Safe CEO Don Murray: AI should assist human experts, not replace them
TL;DR Don Murray, CEO of Safe Software, argues AI is a powerful assistant but should not be treated as the…
How should a team support a colleague who frequently introduces typos?
TL;DR A developer with strong technical contributions is producing frequent typos that escape linters and tests, causing late-stage failures and…
Samsung’s Freestyle Plus boosts brightness but lumens figures conflict
TL;DR Samsung has introduced the Freestyle Plus, an all‑in‑one portable projector that the company lists at 430 ISO lumens and…
FreeBSD: Home NAS, Part 1 — Configuring a ZFS Mirror (RAID1)
TL;DR The author tests building a home NAS on vanilla FreeBSD in a VM, planning UFS for the OS on…
Round the tree, yes, but not round the squirrel — a Perelman paradox
TL;DR A short anecdote from Yakov Perelman's 1927 collection recounts a man who circles a glade trying to glimpse a…
Cisco XDR in 30: Network-led detection to clarify signals and speed response
TL;DR Cisco is hosting a 30-minute webinar, 'XDR in 30: See the Threat, Know the Verdict, Act Fast,' that outlines…
Petkit debuts automatic wet-food feeder that tracks pet feeding habits
TL;DR At CES 2026 Petkit unveiled two AI-equipped pet-care devices: the Yumshare Daily Feast, an automatic wet-food dispenser, and the…
Y2K duty postponed one honeymoon by 17 years — more millennial IT tales
TL;DR Readers of The Register’s On Call column recounted spending New Year’s Eve 1999 on call to guard against Y2K…
Your Real Biological Clock: Mortality Shapes When People Become Parents
TL;DR Tom Scocca argues that the real limiter on when we have children is mortality, not just fertility: delaying parenthood…
Amid global crop-price declines, India’s Arya.ag nets investors and profit
TL;DR Arya.ag raised an $81 million all-equity Series D led by GEF Capital Partners while reporting continued profitability and revenue…