It's been 230 years since British pirates robbed the US of the metric system
Feature How did the world's largest economy get stuck with retro measurement?
Science22 Jan 2023 | 672
Iain is The Register's US region editor, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He also covers computer security, and other topics.
New York gets right-to-repair law – after some industry-friendly repairs to the rules
Video We can already imagine Louis R's reaction
Personal Tech30 Dec 2022 | 54
Stolen info on 400m+ Twitter accounts seemingly up for sale
Updated Plus: Cracked Piers Morgan spews offensive tweets, not the usual kind
Security27 Dec 2022 | 64
Alphabet reshuffles to meet ChatGPT threat
In brief Plus: ArtStation cracks down on rebellious creators and lame-duck AI laws in the US on the cards
AI + ML25 Dec 2022 | 70
Tesla driver blames full-self-driving software for eight-car Thanksgiving Day pile up
US investigators probe Bay Bridge multi-car smash
AI + ML23 Dec 2022 | 198
OpenAI predicts biz can break a billion in revs by 2024
In Brief Plus: Suomi security warnings and artists rebel against AI on Artstation
AI + ML19 Dec 2022 | 6
He's only gone and done it. Ex-Register vulture elected to board of .uk registry
Kieren's here to chew bubblegum and kick Nominet ass. And he's all out of bubblegum
Networks07 Oct 2022 | 46
Rest in peace, Queen Elizabeth II – Britain's first high-tech monarch
Obit HME2 signs off
Offbeat08 Sep 2022 | 407
Black Hat and DEF CON visitors differ on physical risk management
Black Hat COVID, flood surfing, crowds – what to pick?
Security15 Aug 2022 | 17
Security needs to learn from the aviation biz to avoid crashing
Black Hat video 'Until someone has to go to jail for doing it wrong the teeth are not going to be the same'
Security11 Aug 2022 | 89
As Black Hat kicks off, the US government is getting the message on hiring security talent
Black Hat Video Katie Moussouris tells it like it is
Security10 Aug 2022 | 11
Microsoft profits rise again despite knocks from China, Russia
Finishes the year with close to $200 billion annual revenue and $185 million a day in profits
Software27 Jul 2022 | 3
British intelligence recycles old argument for thwarting strong encryption: Think of the children!
Comment Levy and Robinson are at it again
Security22 Jul 2022 | 185
Threat and risk specialists signal post-COVID conference season is back on
RSA Conference Well, we'll see in a week or so
Security10 Jun 2022 | 2
It's not WW3. Spotify, Discord, Google Cloud had a wobble
Whoever tripped over the cable, plug it back in, please
Off-Prem08 Mar 2022 | 6
Linux distros patch 'Dirty Pipe' make-me-root kernel bug
In brief Plus: Adafruit customer data leak fallout, infosec burnout, and more
Security08 Mar 2022 | 33
Data stolen from Nvidia, blueprints leak threatened
In brief Also don't try to unlock your GPU cards with fake mining tool, and more
Security26 Feb 2022 | 6
Time for people to patch backup plugin for WordPress
In brief Plus advice for Cisco admins from the NSA and blurring's not the best
Research21 Feb 2022 | 9
Massive cyberattack takes Ukraine military, big bank websites offline
What geopolitical standoff could this possibly be linked to?
Security15 Feb 2022 | 66
Linux tops Google's Project Zero charts for fastest bug fixes
In brief Plus new breach disclosure rules for US investment firms
Security14 Feb 2022 | 19
Chip shortages, sure, but it's a good time to be a silicon wafer maker
Party like it's 2007
On-Prem10 Feb 2022 | 10
Whistleblower claims NSO offered 'bags of cash' for access to US phone networks
Updated Snoopware maker suggests remarks made 'in jest' as congressman refers allegations to prosecutors
Networks02 Feb 2022 | 16
Twitter's top security staff out after incoming CEO shakes things up
In brief Plus: Nigerian BEC gang bust, NSO woes, and more
Security25 Jan 2022 | 3
North Korea pulled in $400m in cryptocurrency heists last year – report
In brief Plus: FIFA 22 players lose their identity and Texas gets phony QR codes
Security16 Jan 2022 | 28
Mobile networks really hate Apple's Private Relay: Some folks find iOS privacy feature blocked on their iPhones
In brief Plus: Verizon's personal data grab, and more
Networks11 Jan 2022 | 65
VMware 2FA flaw can divulge that vital second credential to malicious actors
In Brief Plus: Deep dive into the NSO Group's zero-click exploit and 'Hack the DHS!'
Security20 Dec 2021 | 12
Dutch nuclear authority bans anti-5G pendants that could hurt their owners via – you guessed it – radiation
Gullible conspiracists find that stupid is as stupid does
Personal Tech17 Dec 2021 | 182
Is VPOTUS Bluetooth-phobic or sensible? The answer's pretty clear
In Brief Plus: bugs found on Mars! Of the software kind, of course
Security13 Dec 2021 | 29
Kremlin names the internet giants it will kidnap the Russian staff of if they don't play ball in future
Nice employees you have, be a shame if something were to happen to them
Personal Tech25 Nov 2021 | 130
Theranos' Holmes admits she slapped Big Pharma logos on lab reports to boost her biz
'I wish I had done it differently' she tells jury in fraud trial
Science24 Nov 2021 | 52
How a malicious Android app could covertly turn the DSP in your MediaTek-powered phone into an eavesdropping bug
Millions of devices potentially vulnerable, we're told
Security24 Nov 2021 | 24
Apple, Amazon fined to the tune of €200m for colluding over Beats headphones sales
Trillion-dollar giants vow to appeal against penalties that amount to just a few hours of profit
Personal Tech24 Nov 2021 | 34
Apple sues 'amoral 21st century mercenaries' NSO for infecting iPhones with Pegasus spyware
iGiant pledges any damages plus $10m to anti-cybersurveillance groups
Security23 Nov 2021 | 84
Infosec bods: After more than a year, Sky gets round to squashing hijacking bug in 6m home broadband routers
In brief Plus: DNS cache poisoning again, cops probe property conveyancing group's IT outage, Azure hole addressed, and more
Security23 Nov 2021 | 15
China's hypersonic glider didn't just orbit Earth, it 'fired a missile' while at Mach 5
Middle Kingdom suggests US is making it all up to justify arms development. As if!
Science23 Nov 2021 | 100
SSL keys, sFTP passwords and more exposed after someone broke into GoDaddy Managed WordPress using 'compromised password'
Yikes: Up to 1.2 million customers affected
Security22 Nov 2021 | 21
Microsoft touts Windows 11 SE: A locked-down OS to give Chromebooks a run for their money in schools
Oh OK, so the kids get a repairable Surface laptop but not us, huh?
OSes10 Nov 2021 | 44
Will they try it for 30 days first? McAfee goes private again in $14bn cash deal
In brief Plus: Uncle Sam gets tough on patching, NIST needs you, and more
Security08 Nov 2021 | 3
Expired cert breaks Windows 11 snipping tool, emoji panel, S Mode features, other stuff
And we're talking about shipped code, not some Insider beta, here
OSes04 Nov 2021 | 64
GitHub CEO forks off: Nat Friedman to quit this month, replacement will report to exec behind .NET Hot Reload fiasco
Updated Chief product officer takes over world's palatable social network
Devops03 Nov 2021 | 8
Android has its head in the sand with AbstractEmu malware rooting phones
In Brief Plus Microsoft funding community security to fill US skills gap
Security01 Nov 2021 | 8
Zuckerberg wants to create a make-believe world in which you can hide from all the damage Facebook has done
Comment His social network has Meta-stasized
Personal Tech29 Oct 2021 | 226
Jeff Bezos wants to build a business park in space
Pretty ambitious – none of this Blue-Origin-led consortium can put humans in orbit yet
Science26 Oct 2021 | 46
If you're using this hijacked NPM library anywhere in your software stack, read this
In brief US govt issues alert over JS package downloaded 8m times a week – plus more news from world of infosec
Security25 Oct 2021 | 15
US consumer watchdog starts sniffing around tech giants' use of your spending data
Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, PayPal, Square under investigation
Personal Tech21 Oct 2021 | 10
NFTs not annoying enough? Now they come with wallet-emptying malware
In brief Plus rifle-toting robot dogs, but makers insist they're really dumb
Security17 Oct 2021 | 18
Brewdog might make an OK pint but its security sucks: Flaw opened door to free beers for anyone
In brief Plus two failings this week at Apache and Twitch and nostalgia for Flash fans
Security11 Oct 2021 | 19
Lawsuit claims hospital ransomware infection cost baby her life
In Brief Plus: 2 Chrome flaws exploited, Coinbase says 6k users were robbed
Security04 Oct 2021 | 16
Emails, chat logs, more leaked online from far-right militia linked to US Capitol riot
In brief Plus: Other infosec news from this month
Security28 Sep 2021 | 4
Miscreants fling booby-trapped Office files at victims, no patch yet, says Microsoft
ActiveX and MSHTML, the gift that keeps on giving ... to intruders
Security07 Sep 2021 | 31
Branson (in a) pickle: FAA grounds Virgin Galactic flights after billionaire's space trip veered off course
Biz defends 'safe and successful' ride
Science03 Sep 2021 | 46
Can we talk about Kevin McCarthy promising revenge if Big Tech aids probe into January insurrection?
'A Republican majority will not forget'
Networks02 Sep 2021 | 130
Google delays back-to-office recall until at least 2022
Chocolate Factory says never-ending pandemic threw spanner in October plan
On-Prem31 Aug 2021 | 6
US officials, experts fear China ransacked Exchange servers for data to train AI systems
In brief Plus: T-Mobile US apologizes, security holes found in medical pumps, and more
Security31 Aug 2021 | 6
Good news: Japanese boffins 3D print what looks like marbled Wagyu beef. Bad news: It's tiny and inedible
Still, that'll be 100 quid, please
Science27 Aug 2021 | 43
Smoking smartphone sparks emergency evacuation of Alaska Airlines jet, two taken to hospital
In battery containment bags we trust
Personal Tech24 Aug 2021 | 36
Samsung: We will remotely brick smart TVs looted from our warehouse
Terminally dumb tellies now ... if they switch on the Wi-Fi
Personal Tech24 Aug 2021 | 184
Cop drone crashes into flight instructor's airplane
The plod needs a lesson in keeping air traffic controllers in the loop, it seems
Bootnotes23 Aug 2021 | 30
Poly Network says it's got pretty much all of that $610m in stolen crypto-coins back
'I'm quitting the show' says mystery thief
Security23 Aug 2021 | 19
Razer ponders how to fix installer that grants admin powers if you plug in a mouse
In brief Plus: Cloudflare tackles huge DDoS attack, Apple and CSAM, and more
Security23 Aug 2021 | 36
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