SaaS Google reveals the wheels almost literally fell off one of its cloudy server racks Crushed rollers sent rack into the red until techies solved wheely obscure problem 16 Mar 02:03 | 102
Software Apple bans COVID-19 games and restricts virus-related apps to authoritative souces No virus-fragging fun unless you’re actually fragging viruses – and no universal developer fee waiver either 16 Mar 03:58 | 24
Roundup TensorFlow gets its quantum of solace, lid lifted on 'all-seeing crime-detecting' AI upstart, and more Plus: Machine-learning software scans ancient texts 16 Mar 06:33 | 7
Who, Me? Control is only an illusion, no matter what you shove on the Netware share Stop that van! 16 Mar 08:03 | 49
Software Build goes digital, Brexit goes virtual (really): El Reg gets some unexpected lessons from WSLConf Pop quiz: you're hosting your first tech conference and a pandemic is declared. What do you do? 16 Mar 09:06 | 11
Column If you're looking for a textbook example of an IT hype cycle, let spin be your guide Spintronics is/was cool 16 Mar 10:04 | 22
On-Prem Look ma, no code: TigerGraph looks to attract wider audience for niche-but-growing DB segment Graph database vendor gets graphical and promises slick extraction from relational data stores 16 Mar 11:27 | 1
SaaS Microsoft Teams gets off to a wobbly start as the world and its cat starts working from home Hello? Is this thing on? (message failed to send) 16 Mar 11:50 | 38
Analysis Supply, demand and a scary mountain of debt: The challenges facing IT as COVID-19 grips the global economy A lack of liquidity is going to cause complicated problems, analysts warn 16 Mar 13:01 | 83
Software Microsoft frees Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 from the shackles of, er, Windows? Windows Update for the Linux kernel? No wonder Gates stepped down 16 Mar 13:37 | 52
Legal French watchdog to take €1.1bn bite out of Apple over 'anticompetitive' practices Respect mah Autorité. You too, Tech Data, and Ingram Micro 16 Mar 14:14 | 7
Science Yanking on the space supply chain: Rocket Lab goes Interplanetary with Sinclair acquisition Sadly, no room for a ZX Spectrum on the way to the Moon 16 Mar 15:00 | 15
Interview Health workers are top of phishers' target lists thanks to data value And HR folks aren't far behind, says Proofpoint strategist 16 Mar 15:30 | 15
Personal Tech Browser minnow Brave nips at Google with GDPR complaint Claims 'don't stand up to serious scrutiny' retorts Google 16 Mar 16:01 | 16
Roundup Two years late, but upgrade wave finally washes a billion folk onto Windows 10 as its Android phone waits in the wings Also: Python 3.8 comes to Azure Functions, .NET Core uninstallation made easy and happy Brazilian chatbots in Azure 16 Mar 17:15 | 12
Networks Data surge as more Brits work from home? Not as hard on the network as their nightly Netflix binges, claims BT We'll be OK, says former incumbent telco 16 Mar 17:31 | 24
SaaS Zoom goes boom, Teams tears at seams: Technology stumbles at the first hurdle for this homeworking malarkey And that’s before you even get to microphone and video settings 16 Mar 18:44 | 42
Software Microsoft's GitHub absorbs NPM into its code-hosting empire: JavaScript library vault used by 12 million devs now under Redmond's roof Developers! Developers! Developers! And all their infrastructure! 16 Mar 19:41 | 41
Security US Health and Human Services targeted by DDoS scum at just the time it's needed to be up and running Miscreants also hammer Euro websites as well, because why not? 16 Mar 20:40 | 7
Software Some good coronavirus news: Monster Google-Oracle API copyright battle on hold as bio-nasty shuts Supremes Tesla Delaware lawsuit also delayed 16 Mar 21:50 | 9
Personal Tech After a weekend of WTF-ing at Trump's COVID-19 testing website vow, Google-Verily's site finally comes to life... And it's not what was promised Just the San Francisco Bay Area goes to 3-week near-lockdown 16 Mar 23:13 | 8
Personal Tech Apple grudgingly opens up its check book, pays VirnetX $454m in patent royalties after a decade of wrangling Loss of Face time 16 Mar 23:51 | 27