Data is very valuable, just don't ask us to measure it, leaders say
The result from Gartner – a staggering one considering the attention heaped on big data and its various hype-oriented ...
National Science Foundation staff axed by Trump fear for US scientific future
The NSF confirmed the layoffs to The Register in an email, saying it had dismissed 86 employees classified as probationary, ...
Binned off staff, slashed stock options. What's next? Ah yes, bigger C-suite bonuses
Some of that bonus cash, though, might be coming from Meta's latest round of layoffs, which saw around 3,700 people - about ...
HP ditches 15-minute wait time policy due to 'feedback'
HP Inc today abruptly ditched the mandatory 15-minute wait time that it imposed on customers dialling up its telephone-based ...
Docker delays Hub pull limits by a month, tweaks maximums, pushes back storage billing
Docker has delayed its plan to limit image pulls – the downloading of container images – from Docker Hub, by one month and ...
Docker delays Hub pull limits by a month, tweaks maximums, stalls storage billing indefinitely
Image fetches to be capped on hourly basis for Personal, unauthenticated use, paid-for plans get unlimited access ...
Los Alamos boffins slap blinkers on satellites so we know who to blame in a crash
The LANL boffins say that Earth orbit is becoming increasingly crowded, and it is vital to avoid collisions. However, even if ...
California goes ape with bill to crown Bigfoot official state cryptid
California could face something of a custody battle over Sasquatch, however. Last year, Grant Nicely, mayor of Derry in ...
Linux royalty backs adoption of Rust for kernel code, says its rise is inevitable
Among the issues raised about Ojeda's Rust kernel policy post, Hellwig corrected Ojeda's assertion that some kernel subsystem maintainers might decide they simply don't want Rust code and that that's ...
HP deliberately adds 15 minutes waiting time for telephone support calls
HP is trying to force consumer PC and print customers to use digital support channels by setting a minimum 15-minute wait ...
Medusa ransomware gang demands $2M from UK private health services provider
Exclusive HCRG Care Group, a private health and social services provider, has seemingly fallen victim to the Medusa ...
NASA's on-again, off-again job cuts – what's the plan?
Lucky there isn't an asteroid headed for Earth for which a demoralized space agency might need to mount a redirect mission ...