Weird ideas welcome: VC fund looking to make science fiction factual
Nuclear power is getting hot, but don't hold your breath for everlasting batteries
Science11 Oct 2025 | 76
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Iain was a cybersecurity reporter for The Register. Iain also hosted our Kettle podcast series and other videos. He has more than 20 years of IT publishing experience, holding positions including technical editor and news editor as well as previously Register region editor.
How your mouse could eavesdrop on you and rat you out
Mic-E-Mouse can roar by literally vibe hacking speech
Cybersecurity Month07 Oct 2025 | 46
Senate report says AI will take 97M US jobs in the next 10 years, but those numbers come from ChatGPT
ai-pocalypse Bernie Sanders calls for a robot tax and a 32-hour work week in response
AI + ML06 Oct 2025 | 15
Leak suggests US government is fibbing over FEMA security failings
Infosec in brief Plus, PAN under attack, IT whistleblowers get a payout, and China kills online scammers
Cybersecurity Month06 Oct 2025 | 27
Hacked Ford screens put anti-RTO slogan above CEO’s face
Carmaker confirms screen hijack, says probe underway
Cybersecurity Month04 Oct 2025 | 124
No suds for you! Asahi brewery attack leaves Japanese drinkers dry
One week after the blitz, beer biz is still stymied
Cybersecurity Month03 Oct 2025 | 15
Amazon grounds drone deliveries in Arizona after two crashed into a crane
No injuries, but the FAA and NTSB are investigating
Offbeat02 Oct 2025 | 42
Ransomware scumbags say they deleted kids' info after other gangs called them out
Honor among thieves - extortion is fine, but no juveniles, please
Cybersecurity Month02 Oct 2025 | 6
Texas man accidentally shoots cable, brings internet down
And it’s not the first time gunfire has cut Spectrum’s lines
Networks01 Oct 2025 | 86
Nadella hands Microsoft money machine off to new commercial CEO so he can visioneer the future
Judson Althoff gets the job of keeping the biz running
Software01 Oct 2025 | 11
Salesforce users grumble after Agentforce AI replaces search on some help pages
This is one way to add a lot of AI users in a hurry, which Wall Street wants to see
SaaS01 Oct 2025 | 6
Microsoft moves to the uncanny valley with creepy Copilot avatars that stare at you and say your name
Yep, we're sure that will win folks over
AI + ML30 Sep 2025 | 86
California cops confused after trying to give ticket to self-driving car
Don't tell Elon, he'd have Tesla's Robotaxis going ludicrous speed
Legal29 Sep 2025 | 59
Asahi runs dry as online attackers take down Japanese brewer
No personal info gulped as yet, but don't call for help
Cyber-crime29 Sep 2025 | 9
Forget vibe coding - Microsoft wants to make vibe working the new hotness
Adds more Anthropic into the mix as Redmond hedges its bets
AI + ML29 Sep 2025 | 16
Dutch teen duo arrested over alleged 'Wi-Fi sniffing' for Russia
Infosec In Brief PLUS: Interpol recoups $439M from crims; CISA criticizes Feds security; FIFA World Cup nets dodgy domain deluge
Security29 Sep 2025 | 6
Many employees are using AI to create 'workslop,' Stanford study says
ai-pocalypse Remember when AI was supposed to make us more productive, not hate each other?
AI + ML26 Sep 2025 | 86
If you can't use AI then it's bye bye, Accenture tells staff
ai-pocalypse Consultancy says machine learning advice is making bank
AI + ML26 Sep 2025 | 96
Google to merge Android and ChromeOS in 2026, because AI
Video You'll see the results next year, but it's not the end of Googly lappies
OSes25 Sep 2025 | 31
Microsoft cuts off Azure phone surveillance support for Israeli military
Brad Smith says 'we do not provide technology to facilitate mass surveillance of civilians'
Off-Prem25 Sep 2025 | 22
Microsoft puts Claude on the M365 menu
Redmond wants more flavors of ML than OpenAI can cook up
AI + ML25 Sep 2025 | 5
iPhone 17 Scratchgate is real, iFixit warns – buy a case for your fancy phone
Video In good news, battery replacement is a lot easier than earlier models
Personal Tech24 Sep 2025 | 15
OpenAI's Stargate project to pave the world with AI datacenters announces five new US locations
In Texas, New Mexico, and the Midwest
Off-Prem24 Sep 2025 | 7
Boffins fool a self-driving car by putting mirrors on traffic cones
21st century tech confused by $100 of shiny stuff
AI + ML23 Sep 2025 | 99
Nearly half of businesses suffered deepfaked phone calls against staff
AI attacks on the rise
Research23 Sep 2025 | 5
Stop runaway AI before it's too late, experts beg the UN
ai-pocalypse Signatories include 10 Nobel Prize winners
AI + ML23 Sep 2025 | 29
Nvidia adds more air to the AI bubble with vague $100B OpenAI deal
analysis Promises, promises
AI + ML22 Sep 2025 | 10
Don't panic: H-1B visas will cost companies $100K only for new petitions
However, the changes could lead to more offshoring
Legal22 Sep 2025 | 29
Tech troubles create aviation chaos on both sides of the Atlantic
‘Cyber-attack’ on ticketing outfit Collins and cable cuts at Dallas ground hundreds of flights
Cyber-crime22 Sep 2025 | 53
Ransomware attack linked to museum break-in and theft of golden exhibits
Infosec in brief PLUS: Luxury brands under fire; FBI warns crims are spoofing it again; ICE buys phone cracking software
Security22 Sep 2025 | 2
Trump admin says tech companies are abusing H-1B visas, slaps $100k a year to allow entry
It will hit outsourcing companies hardest
Legal20 Sep 2025 | 136
Microsoft boasts about humongous datacenter on abandoned Foxconn site in Wisconsin
In a state known for dairy, football, and broken tech dreams
Off-Prem18 Sep 2025 | 29
Atlassian drops $1B on company that helps measure dev productivity
Aussie CEO promises AI everywhere, and clearer views of what your devs are up to
Devops18 Sep 2025 | 19
Vibe coding platform Replit's latest update is infuriating customers with surprise cost overruns
It's worst when going over older code, one user tells us
Devops18 Sep 2025 | 34
US tech giants pledge $42 billion in UK investment as Trump tours Blighty
Datacenters galore, plus some vague cooperation on AI, nuclear, quantum, and more
Public Sector17 Sep 2025 | 45
OpenAI says models are programmed to make stuff up instead of admitting ignorance
Even a wrong answer is right some of the time
AI + ML17 Sep 2025 | 107
Fiverr cuts 30% of staff in pivot to being 'an AI-first company'
ai-pocalypse 250 people now have the chance to sell their freelance services on the site
AI + ML16 Sep 2025 | 17
Google unveils master plan for letting AI shop on your behalf
Mastercard, American Express, Coinbase, and PayPal sign up at launch
AI + ML16 Sep 2025 | 62
Trump backpedals as Hyundai factory ICE raid enrages South Korea
Analysis Nice plans for US manufacturing you had there, shame if something was to happen to them
On-Prem16 Sep 2025 | 196
Engineer turned a vape into a web server
Breathe deep on internet fumes
Offbeat15 Sep 2025 | 55
15 ransomware gangs ‘go dark’ to enjoy 'golden parachutes'
Infosec In Brief PLUS: China's Great Firewall springs a leak; FBI issues rare 'Flash Alert' of Salesforce attacks; $10m bounty for alleged Russian hacker; and more
Security14 Sep 2025 | 2
Your call is very important to us – which is why we're connecting you to a human
ai-pocalypse Gartner survey shows very few are planning to replace human support staff
AI + ML12 Sep 2025 | 24
Outlook outage over North America, Microsoft scrambles to respond
On the plus side we'll all be getting fewer unwanted emails
SaaS11 Sep 2025 | 8
We're number 1! America now leads the world in surveillanceware investment
Atlantic Council warns US investors are fueling a market that undermines national security
Security11 Sep 2025 | 11
Brussels faces privacy crossroads over encryption backdoors
Over 600 security boffins say planned surveillance crosses the line
Security11 Sep 2025 | 56
AI can't be woke and regulators should be asleep, Senator Cruz says
Video We went through two hours of Senate hearings so you didn't have to
AI + ML10 Sep 2025 | 22
This Patch Tuesday, SAP is the worst offender and Microsoft users can kinda chill
ERP giant patches flaw that allows total takeover of NetWeaver, Microsoft has nothing under attack for once
Security10 Sep 2025 | 2
Mega-and-MAGA deals position Oracle's Larry Ellison to overtake Elon
Big Red's profits are flat, but its order book is phat
Databases10 Sep 2025 | 22
Microserfs ordered back to the office, given 10 days to appeal
If you're within 50 miles of Redmond, then it's time to come in
Software09 Sep 2025 | 141
Forget disappearing messages – now Signal will store 100MB of them for you for free
Updated Including messages sent to users, a potential problem for the privacy-conscious
Software09 Sep 2025 | 19
Linus has had enough of links that point to 'stupid useless garbage'
'Stop this garbage already!'
OSes08 Sep 2025 | 43
CISA sounds alarm over TP-Link wireless routers under attack
Infosec in brief Plus: Google clears up Gmail concerns, NSA drops SBOM bomb, Texas sues PowerSchool, and more
Security08 Sep 2025 | 13
US cuffs 475 at Hyundai–LG battery plant – feds tout largest single-site raid
South Korean government protests as workers left up s**t creek
Legal05 Sep 2025 | 141
Shell to pay: Crims invade your PC with CastleRAT malware, now in C and Python
Pro tip, don't install PowerShell commands without approval
Cyber-crime05 Sep 2025 | 4
OpenAI eats jobs, then offers to help you find a new one at Walmart
Move over LinkedIn, Altman's crew wants a piece of the action
AI + ML05 Sep 2025 | 28
Gigs in space: Amazon breaks bandwidth barrier with Kuiper's satellite broadband
Signs up JetBlue for in-flight connection, but not until 2027
Off-Prem04 Sep 2025 | 4
US puts $10M bounty on three Russians accused of attacking critical infrastructure
Seven-year-old Cisco vuln that remains inexplicably unpatched is their way in
Cyber-crime04 Sep 2025 | 14
Android drops mega patch bomb - 120 fixes, two already exploited
September bundle the largest this year, and possibly the most serious
Patches03 Sep 2025 | 14
Judge who ruled Google is a monopoly decides to do hardly anything to break it up
Ad giant won't be broken up, forced to offload Chrome or Android, thanks to AI
Legal03 Sep 2025 | 28
Who watches the watchmen? Surveillanceware firms make bank, avoid oversight
Enough governments love it and it's highly lucrative
Security02 Sep 2025 | 8
Biting the hand that feeds IT
