Legal Huawei claims national security is used as plausible excuse for 'protectionism' Global government affairs veep wants trade rules to apply 12 Feb 00:42 | 20
Security If you haven't already killed Lotus Notes, IBM just gave you the perfect reason to do it now, fast Also: Big Blue's Meltdown, Spectre status updated, and a mystery bug in AIX 12 Feb 02:58 | 60
Networks 5G won't just be fast, it'll do the ML-fuelled self-optimisation thing That's if the ITU can get telcos talking standards, and it looks like it can 12 Feb 03:58 | 2
AI + ML Boffins upload worm's brain into a computer, teach it tricks Nematode only has 300 neurons – a snack to simulate 12 Feb 04:57 | 58
OSes Meltdown's Linux patches alone add big load to CPUs, and that's just one of four fixes Netflix chap predicts streamer will cop slowdown between 0.1% and 6% 12 Feb 06:01 | 47
AI + ML Talk down to Siri like it's a mere servant – your safety demands it Voice assistants get samples of our voice that can be remixed and faked 12 Feb 07:02 | 71
Who, Me? Military techie mangled minicomputer under nose of scary sergeant That's 'I hit the power button my mistake, SIR!' Do you understand? 12 Feb 08:03 | 58
Analysis How do you win at HCI? It's SimpliVity ... or maybe not, right Dell? Magic quadrant shows HPE has its work cut out 12 Feb 09:05 | 6
Open Source Insider Are you an open-sorcerer or free software warrior? Let us do battle Quickly now, before the suits show up 12 Feb 10:03 | 79
Lectures The Register Lecture: AI turning on us? Let's talk existential risk Cambridge comes to Clerkenwell to talk Existential Risk 12 Feb 11:12 | 20
Legal Yorkshire cops have begun using on-the-spot fingerprint scanners Civil rights groups slam trial as 'breathtakingly invasive' 12 Feb 11:36 | 223
Networks Vodafone boasts 200Mbps with 4G mini mast in Cornish trial More kit to boost connectivity in rural UK 12 Feb 12:05 | 30
Security Cryakl ransomware antidote released after servers seized Don't pay the miscreants – don't even fix a price 12 Feb 12:43 | 10
Analysis Samsung needs to eat itself, not copy Apple's X-rated margins Short-term greed risks long-term irrelevance 12 Feb 13:18 | 35
Databases Oracle: We've stuffed automation in 'pretty much' all our services Firm in mega cloud tech push 12 Feb 13:56 | 8
Security See that over Heathrow? It's not an airliner – it's a Predator drone If you can fly bombs through there, you can fly parcels, too 12 Feb 15:17 | 35
Security Until last week, you could pwn KDE Linux desktop with a USB stick Tweak VFAT volume to execute arbitrary code 12 Feb 15:56 | 59
Analysis How back of server pack rat Inspur has sailed into the top-three slot Chinese firm blows past costly Cisco and Lenovo 12 Feb 16:59 | 1
Applications Facebook smartmobe app's pre-ticked privacy settings violate German data protection law Court favours consumer group in long-running dispute 12 Feb 17:29 | 23
Personal Tech Facebook gets Weed-whacked: Unilever exec may axe ads over social network's toxic posts Huge advertiser threatens to turn off Zuck's money tap 12 Feb 19:37 | 53
Security Still not on Windows 10? Fine, sighs Microsoft, here are its antivirus tools for Windows 7, 8.1 Redmond extends ATP to older builds, adds third-party links 12 Feb 20:40 | 68
HPC Wanna gobble Google's custom chips? Now you can – its Cloud TPUs at $6.50 an hour TensorFlow math accelerators available to rent 12 Feb 21:10 | 9
Networks It's official: .corp, .home, .mail will never be top-level domains on the 'net Sigh with relief, fellow geeks, if you're using them on your home or business network 12 Feb 21:48 | 32
Updated Getty load of this: Google to kill off 'View image' button in search Chocolate Factory overhauls picture portal to end legal brouhaha 12 Feb 22:44 | 48
Science NASA budget shock: Climate studies? GTFO. We're making the Moon great again, says Trump Cheer up – by 2030, we'll have flying cars, too 12 Feb 23:34 | 154