Posts by Phil Ni'Sophical

System builders say server prices set to spike as Trump plays customs cowboy

Re: In other news

Find out what happened to this man's life when he discovered the sky was blue, and not dull grey!!

Top Trump officials text secret Yemen airstrike plans to journo in Signal SNAFU

Are we in line for another case of “I did not have sexual relations with that woman”?

Trump orders all government IT contracts consolidated under GSA

Re: /Maybe/ a Nice Candleflame in a Room Filled with Exploding Grenades

Leave the poor GAA alone. They're under enough financial pressure here at home, the poor guys!

Google Maps to roll out Trump-approved Denali and Gulf of Mexico rebrands

Re: Not for the developed world, shirley

Correct. The restored of us will have to endure seeing Gulf of Mexico/Gulf of America, as it will shoe both names for everywhere other than US and Mexico-based souls

Europe hopes Trump trumps Biden's plan for US to play AI gatekeeper

Re: No limit for the Netherlands but for EU?

The Netherlands. And Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden.

Poor Portugal!

Tim cooking up the dough as his Apple pay rises 18% to $74.6M

Think how little time he'll be able to work in Tesla while he's busy ripping about the federal government, and getting that house in order. They better pay him even more, so he remains interested. It's the only way!

Because it's usually not just simple pay, but instead things like RSUs, et cetera. They can take a nice pay cut, but their “compensation” rises and rises, for example. To hell with them all, the spongers.

I tried hard, but didn't fix all of cybersecurity, admits outgoing US National Cyber Director

Re: Don't worry

Amber Rudd, surely!

Pornhub pulls out of Florida, VPN demand 'surges 1150%'

Re: Governments should stick to being rubbish

Isn't it?

*removes "Visit to local pig farm" from the list of things to do this year*

phew.

Trump tariffs transform into bigger threats for Mexico, Canada than China

Re: Not just Electronics, Cars and Oil

Any particular time make it better? Is morning wood a good idea, for example?

Microsoft on a roll for terrible rebranding with Windows App

The macOS Windows App, stooppid!

Microsoft sends Windows Control Panel to tech graveyard

Re: ETA?

Surely we can find a 12 year old lettuce put there, somewhere!

On one Prime Day, Amazon warehouse workers endured '45% injury rate'

Re: El Reg Teaches Percentages

Don't worry, though, faithful Anonymous commentard. Birmingham will forever be known as “Europe's largest local authority”, which we can all agree is a vital factoid of life!

Switzerland to end 2024 with an analog FM broadcast-killing bang

Re: Funny in its ways.

RTE shut that down to save a few 'pingin' in a previous cost cutting exercise. I would think we'll be the great international hold out on shutting down FM. It'll be "the death knell of rural Ireland" if we do!!

At Apple, AI stands for 'Apple Intelligence' – and it's coming to everything

Re: corrections

I find my pizzas have improved 245% since I started adding HugTight Sticky glue!

Icon as it's the closest Bird image available!

Giving Windows total recall of everything a user does is a privacy minefield

Re: It begs the obvious question...

Like any and all AI announcements, one wonders. What is the fucking point?

Re: You have to be pulling my purple plonker

Correction: just the EA, Ubisoft, and Steam spyware!

They've got to be taking their cut o' the action, surely.

Destroying offshore wind farms is top priority for Trump if he returns to presidency

Re: These are weird times.

Disposable capes? Are they for part time superheros?

BT confirms it's switching off 3G in UK from Jan next year

Re: Drat - I will need a new 'phone

I get 3 or 4 days from my Fairphone 4 running /e OS. Data off, Wi-Fi on, location on as needed.

Usage can vary depending on the version (a few versions ago, it was down to 2/2/5 days!).

UK civil servants – hopefully including those spending billions on tech – to skill up in STEM

Re: How about the ministers go next?

Lucky you! Our esteemed politicians are all landlords, publicans, or teachers (A hell of a lot of teachers....)

Mozilla calls cars from 25 automakers 'data privacy nightmares on wheels'

Re: A history of privacy integrity

A Mozilla Station Wagon on the horizon!

What'll happen when it collides with a self driving Tesla, no doubt. ->

I know this is directed at our US-based brethren, but what about us in the democratic people's republic of EU stand, with our warm fuzzy blanket of privacy and data protection?

If I go out tomorrow and pick up a Nissan Leaf, due to an increase in expendable money, and a decrease in expendable common sense, will my sheet rumbling, or lack thereof, be a data point to be bought and sold before too long, I wonder?