Indian government says 5G doesn’t cause COVID-19. Also points out India has no 5G networks But won’t reveal who it wants banned from social media over less obvious disinformation Security11 May 2021 | 23
NHS Digital booking website had unexpected side effect: It leaked people's jab status Wanna find out if your employee has had a shot? Just lob her postcode and DoB into this website Applications06 May 2021 | 41
Some stayed in Croatian castles. Some hid in cars. We speak to techies who experienced lockdown in very different ways Covid Logfile II Tales from less-conventional bunkers at the height of the pandemic SaaS05 May 2021 | 30
Wipro rolls out 'COVID-19 vaccination camps' in India to keep staff alive during virus super-surge We speak to IT outsourcing giants as human malware grips nation Off-Prem05 May 2021 | 2
What is it with Facebook and screwing democracies? Now calls for Prime Minister Modi to resign censored in India #ResignModi posts hidden amid heartbreaking COVID-19 crisis Personal Tech29 Apr 2021 | 18
India's open-source advocacy org assists lawsuit opposing COVID-19 vaccine policy Calls for jabs market to be abandoned, and local vaccine IP to be freed Software28 Apr 2021 | 4
NASA comes up with COVID-19 infection detector that's out of this world – E-Nose built from space station gear Machine-learning algorithms to spot telltale particles in human breath AI + ML27 Apr 2021 | 29
India orders takedowns of social media posts it claims harm fight against raging COVID-19 outbreak Many banned posts were made by opposition politicians and appear to be criticism of the government Security26 Apr 2021 | 4
Happy news: Apple again extends fee waiver for online real time experiences Sad news: Cupertino seems to think you won’t be comfortable going out until at least the end of the year Software23 Apr 2021 | 5
COVID-19 kicks mobile giant CK Hutchison's '3' twice: Robs operator of roaming revenue, sends data use soaring Many European customers flee, Asia signs up in big numbers Networks14 Apr 2021 |
NHS COVID-19 app update blocked by Apple, Google over location privacy fears New version for England dead on arrival just as UK eases lockdown rules Applications13 Apr 2021 | 32
The COVID-19 pandemic is still going – and so is the PC buying spree: Shipments up 55% on the Before Times Highest Q1 figures since 2012 Personal Tech12 Apr 2021 | 13
‘Can COVID-19 vaccines connect me to the internet?’ It’s not The Register asking. The question comes from the official Australian government vaccine advice service (and the answer is ‘No’) Offbeat09 Apr 2021 | 40
Remember that day in 2020 when you were asked to get the business working from home – by tomorrow? Covid Logfile IT pros from orgs large and small tell The Reg the tech delivered, mostly, tho couriers, home Wi-Fi suddenly became their problem SaaS08 Mar 2021 | 85
Hong Kong teases tech to track residents as they move past QR codes In response to complaints about the time taken to scan, not concerns about privacy Software04 Mar 2021 | 7
US government jobs report predicts pandemic will lead to boom times for IT industry Along with epidemiologists. As for the hospitality industry… not so much Software23 Feb 2021 | 7
Mobile World Congress to run this year's Barcelona event in June with 50,000 attendees. We're speechless And the COVID-19 precaution? A negative test 72 hours before Networks18 Feb 2021 | 55
New York AG sues Amazon for putting 'profit over people' when it comes to COVID-19 State legal filing answers Amazon's preemptive federal lawsuit last week SaaS17 Feb 2021 | 8
Machine-learning software scours database of already available drugs that could treat COVID-19 infections Next up: Clinical trials to test the code's suggestions AI + ML17 Feb 2021 | 12
Japan’s COVID-19 contact-tracing app hasn't warned users of encounters with carriers since September Android edition just didn’t do the job and Health Ministry knew it. Now Japan is in its third and nastiest wave of infections Software05 Feb 2021 | 62
Cops raid home of ousted data scientist who created her own Florida COVID-19 dashboard Rebekah Jones claimed Sunshine State fudged infection numbers, now she's suspected of hacking Security08 Dec 2020 | 119
Bio-boffins devise potentially fast COVID-19 virus test kit out of a silicon wafer and machine-learning code These algorithms identify different types of viruses, we're told AI + ML13 Nov 2020 | 9
Lenovo data centre group still struggling despite big clouds' COVID-catchup shopping spree Air freight costs grounded mobile profits, but PC sales and overall profits keep rising On-Prem03 Nov 2020 |
Just cough into your phone, please... MIT lab thinks it can diagnose COVID-19 from the way you expectorate Coming soon to an app, maybe AI + ML31 Oct 2020 | 53
Indian government labels itself ‘evasive’ over privacy details of national COVID-19 contact-tracing app Smacks down Information Commission by pointing to policy and data revealing the app has probably helped quite a lot Software29 Oct 2020 | 1
What price your home delivery? Amazon accused of hiding real injury rate in its overworked warehouses Internal docs tell a different story to public pronouncements Science30 Sep 2020 | 34
All those ‘teleworking is the new normal’ predictions? Not so much, say bosses Australian government survey's post-plague adoption prediction finds only tiny future increase in usage Science25 Sep 2020 | 46
Singapore to test compulsory COVID-tracker usage as condition of entry to some venues Wearable tracker now being distributed for those who don’t fancy smartphone surveillance Legal15 Sep 2020 | 13
VMware staff in Silicon Valley can leave a pandemic, wildfire-ridden zone – if they're willing to accept less pay What's that? You want to breathe clean air? Tough luck then Virtualization12 Sep 2020 | 48
Google declares Maps COVID-19-ready after retraining it on pandemic traffic – or the lack of it in some areas 50 per cent decrease in worldwide traffic when lockdowns started AI + ML03 Sep 2020 | 9
VMware says ‘Nike Swoosh recovery’ would be faster if American users could visit their offices But Ireland’s helping with $4.9bn tax benefit from IP shift On-Prem28 Aug 2020 |
Bletchley Park Trust can’t crack COVID-caused revenue slump without losing staff Plans 35 job losses and even a reduction in IT spend Security24 Aug 2020 | 32
Bluetooth SIG strives to make wearables work as COVID-19 contact-trackers Don’t rush out to buy hardware, this is months from deployment Personal Tech19 Aug 2020 | 7
Shocking no one, not enough foreigners applied for H-1B visas this year so US govt ran a second lottery So surprising, what with the pandemic and Uncle Sam being so welcoming for immigrants right now Legal14 Aug 2020 | 57
NHS tests COVID-19 contact-tracing app that may actually work properly – EU neighbors lent a helping hand Not just Germany stepping up to the plate – Ireland, too, we're told Applications14 Aug 2020 | 125
Bored binge-watchers bork beleaguered broadband by blasting bandwidth: Global average speeds down 6.31% You can guess why – but in some places internet actually got faster Networks04 Aug 2020 | 31
When you're stuck at home in a pandemic, what do you do? Watch TV, play music, use apps, buy laptops, gadgets... Stuff that Apple touts And stuff that Cupertino just banked billions from Personal Tech31 Jul 2020 | 2
Face masks hamper the spread of coronavirus. Know what else they hamper? Facial-recognition systems (except China's) Uncle Sam tests AI models with pics of immigrants, travelers. Wait, what? AI + ML28 Jul 2020 | 52
World Health Organisation AI chatbot goes deaf when asked for the latest COVID-19 figures for Taiwan, Hong Kong Funny that! AI + ML21 Jul 2020 | 15
Tata Consultancy Services says pandemic's most powerful punches landed in Q1 - and it's still dancing Revenue fell eight percent but company thinks it can win on new virus-scoured terrain On-Prem10 Jul 2020 | 6
Health Sec Hancock says UK will use Apple-Google API for virus contact-tracing app after all (even though Apple were right rotters) Updated It's The Reg wot warned it Personal Tech19 Jun 2020 | 209
Amazon's not saying its warehouse staff are dumb... but it feels they need artificial intelligence to understand what 'six feet' means Vid The yellow markings on the floor aren't enough for real neural networks AI + ML18 Jun 2020 | 50
NY Attorney General warns Apple, Google to police COVID-19 tracing apps in their souks – or she will herself Worry about user privacy also results in Norway pulling its virus tracker Applications17 Jun 2020 | 39
Because things aren't bad enough already: COVID-19 is going to mess up election security assumptions too Socially isolated officials will be fair game for meddling hackers Security08 Jun 2020 | 2
Why would someone want to hack Germany's PPE supply chain? We're glad you masked IBM says phishing operation could be effort to get upper hand in negotiations Security08 Jun 2020 | 13
DEF CON is canceled... No, for real. The in-person event is canceled. We're not joking. It's canceled. We mean it Virus knocks hackers online: Show will try going virtual amid pandemic Security08 May 2020 | 9
At least someone's making out like a bandit: Scammers have pocketed $13m in Coronavirus fraud from the US this year FTC tallies the cost of pandemic rip-offs Security15 Apr 2020 | 3
All your jobs are belong to us... Amazon is hiring 75,000 people but if you want US home groceries, tough luck Nice to see Jeff Bezos catching a break Personal Tech13 Apr 2020 | 24
This machine-learning upstart trained software to snare online drug dealers. Now it's going after fake coronavirus test equipment peddlers Updated US govt-funded outfit hopes to kill off web quackery that puts us all at risk AI + ML10 Apr 2020 | 42
Microsoft cops to 775% Azure surge, quotas on resources and 'significant new capacity' coming ASAP Updated Admits ongoing provisioning problems but insists no capacity crunch even as it drops freebies SaaS29 Mar 2020 | 32
Corona coronavirus hiatus: Euro space agency to put Sun, Mars probes in safe mode while boffins swerve pandemic Spacecraft instruments switched off after COVID-19 outbreak forces mission control to send workers home Science26 Mar 2020 | 11
India tech firms warned not to abuse their exceptions to national coronavirus lockdown DO: Keep essential services humming. DON'T: Sneak in client work and claim it's critical On-Prem25 Mar 2020 | 6
Hong Kong coronavirus quarantine evaders collared by cops with the help of smartphone-tracking tech Public also urged to report stay-at-home scofflaws Personal Tech25 Mar 2020 | 23
Hypochondriacs – are your eyes all blurry? It's just YouTube trying to cut video-stream quality worldwide amid the coronavirus pandemic You can still watch in HD, but, please, maybe not? Networks25 Mar 2020 | 17
Make haste slowly when deploying tools to cope with global coronavirus pandemic Step one: Check if you really need new tools. If yes, prioritise and take small steps. And don't assume users are in great shape to learn new tricks Software24 Mar 2020 | 7
India's peak IT body tells outsourcers to check contract cancellation fine print while Coronavirus reigns UPDATED In case force majeure means they can't deliver. Wipro and Infosys have explained continuity. We're waiting for detail from others On-Prem24 Mar 2020 | 21
Damn you, coronavirus. Damn you. Now you've gone too far: James Webb Space Telescope, Moon mission work paused Including effort to land first woman on the lunar surface Science24 Mar 2020 | 23
Dell files to trademark 'Podference' – presumably the mutant offspring of COVID-19 and a virtual conference? We're guessing May's virtual Dell World conference is no mere webinar On-Prem24 Mar 2020 | 9
Equinix closes data centres to customers, contractors in France, Germany, Italy, Spain amid coronavirus pandemic Goes appointment-only elsewhere, pledges to have enough staff on-site to keep running On-Prem23 Mar 2020 | 5
Linus Torvalds ponders: Is Linux 5.6 going well because it's bug-free, or thanks to that other bug? 'The world around us may be going through strange times, but so far kernel development looks normal,' says penguin emperor OSes23 Mar 2020 | 10
Microsoft names priority users for new Azure capacity – emergency services, government, remote workers top the list Totally not running out of cloud. But may ditch free offers to serve current customers during the Pandemic SaaS22 Mar 2020 | 8
Hong Kong makes wearable trackers mandatory for new arrivals, checks in with ‘surprise calls’ too Government CIO promises they don’t record location, just change of location Security19 Mar 2020 | 39