Something for the Weekend, Sir?
Shopping online for Xmas? AI chatbots know whether you want to be naughty or nice
'What are you buying, Dave? We should talk about this'
On Call
Let's... drawer a veil over why this laser printer would decide to stop working randomly
Easiest call-out ever (after a pinch of sleuthing)
Review
We've made it: Microsoft deems El Reg relevant enough to have a play with the nerfed version of its upcoming Xbox
Not sure if we should be honoured or offended, but the Series S is a huge step up from its predecessor
Job Alert
Time to move on? From dev work to telco engineering to server-wrangling, there are plenty of jobs in this week's Reg listings
Perhaps mentoring wet behind the ears devs is your cup of tea?
Latest News
Security
Let's Encrypt warns about a third of Android devices will from next year stumble over sites that use its certs
Expiration of cross-signed root certificates spells trouble for pre-7.1.1 kit... unless they're using Firefox
06 Nov 23:58 | 1
Personal Tech
Apple wants privacy 'nutrition labels' on all new and updated apps in its software store from next month
How many grams of carbo-spy-drates are in your favorite applications?
06 Nov 21:27 |
In Brief
Never mind the White House. At least we know who's going to Spaceport America. Virgin Galactic to fling ship into space again
Also: Another delay for SpaceX, Artemis I gets its fairings and Kelly twin prepares for a lengthy mission in politics
06 Nov 20:04 | 1
Business
More evidence your work/life balance has gone to $%£*: Atlassian says user-interface interactions show hours tacked on to workday
You're probably reading this on your work laptop when you should have been down the pub
06 Nov 19:14 | 6
Personal Tech
Straighten up the tie pin, dear! Razer slaps on a suit with its totally-not-gaming laptops
Meet the Razer Book 13
06 Nov 18:29 | 2
Security
Ransomware crims read our bank balance and demanded the lot, reveals Scotland's Dundee and Angus College
But we rebuilt the entire institution in 5 days, says principal as he looks back on February attack
06 Nov 17:17 | 9
Video
Hey, over here, I'm talking... Academics help computers figure out which way you're facing when you speak
Which could be useful for AI assistants as they'll know whether you're barking orders at them or the kids or the TV
06 Nov 16:10 | 3
Software
UK's 'minimum viable product' for Brexit transit software will not be ready until December, leaving no time for testing
Fills you with confidence, doesn't it?
06 Nov 15:02 | 33
Personal Tech
Apple opens pre-orders of iPhone 12 Mini and Pro Max models, the cheapest and most expensive in the lineup
Smaller handset £699 going up to £1,099 for top-tier flavour
06 Nov 14:02 | 9
Job Alert
Time to move on? From dev work to telco engineering to server-wrangling, there are plenty of jobs in this week's Reg listings
Perhaps mentoring wet behind the ears devs is your cup of tea?
06 Nov 13:15 |
Exclusive
Three rips up call centre outsourcing contract with Capita 2+ years early
A sliver of functions coming back in house, most being offshored to India and 380 UK roles put 'at risk' of redundo by Capita
06 Nov 12:28 | 20
Cloud
Network driver issue shaves 12 more hours off Microsoft's '365' infrastructure, and yeah, it was Exchange Online again
Company famed for iffy patches demonstrates its email prowess
06 Nov 11:45 | 21
Software
Blazor: Full stack C# and Microsoft's pitch for ASP.NET Web Form diehards
'Two to three times faster' in .NET 5.0 - but is running .NET in the browser a good idea?
06 Nov 10:15 | 10
Something for the Weekend, Sir?
Shopping online for Xmas? AI chatbots know whether you want to be naughty or nice
'What are you buying, Dave? We should talk about this'
06 Nov 09:30 | 50
Cloud
Alibaba Cloud on the cusp of turning a profit after growing 60 percent in a year
Don’t mention the postponed Ant Group float. Do mention the 881 million monthly mobile users and how they're spending more, more often
06 Nov 08:43 | 2
On Call
Let's... drawer a veil over why this laser printer would decide to stop working randomly
Easiest call-out ever (after a pinch of sleuthing)
06 Nov 08:15 | 102
Bootnotes
Elon Musk's ancient April Fools' gag about 'Tesla Tequila' made real in lightning-shaped bottle
At $250 for 750ml, the joke’s on buyers who bought the whole batch in hours
06 Nov 07:36 | 38
Promo
It’s time to move Teams beyond internal collaboration
Tempted by telephony in Teams? Start right here
06 Nov 07:00 |
Science
America's democracy on the brink, Brexit looming, climate crashing... when better to get the first fast radio burst from our own galaxy?
'u ok m8?'
06 Nov 06:32 | 30
Cloud
AWS to drop new cloud region into Hyderabad – home of Microsoft’s Indian HQ
Promises mid-2022 opening of full three-AZ region in central Indian city
06 Nov 05:59 |
Security
Ransomware attack shutters Brazilian courts. But did attackers breach the virtual machine divide?
Six-day outage predicted as rebuild commences from untouched backups
06 Nov 04:31 | 3
Security
Tech support scammer dialed random number and Australian Police’s cybercrime squad answered
Cops used the opportunity to figure out remote access traps
06 Nov 03:05 | 112
Emergent Tech
San Francisco approves 'CEO tax', hopes to extract up to $140m a year from corps with wide exec-staff salary gap
Plus or minus a load of caveats
06 Nov 02:12 | 32
Security
Apple emits iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, macOS patches to fix three hijack-my-device flaws exploited in the wild
Trio of bugs reported by Google Project Zero, plenty of other flaws addressed
05 Nov 23:41 | 10
Emergent Tech
Uncle Sam's legal eagles hope to get their claws on $1bn in Bitcoin 'stolen by hacker' from dark-web souk Silk Road
'Individual X' said to have surrendered the digital dosh
05 Nov 21:59 | 13
Software
Microsoft pledges to give Teams users multi-account sign-in then reels it back to one work and one personal
Still, it'll make using the platform from home marginally less excruciating
05 Nov 21:02 | 8
DevOps
GitHub's new security scanner definitely works, says Jenkins: It found 7 flaws in our plugins
DevOps tool's maintainer says he's 'very happy with the results'
05 Nov 19:50 | 1
Science
Rocket Lab to equip 'Return to Sender' with parachutes amid plans to catch an Electron booster with a helicopter
Successful recovery would make it the first and only reusable orbital-class small launch system
05 Nov 19:00 | 7
Artificial Intelligence
Google previews Document AI for parsing forms: Just a catch-up with AWS and Azure?
Convert a jumble of documents into neatly structured data - if you are lucky
05 Nov 17:51 | 2
Rise of the Machines
Are you seeing this, Amazon? British military steps up robot tech tests with drone capable of carrying 60kg payloads
Aerial ammo deliveries – always handy when you're storming a beach
05 Nov 17:01 | 24
Security
After Cummings' Barnard Castle trip, cheeky Britons started using the word 'vision' in their passwords
That was still dwarfed by clods using 'password' itself, though
05 Nov 15:45 | 50
Review
We've made it: Microsoft deems El Reg relevant enough to have a play with the nerfed version of its upcoming Xbox
Not sure if we should be honoured or offended, but the Series S is a huge step up from its predecessor
05 Nov 14:00 | 35
Software
Amid pandemic and economic uncertainty, enterprises find they've lost the will to migrate to SAP's S4/HANA
Third of customers stalling upgrades, says UK and Ireland user group data
05 Nov 13:22 | 10
Security
Data protection scofflaws failed to pay £2m in fines from UK watchdog – and 68% of penalties are still outstanding
We're trying, insists beleaguered Information Commissioner's Office
05 Nov 12:15 | 17
Popular
Updated
Deloitte's 'Test your Hacker IQ' site fails itself after exposing database user name, password in config file
Security quiz site created by advisors includes inadvertent bonus round
Security
Tech support scammer dialed random number and Australian Police’s cybercrime squad answered
Cops used the opportunity to figure out remote access traps
Emergent Tech
Now that's a Finnish-ing move: Finland offers free 90-day tryout of Helsinki tech scene with childcare thrown in
Just don't think about winter
Security
No, GitHub's source code wasn't hacked and posted on GitHub, says GitHub CEO
Nat Friedman says they'll make it harder to impersonate unsigned commits
The Channel
Microsoft sues Florida reseller it alleges sold 'black market access devices' allowing unlocking of Office 365
Copyright and trademark infringements alleged by Redmond's legal eagles
Security
After Cummings' Barnard Castle trip, cheeky Britons started using the word 'vision' in their passwords
That was still dwarfed by clods using 'password' itself, though
On Call
Let's... drawer a veil over why this laser printer would decide to stop working randomly
Easiest call-out ever (after a pinch of sleuthing)
Bork!Bork!Bork!
Super-antique-fragile-and-it's-XP-alidocious, even though the sight of it is something quite atrocious
A most uneXPected visitor: Windows cling-on spotted by Reg reader Discovery crew member
DevOps
GitHub's new security scanner definitely works, says Jenkins: It found 7 flaws in our plugins
DevOps tool's maintainer says he's 'very happy with the results'
Software
Microsoft pledges to give Teams users multi-account sign-in then reels it back to one work and one personal
Still, it'll make using the platform from home marginally less excruciating
STORIES
The Channel
Microsoft sues Florida reseller it alleges sold 'black market access devices' allowing unlocking of Office 365
Copyright and trademark infringements alleged by Redmond's legal eagles
05 Nov 10:30 | 13
Bork!Bork!Bork!
Super-antique-fragile-and-it's-XP-alidocious, even though the sight of it is something quite atrocious
A most uneXPected visitor: Windows cling-on spotted by Reg reader Discovery crew member
05 Nov 09:30 | 27
Updated
Deloitte's 'Test your Hacker IQ' site fails itself after exposing database user name, password in config file
Security quiz site created by advisors includes inadvertent bonus round
05 Nov 08:28 | 27
Security
No, GitHub's source code wasn't hacked and posted on GitHub, says GitHub CEO
Nat Friedman says they'll make it harder to impersonate unsigned commits
05 Nov 07:57 | 16
