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Microsoft confirms pursuit of TikTok after Satya Nadella chats to Donald Trump

‘Appreciates President Trump’s personal involvement’ and promises so much security, you’ll be tired of securing

Software03 Aug 2020 | 91

With the US election coming up, when better to petition regulators for a controversial way to chill online speech?

Guess what? Literally everyone thinks this is a terrible idea

Personal Tech28 Jul 2020 | 46

Don't strain yourself, Zuck, only democracy at stake... Facebook makes half-hearted effort to flag election lies by President Trump

+Comment Here, have a link to something vaguely related

Personal Tech21 Jul 2020 | 90

Report: CIA runs secret cyberwar with little oversight after Trump gave the OK, say US government officials

Details start to emerge on real-world impact of Prez-signed secret memo

Security16 Jul 2020 | 54

USA ends Hong Kong's special treatment, crimping flow of tech to territory

Seeing as finance is Hong Kong's thing and that industry needs lots of security kit, this could be scary

Legal15 Jul 2020 | 21

Trump U-turns on foreign student crackdown: F-1, M-1 visa holders allowed to study online mid-pandemic in the US

Funnily enough, triggering a brain drain and denting the economy isn't such a great vote winner

Science14 Jul 2020 | 24

Big Tech backs colleges in war against Trump's ban on foreign students taking web-only classes mid-pandemic

Microsoft, Google, Facebook and pals weigh in on F-1, M-1 visa lawsuit

Science14 Jul 2020 | 6

Trump reveals US cyber-attack on Russian election-misdirection troll farms

Maybe Donald isn’t in love with Vlad after all – but he did just give Russia attribution and maybe a peek at tradecraft

Security13 Jul 2020 | 47

Trump's bright idea of kicking out foreign students unless unis resume in-person classes stuns tech, science world

The last thing America needs right now is a brain drain

Science08 Jul 2020 | 115

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses... but not your H-1B geeks, L-1 staffers nor J-1 students

US blocks entry for visa holders until the end of the year, cites COVID-19-sparked unemployment

Legal23 Jun 2020 | 75

Staff in a huff, personal call with Trump, picking fights with Twitter, upsetting civil-rights groups – a week in the life of Facebook's Zuckerberg

Analysis Social network's engineers are so cheesed off they're going to just keep on showing up for work

Personal Tech03 Jun 2020 | 39

Made-up murder claims, threats to kill Twitter, rants about NSA spying – anything but mention 100,000 US virus deaths, right, Mr President?

Opinion Trump's throwing everything at the social wall to see what will stick

Personal Tech28 May 2020 | 194

Twitter ticks off Trump with new 'Get the facts' alert on pair of fact-challenged tweets

Updated Tweeter-in-chief responds by alleging bias and electoral skulduggery

Personal Tech27 May 2020 | 118

Huge if true... Trump explodes as he learns open source could erode China tech ban

The Register presents White House transcript obtained by Stealth Anti-Tracing Intelligence Remote Exfiltration

Bootnotes18 May 2020 | 122

If American tech is used to design or make that chip, you better not ship it to Huawei, warns Uncle Sam

Export of semiconductors built using US tools to Chinese giant banned without a license

Science16 May 2020 | 108

Donald Trump extends ban on Huawei, ZTE telecoms kit in US companies to May 2021

Also extends exemption on doing business with the pair – a negotiating tactic so incredible it has to keep being renewed

Networks14 May 2020 | 22

We're in a timeline where Dettol maker has to beg folks not to inject cleaning fluid into their veins. Thanks, Trump

Video Meanwhile, lawyer wanders beaches dressed as the Reaper... it has been a long week. Happy Friday, folks

Bootnotes24 Apr 2020 | 260

Remember that clinical trial, promoted by President Trump, of a possible COVID-19 cure? So, so, so many questions...

Updated Scientists pull coronavirus treatment study apart after rushed publication

Science28 Mar 2020 | 238

Coronavirus pandemic latest: Trump declares 'two very big words' – national emergency – and unexpectedly ropes in Google to help in some form

There'll be a website, at some point, that will work in some way, maybe

Science13 Mar 2020 | 34

Is technology undermining democracy? It's complicated, says heavyweight thinktank

You only think it's an echo chamber because that's what your echo chamber says

Legal04 Mar 2020 | 33

Assange lawyer: Trump offered WikiLeaker a pardon in exchange for denying Russia hacked Democrats' email

America wanted a cover-up of Kremlin ties to DNC intrusion, court told

Security19 Feb 2020 | 93

Among those pardoned by Trump this week: Software maker ex-CEO who admitted hacking into rivals' systems

There's always a tech angle

Bootnotes19 Feb 2020 | 61

You know the President is able to shut down all US comms, yeah? An FCC commish wants to stop him from doing that

Comment Too bad the Republicans aren't going to agree with her

Networks29 Jan 2020 | 79

Stiff upper lip time, Brits: After bullying France to drop its digital tax on Silicon Valley, Trump's coming for you next

Macron suspends cyber levy plan after The Donald has a quiet word

On-Prem23 Jan 2020 | 145

Tracking President Trump with cellphone location data, Greta-Thunberg-themed malware, SharePoint patch, and more

Roundup Including: Nasty Mac malware and gas-pump infections

Security21 Dec 2019 | 40

Space Force is go, go, go! Because we have a child as President of the United States

House of Representatives OKs Trump plan because it wants federal parents to take time off

Science12 Dec 2019 | 135

Amazon: Trump photon-torpedoed our $10bn JEDI dream because he hates CEO Jeff Bezos

'Blatant and sustained effort' to deny AWS Pentagon IT mega-contract, cloud giant claims

SaaS09 Dec 2019 | 71

Register Lecture: Can portable atomic clocks end UK dependence on GNSS?

New decade, independent geo-time keeping

Lectures03 Dec 2019 | 138

Chinese chip giant calls on US tech to help out with Trump tariffs – not a quid pro quo, obviously

Tsinghua Unigroup chairman says American firms could do more to ease trade tensions

On-Prem08 Nov 2019 | 15

Google lashes out at DoJ, Oracle as it asks US Supremes to sniff Java suit one last time

It's like reinventing the steering wheel... so they say

Legal18 Oct 2019 | 46

Iran tried to hack hundreds of politicians, journalists email accounts last month, warns Microsoft

No confirmation from Trump yet whether he asked them to do it

Security04 Oct 2019 | 56

Confused why Trump fingered CrowdStrike in that Ukraine call? You're not the only one...

Security biz that probed 2016 DNC hack makes an odd cameo in revealed transcript

Security25 Sep 2019 | 62

Trump-China trade war latest: Brave patriot Apple decides to do exact same thing, will still make Mac Pro in US

And yet manages to blag a federal tariff exclusion. #MAGA!

Personal Tech23 Sep 2019 | 30

Scott McNealy gets touchy feely with Trump: Sun cofounder hosts hush-hush reelection fundraiser for President

Commander-in-Chief jets into Silicon Valley under cloud of secrecy

Legal17 Sep 2019 | 65

Apple and Google trade barbs over bugs, digital lothario arrested and Bluekeep gets busy

Roundup Also, XKCD forums hacked and Monster monstered

Security09 Sep 2019 | 6

Huawei new smartphone won't be Mate-y with Google apps as trade sanctions kick in

Chinese mobe maker says screw you, we'll build our own

Personal Tech29 Aug 2019 | 75

Trump attacks and appeals 'fundamentally misconceived' Twitter block decision

Legal argument reflects president’s refusal to follow rules of public office

Legal26 Aug 2019 | 73

Trump blinks again in trade war bluff-fest with China: Huawei gets another 90-day stay of US import execution

I want to get Huawei, I want to fry Huawei, yeah, yeah, yeah

Networks19 Aug 2019 | 37

NSA asks Congress to permanently reauthorize spying program that was so shambolic, the snoops had shut it down

Analysis You never know, we might figure out how not to screw up in future

Security16 Aug 2019 | 42

Trump continues on the warpath: Now US tariffs cover nearly everything arriving from China

Settle in because we are here for the long haul

Legal02 Aug 2019 | 81

The Empire Strikes Back: Trump discovers $10bn JEDI cloud deal may go to nemesis Jeff Bezos, demands probe

Updated Bad news for AWS and Microsoft, who are vying for US govt's winner-takes-all IT super-contract

SaaS18 Jul 2019 | 72

Trump: Huawei ban will be lifted! US Commerce Dept.: Yeah, about that…

It's not a two Huawei street just yet, says top brass

Legal03 Jul 2019 | 67

Yuge U-turn: Prez Trump walks back on Huawei ban... at least the tech sector seems to think so

Can we get a translator in here?

Security01 Jul 2019 | 90

White House mulls just banning strong end-to-end crypto. Plus: More bad stuff in infosec land

Roundup We'll be over there bashing our head on the wall while you read this

Security01 Jul 2019 | 136

Finally, people who actually understand global trade to probe Trump's tariffs on Chinese goods

WTO appoints three-bod panel to rule if levies break its rules

Legal05 Jun 2019 | 39

Register Lecture: The Death of the Gods – through a tweet darkly

Journey into future of disruption with Carl Miller

Lectures04 Jun 2019 | 6

Tech lobbyists turn on Trump over Mexican tariffs, then quickly try to smooth the waters

Short-sighted and short-tempered, according to CTA

On-Prem04 Jun 2019 | 38

One man went to mow a meadow, hoping Trump would spot giant grass snake under flightpath

Childish prank for childish visitor

Bootnotes03 Jun 2019 | 130

Introducing 'freedom gas' – a bit like the 2003 deep-fried potato variety, only even worse for you

Logowatch US to smother the planet with liberty, whether we like it or not

Bootnotes30 May 2019 | 283

Where there's a will, there's Huawei: US govt already eases trade ban with 90-day reprieve

Temporary General License buys time for Chinese tech giant, customers, suppliers

Networks21 May 2019 | 80

Get out of Huawei, it's an avalanche of news from everyone's favourite Chinese bogeyman

Roundup We read this week's Huawei happenings and filleted it so you don't have to

Security17 May 2019 | 47

You're on a Huawei to Hell, China tells US: We'll fight import tariffs, trade war to bitter end

Beijing slams Trump's 'abuse of export control measures', vows to take some sort of action

On-Prem16 May 2019 | 30

Prez Trump's trade war reshapes electronics supply chains as China production slows

Not great for US importers who have to pick up the bill, good news for Taiwan and Vietnam

On-Prem15 May 2019 | 94

Timely Trump tariffs tax tech totally: 25 per cent levy on modems, fiber optics, networking gear, semiconductors…

It's the art of the deal, folks

On-Prem10 May 2019 | 151

US government internet and spectrum overseer resigns, along with legislative director

David Redl and Mike Platt quit NTIA. Trump Administration craziness to blame

Legal09 May 2019 | 31

Gather round, friends. Listen close. It's time to list the five biggest lies about 5G

Comment Let's cut the crap, El Reg style

Networks25 Apr 2019 | 144