North Korean spy satellite launch ends in sea smash Rather than herald exciting success of best-ever lift-off, state media confirms fiasco. Consider us surprised Bootnotes31 May 2023 | 10
Cisco: Don't use 'blind spot' – and do use 'feed two birds with one scone' Switchzilla takes a stab at inclusive language. Sorry, that should be 'makes a first pass' Bootnotes10 May 2023 | 218
Of course Russia's ex-space boss doubts US set foot on the Moon 'How did NASA do what they did in the 60s what they cannot do now?' Bootnotes09 May 2023 | 108
Pornhub walls off Utah in age-verification law protest Dare we say that's a master stroke Bootnotes03 May 2023 | 74
CEO sorry after telling staff to 'leave pity city' over bonuses Video Put the $26 million in the bag Bootnotes21 Apr 2023 | 89
NYC Mayor: Robo-pup 'out of the pound' and back to police work Video Please don't pair it with ChatGPT, please don't pair it with ChatGPT Bootnotes12 Apr 2023 | 17
Tupperware looking less airtight than you'd think The party could be over soon Bootnotes11 Apr 2023 | 59
Thieves smash hole in wall to nab $500K in Apple iKit Pic So, like, three iPhones and a Mac keyboard Bootnotes07 Apr 2023 | 41
Pentagon whistleblower Ellsberg given months to live Comment The man leaking vital data before it was fashionable Bootnotes13 Mar 2023 | 17
Adidas grapples with $1.3B in unsold Yeezy sneakers after breaking up with Kanye West This is what happens when you put all your eggs in one basket case Bootnotes09 Mar 2023 | 92
Havana Syndrome definitely (maybe) not caused by brain-scrambling energy weapons Pre-existing mental health issues and the stress of working in Cuba are more likely culprits Bootnotes02 Mar 2023 | 36
Take the blue pill: Keanu Reeves has had enough of AI baloney Opinion Neo continues to rage against the machines decades after The Matrix Bootnotes15 Feb 2023 | 66
That's not a TP-Link access point, it's a… vacuum? You might say this thing sucks Bootnotes11 Feb 2023 | 29
Three seconds of audio could end up costing Fox $500,000 And that, kids, is why we don't play the Emergency Alert System tone on TV Bootnotes27 Jan 2023 | 180
Scientists conclude cats only have three personalities after YouTube clip binge Insight could lead to better conflict resolution between our feline overlords Bootnotes27 Jan 2023 | 90
Iterable co-founder claims he was ousted because of racial discrimination, not LSD use While Justin Zhu admits to micro-dosing, he alleges that his ethnicity was an issue for investors Bootnotes29 Nov 2022 | 14
Twitter refugees seek asylum in an unusual place: The Matt Hancock app Move over, Mastodon – bungling UK politician's platform finds thousands of new users amid Elon Musk chaos Bootnotes17 Nov 2022 | 32
Looking for a holiday DIY project? Build your own pen-plotter, for under $15 Ubuntu Summit BrachioGraph: 'The cheapest, simplest possible pen-plotter' Bootnotes14 Nov 2022 | 19
KFC bot urges Germans to mark Kristallnacht with cheesy chicken Tasteless food chain claims 'semi-automated' process skipped internal review process Bootnotes11 Nov 2022 | 87
All of the norths are about to align over Britain Magnetic north is on a walkabout, and your OCD will benefit Bootnotes04 Nov 2022 | 111
Raspberry Pi production rate rising to a million a month CEO stands by decision to keep prices steady instead of scoring sweet, sweet, windfall profits
Fed up with slammed servers, IT replaced iTunes backups with a cow of a file who, me? Pigs might fly before youngsters listened to IT instructions – so the IT manager made sure chickens came home to roost
Debian 12 'Bookworm' is the excitement-free Linux you've been waiting for If Ubuntu is getting you down, check out its grandad
The bonkers water-cooled shoe PC, hexagonal pink workstations, and IKEA-style cases of Computex 2023 Computex We crawled the gadget halls to save you the hassle
Windows XP's adventures in the afterlife shows copyright's copywrongs Opinion Intellectual property law crushed by zombie horde
Toyota admits to yet another cloud leak infosec in brief Also, hackers publish RaidForum user data, Google's $180k Chrome bug bounty, and this week's vulnerabilities
Australian cyber-op attacked ISIL with the terrifying power of Rickrolling Commanders in the field persuaded to give up, let their guard down, run around and desert their posts
Meet TeamT5, the Taiwanese infosec outfit taking on Beijing and defeating its smears Living in the eye of the geopolitical storm is not easy, but is good for business
China EV market share hits 27 percent as tax breaks extended Asia In Brief PLUS: Indonesia's digital success under the radar; Singapore picks Google AI; India claims streaming record
Air Force colonel 'misspoke' when he said an AI-drone 'killed' its human operator AI In Brief Plus: Around 3,900 jobs have been axed and replaced with AI, and Microsoft cosies up with a GPU provider to support OpenAI
New measurement alert: Liz Truss inspires new Register standard Reg Standards Bureau We didn't have a time unit. That... is... a... disgrace Bootnotes21 Oct 2022 | 159
Team Interpol: Metaverse Police Attempted revival of virtual reality is only just beginning and already the cops just want to take a look around Bootnotes21 Oct 2022 | 18
Liz Truss ousted as UK prime minister, outlived by online lettuce What connects a decaying salad vegetable with something called 'the 1922 Committee'? Enter the wonderful and frightening world of British politics Bootnotes20 Oct 2022 | 371
Artist formerly known as Kanye reveals Parler trick: Buying the far-right haven Used to tweeting? Get ready for Yeeting Bootnotes17 Oct 2022 | 77
Now you can't even scale Mount Everest without a drone buzzing overhead Video No chance of any peace, not even at 8,900 metres Bootnotes14 Oct 2022 | 17
This maglev turntable costs more than an average luxury electric car At $74k, this gear is an odd pitch for TEAC's time to shine again Bootnotes11 Oct 2022 | 127
Airbus auctions off bits from retired A380 superjumbo jet Souvenirs, novelties, party tricks. Your chance to snag a piece of the largest passenger jet in the world Bootnotes04 Oct 2022 | 18
This rumor needs to Die Hard: Bruce Willis denies selling face to deepfake biz Superstar is still exclusively a meat popsicle Bootnotes04 Oct 2022 | 16
NSA super-leaker Edward Snowden granted Russian citizenship He always wanted to fight in the military – are his draft papers on the way? Bootnotes26 Sep 2022 | 77
Billionaire CEO tells Googlers 'we shouldn’t always equate fun with money' Updated A day in the G is like a day on the farm. Every meal a banquet. Every code checkout a parade. I love the G Bootnotes23 Sep 2022 | 42
Amazon accused of singling out, harassing union organizers Bosses' bad behavior may, just may, have derailed crucial warehouse vote Bootnotes23 Sep 2022 | 42
Meta, Google learn the art of the quiet layoff You're not being fired, we're just unable to facilitate your sustained employment Bootnotes21 Sep 2022 | 87
Heart now pledges 30-seat hybrid electric commercial flights by 2028 We've heard something like this before ... Boss suggests earlier design wasn't that useful to industry Bootnotes16 Sep 2022 | 75
Anti-Metaverse package 'explosion' at college VR lab probed by investigators Blast, manifesto railing against Zuck and AI may be an artifical reality Bootnotes14 Sep 2022 | 21
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs memorialized with online archive of emails, guff Comment Top tip: Skip the memos with cancer advice Bootnotes09 Sep 2022 | 23
Indian tech minister picks a fight with Wikipedia over cricketer's dropped catch Also separatism, nationalism, and whether Big Tech does enough to police user-generated content Bootnotes06 Sep 2022 | 17
DeFi venture OptiFi permanently locks up $661,000 of assets in code snafu Look who misunderstood the consequences a Solana close command Bootnotes02 Sep 2022 | 22
Braking news: Cops slammed for spamming Waze to slow drivers down You're under app-vest Bootnotes01 Sep 2022 | 189
Tesla owner gets key fob chip implanted in his hand Embedded electronics workaround for his phone's 'aggressive' power management Bootnotes24 Aug 2022 | 88
Elon Musk 'buying Manchester United' football club Results are rubbish on Earth, but Mars United could be undisputed champions Bootnotes17 Aug 2022 | 54
China-linked fake news site shows disinformation on the rise Beijing-backed PR firm is behind at least 72 ersatz web titles, Mandiant says Bootnotes05 Aug 2022 | 32
Enough with the notifications! Focus Assist will shut them u… 'But I'm too important!' Something for the Weekend An app will always find a way to interrupt what you’re doing Bootnotes05 Aug 2022 | 225
Anti-piracy messaging may just encourage more piracy Behavioral economics study suggests rights holders don't understand psychology Bootnotes02 Aug 2022 | 88
Bad news, older tech workers: Job advert language works against you And there's a study now to prove it – science! Bootnotes02 Aug 2022 | 228
I paid for it, that makes it mine. Doesn’t it? No – and it never did Something for the Weekend A new generation learns the hard way that everything is ephemeral Bootnotes29 Jul 2022 | 290
Martin Shkreli, out of prison for running a Ponzi scheme, now pushes Web3 thing His latest project, Druglike, most definitely isn't in the pharmaceutical business, from which he's been banned Bootnotes26 Jul 2022 | 34
Being declared dead is automated, so why is resurrection such a nightmare? Something for the Weekend Death becomes you swiftly but it’s messy making your way back Bootnotes15 Jul 2022 | 134
China is trolling rare-earth miners online and the Pentagon isn't happy Beijing-linked Dragonbridge flames biz building Texas plant for Uncle Sam Bootnotes28 Jun 2022 | 41
Behold this drone-dropping rifle with two-mile range Confuses rather than destroys unmanned aerials to better bring back intel, says Ukrainian designer Bootnotes27 Jun 2022 | 39
UK Home Office signs order to extradite Julian Assange to US WikiLeaker-in-chief to appeal Priti Patel's decision Bootnotes17 Jun 2022 | 77
I was fired for blowing the whistle on cult's status in Google unit, says contractor The internet giant, a doomsday religious sect, and a lawsuit in Silicon Valley Bootnotes16 Jun 2022 | 40
Musk can't tweet about Tesla without lawyer approval – and he's still fighting to end that By free speech, he means freedom to flip the bird at the SEC Bootnotes15 Jun 2022 | 48
No more fossil fuel or nukes? In the future we will generate power with magic dust Something for the Weekend Don’t cross the streams! Why? It would be bad. What do you mean 'bad'? Bootnotes10 Jun 2022 | 110
Farewell to two pivotal figures: The founder of Inmos, and the co-creator of MIME Obituary Iann Barron and Ned Freed were key innovators in computer comms Bootnotes07 Jun 2022 | 18
OpenSea staffer charged with insider-trading of NFTs From Non-Fungible Tokens to No Freedom, Twit, if convicted Bootnotes02 Jun 2022 | 17
Tech hiring freeze doesn't mean people won't leave Comment Work culture is irrevocably changed. Businesses that don't see that are in for a rough ride Bootnotes02 Jun 2022 | 65
Elon Musk orders Tesla execs back to the office Bosses can always work from home – after they've done a minimum of 40 hours a week on site Bootnotes01 Jun 2022 | 156
Drone ship carrying yet more drones launches in China Zhuhai Cloud will carry 50 flying and diving machines it can control with minimal human assistance Bootnotes29 May 2022 | 29
Declassified and released: More secret files on US govt's emergency doomsday powers Nuke incoming? Quick break out the plans for rationing, censorship, property seizures, and more Bootnotes28 May 2022 | 120
Spam is back with a vengeance. Luckily we can't read any of it Something for the Weekend It's a shame still nothing can be done about all the false positives, though Bootnotes27 May 2022 | 102
New York City rips out last city-owned public payphones Y'know, those large cellphones fixed in place that you share with everyone and have to put coins in. Y'know, those metal disks representing... Bootnotes26 May 2022 | 33
Failed gambler? How about an algorithm that predicts the future Something for the Weekend Hopefully an end to '... and you'll never guess what happened next!' Bootnotes20 May 2022 | 75
Pentagon opens up about its database of 400 smudges that may or may not be UFOs 'We're open to all hypotheses, we're open to any conclusions' says official Bootnotes17 May 2022 | 28
Switch off the mic if it makes you feel better – it'll make no difference Something for the Weekend Treat all those micro-phonies like so many spies in the wire Bootnotes06 May 2022 | 81
Meetings in the metaverse: Are your Mikes on? Something for the Weekend You thought Zoom was bad? Welcome to the Thunderdome Bootnotes29 Apr 2022 | 58
US Army may be about to 'waste' up to $22b on Microsoft HoloLens Updated Will soldiers actually use these goggles? Asking for a watchdog Bootnotes26 Apr 2022 | 81
Putin reaches for nuclear option: Zuckerberg banned In Soviet Russia, bear pokes you Bootnotes22 Apr 2022 | 61
When the expert speaker at an NFT tech panel goes rogue Something for the Weekend Stick to the script, man! It’s confusing enough already Bootnotes16 Apr 2022 | 118
US Army to build largest 3D-printed structures in the Americas Do we have enough toner for barracks in Fort Bliss base in Texas? Bootnotes09 Apr 2022 | 66
Fish mentality: If The Rock told you to eat flies, would you buy my NFT? Something for the Weekend This week's column coming to you via hologram. Or a spaceship Bootnotes08 Apr 2022 | 61
Japanese startup makes baby carrier-style sling for 'Love Robots' Fittings open on Saturday, to make it easier to take motorized pals with you wherever you go Bootnotes01 Apr 2022 | 33
In the graveyard of good ideas, how does yours measure up to these? Something for the Weekend? You can now read your comics in the metaverse Bootnotes25 Mar 2022 | 142
The Human Genome Project will tell us who to support at Eurovision Something for the Weekend? My parents were not lying to me but… who's the Finn? Bootnotes11 Mar 2022 | 78
Proprietary neural tech you had surgically implanted? Parts shortage Something for the Weekend? Sorry about it. You know how it is with supply chains. Aroogah, arooogah.... Bootnotes04 Mar 2022 | 131
A tale of two dishwashers: Buy one, buy it again, and again Something for the Weekend? It's all the data's fault, of course… and it's my data so that means it's my fault Bootnotes25 Feb 2022 | 190
Insurance claims up 31% thanks to the metaverse I'm gaming like a wrecking ball Bootnotes14 Feb 2022 | 20
Russian 'Minecraft bomb plot' teen jailed for five years Military court sends 16-year-old and his pals down for homemade terror training Bootnotes14 Feb 2022 | 37
'Boombox' function sparks Tesla recall Pedestrian warning systems in 578,607 cars affected, including model S, X and Y Bootnotes11 Feb 2022 | 82
Polly wants a snapper? Parrot swipes GoPro for sweet views of New Zealand's Fiordland Video Oi, kea! Bootnotes04 Feb 2022 | 19
Jeff Bezos adds some more overheads to his $485m yacht by taking down historic bridge Rotterdam can't get over it Bootnotes03 Feb 2022 | 141
Prince of Packaging HP Inc snaps up zero-plastic bottle maker Patented plastic-free tech from Choose Packaging Bootnotes02 Feb 2022 | 16
He ain't heavy, he's my brother: Bloke gives away SpaceX ticket because he was over weight limit You must be this small to ride Bootnotes01 Feb 2022 | 85
God of War: How do you improve on perfection? You port it to PC, obviously The RPG The migration of PlayStation exclusives continues to be a great idea Bootnotes29 Jan 2022 | 39
US Navy in mad dash to salvage F-35C that fell off a carrier into South China Sea Where Britain leads, America follows Bootnotes28 Jan 2022 | 105
Crack team of boffins hash out how e-scooters should sound – but they need your help* Poll *They're probably fine Bootnotes28 Jan 2022 | 203
Carked it, Diem? Zuckerberg's grand cryptocurrency thing may sell off assets for $200m Facebook-born blockchain payment system's day well and truly seized Bootnotes27 Jan 2022 | 21
How to polish the bottom line? Microsoft makes it really hard to claim expenses, say staffers If even Captain PowerShell can't automate this, what hope is there for the rest of us? Bootnotes26 Jan 2022 | 66
Behold! The first line of defence for 25% of the US nuclear stockpile: Dolphins Erm... should we be concerned? Bootnotes25 Jan 2022 | 52
Robot vacuum cleaner employed by Brit budget hotel chain Travelodge flees Unit dragged back to work after being found under hedge a day later Bootnotes24 Jan 2022 | 59
Elvis may have left the building, but Windows remains very much on show Bork!Bork!Bork! Just like the '68 Comeback Special, Bork has returned Bootnotes24 Jan 2022 | 13
Dog forgets all about risk of drowning in a marsh as soon as drone dangles a sausage It's not the wurst idea in the world Bootnotes21 Jan 2022 | 35
'Can you identify your assailants?' Yes, they were pixelated! I'd know them anywhere! Something for the Weekend, Sir? 'Inside' knowledge on the image database conundrum – at 25 frames per second Bootnotes21 Jan 2022 | 41
If you want less CGI and more real effects in movies, you may get your wish: Inflatable film studio to orbit Earth What a retirement for the ISS: Gaining a totally feasible 'state-of-the-art media production capability' Bootnotes21 Jan 2022 | 39
Microsoft sends HoloLens 2 into a care home... Nope, not a headline gag about retiring the tech. They actually did this Hands-free kit a 'game changer' for doctors assessing residents during pandemic Bootnotes19 Jan 2022 | 4
Big shock: Guy who fled political violence and became rich in tech now struggles to care about political violence 'I recognize that I come across as lacking empathy,' billionaire VC admits Bootnotes18 Jan 2022 | 50
Epoch-alypse now: BBC iPlayer flaunts 2038 cutoff date, gives infrastructure game away Nobody expects the Linux malposition, do they, Michael Palin? Bootnotes17 Jan 2022 | 105
Weed dispensary software company's ambitions pruned after Spotify trademark clash Because they tried to call it Potify Bootnotes13 Jan 2022 | 52
Canon: Chip supplies are so bad that our ink cartridges will look as though they're fakes Updated The solution? Click the annoying error messages away and keep printing Bootnotes10 Jan 2022 | 122
Not looking forward to a greyscale 2022? Then look back to the past in 64 colours Something for the Weekend, Sir? Any colour you like as long as it's black. Or white Bootnotes07 Jan 2022 | 142
Ceefax replica goes TITSUP* as folk pine for simpler times But creator runs server from home – we can forgive him Bootnotes06 Jan 2022 | 99