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Not hot on bots, project names and shames AI-created open source software

The Register 18 Jan 2026
'OpenSlopware' briefly flowers, fades, falls – but fortunately was forked, fast. The splendidly-named "OpenSlopware" was, for a short time, a list of open source projects using LLM bots. Due to harassment, it's gone, but forks of it live on ... .
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Nvidia leans on emulation to squeeze more HPC oomph from AI chips in race against AMD

The Register 18 Jan 2026
AMD researchers argue that, while algorithms like the Ozaki scheme merit investigation, they're still not ready ...
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Coming soon: We interrupt this ChatGPT session with a very special message from our sponsors

The Register 17 Jan 2026
Gotta pay for those datacenter buildouts somehow. OpenAI's budget ChatGPT Go subscription tier has migrated to the US, soon to be accompanied by advertising. The company's free tier will be similarly afflicted ... .
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S Twatter: When text-to-speech goes down the drain

The Register 17 Jan 2026
Rinse of the machines. A cautionary tale about relying on robots. Bork!Bork!Bork! UK water company Severn Trent learned an unfortunate lesson about text-to-speech systems when a robocall to customers went hilariously wrong ... .
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Fast Pair, loose security: Bluetooth accessories open to silent hijack

The Register 17 Jan 2026
... seize control without the owner ever touching the pairing button.
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Macy Comito, Jack Wallukait voted the Register's AOTW winners

Des Moines Register 16 Jan 2026
Carlisle girls basketball player Macy Comito and Dowling Catholic boys wrestler Jack Wallukait were voted the Des Moines Register's metro-area female and male Athlete of the Week winners for the week of Jan.
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Cisco finally fixes max-severity bug under active attack for weeks

The Register 16 Jan 2026
This is a threat to security - and to the weekend for some unlucky netadmins. Cisco finally delivered a fix for a maximum-severity bug in AsyncOS that has been under attack for at least a month ... .
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Open ISA champ SiFive leaps aboard Nvidia's proprietary interconnect bandwagon

The Register 16 Jan 2026
... doubt on the viability of rival interconnect tech UALink.
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OpenAI invests in brain-interface biz co-founded by CEO Sam Altman

The Register 16 Jan 2026
Merge Labs envisions controlling devices using your brain - without implanting hardware in your body. OpenAI, having invested heavily in artificial intelligence, is placing a side bet on organic intelligence ... .
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Over half of AI projects are shelved due to complex infrastructure

The Register 16 Jan 2026
The answer seems to be educating the enterprise workforce, and ...
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TSMC sees no signs of the AI boom slowing for at least two or three years

The Register 16 Jan 2026
... the inevitability of price rises for its output.
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Engineer used welding shop air hose to 'clean' PCs – hilarity did not ensue

The Register 16 Jan 2026
How not to maintain computers. On Call Welcome again to On Call, The Register's Friday column in which we take great delight in telling your tech support stories – mostly the ones involving bizarre behavior and heroic fixes ... .
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