Microsoft Copilot joins ChatGPT at the feet of the mighty Atari 2600 Video Chess Copilot's confidence was... misplaced Not content with humiliating ChatGPT at the hands of Video Chess on an Atari 2600 emulator, Robert Caruso has tried again, this time with Microsoft's Copilot.… #theregister #IT

Microsoft Copilot falls Atari 2600 Video Chess

: Copilot's confidence was... misplaced

Folks aren’t buying the PCs that US vendors stockpiled to dodge tariffs Plus: Consumers respond to imminent Win 10 cutoff date with collective 'Meh' World War Fee  Total PC shipments in the US will increase by just 2 percent this year, thanks to Trump's tariffs and little appetite from consumers for spending on "big-ticket" items, despite the looming end of Windows 10 support.… #theregister #IT

Folks not buying PCs from US vendors

World War Fee: Plus: Consumers respond to imminent Win 10 cutoff date with collective 'Meh'

Linus Torvalds hints Bcachefs may get dropped from the Linux kernel Kernel 6.16 may be the last with the new disk format The geek titans are clashing once again, and Linux supremo Linus Torvalds has warned: "I think we'll be parting ways" as of kernel 6.17.… #theregister #IT

Bcachefs may be dropped from the Linux kernel

: Kernel 6.16 may be the last with the new disk format

People have empathy with AI… as long as they think it's human Study finds emotional support from chatbots is more readily accepted if participants don't know it's an AI A study of AI chat sessions has shown people tend to have more empathy with a chatbot if they think it is human.… #theregister #IT

People have empathy with AI… when they think it’s human

: Study finds emotional support from chatbots is more readily accepted if participants don't know it's an AI

Terrible tales of opsec oversights: How cybercrooks get themselves caught The silly mistakes to the flagrant failures They say that success breeds complacency, and complacency leads to failure. For cybercriminals, taking too many shortcuts when it comes to opsec delivers a little more than that. … #theregister #IT

Opsec oversights: How cybercrooks get themselves caught

: The silly mistakes to the flagrant failures

Critics blast Microsoft's limited reprieve for those stuck on Windows 10 Users tired of being 'yanked around' as end of support looms Microsoft's latest attempts to ease the transition to Windows 11 for Windows 10 users "don't go far enough," according to privacy campaigners that worry about the prospect of millions of PCs going to landfill.… #theregister #IT

Microsoft

: Users tired of being 'yanked around' as end of support looms

A lot of product makers snub Right to Repair laws Refrigerators and game consoles are the worst, but Apple, surprisingly, rates well A year after the Right to Repair laws passed in California and Minnesota, many product makers still aren't doing much to help consumers fix the gear they bought.… #theregister #IT

Despite Right to Repair laws, some manufacturers fall short

: Refrigerators and game consoles are the worst, but Apple, surprisingly, rates well

Proton bashes Apple and joins antitrust suit that seeks to throw the App Store wide open Makes the usual complaints about control and cost, adds argument Apple's practices harm privacy Secure comms biz Proton has joined a lawsuit that alleges Apple’s anticompetitive ways are harming developers, consumers, and privacy.… #theregister #IT

Proton joins anti-Apple lawsuit to force App Store changes

: Makes the usual complaints about control and cost, adds argument Apple's practices harm privacy

DRAM spot prices doubled last week Fears that DDR4 has hit the end of the road and the return of tariffs may be to blame Spot prices for DRAM have doubled in the last week, perhaps due to… #theregister #IT

DRAM spot prices doubled last week

: Fears that DDR4 has hit the end of the road and the return of tariffs may be to blame

China successfully tests hypersonic aircraft, maybe at Mach 12 America recently extended tech export bans specifically to stop Beijing building this sort of thing China’s Northwestern Polytechnical University last week flew a hypersonic craft and claimed the test achieved some world-first feats.… #theregister #IT

China successfully tests hypersonic aircraft

: America recently extended tech export bans specifically to stop Beijing building this sort of thing