HP TV ads claim its printers are 'made to be less hated'
Apparently they're being serious
Bootnotes07 Dec 2023 | 86
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YouTuber who crashed plane for sponsorship dollars earns 6 months behind bars
There's an idiotic stunt, then there's obstructing a federal investigation
Bootnotes05 Dec 2023 | 31
Tech renders iconic rockers Kiss genuinely immortal
Final farewell show unveils the band's digital form
Offbeat04 Dec 2023 | 49
Musk tells advertisers to 'go f**k' themselves as $44B X gamble spirals into chaos
Comment Hello, police? I'd like to report a murder
Personal Tech30 Nov 2023 | 334
AI threatens to automate away the clergy
Is divine intervention next on the tech to-do list?
Bootnotes29 Nov 2023 | 76
Teens take a million metaverse Ryanair flights in Roblox
They do this in their free time
Bootnotes24 Oct 2023 | 41
More X subscription tiers could spell doom for free access as biz bleeds cash
One's cheaper but with ads, the other's more expensive with no ads, says Musk
Offbeat20 Oct 2023 | 85
First Brexit, now X-it: Musk 'considering' pulling platform from EU over probe
Comment Plus: Working from home is 'detached from reality' says world's richest man
Personal Tech19 Oct 2023 | 227
You snooze, you lose? It's not quite as simple as that
Actually it might give you a brief edge on those weird morning people
Bootnotes18 Oct 2023 | 14
Tesla goons will buy anything – including these $150 beers
Sorry, 'CyberBeers'
Offbeat16 Oct 2023 | 55
X Social Media sues Twitter 2.0 over alphabet soup branding
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Personal Tech03 Oct 2023 | 32
Zuck dives deeper into the metaverse, dragging Snoop Dogg along for ride
Meta's annual conference sees the company playing catch-up to OpenAI but pulling ahead of Apple
Offbeat28 Sep 2023 | 13
Devs learn rival Godot engine in a week to poke fun at Unity
The result? Install Fee Tycoon
Offbeat27 Sep 2023 | 14
US Space Force wants hotline to China amid rising tensions
Cold War 2 is heating up
Public Sector26 Sep 2023 | 14
Teardown reveals iPhone 15 to be series of questionable design decisions
Video High cost and hard to work with? Yep, that's Apple all over
Personal Tech26 Sep 2023 | 54
Car industry pleads for delay to post-Brexit tariffs on EVs
Gets blanked again
Offbeat25 Sep 2023 | 132
CMA says new Microsoft-Activision deal addresses concerns
Meet gaming's power couple, with Ubisoft the third wheel. Now competition watchdog must ensure Windows biz keeps promises
Software22 Sep 2023 | 2
Lawsuit claims Google Maps led dad of two over collapsed bridge to his death
Web giant accused of gross negligence by not updating app despite complaints
Legal21 Sep 2023 | 195
Apple pairs well with profits, not repair shops
iFixit demotes iPhone 14 from 7/10 to 4 after reality of software locks hit home
Personal Tech20 Sep 2023 | 28
'Small monthly payment' only thing that stands between X and bot chaos, says Musk
Comment Yes, because automated accounts are really the problem here
Personal Tech19 Sep 2023 | 118
Having read the room, Unity goes back to drawing board on runtime fee policy
But the damage has already been done
Software18 Sep 2023 | 36
Unity closes offices, cancels town hall after threat in wake of runtime fee restructure
Backlash has spilled offline and into potential violence
Software15 Sep 2023 | 99
Stoner Cats NFT project declawed for being an unregistered security
You can't puff puff pass on the Securities Act
Offbeat14 Sep 2023 | 31
Chat2024 stuffs US election hopefuls into generative AI so you can be an 'informed voter'
Comment Jean Baudrillard would've LOVED this
Offbeat12 Sep 2023 | 10
Elon Musk has beef with Bill Gates because he shorted Tesla stock, says biographer
Comment The origin story of the 'in case u need to lose a boner fast' tweet
Offbeat11 Sep 2023 | 54
If you like to play along with the illusion of privacy, smart devices are a dumb idea
Updated You're just giving manufacturers carte blanche to profit off personal data
Security07 Sep 2023 | 133
Chinese meme-makers crown US Commerce Secretary as Huawei brand ambassador
Well, well, well, if it isn't the consequences of Uncle Sam's actions
Personal Tech06 Sep 2023 | 10
We all scream for ice cream – so why are McDonald's machines always broken?
iFixit takes aim at the John-Deere-for-frozen-milk situation
Personal Tech31 Aug 2023 | 109
Uncle Sam accuses SpaceX of not considering asylees and refugees for employment
Discrimination lawsuit claims company's 'ITAR' excuse was badly wrong
Science25 Aug 2023 | 69
Zoom CEO reportedly tells staff: Workers can't build trust or collaborate... on Zoom
Opinion So those 218,000 enterprise customers are wrong to hold meetings on web?
Offbeat24 Aug 2023 | 106
Netflix flinging out DVDs like frisbees as night comes for legacy business
Subscribers told to opt in for chance at 10 coasters you can keep forever
Offbeat23 Aug 2023 | 42
Microsoft wants Activision so badly, it's handing streaming rights over to ... Ubisoft?
All to appease the UK's competition watchdog, the last hurdle to the deal
Software22 Aug 2023 | 37
Judge snuffs man's quest to have AI-created art protected by copyright
'A Recent Entrance to Paradise' lost
AI + ML21 Aug 2023 | 20
LG's $1,000 TV-in-a-briefcase is unlikely to travel much further than the garden
'Perfect' for your next camping trip! For three hours...
Offbeat18 Aug 2023 | 82
So much for CAPTCHA then – bots can complete them quicker than humans
We, for one, welcome our distorted-letter-recognizing overlords
Offbeat15 Aug 2023 | 79
X-rated auction sells last vestiges of pre-Musk Twitter
Oscars 2014 Ellen DeGeneres Selfie in oil, anyone?
Offbeat14 Aug 2023 | 23
Pope goes fire and brimstone on the dangers of AI
We hope the World Peace Day statement was not written by ChatGPT
Offbeat09 Aug 2023 | 56
We'd pay good money to see... oh dear, Elon Musk 'needs an MRI scan'
Opinion What does this mean for his cage fight against Zuck? YOU DECIDE
Offbeat07 Aug 2023 | 62
Google Street View car careens into creek after 100mph cop chase
That's not what they meant by 'move fast, break things' ... But maybe brake things
Offbeat03 Aug 2023 | 85
Orkney islands look to drones to streamline mail deliveries
Unmanned aircraft trial will skip delays caused by boat-battering weather
Edge + IoT03 Aug 2023 | 51
Netflix offers up to $900,000 for AI product manager while actors strike for protection
That could pay for 35 humans and their families' health insurance, says human
Offbeat26 Jul 2023 | 32
Ultra-rare Apple sneakers from the 1990s on sale for $50,000
Meanwhile, Einstein dismantles the creation myth in $125,000 letter
Offbeat24 Jul 2023 | 53
Someone just blew over $190k on a 4GB first-gen iPhone
Could've sworn that came out yesterday
Offbeat18 Jul 2023 | 70
First of Tesla's 'bulletproof' Cybertrucks clunks off production line
Wait, so it wasn't an elaborate joke?
Offbeat17 Jul 2023 | 169
Senator trying to force Uncle Sam to share everything it knows about UFOs
The truth is... somewhere in these piles of government documents. Maybe
Offbeat14 Jul 2023 | 77
Clingy Virgin Media won't let us leave, customers complain
Ofcom launches investigation into whether telco is making it difficult for people to cancel services
Networks13 Jul 2023 | 70
Tesla plots entry to Britain's stagnant energy market
Head of operations job ad requires 'healthy skepticism of the status quo'
Offbeat12 Jul 2023 | 113
Man who nearly killed physical media returns with $60,000 vinyl turntable
Ive got a bad feeling about this
Offbeat10 Jul 2023 | 241
California man's business is frustrating telemarketing scammers with chatbots
Will you choose Salty Sally or Whitey Whitebeard? It doesn't matter; they're both intolerable
Offbeat03 Jul 2023 | 92
Ripoff Vuitton handbag smaller than a grain of salt fetches $63,750 at auction
The art world is up to shenanigans again
Offbeat30 Jun 2023 | 39
Mummy and Daddy Musk think Elon's cage fight against Zuck is a terrible idea
Bizarrely, there's been no suggestion that the bout won't happen
Offbeat29 Jun 2023 | 48
California man jailed after manure-to-methane scheme revealed as bull
Fraudulent cash cow milked investors for almost $9M
Offbeat28 Jun 2023 | 36
If you want a big brain, make a habit out of daytime naps
You are getting sleepy… very sleepy
Bootnotes26 Jun 2023 | 41
Mark Zuckerberg would kick Elon Musk's ass, experts say
Comment The two claim to be headed for a smackdown over copycat services
Bootnotes22 Jun 2023 | 70
Elon Musk's Twitter moves were 'reaffirming' says Reddit boss amid API changes
Comment From 'we are not Elon' to 'Elon was right' in a matter of days
Bootnotes19 Jun 2023 | 161
Astroscale wants to be the world's friendly neighborhood space garbage collector
Just as World Economic Forum pushes for five-year deadline to de-orbit junk
The Reg in Space16 Jun 2023 | 29
Recipient of Europe's largest ever seed round doesn't even have a product
Can you guess what it is yet? Here's a clue: It starts with 'A' and ends with 'I'
AI + ML15 Jun 2023 | 36
Gen Z and Millennials don't know what their colleagues are talking about half the time
You want to 'take it offline'? Like, the whole company system? Well, OK then
Offbeat13 Jun 2023 | 292
Clippy designer was too embarrassed to include him in his portfolio
Love him or loathe him, the default Office Assistant remains an icon of personal computing history
Offbeat12 Jun 2023 | 56
New York City latest to sue Hyundai and Kia claiming their cars are too easy to steal
What started as a TikTok craze has become a 'public nuisance'
Security08 Jun 2023 | 30
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