Sadly, the catastrophic impact with Apophis asteroid isn't going to happen in 2068
Astroboffins are so confident, this once dangerous near-Earth object has now been struck off official risk lists
28 Mar 2021 | 66
Offbeat
Rogue elements: Hades and Loop Hero manage to draw on the same legacy while having very little in common
The RPG Let's go round again, maybe we'll turn back the hands of time
27 Mar 2021 | 13
Tesla broke US labor law with anti-union efforts – watchdog
And Elon Musk must delete 2018 tweet threatening loss of benefits for unionizing
26 Mar 2021 | 74
Oracle sorely wanted case alleging improper inflation of cloud sales to disappear. But the judge said no
A couple of execs have been let off the hook, though
26 Mar 2021 | 5
Diary of a report writer and his big break into bad business
Something for the Weekend, Sir? Ow. Thank you sir may I have another
26 Mar 2021 | 128
NASA's Perseverance rover in brick form: China set vs unofficial Lego fan design
The Register goes a-building once more – no glue required this time
26 Mar 2021 | 34
BOFH: Bullying? Not on my watch! (It's a Rolex)
Episode 3 Aye, me hearties... it is time to call H-ARRRRRGH
26 Mar 2021 | 78
Ticker tape and a binary message: Bank of England's new Alan Turing £50 must be the nerdiest banknote ever
Tribute to wartime computer boffin hits circulation on 23 June
25 Mar 2021 | 89
ESA gives UK space an £8.5m Boost: Rocketeers eye a 2022 launch
Lawmakers still need to sign off on launch from UK soil, though
25 Mar 2021 | 11
Everything you need to know about the HPE v Mike Lynch High Court case
Updated Before 'end of Q1'* judgment we round up all the legalese into one place
25 Mar 2021 | 34
The silicon supply chain crunch is worrying. Now comes a critical concern: A coffee shortage
Droughts and transport bottlenecks reduce supply and hike costs. Can the world survive this crisis?
25 Mar 2021 | 115
NASA sets the date for first helicopter flight on another planet – and the craft will carry a piece of history
Fabric from Wright brothers' aircraft makes it to Mars
25 Mar 2021 | 43
WhatsApp in India? A probe into Facebook privacy, citizen cyber-cops absolved, and censorship criticism
Netflix gets the 'won't someone think of the children' treatment over show for adults
25 Mar 2021 | 9
We've seen things you people wouldn't believe. A halo of light polarized by a gigantic black hole's magnetic field...
Pic + video Most intimate snap yet of M87's supermassive abyss
25 Mar 2021 | 38
Global tat supply line clogged as Suez Canal authorities come to aid of wedged 18-brontosaurus container ship
Updated At last, The Reg online standards converter's time has come
24 Mar 2021 | 71
Prince Harry, the Count of Montecito, turns Silicon Valley startup exec with first job based in 21st Century
New post accepted as Chief Impact (on Press Coverage) Officer for BetterUp
23 Mar 2021 | 57
Sure, Dave might seem like he's avidly listening to this morning's meeting, but he's actually doing a yoga routine
Meanwhile, Emma is playing video games, and Daniel... well, Daniel is drunk already
23 Mar 2021 | 39
Your hardware is end-of-life... and it's in space. Worry not, Anglo-Japanese sat to test new orbital cleanup method
Video Magnetic tech could be used to deorbit debris
23 Mar 2021 | 42
Google's boss for the next billion users bails after beating that target handily
Caesar Sengupta says it's time to take off Google's 'training wheels' as he both literally and metaphorically plans his next bike ride
23 Mar 2021 | 6
Founders of medical science upstart uBiome once likened to Theranos now indicted for, you guessed it, fraud
Failed firm was full of it, Feds say
22 Mar 2021 | 12
Apple stung for $308m in battle over patent used in FairPlay DRM software
'Cases like this... stifle innovation and ultimately harm consumers,' says iGiant
22 Mar 2021 | 20
John Cleese ‘has a bridge to sell you’, suggests $69,346,250.50 price to top Beeple's virtual art record
iPad doodle offered as a ‘cryptic currency’ non-fungible token, natch
22 Mar 2021 | 68
Boffins get first measurements of Jupiter's stratospheric storms that show 'unique beast' dwarfing Earth's issues
Even though its Great Red Spot appears to be shrinking, the storm behind it will probably live on
20 Mar 2021 | 12
Being asked to rate fake news may help stop social media users sharing it, study finds
Could slow the spread of misinformation without needing draconian law
19 Mar 2021 | 42
Boldly going where Elon Musk will probably go before: NASA successfully tests SLS Moon rocket core stage
Space agency now that much closer to the Moon tossing multi-million dollar Space Shuttle engines in sea
19 Mar 2021 | 55
Move aside, Technoking: All hail the Sweat Master and his many inspirational job titles
Something for the Weekend, Sir? I hope he doesn't call me Pedoking
19 Mar 2021 | 95
Watch it go: World's smallest self-folding origami bird that reminds us we were promised nanobots at some point
Video Remember the dream of microscale machines? They may look like this
19 Mar 2021 | 33
Indian MP calls for Australian-style pay for news laws
Calls for YouTube to cough up, plus Facebook and Google
19 Mar 2021 | 4
Listen to The Sound of Perseverance: Not the death metal album, but NASA's Mars rover on the move
Rolling over the Martian stones toward a drop-off for the Ingenuity Helicopter
18 Mar 2021 | 31
Missile systems software dev leaker has sentence almost doubled after UK.gov says 4½ years was too soft
Ex-BAE engineer refused to give Brit cops his VeraCrypt key
18 Mar 2021 | 81
Something fishy is going on in Taiwan as folk change name to include 'salmon' for free sushi
Youngsters rise to the bait after restaurant chain's promotion
18 Mar 2021 | 36
Singapore seeks freer international data flows to boost post-COVID-19 growth
City-state also deploys new contact tracing boxes at entrances to public places
18 Mar 2021 | 4
Where did the water go on Mars? Maybe it's right under our noses: Up to 99% may still be in planet's crust
New science challenges theory of liquid lost in space
18 Mar 2021 | 21
Chinese government yanks Alibaba’s browser from Chinese app stores
Another rough day for Jack Ma as Beijing continues big tech crackdown
17 Mar 2021 | 5
Sharp’s smartphone camera lens biz Kantatsu blurred its finances, invented deals worth $84m
Foxconn-owned outfit claimed non-existent sales as revenue. Apologies and promises to do better all ‘round
17 Mar 2021 | 2
California bans website 'dark patterns', confusing language when opting out of having your personal info sold
State privacy rules add pressure on lawmakers to craft national standards
17 Mar 2021 | 32
