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Sleep doesn't pay ON CALL Welcome to another installment of On Call, The Register's Friday column in which we share readers' tales of tech support jobs that go south, pear-shaped, or just badly. This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "Lionel&
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Most carriers track everything. Cape doesn't. — Unlimited talk, text &
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Choosing a smartwatch that checks all the boxes is harder than it should be. I tested dozens from Apple, Google, Garmin and Samsung to find the ones that actually deliver on durability, accuracy, battery life and performance. Our Picks Bottom Line CNET Labs Award for Most Accurate Heart Rate Monitor,
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LVL Zero, India’s first gaming incubator backed by MIXI Global Investments, Nazara Technologies, and Chimera VC, successfully hosted its inaugural Demo Day at The Lalit Ashok, Bengaluru, on July 21, 2026, bringing together investors, publishers, ecosystem partners, mentors, and industry leaders to witness the next generation of Indian game
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* Survey finds 92% of UK workers struggle to mentally switch off outside of work * Only 1% said they never check emails, messages, or perform work tasks out of hours * The Always-On Workforce Report 2026 surveyed 1,500 professionals A new report into the out of hours activities of British employees
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ASUS today announced its groundbreaking new server lineup powered by the AMD EPYC™ 9006 processors, engineered to deliver unmatched performance for the most demanding intensive enterprise workloads. This advanced portfolio introduces two highly optimized series with efficiency-optimized AMD EPYC SP8 server CPU, the flagship dual-socket ASUS RS700A/720A for extreme
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Women in Cloud (WIC) announced the launch of its ICONIC Leadership Kickstarter Campaign that is aimed at preparing professionals, executives, entrepreneurs, and ecosystem builders to develop the next generation of leaders, who will shape the AI economy through trust, collaboration, innovation, and economic access. The campaign is designed to be
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Australia’s Origin Energy Limited has confirmed suffering a data breach, and a hacker claims to have accessed the records of millions of customers. Headquartered in Sydney, Origin Energy is one of Australia’s largest electricity and gas retailers while also engaging in power generation, natural gas exploration and production,
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Most carriers track everything. Cape doesn't. — Unlimited talk, text &
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* Proofpoint 2026 AI‑Era Ransomware Report found 54% of victims paid attackers despite warnings * 37% faced repeat extortion after paying; 2% paid but never regained access to files * Experts urge prevention: phishing awareness, offline backups, and AI‑powered endpoint protection Security researchers Proofpoint have seemingly proved once again that paying
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Peak Design already makes a range of well-loved camera accessories, and it's now expanding its lineup with the Field Bracket. It's designed for folks who use their gear in many different scenarios, and could use a mounting system that'll keep up. This is firstly
