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Government Tech Week

The Register will be taking an in-depth look at the challenges facing government IT organizations. From bullet-proof security to making tough decisions about IT infrastructure, Government Tech Week will bring you up to speed on what's next in the public sector.

22 482
Re: HMRC : alway defining new ways
ScottishYorkshireMan
Wednesday 14th June 2023 09:16 GMT

Spotlight on Databases

This month The Register will take a deep dive into the world of databases; from established monoliths to the emerging crop of upstarts. Join us for a special 30 days of interviews and analysis on these tools that drive business forward.

30 308
Russia's Cozy Bear dives into cloud environments with a new bag of tricks
Dr_Sandra_Lee
Thursday 28th August 2025 15:01 GMT

Defense Tech Week

All week long The Register will explore the wide-ranging technologies that power next-generation global military and defense. From future aerospace to innovations in securing defense systems, we'll take a deep dive into what's next for defense and military tech.

29 722
China aims to pair J-20 stealth fighter with 'loyal wingman' battle drone
Phones Sheridan
Thursday 3rd August 2023 16:11 GMT

Energy Efficient Datacenters

This week El Reg will be taking the heat when it comes to cooling high-density chips, networking, and server hardware with our special focus on energy efficient tech and concepts.

17 368
.. Sleep states? I friggen don't think so ..
_Elvi_
Monday 1st May 2023 14:51 GMT

Spotlight on RSA

Over the last 32 years the RSA conference has grown from a few security geeks getting together to one of the largest security conferences in the world, attracting those who need to know what to invest in next to keep networks secure. The four-day event will be held in San Francisco between April 24 - 27 and we'll be covering it live.

39 454
UnitedHealth's 'egregious negligence' led to Change Healthcare ransomware infection
baytechrecovery
Wednesday 25th June 2025 12:57 GMT

Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week

This week The Register will bring special focus to the broad technologies delivering next-generation clean energy. From fusion to EVs and future datacenter cooling, follow us this week for an in-depth look at what's next.

15 469
Re: Where's the power coming from?
CowHorseFrog
Monday 13th November 2023 23:57 GMT

The Reg in Space

Make space for The Reg in Space week. All week we'll be bringing you the best of what's happening on this planet and others.

24 534
Re: no society has lasted anything like a thousand years so far.
ArrZarr
Tuesday 20th February 2024 08:58 GMT

Sysadmin Month

From tools, data security practices, network troubleshooting, server virtualization insights, backup strategies, performance optimization techniques, user management, cloud guidance, automation and scripting and more, tune in all month.

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Re: Oh dear
Alan Brown
Friday 20th September 2024 16:56 GMT

Black Hat and DEF CON

Join The Register as we tackle the most important stories around Black Hat and DEF CON 2023. From in-depth interviews to detailed analysis, El Reg has you covered.

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Re: The truth is out there !!!
Sceptic Tank
Tuesday 20th August 2024 14:28 GMT

Cybersecurity Month

Fortify your frontlines: It's Cybersecurity Month at The Register, your one-stop hub to bulletproof your digital landscape. From next-gen firewalls to human-factor risks, we're diving deep to make sure you stay ahead of the gang.

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Re: security???
GerHobbelt
Friday 13th February 2026 21:41 GMT

Malware Month

Join The Register as we dive deep into the world of malware: From examining the latest threats to enterprises to dissecting the internal anatomy of code used in today's cyber-attacks, we want to help you better protect your organization. Forewarned is forearmed.

41 460
Re: Not a Modbus _exploit_
Alan Brown
Saturday 10th August 2024 08:54 GMT

Cloud Infrastructure Month

During Cloud Infrastructure Month, The Register will ascend the layers of modern cloud architectures, evaluating the engineering marvels and challenges at play. We'll dissect the techical innards from IaaS to PaaS and the hardware that backs it all up, with a lens on security.

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Re: Updated for the modern era ...
Enric Martinez
Thursday 23rd October 2025 09:52 GMT

VMware Explore

For the 15th year in a row, The Register is attending VMware's annual conference and will bring readers all the news from the show, what it means for users, and how it advances Broadcom's strategy to transform the virtualization pioneer. We'll also consider how VMware's flagship products and technologies have evolved and explore the VMware vision for the future of hybrid cloud.

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So basically...
DrXym
Friday 5th September 2025 13:40 GMT

The Future of the Datacenter - 2025 and Beyond

The Register embarks on a deep technical exploration into the next generation of datacenter design and infrastructure as the massive AI-driven buildout gets underway. We'll dig into the technicalities of photonic computing, liquid cooling systems, and the implementation of advanced neural network processors within datacenter environments. We'll also look at the energy necessary to power the buildout, including advances in clean energy and concerns about the grid.

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Re: Confused
Anonymous Coward
Wednesday 31st December 2025 17:52 GMT

Ransomware in Focus

The Register's incisive week on ransomware delves into the siege on enterprise, exploring the evolution of these malicious exploits, defense mechanisms, and the cost of resilience in the face of digital extortion. Join us for critical insights into the fight against ransomware.

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Re: Revole the certificate!
Phil Koenig
Thursday 13th March 2025 01:25 GMT

Nvidia GTC

The Register is attending Nvidia's annual GPU Technology Conference, aka GTC, in San Jose, California, and will bring readers all the news from the event that matters to them as well as commentary and analysis. From software agents and AI microservices to the latest accelerators and chain-of-thought reasoning models, we'll give you the snapshot you need of this Silicon Valley giant.

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Nvidia's Vera Rubin CPU, GPU roadmap charts course for hot-hot-hot 600 kW racks
Decay
Wednesday 10th September 2025 22:47 GMT

Disaster Recovery Week

For The Register's Disaster Recovery Week, we delve into DR strategies, from robust backups to resilient policies, to help you stay up and running in the face of adversity.

16 601
Re: once upon a time at the pub
chivo243
Thursday 10th April 2025 22:39 GMT

AI Software Development Week

The Register dives into the latest in AI development, offering insights into tools, frameworks, and best practices for creating and deploying AI solutions. Topics include agents, data management, and ethical considerations. This series equips developers and IT professionals with strategies for integrating AI smoothly and efficiently into existing workflows and applications.

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Re: Google AI Overview
NATTtrash
Saturday 6th September 2025 08:02 GMT

Spotlight on RSAC

The RSA Conference has grown into one of the largest information security conferences in the world, attracting those who need to know what to invest in next to keep networks secure. Check out our coverage of the San Francisco event right here.

18 514
RSA cofounder: The world would've been better without cryptocurrencies
Viacheslav78
Monday 8th September 2025 08:36 GMT

AI Infrastructure Month

The Register's AI Infrastructure Month highlights the cutting-edge technologies, architectural advancements, and industry trends shaping the future of AI workloads. With a focus on hardware, scalability, and performance optimization, the coverage offers expert insights and detailed analysis tailored for IT leaders and AI practitioners navigating this rapidly evolving landscape.

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Re: and nothing of value lost
Anonymous Coward
Monday 16th June 2025 11:34 GMT

European Supercomputing

Join The Register for its European Supercomputing Week, in which we'll highlight the continent's achievements and the challenges it faces in its quest to develop homegrown high-performance computing systems.

15 285
AMD's MI355X is a 1.4 kW liquid-cooled monster built to battle Nvidia's Blackwell
Anonymous Coward
Thursday 3rd July 2025 13:28 GMT

The State of Storage

Dive into a week exploring the latest in IT storage with The Register â?? from hard drives to cloud. Understand the challenges and opportunities as we unravel the narrative of storage efficiency, security, and innovation at the enterprise level.

13 476
Re: There is a lot of "non-active" data out there
CountCadaver
Monday 3rd November 2025 01:16 GMT

Datacenter Networking Nexus

The Register explores the latest in modern datacenter networking. This week offers insights into how organizations can optimize their infrastructure for performance, scalability, and security.

17 208
Before the megabit: A trip through vintage datacenter networking
GeneralDisaster
Tuesday 26th August 2025 13:37 GMT

Supercomputing Month

Charting the Exascale Horizon: As the calendar turns to November 2025, The Register is locked onto the pulse of supercomputing. This month coincides with the esteemed SC25 conference, and we're dedicating our coverage to the technical marvels and milestones of high-performance computing (HPC). We'll dissect the latest breakthroughs pushing towards exascale computing, unravel the complexities of advanced parallel processing architectures, and spotlight the innovations in energy-efficient design that keep these giants running cooler. From tackling grand global challenges to driving forward the frontier of artificial intelligence, join us in a month-long technical tribute to the titans of computational might.

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HPC won't be an x86 monoculture forever – and it's starting to show
borje
Friday 5th December 2025 18:53 GMT

SC25

The team will be on-hand to discover what lies at the frontiers of modern supercomputing; from the latest major deployments and architectures to the software and applications that make large-scale computing matter for industry and governments alike.

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LPO?
cmac
Monday 24th November 2025 16:41 GMT

AWS Re-invent

The Register will be on hand in Las Vegas to bring you the latest announcements, exclusive customer and partner insights, and expert analysis from the cloud industry biggest and most important event - AWS Re:invent.

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Graviton sign of amd failure
Fizzypo
Tuesday 9th December 2025 21:03 GMT

Agentic AI

The buzzword of the moment and the next stage in the AI revolution is agentic AI, in which autonomous software agents will employ AI to complete tasks on behalf of users. This week we'll explore the underlying infrastructure, including the evolving protocol landscape, and explore real-world use cases from the huge variety of vendors jumping aboard this bandwagon.

21 557
Deciphering the alphabet soup of agentic AI protocols
teebie
Wednesday 4th February 2026 12:24 GMT

Deep dive into “Special Features” topics

State Forum Posts Latest Post
open Deciphering the alphabet soup of agentic AI protocols 16
By teebie
Wednesday 4th February 2026 12:24 GMT
open Agents gone wild! Companies give untrustworthy bots keys to the kingdom 20
By Johnb89
Tuesday 3rd February 2026 07:33 GMT
open Google to foist Gemini pane on Chrome users in automated browsing push 40
By sarusa
Monday 2nd February 2026 07:41 GMT
open ServiceNow boasts about years of sweat equity that went into making its AI agents smarter 5
By Sudosu
Thursday 29th January 2026 17:42 GMT
open Yes, you can build an AI agent – here's how, using LangFlow 23
By a_foley
Tuesday 3rd February 2026 11:35 GMT
open AI agent hype cools as enterprises struggle to get into production 9
By Anonymous Coward
Thursday 29th January 2026 16:41 GMT
open How agentic AI can strain modern memory hierarchies 5
By Anonymous Coward
Sunday 1st February 2026 04:02 GMT
open Clawdbot sheds skin to become Moltbot, can't slough off security issues 13
By BiffoTheBorg
Friday 30th January 2026 19:17 GMT
open Salesforce signs $5.6B deal to inject agentic AI into the US Army 10
By elsergiovolador
Tuesday 27th January 2026 21:49 GMT
open 'Ralph Wiggum' loop prompts Claude to vibe-clone commercial software for $10 an hour 155
By Lipdorn
Wednesday 4th February 2026 11:08 GMT
open Gartner questions whether Salesforce AI buffet will stay all-you-can-eat forever 11
By Anonymous Coward
Wednesday 28th January 2026 00:43 GMT
open Claude can now disgorge interface elements from other apps 6
By Random as if !
Wednesday 28th January 2026 10:32 GMT
open Keep it simple, stupid: Agentic AI tools choke on complexity 14
By Anonymous Coward
Tuesday 27th January 2026 14:35 GMT
open Sandia boffins let three AI agents loose in the lab. Science, not chaos, ensued 8
By fungionpizza
Tuesday 27th January 2026 09:22 GMT
open When AI 'builds a browser,' check the repo before believing the hype 40
By Pete Sdev
Thursday 29th January 2026 15:57 GMT
open Palo Alto Networks security-intel boss calls AI agents 2026's biggest insider threat 22
By EricM
Monday 5th January 2026 17:24 GMT
open AI is rewriting how power flows through the datacenter 9
By BenHM3
Tuesday 30th December 2025 18:59 GMT
open Workers should control the means of agentic production, suggests WorkBeaver boss 12
By JacobZ
Monday 22nd December 2025 12:24 GMT
open All aglow about DCs, investors launch $300M at microreactor startup 12
By Piro
Friday 19th December 2025 07:32 GMT
open Why do bit barns keep bumping up our bills, Senators ask DC operators 21
By Anonymous Coward
Wednesday 31st December 2025 17:52 GMT
open From Georgia to Essex, AI datacenters are testing public goodwill 24
By Like a badger
Wednesday 17th December 2025 20:49 GMT
open Delays? What delays? Oracle insists its $300B cloud contract with OpenAI is on track 7
By Anonymous Coward
Tuesday 16th December 2025 10:55 GMT
open Salesforce willing to lose money on AI agent licenses when customers are locked in 8
By I am David Jones
Tuesday 16th December 2025 08:51 GMT
open Hyperscalers fuel $112B server spending spree in Q3 6
By Anonymous Coward
Tuesday 16th December 2025 16:54 GMT
open British Airways fears a future where AI agents pick flights and brands get ghosted 96
By MachDiamond
Thursday 18th December 2025 20:50 GMT
open AI datacenter boom could end badly, Goldman Sachs warns 32
By Mimsey Borogove
Sunday 21st December 2025 01:57 GMT
open Qualcomm takes RISC on Arm alternative with Ventana acquisition 4
By Charlie Clark
Friday 12th December 2025 10:25 GMT
open Galactic Brain space datacenter coming in 2027, pledges startup Aetherflux 27
By talk_is_cheap
Friday 12th December 2025 10:21 GMT
open Activist groups urge Congress to pause US datacenter buildouts 9
By MyffyW
Thursday 11th December 2025 15:37 GMT
open AI mania to swell datacenter capex to $1.6T by 2030 – if the bubble doesn't pop first 10
By Doctor Syntax
Thursday 11th December 2025 14:50 GMT
open Bezos-backed Unconventional AI aims to make datacenter power problems go away 27
By Pete Sdev
Wednesday 10th December 2025 15:59 GMT
open DJ Garman drops the ball instead of the bass in AWS re:Invent keynote 3
By Korev
Tuesday 9th December 2025 07:33 GMT
open Datacenters are hoarding grid power just in case, says Uptime Institute 31
By codejunky
Friday 12th December 2025 09:25 GMT
open Amazon’s Trainium3 is the latest to conform to Nvidia’s mold 8
By retiredFool
Tuesday 9th December 2025 00:38 GMT
open Amazon keeps the pressure on Intel, AMD with 192-core Graviton5 CPU 7
By Fizzypo
Tuesday 9th December 2025 21:03 GMT
open Palantir wants to set the juice loose with new AI power initiative 8
By cyberdemon
Friday 5th December 2025 02:01 GMT
open Datacenters planned for Scotland could end up draining a loch of power 147
By Anonymous Coward
Monday 22nd December 2025 12:21 GMT
open Datacenters that don't have their own power supplies will fail 9
By rd232
Sunday 7th December 2025 16:50 GMT
open Amazon is forging a walled garden for enterprise AI 13
By disgruntled yank
Monday 8th December 2025 14:07 GMT
open AWS offers AI-in-a-box for enterprise datacenters 1
By Anonymous Coward
Friday 5th December 2025 11:24 GMT
open AWS admits AI coding tools cause problems, reckons its three new agents fix 'em 9
By Mostly Irrelevant
Wednesday 3rd December 2025 23:24 GMT
open AWS joins Microsoft, Google in the security AI agent race 1
By Anonymous Coward
Tuesday 2nd December 2025 22:51 GMT
open Amazon primed to fuse Nvidia's NVLink into 4th-gen Trainium accelerators 4
By Conundrum1885
Saturday 6th December 2025 07:02 GMT
open London grid crunch delays new housing amid datacenter boom 32
By druck
Saturday 6th December 2025 10:31 GMT
open AWS: How do you do, fellow kids? Please watch our keynotes in Fortnite 6
By Pulled Tea
Wednesday 3rd December 2025 07:31 GMT
open AWS and Google build a fix for multi-cloud barriers they said didn't exist 3
By mrdavidsanders
Wednesday 3rd December 2025 16:00 GMT
open GPUs aren't worth their weight in gold – it just feels like they are 38
By IGotOut
Monday 1st December 2025 18:58 GMT
open HPC won't be an x86 monoculture forever – and it's starting to show 12
By borje
Friday 5th December 2025 18:53 GMT
open Norway's most powerful supercomputer will use waste heat to raise salmon 11
By deadlockvictim
Friday 28th November 2025 06:30 GMT
open The exascale offensive: America's race to rule AI HPC 6
By druck
Sunday 30th November 2025 11:21 GMT

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