Bork!Bork!Bork!
Stale and past its best. Are you talking about Windows or the pizza you're waiting for?
A reminder of golden Start Menu days
07 May 12:14 | 8
Offbeat
Something for the Weekend, Sir?
Gone in 60 electrons: Digital art swaggers down the cul-de-sac of obsolescence
No lessons learned from (literally) decades of media format wars
07 May 09:28 | 33
Science
China sprayed space with 3,000 pieces of junk. US military officials want rules to stop that sort of thing
Satellite shootdown test still causing operational and diplomatic hassles after 14 years
07 May 07:01 | 21
Science
IBM says it's built the world's first 2nm semiconductor chips
Coming to a computer near you ... this decade ... maybe
06 May 23:04 | 20
Legal
Day 3 of the Apple vs Epic trial: What actually is an iPhone anyway?
Microsoft Xbox exec called up to explain differences with gaming console
06 May 14:30 | 28
Offbeat
Big dogs get new ride-share service from Singaporean giant Grab
What a time to be alive
06 May 07:55 | 5
Video
The Starship has landed. Latest SpaceX test comes back to Earth without igniting fireballs
There was just a little fire. But not enough to worry anybody
06 May 06:15 | 56
Science
If you're the 1% and have 10 mins to spare this July, bid for a place on first Blue Origin space tourism launch
For everyone else, get back to work and ordering those Amazon Prime deals
06 May 03:48 | 20
Legal
Facebook Oversight Board upholds decision to ban Trump, asks FB to look at own 'potential contribution' to 'narrative of electoral fraud'
Looks like you can safely ignore that friend request... forever
05 May 14:59 | 31
Geek's Guide to Britain
The Wight stuff: Marconi and the island, when working remotely on wireless comms meant something very different
Planning a post-lockdown trip to the isle off England's south coast? Don't miss the interesting bits
05 May 10:03 | 35
Science
Spent Chinese rocket stage set to make an uncontrolled return to Earth
Friends don't drop rocket remnants on friends, m'kay?
04 May 15:53 | 59
Legal
Apple vs Epic Games trial kicks off featuring the same old arguments, hundreds of angry Zoombombing tweens
'Hello? I would please like Fortnite Mobile back...'
04 May 14:03 | 14
Bootnotes
File this next to Mars bars under 'things that should not be deep-fried': Marks & Spencer's Colin the Caterpillar
How was this allowed to happen? Ah right, food delivery app publicity stunt
04 May 12:42 | 38
Science
Not so fast, SpaceX: $3bn NASA Moon landing contract blocked by rivals' gripes
Blue Origin, Dynetics cry foul
04 May 02:38 | 36
Bootnotes
Philanthropist and ex-Microsoft manager Melinda Gates and her husband Bill split after 27 years of marriage
We know the pandemic has been tough on relationships but...
03 May 22:05 | 111
Science
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter cleared for further, farther, flying after landing on 117-second fourth flight
Vehicle to enter 'operations demonstration phase'. Meanwhile SpaceX’s first crew return mission also sticks the landing
03 May 11:16 | 34
Legal
China cracks down on ‘excessive’ user data harvesting, gives 33 apps ten days to clean up their acts
Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu among those in strife
03 May 01:15 | 19
The RPG
Octopath Traveler: Love letter to JRPG golden age has great combat but retro graphics highlight the genre's tedium
You sure have to press 'A' a lot
01 May 07:48 | 7
Legal
UK watchdog would cease to enforce data protection law if Supreme Court sided with Google, its lawyer tells judges
Plus: Anti-Chocolate Factory campaign says it'll collect all the class-action damages, thank you
30 Apr 15:55 | 32
Job Alert
Looking for a new IT job? This week's list includes roles ranging from infosec analyst to working on embedded software for set-top boxes
Send jobs in - based anywhere in the world - and we'll publish them for free
30 Apr 13:35 |
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Graphic images
Crane horror Reg reader uses his severed finger to unlock Samsung Galaxy phone
On the other hand he was fine
Security
21 nails in Exim mail server: Vulnerabilities enable 'full remote unauthenticated code execution', millions of boxes at risk
Nearly 4 million to be exact, say researchers
Software
Basecamp CEO issues apology after 'no political discussions at work' edict blows up in his face
30% of employees reportedly walked out following sudden rule change
Software
Visual Basic 6 returns: You've been a good developer all year. You have social distanced, you have helped your mom. Here's your reward
(Almost) Why? Kickstarter and nostalgia of those who have forgotten the pain
Personal Tech
Signal banned for booking obviously targeted ads? That story's too good to be true, Facebook claims
Antisocial giant dismisses chat app rival's 'stunt' in escalating war of words
Black Hat Asia
JET engine flaws can crash Microsoft's IIS, SQL Server, say Palo Alto researchers
Trio claim database queries can lead to remote code execution
Security
Chrome on Windows turns on Intel, AMD chip-level defenses against malicious websites
Terms and conditions apply
Software
The quest for faster Python: Pyston returns to open source, Facebook releases Cinder, or should devs just use PyPy?
Official CPython is slow, but there are many ways to get better performance
Video
The Starship has landed. Latest SpaceX test comes back to Earth without igniting fireballs
There was just a little fire. But not enough to worry anybody
Off-Prem
AWS to cut Python 2.7 off at the knees in July with 'minor version update' for Chalice
Seriously, it's time to move on
STORIES
Science
Former Senator and one-time astronaut Bill Nelson named as NASA's new administrator
Confirmation happened at pace. Shame the same can't be said for Artemis
30 Apr 12:50 | 15
Legal
SAP to pay $8m in non-prosecution agreement with US authorities over Iran sanction violations
'We accept full responsibility for past conduct,' says German software giant
30 Apr 12:05 | 7
Bork!Bork!Bork!
Börk returns to its spiritual home of Sweden as duff disks take down Stockholm signage
Think we already made a Stockholm syndrome joke the other day so...
30 Apr 09:50 | 9
Science
Known software issue grounds Ingenuity Mars copter as it attempted fourth flight
NASA chose not to re-install OS and live with a 15 percent failure rate
30 Apr 08:15 | 55
Science
China launches first module of new, crewed, Tiangong-3 space station
Expected to host three astronauts for a decade, starting in 2022
29 Apr 07:26 | 31
Science
Good: Water vapor signal detected for first time on distant planet. Bad: Er, we'll let one of the boffins explain
Hey, look, it's the galaxy's Florida
29 Apr 06:02 | 30
Obit
Michael Collins, once the world's 'loneliest man,' is dead. If that name means little or nothing to you, read this
Buzz Aldrin sole remaining survivor of Apollo 11 Moon landing
28 Apr 21:41 | 72
Legal
Show me the Monet: Late Samsung chairman's family settles inheritance tax bill, massive art donation
Highly anticipated details of stock division still unavailable
28 Apr 13:45 | 1
Bork!Bork!Bork!
Helsinki Syndrome: Ubuntu utterly fails to boot on metro
Finland, Finland, Finland, the country where I want to bork
28 Apr 09:21 | 46
Bootnotes
A trip to the dole queue: CEO of $2bn Bay Area tech biz says he was fired for taking LSD before company meeting
Micro-dosing among Cali techies ... suddenly it's all starting to make sense
28 Apr 06:27 | 76
Science
Boffins stumble upon method to make silicon control lasers
Quantum experiment may clear the way for viable silicon photonics – chips with electronic and photonic interconnects
28 Apr 05:37 | 13
Bootnotes
Traffic lights, who needs 'em? Lucky Kentucky residents up in arms over first roundabout
Is it yield to the left or just ram my way through any which way?
27 Apr 13:45 | 215
Bork!Bork!Bork!
Half-metre pizza or an upgrade from Windows 7? We know what we'd choose
Cheese, pepperoni, and a generous topping of bork
27 Apr 09:15 | 11
Bootnotes
Dam it: Beaver ate our internet, says tiny Canadian town of Tumbler Ridge
Then made a house out of it
26 Apr 18:02 | 46
Legal
Apple faces another suit over its allegedly misleading water resistance claims
Filing says most users' devices 'may experience limited water contact'
26 Apr 14:31 | 36
Bootnotes
Technoking of comedy? Elon Musk to host Saturday Night Live
Yes that was a Betteridge headline (badoom, tish)
26 Apr 11:31 | 35
