Microsoft Edge takes a victory lap with some high-looking usage stats for 2024
Lots of big numbers, but market share wasn't one of them
One third of adults can't delete device data
Easier to let those old phones gather dust in a drawer, survey finds
Former NSA cyberspy's not-so-secret hobby: Hacking Christmas lights
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SvarDOS: DR-DOS is reborn as an open source operating system
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Can 4G feature phones rise again on the back of QVGA, thin clients, and remote browsers?
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Boffins ponder paltry brain data rate of 10 bits per second
You may not need that high-bandwidth brain-computer interface
Science01 Jan 2025 | 37
Eight things that should not have happened last year, but did
Opinion 2024's Tech Fail Roll Of Dishonor
Bootnotes01 Jan 2025 | 47
US Army soldier who allegedly stole Trump's AT&T call logs arrested
Brings the arrest count related to the Snowflake hacks to 3
Cyber-crime01 Jan 2025 | 4
Starlink direct-to-cell is coming to Ukraine
Cell towers not required when messaging on Musk's finest
Networks01 Jan 2025 | 6
Second Jeju Air 737-800 experiences mechanical issues following deadly crash
Boeing ends abysmal year on an even lower note
Offbeat31 Dec 2024 | 69
US Treasury Department outs the blast radius of BeyondTrust's key leak
Data pilfered as miscreants roamed affected workstations
Cyber-crime31 Dec 2024 | 11
Report claims FAA ignores most whistleblower complaints
analysis Officials beg to differ, claiming the author misinterpreted Congressional reports
Legal31 Dec 2024 | 20
China's cyber intrusions took a sinister turn in 2024
From targeted espionage to pre-positioning - not that they are mutually exclusive
Security31 Dec 2024 | 8
UK watchdog launches inquiry into IBM's HashiCorp acquisition
To the surprise of no one, a multi-billion dollar deal comes under CMA scrutiny
Legal31 Dec 2024 | 1
More telcos confirm Salt Typhoon breaches as White House weighs in
The intrusions allowed Beijing to 'geolocate millions of individuals'
Cyber-crime30 Dec 2024 | 32
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Jimmy Carter set the solar, space, and environmental pace
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Offbeat30 Dec 2024 | 40
Blue Origin inches closer to the first New Glenn flight
Final big tests done and engines fired up for a few seconds. Next stop ... space?
Science30 Dec 2024 | 29
It's only a matter of time before LLMs jump start supply-chain attacks
Interview 'The greatest concern is with spear phishing and social engineering'
Security29 Dec 2024 | 57
How cops taking down LockBit, ALPHV led to RansomHub's meteoric rise
Cut off one head, two more grow back in its place
Cyber-crime28 Dec 2024 | 4
Christmas 1984: The last hurrah for 8-bit home computers
Feature Saturation point, and Nintendo and Sega, were just around the corner
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OpenAI plans to ring in the New Year with a for-profit push
We have altered the deal, pray we don’t alter it any further
AI + ML27 Dec 2024 | 46
Microsoft adds another problem to the Windows 11 24H2 naughty list
Santa Satya pops one more issue into his sack just in time for Christmas
OSes27 Dec 2024 | 82
Contrary to some, traceroute is very real – I should know, I helped make it work
Systems Approach Gather around the fire for another retelling of computer networking history
Parker Solar Probe sends a "Still Alive" tone back to Earth
This was a triumph
Science27 Dec 2024 | 58
After a long lunch, user thought a cursor meant their computer was cactus
On Call Reg-reading heroes snacked on their woes and solved problems with extreme speed
On-Prem27 Dec 2024 | 97
Naïve Reg hack thinks he can beat Christmas food comas once and for all
Comment One man's plan to ruin his holiday for the better
Offbeat26 Dec 2024 | 99
Former NSA cyberspy's not-so-secret hobby: Hacking Christmas lights
Video Rob Joyce explains how it's done
Security25 Dec 2024 | 41
The winner of last year's Windows Ugly Sweater is ...
Register readers have spoken
Bootnotes25 Dec 2024 | 13
Technical issue briefly grounds American Airlines flights across US
Unspecified "vendor technology" to blame for hour-long stop order
Software24 Dec 2024 | 18
How Androxgh0st rose from Mozi's ashes to become 'most prevalent malware'
Botnet's operators 'driven by similar interests as that of the Chinese state'
Cyber-crime24 Dec 2024 | 3
GitHub debuts limited Copilot free tier in a crowded market
OpenAI releases API o1 model, with function calling and vision features, previews new SDKs for Java and Go
Community plans to fork Puppet, unhappy with Perforce changes to open-source project
Google previews Android XR SDK but devs will be cautious
Taming the multi-vault beast
GitGuardian takes on enterprise secrets sprawl
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Microsoft Edge takes a victory lap with some high-looking usage stats for 2024
Lots of big numbers, but market share wasn't one of them
Software24 Dec 2024 | 65
What do ransomware and Jesus have in common? A birth month and an unwillingness to die
Feature 35 years since AIDS first borked a PC and we're still no closer to a solution
Cyber-crime24 Dec 2024 | 22
One third of adults can't delete device data
Easier to let those old phones gather dust in a drawer, survey finds
Security24 Dec 2024 | 185
Are you better value for money than AI?
Comment Tech vendors start saying the quiet part out loud – do enterprises really need all that headcount?
AI + ML23 Dec 2024 | 95
'That's not a bug, it's a feature' takes on a darker tone when malware's involved
Opinion Mummy, where do zero days come from?
Security23 Dec 2024 | 25
Jury spares Qualcomm's AI PC ambitions, but Arm eyes a retrial
Analysis The victory may be short lived as the chip designer gears up for second round
Legal23 Dec 2024 | 15
SvarDOS: DR-DOS is reborn as an open source operating system
A #DOScember surprise: fits on a single floppy, but has a network-capable package manager
OSes23 Dec 2024 | 81
AI's rising tide lifts all chips as AMD Instinct, cloudy silicon vie for a slice of Nvidia's pie
Analyst estimates show growing apetite for alternative infrastructure
Systems23 Dec 2024 | 7
Parker Solar Probe set for blisteringly hot date with the Sun on Christmas Eve
Ho-ho-holy heatshield!
Science23 Dec 2024 | 37
Suspected LockBit dev, facing US extradition, 'did it for the money'
Dual Russian-Israeli national arrested in August
Cyber-crime23 Dec 2024 | 18
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Personal Tech23 Dec 2024 | 15
UK ICO not happy with Google's plans to allow device fingerprinting
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Security23 Dec 2024 | 75
Fining Big Tech isn't working. Make them give away illegally trained LLMs as public domain
Opinion It's all made from our data, anyway, so it should be ours to use as we want
AI + ML22 Dec 2024 | 136
Biden’s antitrust crackdown on tech M&As may linger into Trump’s reign
Analysis Lina Khan’s tenure may end, but the regulatory hurdles she helped build aren’t going anywhere
Legal21 Dec 2024 | 18
The Automattic vs WP Engine WordPress wars are getting really annoying
Opinion Forks at dawn.... but it's not great sign for open source
BOFH: Printer's festive bips herald a merry mystery for the Boss's budget
Episode 24 Merry as in see you down the pub
Fedora Asahi Remix 41 for Apple Macs is out
New shiny if you run Linux on an M1 or M2
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Software20 Dec 2024 | 132
Rocks from Chinese Moon mission suggest Luna's history needs revision
Meanwhile, NASA signs off on Artemis software upgrade
Science20 Dec 2024 | 18
Infosec experts divided on AI's potential to assist red teams
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Security20 Dec 2024 | 11
Microsoft coughs up yet more Windows 11 24H2 headaches
Users report the sound of silence from operating system update
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It's only a matter of time before LLMs jump start supply-chain attacks
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Naïve Reg hack thinks he can beat Christmas food comas once and for all
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This was a triumph
OpenAI plans to ring in the New Year with a for-profit push
We have altered the deal, pray we don’t alter it any further
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Science19 Dec 2024 | 21
US bipartisan group publishes laundry list of AI policy requests
Chair Jay Obernolte urges Congress to act – whether it will is another matter
AI + ML19 Dec 2024 | 9
Million GPU clusters, gigawatts of power – the scale of AI defies logic
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Stranded in space: Starliner crew to remain in orbit even longer as SpaceX faces delays
Week-long mission set to stretch into ninth month
Science19 Dec 2024 | 93
Apple and Meta trade barbs over interoperability requests
Both are only thinking about the best interests of users, of course
Personal Tech19 Dec 2024 | 35
Watchdog deep-sixes job ad that was actually pay-to-play training course
Misleading listing on a recruitment site? Whatever next?
Offbeat19 Dec 2024 | 16
Asda decided on a 'no go' for 'mass rollout' of store IT conversion
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Humanoid robots coming soon, initially under remote control
Feature Dodgy AI chatbots as brains – what could go wrong?
AI + ML19 Dec 2024 | 109
Don't fall for a mail asking for rapid Docusign action – it may be an Azure account hijack phish
Recent campaign targeted 20,000 folk across UK and Europe with this tactic, Unit 42 warns
Cyber-crime19 Dec 2024 | 17
Fear of Foxconn reportedly driving possible Nissan, Honda and Mitsubishi merger
The EV race is well and truly running, and no-one wants to be left in the dust
Personal Tech19 Dec 2024 | 112
Supreme Court to hear TikTok's appeal against law that would force it to shut, or sell
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Legal19 Dec 2024 | 40
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Intel sued again over struggling foundry business
Derivatives claim seeks damages from execs and board members
Legal18 Dec 2024 | 8
US reportedly mulls TP-Link router ban over national security risk
updated It could end up like Huawei -Trump's gonna get ya, get ya, get ya
Security18 Dec 2024 | 57
SpaceX rocketeers get fresh FAA license for next Starship launch
Authorization comes less than a month after flight 6: 'The FAA continues to increase efficiencies'
Science18 Dec 2024 | 46
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