Science
Forget that rare-earth element crunch – we can now just extract them from industrial waste
It's a match made in heaven for erm, glucunobacter and phosphogypsum
15 Mar 05:02 | 50
15th > March > 2019 Archive
Science
Yes! Pack your bags! Blossoming planetary system strikingly similar to ours found by boffins
It may have an asteroid belt, worlds similar to Earth and Neptune – and only 470 light years away
15 Mar 06:04 | 54
Personal Tech
Bombs Huawei... Smartphone exploded in my daughter's pocket, seriously burning her, claims dad in lawsuit
Yet another legal brouhaha for Chinese giant, this time nothing to do with equipment bans
15 Mar 07:02 | 48
On Call
All good, leave it with you...? Chap is roped into tech support role for clueless customer
'He was definitely invoiced'
15 Mar 07:56 | 170
Something for the Weekend, Sir?
How many Reg columnists does it take to turn off a lightbulb?
'New technology baffles pissed old hack' (© Private Eye)
15 Mar 09:03 | 176
Software
Brit prisoners to be kept on the straight and narrow with JavaScript and CSS
That's the sound of the men, working on the blockchain gang
15 Mar 09:35 | 70
Networks
It's alive! Big Switch stitches together an open-source Network Operating System
Victor Frankenstein would be impressed
15 Mar 10:11 | 7
Software
Just look at Q! Watch out Microsoft, the next Android has a proper desktop PC mode
Foldable support too
15 Mar 11:03 | 42
Science
'Naut trio successfully dock at ISS after Soyuz rocket goes all the way
Hague, Ovchinin, Koch arrived at their new home this morning
15 Mar 11:41 | 14
Updated
Microsoft unzips Zipline, lets world+dog have a go with cloudy storage compression tech
Zipline, George and Bungle: It's a Rainbow* of open-sourcing at Redmond
15 Mar 12:38 | 18
Security
Public spending watchdog snipes at UK.gov's £1.3bn infosec plan – but broadly nods it through
Less hiding behind 'national security' to hush up failures, please
15 Mar 13:13 | 5
Bootnotes
Mayors having a right 'mare in Florida: Acting mayor arrested weeks after boss also arrested
Plus: Another mayor defecates on floor at swearing-in ceremony, leaves
15 Mar 13:45 | 64
Storage
WD spins off 300+ jobs in the US
Revenue and profitability pain gets cost-saving beancounters to cut jobs
15 Mar 14:22 | 3
SaaS
Cloud atlas: Oh dear. Now Adobe has mapped out a slowdown
Pricey software suite with no real rivals thinks growth will slow
15 Mar 15:13 | 9
OSes
What do WLinux and Benedict Cumberbatch have in common? They're both fond of Pengwin
Distro designed for Windows Subsystem for Linux gains a snappier moniker as 1.2 looms
15 Mar 16:24 | 56
On-Prem
Blighty's most trusted brand? Yeah, you wish, judge tells Post Office in Horizon IT system ruling
Ways not to win in court, no.94: 'threatening dire consequences to national business' if you lose
15 Mar 16:36 | 43
On-Prem
Chip flinger Broadcom says its software unit's doing great. Wait, what?
CA performing 'extremely well' under new management, says new management. As for wireless semiconductors...
15 Mar 17:17 | 3
Networks
Juniper grabs controller, inserts code, gets ready to play some SONiC Mania on its switch
Welcome to El Reg: Come for the video game references, stay for the open-source networking news
15 Mar 18:50 | 4
Security
Welcome. You're now in a timeline in which US presidential hopeful Beto was a member of a legendary hacker crew
From O'Dork to O'Rourke: Dem golden boy's past as BBS-dwelling l33t teen revealed
15 Mar 20:04 | 127
Analysis
What was that P word? Ah. Privacy. Yes, we'll think about privacy, says FCC mulling cellphone location data overhaul
Commissioners still doing their best to ignore bounty hunter stalking scandal
15 Mar 20:57 | 26
AI + ML
Let's face it. We need to face up to facing off with face-recog tech, say US senators: Bipartisan AI privacy law proposed
'We need guardrails to ensure this technology is implemented responsibly'
15 Mar 21:43 | 15
Comment
Click here to see the New Zealand livestream mass-murder vid! This is the internet Facebook, YouTube, Twitter built!
Because there's nothing that can be done and we have no moral compass
15 Mar 22:53 | 407
RSA
Q&A: Crypto-guru Bruce Schneier on teaching tech to lawmakers, plus privacy failures – and a call to techies to act
'Politicians are reluctant to disrupt the enormous wealth creation machine technology has turned out to be'
15 Mar 23:59 | 61
Biting the hand that feeds IT
