Nostalgia for XP sells out Microsoft's 2023 'Windows Ugly Sweater'
Bliss not your thing? You could win the Paint version
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We challenged you to come up with tech predictions for 2024 (wrong answers only) – here are some favorites so far
Kettle Plus some of our own and the ugly Microsoft sweater one of you will win. Please take it off our hands...
Bootnotes30 Nov 2023 | 4
AI threatens to automate away the clergy
Is divine intervention next on the tech to-do list?
Bootnotes29 Nov 2023 | 71
Zuckerberg accused of OK'ing Insta plastic surgery filters despite fears of harm to kids
'Meta knows what it is doing is bad for children ... it is now there in black and white'
Bootnotes29 Nov 2023 | 15
Either the FBI is recruiting in Iran – or some govt Google ad buyers are getting a lousy deal
Advertisers may be surprised to find where their banners appear
Bootnotes29 Nov 2023 | 5
Virgin Atlantic flies 'world's first fossil-fuel free' transatlantic commercial flight
Sustainable kerosene-alt is hot right now as low-emission aviation takes off
Bootnotes28 Nov 2023 | 39
Share your 2024 tech forecasts (wrong answers only) to win a terrible sweater
Competition OpenAI led by the Swedish Chef? Musk aims for Mars and hits Venus instead? What are your predictions?
Bootnotes28 Nov 2023 | 249
USB Cart of Death: The wheeled scourge that drove Windows devs to despair
Stout heart a requisite for software engineers in days of yore
Bootnotes25 Nov 2023 | 86
Surface Duo crashes the party as Doctor Who celebrates 60th birthday
Hey Cortana: Why is David Tennant back as the BBC's longest lived space alien?
Bootnotes25 Nov 2023 | 57
Long-term space missions may make liftoff harder for male astronauts
Study suggests galactic cosmic radiation could damage below-the-belt tissues
Bootnotes23 Nov 2023 | 34
Remembering the time Windows accidentally sent Poland to the bottom of the sea
Geopolitics and operating systems are hard
Bootnotes21 Nov 2023 | 30
Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean AI's not after you
Brit telco BT's digital boss asks people 'how did horses feel when cars were invented? They didn't complain or go on strike'
Bootnotes14 Nov 2023 | 62
AWS staffer shows off the workplace that used to be a prison
Panopticon design gains new meaning for the all powerful cloud platform
Bootnotes13 Nov 2023 | 13
CEOs of crashed tech upstart Bitwise accused of swindling $100M from investors
Duo paid themselves $600K salaries as the cupboard was emptying
Bootnotes10 Nov 2023 | 13
Mac daddy Woz hospitalized in Mexico over mystery malady
State of Apple co-founder's health is unclear – it could be a stroke or vertigo
Bootnotes09 Nov 2023 | 17
Pentagon seeks government gossips to dish dirt on UFOs
Online form isn't for just anyone, so stow your crackpot theories for now
Bootnotes02 Nov 2023 | 19
Where do people feel most at risk of being pwned? The pub
Pints, pork scratchings, and password-free Wi-Fi: The nearly perfect brew
Bootnotes01 Nov 2023 | 36
Pope tempted by Python! Signs off on coding scheme for kids
In the name of the firewall, the server, and the home page default, amen
Bootnotes28 Oct 2023 | 41
Larry Ale-ison institute invests in Oxford pub linked to Tolkien, CS Lewis
DBAs come in for beer but struggle to find a table, query imaginary world in wardrobe
Bootnotes26 Oct 2023 | 33
Teens take a million metaverse Ryanair flights in Roblox
They do this in their free time
Bootnotes24 Oct 2023 | 41
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Adobe's buy of Figma is 'likely' bad for developers, rules UK regulator
Competition Markets Authority claims merger will reduce innovation for designers and other creative types
UK government rings the death knell for SIM farms
Acts under the guise of protecting the public from fraud, yet history suggests Home Office has other motives
Plex gives fans a privacy complex after sharing viewing habits with friends by default
Updated Grandma is watching what?!
Good luck finding competent Copilot help, warns Microsoft MVP
Almost nobody has used it, or knows it well, so beware of consultants bearing cred
Brit borough council apologizes for telling website users to disable HTTPS
Planning portal back online with a more secure connection
Wayland takes the wheel as Red Hat bids farewell to X.org
Firefox 121, freshly in beta test, will default to the protocol too
Japan's space agency suffers cyber attack, points finger at Active Directory
JAXA is having a tough time in cyberspace and outer space, the latter thanks to an electrical glitch
AI threatens to automate away the clergy
Is divine intervention next on the tech to-do list?
That time a JPL engineer almost killed a Mars Rover before it left Earth
Forget Martian dust devils, it's the peril of the blue smoke you have to worry about
Microsoft .NET MAUI devs vent over bugs backlog, response times
New features are great and all, but maybe fix some of the issues too?
STORIES
The problem with Jon Stewart is that Apple appears to have cancelled his show
Planned episodes on China and AI reportedly worried Apple top brass
Bootnotes20 Oct 2023 | 51
You snooze, you lose? It's not quite as simple as that
Actually it might give you a brief edge on those weird morning people
Bootnotes18 Oct 2023 | 14
Never mind SETI and NASA, if your Ring somehow snaps ET, Amazon might give you $1M
Fly light-years to our planet and get the real Earth experience: Privacy invaded by doorbell cam
Bootnotes06 Oct 2023 | 24
You've just spent $400 on a baby monitor. Now you need a subscription
Internet of Stings Once upon a time there was a company called Miku who wasn't making quite enough money...
Bootnotes06 Oct 2023 | 183
EPIC urges watchdog to probe Grindr's data privacy – or alleged lack thereof
Dating app kept sensitive info even after peeps deleted accounts, complaint claims
Bootnotes05 Oct 2023 | 3
Meet Honda's latest electric vehicle: A rideable suitcase
The Motocompacto is a successor to the '81 Motocompo, but with greater ability to deprive its rider of dignity
Bootnotes15 Sep 2023 | 91
Long-lost 1977 Star Wars X-Wing prop discovered – lock s-foils in bid position
Hundreds more iconic props set to go on sale from collection of late Hollywood model maker Greg Jein
Bootnotes12 Sep 2023 | 28
Grant Shapps named UK defense supremo in latest 'tech-savvy' Tory tale
Comment He praised Apple for its 'open source' tech – now he'll oversee AI use to defend Britain from its foes
Bootnotes31 Aug 2023 | 98
Let's give these quadruped robot dogs next-gen XM7 rifles, says US Army
Black Mirror? Never heard of it
Bootnotes30 Aug 2023 | 34
IBM shows off its sense of humor in not-so-funny letter leak
Internal memos detail discontinued Dad-joke products
Bootnotes23 Aug 2023 | 55
North Korea's neighbors issue warnings ahead of attempted 'satellite' launch
The last one splashed down badly, but this is no laughing matter – Japan's PM thinks it could be a missile
Bootnotes22 Aug 2023 | 9
Need a decent dining spot in Ottawa? Microsoft suggested a food bank
Azure giant blames human error, not AI – up to you to swallow that
Bootnotes18 Aug 2023 | 27
Cage match: Zuck finally realizes Elon is full of twit
How can a billionaire in his 50s be this much of a dweeb?
Bootnotes14 Aug 2023 | 50
Official science: People do less, make more mistakes on Friday afternoons
Why 'dont deploy on Frday' is a thnng
Bootnotes04 Aug 2023 | 63
US Air Force burns more money on electric flying taxis
Waiting on that thumbs up from the FAA
Bootnotes31 Jul 2023 | 14
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's pop artifact stash now heads to a museum
Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix's guitars, Vader's helmet, Captain Kirk's chair, and more
Bootnotes29 Jul 2023 | 15
On the record: Apple bags patent for iDevice to play LPs
From Norman Cook to Tim Cook
Bootnotes28 Jul 2023 | 81
Chipotle welcomes you to the age of robot guacamole
Avocado prep time could be cut in half, but it still won't change the price
Bootnotes13 Jul 2023 | 15
Lamborghini's last remaining pure gas guzzlers are all spoken for
Don't panic – you can still get a hybrid, with a V12 engine naturally
Bootnotes06 Jul 2023 | 156
Forget these apps and AI, where's my flying car? Ah, here's one with an FAA license
Also: No comment on that choice of name for a wee leccy chopper
Bootnotes29 Jun 2023 | 67
If you want a big brain, make a habit out of daytime naps
You are getting sleepy… very sleepy
Bootnotes26 Jun 2023 | 41
Mark Zuckerberg would kick Elon Musk's ass, experts say
Comment The two claim to be headed for a smackdown over copycat services
Bootnotes22 Jun 2023 | 70
Restaurant hired 'priest' to extract workplace confessions from staff
With now $150K to pay out, that's what we call fine dining
Bootnotes21 Jun 2023 | 38
Elon Musk's Twitter moves were 'reaffirming' says Reddit boss amid API changes
Comment From 'we are not Elon' to 'Elon was right' in a matter of days
Bootnotes19 Jun 2023 | 161
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 | 219
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 | 112
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 | 88
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 | 18
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
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 | 188
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 | 233
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
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