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Another attempt at a Big Brand Killer: Oppo daddy BBK hits global smartphone market with Vivo X50 series
Chinese giant slips out superslim - 7.49mm - flagship and pals
01 Jun 16:46 | 1
REvil ransomware gang publishes 'Elexon staff's passports' after UK electrical middleman shrugs off attack
Cybercrooks take revenge after planned heist failed
01 Jun 15:59 | 2
Privacy activists prep legal challenge against UK plan to keep coronavirus contact-tracing data for two decades
It's too long a retention period, say digital rights campaigners
01 Jun 15:16 | 11
AppGet 'really helped us,' Microsoft says, but offers no apology to dev for killing open-source package manager
Windows bod acknowledges project's influence on WinGet
01 Jun 14:13 | 4
Nice wallpaper you've got there. It would be a shame if it bricked your phone
But that's exactly what will happen if you decorate Androids with pretty mountain scene
01 Jun 13:30 | 17
Not the Wright stuff: Bitcoin 'inventor' loses bid to sue YouTuber who called him a liar
Too bad, Craig. Now, about those court costs?
01 Jun 12:54 | 16
Beware, space Chuck Norris inside: Wacky flight rules for Chris Cassidy's first mission unearthed as Navy SEAL greets Dragon crew
RoundupAlso: Rocket Lab reschedules, ESA probe eats comet exhaust, China shares space station plans
01 Jun 12:14 | 7
Black horse down: UK banking giant Lloyds suffers an online wobble
UpdatedFirst financial TITSUP* of June goes to...
01 Jun 11:42 | 18
After all the excitement of Windows 10 2004, Insider builds go back to square one
RoundupAlso: Multi-window Teams, Skype does the Blankety Blank dance, and more
01 Jun 11:20 | 5
Building society caught in middle of high street sharing a little too much on TeamViewer
Bork!Bork!Bork!You say fintech, they say findom, let's call the whole thing BOFH
01 Jun 10:43 | 7
Home Office waves a cool £1bn to outsource handling of British visa, citizenship applications
Here's hoping the winner does a better job than Sopra Steria
01 Jun 10:00 | 21
UK.gov dangles £400k over makers of IoT Things: Go on, let's see how you'd make a security cert scheme
And if you win, we'll make it into a kitemark
01 Jun 09:16 | 9
75 million smartphone sales up in smoke in Q1: Let's drill down into which brands took the most pain
There are perks to starting out as online-only, says Gartner
01 Jun 08:31 | 12
SpaceX Crew Dragon docks at International Space Station
Even the aircon worked in the Muskmobile
01 Jun 07:42 | 35
Bite me? It's 'byte', and that acronym is Binary Interface Transfer Code Handler
Who, Me?Beware the forgotten bit of test text lurking in the application
01 Jun 07:15 | 47
Microsoft and VMware end ancient grudge with new VM privilege workaround
Workstation has one job: running VMs. And now it can do it on Windows with Hyper-V enabled
01 Jun 07:02 | 3
80-characters-per-line limits should be terminal, says Linux kernel chief Linus Torvalds
As he gives us version 5.7 with support for Apple power tech and better exFAT
01 Jun 06:28 | 89
The inevitable coronavirus-inspired cyber-attacks are stepping up. Are you ready?
WebcastThey’re not very sophisticated, but they’re working: Watch and learn how to fight back
01 Jun 06:00 |
Thought GPT-2 was powerful? OpenAI teases GPT-3. Meanwhile, Microsoft dumps human journos for robots
RoundupPlus: Amazon mulls snapping up self-driving startup
01 Jun 05:33 | 4
Singapore to accelerate digitalisation of COVID-kicked economy
New agency will hustle small retailers onto digital payments and teach seniors how to Internet
01 Jun 02:02 | 1
Australia to refund $720m in 'debts' determined by dodgy algorithm
May well have been killer algorithm, too
01 Jun 00:32 | 22
Cisco hacked: Six backend servers used by customer VIRL-PE deployments compromised via SaltStack
RoundupPlus other news from infosec land this week
31 May 09:32 | 6
They've only gone and bloody done it! NASA, SpaceX send two fellas off to the International Space Station
VideoBob and Doug are first humans launched into orbit by Elon's Muskteers
30 May 20:06 | 78
Watch SpaceX's Starship SN4 prototype accidentally self-destruct in a rocket test burn
VideoThere's a starship waiting for the sky, he'd like to come meet us, but he thinks he'd blow our minds
30 May 00:44 | 33
Remember when Republicans said Dems hacked voting systems to rig Georgia's election? There were no hacks
'No evidence of damage to network or computers, no evidence of theft, damage, or loss of data'
29 May 23:32 | 87
Twitter, Reddit and pals super unhappy US visa hopefuls have to declare their online handles to Uncle Sam
Land Of The Free to List All The Websites You Use
29 May 22:24 | 46
Western Digital shingled out in lawsuit for allegedly sneaking RAID-unfriendly tech into drives for RAID arrays
Probing by El Reg's Chris Mellor highlighted in class-action complaint
29 May 21:22 | 61
The top three myths of cloud data protection – busted
WebcastSaaS is no replacement for disaster recovery as we're about to find out next month
29 May 17:00 |
High-level musical chairs continue at SAP as yet another senior exec departs
Chief beancounter for cloud quits for pastures new
29 May 15:45 | 2
Nokia's reboot of the 5310 is a blissfully dumb phone that will lug some mp3s about just fine
No Wi-Fi, no newsfeeds – just you, 2G, and your awful music taste
29 May 15:00 | 40
Guess who came thiiis close to signing off a €102k annual budget? Austria. Someone omitted 'figures in millions'
'In Ihrem Budget fehlen sechs Nullen' warned MP
29 May 14:15 | 48
HP's hoping it'll be second time lucky with launch of Reverb G2 nerd goggles
'Keeping all of the best elements from the G1'... and none of the bad, please
29 May 13:30 | 8
Visual Studio Code finally arrives on ARM64 Windows. No, you haven't woken up in 2017, sadly. It's still 2020
Now you can program like a native with your £899 Surface Pro X – keyboard not included
29 May 12:45 | 12
VirtuaVerse: Cyberpunk point-and-click throwback with ace chiptune soundtrack put out by... a metal record label?
The RPGThe Reg speaks to Blood Music about its retrofuturistic love letter to the adventure game golden age
29 May 12:00 | 11
This'll make you feel old: Uni compsci favourite Pascal hits the big five-oh this year
Spawn of ALGOL turns middle-aged
29 May 11:20 | 111
Great news. Patch load drops 20% for the first time in 10 years. Bad news: Well, you've heard about coronavirus?
Fix the crits, sort out the rest later
29 May 10:45 | 10
Why it is crucial for banks to update their content management strategies
SponsoredCollaboration, speed, customer satisfaction, surviving and thriving
29 May 10:00 |
Software bug in Bombardier airliner made planes turn the wrong way
Cold weather missed approaches went left instead of right - and vice versa
29 May 09:23 | 102
Did nobody tell them about the lockdown? Logitech releases new 'luggable' mechanical keyboard for LAN parties
Wireless kit has 40 hours' battery life, but turn off the RGB fripperies and you might get 135 days
29 May 08:15 | 27
Wipro names new CEO: Former Capgemini COO Thierry Delaporte
Indian giant's center of power moves from Texas to Paris
29 May 07:41 | 8
So you really didn't touch the settings at all, huh? Well, this print-out from my secret backup says otherwise
On CallCultures clash when a combustion turbine goes K-pop
29 May 07:15 | 164
VMware virtually untouched by virus, impact of private Keith Urban concert for customers uncertain
Beats the guidance it didn’t think would survive the pandemic
29 May 06:56 |
AR flop Magic Leap's 'pivot' spins CEO right off his throne
'Natural step' to find new leader after current one burned billions for no appreciable return
29 May 06:32 | 19
It's not every day the NSA publicly warns of attacks by Kremlin hackers – so take this critical Exim flaw seriously
GRU crew actively exploit hole – but you patched it months ago, right?
29 May 06:08 | 10
After 30 years of searching, astroboffins finally detect the universe's 'missing matter' – using fast radio bursts
'We couldn't find half of what should be there. It was a bit of an embarrassment'
29 May 05:05 | 90
Dell says the hard part comes next after rapid pandemic response helped it to stable Q1 revenue
Predicts demand to drop off as component prices rise, no hint of layoff plans
29 May 04:01 | 3
China's Tencent to order ONE MILLION SERVERS as part of $70bn digital infrastructure splurge
Buying all the buzzwords: AI, 5G and Blockchain implementations promised
29 May 02:16 | 11
NTT warns its Singapore cloud was hacked, Japanese customer data compromised
Early May attack hit 600-plus hosting and cloud customers
29 May 01:36 |
Trump issues toothless exec order to show donors, fans he's doing something about those Twitter twerps
AnalysisAmid political theater, Section 230 protection loss dangled
29 May 00:26 | 210
Clearview AI sued by ACLU for scraping billions of selfies from social media to power its facial-recog-for-cops system
Startup says it's covered by the First Ammendment, ta very much
28 May 22:56 | 17
Paying Arizona: Google sued by state for location data revenues after tracking state's citizens via mobiles
Chocolate Factory insists its practices have been mischaracterized
28 May 21:50 | 7
Got $50k spare? Then you can crack SHA-1 – so OpenSSH is deprecating flawed hashing algo in a 'near-future release'
UpdatedThe price will only go down
28 May 21:03 | 26
Surprise! That £339 world's first 'anti-5G' protection device is just a £5 USB drive with a nice sticker on it
Colour us shocked
28 May 20:08 | 212
Linux-loving Windows 10 May 2020 Update squeaks in with days to spare before June
Scampering through spring fields, or a cautious dribble seeping under the bathroom door?
28 May 19:15 | 15
Cybercrooks tend to prefer Google-branded phishing to Microsoft-flavoured lures
So says Barracuda Networks, anyway
28 May 18:59 | 2
How fit is your storage to deliver with speed and resilience?
Reader surveyHave your say – we want to hear your insights and experiences
28 May 17:30 |
You're not getting Huawei that easily: Canadian judge rules CFO's extradition proceedings to US can continue
Sorry, fraud is a crime in both our countries
28 May 17:02 | 31
Raspberry Pi Foundation serves up an 8GB slice of mini-computing goodness
UpdatedDouble the RAM but not double the price
28 May 16:29 | 40
You, Apple Mac fan. Put down the homemade oat-milk latte, you need to patch a load of security bugs, too
Patch Thursday is for you, Patch Tuesday is for everyone else
28 May 15:45 | 6
Workday chops up to $85m off subscription forecast for fiscal 2021 in response to pandemic
Thows arms around Salesforce and Microsoft in cloudy cuddle
28 May 15:00 |
Laughing UK health secretary launches COVID-19 Test and Trace programme with glitchy website and no phone app
Hilarious
28 May 14:20 | 100
Embrace and kill? AppGet dev claims Microsoft reeled him in with talk of help and a job – then released remarkably similar package manager
Updated'We appreciated your input and insights'
28 May 13:43 | 59
Pablo Escobar's big bro and former accountant sues Apple for $2.6bn over FaceTime bug
The vulnerability allegedly leaked his location, making him a target for hitmen
28 May 13:00 | 35
EU General Court tears up ban on Three slurping O2. Good thing the latter's not set to merge with Virgin Media, eh?
Oh wait
28 May 12:16 | 18
In Rust, we lust: Security-focused super-C++ language still most loved among Stack Overflow denizens
Trendy systems programming lingo tops poll fifth year on the trot
28 May 11:40 | 31
Great success! Finance app was able to inform user that their action was unsuccessful
Bork!Bork!Bork!Not just a bunch of complete bankers
28 May 11:10 | 12
Broadcom sends its England-based staff back into office as UK lockdown eases – though Welsh workers get a free pass
'Split-shift model' to safely help 'critical infrastructure workforce' do its thing
28 May 10:25 | 26
IBM Sametime could rise again as HCL makes shortlist for India's home-grown Zoom clone
A dozen daring firms will duke it out for the right to get India talking and take on the world!
28 May 09:40 | 6
Ardour goes harder: v6.0 brings 'huge engineering changes' to open-source digital audio workstation
Dev sticks with elderly GTK+2 GUI toolkit because 'we would gain nothing' by upgrading
28 May 08:59 | 34
Boeing brings back the 737 Max but also lays off thousands
And still no sign of safe software or approval to fly
28 May 08:17 | 116
The time of annealing has come upon us, says Nutanix after beating revenue guidance
Losses deepened, optimism increased
28 May 07:29 | 1
FYI: There are thousands of Chrome extensions with so, so many fake installations to trick you into using them
Unethical developers drum up bogus user counts to gain trust
28 May 06:56 | 14
Why zero trust security needs strong hardware foundations
SponsoredIntel vPro platform provides hardware level of trust
28 May 06:00 |
Switzerland 'first' country to roll out contact-tracing app using Apple-Google APIs to track coronavirus spread
Launch comes ahead of UK rolling out its controversial version
28 May 05:02 | 49
Vietnam accelerates – dare we say it? – digital transformation for a fourth industrial revolution
Prime Minister gives e-cash and e-government a hurry-up as Apple tunes in to its manufacturing smarts
28 May 03:58 | 6
Made-up murder claims, threats to kill Twitter, rants about NSA spying – anything but mention 100,000 US virus deaths, right, Mr President?
OpinionTrump's throwing everything at the social wall to see what will stick
28 May 03:05 | 194
Before IBM started axing staff, it told them Q3 2020 would be super-busy with post-lockdown catch-up jobs
Workers told to take five days of compulsory leave ‘so we can better care for each other’
28 May 02:02 | 25
HP Ink sales are in the red: Total revenue down 11 per cent as CEO says coronavirus knackered supply chain
Demand high, components MIA
28 May 01:33 | 11
Turns out Elon can't control the weather – what a scrub: Rain, clouds delay historic manned SpaceX-NASA launch
Lightning strike threat postpones lift-off to Saturday
27 May 22:23 | 51
Apple promises third, no, fourth, er, fifth time's a charm when it comes to macOS Catalina: 10.15.5 now out
Just don't expect a full battery
27 May 21:04 | 38
Gone in 9 seconds: Virgin Orbit's maiden rocket flight went perfectly until it didn't
'Something malfunctioned' as timer was about to hit double digits
27 May 19:06 | 44
26 million logins believed to be stolen from LiveJournal in 2017 pop up on hacker forum
Best change any recycled credentials from your blogging days
27 May 18:30 | 3
Watch live: Backup and restore on AWS can be a challenge – is there a way to make it better, faster, cheaper?
WebcastYou’ve come to the right place: We’re running a webcast to show you how
27 May 18:00 |
Motorola sticks a suit on Moto G Stylus mobe, pushes it towards European corporate types
Same specs, but now it's a Pro
27 May 17:38 | 2
Photostopped: Adobe Cloud evaporates in mass outage. Hope none of you are on a deadline, eh?
More than dozen services down, customers left unable to work
27 May 17:19 | 64
5G mast set aflame in leafy Liverpool district, half an hour's walk from Penny Lane
You know sick people call ambulances using mobile phones, right?
27 May 16:41 | 62
Google brews up a fresh pot of Java for its serverless Cloud Functions service
UpdatedStill on Java 8? You'll need to upgrade to 11 to use it
27 May 15:55 | 3
Not going Huawei just yet: UK ministers reportedly rethinking pledge to kick Chinese firm out of telco networks by 2023
UpdatedReality intrudes into politics and tech once again
27 May 15:25 | 49
Highways England waves around £62m contract for National Traffic Information Service after brief chat with vendors
UpdatedIf you're anything like us, you dream of reorganising your country's highways. This is a new system they want to tighten up data streams, but still
27 May 14:06 | 25
Surf's up: Microsoft emits new security baseline for Edge 83 with way to shut off access to built-in browser game
How may I secure thee, let me count the ways...
27 May 13:43 | 3
Nope, still can't find them. Skullcandy slips Tile's gadget-tracking hardware into individual earbuds
Although perhaps your lockdown digs are tidier than ours
27 May 12:37 | 6
cmd.exe is dead, long live PowerShell: Microsoft leads aged command-line interpreter out into 'maintenance mode'
'It should not be used for interactive shell work' – Windows Terminal chief
27 May 11:51 | 81
Oh cool, tech service prices are plummeting. And by tech services, we mean botnet rentals and stolen credit cards
Supply and demand in action
27 May 11:02 | 2
Rich Communication Services: Nobody uses it, nobody wants it, but analysts reckon it's on the verge of a breakthrough
AnalysisA viable alternative to the platforms with billions of active users between them? There's still work to be done
27 May 10:04 | 28
IBM resurrects Netezza data warehousing kit in the cloud, which will delight clients midway through migrating
Surprise!
27 May 09:07 | 3
Twitter ticks off Trump with new 'Get the facts' alert on pair of fact-challenged tweets
UpdatedTweeter-in-chief responds by alleging bias and electoral skulduggery
27 May 08:31 | 120
While waiting for the Linux train, Bork pays a visit to Geordieland with Windows 10
Bork!Bork!Bork!Behold, the three error dialogs of the borkpocalypse
27 May 08:05 | 27
Uber plans to ride out of stable Singapore, move APAC HQ to high-tension Hong Kong
Ride-sharing monster doesn't operate in current home, is illegal in special administrative region
27 May 07:44 | 8
Microsoft blocks Trend Micro code at center of driver 'cheatware' storm from Windows 10, rootkit detector product pulled from site
UpdatedTwist in drivergate scandal
27 May 07:14 | 44
China to test digital version of its currency at 2022 Winter Olympics
Peer-to-peer currency exchange without an institution in the middle but with 'controllable anonymity' for central bank
27 May 06:28 | 14
Work unleashed: How to work smoothly and securely, wherever you are
PromoYou're working at home, but who’s got the remote control?
27 May 06:00 |
Mulled Chrome API shines light on long-neglected privacy gap: Sites can snoop on your find-in-page searches
UpdatedNaughty JS can watch you hit control+F, start typing, see what's on your mind
27 May 05:04 | 17
IBM's sacking spree reaches Australia – and as staff wait to exit, they're offered AU$4k to find new workers
Axed employees given chance to write almost-certainly futile letters to defend their jobs after the pink slip arrives
27 May 04:17 | 36
India said its coronavirus contact-tracing app is perfect... adds bug bounty and open-sources it anyway
As the legalese changes to extend data retention period
27 May 02:59 | 1
US cable subscribers are still being 'ripped off' by creeping price increases – and this lot has had enough
AnalysisLawsuit claims Charter's 'fixed' monthly fees are anything but
27 May 02:22 | 37
Frontier: Yes, yes, we've filed for bankruptcy protection, but that's not stopping us giving key staff $38m in bonuses
Judge tells US ISP: OK, seems fair
27 May 00:51 | 28
US lawmakers get a second shot at forcing FBI agents to obtain a warrant before they leaf through web histories
Bi-partisan amendment aims to take away easy access to your online life
26 May 23:25 | 15
You E-diot! Formula E driver booted off Audi team after getting video game ace to take his place in online race
Daniel Abt's career stalls after he struggled to shift from physical to virtual courses mid-pandemic
26 May 21:48 | 22
If someone could stop hackers pwning medical systems right now, that would be cool, say Red Cross and friends
The rules of war that protect hospitals should extend into cyberspace
26 May 19:51 | 29
Consumer hardware shipments forecast to drop 14% for 2020, but hey, it could be worse, says Gartner
Thank heavens everyone had to start working from home, right?
26 May 18:26 | 4
'I wrote Task Manager': Ex-Microsoft programmer Dave Plummer spills the beans
'There should be nothing that TaskMgr can't kill' – sadly no longer the case
26 May 17:29 | 106
Airline-chasing lawyers leap on Easyjet for £18bn after 9m folks' data, itineraries nicked
No win, no fee. But if they win it's an up to £5.4bn fee
26 May 16:22 | 17
The Last J-Freighter: HTV-9 arrives at the ISS as ESA inks a deal for a third Moon-bound service module
RoundupMeanwhile: the UK government is going to clear everything up. Or at least keep an eye on it
26 May 15:33 | 10
Unmanned drones to slash NHS delivery times to one-fifth of road 'n' rail transport
Scottish trial will courier PPE and COVID-19 tests to remote hospital
26 May 14:41 | 31
HTC co-founder Peter Chou's new startup picks great time to tease super-social VR headset
But you'll have to convince your mates to part with $599 for 5G-enabled Mova
26 May 13:52 | 1
Arm goes off road... map: 5nm Cortex-X1 touted for phone, tablet, laptop processors needing Apple-level oomph
Meanwhile, A78, Mali-G78 and Ethos-N78 announced, too
26 May 13:00 | 3
eBay users spot the online auction house port-scanning their PCs. Um... is that OK?
UpdatedFraud is a big issue for etailer, but there are privacy and consent concerns too
26 May 12:39 | 99
Man responsible for least popular iteration of Windows UI uses iPad Pro as a desktop*
UpdatedPlus: Getting over the Build hangover with new Windows 10 preview, UK Azure services, and more
26 May 11:47 | 47
Galaxy S20 security is already old hat as Samsung launches new safety silicon
Passport-grade chippery to help mobile devices prove their identity
26 May 10:32 | 15
Live analytics without vendor lock-in? It's more likely than you think, says Redis Labs
'AI serving platform' runs in database but isn't tied to specific cloud service
26 May 09:45 | 2
Microsoft brings WinUI to desktop apps: It's a landmark for Windows development, but it has taken far too long
Hands OnThe look and feel of UWP without all the baggage
26 May 09:00 | 56
TCL 10L: Remember the white goods flinger that had a licence to make BlackBerrys? It made a new own-name phone
ReviewLow-profile Chinese firm decides mobile marketing, brand stuff can't be that hard
26 May 08:15 | 10
China's clouds have hyperscale parents and global ambition – but are they contenders for your apps?
Yes, especially for consumer-facing workloads. But don't expect a comfortable ride
26 May 07:30 |
So how are your remote working tools shaping up?
CommentBreaking free from the office – without breaking the office
26 May 07:15 | 2
Coronavirus masks are thwarting facial recognition systems. So, of course, people are building training sets from your lockdown-wear selfies
RoundupPlus: A peek inside Nvidia's Ampere architecture, and more
26 May 07:02 | 29
Contact-tracing app may become a permanent fixture in major Chinese city
Hangzhou wants a 'health and immunity firewall'
26 May 06:02 | 14
VMware reduces hardware footprint of its shiny new K8s-on-vSphere toys
Seven hosts might have been asking a bit much for early footling
26 May 02:02 |
