Hardware

Knock, knock. Who's there? NAT. Nat who? A NAT URL-borne killer

Video Last year's slipstream technique revived to pierce vulnerable firewalls – browsers patched to thwart bypass attempts

Security27 Jan 2021 | 17

Microsoft smashes Wall Street's expectations with $43bn sales bonanza

FY21 Q2 results buoyed by cloud demand, pandemic-driven IT focus

SaaS27 Jan 2021 | 2

Intel accused by distributor of breaking promises, shipping subpar enterprise-friendly Falcon 8+ drones

Tech slinger upset it can't unload $560,000 worth of flying Chipzilla gizmos

Science04 Jan 2021 | 6

How to leak data via Wi-Fi when there's no Wi-Fi chip: Boffin turns memory bus into covert data transmitter

Another nail in the coffin of assuming that airgapped means secure

Security16 Dec 2020 | 72

Apple drops macOS Big Sur on the world – and it arrives with a thud, sound of breaking glass, sirens in the distance...

Server problems mar operating system version 11 rollout

Software13 Nov 2020 | 24

Apple now Arm'd to the teeth: MacBook Air and Pro, Mac mini to be powered by custom M1 chips rather than Intel

ARM64 5nm TSMC-made silicon to ship next week, Cupertino claims apps are ready

Personal Tech10 Nov 2020 | 168

One more reason for Apple to dump Intel processors: Another SGX, kernel data-leak flaw unearthed by experts

Updated Obscure interface lets you monitor chip activity with code as if you were physically plugged into it

Security10 Nov 2020 | 55

Intel celebrates security of Ice Lake Xeon processors, so far impervious to any threat due to their unavailability

But when they ship, Chipzilla promises its server silicon will 'double down' on defense mechanisms

Security14 Oct 2020 | 22

Apple seeks damages from recycling firm that didn't damage its devices: 100,000 iThings 'resold' rather than broken up as expected

iGiant 'would rather shred stuff than let it hit the used market'

Personal Tech05 Oct 2020 | 82

First analysts, now YouTubers put you on blast. Do you A) take it on the chin or B) up fire up the DMCA-o-tron?

Video Guess which option this electric truck dreamer chose

Science03 Oct 2020 | 32

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 debut derailed by website glitches, bots, lack of supply

Analysis Chip giant dinged for failing to block automated buying

Personal Tech18 Sep 2020 | 41

Video encoders using Huawei chips have backdoors and bad bugs – and Chinese giant says it's not to blame

Telecom kit maker points finger in the general direction of Middle Kingdom's complicated supply chain

Security17 Sep 2020 | 93

Don't be BlindSided: Watch speculative memory probing bypass kernel defenses, give malware root control

Video Silently side-step software safeguards

Security10 Sep 2020 | 15

South Korea bods open source NVMe storage controller to save academics, non-profits a bundle

OpenExpress does away with intellectual property licensing burdens

Storage09 Sep 2020 | 2

Intel screams Tiger Lake is 'world's best processor' (then quietly into its sleeve: for thin Windows, ChromeOS laptops)

11th-gen Core processor family for portable computers announced

Personal Tech02 Sep 2020 | 44

Shine on: Boffins bedazzle Alexa and her voice-controlled assistant kin with silent laser-injected commands

How beams of light can boss around smart speakers

Science14 Aug 2020 | 16

Intel talks up its 10nm Tiger Lake laptop system-on-chips as though everything is going according to plan

Never mind the delays, competition, or departures – we've got a strategy

Personal Tech13 Aug 2020 | 22

Foreshadow returns to the foreground: Secrets-spilling speculative-execution Intel flaw lives on, say boffins

A misunderstanding about the vulnerability means defenses fall short

Security07 Aug 2020 | 8

Intel NDA blueprints – 20GB of source code, schematics, specs, docs – spill onto web from partners-only vault

Updated Leaker only 'a bit concerned' about getting sued

Security06 Aug 2020 | 38

What a good eye-dea: Battery-less, grain-of-sand-sized 2.4GHz transmitter to help save your eyesight

Wireless sensor to show 'how the body is responding in real-time' to treatment

Science05 Aug 2020 | 25

This investor blew nearly $300,000 on Intel shares the day before 7nm disaster reveal. Yup, she's suing

Chipzilla faces potential class-action headache after stock price plunge

Systems29 Jul 2020 | 41

Intel's 7nm is busted, chips delayed, may have to use rival foundries to get GPUs out for US govt exascale super

CEO Bob Swan suggests his chips may some day be TSMC-flavored

On-Prem24 Jul 2020 | 38

Microsoft Q4 sales up, profit down, shares down. More importantly, someone reboot the CEO. He keeps repeating 'tech intensity' over and over

Welcome to the new Digital Transformation, folks?

SaaS23 Jul 2020 | 6

Chips for Huawei are fried: TSMC stops shipping parts to Middle Kingdom mega-maker this September

Chairman Mark Liu is carefully abiding by Uncle Sam's new rules

Science16 Jul 2020 | 39

Fancy some fishy-chips? Just order one of these sensors: Research shines light on suspect component sources

Counterfeit and repurposed semiconductors still a problem

Science14 Jul 2020 | 28

CEO of motherboard maker MSI dies after plunging from headquarters' seventh-floor

Foul play not suspected

Personal Tech09 Jul 2020 | 54

After huffing and puffing for years, US senators unveil law to blow the encryption house down with police backdoors

Lawmakers will attempt to bend the laws of mathematics to their will

Security24 Jun 2020 | 159

Apple says if developers are unhappy with its App Store decisions, it will entertain appeals against its rulings – and even its own rules

WWDC The Lord of the iThings will see you now

Software23 Jun 2020 | 5

Apple to keep Intel at Arm's length: macOS shifts from x86 to homegrown common CPU arch, will run iOS apps

WWDC We take a look at Cupertino's one-Arm bandit gambit

Personal Tech23 Jun 2020 | 172

Forget biz insider threats for a moment – let's talk about partners turning rogue and installing spyware on phones

Analysis Light shined on lack of privacy controls for stalkerware

Security11 Jun 2020 | 17

Moore's Law is deader than corduroy bell bottoms. But with a bit of smart coding it's not the end of the road

Don't aim for the bottom, go top down

Software05 Jun 2020 | 153

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

Apple funnels Worldwide Developer Conference 2020 through iOS app, website amid coronavirus lockdowns

Hey, finally an Apple event The Reg can attend, sorta, right?

Software05 May 2020 | 3

UK govt probes Brit chip biz Imagination after growing Chinese ownership sparks national security fears

Ex-CEO raises alarm over Middle Kingdom overlords' plans

Legal16 Apr 2020 | 21

Apple fans may think they can't get viruses but Cupertino disagrees: WWDC 2020 dev summit goes online-only

Microsoft Build also pulls plug on physical conference

Software13 Mar 2020 | 15

Meltdown The Sequel strikes Intel chips – and full mitigation against data-meddling LVI flaw will slash performance

Chipzilla's silicon will surrender secrets if properly probed

Security10 Mar 2020 | 66

AMD, boffins clash over chip data-leak claims: New side-channel holes in decades of cores, CPU maker disagrees

Maybe don't be quite so smug, security researchers warn

Security09 Mar 2020 | 46

Can you hear me now? Roadtesting Anker's first Bluetooth speakerphone

Look, Ma! No hands!

Personal Tech05 Mar 2020 | 13

Honeywell, I blew up the qubits: Thermostat maker to offer cloud access to 'world's most powerful quantum computer' within months

Super-maker claims breakthrough in quantum supernumerary

Science03 Mar 2020 | 28

Breaker one-nine, this trucker's rubber ducked, facing a year in the slammer for Acer laptop thefts

Driver gets a-weigh with Chromebook thefts and doesn't get away with it

Bootnotes27 Feb 2020 | 32

HP Ink: No way, Xerox. We're not accepting your takeover. Well, we'd never say never. Maybe even maybe? Hello, you still there? Please?

Absolutely not entertaining an offer that could you just repeat one more time?

Personal Tech25 Feb 2020 | 20

One man is standing up to Donald Trump's ban on US chip tech going to Huawei. That man... is Donald Trump

President slams his own administration's 'ridiculous' China crackdown

Science19 Feb 2020 | 84

Hard Disk Dri, er, Connive: Two sales execs accused by Uncle Sam of bumping up HDD component prices

Japanese supplier's biz model, like its products, were straight as a spring

Storage18 Feb 2020 | 3

Cache flow problems continue for Intel: Yet more data-leaking processor design blunders discovered, patches due soon

Cache(me)Out(side), how 'bout dat?

Security28 Jan 2020 | 50

Well, well, well. Internet-of-Things speaker biz Sonos to continue some software support for legacy kit after all

Punters can still run old and new gear on same network, for now

Edge + IoT24 Jan 2020 | 60

10nm woes, CPU supply shortages, competition from AMD... What? Sorry? Intel can't hear you over the cash register going bonkers

Just don't mention the FPGAs

On-Prem24 Jan 2020 | 18

If you never thought you'd hear a Microsoftie tell you to stop using Internet Explorer, lap it up: 'I beg you, let it retire to great bitbucket in the sky'

We say take off and nuke the entire codebase from orbit. It's the only way to be sure

Software23 Jan 2020 | 92

Remember that Sonos speaker you bought a few years back that works perfectly? It's about to be screwed for... reasons

Updated Planned obsolescence strikes again

Edge + IoT21 Jan 2020 | 278

Relying on AT&T, Verizon and T-Mob US to protect you from SIM swapping? You better get used to disappointment

Study shows top telcos are naff at fending off cellphone number hijackings

Security13 Jan 2020 | 16

Blame of thrones: Those viral vids of PC monitors going blank when people stand up? Static electricity from chairs

Video El Reg speaks to ex-AT&T boffin who previously probed weird effect

Science09 Jan 2020 | 63

RISC-V business: SiFive and CEVA join forces to enable the development AI-amenable, edge-oriented processors

System-on-a-chip IP partnership seeks to create more smart home, automobile, robotics, IoT, and industrial applications, among others

AI + ML08 Jan 2020 | 7

Yeah, says Google Project Zero, when you think about it, going public with exploit deets immediately after a patch is emitted isn't such a great idea

The Chocolate Factory's bug hunters revise 90-day disclosure rules

Security07 Jan 2020 | 17

Finally, a good use for AI: Machine-learning tool guesstimates how well your code will run on a CPU core

MIT eggheads devise a better way to predict application performance

AI + ML07 Jan 2020 | 4

EA boots Linux gamers out of multiplayer Battlefield V, Penguinistas respond by demanding crippling boycott

We're not sure if Electronic Arts has even noticed

OSes06 Jan 2020 | 112

ACLU sues America's border cops: Tell us everything about these secret search teams targeting travelers

FOIA lawsuit demands data on Tactical Terrorism Response Teams

Personal Tech19 Dec 2019 | 72

Americans should have strong privacy-protecting encryption ...that the Feds and cops can break, say senators

I don't care if it's mathematically impossible, make it happen nerds!

Security10 Dec 2019 | 109

Intel might want to reconsider the G part of SGX – because it's been plunderstruck

I was caught in the middle of a memory attack, and I knew there was no turning back

Security10 Dec 2019 | 16

If there's somethin' stored in a secure enclave, who ya gonna call? Membuster!

Boffins ride the memory bus past Intel's SGX to your data

Security05 Dec 2019 | 13

Gravitons, Neoverse... you'd be forgiven for thinking AWS's second-gen 64-core Arm server processor was a sci-fi

re:Invent Amazon cloud teases Graviton2 tech

On-Prem03 Dec 2019 | 11

From July, you better be Putin these Kremlin-approved apps on gadgets sold in Russia

New law calls for pre-in-Stalin nationally mandated code

Personal Tech23 Nov 2019 | 66

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Knock, knock. Who's there? NAT. Nat who? A NAT URL-borne killer

Microsoft smashes Wall Street's expectations with $43bn sales bonanza

Intel accused by distributor of breaking promises, shipping subpar enterprise-friendly Falcon 8+ drones

How to leak data via Wi-Fi when there's no Wi-Fi chip: Boffin turns memory bus into covert data transmitter

Apple drops macOS Big Sur on the world – and it arrives with a thud, sound of breaking glass, sirens in the distance...

Apple now Arm'd to the teeth: MacBook Air and Pro, Mac mini to be powered by custom M1 chips rather than Intel

One more reason for Apple to dump Intel processors: Another SGX, kernel data-leak flaw unearthed by experts

Intel celebrates security of Ice Lake Xeon processors, so far impervious to any threat due to their unavailability

Apple seeks damages from recycling firm that didn't damage its devices: 100,000 iThings 'resold' rather than broken up as expected

First analysts, now YouTubers put you on blast. Do you A) take it on the chin or B) up fire up the DMCA-o-tron?

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 debut derailed by website glitches, bots, lack of supply

Video encoders using Huawei chips have backdoors and bad bugs – and Chinese giant says it's not to blame

Don't be BlindSided: Watch speculative memory probing bypass kernel defenses, give malware root control

South Korea bods open source NVMe storage controller to save academics, non-profits a bundle

Intel screams Tiger Lake is 'world's best processor' (then quietly into its sleeve: for thin Windows, ChromeOS laptops)

Shine on: Boffins bedazzle Alexa and her voice-controlled assistant kin with silent laser-injected commands

Intel talks up its 10nm Tiger Lake laptop system-on-chips as though everything is going according to plan

Foreshadow returns to the foreground: Secrets-spilling speculative-execution Intel flaw lives on, say boffins

Intel NDA blueprints – 20GB of source code, schematics, specs, docs – spill onto web from partners-only vault

What a good eye-dea: Battery-less, grain-of-sand-sized 2.4GHz transmitter to help save your eyesight

This investor blew nearly $300,000 on Intel shares the day before 7nm disaster reveal. Yup, she's suing

Intel's 7nm is busted, chips delayed, may have to use rival foundries to get GPUs out for US govt exascale super

Microsoft Q4 sales up, profit down, shares down. More importantly, someone reboot the CEO. He keeps repeating 'tech intensity' over and over

Chips for Huawei are fried: TSMC stops shipping parts to Middle Kingdom mega-maker this September

Fancy some fishy-chips? Just order one of these sensors: Research shines light on suspect component sources

CEO of motherboard maker MSI dies after plunging from headquarters' seventh-floor

After huffing and puffing for years, US senators unveil law to blow the encryption house down with police backdoors

Apple says if developers are unhappy with its App Store decisions, it will entertain appeals against its rulings – and even its own rules

Apple to keep Intel at Arm's length: macOS shifts from x86 to homegrown common CPU arch, will run iOS apps

Forget biz insider threats for a moment – let's talk about partners turning rogue and installing spyware on phones

Moore's Law is deader than corduroy bell bottoms. But with a bit of smart coding it's not the end of the road

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

Apple funnels Worldwide Developer Conference 2020 through iOS app, website amid coronavirus lockdowns

UK govt probes Brit chip biz Imagination after growing Chinese ownership sparks national security fears

Apple fans may think they can't get viruses but Cupertino disagrees: WWDC 2020 dev summit goes online-only

Meltdown The Sequel strikes Intel chips – and full mitigation against data-meddling LVI flaw will slash performance

AMD, boffins clash over chip data-leak claims: New side-channel holes in decades of cores, CPU maker disagrees

Can you hear me now? Roadtesting Anker's first Bluetooth speakerphone

Honeywell, I blew up the qubits: Thermostat maker to offer cloud access to 'world's most powerful quantum computer' within months

Breaker one-nine, this trucker's rubber ducked, facing a year in the slammer for Acer laptop thefts

HP Ink: No way, Xerox. We're not accepting your takeover. Well, we'd never say never. Maybe even maybe? Hello, you still there? Please?

One man is standing up to Donald Trump's ban on US chip tech going to Huawei. That man... is Donald Trump

Hard Disk Dri, er, Connive: Two sales execs accused by Uncle Sam of bumping up HDD component prices

Cache flow problems continue for Intel: Yet more data-leaking processor design blunders discovered, patches due soon

Well, well, well. Internet-of-Things speaker biz Sonos to continue some software support for legacy kit after all

10nm woes, CPU supply shortages, competition from AMD... What? Sorry? Intel can't hear you over the cash register going bonkers

If you never thought you'd hear a Microsoftie tell you to stop using Internet Explorer, lap it up: 'I beg you, let it retire to great bitbucket in the sky'

Remember that Sonos speaker you bought a few years back that works perfectly? It's about to be screwed for... reasons

Relying on AT&T, Verizon and T-Mob US to protect you from SIM swapping? You better get used to disappointment

Blame of thrones: Those viral vids of PC monitors going blank when people stand up? Static electricity from chairs

RISC-V business: SiFive and CEVA join forces to enable the development AI-amenable, edge-oriented processors

Yeah, says Google Project Zero, when you think about it, going public with exploit deets immediately after a patch is emitted isn't such a great idea

Finally, a good use for AI: Machine-learning tool guesstimates how well your code will run on a CPU core

EA boots Linux gamers out of multiplayer Battlefield V, Penguinistas respond by demanding crippling boycott

ACLU sues America's border cops: Tell us everything about these secret search teams targeting travelers

Americans should have strong privacy-protecting encryption ...that the Feds and cops can break, say senators

Intel might want to reconsider the G part of SGX – because it's been plunderstruck

If there's somethin' stored in a secure enclave, who ya gonna call? Membuster!

Gravitons, Neoverse... you'd be forgiven for thinking AWS's second-gen 64-core Arm server processor was a sci-fi

From July, you better be Putin these Kremlin-approved apps on gadgets sold in Russia

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