Networks FCC finalizes $1.9bn compo deal for telcos forced to rip'n'replace Huawei, ZTE gear 'An unrealistic attempt to fix what isn’t broken', Big H mutters 14 Jul 01:04 | 2
Legal Beijing bans merger of Tencent gaming outfits Huya and DouYu, to prevent a monopoly Want to know what did get approval? Tencent’s bring-it-home acquisition of search engine Sogou 14 Jul 02:16 | 4
Security Microsoft names Chinese group as source of new attack on SolarWinds Bad actor likes to work through insecure consumer routers and has form attacking tech companies and military targets 14 Jul 03:44 | 7
Off-Prem NEC to move its IT into Azure and give staff – all 110,000 of ’em – a cloudy Windows desktop Japanese services giant deepens ties with Microsoft and reckons it can address Japan’s ageing population 14 Jul 05:01 | 17
Security Cybercriminals took advantage of WFH to target financial services companies, say financial bods Home Wi-Fi was an obvious target, but evildoers also knew to probe cloudy connections 14 Jul 05:38 | 6
Security What follows Patch Tuesday? Exploit Wednesday. Grab this bumper batch of security updates from Microsoft Four flaws already being abused in the wild to compromise victims 14 Jul 06:20 | 16
Software South Korea’s top telco launches 'metaverse' SK Telecom's ‘Ifland’ offers 66 facial expressions, 800 fashion items, plans to offer more serious collaboration real soon now 14 Jul 07:17 | 4
Personal Tech Google fined €500m for not paying French publishers after using their words on web If the Chocolate Factory doesn't play ball soon it'll be an extra €1m a day 14 Jul 07:41 | 40
Security Hong Kong working to share its digital IDs with mainland China App currently used for 110 government services, more to come 14 Jul 08:03 | 14
Software Report: 83% of UK software engineers suffer burnout, COVID-19 made it worse Lessons of Agile still relevant, still not being applied 14 Jul 08:30 | 93
Review ZTE Axon 30 Ultra: Strong effort from an entity-lister, but your tiny child hands may struggle What a whopper 14 Jul 09:15 | 27
Feature Imagine a world where Apple shacked up with Xerox in the '80s: How might it look today? An alternative history of the computer revolution 14 Jul 10:02 | 91
Science Here boy! Making the Sample Fetch Rover that'll collect soil from the Red Planet El Reg grabs a moment in time with ExoMars trundlebot's chief engineer 14 Jul 10:45 | 13
Networks Cellnex and CK Hutchison have just 5 days to prove mass mobile tower sell-off won't harm competition Cellnex already 'largest' phone mast supplier, says UK regulator 14 Jul 11:15 | 8
OSes Huh, it's as if something happened that made people not like CentOS so much Ubuntu snatches top spot in 2020 OpenStack User Survey 14 Jul 12:01 | 29
Science Hubble, Hubble, toil and trouble: NASA pores over moth-eaten manuals ahead of switch to backup hardware Procedure on stricken space telescope may be attempted later this week 14 Jul 12:45 | 72
SaaS Informatica bids to become Switzerland of data with SaaSy governance and catalogue tool Stakes claim for neutral territory after Databricks and cloud vendors make play to manage your data 14 Jul 13:29 | 1
On-Prem Compsci eggheads bring OpenCL framework to RISC-V to push parallel performance Extended version of POCL now supports everything from high-end parts to embedded chips 14 Jul 14:16 | 2
SaaS It had to happen: Microsoft's cloudy Windows 365 desktops are due to land next month The good: It's a Windows PC running in the cloud. The bad: It's a Windows PC running in the cloud 14 Jul 15:00 | 83
Legal UK's biggest trade union takes aim at Amazon over 'price gouging' allegations Nothing to see here, says gargantuan online retailer, thrilled as ever to chat with a union 14 Jul 15:45 | 25
Off-Prem tsoHost pleads for 'patience and understanding' as sites borked, support sinkholed Like 'thoughts and prayers' but for web hosting 14 Jul 16:15 | 13
Bootnotes Trouts on a plane: Utah drops fish into lakes from aircraft and circa 95% survive Meanwhile, Minnesota city authorities evict dozens of monster goldfish from murky local lake 14 Jul 17:45 | 63
OSes Happy 4.20: Latest version of Tails bakes connection wizard into pro-privacy Linux distro Operating system now more flexible in how you get online 14 Jul 18:29 | 1
Updated Facial-recognition technology gets a smack in the chops from civil rights campaigners US retailers accused of privacy invasion 14 Jul 19:14 | 50
Science Sweat-sipping wearable aims to charge electronics without couch potatoes lifting a finger What's wrong with plugging it in? 14 Jul 20:02 | 12
Feature The coming of Wi-Fi 6 does not mean it's time to ditch your cabled LAN. Here's why There's a time and place for wireless tech, but it still can't compete 14 Jul 21:01 | 136