Posts by Scotthva5

Anthropic bods rework AI damage yardstick, find scant labor impact

Right...

and Philip Morris "scientists" said smoking doesn't cause cancer.

Norway's Consumer Council takes aim at enshittification

Re: Brilliant

..."braking is now a premium feature".

Jack Dorsey’s fintech outfit Block announces 40% layoffs, blames AI, gets 23% stock bump

FUCK YOU Jack Dorsey

That is all.

Rogue devs of sideloaded Android apps beg for freedom from Google’s verification regime

Re: Total Identity Ecosystem

...so they can sell you tat you don't need.

Trump's Genesis Mission gets its first set of 26 sure-to-succeed objectives

Re: If anyone can do it...

That bloated corspe has absolutely zero interest in science, he is simply funneling taxpayer money to the billionaires that put him in office.

Cloudflare turns websites into faster food for AI agents

Thanks CloudFlare...

for making it even easier for AI bots to steal content from websites and leaving the publishers empty handed. Who thought of this?

Workday CEO Carl Eschenbach clocks out amid job cuts and market jitters

Re: Oh dear

“we regard our employees as a fungible, hired-by-the-kilo resource”

And just as quickly forgotten when the market needs to be juiced.

Microsoft sets Copilot agents loose on your OneDrive files

Who watches the watchers?

It sounds great - on paper - but instead of actually reading the documents I'm supposed to trust Copilot's summation? What if it misses vital information or draws the wrong conclusion based on yet another hallucination and presented as fact? This is a slippery slope that only Microsoft could dream up and woe be to the team that makes important business decisions based on it.

DWP finds Copilot saves civil servants a whopping 19 minutes a day

Yes. Yes it has.

SAP refuses to budge on renewal discounts despite cloud growth slowdown

Re: Cloud?

Correct. The days of "migrate your workloads to the cloud and save money" has shifted to "stay with our cloud on our terms and we promise to only put it in half-way".

Microsoft spends billions on AI, converts just 3.3% of Copilot Chat users

That "momentum" almost certainly includes punters that used it one time and said "thank you but no". To a CEO desperate to to justify the massive capex that counts as momentum.

China’s Deepin Linux gets a slick desktop - and, yes, built-in AI

Re: China’s Deepin Linux gets a slick desktop - and, yes, built-in AI

Liam have you looked at UbuntuDDE?

Mozilla starts offering RPMs of Firefox Nightly

Firefox has one function these days: to download LibreWolf. Full stop. How the mighty have fallen.

Power scarcity drives datacenters to Texas, where the juice is

Did it suddenly start raining in Texas?

Bit barns love water and Texas isn't exactly swimming in the liquid stuff. Are they going to lower the water table even further by digging wells? Divert rivers? Build their farms next to the Gulf of Mexico? Yet more environmental questions whilst they chase the latest IT fad to dubious ends.

AI and automation could erase 10.4 million US roles by 2030

AI does not pay payroll taxes or contribute to Social Security/Medicare and with companies like OpenAI demanding tax breaks I smell a deficit ballooning financial disaster on the horizon.

Mem-ageddon: AI chip frenzy to wallop DRAM prices with 70% hike

The 32gb of Corsair DDR5 6000/CL30 I bought for $119 just 18 months ago is this morning $545 on Newegg. It was $427 over the weekend. The retailers smell blood in the water...

AI has pumped hyperscale capex, capacity – but how long can it last?

To what end?

All this Capex and environmental damage for the sole purpose of making a handful of people even richer whilst the displaced scramble to make a living. Nice.

Cornish recycling drive sows confusion among Reg Standards Bureau

This is the best El Reg comments section in ages.

Please, do continue.

pearOS is a Linux that falls rather close to the Apple tree

Re: I get the concept but:

Have you tried Zorin? It's about as close to Win 10 as Linux is likely to get.

From Georgia to Essex, AI datacenters are testing public goodwill

Education needed

"The panel of industry representatives felt there is a need for education..."

Along the lines of "either let us tap into your already overextended grid and jack up prices for everyone or we'll build fossil fuel plants ourselves and destroy the environment."

That kind of education?

Disney turns to dark side, licenses IP to OpenAI for videos, images

Re: Disney is already dismal

Been done: AI Snow White featuring Samuel L Jackson:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x35-U9ctVwE

Microsoft 365 boosts prices in 2026 … to pay for more AI and security

Re: It makes me smile

My employer - a small project management firm - is slowly switching back to on-prem after repeated AWS outages and rising prices. A Linux native version of our management application suite should be ready by third quarter 2026 thanks to Microsoft's addiction to 'AI' and the cost of keeping our Win 10 rigs running.

Micron ditches consumer memory brand Crucial to chase AI riches

Re: Damn.

I've been running 32gb of Corsair Vengeance 6000/CL30 for the past 18 months and it has been rock solid. Back then it was $119 for two sticks of 16gb, now Newegg/Amazon want $427. What a time to be alive.

HSBC spies $207B crater in OpenAI's expansion goals

Really?

By 2030 AI will have made everyone redundant so where are these 'consumer subscriptions' going to come from and who is going to pay for them?

FCC guts post-Salt Typhoon telco rules despite ongoing espionage risk

Re: 'Agile security'?

Never underestimate the US government's ability to rescind its own rules when money is involved.

Microsoft exec finds AI cynicism 'mindblowing'

Re: Finished

>> Banks will most likely need saving

Almost guaranteed and the same people that lost their livelihoods will be forced to pick up the tab whilst the asshats that started this shit will walk away with millions.

Outdated Samsung handset linked to fatal emergency call failure in Australia

Don't give US telcos any ideas...

Firefox adds AI Window, users want AI wall to keep it out

A simple question

What is so fucking hard about browsing the web that people NEED to have AI guidance? When did it become so mind-boggling difficult that you need AI help to click a link?

AI slop hits new high as fake country artist goes to #1 on Billboard digital songs chart

If you're unfamiliar with 'Bro Country'

Here's a lovely parody complete with AI voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CORANvT8l9A

Senate bill would require companies to report AI layoffs as job cuts reach 20-year high in October

Good

Perhaps the politicians are beginning to realize that AI is destroying what's left of the American tax base and it's time to make a token effort to show they care.

Game on! Penguin levels up as Linux finally cracks 3% on Steam

Proton is the hero here

As well as a host of new gaming oriented gaming distros (CatchOS, Bazzite etc) that have really caught on the the fragging set. Valve's continued investment in Proton is a thing of beauty and a number of CPU intensive games run better than under Windows. Impressive.

Robotic lawnmower uses AI to dodge cats, toys

Those tiny blades though...

I can't imagine RoboMulch would have much success with the über thick Centipede grass we have here in southern 'Merica. It would probably just pack it in and chase the feral raccoons that dominate my back garden.

YouTube's AI moderator pulls Windows 11 workaround videos, calls them dangerous

Re: I only use Windows for work

And this has exactly fuckall to do with Google's AI YouTube moderation. The affected videos will still be modded into oblivion regardless of operating system choice.

Google nukes 3,000 YouTube videos that sowed malware disguised as cracked software

Google took 4 years to find this?

Slow down there Turbo you're making me dizzy.

OpenAI's ChatGPT is so popular that almost no one will pay for it

Re: The time is right for some Agentic AI, on by default of course

Hears you and your significant other knocking boots one night, orders every condom and sex toy on Amazon but ships to the in-laws as birthday gifts. Hilarity ensues.

Salesforce pumps the dream of AI agents as helpers, not replacements

Nope

Bullshit. The only thing your customers want to know is how many meat bodies they can sack and then reap the rewards (bonuses and stock options) from a temporarily inflated valuation. Period.

Datacenter water use? California governor says don't ask, don't tell

You have just described every politician that has ever taken office.

Microsoft hypes PCs with NPUs, still can't offer a good reason to buy one

My thoughts exactly. Early adopters rarely benefit and given the rapid advances in hardware capabilities the low performance of current NPUs almost certainly will not be enough to 'future proof'.

McKinsey wonders how to sell AI apps with no measurable benefits

Re: 80% decline?

Whilst the cost of the hardware certainly hasn't declined the efficiency of the models has increased considerably over the years. It still means fuckall if there is no increase in employee productivity or adoption.

Your AI conversations are a secret new treasure trove for marketers

AI used for marketing reasons?

Color me so surprised.

Microsoft's first preview of Visual Studio 2026: Deeper AI and a design refresh

Re: Of course

Every time I see the phrase "AI hooks" I read it as "microtransaction".

Everyone needs an AI phone. No, don't hang up, it's true

Gartner are the same outfit that was bullish on Itanium and predicted over $35 billion in sales by the year 2002.

Pull the other one.

Google takes Photoshop to the woodshed with new image AI

Exactly.

GhostBSD 25.02 adds 'Gershwin' desktop for a Mac-like twist

Re: Weird

Same here, I got to dabble with a NeXTcube in the early 90's and was quite taken with it and the interface of NeXTSTEP. A modern reboot looks tasty indeed.

VMware before Broadcom was 'a unicorn in fluffy cloudland'

Deep did he drink the Kool-Aid.

New Yorkers will soon be able to yell 'I'm walkin here!' to Waymo robotaxis

Waymo has their work cut out for them if they hope to emulate the authentic New York taxi experience: exotic odors and incomprehensible gibberish emanating from your average NYC hack driver combined with faulty meters and padding several extra miles to your destination. Good luck boys.

Talk to the bot: Salesforce AI agents could replace US govt employees

The new reality

Computer says...NO

Microsoft bolts Copilot Mode onto Edge to chase AI-browser crowd

Re: No.

...with bells on.

VMware reboots its partner program again – and it looks like smaller players are out

How vivid...