US, China agree to roll back tariffs to 10% – but only for 90 days IT projects may remain in limbo due to deal being far from final, but markets are up, so Trump'll declare a win world war fee  The impending disaster of trade-freezing tariffs on Chinese imports to the US has been averted, but like a Chinese cargo ship anchored off the coast of California, it's not gone entirely.… #theregister #IT https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/05/12/us_china_tariff_pause/

OS-busting bug so bad that Microsoft blocks Windows Insider release Canary fans told it hurts functionality to the point that it makes 'using your PC to do even basic things difficult' The Windows team has come up with a bug so bad that Microsoft has had to postpone some Insider builds until the issue is dealt with.… #theregister #IT

Windows Insider release blocked by OS-busting bug

: Canary fans told it hurts functionality to the point that it makes 'using your PC to do even basic things difficult'

Paul McCartney, Elton John and other creatives demand AI comes clean on scraping Musicians, artists, writers, and actors urge government to protect copyright More than 400 of the UK's leading media and arts professionals have written to the prime minister to back an amendment to the Data (Use and Access) Bill, which promises to offer the nation's creative industries transparency over copyrig… #theregister #IT

Creatives demand AI comes clean on what it

: Musicians, artists, writers, actors urge government to protect copyright

LegoGPT is here to make your blocky dreams come true As long as those fit into a 20 x 20 x 20 grid and can be built from 8 basic bricks At last, an AI model we can really get behind: LegoGPT takes a text prompt and spits out a physically stable design.… #theregister #IT

LegoGPT is here to make your blocky dreams come true

: As long as those fit into a 20 x 20 x 20 grid and can be built from 8 basic bricks

Britain's cyber agents and industry clash over how to tackle shoddy software Providers argue that if end users prioritized security, they'd get it CYBERUK  Intervention is required to ensure the security market holds vendors to account for shipping insecure wares – imposing costs on those whose failures lead to cyberattacks and having to draft in cleanup crews. The security market mus… #theregister #IT

NCSC and industry at odds over how to tackle shoddy software

CYBERUK: Providers argue that if end users prioritized security, they'd get it

Unending ransomware attacks are a symptom, not the sickness We need to make taking IT systems 'off the books' a problem for corporate types Opinion  It's been a devastating few weeks for UK retail giants. Marks and Spencer, the Co-Op, and now uber-posh Harrods have had massive disruptions due to ransomware attacks taking systems down for prolonged periods.… #theregister #IT

Unending ransomware attacks are a symptom, not the illness

Opinion: We need to make taking IT systems 'off the books' a problem for corporate types

So your [expletive] test failed. So [obscene participle] what? It was acceptable in the '80s Who, Me?  Sometimes, a favor done for friends years ago can come back to bite you in a very corporate way. Welcome to another cautionary tale from the files of Who, Me?… #theregister #IT

So your [expletive] test failed. So %&* what?

Who, Me?: It was acceptable in the '80s

US Copyright Office found AI companies sometimes breach copyright. Next day its boss was fired Some see an action to benefit Elon. The White House sees an agency obsessed with DEI The head of the US Copyright Office has reportedly been fired, the day after agency concluded that builders of AI models use of copyrighted material went beyond existing doctrines of fair use.… #theregister #IT

Copyright Office thinks AI companies sometimes stole content

: Some see an action to benefit Elon. The White House sees an agency obsessed with DEI

DOGE worker's old creds found exposed in infostealer malware dumps PLUS: Celsius scammer sent to slammer; Death-by-hacking victim warns you're never safe; and more Infosec in brief  Good cybersecurity habits don't appear to qualify anyone to work at DOGE, as one Musk minion seemingly fell victim to infostealer malware.… #theregister #IT

DOGE worker’s old creds found in malware data dumps

Infosec in brief: PLUS: Celsius scammer sent to slammer; Death-by-hacking victim warns you're never safe; and more

TikTok's Chinese app - Douyin - in trouble after spat over the price of jade PLUS: Huawei's Windows-free PC appears; Robo-car rentals come to China; Europe, India, collab in space; and more Asia In Brief  Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, has struck trouble at home after a user falsely claimed a retailer sold inferior jade products at enormous and unjustified markups.… #theregister #IT

TikTok in trouble at home after spat over the price of jade

Asia In Brief: PLUS: Huawei's Windows-free PC appears; Robo-car rentals come to China; Europe, India, collab in space; and more