SpaceX's Starlink: Overhyped and underpowered to meet broadband needs of Rural America, say analysts
As the constellation stands anyway
Storage
Microsoft drops 64-bit OneDrive into the pool: Windows on ARM fans need not apply. As usual
Up to 18.4 million petabytes... which should be useful to someone
Obit
Prince Philip, inadvertent father of the Computer Misuse Act, dies aged 99
Queen's hubby left more than a passing impression on the UK tech world
Software
Facebook job ads algorithm still discriminates on gender, LinkedIn not so much
Gender bias found in employment adverts despite antisocial network giant's past promises
Latest News
Science
Satellite collision anticipated by EU space agency fails to materialize... for now at least
Internet rubberneckers and crisis-starved media left to ponder non-event
10 Apr 11:01 | 2
Software
Wormhole encrypted file transfer app reboots Firefox Send after Mozilla fled
Apps' developers believe they can manage potential abuse
09 Apr 23:04 | 4
Security
Texan's alleged Amazon bombing effort fizzles: Militia man wanted to take out 'about 70 per cent of the internet'
Someone hasn't heard of redundancy
09 Apr 21:57 | 43
Personal Tech
Lenovo's latest gaming monster: Eight cores, 3.2GHz, giant heat sink, two fans. Oh, and it has a phone bolted on
Mammoth as a mobe, but serious as a game device
09 Apr 21:00 | 10
Legal
Amazon claims victory after warehouse workers in Alabama vote to reject union
Retail union accuses the tech giant of illegally swaying votes, files complaint
09 Apr 20:19 | 11
SaaS
State of Iowa approves $17m in budget for Workday project after bid to use coronavirus relief funds was denied
Questions raised about procurement process but, gosh, they badly need a replacement HR system
09 Apr 19:52 | 1
Science
SpaceX's Starlink: Overhyped and underpowered to meet broadband needs of Rural America, say analysts
As the constellation stands anyway
09 Apr 18:37 | 37
Don't Miss
Feature bloat: Psychology boffins find people tend to add elements to solve a problem rather than take things away
Duplo exercise provides vital insight into flawed human heuristic
Science
NASA's Mars helicopter spins up its blades ahead of hoped-for 12 April hover
Things to look forward to on Monday morn: Our Who, Me? column and 1st flight of Ingenuity
09 Apr 17:29 | 19
Security
UK's National Cyber Security Centre recommends password generation idea suggested by El Reg commenter
Who says everything below the line is a cesspit of useless filth?
09 Apr 15:58 | 75
Storage
Microsoft drops 64-bit OneDrive into the pool: Windows on ARM fans need not apply. As usual
Up to 18.4 million petabytes... which should be useful to someone
09 Apr 14:10 | 20
Don't Miss
What's this about a muon experiment potentially upending Standard Model of physics? We speak to one of the scientists involved
'It’s an exciting prospect, but too early to say so definitively' professor tells us
Obit
Prince Philip, inadvertent father of the Computer Misuse Act, dies aged 99
Queen's hubby left more than a passing impression on the UK tech world
09 Apr 13:18 | 144
Software
Facebook job ads algorithm still discriminates on gender, LinkedIn not so much
Gender bias found in employment adverts despite antisocial network giant's past promises
09 Apr 12:00 | 11
Security
CyberBattleSim: Microsoft's open-source Holodeck in which autonomous attackers, defenders battle it out
Very 2021 to have AI bots fight in simulated networks for our entertainment (and science)
09 Apr 11:06 |
Security
How do we stamp out the ransomware business model? Ban insurance payouts for one, says ex-GCHQ director
New laws needed to cut off incentive to crooks, argues Marcus Willett
09 Apr 10:02 | 75
Something for the Weekend, Sir?
How to ensure your tech predictions catch on in a flash? Do the mash
All inventions should be demonstrated by a puppet doing a Tommy Cooper impression
09 Apr 09:07 | 48
Science
Feature bloat: Psychology boffins find people tend to add elements to solve a problem rather than take things away
Duplo exercise provides vital insight into flawed human heuristic
09 Apr 08:08 | 84
OSes
Asahi Linux devs merge effort to run Linux on Apple M1 silicon into kernel
Slated for inclusion in version 5.13, due about three months from now
09 Apr 07:30 | 11
On Call
For blinkenlights sake.... RTFM! Yes. Read The Front of the Machine
Before smartphones and LCD displays there were... green lights and red lights
09 Apr 07:05 | 121
On-Prem
Cisco takes small steps towards IT-as-a-service, more software-defined networking
For compute and SD-WAN only, with plenty of details not yet in place
09 Apr 06:03 | 1
Security
India uses controversial Aadhaar facial biometrics to identify COVID vaccination recipients
Safer than eyeballs or fingerprints, apparently
09 Apr 05:01 | 2
Kubernetes 1.21 unloads pod security, adds dual IPv4/IPv6 networking, and shuts down gracefully
Break point: Apache Mesos, Okta, JetBrains, Swift, and Microsoft
The wrath of Khan: OpenNebula 6.0 ‘Mutara’ boldly adds new cloud capabilities
GitOp and Argo: 2.0 is out, with new app management and notification features
Offbeat
‘Can COVID-19 vaccines connect me to the internet?’
It’s not The Register asking. The question comes from the official Australian government vaccine advice service (and the answer is ‘No’)
09 Apr 03:58 | 33
SaaS
Vietnam reveals state-run Alibaba-and-Amazon alternative, aims it at the EU
Government hopes to cash in on free trade agreement with B2B e-commerce
09 Apr 02:54 | 13
Software
Apple's pending privacy clampdown drives desperate marketers to overwhelm domain database
Public Suffix List halts submissions from those seeking reprieve from iGiant's rules
09 Apr 01:56 | 24
HPC
Biden administration effectively slaps bans on seven Chinese supercomputer companies for military links
Organizations added to Entity list
09 Apr 00:54 | 7
Science
What's this about a muon experiment potentially upending Standard Model of physics? We speak to one of the scientists involved
'It’s an exciting prospect, but too early to say so definitively' professor tells us
08 Apr 22:34 | 64
Applications
Airline software super-bug: Flight loads miscalculated because women using 'Miss' were treated as children
Weight blunder led to wrong thrust used on takeoff, says UK watchdog
08 Apr 19:14 | 297
Networks
W3C Technical Architecture Group slaps down Google's proposal to treat multiple domains as same origin
First Party Sets 'harmful to the web in its current form'
08 Apr 18:15 | 22
Edge + IoT
South Africa's state-owned energy firm to appeal after court rules Oracle does not have to support its software
Eskom disputes results of Big Red audit
08 Apr 17:03 | 48
Virtualization
Xen releases a new version 4.15 after a slightly delayed development process
Teases new ‘Hyperlaunch’ tech that will allow booting of whole VM fleets
08 Apr 16:05 |
SaaS
Website maker Wix embarks on weird WordPress-trashing campaign, sends 'influencer' users headphones from 'WP'
'Creepy' videos liken CMS giant to 'absent, drunken father' – but its market share is only rising
08 Apr 15:09 | 22
Software
Beloved pixel pusher Paint prepares to join Notepad for updates from Microsoft Store
You cannot kill what does not die
08 Apr 14:16 | 53
Applications
Gitpod ditches Eclipse Theia for Visual Studio Code under redesign, sponsors new dev experience event
'Allowing everyone to use their favourite IDE just makes a lot of sense'
08 Apr 13:12 | 4
Personal Tech
Apple extends Find My support to third-party vendors including Belkin, Dutch bike maker VanMoof, and Chipolo
Expensive bike, earpods can now be tracked from inside the walled garden
08 Apr 12:31 | 4
Updated
UK reseller sues Microsoft for £270m in damages claiming prohibitive contracts choke off surplus Office licence supplies
ValueLicensing also calls for action to 'restore and maintain competition and choice in the market'
08 Apr 11:24 | 34
Security
Belgian police seize 28 tons of cocaine after 'cracking' Sky ECC's chat app encryption
Euro cops take $1.65bn of blow off the streets after poring over messages
08 Apr 10:39 | 83
Legal
Ex-Geeks staff lose legal bid to claw back withheld training costs from final paycheques
Company acted fairly and reasonably, rules judge
08 Apr 09:26 | 37
SaaS
UK government rings £1.5bn dinner bell for software design and implementation, 54 vendors come running
Though framework agreement 'cannot guarantee any business'
08 Apr 08:29 | 9
Off-Prem
Huawei re-org: Chinese giant merges its cloud and compute business units
Reports of cloud team's demise may be premature
08 Apr 07:56 | 1
Webcast
There’s a whole wide world of web application firewall options – so how do you choose the right one?
Take the heat out of your firewall deployment
08 Apr 07:30 |
Software
British gambling giant Betfred told to pay stiffed winner £1.7m jackpot after claiming 'software problem'
Terms and conditions 'not transparent or fair', High Court judge says
08 Apr 06:57 | 77
