security Researchers find bugs in 5 AI developer tools, with OpenAI and Microsoft flaws still unpatched Embedded browsers are at the heart of the problem
personal tech Microsoft breaks New Outlook attachment opening with Edge Update Attachments in New Outlook come undone thanks to Windows' fundamental interconnectedness of things
software Matrix takes sovereign messaging into the realm of the tech giants Once more, with feeling: 'First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you'
ai and ml GitHub powering up four million extra cores to stop its service going down Re-architects site to cope with AI slop-pocalypse
on-prem Microsoft faces potential vote: Shareholders curious about its plans to tackle emissions Greenhouse gas output has risen dramatically since the company promised to become carbon-negative by 2030
saas Take it on the chin SatNad: Microsoft chief exec's pay slips 6% in record year Revenue up, operating profit up, 30 million paid Copilot seats locked in, 88 DCs added, $43.8 billion returned to shareholders
security Microsoft releases out-of-band Windows fixes with certificate updates Did you hear the one about eMudhra and the power of 4? Time to get connected to certificate trust list updates
cxo Microsoft offers parachutes to 60k employees if they jump by the end of the year Voluntary exit offer extended to about one-quarter of existing Softies
security Microsoft releases emergency .NET security fixes for Google Brotli bug Redmond joins growing list of software maintainers scrambling to patch compression flaw
applications PubKeep picks up where Microsoft Publisher signs off $99 replacement opens old .pub files on Windows and macOS, without a subscription
security Microsoft says ConnectWise breach let Chinese spies loose on 2,250 cloud tenants AI agents did the dirty work, with hackers gaining privileged access in some environments in under three hours
saas OneDrive gives Macs a million things to keep in sync October preview raises supported limit from 300,000 items, with general availability penciled in for June 2027
os platforms Microsoft admits that Always On VPN problems were not fixed in the October Security Update Let they who are without sin throw a stone and miss the greenhouse entirely
software Admin: 'I spent all weekend on my servers' after Microsoft breaks Exchange Server with October updates OWA borked and lengthy email queues reported on busy servers after Microsoft tweaks a Server default
on-prem Microsoft abandons UK AI supercomputer as grid struggles to keep up Tech giant walks away from flagship Essex project as power connection delays threaten to leave nation's AI ambitions waiting until the 2030s
legal Microsoft’s second-hand licensing appeal gets the brush-off Court of Appeal refuses Redmond permission to take ValueLicensing fight to the Supreme Court, with a 'Known Adverse Document' still to come
columnists AI’s epic cash call is matched only by its ability to strangle revenue streams The first technology created with a self-disrupt button... But why oh why didn't they call Claude clone Fauxtoshop?
software British watchdog seeks tougher terms around Microsoft's dominance of business software Another reason for Donald Trump to hate British regulation
devops $24,000 AI experiment ports TypeScript compiler to Rust Microsoft's Go rewrite gets some competition, with a developer claiming his port runs twice as fast
os platforms Tiny11 puts Windows 11 on a diet without the PowerShell workout New desktop app simplifies stripping out bundled software, with heavier cuts carrying security and support risks
networks Cisco, Nvidia team up to build fatter, faster pluggable If you thought 1.6 Tbps was fast, just wait, Cisco's USFP targets 12.8 Tbps in a single optical pluggable
on-prem The AI math isn't mathing as infrastructure spending forecast to outstrip expected revenue Analyst predicts 80% of neoclouds will disappear as standalone businesses by 2030
saas Microsoft celebrates end of Office 2021 LTSC with MS 365 outage So how's that cloud migration working out for German and UK users?
systems Microsoft plans multi-gigawatt rollout of next-gen Azure Maia AI accelerator racks 96-chip configuration promises seven times its predecessor's token throughput, with production deployments due in 2027
networks Intel optimizes IPv6 networking into nothingness, say users Customers report connectivity strangeness in the Intel Connectivity Performance Suite
saas Microsoft blames a configuration change for Exchange Admin Center tumble Rollback fixed things, but stop us if you've heard this before
os platforms Windows 11's easiest account bypass gets the Microsoft boot 'Learn More' shortcut to local setup reportedly patched server-side, leaving users with more involved workarounds
applications Microsoft giveth and Microsoft taketh away: Copilot edition Office documents in Copilot? Absolutely! Using Copilot to make Outlook themes? Nah…
ai and ml Microsoft leans on open weight model from Chinese AI lab to challenge Jev The first version of Microsoft-Decision-1 is based on Qwen3.5-9B, but the next will sport homegrown tech, Redmond reassures
personal tech Microsoft 365 subscribers set to lose up to 4 TB of OneDrive storage What Microsoft giveth, Microsoft taketh away, again and again
paas and iaas Microsoft and Anthropic play invoice tennis with startup's $17,600 Claude bill Vegalabs says $21,168 in unused Azure credits expired as separate Marketplace charges piled up
legal India’s tech giants shrug off changes to USA’s skilled visa program As Microsoft denies alleged ‘fraud and abuse’ that sparked the tweaks
os platforms Windows Search learns to take orders Preview lets users change settings and carry out tasks directly from a tidier results list
personal tech Microsoft is about to let Copilot loose on your file system But don't worry, it's totally safe because the agents and models will (probably) be running locally. Routers never break right?
on-prem Dutch tax office ditches Microsoft 365 cloud for on-premises alternative Email and calendars move in-house in 2027, with European open source tools to follow
off-prem Microsoft defines its Azure instance lifecycle, without any info about timing Redmond explains how VMs die, but not when you can expect that to happen
software Microsoft extends the Outlook naughty step with two more file types You didn't really want to be sending around .msix and .msixbundle files, did you?
software Classic Outlook clings to stale search results as Microsoft works on a fix Moved messages linger and throw errors when clicked, leaving Windows Desktop Search as the workaround
os platforms Windows 11 market share creeps upwards as cost of staying on Windows 10 set to double How badly do you want that Win10 device to keep getting security updates?
offbeat Flight delayed? So are these codec updates A slice of Bolivian bork at Alcantarí International Airport
security Microsoft catches hackers exploiting Zimbra bug before disclosure Attackers were probing the mail server flaw weeks before it had a CVE to its name
off-prem Azure maintenance mess disrupted hybrid clouds, VPNs, cloudy VMware services Microsoft broke its own cloud but isn’t sure how
security 16-year-old researcher found a Microsoft bug, got admin access to databases with 17.3 trillion rows It's 2 am. Do you know what your teen is doing?
offbeat Drunk Van Halen fan called Microsoft support and demanded to speak to Gates A broken Java applet had one FrontPage user ready for an Eruption
software Microsoft sends PDFs to strange new worlds instead of SharePoint Use SharePoint Online? Keen on PDFs? Then you won't be keen on the latest Word bug
Redmond to millions of Power BI users: You’re Fabric app devs now Software giant expands audience for agent coding of data apps by an order of magnitude
What eldritch horror lurks behind Heathrow's information screens? A triptych of airport bork awaits the unwary passenger
security JadePuffer crims hijacked Azure identities and used them to blow up cloud resources Smells like more agentic ransomware, Redmond warns
ai and ml Microsoft's Copilot super app comes with a meter attached Redmond calls its pricing model an 'evolution' as advanced AI racks up usage charges
os platforms Dutch government turns to NixOS for a sovereign desktop DAWO combines a Linux-based client with open source tools for cloud, communications, and collaborative work
saas Microsoft tells nonprofits their deleted M365 data isn't coming back Grant retirement went off the rails, so Redmond is offering affected organizations help starting over
columnists Big AI's content problem: Take the work, keep the money The more we learn about how AI does business, the more unfair it looks
applications Microsoft cells out, crams multiple values into Excel boxes Once a single-scalar home, spreadsheet cells are being redeveloped to handle many tenants
Windows update leaves some virtual desktops staring into the void Users may need to summon Explorer manually after signing in
security Windows CLOSEDQUORUM malware uses AI models to autonomously select post-compromise actions 'first' publicly documented Windows implant to use LLMs for C2
security NightmareEclipse's latest zero-day leaves Microsoft Defender stuck in the past BigDiskBuster leaves Microsoft's antivirus running but unable to install updates
saas Register reader hit with surprise bill after Microsoft portals disagreed Did Copilot write the synchronization code?
virtualization Gartner predicts 55% of enterprise VMware users will be investigating an exit by 2029 Chasing pack has its problems too, with maturity, cost, and complex licenses
devops Microsoft agentically ports Copilot runtime to Rust for $120K The Rust compiler remains unperturbed by the antics of the LLM
software Admins, you've been warned: The clock is ticking on Edge's IE Mode Legacy web apps have guaranteed shelter only through 2029, and Redmond warns modernization can take years
software Microsoft fixes the fix that broke Excel paste – partly Hotfix covers only Excel 2016 and may still come unstuck around conditional formatting
saas Microsoft configuration change leaves SharePoint pages drawing a blank Validation? Apparently that comes after deployment
ai and ml Microsoft AI chief warns Anthropic not to put ideas in Claude's head Mustafa Suleyman claims model welfare language could make future systems harder to control – while sparing OpenAI the same scrutiny
legal Judge orders Microsoft to spill internal docs and scour execs' comms in secondhand licensing case Yes, the 'Secondhand Software Presentation' does sound like it might be an adverse document...
security Iranian spies hit Windows machines with Chosen Brick data-stealing malware 'Enemies of the regime' on notice
on-prem September's Windows 11 patch needs an emergency patch of its own Microsoft fixes RDP and Hyper-V fallout, but some USB audio stays silent
os platforms Microsoft account refuseniks have another way of installing Windows Has the good bork fairy paid a visit to Redmond?
ai and ml Microsoft drafts feel-good AI model guidelines and wants your input Redmond outlines 'aspirational' goals for model behavior, but gives itself a pass if it gets things wrong
os platforms Microsoft patches Windows and Excel – breaks audio, remote access, and paste Redmond's quality drive takes another detour through the known issues list
devops Microsoft anoints Rust as a 'Tier 1' internal language Redmond's coders get the tool to help them scrub memory bugs off Windows
databases Azure SQL Data Sync stops taking newcomers before 2027 execution Existing customers can carry on for now, but Microsoft offers no like-for-like successor
ai and ml AI uprising postponed after Copilot falls off the web Error 1016 kept the chatbot quiet for 100 minutes while a separate resilience drill swallowed suggestion pills
software Microsoft goes after Salesforce and ERP users with AI-powered converter Ironically, this idea lands as Salesforce is struggling to sell its own AI
research Novel Blue Moon kit targeting Chrome and Windows reflects new reality of AI-driven exploits Mind the patch gap, please and thank you
security Serial Microsoft 0-day hunter drops yet another Defender exploit A bypass of a bypass of a bypass
software Microsoft closes the book on Publisher and unplugs Project Online Office 2021 joins the October retirement list as customers weigh pricier alternatives
os platforms Switzerland tests a FOSS escape route from Microsoft 365 Swiss Army sticks a knife in American cloud apps with its own FOSS push
software Another Microsoft team admits it’s struggling to handle flood of AI-generated code Increase in vibe-coded browser extensions sees Edge team automate quality assessments
security Microsoft breaks Patch Tuesday record with 974-CVE deluge Adobe also brought goodies to the patch party and they deserve immediate attention
os platforms Bing Wallpaper app opens Harry Potter's chamber of ads No defense against the dark arts Microsoft is practicing on your wallpaper
security BigBear phishing crew nets thousands of Microsoft 365 credentials Researchers got inside the crooks' admin panel and found 5,137 stolen records tied to 461 organizations
security ASCII smuggling isn't just an AI security risk Phishers find a new use for invisible Unicode tag characters
applications My Word. Microsoft's prepping Similarity Checker for retirement Built-in plagiarism police to hand in badge next month
on-prem Microsoft to bounce mail from outdated Exchange servers 2016 and 2019 installations must meet the October 2025 baseline to reach cloud-hosted inboxes
os platforms Windows 11 update sends some desktops into an unwanted goth phase Hello darkness, my old friend... I've trusted Redmond once again
os platforms Which came first, Windows 95's taskbar or NeXT's Dock? Neither Reg hack accidentally rattles Microsoft folks' cages… again
devops Microsoft devs rejoice: Union types coming to C# in November The unsafe keyword will do more heavy lifting, while union types unify disparate forms of data
ai and ml Microsoft will stop finishing your sentences in Word and Outlook Predictive text remains available, but users will have to invite it into their workflow
os platforms Microsoft update disarms Outlook and Teams on Arm PCs Installing an AI gaming package offers relief while custom cursors suffer a separate reset
os platforms ReactOS 0.4.16 serves '90s Windows nostalgia with fewer bugs 30 years on, it's still alpha, but 0.4.16 brings plenty of bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements - just in time for Windows XP's 25th anniversary
off-prem Microsoft and AWS build the multicloud bridge they said customers barely needed New services promise private 100 Gbps links between the rival platforms without months of networking faff
software Microsoft warns that transitioning Excel workbooks to new Exchange connectors might not be smooth sailing
applications I picked Task Manager 'to see how ready AI is for primetime… or if it would just degrade to slop' – OG dev talks to The Reg
cyber-crime Microsoft-vendetta hacker has a new zero day that gives system privileges on fully patched Windows
on-prem Cisco 'retires' its Azure Local offering rather than catch up to Microsoft’s changed hardware requirements
columnists FOSS smashed one Microsoft monopoly. After 20 years of failure, it's time to smash another
paas and iaas Europe's chip ambitions won't break dependence on US cloud and software, says Forrester
columnists Microsoft is losing the battle to protect license lucre. It better get used to the feeling
security Destructive Windows backdoor stuffs multiple wipers and ransomware code into a single package
software Microsoft says the world is changing faster than it can keep up as it guts commercial, Xbox teams
security Microsoft said exploitation was 'less likely' ... but CISA just added SharePoint RCE to KEV list
virtualization Citrix says it's back as a mainstream server virtualization player that won't send scary bills
columnists Telling internet platforms where to stick public service media will serve nobody. Turn it on its head
systems Engineer accused of insider trading tied to Microsoft's reboot of Three Mile Island nuclear plant
research Boffin claims Microsoft's supposed quantum leap does not compute due to 'basic Python errors'
