Danish artist pockets museum's cash and calls it art... and other stories
Roundup Another convocation of confusion from around the world that you may have missed
Bootnotes01 Oct 2021 | 16
US school districts blame Amazon for nationwide bus driver shortage
PA, MA bring in National Guard to plug gaps, while Boston teacher tells of stripper bus hired for school trip
Bootnotes29 Sep 2021 | 91
'Extraordinary' pigs step in to protect Schiphol airport from marauding geese
Plane-wrecking idiot fowl sent packing by heroic porcine defenders of commercial aviation
Bootnotes28 Sep 2021 | 75
A crypto-trading hamster is outperforming the S&P 500, Nasdaq, Bitcoin
As much as I wanted to be Gordon Gekko, I'll always be Mr Goxx
Bootnotes28 Sep 2021 | 20
Samsung is planning to reverse-engineer the human brain on to a chip
'Here I am, 100 billion neurons and all you want me to do is calculate all the ways this could possibly go wrong?'
Science27 Sep 2021 | 72
Fukushima studies show wildlife is doing nicely without humans, thank you very much
Biodiversity increasing, endangered species gradually returning despite radioactive terror pig presence
Offbeat24 Sep 2021 | 77
Boston Dynamics' Spot robot embarks on its latest thrilling adventure: Insurance!
US company equips cybernetic pooch to help in building inspections, post-disaster assessments
Science23 Sep 2021 | 6
Ofcom swears at the general public for five days during obscenity survey
NSFW 'Warning: this report contains highly offensive language and discussion of content which may cause offence'
Bootnotes22 Sep 2021 | 80
US Congress ponders setting up permanent UFO investigation office
Nothing to do with little green men, mind, unless they can be defined as state or non-state actors
Science21 Sep 2021 | 31
Macmillan best-biscuit list unexpectedly promotes breakfast cereal to treat status
Inclusion of Weetabix in charity coffee accompaniment tweet creates predictable brewhaha
Bootnotes21 Sep 2021 | 154
Punchy Biden-lookalike grandad goes viral for fighting boxing gadget
'If you don't get your timing right you get whacked round the back of the head' admits scrappy octogenarian
Bootnotes17 Sep 2021 | 14
Bepanted shovel-toting farmer wins privacy payout from France TV
Updated Unwitting star of #Slipgate viral images awarded reduced damages, tempts Streisand effect
Bootnotes16 Sep 2021 | 22
DARPA plans thousands-strong satellite constellation Space-BACN sandwich
Mmmm... BACN. Is there anything it can't do?
Networks15 Sep 2021 | 8
Boffins say Martian colonists could pee in buckets, give blood if they want shelter
In terms of building materials, Mars has nothing to offer but blood, soil, sweat and tears. And urine. Lots of urine
Science14 Sep 2021 | 52
NYC subway SNAFU probably caused by someone turning it off accidentally, say reports
OK, so you're halfway there. Now have you tried switching the network back on again?
Bootnotes13 Sep 2021 | 31
Fortnite banana can appear in court naked says judge in Epic vs Apple legal footnote
Legal questions still remain over whether this judgment applies to all bananas or just that one
Bootnotes13 Sep 2021 | 29
This is not the tech unicorn you are looking for... and other stories
Roundup Another weekly digest of strangeness from around the world that you may have missed
Bootnotes12 Sep 2021 | 19
Dozy ISS cosmonauts woken by smoke alarm on eve of 5-hour spacewalk
Air purified, everyone back to bed, says Roscosmos, studiously ignoring smoke, burning smell
Science09 Sep 2021 | 16
Council culture: Software test leads to absurd local planning SNAFU
Swale Borough Council faced with hefty bill for junior IT hero's whimsical afternoon's work
Bootnotes08 Sep 2021 | 75
Astronomers detect burps of interstellar cannibal from 480 million light years away
In space, everyone can see you emit brightly shining gas, X-rays, and radio waves
Science07 Sep 2021 | 16
Italian stuntman flies aeroplane through two motorway tunnels
Sponsor Red Bull supposedly gives you wings, but that doesn't mean you have to use them everywhere
Bootnotes06 Sep 2021 | 73
Virginia school board learns a hard lesson... and other stories
ROUNDUP A confluence of recent confusion from around the world that you may have missed
Bootnotes05 Sep 2021 | 44
Volkswagen to stop making its best-selling product for Wolfsburg workers: VW-branded sausages
Updated Environmentally damaging old bangers to be replaced with greener veggie versions.. in 1 of its canteens, at least
Bootnotes01 Sep 2021 | 84
Punchy Italian kartist gets 15-year ban for trackside rampage... and other stories
An unexpectedly vehicular collection of chaos and confusion for your consideration
Bootnotes23 Jul 2021 | 23
Anyone fancy a Snowmobile full of Bags O'Crap? It'll be on the list somewhere
Reg reader reveals colossal 821-item collection of Amazon trademarks tucked away on its site
Bootnotes23 Jul 2021 | 27
Facebook gardening group triumphs over slapdash Zuck censorbots
Giant news org megaphone persuades dim algos they're talking about the other sort of hoes
Bootnotes22 Jul 2021 | 38
Gloom-dwelling subterranean robots battle for million-dollar DARPA prize
SubT Challenge pits high-tech rescue drones against one another in upsettingly non-violent combat
Offbeat21 Jul 2021 | 21
Hijacked, rampaging infrastructure will kill humans by 2025 – Gartner
Rise of The Machines Ransomware efforts will inevitably lead to threats to life as attacks on OT go OTT
Bootnotes21 Jul 2021 | 27
Lawn care SWAT team subdues trigger-happy Texan... and other stories
Roundup A crunchy compendium of strangeness from around the globe
Bootnotes20 Jul 2021 | 84
Gung-ho tank gamer spills classified docs in effort to win online argument
MoD, game developer take extremely dim view of excessive rivet-counter point-scoring
Bootnotes19 Jul 2021 | 47
Dutch Queen, robot involved in opening of 3D-printed bridge in red-light district
Have we been smoking something?
Offbeat16 Jul 2021 | 36
Annoyed US regulator warns it might knock SpaceX's shiny new Texas tower down
'It's only for building rockets, what's it got to do with you?' pouts stroppy interplanetary aspirant biz
Offbeat15 Jul 2021 | 71
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
Bootnotes14 Jul 2021 | 63
Euro space boffins hatch comms satellite hijack plan to save Earth from extinction
Liv Tyler-friendly Armageddon-avoidance project won't want to miss a thing with repurposed orbiters
Science13 Jul 2021 | 55
South Korean uni installs lavatory that pays out when you spend a penny
Eco-friendly convenience repays deposits using world's first craptocurrency
Bootnotes12 Jul 2021 | 22
Revealed: Perfect timings for creation of exemplary full English breakfast
Warning: Article may contain controversial cooking techniques and songs by The Fall
Bootnotes09 Jul 2021 | 179
11-year-old graduate announces plans to achieve immortality by 'replacing body parts with mechanical parts'
Walking sci-fi horror movie plot wants to look inside boffin brains to find way to help ailing grandparents
Science08 Jul 2021 | 58
After 15 years and $500m, the US Navy decides it doesn't need shipboard railguns after all
Pentagon feels it can counter Chinese electromagnetic projectiles with stuff it already has or will have shortly
Offbeat07 Jul 2021 | 97
Boffins decide what world really needs is indestructible robot cockroaches
It's fine: they'll just be used for searching disaster sites, checking structures, spying on people
Science06 Jul 2021 | 30
Radioactive hybrid terror pigs break out of nuclear hellscape home and into people's hearts
Irradiated boars rampage across the internet, leaving jokes, memes, fan art in their wake
Bootnotes06 Jul 2021 | 40
A real go-GETTR: Former Trump aide tries to batter Twitter by ripping off its UI
Critic points out that restrictive T&Cs just make it 'Twitter without the porn'
Bootnotes02 Jul 2021 | 50
Radioactive hybrid terror pigs have made themselves a home in Fukushima's exclusion zone
Human resettlement after 2011's nuclear disaster facing opposition from indestructible, betusked interlopers
Bootnotes01 Jul 2021 | 202
Record-breaking Kuwaiti heatwave triggers inadvisable TikTok expletive outburst
Desert storm of entirely the wrong kind lands unfortunate Egyptian national in very hot water
Bootnotes30 Jun 2021 | 24
New Yorkers react to strikingly indifferent statue of Elon Musk with cheerful hostility
Well-travelled billionaire's likeness very likely to follow recent examples of other questionable public art
Offbeat30 Jun 2021 | 25
Cross-discipline boffin dream team issues social media warning: FIX IT NOW!
Concerned researchers suggest some form of subtle regulation to prevent end of humanity as we know it
Offbeat30 Jun 2021 | 44
Study finds crayfish treated with antidepressants become more outgoing, adventurous
Clawed critters less depressed as human drugs pollute their freshwater homes
Bootnotes29 Jun 2021 | 14
Facebook CEO puts picture of himself wearing too much sunscreen on new board
Surfboard, not corporate board. But we're sure Zuck is working on that, too
Offbeat25 Jun 2021 | 19
US Supreme Court rules teens cussing out schools on social media is protected speech
F-bomb tirade cheerleader triumphs over school board in landmark First Amendment case
Bootnotes25 Jun 2021 | 33
British minister claims technology makes maritime cannibalism obsolete
Even in a shipboard COVID lockdown, chowing down on ailing cabin boys is apparently no longer a thing
Offbeat24 Jun 2021 | 32
Hungover Brits declare full English breakfast the solution to all their ills
For the 3% who craved sweet and sour pork balls, it might be time to stop drinking
Bootnotes24 Jun 2021 | 139
Intrepid squid mission may help in kraken riddle of why zero-g makes astronauts sick
Boffins looking for changes to cephalopods' symbiotic relationship with bioluminescent bacteria on ISS
Science23 Jun 2021 | 25
US Navy starts an earthquake to see how its newest carrier withstands combat conditions
Who are they expecting to fight? Thor? Godzilla? Sea snails?
Bootnotes22 Jun 2021 | 73
US Air Force announces plan to assassinate molluscs with hypersonic missile
No word on whether top brass considered just shelling them into submission
Security22 Jun 2021 | 50
How hot is it right now? 'Water park catching fire and burning down' hot
It's a Jersey thing, you wouldn't understand
Bootnotes20 Jun 2021 | 31
Petition instructs Jeff Bezos to buy, eat world's most famous painting
Booze-fuelled Change.org campaign implores Amazon founder to 'GOBBLE DA LISA!'
Bootnotes18 Jun 2021 | 41
Playmobil crosses the final frontier with enormous, metre-long Enterprise playset
$500, 136-piece, tribble-laden Star Trek tribute is immense, but clearly illogical
Offbeat18 Jun 2021 | 50
Roger Waters tells Facebook CEO to Zuck off after 'huge' song rights request
Ex-Pink Floyd uber-grouch calls social media mandroid 'one of the most powerful idiots in the world'
Bootnotes17 Jun 2021 | 162
Space Force turtle expert uncovers $1.2m Cape Canaveral cocaine haul
30kg stash lost overboard by smugglers enough to get anyone out of their shell
Bootnotes17 Jun 2021 | 23
Intrepid Change.org user launches petition to make Jeff Bezos' space trip one-way
Jeff's younger brother and mystery hyper-rich paying passenger may end up as unfortunate collateral damage
Bootnotes16 Jun 2021 | 71
Deluded medics fail to show Ohio lawmakers that COVID vaccines magnetise patients
Buckeye State legislature looks on as key, hairpin fall off of entirely unmagnetic nurse
Bootnotes15 Jun 2021 | 118
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