Norway has a month left until sun sets on its copper phone lines
Residents in westernmost municipality of Solund praise new mobile coverage, but others have been left behind
Networks01 Dec 2022 | 13
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Vulture Central's sub-editor studied Ancient History at university, but somehow ended up handling The Register's UK-hours production. An old-school journalist, he started out in regional news when it was still printed on paper but that industry died a death. As well as his main duties, he has sanctioned side hustles curating regular Bootnotes for readers to giggle at over a ham sandwich, and a monthly gaming column called The Register Plays Games. He likes beer, heavy metal, and video games all a bit too much. Typos may be his fault.
Twitter gives up fight against COVID-19 misinformation
Ex-moderation lead says he does not feel the platform is 'safe' under Musk
Personal Tech30 Nov 2022 | 191
Iterable co-founder claims he was ousted because of racial discrimination, not LSD use
While Justin Zhu admits to micro-dosing, he alleges that his ethnicity was an issue for investors
Bootnotes29 Nov 2022 | 11
Man wins court case against employer that fired him for not liking boozy, forced 'fun' culture
You gotta fight... for your right... to not be an idiot
Offbeat28 Nov 2022 | 143
Orion snaps 'selfie' with the Moon as it prepares for distant retrograde orbit
Insertion burn scheduled to take place today then engineers have six days to see how spacecraft fares in deep space
Science25 Nov 2022 | 76
CT scanning tech could put an end to 100ml liquid limit on flights by 2024
Scrapping 'temporary' measure will slash queue times at airports... but don't ditch your baggie yet, say officials
Systems24 Nov 2022 | 66
New York cracks down on carbon fuel-based crypto-mining operations
Two-year ban comes as state attempts to reduce emissions by 85%
Networks23 Nov 2022 | 31
Software company wins $154k for US Navy's licensing breach
Court lands on less than the millions asked for after sailors made copies of 3D modeling suite 'hundreds of thousands' of times
Legal22 Nov 2022 | 43
Aviation regulators push for more automation so flights can be run by a single pilot
This is despite a wealth of evidence showing the value of having two in the cockpit
Personal Tech21 Nov 2022 | 163
Boffins are studying Martian clouds to avoid another Opportunity episode
They look and behave a lot like those on Earth – except they're made of dust
Science18 Nov 2022 | 9
Only iPhone 15 Pro models will have higher data transfer speeds on USB-C – analyst
Ming-Chi Kuo is prognosticating again
Personal Tech17 Nov 2022 | 35
Twitter refugees seek asylum in an unusual place: The Matt Hancock app
Move over, Mastodon – bungling UK politician's platform finds thousands of new users amid Elon Musk chaos
Bootnotes17 Nov 2022 | 32
Starlink purchases 'Twitter takeover' ad package, Musk dismisses it as 'tiny'
Well, which one is it, then?
Personal Tech15 Nov 2022 | 33
Robotics startup wants to disrupt walking with AI roller skates
For when millions of years of evolution and timekeeping are not good enough
Offbeat14 Nov 2022 | 24
NFT vending machine appears in London
Don't everyone rush at once
Offbeat04 Nov 2022 | 49
All of the norths are about to align over Britain
Magnetic north is on a walkabout, and your OCD will benefit
Bootnotes04 Nov 2022 | 112
Crowds not allowed to leave Shanghai Disneyland without a negative COVID test
Let us go, let us gooooooo
Offbeat02 Nov 2022 | 26
Is it any surprise that 'permacrisis' is the word of the year?
It's enough to make you want to sploot
Off-Prem01 Nov 2022 | 33
Apple exec confirms iPhones will switch to USB-C because 'we have no choice'
Sure you have a choice. You could abandon the European market
Personal Tech27 Oct 2022 | 136
It's 2023, let's check in with the metaverse... Nope, still doesn't exist
You might catch a whiff of it in Slack or Teams next year, but otherwise normal human life goes on
Personal Tech27 Oct 2022 | 71
Twitter's most valuable users are ghosting the platform
Fly, little birds: Damning internal research emerges just before Elon Musk buy
Offbeat26 Oct 2022 | 122
Apple perfects vendor lock-in with home security kit
Company won't stop until you need an iPhone to operate every facet of your life
Offbeat24 Oct 2022 | 48
Musk reportedly wants to gut Twitter workforce by up to 75%
Twitter tells staff it knows of no plans, though. Plus: billionaire's ventures could take heat from Committee on Foreign Investment
Personal Tech21 Oct 2022 | 85
SpaceX's in-flight Wi-Fi, Starlink Aviation, takes to the skies
Oh c'mon! Was it too much to expect Skynet?
Networks19 Oct 2022 | 10
CEO told to die in a car crash after firing engineers who had two full-time jobs
Poll Boss says it was 'stealing' – but what do you think?
Offbeat19 Oct 2022 | 221
Boffins propose Slinky-like robot that can build stuff in space
E-Walker is a 'seven degrees-of-freedom fully dexterous end-over-end walking robot'
Science18 Oct 2022 | 20
Junk cellphones on Earth would stack higher than the International Space Station
Happy International E-waste Day!
Personal Tech14 Oct 2022 | 28
Delta Air Lines throws $60m at flying taxi startup Joby Aviation
Will fly passengers to and from city airports, if it ever takes off
Offbeat12 Oct 2022 | 22
People still seem to think their fancy cars are fully self-driving
This is despite a history of assistive software being involved in crashes
AI + ML11 Oct 2022 | 123
iPhone 14 car crash detection triggered by roller coasters
While you're having a blast, your mobe could be telling your family you're dead
Offbeat10 Oct 2022 | 58
Juno what? Jovian moon Europa is looking rugged
Probe takes highest resolution surface shot yet while citizen scientists get busy with their coloring pencils
Science07 Oct 2022 | 42
Block this: Using satellites to plaster ads over our skies could work, say boffins
They can't hurt us if we stay indoors
Offbeat06 Oct 2022 | 85
Boffins hunt and kill cockroaches with machine vision laser
Oh the hijinks of academia
Offbeat05 Oct 2022 | 49
Google Japan goes rogue with 5.4ft long keyboard
Pro: Gboard Bar can 'double development speed' for pair programmers. Con: No one wants this
Personal Tech04 Oct 2022 | 42
Tesla has a lot of work to do on its Optimus robot
Optimus Sub-Prime? For something meant to revolutionize production lines, reveal wasn't quite there yet
AI + ML03 Oct 2022 | 109
NASA, SpaceX weigh invoking Dragon to take Hubble higher
Telescope hasn't been superseded by JWST, so why not try to keep it going?
Science30 Sep 2022 | 51
Japan taps industry to build safer, more secure nuclear energy future
Project with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries marks shift in policy since Fukushima disaster over a decade ago
Science29 Sep 2022 | 30
Those screws on the Apple Watch Ultra are a red herring
Thinking about shelling out $800? If you break it you're 'screwed'
Personal Tech28 Sep 2022 | 50
Soaring costs, inflation nurturing generation of 'quiet quitters' among under-30s
My friends say I should act my wage. What's my wage again?
Offbeat27 Sep 2022 | 164
NASA battens down another Artemis launch window as hurricane approaches
Updated Agency watching forecast before making decision to rollback the SLS, but not doing so would be risky
Science26 Sep 2022 | 7
Boeing to pay SEC $200m to settle charges it misled investors over 737 MAX safety
Ex-CEO also on the hook for $1m after skipping over known software issues
Software23 Sep 2022 | 42
Larry Page's flying taxi startup Kittyhawk calls it a day
More proof, if it were needed, that not everything connected to Google is gold
Offbeat22 Sep 2022 | 18
You've heard of the cost-of-living crisis, now get ready for the cost-of-working crisis
As employers herd staff back to the office with few perks, workers are concerned about what it'll cost them
On-Prem22 Sep 2022 | 112
Musk says Starlink will ask for exemption to US sanctions on Iran
Violence flares amid internet blackouts after woman dies in police custody
Networks20 Sep 2022 | 31
Actual real-life hoverbike makes US debut at Detroit Auto Show
'I feel like I'm literally 15 years old and I just got out of Star Wars and jumped on their bike,' says test driver
Offbeat16 Sep 2022 | 62
Food security group, Linux Foundation working on crop data standard
'Sharing of agricultural data can help develop solutions to some of the food system's most pressing challenges'
Software15 Sep 2022 | 9
NASA reshuffles dates for Artemis I launch attempt
Could it be third time lucky? The odds are not in space agency's favor
Science14 Sep 2022 | 12
FCC Commissioner demands review of Starlink rural broadband subsidies
Withdrawal of SpaceX's $885.5m award a 'drastic action' – but Musk wouldn't want subsidy anyway, right?
Networks13 Sep 2022 | 32
Software fees to make up 10% of John Deere's revenues by 2030
1.5 million machines and half a billion acres of land connected to the John Deere Operations Center within a matter of years
Software12 Sep 2022 | 89
Elon Musk claims SpaceX was in talks with Apple on iPhone 14 satellite services
Apple went with Globalstar for Emergency SOS feature, but such comments suggest a direction of travel
Networks09 Sep 2022 | 49
NASA picks a tailor for Artemis moonwalking suits
After the events of the weekend, there's no need to rush
Science08 Sep 2022 | 32
Cybercriminals target games popular with kids to distribute malware
Kaspersky research finds Minecraft and Roblox have the most malicious files associated with them
Security07 Sep 2022 |
E-commerce pros tie the knot in Amazon-themed wedding
From the department of 'what fresh hell?'
Offbeat05 Sep 2022 | 5
Amazon fails to overturn New York City union election
National Labor Relations Board says company had not met the burden of proof for its objections
Legal02 Sep 2022 | 34
Microsoft, Activision Blizzard have days to show merger won't harm competition
Brit watchdog says what we're all thinking, motions for deeper investigation
Legal02 Sep 2022 | 19
Woman forced to sell 4-bed house after crypto exchange wrongly refunded $7.2m
Payment from Crypto.com was off by five zeroes because bank account number was mistakenly entered
Offbeat31 Aug 2022 | 102
China's tech juggernauts form metaverse research institute
COMMENT Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg's Meta spends billions on the concept
Personal Tech23 Aug 2022 | 3
You'll soon be able to ghost a WhatsApp group without making everyone hate you
Well, until they find out that you've left, but at least they won't be immediately notified of your every move
Offbeat10 Aug 2022 | 25
US Space Force deploys robot dogs at Cape Canaveral base
Patrolling quadrupeds not fitted with 7.62mm tank machine guns – yet
Offbeat09 Aug 2022 | 34
Apple forgoes cooling systems in M2 MacBook Air
Screwdriver fiends iFixit ponder the wisdom of a 'fanless, heatspreader-less, non-upgradable laptop'
Personal Tech21 Jul 2022 | 49
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