On Call
Exsparko-destructus! What happens when wand waving meets extremely poor wiring
You killed my data centre, prepare to die
On-Prem
UK celebrates 25 years of wasteful, 'underperforming' government IT projects
National Audit Office's scathing report blames fails on lack of experience
Feature
Tomorrow's wireless world will be fatter, faster, and creepier
Video didn't kill the radio star – it made it stronger than ever
Episode 13
BOFH: You say goodbye and I say halon
I say 'Yes', Boss says 'No'... Boss says 'Stop'..and I say 'Go, go, go!'
Latest News
PaaS + IaaS
Cloudflare slams AWS egress fees to convince web giant to join its discount data club
Lower your prices and play nicer, CDN goliath suggests
24 Jul 00:07 | 10
AI + ML
With Alphabet's legendary commitment to products, we can't wait to see what its robotics biz Intrinsic achieves
Google parent hopes to inject AI into factory machines
23 Jul 22:22 | 11
Bug of the week
Google fixes 'Chromebork' one-character code typo that prevented Chrome OS logins
Programming blunder is the second such snafu this month
23 Jul 20:49 | 23
Updated
Rackspace literally decimates workforce: One in ten staffers let go this week
85% of those jobs will be rehired, just in cheaper countries
23 Jul 19:55 | 22
Bootnotes
Punchy Italian kartist gets 15-year ban for trackside rampage... and other stories
An unexpectedly vehicular collection of chaos and confusion for your consideration
23 Jul 19:01 | 14
OSes
Latest Windows 11 Preview a well-rounded update – literally
What else is round? Oh yes, holes
23 Jul 18:17 | 6
Software
Apologetic Audacity rewrites privacy policy after 'significant lapse in communication'
Of course kids are allowed. Whatever gave you the impression they weren't?
23 Jul 17:30 | 28
Legal
eBay cyberstalking victims sue internet tat bazaar over former staff members' campaign of harassment
We endured enormous cruelty and abuse and feared for our lives, say couple
23 Jul 16:45 | 7
Bootnotes
Anyone fancy a Snowmobile full of Bags O'Crap? It'll be on the list somewhere
Reg reader reveals colossal 821-item collection of Amazon trademarks tucked away on its site
23 Jul 16:02 | 18
Software
Reserve Bank of India official suggests country may soon have a digital currency pilot
CBDC would be released in phases to prevent volatility
23 Jul 15:15 | 8
On-Prem
Intel: 'Another one to two years before the industry is able to completely catch up with demand'
CEO reassures punters that $40bn foundry spending will pay off
23 Jul 14:30 | 11
Popular
PaaS + IaaS
Cloudflare slams AWS egress fees to convince web giant to join its discount data club
Lower your prices and play nicer, CDN goliath suggests
Updated
Rackspace literally decimates workforce: One in ten staffers let go this week
85% of those jobs will be rehired, just in cheaper countries
OSes
Latest Windows 11 Preview a well-rounded update – literally
What else is round? Oh yes, holes
Networks
Subcontractors working on CityFibre's £45m Derby rollout threaten to 'rip up tarmac' in dispute over payments
Main contractor J McCann insists it takes its obligations 'very seriously'
Software
Apologetic Audacity rewrites privacy policy after 'significant lapse in communication'
Of course kids are allowed. Whatever gave you the impression they weren't?
Bug of the week
Google fixes 'Chromebork' one-character code typo that prevented Chrome OS logins
Programming blunder is the second such snafu this month
Bootnotes
Punchy Italian kartist gets 15-year ban for trackside rampage... and other stories
An unexpectedly vehicular collection of chaos and confusion for your consideration
Bootnotes
Anyone fancy a Snowmobile full of Bags O'Crap? It'll be on the list somewhere
Reg reader reveals colossal 821-item collection of Amazon trademarks tucked away on its site
Legal
eBay cyberstalking victims sue internet tat bazaar over former staff members' campaign of harassment
We endured enormous cruelty and abuse and feared for our lives, say couple
AI + ML
With Alphabet's legendary commitment to products, we can't wait to see what its robotics biz Intrinsic achieves
Google parent hopes to inject AI into factory machines
STORIES
Databases
In the Navy, we want to share data with some ease. In the Navy, can someone help us with this please?
Palantir potentially in line for £50m contract with Brit maritime force
23 Jul 13:45 | 11
Pic
We've seen things you people wouldn't believe. An exoplanet building its own moons
400 light-years away, satellites are forming
23 Jul 13:03 | 18
Applications
SAP's home crowd fails to RISE to the bait with lift-and-shift-to-the-cloud offer
German-speaking user group takes dismal view of scheme's value
23 Jul 12:15 | 1
Security
Hole blasted in Guntrader: UK firearms sales website's CRM database breached, 111,000 users' info spilled online
One of the worst things that could happen to privacy-focused community
23 Jul 11:29 | 67
Episode 13
BOFH: You say goodbye and I say halon
I say 'Yes', Boss says 'No'... Boss says 'Stop'..and I say 'Go, go, go!'
23 Jul 10:46 | 61
Updated
UKRI denies pulling funding from Newport Wafer Fab over Chinese ownership concerns
'Funding continues,' despite media reports to the contrary
23 Jul 10:01 | 18
On-Prem
UK celebrates 25 years of wasteful, 'underperforming' government IT projects
National Audit Office's scathing report blames fails on lack of experience
23 Jul 09:15 | 86
Something for the Weekend, Sir?
Is it broken yet? Is it? Is it? Ooh that means I can buy a sparkly, new but otherwise hard-to-justify replacement!
I may consider offering you cash to break it for me
23 Jul 08:30 | 97
BE BETTER
Survey of astronomers and geophysicists shines a light on 'bleak' systemic bullying
'We need to hold each other to account when we're talking through these issues'
Activision Blizzard accused by California watchdog of fostering 'frat boy' culture, fatally toxic atmosphere
Games giant pushes back on claims of poor pay, harassment, and more in discrimination lawsuit
Respect in Security initiative aims to build reporting lines for infosec bods suffering harassment at work, conferences and online
Some of the stuff going on in the industry is completely out of order
Harassers and bullies succeed in tech because silence is encouraged
Countless people signed away the right to have their trauma acknowledged, and that can’t stand
1 in 5 STEM bros whinge they can't catch a break in tech world they run
White men complain they're held back by 'reverse discrimination'
Security
Tech support scams subside somewhat, but Millennials and Gen Z think they're bulletproof and suffer
Microsoft study says India is most susceptible, other studies suggest the USA cops it most
23 Jul 07:54 | 43
On Call
Exsparko-destructus! What happens when wand waving meets extremely poor wiring
You killed my data centre, prepare to die
23 Jul 07:30 | 83
Databases
Even Facebook struggles: Zuck's titanic database upgrade hits numerous legacy software bergs
The Social Network™ has spent years trying to hop from MySQL 5.6 to 8.0 and still isn’t done
23 Jul 07:01 | 40
Webcast
Struggling to define the best metric system for your engineering team?
Boost your morale, business and velocity with this exclusive broadcast
23 Jul 06:30 |
AI + ML
Alan Turing Institute to spend £60m from UK.gov on AI for air traffic control and banking
Turns out the skies can be the limit for machine learning
23 Jul 05:27 | 16
Networks
India changes tack and tenders for public-private partnerships to complete national broadband rollout
Tender issued to wire 361,000 thousand more villages, with $2.5bn subsidies dangled
23 Jul 04:30 | 1
Security
Kaseya obtains REvil decryptor, starts sharing it with afflicted customers
Users sent two further updates – one fixing an issue that prevented installation of antivirus software
23 Jul 02:15 | 12
Security
Never mind the trolls, Discord hosts 'significant volumes of malware' in its CDN
Biz insists it's trying as hard as possible to scrub clean its IRC-for-the-2020s
23 Jul 01:32 | 7
Personal Tech
Activision Blizzard accused by California watchdog of fostering 'frat boy' culture, fatally toxic atmosphere
Games giant pushes back on claims of poor pay, harassment, and more in discrimination lawsuit
23 Jul 00:29 | 21
Updated
Be careful what you inline: Defunct video-hosting domain used to inject smut flicks into news articles, more
From vid.me to f&*% me?!
22 Jul 23:30 | 21
Promo
Cyber-attacks really ramp up after Halloween – so why not start preparing now?
Learn tricks of the trade at SANS Singapore 2021 – and treat yourself to a discount
22 Jul 22:09 |
Bootnotes
Facebook gardening group triumphs over slapdash Zuck censorbots
Giant news org megaphone persuades dim algos they're talking about the other sort of hoes
22 Jul 21:04 | 38
Science
Survey of astronomers and geophysicists shines a light on 'bleak' systemic bullying
'We need to hold each other to account when we're talking through these issues'
22 Jul 20:04 | 54
Devops
Jira Data Center user? Here's a critical Ehcache vulnerability to spoil your day
Update now – and maybe firewall the thing off while you're at it
22 Jul 19:12 |
Security
Microsoft has a workaround for 'HiveNightmare' flaw: Nuke your shadow copies from orbit
It's the only way to be sure
22 Jul 18:27 | 31
Updated
Akamai Edge DNS goes down, takes a chunk of the internet with it
If you're wondering why some websites disappeared today
22 Jul 17:31 | 37
TOP FEATURES
We're terrified of sharing information, but the benefits of talking about IT and infosec outweigh the negatives
You may find that gaffe isn't so embarrassing after all
You're not imagining it. Amazon and AWS want to hire all your friends, enemies, and everyone in between
What really happens after you disappear into Bezos' talent hoover?
CentOS Stream: 'I was slow on the uptake, but I get what they are doing now,' says Rocky Linux founder
Greg Kurtzer: Red Hat did the right thing and the new scenario is better than the old
This always-on culture we're in is awful. How do we stop it? Oh, sorry, hold on – just had another notification
Turn off. Tune out. Relax
Security
Securing the cloud while Windows burns: Microsoft pops CloudKnox in trolley
At least Redmond is taking some security seriously
22 Jul 17:01 | 1
Science
Russia's ISS Multipurpose Laboratory Module launches after years sitting on a shelf, immediately runs into issues
Nauka? More like 'Borka!' Geddit?
22 Jul 16:14 | 41
Security
Respect in Security initiative aims to build reporting lines for infosec bods suffering harassment at work, conferences and online
Some of the stuff going on in the industry is completely out of order
22 Jul 15:30 | 4
Promo
Your data is your future. So why trust it to yesterday’s technology?
Learn how to thrive with modern file storage – check out Nasuni CloudBound21
22 Jul 15:00 |
Legal
Autonomy founder Mike Lynch loses first stage in fight against extradition to US
UK Home Sec must now sign it off and then it's a High Court matter
22 Jul 14:30 | 39
On-Prem
Cranes soar over Lone Star State as Texas Instruments pushes to get new fabs online
Head start from pre-pandemic guesswork running out, and mass production potentially years ago
22 Jul 13:45 | 3
SaaS
Financial Ombudsman Service to ditch tech heads as it open arms to Workday and outside service provider
Not just the legacy HR and finance systems being booted
22 Jul 13:00 | 10
Networks
Dang vaccines dented our bottom line in the connected home sector, says Netgear
Swings and roundabouts: They also drove a 58% boost to business revenue
22 Jul 12:15 | 9
