YouTuber leaked iOS secrets via friend spying on dev's phone, Apple lawsuit claims
Jon Prosser and alleged accomplice accused of stealing trade secrets from development device
Legal18 Jul 2025 | 8
Legal
Time for Britain's CMA to strike hard – or risk losing the cloud competition fight
Comment With watchdog set to publish report into health of market next month, will it hold AWS and Microsoft's feet to the fire?
PaaS + IaaS18 Jul 2025 | 9
AI creeps into the risk register for America's biggest firms
S&P 500 businesses warn investors they may never see ROI in SEC filings
AI + ML15 Jul 2025 | 9
IT consultancy settles US battle over alleged $14.75M government contract fraud
Outfit was accused of charging for specialist IT labor performed by uncertified folks
Public Sector15 Jul 2025 | 2
Google Indonesia tangled up in $600 million Chromebook corruption probe
Asia In Brief PLUS: China’s massive lithium find; Cisco’s new Asia boss; Japan and EU plan satcomms collab; and more
Public Sector14 Jul 2025 | 8
Court cancels FTC click-to-cancel rule on a technicality
Welcome back to the age of dark patterns
Legal09 Jul 2025 | 15
Georgia court throws out earlier ruling that relied on fake cases made up by AI
'We are troubled by the citation of bogus cases in the trial court’s order'
AI + ML08 Jul 2025 | 38
Suspected Chinese cybersnoop grounded in Italy after US tipoff
Zewei Xu's family reportedly bemused at arrest as extradition tabled
Security08 Jul 2025 | 10
Epic Games settles its antitrust side quest that sought battle royale with Samsung
They're both silent on what, if anything, has changed
Legal08 Jul 2025 | 2
TUPE or not TUPE? How AI and cloud are rewriting the rules of supplier transitions
Comment Tips on who pays when staff don't transfer, when the regulations apply ... and when they don't
Legal07 Jul 2025 | 7
Ousted US copyright chief argues Trump did not have power to remove her
Shira Perlmutter lost her job after her office published report on generative AI and fair use limits
AI + ML04 Jul 2025 | 63
EU businesses want a pause on AI regulations so they can cope with unregulated Big Tech players
Mistral fears continental companies may not get time to escape 'distant, behemoth corporations'
AI + ML04 Jul 2025 | 42
Won’t somebody think of the European children? Meta and Google put up their hands to help on the same day
Zuck backs a ‘digital majority age’ and Google open sources tech that might enforce it
Public Sector04 Jul 2025 | 17
Meta calls €200M EU fine over pay-or-consent ad model 'unlawful'
'Deserves fair compensation for the valuable and innovative services'? Which ones are those then?
Personal Tech03 Jul 2025 | 65
23andMe's new owner says your DNA is safe this time
Nonprofit TTAM assures everything is BAU. Whether that makes customers feel better is another matter
Cyber-crime02 Jul 2025 | 18
Huawei can't wriggle out of Iran sanctions trial, judge rules
Dismissal bid denied as 16-count indictment moves toward court in May 2026
Networks02 Jul 2025 | 4
US imposes sanctions on second Russian bulletproof hosting vehicle this year
Aeza Group accused of assisting data bandits and BianLian ransomware crooks
Cyber-crime02 Jul 2025 | 10
International Criminal Court swats away 'sophisticated and targeted' cyberattack
Body stays coy on details but alludes to similarities with 2023 espionage campaign
Cyber-crime01 Jul 2025 | 4
A lot of product makers snub Right to Repair laws
Refrigerators and game consoles are the worst, but Apple, surprisingly, rates well
Legal01 Jul 2025 | 28
Proton bashes Apple and joins antitrust suit that seeks to throw the App Store wide open
Makes the usual complaints about control and cost, adds argument Apple's practices harm privacy
Legal01 Jul 2025 | 18
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PUTTY.ORG nothing to do with PuTTY – and now it's spouting pandemic piffle
Linking can be helpful – but not always… while disinformation can spread like a virus
Open, free, and completely ignored: The strange afterlife of Symbian
It did get sourced, but nobody cared
Quantum code breaking? You'd get further with an 8-bit computer, an abacus, and a dog
Computer scientist Peter Gutmann tells The Reg why it's 'bollocks'
Intel swings the axe again as it looks to lose 5,000 staff
Updated Our sources tell us mostly back office staff were let go, and that the mood in the office is very pessimistic
Microsoft offers vintage Exchange and Skype server users six more months of security updates
It looks like enough of you are struggling to migrate that Redmond is willing to help out – for a price that might buy nothing
Watch out, another max-severity, make-me-root Cisco bug on the loose
Updated Three perfect 10s in the last month - ISE, ISE, baby
Laid-off AWS employee describes cuts as 'cold and soulless'
Insiders tell The Register that a company-wide automation push means jobs are disappearing
Large Hadron Collider data hints at explanation for why everything exists
The universe contains more matter than antimatter, and a paper hints at one reason for that happy disparity
‘I nearly died after flying thousands of miles to install a power cord for the NSA’
On Call This job was a car wreck in more than one way
FCC dives in to sink Chinese grip on undersea internet cables
Maybe finish ripping and replacing your telco networks first?
STORIES
DoJ clears HPE to buy Juniper if it sells Instant On Wi-Fi and licenses some code
Which it will, happily, to create a networking biz that’s still far smaller than Cisco’s or Nvidia’s
Networks30 Jun 2025 | 5
Supremes uphold Texas law that forces age-check before viewing adult material
Over 18? Prove it
Legal27 Jun 2025 | 49
Australia not banning kids from YouTube – they’ll just have to use mum and dad’s logins
Regulator acknowledges that won’t stop video nasties, but welcomes extra ‘friction’
Public Sector27 Jun 2025 | 29
More trouble for authors as Meta wins Llama drama AI scraping case
Updated Authors are having a hard time protecting their works from the maws of the LLM makers
AI + ML27 Jun 2025 | 20
AFRINIC election annulled after ICANN writes angry letter to African regional internet registry
Updated The group in charge of IP addresses for 54 countries hasn't had a board since 2022
Networks26 Jun 2025 | 23
French cybercrime police arrest five suspected BreachForums admins
Twentysomethings claimed to be linked to spate of high-profile cybercrimes
Cyber-crime25 Jun 2025 |
Just say no to NO FAKES Act, EFF argues
The problem is focusing on property rights rather than privacy
Legal24 Jun 2025 | 8
WD escapes half a billion in patent damages as judge trims award to $1
SPEX Technologies still gets the win, but failed to 'adequately tie a dollar amount' to infringing acts, says order
Storage24 Jun 2025 | 19
Google faces UK clampdown as watchdog floats market power rules
CMA roadmap outlines potential restrictions on how ad slinger operates in the country
Personal Tech24 Jun 2025 | 6
Australia finds age detection tech has many flaws but will work
Probe into how to implement social media ban finds privacy risks, developer overreach, infosec uncertainties
Personal Tech20 Jun 2025 | 36
AFRINIC election proceeds after ICANN’s attempt to replace officials fails
Regulator remains concerned about election integrity
Legal20 Jun 2025 | 4
EU Advocate General advises top court to toss Google appeal against €4B fine
Case over bundling Play Store with Chrome and Google Search set to continue
Legal19 Jun 2025 | 7
Europe slams online tat bazaar AliExpress for dodging obligation to stop dodgy traders
Illegal products abound on Chinese site and its processes to stop ‘em are hopeless
Public Sector19 Jun 2025 | 43
Apple dodges Optis patent payout for now as judge orders a do-over
Third time's a charm?
Personal Tech17 Jun 2025 | 7
AFRINIC election delayed after ISP Association wins injunction over voter rights
UPDATED Polling was supposed to start on Monday - moved to Wednesday after court revisited the case
Legal17 Jun 2025 | 2
Eurocops arrest suspected Archetyp admin, shut down mega dark web drug shop
Marketplace as big as Silk Road had more than 600k users and turnover of 'at least' €250M
Security16 Jun 2025 | 9
VMware and Siemens spar over where to stage software licence showdown
German giant wants case heard in Germany, not the USA
Legal16 Jun 2025 | 10
Meta sues 'nudify' app-maker that it claims ran 87k+ Facebook, Instagram ads
Despite 'multiple enforcement actions,' Joy Timeline HK allegedly wouldn't stop
Legal12 Jun 2025 | 37
Google faces billion-quid bruising over Play Store fees in the UK
Competition Appeals Tribunal gives nod for claim to go to trial
Legal12 Jun 2025 | 28
Mozilla frets about Google's push to build AI into Chrome
AI could bring a new round of browser wars
AI + ML11 Jun 2025 | 21
ICANN waves hands in protest at AFRINIC election arrangement
Worries lawyers overseeing poll may have disqualifying entanglements
Legal09 Jun 2025 | 3
Cops want Apple, Google to kill stolen phones remotely – so why won't they?
Tech giants say blocking purloined devices via IMEI could open new fraud risks
Personal Tech04 Jun 2025 | 89
Regulator sues product comparison site alleged to only compare products on which it earned commission
No wonder those products always rated so highly
Legal03 Jun 2025 | 18
Feds arrest DoD techie, claim he dumped top secret files in park for foreign spies to find
28-year-old alleged to have made multiple drops to folks who turned out to be undercover FBI agents
Security30 May 2025 | 38
Data watchdog put cops on naughty step for lost CCTV footage
Greater Manchester Police reprimanded over hours of video that went AWOL
Storage30 May 2025 | 21
US to deny visas to foreign officials it says 'censor' social media
Against backdrop of EU rules on spread of misinfo plus UK probing role of online hate in far right riots
Personal Tech29 May 2025 | 116
Apple has only 30 days to comply with EU DMA rules
Users leaving App Store to make a third party payment must be free of charge, says Euro Commish
Applications29 May 2025 | 13
India none-too-subtly reminds Big Tech that local laws prohibit dark patterns
‘Consumers will not tolerate deceit’ Minister tells Amazon, Apple, Samsung and Uber
Legal29 May 2025 | 9
German court parks four Volkswagen execs in jail over Dieselgate scandal
More cases about 2015 software swindle stuck in legal traffic jam
Legal28 May 2025 | 50
Ex-Meta exec: Copyright consent obligation = end of AI biz
Nick Clegg, former politico and Zuckcorp policy Prez, seems confused, can Reg readers help him?
AI + ML27 May 2025 | 149
Europe warns giant e-tailer to stop cheating consumers or face its wrath
No, not Amazon. China’s SHEIN is in the spotlight for fake discounts, grubby greenery, and evading inquiries
Public Sector27 May 2025 | 66
Irish privacy watchdog OKs Meta to train AI on EU folks' posts
Case in Germany could derail Zuck's plans, noyb tells El Reg fight isn't over
AI + ML22 May 2025 | 25
VMware price hikes? Between 800 and 1,500%, claim Euro customers
Report slates end of perpetual licenses, death of monthly pay-as-you-go model, and 'punitive' changes by Broadcom
PaaS + IaaS22 May 2025 | 54
Judge allows Delta's lawsuit against CrowdStrike to proceed with millions in damages on the line
CS remains hopeful damages will be limited to seven figures
Security21 May 2025 | 5
Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' would create a regulation-free AI hellscape, AGs warn
Republican defense of states' rights doesn't apply to curtailing LLMs, apparently
AI + ML20 May 2025 | 28
Trump signs TAKE IT DOWN law meant to stop revenge porn
Fine-print is vague and broad, could easily be abused to blunt protected speech
Personal Tech20 May 2025 | 83
Show us your face: New Orleans PD reportedly got secret facial recognition alerts
Police took Big Easy attitude to the rules, says WaPo
Legal19 May 2025 | 8
Millions at risk after attackers steal UK legal aid data dating back 15 years
Cybercriminals lifted info including addresses, ID numbers, and financial records from agency systems
Cyber-crime19 May 2025 | 49
America’s consumer watchdog drops leash on proposed data broker crackdown
Crooks must be licking their lips at the possibilities
Personal Tech16 May 2025 | 10
Defamation case against DEF CON terminated with prejudice
'We hope it makes attendees feel safe reporting violations'
Security16 May 2025 | 4
Microsoft proposes sweeping global concessions to Teams for up to a decade
Beast of Redmond runs scared from EC antitrust cops half decade after rivals complained
SaaS16 May 2025 | 7
Anthropic’s law firm throws Claude under the bus over citation errors in court filing
AI footnote fail triggers legal palmface in music copyright spat
Legal15 May 2025 | 30
Plan to keep advanced chips from China with tracking tech gains support in Congress
Every shipment you make, every FLOP you generate, Uncle Sam will be watching you
AI Infrastructure Month15 May 2025 | 25
Uncle Sam claims H-1B fraud crackdown is working as registrations drop 25%
Surely Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric has nothing to do with it
On-Prem15 May 2025 | 43
Meta's still violating GDPR rules with latest plan to train AI on EU user data, says noyb
'Legitimate interest' won't wash, says privacy outfit, as Zuck's org claims activists want to 'delay AI innovation'
AI + ML14 May 2025 | 71
Paul McCartney, Elton John, other creatives demand AI comes clean on scraping
Musicians, artists, writers, actors urge government to protect copyright
AI + ML12 May 2025 | 42
US Copyright Office found AI companies sometimes breach copyright. Next day its boss was fired
Some see an action to benefit Elon. The White House sees an agency obsessed with DEI
AI + ML12 May 2025 | 113
TikTok's Chinese app - Douyin - in trouble after spat over the price of jade
Asia In Brief PLUS: Huawei's Windows-free PC appears; Robo-car rentals come to China; Europe, India, collab in space; and more
Legal12 May 2025 | 4
Nip chip smugglers by building trackers into GPUs, US Senator suggests
AI phone home
On-Prem09 May 2025 | 74
Delta Air Lines class action cleared for takeoff over CrowdStrike chaos
Judge allows aspects of passenger lawsuit to proceed
Security07 May 2025 | 2
Trump's wind farm funding freeze is so much hot air, say states as they blow sueball to Washington
We'd be shocked, just shocked, if Big Tech's renewable energy ambitions aren't known in the White House
On-Prem07 May 2025 | 62
Super spyware maker NSO must pay Meta $168M in WhatsApp court battle
Don't f&#k with Zuck
CSO06 May 2025 | 17
Trio arrested in £3M UK bribery probe over Microsoft datacenter build in Netherlands
Blu-3 accused of paying off former Mace Group associates
Legal02 May 2025 | 7
Microsoft gets twitchy over talk of Europe's tech independence
Brad Smith commits org to facing off with US govt in court to protect them
PaaS + IaaS30 Apr 2025 | 105
Does UK's Online Safety Act cover misinformation? Well, that depends
Minister, platform providers disagree on whether law would have helped avoid last summer's riots
Public Sector30 Apr 2025 | 75
TAKE IT DOWN Act? Yes, take the act down before it's too late for online speech
Good intentions, terrible wording – and Trump can't wait to use it because 'nobody gets treated worse than I do'
Personal Tech29 Apr 2025 | 51
Infosec pros tell Trump to quit bullying Chris Krebs – it's undermining security
Top voices warn that political retaliation puts democracy and national defense at risk
Security29 Apr 2025 | 70
AI training license will allow LLM builders to pay for content they consume
Updated UK org backing it promises 'legal certainty' for devs, money for creators... but is it too late?
AI + ML24 Apr 2025 | 45
Assassin's Creed maker faces GDPR complaint for forcing single-player gamers online
Collecting data from solo players is a Far Cry from being necessary, says noyb
Security24 Apr 2025 | 38
Qualcomm says license fight was because Arm wants to make its own server chips
Alleges semi designer tried to obstruct Qualy's build of Arm-compatible custom cores
Systems24 Apr 2025 | 5
AI bigwigs urge AGs to block OpenAI's profit pivot
Elon’s not the only one sounding the alarm over the AI giant’s cash grab
AI + ML23 Apr 2025 | 4
Europe hits Meta, Apple with €700M in fines for flouting DMA
Bad timing, claim industry watchers, who say rulings could seriously upset an already delicate US-EU relationship
Legal23 Apr 2025 | 54
India gets Google to unbundle Android and the Play Store on Smart TVs
Meanwhile, OpenAI expresses an interest in unbundling Chrome from Google
Public Sector23 Apr 2025 | 10
Bad trip coming for AI hype as humanity tools up to fight back
Opinion I was into Adversarial Noise before they were famous
AI + ML22 Apr 2025 | 71
It takes one click to join Uber One, but quitting might need 32 actions
Which is one reason US regulators just sued the rideshare and delivery giant
Personal Tech22 Apr 2025 | 40
Law firm 'didn't think' data theft was a breach, says ICO. Now it's nursing a £60K fine
DPP Law is appealing against data watchdog's conclusions
Security16 Apr 2025 | 23
AWS claims 50% of Azure workloads would jump ship if licensing costs allowed
Bezos' biz and Google tell regulator higher cost of running Windows Server in their clouds isn't fair
Software16 Apr 2025 | 37
In wake of Horizon scandal, forensics prof says digital evidence is a minefield
Outdated and misinformed legal presumptions at the heart of concerns
Legal16 Apr 2025 | 50
Japan serves Google a cease and desist order over its Android bundling deals
Won't let the Big G require its apps and search to be installed on smartphones
Public Sector16 Apr 2025 | 27
Meta to feed Europe's public posts into AI brains again
Who said this opt-out approach is OK with GDPR, was it Llama 4, hmm?
AI + ML15 Apr 2025 | 22
Ireland opens probe into Musk’s X over Grok’s AI data slurp
Watchdog wants to know whether EU posts were used without consent under GDPR
AI + ML14 Apr 2025 | 34
It's fun making Studio Ghibli-style images with ChatGPT – but intellectual property is no laughing matter
Opinion Miyazaki, copyright protection and the 'insult to life itself' of AI images
AI + ML14 Apr 2025 | 82
Apple settles unfair labor charges brought by fired engineering manager
Whistleblower Ashley Gjøvik hails iWatershed iMoment for iStaff iRights
CxO10 Apr 2025 | 3
Copyright-ignoring AI scraper bots laugh at robots.txt so the IETF is trying to improve it
Recently formed AI Preferences Working Group has August deadline to develop ideas on how to tell crawlers to go away, or come for a feast
AI + ML09 Apr 2025 | 35
AI entrepreneur sent avatar to argue in court – and the judge shut it down fast
Interview We hear from court-scolded Jerome Dewald, who insists lawyer-bots have a future
AI + ML09 Apr 2025 | 29
EU: These are scary times – let's backdoor encryption!
ProtectEU plan wants to have its cake and eat it too
Security03 Apr 2025 | 148
Raw Deel: Corporate spy admits role in espionage at HR software biz Rippling
Double-oh-sh...
CSO02 Apr 2025 | 10
Oracle faces Texas-sized lawsuit over alleged cloud snafu and radio silence
Victims expect to spend considerable time and money over privacy incident, lawyers argue
PaaS + IaaS02 Apr 2025 | 9
Microsoft to mark five decades of Ctrl-Alt-Deleting the competition
Copilot told us that half a century is 25 years. It feels much longer
Software01 Apr 2025 | 121
GCHQ intern took top secret spy tool home, now faces prison
Not exactly Snowden levels of skill
Security01 Apr 2025 | 87
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