Roundup White House mulls just banning strong end-to-end crypto. Plus: More bad stuff in infosec land We'll be over there bashing our head on the wall while you read this 01 Jul 05:57 | 136
Who, me? A Register reader turns the computer room into a socialist paradise Terminate and do what? 01 Jul 07:27 | 123
Networks Frustrated Brits can dump mobile providers by text as of today It's not me, it's you: 'Breaking up has never been easier' 01 Jul 08:03 | 39
Legal Former UK PM Tony Blair urges governments to sort out online ID Did someone say ID cards? 01 Jul 09:09 | 135
Roundup Politicos freak out over facial recognition and deepfakes, Apple saves Drive.AI, and more Your quick guide to what's been happening in machine-learning world 01 Jul 09:58 | 7
Security Yuge U-turn: Prez Trump walks back on Huawei ban... at least the tech sector seems to think so Can we get a translator in here? 01 Jul 10:47 | 90
Science Nah, yeah: New Zealand's Rocket Lab notches up another launch success Launching every two weeks? Sure, so long as your satellites keep off the lard 01 Jul 11:22 | 7
On-Prem It's us, only backwards. DXC registers new corporate entity: World, meet *drum roll* CXD Infrastructure Solutions Staff twitchy about new corporate shell, but it's just serving a Suisse role, says firm 01 Jul 11:55 | 20
Bootnotes What would Jesus tweet? Church of England hands down commandments for Anglicans on social media 'Thou shalt not flame El Reg' not among them, sadly* 01 Jul 12:30 | 87
SaaS Oracle goes on for 50 pages about why it thinks the Pentagon's $10bn JEDI cloud contract stinks Case heads to Federal Claims Court in a little over a week 01 Jul 13:15 | 59
Roundup Edge-lords crack down on trackers as Microsoft effortlessly kills off PBX phone system, and what's this? Windows Calculator on iOS? Also: It wasn't only the toilets that were whiffy at Glastonbury last weekend 01 Jul 14:00 | 27
Security Don't tell Alice and Bob: Security maven Bruce Schneier is leaving IBM Says bye to Big Blue 01 Jul 15:00 | 20
Personal Tech You should really get an Android or iPhone, says Microsoft: No more app updates for Windows Phone 8.x holdouts Don't forget to swing by the nearest recycling bin 01 Jul 16:00 | 35
Storage An offer China can't refuse: 'Godfather of Taiwan's DRAM industry' to lead new Tsinghua Unigroup memory unit Another step towards self-reliance amid US trade tiff 01 Jul 17:00 | 5
Legal What do we want? Decentralised, non-siloed social media with open standards! When do we want it? Soon! Wikipedia co-founder calls for strike against Facebook et al 01 Jul 18:00 | 47
On-Prem Armed with a billion dollars, Equinix goes after the hyperscalers Data centre joint venture bankrolled by Singapore sets its sights on Europe 01 Jul 18:20 | 1
On-Prem Trouble in paradise: Just a day after G20 love-in, Japan throttles chip part exports to South Korea Move believed to be response to Seoul's stance on forced labour during WW2 01 Jul 19:00 | 16
Legal Shall we strip price caps from .org, mulls ICANN. Hm, people seem really upset... OK, let's do it Concerns snubbed as DNS overlord signs secretive deal, paves way for $$$ increases 01 Jul 20:56 | 29
Updated Facebook staff sarin for a bad day: Suspected chemical weapon parcel sent to Silicon Valley HQ Package triggered test equipment, buildings evacuated, no one exposed 01 Jul 21:27 | 31
Security Cop a load of this: 1TB of police body camera videos found lounging around public databases Miscreants grabbed sensitive footage belonging to officers in Miami, elsewhere, it is feared 01 Jul 22:18 | 22
Security July is here – and so are the latest Android security fixes. Plenty of critical updates for all Patch, punch, it's the first of the month 01 Jul 23:20 | 29