Afghanistan’s Taliban government bans TikTok
First-person shooter PUBG also barred for corrupting the young
Personal Tech21 Sep 2022 | 9
Afghanistan
Elon Musk wrote article for China's internet regulator, hinted at aged care robots
Asia in Brief PLUS Vietnam's massive infosec push; Philippines telco fight; Australia dumps COVID app; and more
Security14 Aug 2022 | 31
Foreign Office IT chaos: Shocking testimony reveals poor tech support hindered Afghan evac attempts
Contributed to dysfunction as diplomats and soldiers struggled to get Afghan helpers out of reach of Taliban
Security07 Dec 2021 | 54
UK Ministry of Defence apologises – again – after another major email blunder in Afghanistan
This time affecting candidates for potential relocation
Security23 Sep 2021 | 35
US military makes first drop of Mother-of-All-Bombs on Daesh-bags
Video Trump praises largest US non-nuke explosion
Legal13 Apr 2017 | 118
Poseidon's Wake, Naked at the Albert Hall and Farewell Kabul
Page File Hard Sci-Fi with Alistair Reynolds, Tracey Thorn on singing and more
Bootnotes02 May 2015 | 18
Bitter Lake: Know your enemy? Impossible, surely, when you don't know if the enemy exists
TV Review Adam Curtis' Afghan epic
Bootnotes31 Jan 2015 | 14
Anti-drone bods haul MoD to court over SECRET KILLER ROBOTS
Campaigners on mission to expose data on UK drone strikes in Afghanistan
Legal17 Sep 2013 | 54
Taliban official's email blunder leaks 400+ contacts
Cc list puts journalists, activists at risk
Security16 Nov 2012 | 40
US deploys 1.8 gigapixel helicopter surveillance drones to Afghanistan
Boeing A160T Hummingbird carries upgraded spying eye
Legal29 Dec 2011 | 40
Afghan elders refuse to be labelled pimps by number 39
Have no truck with concept of pimping their rides either
Bootnotes18 Nov 2011 | 30
Army to deploy jumping robots in Afghanistan
Sand Flea machine can leap 24 foot walls
Science10 Nov 2011 | 14
US Army orders more Judge Dredd smartgun ammo
Shoots-round-corners computer rifle gets another $24m
Bootnotes03 Nov 2011 | 39
US Marines not allowed to fart in Afghanistan
Jarhead trouser-coughs 'could upset the locals'
Bootnotes25 Aug 2011 | 48
Afghan coppers trained with Playmobil
Lego Taliban daren't mess with tiny no-nonsense lawmen
Bootnotes22 Aug 2011 | 11
Iranian pimp plates arse up Afghan car sales
Buyers shun '39' numberplates of shame
Bootnotes16 Jun 2011 | 40
New tech lets you drink exhaust fumes
Handy in Afghanistan – or in an airship
Science15 Apr 2011 | 43
US Marines splurge on Brit troops' armoured pants
Blighty's ballistic lunchbox tech impresses Yanks
Science14 Apr 2011 | 43
Google hits 'prove we killed no Afghans' – Assange™
WikiLeaks is more accountable than democracy
Legal11 Apr 2011 | 83
US Army inks $66m deal for Judge Dredd smart-rifles
'Airburst stun bomb!' 'Armour piercing!'
Science01 Apr 2011 | 37
Blighty's expensive Watchkeeper spy-drone in further delays
Extra bonuses: It's unarmed and needs Israeli support
Science02 Mar 2011 | 26
First reports on XM-25 Judge Dredd smartgun in A'Stan
US troops dub futuristic computer weapon 'the Punisher'
Science10 Feb 2011 | 103
No new copters for Afghanistan troops
Needless road-bombing bloodbath set to continue
Legal02 Feb 2011 | 65
Antique Nimrod subhunters scrapped – THANK GOODNESS!
Comment World's biggest vintage aircraft club finally shut down
Legal27 Jan 2011 | 176
US Wikileaks investigators can't link Assange to Manning
Imprisoned soldier looks set to take all the heat
Legal25 Jan 2011 | 67
Massive new US spy airship 'could be used to carry big cargoes'
Mighty Brit-designed vessel could swap height for grunt
Science23 Dec 2010 | 80
British troops in A'stan find festive minutes in Santa's sack
'Sorry love, bit of a firefight going on outside'
Networks07 Dec 2010 | 7
Yes! It's the Reg Top 5 FUTURISTIC GUNS Thanksgiving Roundup!
Backpack raygun, portable artillery piece and MUCH MUCH MORE
Science26 Nov 2010 | 67
New pocket-sized smartbomb - just for killer robots
Thermos-sized weapon ideal for CIA assassin droids
Science27 Oct 2010 | 41
MoD braced for painful weight-loss surgery next week
Analysis Buzz suggests it'll be liposuction, not amputation
Legal15 Oct 2010 | 48
Trident delay by the Coalition: Cunning plan, or bad idea?
Analysis Depends whether you pay taxes or spend them
Legal16 Sep 2010 | 156
Monster Afghan spy airship to feature quad drinking straws
Also: New vid of unsold P-791 Walrus suck-belly ship
Science03 Sep 2010 | 35
Colonel who slammed Afghan HQ PowerPoint culture is fired
Heroic US officer returns to civvy IT job
Software27 Aug 2010 | 50
US colonel blasts PowerPoint bureaucracy in Afghan HQ
'I have done nothing useful since I've been here'
Software27 Aug 2010 | 50
Robocopter combat cargo skyhook chosen by US forces
Meatsack stickjockeys no longer required
Legal25 Aug 2010 | 12
Wikileaks falls out with human rights groups
Exposing Taliban informants not cool, says Amnesty
Legal10 Aug 2010 | 45
US $250m superbomber 'almost as good' as $8m robot
Top US general Petraeus in bitchslap for 'Bones'
Science02 Jul 2010 | 53
Huge new airships for US Army: designed in Blighty
Hybrid dyno/hover vessels to make 3-week flights
Science22 Jun 2010 | 43
Tech resource woes won't be solved with Afghan minerals
Taleban not sitting on an enormous laptop battery
Legal18 Jun 2010 | 29
Mystery fungus smacks Afghan opium poppies
Yields down, prices up
Science13 May 2010 | 25
US Marine robot supply skyhook compo: Enter the A160T
Lid remains firmly on whup-ass can, however
Science16 Mar 2010 | 11
Airships can defeat roadside bombers, says ex-US officer
'ILLEGAL foot-dragging by air force kills our troops'
Science27 Jan 2010 | 29
Airbus: We'll cancel crap A400M unless we get more £££
Comment OK, you do that. It's rubbish
Science06 Jan 2010 | 56
British troops to get new all-terrain camouflage kit
Afghanistan annoyingly not all the same colour
Science21 Dec 2009 | 35
MoD does everything right for once in Xmas shocker
Comment Freak ceasefire interrupts endless cannonade of cockups
Legal16 Dec 2009 | 60
RAF's new military airlifter finally lumbers into the air
Comment Crap, many years late - but at least it's expensive
Legal11 Dec 2009 | 78
Taliban attack Brit troops with explosive donkey
'Considerable' blast from asinine IED
Bootnotes03 Dec 2009 | 48
Afghanistan disappears from Planet Apple
Prepare for war with Eurasia!
Networks26 Nov 2009 | 10
US Army doubles fleet of enormous floating eyes
'Beholder'-esque aerostat blimps spy Afghanistan
Science08 Oct 2009 | 20
MoD pays quadruple in money + blood for Afghan helicopters
Comment 'Our troops. We backstab them to the hilt'
Legal29 Sep 2009 | 59
'Dragon's Egg' hurlable weeble-cams for US digi-troopers
Land Warrior back, too. UK still working on Wheels 2.0
Science20 Aug 2009 | 16
Eurofighter Tranche 3: Oh please, God, no
Comment BAE and Brown stick it to taxpayers, troops again
Legal15 May 2009 | 92
iPhone at war in iRaq
US military adopts Jobsian pacifier
Networks11 May 2009 | 17
Obama & Gates vs the US military-industrial complex
Analysis Battle of Porkbarrel Hill begins
Legal07 Apr 2009 | 26
iPhones will win the war in Afghanistan, says NATO chief
Childlike sense of wonder disarms Taliban
Legal27 Jan 2009 | 20
Vikings' bleeding-edge tech came from Afghanistan
Bouncing-bomb boffins probe ancient weapons trade
Science06 Jan 2009 | 14
Taliban extends mobile shutdown order
Militant gunmen still battery removal challenged
Networks21 Oct 2008 | 31
Judge Dredd smartshell shotguns to hit Iraq in '09
'XM-25' wireless airburst slugs hit round corners
Science08 Oct 2008 | 78
UK spooks forced to hand Gitmo files to suspect's lawyers
Dirty bombs, dirty hands for MI5
Legal22 Aug 2008 | 54
USAF ramps up kill-bot fleet following Gates sackings
Fly my way not the high way, says purge surge SecDef
Legal17 Jun 2008 | 17
Biting the hand that feeds IT
