Here we go again: Microsoft in UK court over cloud licensing
Competition Appeal Tribunal to decide if multibillion-pound overcharging case can go to trial
SaaS12 Dec 2025 | 17
Legal
Reddit sues Australia to exempt itself from kids social media ban
Forum site says it’s potentially more harmful to users who don’t log in
Legal12 Dec 2025 | 61
Crypto-crasher Do Kwon jailed for 15 years over $40bn UST bust
Judge said his fraud was on 'epic, generational scale'
Legal12 Dec 2025 | 22
European cloud trade group says EU should have blocked VMware-Broadcom merger
Org argues that the approval process was flawed and regulators should have known better
Legal11 Dec 2025 | 12
Users report chaos as Legal Aid Agency stumbles back online after cyberattack
Exclusive Workers frustrated with security-first changes to workflows and teething issues
Cyber-crime11 Dec 2025 | 3
India’s government wants to set prices for the content AI companies use to train models
Proposes central body to collect royalties and dole out cash to creators
AI + ML11 Dec 2025 | 7
Australia bans teens from social media, but nobody thinks it'll really work
Still, the ban has reset expectations and may reduce harm, and that’s kind of enough
Legal09 Dec 2025 | 80
Google's AI training tactics land it in another EU antitrust fight
Brussels probes whether unpaid web and YouTube content – and rivals' lock-outs – amount to abuse of dominance
AI + ML09 Dec 2025 | 6
Feds bust nefarious plot to ship Nvidia H200s to China and hurt US
As Trump gives green light to ship Nvidia H200s to China and boost US
Systems09 Dec 2025 | 5
Care leavers mired in red tape trying to get their own records
UK data watchdog demands public sector improves subject access request processing
Legal09 Dec 2025 | 2
UK finally vows to look at 35-year-old Computer Misuse Act
As Portugal gives researchers a pass under cybersecurity law
Security09 Dec 2025 | 54
ICE-tracking app developer sues Trump admin after Apple spikes the software
Suit argues forcing Apple to remove app, and threatening dev with legal action is a First Amendment violation
Legal08 Dec 2025 | 58
X shuts down European Commission ad account after €120M fine announcement
Brussels accused of using Ad Composer quirk to post link disguised as a video
Personal Tech08 Dec 2025 | 90
Judge hints Vizio TV buyers may have rights to source code licensed under GPL
Tentative ruling signals a potential win for SFC’s copyleft enforcement push
Legal05 Dec 2025 | 53
EU metes out first-ever Digital Services Act fine, dings X for blue check deception
TikTok, by contrast, satisfied DSA concerns over its ad repository transparency
Legal05 Dec 2025 | 105
Lawyer's 6-year-old son uses AI to build copyright infringement generator
Rights holders had better buckle up for years of legal wrangling, IP lawyer tells The Reg
Legal03 Dec 2025 | 108
Landlord quirks leave thousands of flats stuck in the broadband slow lane
Openreach pushes for legal overhaul as apartments fall through fiber rollout gaps
Networks01 Dec 2025 | 96
UK Digital Services Tax raises £800M from global tech giants
Treasury haul beats early forecasts, yet captures only a fraction of the revenue generated in Britain
Off-Prem28 Nov 2025 | 18
VMware isn’t budging in its pursuit of Siemens for alleged unpaid licenses
Fresh court filings try to keep the case about copyright, and in US courts
Virtualization28 Nov 2025 | 35
Soup king Campbell’s parts ways with IT VP after ‘3D-printed chicken’ remarks
‘Our soup’s not toxic but this chap’s behavior was’ is the gist of the defense
Legal28 Nov 2025 | 107
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Block all AI browsers for the foreseeable future: Gartner
Analysts worry lazy users could have agents complete mandatory infosec training, and attackers could do far nastier things
China’s first reusable rocket explodes, but its onboard Ethernet network flew
Asia In Brief PLUS: South Korea to strengthen security standards; Canon closes Chinese printer plant; APAC datacenter capacity to triple by 2029; And more
Porsche panic in Russia as pricey status symbols forget how to car
Satellite silence trips immobilizers, leaving owners stuck
Microsoft won't fix .NET RCE bug affecting slew of enterprise apps, researchers say
Updated Devs and users should know better, Microsoft tells watchTowr
Russian hackers debut simple ransomware service, but store keys in plain text
Operators accidentally left a way for you to get your data back
UK finally vows to look at 35-year-old Computer Misuse Act
As Portugal gives researchers a pass under cybersecurity law
700+ self-hosted Gits battered in 0-day attacks with no fix imminent
More than half of internet-exposed instances already compromised
VMware kills vSphere Foundation in parts of EMEA
Exclusive Broadcom told The Register that EMEA customers need to check with their local dealer to see if VVF remains on the menu
UK moves to strengthen undersea cable defenses as Russian snooping ramps up
Atlantic Bastion combines AI systems with warships to counter increased surveillance
User insisted their screen was blank, until admitting it wasn't
On Call Getting that confession took hours, during which L1 and L2 support gave up
STORIES
Canadian data order risks blowing a hole in EU sovereignty
OVH stuck between a rock and a hard place as investigators demand access
PaaS + IaaS27 Nov 2025 | 90
TSMC lawsuit claims former exec is probably leaking secrets to Intel
Chipzilla can certainly use foundry smarts, but denies the allegation
Legal27 Nov 2025 | 14
70-hour work weeks no longer enough for Infosys founder, who praises China’s 996 culture
Asia In Brief PLUS: Manga publishers win Cloudflare copyright case; India, EU to link payment systems; Storm over Australia’s weather website; And more!
Security24 Nov 2025 | 86
Lawsuit seeks to probe Uncle Sam's role in ICE-tracking app takedowns
EFF wants to know if citizens had their First Amendment rights violated
Applications21 Nov 2025 | 42
AI nudification site fined £55K for skipping age checks
Decision marks second penalty issued under the UK's Online Safety Act
Legal21 Nov 2025 | 79
TP-Link accuses rival Netgear of 'smear campaign' over alleged China ties
Networking vendor claims rival helped portray it as a national-security risk in the US
Security20 Nov 2025 | 11
Senators propose to let users sue tech giants for harmful algos
The latest attack on Section 230 is likely to face the same fate as many previous efforts
Legal19 Nov 2025 | 14
Brussels eyes AWS, Azure for gatekeeper tag in cloud clampdown
European Commission probes whether Amazon and Microsoft wield outsized control under Digital Markets Act
AWS Re:invent18 Nov 2025 | 4
Chinese web giant Tencent can't buy all the GPUs it wants
Getting by with a meager $2 billion quarterly capex – vastly less than rivals, but still cashing in on AI
PaaS + IaaS14 Nov 2025 | 4
Geopolitics push European CIOs to think local on cloud
Majority of customers plan to favor domestic providers as sovereignty fears rise
AWS Re:invent13 Nov 2025 | 13
Rhadamanthys malware admin rattled as cops seize a thousand-plus servers
Operation Endgame also takes down Elysium and VenomRAT infrastructure
Cyber-crime13 Nov 2025 | 2
Bitcoin bandit's £5B bubble bursts as cops wrap seven-year chase
Metropolitan Police lands lengthy sentence following 'complex' investigation
Legal12 Nov 2025 | 36
UK's Cyber Security and Resilience Bill makes Parliamentary debut
Various touch-ups added as MPs seek greater resilience to attacks on critical sectors
Security12 Nov 2025 | 15
EU's reforms of GDPR, AI slated by privacy activists for 'playing into Big Tech’s hands'
Lobbying efforts gain ground as proposals carve myriad holes into regulations
Legal11 Nov 2025 | 38
FBI prevails over convicted fraudster in $345M destroyed Bitcoin dispute
Counterfeiter failed to conjure a credible claim, appeals court rules
Legal06 Nov 2025 | 25
Tanzania back online after politically motivated five-day outage
Net access cut on election eve, resumed after widely-loathed president was sworn in after disputed poll
Public Sector05 Nov 2025 | 4
Amazon complains that Perplexity's agentic shopping bot is a terrible customer
Perplexity likens Amazon's legal threat to an attempt to ban access to ... wrenches?
AI + ML05 Nov 2025 | 45
UK judge delivers a 'damp squib' in Getty AI training case, no clear precedent set
Experts disagree about what the ruling means for AI training on copyrighted material
Legal04 Nov 2025 | 32
Metropolitan Police hails facial recognition tech after record year for arrests
But question marks remain over the tech’s biases
Security03 Nov 2025 | 35
Russia finally bites the cybercrooks it raised, arresting suspected Meduza infostealer devs
Rare case of the state turning on its own, but researchers say it may be doing so more often
Cyber-crime31 Oct 2025 | 8
Sole trader dispatched almost 1M spam texts to hard-up Brits, says watchdog
ICO fined Bharat Singh Chand £200,000 after receiving 19,138 complaints
Security29 Oct 2025 | 17
Zen Internet loses unfair dismissal appeal case with former CEO
Judges agree broadband biz didn't follow its own procedures when booting boss
Networks29 Oct 2025 | 25
Clearview AI faces criminal heat for ignoring EU data fines
Noyb says New York-based facial recognition biz flouted GDPR orders and kept scraping anyway
Legal28 Oct 2025 | 13
Twist in Tesco vs. VMware case as Computacenter files claim against Broadcom, Dell
As negotiations stalled, Broadcom feared Tesco no longer saw it as a long-term partner
Legal28 Oct 2025 | 62
Automattic accuses rival WordPress outfit WP Engine of ‘false advertising, and deceptive business practices’
UPDATED FOSS feud re-ignites with massive counter-claim
Legal27 Oct 2025 | 10
UN Cybercrime Treaty wins dozens of signatories, to go with its many critics
Allows surveillance and cross-border evidence sharing, which worries human rights groups
Cyber-crime27 Oct 2025 | 1
Australia sues Microsoft for misleading M365 users about Copilot subscription options
Asia In Brief PLUS: China demotes tech self-sufficiency goal; Alibaba Cloud quietly quits VMware; India demands deepfake labels; and more!
Legal27 Oct 2025 | 34
Apple faces £1.5B payout after losing UK App Store case
iPhone maker overcharged devs and users, says competition court
Applications24 Oct 2025 | 38
Reddit to Perplexity: Get your filthy hands off our forums
Updated Social media site continues legal campaign against those who take its content without a license
Legal22 Oct 2025 | 24
AI does a better job of ripping off the style of famous authors than MFA students do
Shall I refer thee to all those lawsuits about fair use? Researchers think this result makes them worth revisiting
AI + ML21 Oct 2025 | 24
Tribunal wonders if Microsoft has found a legal hero after pivot to copyright gambit
ValueLicensing dispute probes whether Office counts as a creative work
Software20 Oct 2025 | 19
Chamber of Commerce sues over Trump's $100K H-1B paywall
US biz lobby claims president overstepped his authority with proclamation demanding hefty visa fee
Legal17 Oct 2025 | 60
Labor unions sue Trump administration over social media surveillance
Updated Sharing views POTUS doesn't like? Say goodbye to that visa, First Amendment be damned
Legal17 Oct 2025 | 79
Literal crossed wires sent cops after innocent neighbors in child abuse case
Eight-year telco blunder had a profound impact on three wrongly accused in Wales
Networks17 Oct 2025 | 120
£2B UK cloud licensing claim against Microsoft seeks more business backers
Updated Action alleges Redmond unfairly hikes costs for businesses running Windows Server outside Azure
Software15 Oct 2025 | 5
Trump's anti-sustainability agenda comes to Eurozone
canalys emea forum 2025 ESG kicked like a 'toxic political football' amid greenwashing
CxO15 Oct 2025 | 128
Ofcom fines 4chan £20K and counting for pretending UK's Online Safety Act doesn't exist
Regulator warns penalties will pile up until internet toilet does its paperwork
Security13 Oct 2025 | 134
UK slaps 'strategic market status' on Google, unlocking power to pry open search
Competition watchdog can now meddle in how the tech giant runs the biggest wing of its organization
Off-Prem10 Oct 2025 | 18
Clearview AI sees red as UK tribunal sides with regulator over $10M GDPR fine
Court says ICO can chase US outfit for unlawfully hoovering up Brits' selfies
Databases09 Oct 2025 | 16
Nextcloud withdraws European Commission OneDrive bundling complaint
Blames 'lack of interest' from the EU policy enforcer for towel throwing
Public Sector09 Oct 2025 | 10
The price is wrong! California goes Bob Barker on algorithmic price rigging
When sellers collude through a computer algorithm, that doesn't make it right
Legal08 Oct 2025 | 15
Qualcomm in the dock over 'patent tax' on smartphones
Consumer group Which? says owners of Apple and Samsung devices overcharged by £480M
Systems06 Oct 2025 | 16
College student went on a destructive rampage, then confessed to ChatGPT, cops say
Police say they found the evidence on his phone
Legal02 Oct 2025 | 26
Judge dismisses Arm's last legal claim against Qualcomm in licensing spat
Chip designer tells The Reg it plans to appeal
Systems01 Oct 2025 | 9
Imgur yanks Brit access to memes as parent company faces fine
ICO investigation into platform's lack of age assurance continues
Security01 Oct 2025 | 75
£5.5B Bitcoin fraudster pleads guilty after years on the run
Zhimin Qian recruited takeaway worker to launder funds through property overseas
Legal30 Sep 2025 | 7
YouTube coughs up $24.5 million to make Trump 'censorship' case go away
Alphabet's vid-streamer will fund construction of a ballroom The Donald adores
Legal30 Sep 2025 | 67
California cops confused after trying to give ticket to self-driving car
Don't tell Elon, he'd have Tesla's Robotaxis going ludicrous speed
Legal29 Sep 2025 | 59
Whitebridge AI created false and alarming reputation reports, complaint alleges
Updated Privacy group Noyb wants Lithuania to throw the GDPR book at 'em
Legal29 Sep 2025 |
Russia-backed Indian oil company loses bid to force SAP support as sanctions bite
Delhi High Court denies urgent relief after vendor halts services citing EU rules
Software29 Sep 2025 | 11
Trump demands Microsoft fire its head of global affairs
Alleges bias and security problems
Public Sector29 Sep 2025 | 88
Brits warned as illegal robo-callers with offshored call centers fined half a million
It’s amazing the number of calls Jo, Helen, and Ian get through
Security26 Sep 2025 | 62
Apple, Google tell Europe its Digital Markets Act isn't working for them – or consumers
They would say that, wouldn’t they?
Legal26 Sep 2025 | 11
Amazon will refund $1.5B to 35M customers allegedly duped into paying for Prime
Former FTC chair Khan not happy her legal wrath ended in settlement worth just 14% of Amazon's quarterly net
Legal25 Sep 2025 | 16
Google reminds EU that Microsoft's cloudy licensing still stinks a year later
Mountain View gripes over slow-moving regulators while Redmond rakes it in
Software25 Sep 2025 | 11
Is GitHub a social network that endangers children? Australia wants to know
As ban on under-16s using some sites looms, cyber-safety regulator sends Microsoft’s code locker a letter
Legal25 Sep 2025 | 47
Google is very sorry for pulling down COVID misinfo and pledges never to use outside fact-checkers
It's all Biden's fault, Chocolate Factory claims
Legal24 Sep 2025 | 94
UK agency makes arrest in airport cyberattack investigation
After air passenger travel hit across the Atlantic, organized crime agency strikes
Cyber-crime24 Sep 2025 | 22
Japanese city passes two-hours-a-day smartphone usage ordinance
Symbolic gesture aims to help citizens sleep. Next: Doing something about people who walk while using their phones
Legal24 Sep 2025 | 43
Don't panic: H-1B visas will cost companies $100K only for new petitions
However, the changes could lead to more offshoring
Legal22 Sep 2025 | 29
Trump admin says tech companies are abusing H-1B visas, slaps $100k a year to allow entry
It will hit outsourcing companies hardest
Legal20 Sep 2025 | 136
Charities warn Ofcom too soft on Online Safety Act violators
Another blow for the legislation as Parliament continues to hear stakeholder views
Legal19 Sep 2025 | 60
Insight Partners confirms ransomware hit, more than 12,000 caught in data dragnet
VC giant rebuilt boxes, patched holes, and says it’s beefed up security – but won’t say who did it
Cyber-crime18 Sep 2025 | 3
Nvidia GeForced out of China as Beijing demands tech titans embrace homegrown silicon
Huawei or another, we're gonna getcha off Nvidia
AI + ML18 Sep 2025 | 12
Australia to let Big Tech choose its own adventure to enact kids social media ban
Suggests using multiple overlapping approaches and being kind to kids who get kicked off
Public Sector17 Sep 2025 | 20
Indian court stops streaming hearings on social media to protect lawyers from mean memes
Did you hear the one about the thin-skinned barrister?
Legal16 Sep 2025 | 3
After years of strife, AFRINIC has elected a board. Now the hard work begins
Regional internet registry faces numerous critics and isn’t out of the legal woods
Networks15 Sep 2025 |
EU regulators let Microsoft off the hook after Teams unbundling pledge
Slack's complaint sparked a five-year investigation, but Redmond walks away fine-free
SaaS12 Sep 2025 | 6
Hack to school: Parents told to keep their little script kiddies in line
UK data watchdog says students behind most education cyberattacks
Cyber-crime12 Sep 2025 | 54
Appeals court blocks Trump bid to ax top copyright official in AI spat
It all started with a May report saying that some bot training may need licensing or permission
Legal11 Sep 2025 | 14
Brussels faces privacy crossroads over encryption backdoors
Over 600 security boffins say planned surveillance crosses the line
Security11 Sep 2025 | 56
Experts scrutinized Ofcom's Online Safety Act governance. They're concerned
Academics and OSA stakeholders say watchdog needs to amend how controversial legislation is enforced
Legal11 Sep 2025 | 28
Uncle Sam indicts alleged ransomware kingpin tied to $18B in damages
Prosecutors claim Ukrainian ran LockerGoga, MegaCortex, and Nefilim ops – $11M bounty on his head
Cyber-crime10 Sep 2025 | 3
UK toughens Online Safety Act with ban on self-harm content
Charities welcome change, but critics warn the law is already too broad
Security09 Sep 2025 | 55
WhatsApp's former security boss claims reporting infosec failings led to ousting
Meta shrugs off allegations of improper dismissal, ignoring privacy and security
Legal08 Sep 2025 | 12
VMware's in court again. Customer relationships rarely go this wrong
Opinion Have you ever seen the 'Are we the baddies' sketch, Broadcom?
Virtualization08 Sep 2025 | 67
Anthropic to pay at least $1.5 billion to authors whose work it knowingly pirated
Expect more ‘slush funds’ of this sort, analyst tells El Reg
Legal08 Sep 2025 | 39
US cuffs 475 at Hyundai–LG battery plant – feds tout largest single-site raid
South Korean government protests as workers left up s**t creek
Legal05 Sep 2025 | 141
France fines Google, SHEIN for undercooked cookie policies that led to crummy privacy
Web giant and Chinese e-tailer whacked for dropping trackers without permission
Legal04 Sep 2025 | 17
Supermarket giant Tesco sues VMware, warns lack of support could disrupt food supply
Goes after Computacenter too, seeks £100 million damages
Virtualization03 Sep 2025 | 129
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