As Elon Musk makes thousands of federal workers jobless, tycoon pushes for $56B Tesla pay deal
Not so much thrown under a bus as under an unwanted electric car
Bootnotes12 Mar 2025 | 88
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Developer sabotaged ex-employer with kill switch activated when he was let go
IsDavisLuEnabledInActiveDirectory? Not any more. IsDavisLuGuilty? Yes. IsDavisLuFacingJail? Also yes
Bootnotes08 Mar 2025 | 80
Cybercrims now licking stamps and sending extortion demands in snail mail
Updated First crooks gave up encrypting data, and just stole it – now they don't even bother pilfering info. Sheesh!
Bootnotes05 Mar 2025 | 18
100-plus spies fired after NSA internal chat board used for kinky sex talk
National intel boss slams naughty nattering on work systems as 'egregious violation of trust'
Bootnotes26 Feb 2025 | 74
Binned off staff, slashed stock options. What's next? Ah yes, bigger C-suite bonuses
And really, nothing out of the ordinary for Silicon Valley
Bootnotes22 Feb 2025 | 17
As Amazon takes over the Bond franchise, we submit our scripts for the next flick
License To Kill -9 ... For Your iPhone Only ... AI Another Day ... The name's Bezos, Jeff Bezos
Bootnotes21 Feb 2025 | 144
The Doom-in-a-PDF dev is back – this time with Linux
What's next, Crysis-in-a-CSV?
Bootnotes16 Feb 2025 | 39
Man who binned 7,500 Bitcoin drive now wants to buy entire landfill to dig it up
More than a decade on, waste experts say the odds of finding those coins are next to nil
Bootnotes11 Feb 2025 | 113
Welsh woman fined for flatulence-fueled cyber harassment
Court said her approach to child access dispute with partner's ex really stinks
Bootnotes31 Jan 2025 | 95
AI revoir, Lucie: France's answer to ChatGPT paused after faux pas overdrive
Slew of embarrassing answers sends open source chatterbox back for more schooling
AI + ML29 Jan 2025 | 69
In farewell speech, Biden rails against the tech industrial complex, disinfo dismantling democracy
Welcome to a decade where the oligarchs are no longer silent in the shadows
Bootnotes16 Jan 2025 | 86
SEC sues Elon Musk for allegedly screwing investors out of $150M before Twitter takeover
Plus: SpaceX rocket re-entries spark airline delays
Bootnotes15 Jan 2025 | 54
Hulk smash Musk and Zuck! Actor Mark Ruffalo and non-billionaire pals back network tech underpinning Bluesky
Updated Free Our Feeds solicits funds to foster AT Protocol that powers decentralized social media
Bootnotes14 Jan 2025 | 60
WordPress drama latest: Leader Matt Mullenweg exiles five contributors
WordPress.org accounts cancelled, dissidents told to fork off
Applications14 Jan 2025 | 29
LA deputies dogged by New Year date glitch in patrol car PCs
SoCal plod resort to paper logs after system that top brass was warned would 'inevitably fail' did exactly that
Bootnotes03 Jan 2025 | 60
Eight things that should not have happened last year, but did
Opinion 2024's Tech Fail Roll Of Dishonor
Bootnotes01 Jan 2025 | 116
The winner of last year's Windows Ugly Sweater is ...
Register readers have spoken
Bootnotes25 Dec 2024 | 14
You're so bad at recycling, this biz built an AI to handle it for you
Maybe start getting better at sorting your trash before these ML garbage bots gain sentience?
Bootnotes08 Dec 2024 | 43
Elon Musk tops US political donor list with $270M+ for Team Trump
Plus, xAI scores another $6B to fuel Tesla tycoon's war on OpenAI
Public Sector07 Dec 2024 | 127
Judge again cans Musk's record-setting $56B Tesla package
'Even if a stockholder vote could have a ratifying effect, it could not do so here,' says Delaware Chancellor
Bootnotes03 Dec 2024 | 39
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Google begs owners of crippled Chromecasts not to hit factory reset
Updated Expired security cert kerfuffle leaves second-gen, Audio gadgets useless
DOGE helps Veterans Affairs end IT contract run by service-disabled entrepreneurs
Project dubbed 'wasteful' – Musk's lot says under-pressure VA must do it 'in-house'
Apple has locked me in the same monopolistic cage Microsoft's built for Windows 10 users
Column Vendors just don't want machines to live double lives
Google says it's rolling out fix for stricken Chromecasts
It'll take a few days, give or take your situation
$16B health dept managed finances with single Excel spreadsheet. It hasn’t gone well
It's just one of 6,000 apps that New Zealand thinks might be best tamed with ERP
CISA pen-tester says 100-strong red team binned after DOGE canceled contract
Updated Election infosec advisory center also shuttered
Microsoft will kill Remote Desktop soon, insists you'll love replacement
Windows App the way ahead as support pulled from May 27
Allstate Insurance sued for delivering personal info on a platter, in plaintext, to anyone who went looking for it
Crooks built bots to exploit astoundingly bad quotation website and made off with data on thousands
Get off that old Firefox by Friday or you'll be sorry, says Moz
Root cert expiry may bring breakage or worse for add-ons, media playback, and more
Microsoft admits GitHub hosted malware that infected almost a million devices
Infosec in Brief Also, phone cleaner apps are a data-sucking scam, Singapore considering the literal rod for scammers, and more
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Win a slice of XP cheese if you tell us where Microsoft should put Copilot next
Competition What's that coming over the hill, is it an AI?
Bootnotes02 Dec 2024 | 205
Yup, half of that thought-leader crap on LinkedIn is indeed AI scribbled
Ten rules for maximizing your grindset! #1: Let a bot do your work for you
Bootnotes28 Nov 2024 | 54
AI Jesus is ready to dispense advice from a booth in historic Swiss church
Pope, Depeche Mode, silent on digital second coming
Bootnotes23 Nov 2024 | 74
BASIC co-creator Thomas Kurtz hits END at 96
Obit Pioneering Dartmouth College mathematician died last week
Bootnotes20 Nov 2024 | 115
Study suggests X turned right just in time for election season
Significant uptick in visibility for Musk, Republican account posts from July 13
Personal Tech20 Nov 2024 | 187
Swiss cheesed off as postal service used to spread malware
QR codes arrive via an age-old delivery system
Bootnotes16 Nov 2024 | 37
Tesla Cybertruck, a paragon of reliability, recalled again
And there's no OTA patching your way out of faulty drive inverter MOSFETs
Bootnotes14 Nov 2024 | 53
Gang of monkeys escape South Carolina biomedical research facility
Lock your doors and windows, say police, but these should be disease-free
Bootnotes11 Nov 2024 | 59
Intel: Our finances are in the toilet, we're laying off 15K, but the free coffee is back!
Now that's a brew-haha
Bootnotes09 Nov 2024 | 98
NASA fires up super-quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft
Vid A try called Quesst
Bootnotes08 Nov 2024 | 91
UK sleep experts say it's time to kill daylight saving for good
It turns out morning light beats evening rays for health benefits
Personal Tech27 Oct 2024 | 283
Biz Daemon is too cool to respond to fans of his big screen work
BORK!BORK!BORK! If only all Android apps were so effortlessly stylish
Bootnotes26 Oct 2024 | 12
The horror that is VHS revived for horror movie release
POLL: Is VHS back? Cassette-bursting medium revived for latest Alien chest-burster flick
Bootnotes23 Oct 2024 | 89
'Newport would look like Dubai' if guy could dumpster dive for lost Bitcoin drive
To Wales now, where crypto bro sues to be allowed to excavate landfill site
Bootnotes16 Oct 2024 | 85
BBS legend Ward Christensen logs off for last time at 78
Obit Co-creator of the Computerized Bulletin Board System heads for big forum in the sky
Bootnotes15 Oct 2024 | 23
Tesla Cybertruck recalled again. This time, a software fix for backup camera glitch
10 seconds to Elon blaming this on Kamala or something
Bootnotes04 Oct 2024 | 76
Scammers in the slammer for years after ripping off Apple with fake iPhone returns
Duo must also cough up $1.5M for pulling off multi-million-dollar exchange swindle
Bootnotes03 Oct 2024 | 14
US Army orders next-gen robot mule to haul a literal ton of gear
Soldiers' new best friend does all the heavy lifting
Bootnotes28 Sep 2024 | 62
Bring the joy of train delays home with your very own departure board
Working from home, but missing the voice of Elinor Hamilton telling you all services are canceled?
Bootnotes27 Sep 2024 | 67
Amazon, Tesla, Meta considered harmful to democracy
Exploiting workers, undermining public services, exacerbating climate crisis, ITUC says
Bootnotes23 Sep 2024 | 41
Cards Against Humanity deals SpaceX a $15M lawsuit over Texas turf tangle
Land purchased to save it from Trump's border wall 'completely f*cked' by 'gravel, tractors, and space garbage'
Bootnotes23 Sep 2024 | 48
NIST: New smoke alarms are better at detecting fires, but still go off for bacon
Just like almost everyone else, they still love the smell of fried artery-cloggers
Bootnotes21 Sep 2024 | 75
Thank you, Reg Readers: On Call has turned 500!
Started on a whim, almost a decade later it's a fixture – and a marvelous demonstration of your wit and wisdom
Bootnotes15 Sep 2024 | 30
Homing pigeon missiles, dead trout swimming, butt breathing honored with Ig Nobel Prize
Mad science award ceremony returns to MIT after four years online
Bootnotes14 Sep 2024 | 71
Feeld dating app's security too open-minded as private data swings into public view
No love for months-long wait to fix this, either
Research13 Sep 2024 | 8
Online media outstrips TV as source of news for the first time in the UK
Ofcom research shows TV remains more trusted news source in social media age
Bootnotes11 Sep 2024 | 107
WHO-backed meta-study finds no evidence that cellphone radiation causes brain cancer
The signal may not rot your mind, we can't say the same for the content
Science04 Sep 2024 | 105
US govt halts medical study into Havana Syndrome, cites 'coercion' of participants
What was screwing with minds of US diplomats – wait, is that a black helicopt...
Science04 Sep 2024 | 49
A last look at the Living Computers museum before collection heads to auction
A guided tour of vintage hardware set to be scattered to the winds
Personal Tech27 Aug 2024 | 38
If a cheesy '80s flick is a good metaphor for how you run projects, something is wrong
There can be only one … annoying management technique
Software16 Aug 2024 | 36
Disney claims agreeing to Disney+ terms waives man's right to sue over wife's death
Updated NYU doc died from allergic reaction after eating at Florida resort pub
Bootnotes15 Aug 2024 | 69
Say 'ahhhh' – AI robots are now gunning for your gums
Perceptive turns its automated dental dynamo on humans, and Zuck's dad thinks it's great
Bootnotes02 Aug 2024 | 25
Happy Sysadmin Day, the Bitlocker keys are in a bowl on top of the fridge
Vote below for the best way to celebrate our underappreciated heroes
Bootnotes26 Jul 2024 | 20
Sam Altman sues builder over $27M flooded, sewage-hit 'lemon' of a mega-mansion
Leaking skylights, collapsed roof, garbage-clogged pipes - did ChatGPT make this?
Bootnotes18 Jul 2024 | 88
'Gay furry hackers' say they've disbanded after raiding Project 2025's Heritage Foundation
Ultra-conservative org funnily enough not ready to turn the other cheek
Bootnotes12 Jul 2024 | 64
Trump threatens to send Meta's Mark ‘Zuckerbucks’ to prison if reelected president
Updated If you were wondering how the US White House race is going in 2024, it's going like this...
Bootnotes11 Jul 2024 | 185
Amazon puts down its Astro robotic business watchdog
Now even the 'droids are being laid off – sheesh!
Bootnotes03 Jul 2024 | 19
War on Texas law requiring ID to savor smut online heads to Supreme Court
Talk about painfully invasive processes
Bootnotes02 Jul 2024 | 51
Boeing to reacquire spun-off supplier Spirit AeroSpace to shore up safety
Because the best place for a troubled supplier is beneath the wing of original parent company
Bootnotes01 Jul 2024 | 25
Microsoft founder Paul Allen's tech museum closes, sells off collection
Letter from Einstein, vintage space suit, and ancient computers all up for sale
Bootnotes26 Jun 2024 | 44
Glastonbury to turn festivalgoer pee into eco-friendly fertilizer
Now that's what you call a golden harvest
Bootnotes26 Jun 2024 | 39
Footage of Nigel Farage blowing up Rishi Sunak's Minecraft mansion 'not real'
Hats off to The Guardian for double checking, though
Bootnotes19 Jun 2024 | 87
NASA hits wrong button, broadcasts ISS emergency training by mistake
Simulation stimulates social media panic
Bootnotes13 Jun 2024 | 17
Italian premier taps Pope Francis to warn G7 of AI disaster if ethics ignored
Holy smokes, don't screw this up
Bootnotes12 Jun 2024 | 5
Michael Dell lends support to bid for Everton Football Club
Texan Mick set to become honorary blue Scouser if winning bid hits back of the net
Bootnotes10 Jun 2024 | 6
Tetris Company celebrates classic game's 40th birthday
You're not a 1985 truther, are you?
Bootnotes06 Jun 2024 | 28
From meatballs to metaverse – IKEA's flatpack fantasy lands on Roblox
Swedish furniture giant has 10 paid in-game jobs to fill
Bootnotes05 Jun 2024 | 9
Tesla slams advisors for not loving Musk's $44.9B payout
We hired you for one job...
Bootnotes30 May 2024 | 85
LLMs can write and answer quizzes – but aren't quite ready to disrupt trivia night
Feed AutoQuizzer a URL and it will use LLaMa-3 to make a decent multiple-choice test
AI + ML29 May 2024 | 10
Bored students can now enjoy Sonic 2 on TI-84 Plus CE calculators, thanks to port
Retro interview Blast (processing) from the past
Bootnotes26 May 2024 | 24
Pew: Quarter of web pages vanished in past decade
Luckily we have the Wayback Machine
Personal Tech20 May 2024 | 27
Really? A sarcasm detector? Wow. You shouldn't have
Computers learning to spot sass – what could go wrong?
Bootnotes20 May 2024 | 41
Samsung takes bite out of Apple over its mega marketing misstep
'We would never crush creativity,' says South Korea megacorp
Bootnotes16 May 2024 | 26
Forget feet and inches, latest UK units of measurement are thinking bigger
Reg Standards Bureau Testing wind turbine blades the size of three rusty angel wingspans
Bootnotes16 May 2024 | 90
Dublin debauchery derails Portal to NYC in six days flat
Webcam art installation quickly descends into public Chatroulette
Bootnotes15 May 2024 | 62
Destroying offshore wind farms is top priority for Trump if he returns to presidency
It’s definitely to protect the whales and not the fossil fuel industry
Bootnotes14 May 2024 | 283
Cops developing Ghostbusters-esque weapon to take out e-bike thugs
'Who you gonna call?' Dunno, my phone's been stolen
Bootnotes14 May 2024 | 68
Blue screen of death or Eurovision's Windows95man performance – what's less annoying?
Those with a delicate constitution, look away now
Bootnotes13 May 2024 | 179
Apple crushes creativity and its reputation in new iPad ad
Comment Someone in marketing may be getting fired for this
Bootnotes10 May 2024 | 126
UK's National Cyber Security Centre entry code cracks up critics
One, two, three, four is all you need to pass that door
Bootnotes10 May 2024 | 51
I told Halle Berry where to go during a programming gig in LA
On Call Five-star techies share stories of working from the lap of luxury
Devops10 May 2024 | 95
Baidu's PR head has a PR problem after workaholic social media posts
Updated Praising 996 culture is so Jack Ma 2019
Bootnotes09 May 2024 | 15
Tesla devotee tests Cybertruck safety with his own finger – and fails
Faith in frunk flunks
Bootnotes08 May 2024 | 136
AI Catholic 'priest' defrocked after recommending Gatorade baptism
Devotees were speaking to an entity who didn't exist – imagine that
Bootnotes03 May 2024 | 140
Cloudflare CEO sues over free-roaming fidos at his ski resort paradise
Who let the dogs out?
Bootnotes29 Apr 2024 | 32
Throwflame launches fire-spitting robo-dog from Hell
The Thermonator can be yours for just $9,420
Bootnotes25 Apr 2024 | 55
Silicon Valley roundabout has drivers in a spin
Accidents at intersection quadruple
Bootnotes23 Apr 2024 | 88
Crypto conferences liquidated after biblical flooding in Dubai
There's something nice about seeing Web3 fanatics in ankle-deep water
Bootnotes17 Apr 2024 | 17
Judge refuses to Ctrl-Z divorce order made by a misclick
Computer says you're single
Bootnotes16 Apr 2024 | 57
X fixes URL blunder that could enable convincing social media phishing campaigns
Poorly implemented rule allowed miscreants to deceive users with trusted URLs
CSO10 Apr 2024 | 27
Sleuths who cracked Zodiac Killer's cipher thank the crowd
Fifty-one years of community contributions, software, and clever cryptanalysis contributed
Bootnotes04 Apr 2024 | 38
Rancher faces prison for trying to breed absolute unit of a sheep
Ewe-nique endeavor aimed to create Jurassic Baaa-rk experience for hunters
Bootnotes14 Mar 2024 | 111
'Chemical cat' on the loose in Japanese city
Unlikely to survive hexavalent chromium dip, officials ask residents to keep an eye out
Bootnotes13 Mar 2024 | 69
Olympic-level server tossing contest seeks entrants – warranty voiding guaranteed
It's geeks gone wild
Bootnotes06 Mar 2024 | 16
Willy Wonka event leaves bitter taste with artificially sweetened promises
Charlie and the AI factory flop compared to 'meth lab'
Bootnotes28 Feb 2024 | 45
Palantir boss says outfit's software the only reason the 'goose step' has not returned to Europe
Motor-mouth CEO Alex Karp claims biz stopped 'innumerable' terror attacks in Europe
Bootnotes28 Feb 2024 | 97
Google Maps leads German tourists to week-long survival saga in Australian swamp
Pair had to dodge croc on trek back to civilization
Bootnotes23 Feb 2024 | 77
Google releases Gemma – LLMs small enough to run on your computer
Your own personal chatbot awaits
Bootnotes22 Feb 2024 | 8
London's famous BT Tower will become a hotel after £275M sale
Hello room service? Can you call your provider? The Wi-Fi is down. Hello?
Bootnotes21 Feb 2024 | 67
Tesla's Cybertruck may not be so stainless after all
'Literally bulletproof' but needs constant cleaning to stave off corrosion
Bootnotes13 Feb 2024 | 212
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