Alibaba has made 470,000 AI chips, admits they’re inferior and may always be https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/03/20/alibaba_q3_2025/ #theRegister
Alibaba has made 470,000 AI chips, admits they’re inferior and may always be

: Sees optimizing its entire cloud around homebrew silicon as the way to compete

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Decoding Nvidia's Groq-powered LPX and the rest of its new rack systems https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/03/19/nvidia_lpx_deep_dive/ #theRegister
Decoding Nvidia's Groq-powered LPX and the rest of its new rack systems

GTC DEEP DIVE: From LPUs and GPUs to CPUs and switches, everything you need to know about Nvidia's latest kit

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OpenAI tries to build its coding cred, acquires Python toolmaker Astral https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/03/19/openai_aims_for_the_stars/ #theRegister
OpenAI tries to build its coding cred, acquires Python toolmaker Astral

: Deal helps company build out its Codex team

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Time to end the 'uncontrolled experiment' of social media on kids, scientists say https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/03/19/social_media_bad_for_kids/ #theRegister
Time to end the 'uncontrolled experiment' of social media on kids, scientists say

: Pair say review of studies, other evidence, proves more countries need to do like Australia and keep kids offline

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Unknown attackers exploit yet another critical SharePoint bug

: Last time: Beijing-backed snoops and ransomware crims. Who's next?

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Google gives Android users a way to install unverified apps if they prove they really, really want to https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/03/19/google_android_unverified_apps/ #theRegister
Google gives Android users a way to install unverified apps if they prove they really, really want to

: Chocolate Factory describes concession as an attempt to balance openess with safety

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'Death sentence': EU cloud lobby takes Broadcom to Brussels over VMware partner purge https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/03/19/cispe_eu_complaint_vmware_vcsp_closure/ #theRegister
'Death sentence': EU cloud lobby takes Broadcom to Brussels over VMware partner purge

: CISPE files antitrust complaint, demands interim measures to stop what it calls chip giant's 'ongoing abuse'

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Fiber on the surface of the moon could help detect moonquakes

: Better than seismometers?

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GNOME 50 debuts with X11 axed, Wayland front and center https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/03/19/gnome_50/ #theRegister
GNOME 50 debuts with X11 axed, Wayland front and center

: Most Ubuntu desktop users will be looking at this until at least 2028

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FBI director leaves open the possibility that it's buying location data again https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/03/19/fbi_patel_location_data/ #theRegister
FBI director leaves open the possibility that it's buying location data again

: Kash Patel says the FBI uses all the tools it has to accomplish its mission - even if those tools are questionable

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