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Does this thing run on a 220 V power supply? Oh. That puff of smoke suggests not

AT connector

A friend rummaged behind his desk to plug his keyboard back in. It was then he discovered that his printer power brick*also* used the same connector, marked by a distinct "pop* and a waft of magic smoke..

Australia passes law to keep under-16s off social media – good luck with that, mate

Re: What Australian kids did with fake IDs…

Our local Greek run milkbar had standards. Beer and ciggies without the blink of an eye. Drew the line at spirits.

AI Jesus is ready to dispense advice from a booth in historic Swiss church

Twitch Jesus

Has been listening for ages and is still online

https://www.twitch.tv/ask_jesus

Musk deflects sluggish Tesla car sales with Optimus optimism

Re: Optimistic Musk

Your plastic pal who's fun to be with.

Or a bunch of mindless jerks...

'Skeleton Key' attack unlocks the worst of AI, says Microsoft

Bricks

Engineer invents useful technology. Bricks.

Miscreants figure out you can toss them through windows.

Engineer devises protective screen for windows

Miscreants figure out some other creative use.

Engineer responds again.

In time some sort plateau is reached Maybe.

Rivian decimates staff to put a brake on spending

Re: There may be trouble ahead.

Mostly if it was built in significant volume. Niche makes and models are a challenge for aficionados with deep pockets. This would be more like a second hand Bentley but no OEM fallback. Agree. Double or even triple jeopardy in the boutique stakes.

What do you call megabucks Microsoft? No really, it's not a joke. El Reg needs you

The Marketing Cult

The Marketing Cult. Colourful CEOs and product lines may come and go. But like Amway, the faithful do not waiver no matter how much the dogma changes. One Microsoft Way is not just an address.

Security gone in 600 seconds: Make-me-admin hole found in Lenovo Windows laptop crapware. Delete it now

Re: Lenovo

But beware bootloaders, controllers, ILO and other code soldered onto the mobo.

That this AI can simulate universes in 30ms is not the scary part. It's that its creators don't know why it works so well

Simulation

Clearly it is using the same algorithm as the simulation we exist in.

Git365. Git for Teams. Quatermass and the Git Pit. GitHub simply won't do now Microsoft has it

Gitzune?

Got a Fitbit? Thought you were achieving your goals? Better read this

Dr Disco

A case of consulting a professional DJ?

Google tells me 20 BPM is the difference between "Don't worry, Be Happy" (70 bpm) and NIN's "Closer" (90 bpm).