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8 years ago another billionaire ploughed millions into space to harvest solar power and beam it back down to Earth

Caltech received $100m for the project and is only just telling us now

05 Aug 11:33 | 7

84-year-old fined €250,000 for keeping Nazi war machines – including tank – in basement

Spared prison but must give Panther and AA gun to collector or museum

04 Aug 11:27 | 235

Sueball over breach of more than 5 million payment cards at Dixons Carphone hit for six

Last claim standing relegated to the County Court after judge's ruling

04 Aug 10:30 | 9

China tightens distributor cap after local outfits hoard automotive silicon then charge silly prices

State Administration of Market Supervision warns it's going after collusion to cash in on shortages

04 Aug 06:58 | 17

US SEC chair calls for crypto regulation

Says digi-bucks are 'rife with fraud, scams, and abuse' that have created a 'Wild West' of speculation and naughtiness

04 Aug 06:01 | 30

Chinese state media describes gaming as 'spiritual opium' that stunts education and destroys families

Tencent shares dive and company restricts hours of play

04 Aug 03:58 | 75

International Space Station actually spun one-and-a-half times by errant Russian module's thrusters

540 degrees total, not just 45, NASA tells El Reg

03 Aug 22:09 | 53

Amazon sets the date for televised return to Middle Earth: September 2022

Big tech gets busy in New Zealand as LoTR TV show wraps filming the same day Google opens Auckland office

03 Aug 08:05 | 31

Tesla battery fire finally flamed out after four-day conflagration

Only one Megapack went up, adjacent containers mostly kept their cool

03 Aug 07:45 | 120

US govt calmly but firmly tells Blue Origin it already has a ride to the Moon's surface with SpaceX, thanks

Hit us up next time you're free, though

02 Aug 22:40 | 36

Contractors argue umbrella companies need improved regulation, not outright ban

Trades Union Congress proposals miss the point, say campaigners

30 Jul 13:01 | 12

On this most auspicious of days, we ask: How many sysadmins does it take to change a lightbulb?

Protip: Don't treat the IT department like this if you value your life

30 Jul 12:15 | 62

What to do with our leftover Saturn V Lego? Why, build another rocket, of course

This time the Saturn 1B

30 Jul 10:01 | 13

Something for the Weekend, Sir?

You MUST present your official ID (but only the one that's really easy to fake)

I can show you my Three Widths swimming certificate if it helps

30 Jul 09:15 | 102

BOFH: They say you either love it or you hate it. We can confirm you're going to hate it

So what you're saying is you updated the new machines from the network – the infected network

30 Jul 08:30 | 105

Giant Tesla battery providing explosion in renewable energy – not as intended

Toxic smoke from fire forces Australian residents indoors just two days after COVID lockdown lifted

30 Jul 04:47 | 100

International Space Station stabilizes after just-docked Russian module suddenly fires thrusters

Crew not in danger, NASA insists

30 Jul 00:44 | 50

Bill for HMS Vanity Gin Palace swells by £50m in two months

That's 0.25 DUPs!

29 Jul 18:04 | 31

Have you turned it off and on again? Russia's Nauka module just about makes it to the ISS

Elderly lab negotiates tricky docking

29 Jul 16:46 | 35

NFT or not to NFT: Steve Jobs' first job application auction shows physically unique beats cryptographically unique

Great, maybe the trend can FOAD now

29 Jul 13:01 | 26

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Russia tells UN it wants vast expansion of cybercrime offenses, plus network backdoors, online censorship

And said entirely with a straight face, too

Microsoft suspends free trials for Windows 365 after a day due to 'significant demand'

Potential customers or freeloaders to blame? Also: Everything coming up Dutch for one UK user

84-year-old fined €250,000 for keeping Nazi war machines – including tank – in basement

Spared prison but must give Panther and AA gun to collector or museum

Customers warn Gartner of AWS's high-pressure sales tactics in latest verdict on public cloud providers

Top three no surprise but users offer some sharp comments

Google: Linux kernel and its toolchains are underinvested by at least 100 engineers

Security not good enough, claims Chocolate Factory engineer

International Space Station actually spun one-and-a-half times by errant Russian module's thrusters

540 degrees total, not just 45, NASA tells El Reg

Don't rush to adopt QUIC – it's a slog to make it faster than TCP

Boffins say their real-world tests show developers can make more of a difference than switching transport protocols

Stack Overflow survey: Microsoft IDEs dominate, GCP and Azure battle behind AWS

Most-used language? JavaScript, of course – though for a big salary, try Clojure

WireGuard VPN gets native port to the Windows kernel

'This project is a big deal to me' says protocol's creator

Microsoft to require proof of vaccination from on-site staff, pushes back full reopening

Unless your doctor or god says you can't have the jab

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Hard drives at Autonomy offices were destroyed the same month CEO Lynch quit, extradition trial was told

Court finally hands down written ruling – and it's very bad news for UK exec

29 Jul 10:01 | 55

Beige pencil stockists on high alert as 'Colouring Book of Retro Computers' hits the crowdfunding circuit

YouTuber's project already well past its goal

29 Jul 09:15 | 34

Hungarian tech store closed by World War II bomb

Please shop online instead while it's safely disposed of, says branch of CCTV specialist MASCO

29 Jul 06:01 | 27

Boeing and Rocket Lab hope for the best as both return to launchpad following failures

28 Jul 18:13 | 5

D'oh! Misplaced chair shuts down nuclear plant in Taiwan

Surprisingly a real-life scenario and not a plotline from The Simpsons

28 Jul 13:01 | 64

The UK is running on empty when it comes to electric vehicle charging points

Infrastructure needs to be increased tenfold before traditional motors banned in 2030, says market study

28 Jul 10:01 | 499

Great reset? More like Fake Reset: Leaders need a reality check if they think their best staff will give up hybrid work

Fortune favours the flexible in the new normal

28 Jul 08:30 | 89

Ecuador shreds Julian Assange's citizenship

Quito Court finds numerous irregularities in naturalization process

28 Jul 06:29 | 56

Remember when Microsoft devs got so excited about Windows 8 features, Twitter thought it was under attack?

Microblogging site turned off its website for Build 2011 attendees

27 Jul 16:45 | 4

UK's National Museum of Computing asks tunesmiths to recreate bleeps, bloops, and parps of retro game music

Competition in celebration of the BBC Micro's 40th anniversary

27 Jul 13:00 | 43

Bork!Bork!Bork!

Steam-powered computers: Retro cool or old and busted?

The silicon is weak, but the iron is strong

27 Jul 10:01 | 29

I've got a broken combine harvester – but the manufacturer won't give me the software key

Right-to-repair activists welcome policy wins with caution

27 Jul 09:15 | 188

Hubble in another first: Water vapor spotted in atmosphere of Jupiter’s Ganymede

We speak to the scientists involved

27 Jul 06:20 | 10

Japan plans remote-controlled robotic space tourism to the ISS and beyond

'Avatars' that roam around space station, or do work with high performance hands, to be controllable from the ground

27 Jul 05:19 | 6

Private cryptocurrencies make lousy national currencies: International Monetary Fund

But the idea of blockchain-powered money is worth government consideration

27 Jul 02:44 | 15

Bezos offers to knock $2bn off his bill to NASA to stay in the running for Moon contract

It's not a bribe when it's a payment waiver

26 Jul 23:55 | 29

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