Virgin Atlantic is piloting an OpenAI agent in to help with the 'customer journey' Hello, operator? Book me to Memphis, Tennessee Interview  For all the talk of the "agentic era" from AI vendors like OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Microsoft, and just about everyone else in the space, corporate use of the technology is still tentative. Virgin Atlantic has been conducting flight tests of … #theregister #IT

Virgin Atlantic tests OpenAI agent for site and flight

Interview: Hello, operator? Book me to Memphis, Tennessee

SSNs and more on 5.5M+ patients feared stolen from Yale Health At least it wasn't Harvard Yale New Haven Health has notified more than 5.5 million people that their private details were likely stolen by miscreants who broke into the healthcare system's network last month.… #theregister #IT

Yale New Haven Health alerts 5.5M+ patients of data breach

: At least it wasn't Harvard

Fedora 42 has the Answer, but Ubuntu's Plucky Puffin isn't far behind Watch your partitions – GPT and dual-boot don't always mix While The Reg FOSS desk was on spring break, both the latest interim Ubuntu and latest Fedora debuted.… #theregister #IT

Spring brings latest releases from Fedora and Ubuntu

: Watch your partitions – GPT and dual-boot don't always mix

US biz stockpilers boost SK Hynix top line as memory market undergoes structural change 'Inventory accumulation' as vendors hoard HBM amid tariff and other pressures South Korean memory maker SK Hynix is reporting a sales bounce due to the demand for AI systems, helped by US businesses stockpiling HBM supplies amid tariff uncertainty.… #theregister #IT

SK hynix revenues boosted as US corps stockpile memory

: 'Inventory accumulation' as vendors hoard HBM amid tariff and other pressures

Microsoft mystery folder fix might need a fix of its own This one weird trick can stop Windows updates dead in their tracks Turns out Microsoft's latest patch job might need a patch of its own, again. This time, the culprit is a mysterious inetpub folder quietly deployed by Redmond, now hijacked by a security researcher to break Windows updates.… #theregister #IT

Microsoft mystery folder fix might need a fix of its own

: This one weird trick can stop Windows updates dead in their tracks

Decades-old bug in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas finally shows itself Something broke on Windows 11 24H2, but dev who discovered it tells El Reg this time Microsoft's not to blame Microsoft's Windows 11 24H2 update is frustrating some users, but it isn't the operating system at fault this time. Instead, it's down to a 20-year-old error in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.… #theregister #IT

Decades-old bug in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas pops out

: Something broke on Windows 11 24H2, but dev who discovered it tells El Reg this time Microsoft's not to blame

AI training license will allow LLM builders to pay for content they consume UK org backing it promises 'legal certainty' for devs, money for creators... but is it too late? A UK non-profit is planning to introduce a new licensing model which will allow developers of large language models to use copyrighted training data while paying the publishers it represents.… #theregister #IT

AI training license will allow LLM makers to pay creators

Updated: UK org backing it promises 'legal certainty' for devs, money for creators... but is it too late?

Assassin's Creed maker faces GDPR complaint for forcing single-player gamers online Collecting data from solo players is a Far Cry from being necessary, says noyb For anyone who's ever been frustrated by the need to go online to play a single-player video game, the European privacy specialists at noyb have heard you, and they've filed a complaint against Ubisoft in Austria dealing specifical… #theregister #IT

noyb says Ubisoft violating GDPR by forcing gamers online

: Collecting data from solo players is a Far Cry from being necessary, says noyb

Qualcomm says license fight was because Arm wants to make its own server chips Alleges semi designer tried to obstruct Qualy's build of Arm-compatible custom cores Qualcomm has amended its complaint against Arm in a 2024 lawsuit, adding more allegations about Arm's purported breach of license agreements and accusing it of "misrepresenting" their relationship by intending to… #theregister #IT

Qualcomm says suit is to fend off homemade Arm server chips

: Alleges semi designer tried to obstruct Qualy's build of Arm-compatible custom cores

MS takes systems offline as 'cyber incident' lingers Customers told to expect further delays as contactless payments still down UK high street retailer Marks & Spencer says contactless payments are still down following its "cyber incident" and order delays are likely to continue.… #theregister #IT

M&S takes systems offline as

: Customers told to expect further delays as contactless payments still down