Brandon Vigliarolo
@bvig.bsky.social
US government tech reporter at The Register. Also cat dad, urban farmer, MMORPG junkie, mediocre musician, history nerd, 🖖
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Want a job? Just put 'AI skills' on your resume
Want a job? Just put 'AI skills' on your resume
It could just be the new 'proficient with MS Word'
ai-pocalypse For job seekers wondering which AI skills to bone up on, the answer appears to be simple based on a look at the past year of employment data: Just learn to use it. …
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June 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Want a job? Just put 'AI skills' on your resume
Some of my reporting at @theregister.com was cited during the most recent episode of @lastweektonight.com. Hooray!
June 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Some of my reporting at @theregister.com was cited during the most recent episode of @lastweektonight.com. Hooray!
I’m at #hpediscover in Las Vegas this week. Hope you like AI agents, because that’s pretty much what the whole show is about this year!
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HPE Discover: All in on agentic AI
HPE Discover 2025: Another OEM has decided we're now in the agentic AI age
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June 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I’m at #hpediscover in Las Vegas this week. Hope you like AI agents, because that’s pretty much what the whole show is about this year!
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We know therapy is important to a lot of people, and not everyone can afford it or find the right mental-health professional. But bear in mind, LLMs like OpenAI's GPT-4 don't respond well to the sharing of traumatic experiences, according to this study
By @bvig.bsky.social
By @bvig.bsky.social
Maybe cancel that ChatGPT therapy session – doesn't respond well to tales of trauma
Maybe cancel that ChatGPT therapy session – doesn't respond well to tales of trauma
Great, we've taken away computers' ability to be accurate and given them anxiety
If you think us meatbags are the only ones who get stressed and snappy when subjected to the horrors of the world, think again. A group of international researchers say…
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March 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We know therapy is important to a lot of people, and not everyone can afford it or find the right mental-health professional. But bear in mind, LLMs like OpenAI's GPT-4 don't respond well to the sharing of traumatic experiences, according to this study
By @bvig.bsky.social
By @bvig.bsky.social
Devastating news for the US scientific community, as NSF staffers explained to me:
National Science Foundation staff axed by Trump fear for US scientific future
National Science Foundation staff axed by Trump fear for US scientific future
An inside tale: Probation extended, tenure revoked, a scramble to merge research portfolios, and more
Feature With the National Science Foundation cutting staff to comply with President Trump's order for sweeping federal government layoffs, concerns…
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February 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Devastating news for the US scientific community, as NSF staffers explained to me:
It's pretty brazen for someone who decided it was a good idea to fly their #drone above an active #wildfire, resulting in an mid-air collision with a firefighting aircraft, to blame #DJI for not properly geofencing him to prevent the flight. Take some responsibility, dude.
Call of Duty studio co-founder pleads guilty to crashing drone into firefighting aircraft
Call of Duty studio co-founder pleads guilty to crashing drone into firefighting aircraft
Peter Tripp Akemann avoids jail, will pay 'Super Scooper' repair costs and is ordered to help with LA's wildfire recovery
A Culver City, California resident has admitted to crashing his drone into a 'Super Scooper' firefighting aircraft battling the…
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February 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Not to be a shill but @theregister.com still offers top notch writing on the tech subjects amidst all the madness. Bonus: amusingly unhinged comments from the UK readers that would cause some pearl-clutching on this side of the ocean. 😀
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Enterprise Technology News and Analysis
Enterprise technology news for IT decision-makers and professionals
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January 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Not to be a shill but @theregister.com still offers top notch writing on the tech subjects amidst all the madness. Bonus: amusingly unhinged comments from the UK readers that would cause some pearl-clutching on this side of the ocean. 😀
www.theregister.com
www.theregister.com
This one’s sure a doozy
You get to be CxO and you get to be CxO and you and you and you. The Register's @bvig.bsky.social covers more big moves by the Trump administration.
Trump's new Federal CIO has never held such a job before
From AI startup CISO to running federal IT - sure, why not?
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January 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This one’s sure a doozy
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CISA: Wow, that election had a lot of foreign trolling. Trump's Homeland Sec pick: And that's none of your concern
CISA: Wow, that election had a lot of foreign trolling. Trump's Homeland Sec pick: And that's none of your concern
Cyber agency too 'far off mission,' says incoming boss Kristi Noem
America's lead cybersecurity agency on Friday made one final scream into the impending truth void about election security and the role CISA plays in maintaining it.…
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January 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
CISA: Wow, that election had a lot of foreign trolling. Trump's Homeland Sec pick: And that's none of your concern
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January 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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What's this hot garbage in my Google Docs? I don't want Gemini to help me write, and I don't see an option to disable it. Yuck.
January 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
What's this hot garbage in my Google Docs? I don't want Gemini to help me write, and I don't see an option to disable it. Yuck.
Ok, I get it. I have to buy a new calendar. Now please stop shooting guns and lighting off fireworks. You’re scaring my cats.
January 1, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Ok, I get it. I have to buy a new calendar. Now please stop shooting guns and lighting off fireworks. You’re scaring my cats.
Amazon told me the move was to protect their drivers - oh, so NOW they care
Amazon accused of cheating low-income Prime users out of two-day deliveries
Amazon accused of cheating low-income Prime users out of two-day deliveries
Lawsuit says e-commerce giant cut two zip codes from its own fleet without telling residents
Amazon has trouble in the US capital, where the city's attorney general alleged in a lawsuit filed today that the company excluded two postal zip codes from…
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December 5, 2024 at 2:41 AM
Amazon told me the move was to protect their drivers - oh, so NOW they care
Holding out hope for my friends in #SouthKorea, where I was lucky enough to live for a year when I was in the US Army. Frightening development given Yoon seems to be unpopular, being investigated for corruption, and trying desperately to hold on to power.
South Korea's President Declares Martial Law: Live Updates
President Yoon Suk Yeol made the extraordinary declaration after months of being deadlocked with his political opposition.
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December 3, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Holding out hope for my friends in #SouthKorea, where I was lucky enough to live for a year when I was in the US Army. Frightening development given Yoon seems to be unpopular, being investigated for corruption, and trying desperately to hold on to power.
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claustrophobia is so stupid. let Santa get married.
December 2, 2024 at 2:04 PM
claustrophobia is so stupid. let Santa get married.
Oh, those buckets. So leaky!
EXCLUSIVE: I spoke with security researcher and discoverer of open databases Jeremiah Fowler about finding 600k+ sensitive files containing thousands of people's criminal histories, background checks, vehicle and property records exposed to the internet in a non-password protected S3 bucket.
Data broker leaves 600K+ sensitive files exposed online
Researcher spotted open database before criminals … we hope
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November 27, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Oh, those buckets. So leaky!
Ah, yes - book bans. A sure-fire method of preventing curious teenagers from engaging with subversive material. Worked with DARE and abstinence-only education ... right?
#readbannedbooks
#readbannedbooks
Katy ISD has banned 14 new books since the start of the school year in August. Several of the titles have been in circulation for more than 60 years.
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‘Wicked,’ ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ among new batch of books banned at area schools
Katy ISD has banned 14 new books since the start of the school year in August. Several of the titles have been in circulation for more than 60 years.
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November 27, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Ah, yes - book bans. A sure-fire method of preventing curious teenagers from engaging with subversive material. Worked with DARE and abstinence-only education ... right?
#readbannedbooks
#readbannedbooks
Ah, the holiday shopping season: When everyone I've ever bought something from sends me an email to remind me to get off their mailing list.
#merrychristmas and #happyholidays, #ecommerce world!
#merrychristmas and #happyholidays, #ecommerce world!
November 27, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Ah, the holiday shopping season: When everyone I've ever bought something from sends me an email to remind me to get off their mailing list.
#merrychristmas and #happyholidays, #ecommerce world!
#merrychristmas and #happyholidays, #ecommerce world!
It’s the Catholic Church putting it on, but it still feels sacrilegious.
AI Jesus is ready to dispense advice from a booth in historic Swiss church
AI Jesus is ready to dispense advice from a booth in historic Swiss church
Pope, Depeche Mode, silent on digital second coming
If you find yourself in the Swiss tourist destination of Lucerne with a guilty conscience, there's someone waiting at the historic Peterskapelle Catholic Church to hear your prayers - someone who…
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November 23, 2024 at 12:34 PM
It’s the Catholic Church putting it on, but it still feels sacrilegious.
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New York Times lawyers claim OpenAI accidentally deleted evidence in copyright case
New York Times lawyers claim OpenAI accidentally deleted evidence in copyright case
Probably not intentional, but '150 person-hours' of work were still lost
The New York Times has filed a letter in its copyright infringement case against OpenAI and Microsoft, alerting the court that the ChatGPT maker accidentally deleted a bunch of…
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November 21, 2024 at 10:50 PM
New York Times lawyers claim OpenAI accidentally deleted evidence in copyright case
AI being pushed from the top down just isn’t working - here’s yet another study that finds workers aren’t ready to embrace garbage tech that can’t deliver on productivity promises.
Business leaders, take notice: involve your people in these sorts of decisions.
Business leaders, take notice: involve your people in these sorts of decisions.
Job seekers call BS on the workplace AI revolution
Job seekers call BS on the workplace AI revolution
Survey respondents doubt it boosts performance or even lightens the load
Despite all the top-down buzz around enterprise AI, most job seekers are unconvinced that it is making their work lives easier.…
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November 21, 2024 at 3:13 AM
AI being pushed from the top down just isn’t working - here’s yet another study that finds workers aren’t ready to embrace garbage tech that can’t deliver on productivity promises.
Business leaders, take notice: involve your people in these sorts of decisions.
Business leaders, take notice: involve your people in these sorts of decisions.
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Musk, America PAC sued for allegedly rigging $1M election prize
Musk, America PAC sued for allegedly rigging $1M election prize
This was pretty inevitable after its lawyers admitted in court that the giveaway wasn't random
Elon Musk and his America PAC have been sued for allegedly lying about their $1 million election lottery after letting slip in a court hearing earlier this…
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November 18, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Musk, America PAC sued for allegedly rigging $1M election prize
When they tell you who they are, believe them
Trump's pick to run the FCC has told us what he plans: TikTok ban, space broadband, and Section 230 reform
Trump's pick to run the FCC has told us what he plans: TikTok ban, space broadband, and Section 230 reform
Loathes Big Tech and is not at all keen on net neutrality
President-elect Donald Trump has announced his choice for head of the United States Federal Communications Commission: a current commissioner, Brendan Carr, whom Trump appointed last time he…
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November 19, 2024 at 2:41 AM
When they tell you who they are, believe them
Sure, it’s disturbing to hear from an #llm, but it makes for entertaining reading. And writing.
Google Gemini tells grad student to 'please die' after helping with his homework
Google Gemini tells grad student to 'please die' after helping with his homework
First true sign of AGI – blowing a fuse with a frustrating user?
When you're trying to get homework help from an AI model like Google Gemini, the last thing you'd expect is for it to call you "a stain on the universe" that should "please die," yet…
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November 15, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Sure, it’s disturbing to hear from an #llm, but it makes for entertaining reading. And writing.
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The new Secretary of Earth Defense:
November 15, 2024 at 1:02 AM
The new Secretary of Earth Defense: