On-Prem
US Senator Marco Rubio calls Intel cowards for scrubbing remarks about Xinjiang and apologizing to China
Was no one else available? No one?
12 Jan 2022 00:38 | 37
Politics
Articles tagged with Politics
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Midwest tornado destroys Amazon warehouse, killing six after worker 'told not to leave'
More than eighty feared dead across multiple US states hit by super storms
13 Dec 2021 20:27 | 44
Software
Computer scientists at University of Edinburgh contemplate courses without 'Alice' and 'Bob'
Academics advised to consider excluding certain terminology for the sake of inclusivity
15 Oct 2021 20:56 | 291
Personal Tech
Texas law banning platforms from social media moderation challenged in lawsuit
Tech trade groups argue prohibition on moderation is unconstitutional
23 Sep 2021 21:57 | 194
AI + ML
Banned: The 1,170 words you can't use with GitHub Copilot
Hash cracking reveals verboten slurs, terms like 'liberals, 'Palestine,' and 'socialist' ... and Quake's famous Fast InvSqrt
02 Sep 2021 22:01 | 94
Updated
Facebook takes bold stance on privacy – of its ads: Independent transparency research blocked
Heaven forbid someone lifts the lid on social network's disinformation and public manipulation
04 Aug 2021 20:17 | 49
Personal Tech
Biden order calls for net neutrality, antitrust action, ISP competition – and right to repair your own damn phone
Market dominance of tech giants in President's cross-hairs
09 Jul 2021 19:45 | 77
Personal Tech
Now that Trump is useless to Zuckerberg, ex-president is exiled from Facebook for two years, possibly indefinitely
Donald, you're fired. Again
04 Jun 2021 23:31 | 82
Updated
First Coinbase, now Basecamp: Should workplaces ban political talk on internal corporate platforms?
'You shouldn't have to wonder if staying out of it means you're complicit, or wading into it means you're a target'
27 Apr 2021 21:54 | 54
Analysis
Absolutely fab: As TSMC invests $100bn to address chip shortage, where does that leave the rest of the industry?
Semiconductor sovereignty, meet supply chain security
02 Apr 2021 12:03 | 52
Personal Tech
Airbnb, or not to be, if you're headed to Washington DC: Biz cancels bookings over fears of inauguration insurrection
Hosts, guests paid off to 'ensure hate group members are not part of the Airbnb community'
13 Jan 2021 21:15 | 19
Updated
Parler games: Social network for internet rejects sues Amazon Web Services for pulling plug on hosting
And no, Parler wasn't hacked either. Its public posts were simply scraped
11 Jan 2021 22:03 | 141
Personal Tech
Loser Trump is no longer useful to Twitter, entire account deleted over fears he'll whip up more mayhem
Don't worry, Mr President, we've found another platform for you: /dev/null
09 Jan 2021 01:15 | 348
SaaS
HPE to move HQ from Silicon Valley to Texas, says Lone Star State is 'attractive' for recruitment, retaining staff
Houston, we had a problem... in San Jose
02 Dec 2020 00:41 | 65
Security
Election security fears doused with reality: Top officials say Nov 3 'was the most secure in American history.' The end
'No evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised'
13 Nov 2020 02:04 | 177
Security
Brit Conservative Party used 10 million people's names to derive their country of origin, ethnicity and religion according to ICO report
Bought 'estimated onomastic data' tagged onto data of millions of Brit voters
12 Nov 2020 15:30 | 43
Personal Tech
Facebook's anti-trademark bot torpedoes .org website that just so happened to criticize Zuck's sucky ethics board
What are the chances?
09 Oct 2020 00:24 | 44
Legal
UK.gov to propose new rules for online political campaigns after last election marred by an avalanche of fake news
Voters need to know who they are being targeted by, says MP
12 Aug 2020 08:30 | 84
Science
Fancy some fishy-chips? Just order one of these sensors: Research shines light on suspect component sources
Counterfeit and repurposed semiconductors still a problem
14 Jul 2020 09:27 | 28
OSes
Linus Torvalds banishes masters, slaves and blacklists from the Linux kernel, starting now
As a colossal commit count crashes into Linux 5.8-rc5
13 Jul 2020 00:43 | 272
Personal Tech
The incumbent President of the United States of America ran now-banned Facebook ads loaded with Nazi references
We wanted flying cars and space travel for 2020 but instead we got re-runs of fascist propaganda
18 Jun 2020 20:29 | 156
Software
Developers renew push to get rid of objectionable code terms to make 'the world a tiny bit more welcoming'
'Blacklist' and 'master' keep getting removed from source code
08 Jun 2020 21:40 | 235
Bootnotes
As Brit cyber-spies drop 'whitelist' and 'blacklist', tech boss says: If you’re thinking about getting in touch saying this is political correctness gone mad, don’t bother
Whitehat and blackhat next?
02 May 2020 09:03 | 262
Personal Tech
Google says no more shady anonymous web ads – if you want your billboard up, you've got to show us some valid ID
Um, it wasn't doing this already? That explains a lot
23 Apr 2020 20:14 | 29
Bootnotes
Oracle staff say Larry Ellison's fundraiser for Trump is against 'company ethics' – Oracle, ethics... what dimension have we fallen into?
Ah, bless
15 Feb 2020 01:06 | 116
Bootnotes
Oh this 2019 timeline. Finish this sentence: Austrian politico accused of spending €3,000 a month on ...
Nobody at The Reg guessed (alleged) Clash of Clans microtransactions
23 Dec 2019 16:15 | 26
Personal Tech
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
23 Nov 2019 01:57 | 66
Software
Just take a look at the carnage on Notepad++'s GitHub: 'Free Uyghur' release sparks spam tsunami by pro-Chinese
How to make friends and influence people, 2019 Edition
31 Oct 2019 01:40 | 106
Devops
GitLab reset --hard bad1dea: Biz U-turns, unbans office political chat, will vet customers
There's a line somewhere and we may just draw it, says code-hosting biz
17 Oct 2019 20:36 | 49
Software
Female-free speaker list causes PHP show to collapse when diversity-oriented devs jump ship
Presenters withdraw from the PHP Central Europe conference, show organizers call it quits
27 Aug 2019 07:01 | 209
Bootnotes
It's official. You can get FUCT, US Supremes tell scandalized bureaucrats in rude trademark spat
Top court undoes snub for provocatively named clothing brand
24 Jun 2019 20:50 | 54
Analysis
No Huawei out: Prez Trump's game of chicken with China has serious consequences
No cybersecurity rules means networks are destined to be balkanized
23 May 2019 01:52 | 239
Analysis
Wednesday: Facebook sparks another privacy brouhaha. Thursday: Facebook axes Iranian disinfo bods. Fancy that!
Never mind these scandals, says social media giant. We're the good guys!
01 Feb 2019 00:03 | 14
Legal
Europe taps Facebook, Google, Twitter on the shoulder. So about those promises to stamp out lies, bots, dodgy ads?
Internet giants hand in their homework – here's a summary
30 Jan 2019 06:46 | 22
Analysis
Bipartisan Kumbaya: President Trump turns Obama's open govt data policy into law
Evidence-based policy? What a novel idea...
16 Jan 2019 02:58 | 18
Analysis
Facebook's CEO on his latest almighty Zuck-up: OK, we did try to smear critics, but I was too out-of-the-loop to know
Mark promises independent oversight and AI as Sheryl leans far, far away
15 Nov 2018 22:25 | 45
Databases
Watchdog slams political data slurpers' 'disturbing disregard' for voters' privacy
ICO's second report into data analytics in campaigning lands with a thud
07 Nov 2018 12:56 | 8
Personal Tech
Facebook quietly admits role in Myanmar killing fields – but fret not, it will do better next time
Social networks played key role in genocide says UN, Amnesty
06 Nov 2018 21:32 | 25
Bootnotes
'He must be stopped': Missouri candidate's children tell voters he's basically an asshat
Kids can be so cruel when you're a racist homophobe
01 Nov 2018 17:02 | 120
Legal
Euro eggheads call it: Facebook political ads do change voters' minds – and they worked rather well for Trump in 2016
'Brexit and the election of Donald might be largely due to the use of data analytics'
24 Oct 2018 07:04 | 83
Software
Python joins movement to dump 'offensive' master, slave terms
Programming language bites its tongue to be more inclusive
11 Sep 2018 21:24 | 286
SaaS
AI biz borks US election spending data by using underpaid Amazon Mechanical Turks
Senate disclosure forms rife with errors from 'hi-tech' outfit
08 Sep 2018 00:38 | 32
Legal
Google skewered in ad sting after Oracle-backed bods turn troll
Search giant complains of misrepresentation, database titan raises an eyebrow
05 Sep 2018 06:01 | 32
Legal
Amnesty slaps Google amid crippled censored China search claims
Chocolate Factory kowtows to Middle Kingdom mandarins, according to leaked info
01 Aug 2018 20:29 | 45
Personal Tech
Make Facebook, Twitter, Google et al liable for daft garbage netizens post online – US Senator
Yes, let's try to force the social media genie back in the bottle
30 Jul 2018 21:11 | 39
Personal Tech
Facebook's Trending news box follows fired freelancers out the door
Banishment comes after bias investigation that found nothing
01 Jun 2018 19:22 | 16
Personal Tech
New Facebook political ad rules: Now you must prove your ID before undermining democracy
The horse is a speck on the horizon – but at least the barn door now has a bolt on it
24 May 2018 19:47 | 24
Legal
Facebook, Google and pals may be hit with TV political ads rules
Election security is national security, says senator as US law shakeup proposed
19 Oct 2017 20:02 | 24
Events
Power: The ultimate web-based commodity
Reg Lecture reveals what it is, where to find it
19 Oct 2017 13:32 | 1
Analysis
US Secretary of State: Я буду работать с Россией по вопросам кибербезопасности
Pish, hackers, smackers, says Rex Tillerson
23 Jun 2017 21:08 | 25
Reg Lectures
Reg Radicals lecture encompasses far right, libertarians, and mushrooms...
Let’s leave the polyamorists out of this for now
21 Jun 2017 11:17 | 6
Legal
Oxford profs tell Twitter, Facebook to take action against political bots
It's just the future of democracy at stake, no biggie
20 Jun 2017 12:55 | 43
On-Prem
RightNow founder turned politician gets assault charge after 'bodyslamming' reporter
Greg Gianforte loses it on election eve
25 May 2017 07:32 | 48
Analysis
Facebook decides fake news isn't crazy after all. It's now a real problem
Once dismissed by Zuck, misinformation now merits revised security strategy
27 Apr 2017 20:12 | 25
Legal
BDSM sex rocks Drupal world: Top dev banished for sci-fi hanky-panky
Gor blimey, guvnor!
29 Mar 2017 18:38 | 127
Legal
GCHQ dismisses Trump wiretap rumours as tosh
Judge Shred
17 Mar 2017 10:54 | 117
Security
NSA hacking chief's mission impossible: Advising White House on cybersecurity
Rob Joyce is heading to US National Security Council
15 Mar 2017 18:48 | 10
Feature
Cyber-spying, leaking to meddle in foreign politics is the New Normal
Ah, kids today! Nope, nope, this is governments we're talking about
01 Feb 2017 09:03 | 47
Legal
This bot shorts stocks when Trump tweets (don't fret, the profit is used for good)
Software exploits presidential tantrums aimed at big biz
30 Jan 2017 19:18 | 19
Security
Trump inauguration DDoS protest is 'illegal', warn securobods
Whitehouse.gov down?
19 Jan 2017 12:06 | 75
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