Legal
Electronic Frontier Foundation ousts co-founder John Gilmore from its board
He's free of governance duties now, but still an emeritus member
25 Oct 05:58 | 3
Offbeat
Science
NASA sets a date to begin lunar tuning
First Artemis mission is stacked on a rocket – now for five punishing sets of tests before liftoff
25 Oct 00:18 | 2
Bootnotes
Florida man accused of breaking Mastodon's open-source license with botched social network launch
Golf enthusiast given 30 days to cough up code
23 Oct 00:38 | 45
Updated
Microsoft investor urges shareholders to vote for a deep dive into pay gap and harassment policies
More transparency and reporting needed, says Arunja Capital
22 Oct 15:30 |
Episode 19
BOFH: So you want to have your computer switched out for something faster? It's time to learn from the master
Corporate will make you jump through hoops – but there's always a window
22 Oct 08:27 | 76
Bootnotes
'Windows 11 has been successfully downloaded,' says update for Xbox version of Microsoft Flight Simulator
What? No. Noooooooooooooooooo
21 Oct 16:12 | 16
Science
After more than a decade of development, South Korea has a near miss with Nuri rocket test
Nation playing catch-up following release from 1979 ban
21 Oct 13:59 | 10
Legal
Informatica UKI veep was rightfully sacked over Highways England $5k golf jolly, says tribunal
Underling took customer on bucket list trip - and VP signed it off without checking
21 Oct 10:56 | 29
Science
Boeing's Starliner capsule corroded due to high humidity levels, NASA explains, and the spaceship won't fly this year
Meanwhile Elon's running orbital tourist trips and ISS crew missions
21 Oct 10:14 | 74
Science
Theranos blood-test machine demos for VIPs rigged to hide any failures, court told
Error messages effectively piped to /dev/null, it is alleged
21 Oct 01:15 | 45
Legal
Software Freedom Conservancy sues TV maker Vizio for 'GPL infringement'
Companies using free-as-in-freedom software should meet their obligations, lawsuit says
20 Oct 16:05 | 38
Updated
UK's ARIA innovation body 'hasn't even begun to happen' says former research lead
DARPA imitator not doing much after two years of Johnson government
20 Oct 14:38 | 17
Updated
Facebook fined £50m in UK for 'conscious' refusal to report info and 'deliberate failure to comply' during Giphy acquisition probe
That rebrand can't come soon enough
20 Oct 13:49 | 41
Science
Lunar rocks brought to Earth by China's Chang'e 5 show Moon's volcanoes were recently* active
* Just a couple of billion years
20 Oct 09:58 | 18
Science
Darmstadt, we have a problem – ESA reveals its INTEGRAL space telescope was three hours from likely death
Gamma ray-spotting 'scope was spinning uncontrollably and unable to make 'leccy until dramatic rescue
20 Oct 08:17 | 41
Poll
Facebook may soon reveal new name – we're sure Reg readers will be more creative than Zuck's marketroids
We've kicked things off with the most splendidly evil fictional corporations, feel free to share your ideas
20 Oct 07:01 | 233
Offbeat
UK's competition regulator announces market study into music-streaming biz
Watchdog is getting comfortable with its new digital remit
19 Oct 12:07 | 5
Science
Engineers investigating iffy solar array latch on NASA's Lucy as probe begins long journey to Trojan asteroids
Spacecraft otherwise stable and working well
18 Oct 18:46 | 8
Science
Dishing up the goods: Square Kilometre Array moves out of the theoretical and into the contractual
Plus: Australian telescope precursor finds weird waves in the middle of the galaxy
18 Oct 16:44 | 22
Bootnotes
Facebook posts job ad for 10,000 'high-skilled' roles to 'build the metaverse' – and they'll all be based in the EU
Announcement uses the phrase 'world-leading' without referring to UK once
18 Oct 14:30 | 47
Popular
Personal Tech
Antitrust battle latest: Google, Facebook 'colluded' to smash Apple's privacy protections
Amended Texas complaint alleges backroom efforts to maintain ad dominance and more
Security
Not just deprecated, but deleted: Google finally strips File Transfer Protocol code from Chrome browser
A death by a thousand cuts
Bootnotes
Florida man accused of breaking Mastodon's open-source license with botched social network launch
Golf enthusiast given 30 days to cough up code
Bootnotes
'Windows 11 has been successfully downloaded,' says update for Xbox version of Microsoft Flight Simulator
What? No. Noooooooooooooooooo
Feature
Apple's Safari browser runs the risk of becoming the new Internet Explorer – holding the web back for everyone
WebKit engine is well behind the competition
Software
If your apps or gadgets break down on Sunday, this may be why: Gpsd bug to roll back clocks to 2002
Alternative headline: Yet another widely used project maintained thanklessly by 'some random person in Nebraska'
On Call
How to keep a support contract: Make the user think they solved the problem
Look what you found! Aren't you clever!
Updated
Microsoft under fire again from open-source .NET devs: Hot Reload feature pulled for sake of Visual Studio sales
Windows giant has a funny way of 'loving' Free software
Security
You've heard of HTTPS. Now get a load of HTTPA: Web services in verified remote trusted environments?
Intel duo propose fresh use of, yes, SGX but also Arm's TrustZone and similar TEEs
Updated
Microsoft called out as big malware hoster – thanks to OneDrive and Office 365 abuse
Infosec pro: 'OneDrive abuse has been going on for years'
STORIES
Bootnotes
Heart FM's borkfast show – a fine way to start your day
Jamie and Amanda have a new co-presenter to contend with
18 Oct 10:01 | 25
Science
Oops, they did it again – rogue Soyuz spurt gave ISS an attitude problem
Crew successfully de-orbited on Sunday carrying vital payload: footage for a movie shot in space
17 Oct 23:59 | 16
Bootnotes
Missouri governor demands prosecution of reporter for 'decoding HTML source code' and reporting a data breach
Salus populi suprema lex esto ... or perhaps not
15 Oct 19:31 | 103
Bork!Bork!Bork!
Windows terminates here. Please remember to finish setting it up on arrival
Washington Metro admin has taken an early lunch
15 Oct 17:17 | 23
Legal
Boeing 737 Max chief technical pilot charged with deceiving US aviation regulators over MCAS
He hasn't got $2.5bn to hand to the DoJ, unlike his bosses
15 Oct 16:29 | 147
Science
Space boffins: Exoplanet survived hydrogen-death of its host star
Hope extended to gas giants across the universe... well, it is Friday
15 Oct 14:24 | 31
Register Debate
Reg readers: Don't assume anything when sharing health data
Debate exhibits chronic distrust of policy makers, Big Pharma, and insurance companies
15 Oct 10:30 | 21
Something for the Weekend, Sir?
All I want for Christmas is a delivery address that a delivery courier can find
Send me an SMS and I’ll tell you everything
15 Oct 09:28 | 157
Science
Forget everything you learned playing Lunar Lander: Chinese boffins reveal secrets of Chang'e 5 probe's touchdown
Landing with liquid fuel aboard made slosh-avoidance essential. Plus: China names first woman to visit Tiangong space station
15 Oct 07:51 | 8
Legal
FTC carpet bombs industry with letters warning that fake reviews will be punished
The Register is an amazing website, simply one of the very best out there. Extremely cool people. 10/10
14 Oct 14:30 | 43
Register Debate
Sharing medical records with researchers: Assumed consent works in theory – just not yet in practice
The UK shows us how not to run an opt-out approach
14 Oct 10:45 | 31
Bork!Bork!Bork!
Mind your Ps and queues: Bork makes a visit to the A&E
Thanks Windows! Now this is the kind of hospital data-sharing we like to see...
14 Oct 09:15 | 18
Legal
Amazon India accused of copying merchant products and juicing search results to sell its own knockoffs
Report claims documents show employees abusing access
13 Oct 22:01 | 14
Offbeat
Shatner breaks the age barrier, goes where no nonagenarian has gone before with Blue Origin rocket trip
Gives classic monologue upon landing
13 Oct 20:33 | 48
Legal
Judge in UK rules Amazon Ring doorbell audio recordings breach data protection laws
Relax, this isn't a binding precedent - but it puts down a marker
13 Oct 20:03 | 36
Offbeat
Electric car makers ready to jump into battery recycling amid stuttering supply chains
It's better to get lithium from used batteries than from the ground, says Elon Musk
13 Oct 19:17 | 188
