The term "Chat Control" contains the word "control"; there are frequent blog posts about it authored by Henrik Alexandersson, translated (automatically) from Swedish: And translated (automatically) ...

The EU has Chat Control. The UK, which is no longer in the EU, has similar provisions in different laws, which partly overlap ...

Unlike 3-D renderings or "Classic" CG, slop images aren't quite original and definitely not fair use; they're a form of plagiarism on an epic scale and there are currently many lawsuits talking about ...

After being in beta phase during the past month, the Firefox 142 open-source web browser is now available for download ahead ...

Today's installment of "Slopwatch" will mostly focus on Google News having been infested with fake 'articles' about "Linux", starting with this slopfarm: The sister slopfarm (also in Google News, ...

Snyk is a very malicious firm that we wrote about in the past. Suppose you run the Web site called The Register MS and you very well know that slop or "GenAI" is a scammy bubble promoted and ...

These people don't try to improve security but to undermine security. Those are people who mock the legal process and fail to meet Orders from Judges at the High Court. In other words, they don't care ...

Yesterday: Linux Foundation Says "Housekeeping", "Hung", "Normal", "Native Feature/Support" and "Girl/Girls" Are Offensive ...

No article here is made by anything like chatbots or LLMs, not even partially. It's quite easy to be certain: we just never used an LLM. For anything. Not even 'for fun' or some 'experiments'. LLMs ...

Days ago: If Free/Libre Software is Adding Trillions in Value to the European Economy, Then the European Commission Must Crush Software Patents | As Europe Gets Increasingly Serious About Software ...

Months ago we said that we'd likely cover Open Source Initiative scandals until some time this month. Having just shown how wary or concerned they are about their image, what we intend to do next is ...

Many people book holidays and/or go on holiday this month. This means everything generally "slows down" (services and ...