Interview
Orbex is creeping towards orbit from a UK launchpad, but first there are courts, birds, and billionaires to overcome
Sutherland Spaceport: A Prime location?
14 Jun 10:08 |
Offbeat
Feature
Want to keep working in shorts and flipflops way after this is all over? It could be time to rethink your career moves
Pandemic has opened a can of worms for our work goals with what comes next
14 Jun 08:30 | 6
Legal
Amazon exec's husband jailed for two years for insider trading. Yes, with Amazon stock
Couple now definitely past their Prime
11 Jun 21:57 | 33
Bootnotes
Dealing with the pandemic by drinking and swearing? Boffins say you're not alone
While social media gets a portion of the blame for COVID-19's initial spread
11 Jun 16:02 | 45
Legal
BT sues supplier for £72m over exchange gear that allegedly caused wave of ADSL outages
Tii Technologies claims hamfisted BT bods caused problems, not their kit
11 Jun 13:45 | 21
Geek's Guide To Britain
The Eigiau Dam Disaster: Deluges and deceit at the dawn of hydroelectric power
A trip to beautiful Snowdonia lakes takes in early hydroelectric experiment... and a tragedy for a village
11 Jun 11:26 | 34
Something for the Weekend, Sir?
Whatever you've been doing during lockdown, you better stop it right now
You never did learn to play guitar, did you? Too late now...
11 Jun 09:15 | 68
Episode 7
BOFH: Despite the extremely hazardous staircase, our IT insurance agreement is at an all-time low. Can't think why
Why show them the door when a window will do?
11 Jun 08:30 | 37
On Call
We don't know why it's there, we don't know what it does – all we know is that the button makes everything OK again
It must be working, look at the LED
11 Jun 07:31 | 150
Legal
Mounties messed up by using Clearview AI, says Canadian Privacy Commissioner
RCMP said it only used technology to rescue children, but regulator says that's wrong and Privacy Act was breached
11 Jun 06:58 | 6
Science
Perseverance Mars rover sets off on its first mission, to boldly drill and return samples as no rover has drilled before
All systems check out, it's time to science the s**t out of Mars
11 Jun 05:01 | 12
Bootnotes
Apple, it's OK. Seriously. You don't need to blind your iOS 15 engineers to prevent leaks
No one expects the Worldwide Loyalty Team!
10 Jun 20:16 | 17
Bootnotes
Prez Biden narrowly escapes cicada assassination attempt, hunkers down in Cornwall
Brood X vents frustration at missed opportunity on free press, random Ohio drivers
10 Jun 17:45 | 17
Legal
UK.gov's new single enforcement body does not cover rogue umbrella companies, contractor campaigners complain
Why does it always... That's why. That's why it's raining on you
10 Jun 08:30 | 15
Science
'Ring of fire' headed to northern UK – a partial solar eclipse, not the sensation you get after a potent vindaloo
Russia, Greenland, northern Canada will get the Full Monty
10 Jun 07:26 | 19
Legal
NTT slashes top execs’ pay as punishment for paying more than their share of $500-a-head meals with government officials
None were illegal, but they did put civil servants in awkward ethical territory and execs knew it
10 Jun 04:58 | 23
Science
Baby Space Shuttle biz chases dreams at Spaceport Cornwall
Sierra Nevada Corporation eyes a landing site in the UK
09 Jun 22:03 | 30
Offbeat
It is with a heavy heart that we must tell you America's richest continue to pay not quite as much tax as you do
Have you tried simply being more powerful and wealthy?
09 Jun 21:38 | 47
Offbeat
UK online spending up 48%, hits £113bn as nation puts curtains in its sheds, empties supermarket shelves
Regulator airs country's muddy laundry - including fact it rarely unplugs
09 Jun 14:15 | 1
Legal
EE and Three mobe mast surveyors might 'upload some virus' to London Tube control centre, TfL told judge
Unimpressed beak orders Transport for London to let them onto Southwark roof
09 Jun 10:01 | 76
Popular
On Call
We don't know why it's there, we don't know what it does – all we know is that the button makes everything OK again
It must be working, look at the LED
Legal
Amazon exec's husband jailed for two years for insider trading. Yes, with Amazon stock
Couple now definitely past their Prime
AI + ML
Google says its artificial intelligence is faster and better than humans at laying out chips for artificial intelligence
OK, we see where this is going
Updated
AWS Frankfurt experiences major breakdown that staff couldn’t fix for hours due to ‘environmental conditions’ on data centre floor
Cloud colossus says aircon fail caused kit to shut down, networks dropped out and EC2 instances went dark
Security
Intel's latest patch set plugs some serious holes in CPU, Bluetooth, server, and – ironically – security lines
Reports through Chipzilla's bug bounty scheme growing, but still in the minority
Security
FBI paid renegade developer $180k for backdoored AN0M chat app that brought down drug underworld
From hidden master keys to pineapples stuffed with Bolivian marching powder — this story has it all
Feature
It's completely unsupportable. Yes, we mean your brand new system
The problem started when those ridiculous users ... oh, hang on. It started in the IT department
Updated
Global Fastly outage takes down many on the wibbly web – but El Reg remains standing
'Potential impact to performance' drops some of the world's biggest websites offline
AI + ML
McDonald's AI drive-thru bot accused of breaking biometrics privacy law
Would you like a lawsuit with that?
OSes
Linus Torvalds tells kernel list poster to 'SHUT THE HELL UP' for saying COVID-19 vaccines create 'new humanoid race'
'Any Linux discussion list isn't going to have your idiotic drivel pass uncontested from me'
STORIES
Offbeat
No digital equivalent to the impulse aisle found as online grocery shoppers buy fewer sweet treats than in real life
Supermarkets presumably working on a solution to this 'problem' right now
09 Jun 08:00 | 17
Bootnotes
Door-opening insect mega-swarm emerges in Eastern US, descends on Washington DC
We're gonna need a bigger rolled-up newspaper
08 Jun 18:34 | 19
Legal
Google ad biz shenanigans smacked down by French competition regulators
Chocolate Factory competition-squashing tactics receive a firm 'Non' from Paris
08 Jun 12:15 | 9
Offbeat
Photographer seeks $12m in copyright damages over claims Capcom ripped off her snaps in Resident Evil 4 art
From pictures of shattered glass to patterns on doors and much more
08 Jun 10:03 | 50
Legal
Chinese app binned by Beijing after asking what day it is on anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre
Hybrid Instagram/Amazon app Xiaohongshu may just have been making mirthful TGIF post
08 Jun 05:10 | 24
Science
There are a lot of people out there who'd like to fire Jeff Bezos into space – but he's doing the honours himself
With his brother in tow, poor sod
07 Jun 19:16 | 50
Offbeat
Three thousand sea birds abandon nests amid nature reserve drone crash hullabaloo
Breeding season takes a tern for the worse
07 Jun 17:34 | 28
Legal
Apple settles with student after authorized repair workers leaked her naked pics to her Facebook page
Which pours cold water over Cupertino's insistence that third-party fixes violate privacy
07 Jun 16:45 | 115
Legal
South Korean regulator to probe in-app payments, creates new 'team' to look into digital ads
The usual suspects are accused of anti-competitive behaviour, naughtiness with data
07 Jun 16:01 |
Bootnotes
Sold: €15k invisible sculpture that's a must-see for art lovers
Can be viewed in any light. Bargain
07 Jun 10:45 | 58
Legal
Oracle hits UK reseller with lawsuit for allegedly reselling grey market Sun hardware
Big Red wanted TXO Systems dragged to court for years, say legal papers
07 Jun 09:15 | 39
Who, Me?
Thanks, boss. The accidental creation of a lights-out data centre – what a fun surprise
At least nobody said 'watch this!'
07 Jun 07:31 | 115
Legal
Indian government to Twitter: Stop offshoring and outsourcing – or risk losing legal protections
Social network lashed for ‘inglorious’, ‘dogged refusal’ to comply
07 Jun 06:45 | 22
Legal
G7 nations aim for global 15 per cent tax on big tech and bin digital services taxes
Facebook’s Libra project kicked to the kerb until international rules on stablecoins are set
06 Jun 23:31 | 38
Bootnotes
Flying dildo poses a slap in the face for serious political debate
'Is that a dong on a drone?'
04 Jun 20:16 | 50
Offbeat
Report commissioned by Google says Google isn't to blame for the death of print news
Blame Rightmove instead
04 Jun 18:25 | 49
