Legal USA still hasn’t figured out details of WeChat ban but promises users won't be punished Three days remain before definition of prohibited transactions drops 18 Sep 02:15 | 14
Legal Pakistan to smartphone-makers: Come for the low tax, stay to create your replacements Floats industry plan that requires ramp-up of locally made components and complete tech transfer 18 Sep 03:31 | 6
Software Thunderbird implements PGP crypto feature requested 21 years ago As Mozilla kills off secure file transfer tool because – shock! – it was being abused 18 Sep 05:03 | 57
Security Woman dies after hospital is unable to treat her during crippling ransomware infection, cops launch probe Extortionware is bad but it never killed anyo... never mind 18 Sep 05:55 | 107
SaaS Alibaba wants to get you off the PC upgrade treadmill and into its cloud Pitches tiny 'cloud computer' that streams apps and OSes over WiFi and hooks up to USB-C displays 18 Sep 06:34 | 53
On Call He was a skater boy. We said, 'see you later, boy' – and the VAX machine mysteriously began to work as intended Go pivot on this 18 Sep 07:15 | 198
Personal Tech Apple 'proud to support Indian customers and their communities' – but maybe not so much for COVID-slammed retailers Online Apple store comes to India even as millions remain in containment zones 18 Sep 07:33 | 2
Personal Tech iOS 14 suffers app preference amnesia: Rebooting an iThing resets browser, email client defaults back to Safari, Mail You didn't want to run that hot Cupertino code? Too bad, loser 18 Sep 07:57 | 26
Bootnotes As we stand on the precipice of science fiction into science fact, people say: Hell yeah, I want to augment my eyesight! They're called glasses, look it up 18 Sep 08:30 | 121
SaaS Amazon gets its tax excuses in early amid rising UK profits – but leaves El Reg off the press list. Can't think why A charm offensive, or just plain offensive? 18 Sep 09:20 | 43
Security Iran's RampantKitten spy crew were snooping on expats and dissidents for six years So says Check Point, piecing together Telegram-busting malware clues 18 Sep 10:00 | 5
Review Elecrow CrowPi2: Neat way to get your boffins-to-be hooked on Linux from an early age and tinkering in no time The kiddiwonks won't even know they're learning 18 Sep 10:45 | 59
Bork!Bork!Bork! Behold the Bloo Screen of Death: Bathroom borkage stops spray play Flushed out 18 Sep 11:20 | 44
Register Debate Should we all consolidate databases for the storage benefits? Reg vultures deploy DevOps, zoos, haircuts As the wisdom of the crowd decides 18 Sep 12:00 | 11
SaaS This is how demon.co.uk ends, not with a bang but a blunder: Randomer swipes decommissioning domain Namesco says soz, Brit data watchdog investigating 18 Sep 12:45 | 50
Updated Reseller gives Brits Insight into value webcam shipments of the future-ture-ture-ture Pull on your gold hoodie and Darth Vader breathing apparatus and take a trip with us to 2051 18 Sep 13:30 | 4
Networks Did this airliner land in the North Sea? No. So what happened? El Reg probes flight tracker site oddity All is well. Unless you trust everything you see on the internet 18 Sep 14:26 | 61
Security Bad news for 'cool dads' trying to bond with their teens: China-owned TikTok and WeChat face US download ban by Sunday Unless the Orange One steps in to save the day. Fancy that! 18 Sep 15:20 | 41
On-Prem Top 5 billionaires find that global pandemics are good for business – and their wallets Richest boys' club wealth grew by $101.7bn between March and June 18 Sep 16:30 | 26
On-Prem It's IPO week and one of Wall Street's own is raising the spectre of a stock market crash Some aspects are 'eerily similar to the peak of the 2000 bubble' warns Bernstein 18 Sep 17:15 | 24
Software Your anti-phishing test emails may be too easy to spot. NIST has a training tool for that Phish Scale hopes to make life easier for blue teams gazing at click rates 18 Sep 18:05 | 21
Security Online fraud prevention biz fails to prevent CEO's alleged offline fraud Security upstart NS8, which raised $123m in funding, let its leader have sole control over revenue records 18 Sep 18:47 | 11
Review Das Keyboard 4C TKL: Plucky mechanical contender strikes happy medium between typing feel and clackety-clack joy Quality comes in small packages 18 Sep 20:13 | 82
Science Let's go space truckin': 1970s probe Voyager 1 is now 14 billion miles from home NASA's long-lived spacecraft reaches another milestone 18 Sep 21:00 | 66
Analysis Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 debut derailed by website glitches, bots, lack of supply Chip giant dinged for failing to block automated buying 18 Sep 22:39 | 41