US consumer watchdog starts sniffing around tech giants' use of your spending data
Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, PayPal, Square under investigation
21 Oct 2021 | 8
Iain is The Register's US news editor, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He also covers computer security, and other topics.
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
17 Oct 2021 | 16
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
11 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
04 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
28 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
07 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
03 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'
02 Sep 2021 | 130
Google delays back-to-office recall until at least 2022
Chocolate Factory says never-ending pandemic threw spanner in October plan
31 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
31 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
27 Aug 2021 | 43
Smoking smartphone sparks emergency evacuation of Alaska Airlines jet, two taken to hospital
In battery containment bags we trust
24 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
24 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
23 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
23 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
23 Aug 2021 | 36
CES to require proof-of-vaccination at 2022 tech mega-conference
Because what happens in Vegas doesn't always stay in Vegas
18 Aug 2021 | 2
T-Mobile US probes claims of 100m stolen customer records up for sale on dark web
In brief Confirms unauthorized access to 'some T-Mobile data.' Plus: Signal expands auto-deleting messages, SIM-swap thief pleads guilty, and more
16 Aug 2021 | 7
Starliner takes off ... back to the factory and not space
This isn't Boeing very well, is it?
13 Aug 2021 | 49
Facebook now says it won't recall staff to its offices until 2022 due to delta variant
It's the Social distancing Network™
13 Aug 2021 | 8
Black Hat security conference returns to Las Vegas – complete with hacks to quiet the hotel guest from hell
In Brief And a very scary story of a job that went from white hat to murky shades of gray in the United Arab Emirates
09 Aug 2021 | 8
Microsoft to require proof of vaccination from on-site staff, pushes back full reopening
Unless your doctor or god says you can't have the jab
04 Aug 2021 | 169
Google says Pixel 6, 6 Pro coming this year with custom AI acceleration
For now, tedious Apple-grade teasing
02 Aug 2021 | 15
DEF CON offers beginner-level Spot the Fed this year: He'll be on stage giving a keynote
In brief Plus: Microsoft responds to another NTLM relay attack technique, and more
26 Jul 2021 | 5
