifetime transparency for tech
IBM shareholders asked to back greater lobbying transparency Activist investor finds payments groups lobbying against climate action An activist investor has called on IBM to report on its lobbying practices, which he alleges include spending “dark money” with organizations that campaign against climate change reporting and legislation.… #theregister #IT
IBM shareholders asked to back greater lobbying transparency
: Activist investor finds payments groups lobbying against climate action
The most important experimental distro you've never heard of gets new project lead Plus a fresh version ... nine years after its last After five years, the extremely experimental GoboLinux project is springing back to life with a new maintainer and a new release.… #theregister #IT
New GoboLinux project lead – and new version 017.01
: Plus a fresh version ... nine years after its last
Bezos cost Amazon more than Jassy did in 2024 compensation stakes Exec pay outlined in Proxy Statement, and things did not go well for either workforce or calls for climate transparency reports Amazon exec chairman Jeff Bezos may not have a daily operational role at the cloud and e-commerce megacorp he founded, but he still got a bigger compensation package than the person currently pull… #theregister #IT
Bezos cost Amazon more than Jassy in 2024 compensation
: Exec pay outlined in Proxy Statement, and things did not go well for either workforce or calls for climate transparency reports
Windows 2000 Server named peak Microsoft. Readers say it's all been downhill since Clippy Will future techies feel the same way about Copilot? The results are in, and it appears that – at least as far as The Register's most loquacious commenters are concerned – Windows Server 2000 was Microsoft's peak.… #theregister #IT
Readers name Windows 2000 Server peak Microsoft
: Will future techies feel the same way about Copilot?
Billions pour into AI as emissions rise - returns stay pitiful, say Stanford boffins Models get bulkier, burnier, and bank-breakier AI continues to improve – at least according to benchmarks. But the promised benefits have largely yet to materialize while models are increasing in size and becoming more computationally demanding, and greenhouse gas emissions from AI training continue to rise.… #theregister #IT
Report: Massive amounts of $$$ still being pumped into AI
: Models get bulkier, burnier, bank-breakier
Southern Water uses Capita's AI tool to flush customer complaints Hang on, wasn't Capita already handling things like billing, etc? Ah, AgentSuite comes to the rescue Scandal struck UK utility company Southern Water is extending a long-running managed services contract with Capita, everyone's favorite outsourcing badass, for up to five years at an estimated cost of £92.4 million ($12… #theregister #IT
Southern Water gives Capita £92M to handle customer quibbles
: Hang on, wasn't Capita already handling things like billing, etc? Ah, AgentSuite comes to the rescue
Ransomware crims hammering UK more than ever as British techies complain the board just doesn't get it Issues at the very top continue to worsen The UK government's latest annual data breach survey shows the number of ransomware attacks on the isles is on the increase – and many techies are forced to constantly informally request company directors for defense spending because there's no security pe… #theregister #IT
Green shoots for UK cyber despite ransomware hammering
: Issues at the very top continue to worsen
Users hated a new app – maybe so much they filed a fake support call Sysadmin sent on road trip that required a lot of time doing nothing On Call  Some working weeks are full of achievements, and others miserably unproductive. Here at The Register, we always make sure that if nothing else we produce a fresh instalment of On Call, the column that recounts readers' tales of delivering top-notch tech support.… #theregister #IT
Users hated a new app – maybe so much they faked a fault
On Call: Sysadmin sent on road trip that required a lot of time doing nothing
VMware opens beta for an upgrade to its midrange vSphere Foundation bundle A new alternative for those pondering what to do when vSphere 7.x goes end of life in October VMware has revealed another big upgrade is on the way, this time for its vSphere Foundation suite.… #theregister #IT
VMware opens beta for its midrange vSphere Foundation suite
: A new alternative for those pondering what to do when vSphere 7.x goes end of life in October