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Myanmar junta demanded telcos activate phone interception tools – and we refused, says Telenor

Norwegian carrier insists it's quitting Asian nation to defend human rights – but the buyer it lined up is accused of shady dealings

16 Sep 07:57 | 7

Virtual reality means the future of education is right before our eyes

Keeping the headset clean is as important as keeping the content clean

India changes telco tax laws to help carriers avoid hitting the wall

Moratorium offered to ease burden of $22B debts

Huawei CEO hopes to woo foreign boffins to work on 6G in Shanghai campus that feels just like home

Staff also told to 'seize the patent position' on sixth-gen mobile networks

15 Sep 23:48 | 10

DARPA plans thousands-strong satellite constellation Space-BACN sandwich

Mmmm... BACN. Is there anything it can't do?

15 Sep 21:27 | 3

Microfluidic processor brings us one step closer to a future of squishy DNA computing

'Our hope is that DNA-based CPUs will replace electronic CPUs in the future'

15 Sep 19:23 | 9

Speciality electronics outfit boasts of 64-fold density increase for its latest space-ready MRAM parts

Takes Avalanche's latest STT-MRAM tech and packs it into rad-hard ceramic squares

15 Sep 17:28 | 5

New release of SweRVolf RISC-V SoC project aims for lower barrier to entry

FOSSi Foundation's Olof Kindgren on the origins, future, and success of the RISC-V ISA

BT Wholesale wants the channel to give SMBs a nudge before copper sunset in 2025

New products launched to help shift oblivious or straggler firms over ahead of PSTN switch-off

15 Sep 15:43 | 26

Catch of the day... for Google, anyway: Transatlantic Cornwall cable hauled ashore

Grace Hopper landed

15 Sep 13:28 | 49

HPE finds second new CTO in 16 months with Fidelma Russo

In-demand exec poached from VMware after Virtzilla poached her from Iron Mountain

15 Sep 12:03 | 6

Met Police prepare £300m procurement for integrators and resellers

London cops on track to spend £1bn on IT contracting over couple of years

15 Sep 08:42 | 2

China to push RISC-V to global prominence – but maybe into a corner, too, says analyst

Which may not be a good thing for Arm, or anyone

15 Sep 08:12 | 21

Beijing wants its internet to become 'civilized' by always reflecting Marxist values

Content won't be welcome if it doesn't laud the Party, strays into anything a little tawdry, or diverts from the official line

15 Sep 00:58 | 48

Cryptocurrency world must protect itself from 'low-quality patents' says Square lawyer as biz joins Open Invention Network

'I think the legislative framework around patents needs a deep examination, and I don’t think I'm alone in saying that'

14 Sep 23:38 | 8

Activision Blizzard accused of union busting, intimidating staff in complaint to watchdog

CWA, employees file lawsuit on same day HR head ejects

14 Sep 22:17 | 15

Apple debuts iPhone 13 with 1TB option, two iPad models, Series 7 Watch

Come for superlatives and executive enthusiasm, stay for the photographic enhancements

14 Sep 20:35 | 55

G7 countries outgun UK in worldwide broadband speed test

Ofcom: You know, superfast broadband is available if you'd care to take it up

14 Sep 13:01 | 49

Ignore politics of whitebox radio: Mix and match OpenRAN tech will be 10% of market in 2025, claims analyst

Critics say the post-Huawei world of telco networking increases complexity but it has legs

Beijing orders Alibaba, Tencent, more Big Tech to stop blocking links to rivals

Play nice or else, Chinese government tells app, web giants in meeting without coffee

14 Sep 01:45 | 10

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Boffins say Martian colonists could pee in buckets, give blood if they want shelter

In terms of building materials, Mars has nothing to offer but blood, soil, sweat and tears. And urine. Lots of urine

Java 17 arrives with long-term support: What's new, and is it falling behind Kotlin?

Text blocks, sealed classes, switch expressions, records, and more

Ex-DJI veep: There was no drone at Gatwick during 2018's hysterical shutdown

Bold words from Boston Dynamics' new man

Microsoft's end-of-summer software security cleanse crushes more than 80 bugs

Hole in Azure Linux guest agent, MSHTML exploit tackled, and much more – Plus: Adobe and SAP issue updates

Ransomware crims saying 'We'll burn your data if you get a negotiator' can't be legally paid off anyway

Grief Corp are already under US sanctions, says Emsisoft

The Register speaks to one of the designers behind the latest Lego Ideas marvel: A clockwork solar system

Who needs a 3,000-piece orrery? We do, of course

Apple debuts iPhone 13 with 1TB option, two iPad models, Series 7 Watch

Come for superlatives and executive enthusiasm, stay for the photographic enhancements

Brits open doors for tech-enabled fraudsters because they 'don't want to seem rude'

Impersonation scams and smishing rocket, say UK Finance and Which?

US Air Force puts Godzilla in charge of autonomous warfare effort with Project Kaiju

Pulls Mothra, Mecha Rodan, King Ghidorah, Kumonga, and even King Kong along for the $150m ride

Wikipedia bans seven Chinese users amid concerns of 'infiltration, physical harm'

Removes sysop privileges for another dozen, warns more about doxing, frets about preserving freedom to edit in the face of hostile regimes

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Amazon abuses dominance to keep wholesaler prices high, says DC AG in updated antitrust complaint

Minimum Margin Agreement policy is anticompetitive, it is claimed

13 Sep 22:10 | 6

Astro Pi 2: New Raspberry Pi hardware with updated camera, sensors to head to the ISS this year

This time it's... quite a bit faster

13 Sep 17:03 | 18

BT hails hollow-core fibre trials as 'critical advancement' for secure communications

Telco claims to have run Quantum Key Distribution over 6km of cable

13 Sep 16:01 | 7

Wipro wins $44.5m deal for data centres and managed services at UK's National Grid

Indian outsourcer bags another utility

13 Sep 13:02 | 8

Off yer bike: Apple warns motorcycles could shake iPhone cameras out of focus forever

Claims they're 'designed for durability' but users report kit dies in months – even on mountain bikes

13 Sep 06:58 | 85

DoorDash, Grubhub, Uber Eats sue NYC for trying to permanently cap delivery fees

We'll just hike the prices for customers, otherwise. Happy now?

10 Sep 23:59 | 78

Kubernetes means local storage for local apps just isn’t good enough

Find out just how flashy your applications really could be

Lenovo blames 'firmware' issue for blank-screened Smart Displays, says Google's working on a fix – 6 months after complaints started

Home assistant little more than an expensive plastic brick for some owners

10 Sep 15:38 | 18

The magic TUPE roundabout: Council, Wipro, Northgate all deny employing Unix admins in outsourcing muddle

Employment judge points finger at Northgate – trial to follow

10 Sep 13:45 | 50

Not too bright, are you? Your laptop, I mean... Not you

Those knobs can be sensitive

10 Sep 08:30 | 109

When it comes to moving information at the edge, sometimes your best bet is a card

If you’re big on data, short on time, here’s an SD Memory Card workshop just for you

Big iron is out of fashion as server market shifts to low-end single-socket machines

IDC says AsiaPac market growing, rest of world isn't, Dell wins on volume, and IBM on sale price

10 Sep 06:16 | 3

Epic Games asks for Apple's help to put South Korea's alternative app payments law to work

Promises to offer App Store as an option, but needs its developer account to be reinstated to do that

10 Sep 04:59 | 18

Big Blue's quantum rainmaker jumps to room-temp diamond quantum accelerator company

German-Australian outfit Quantum Brilliance thinks it can deliver product that runs on your desk in five years, for DBAs and boffins alike

10 Sep 03:15 | 31

'This is the new normal,' Microsoft tells US workers: Work from home until further notice

Plus: President Biden wants businesses with 100+ staff to get vaccinated or test weekly

09 Sep 22:08 | 73

AWS EKS Anywhere (as long as it's VMware) hits full release

Another way to run Kubernetes - though connector to AWS console still in preview, as are plenty of the AWS controllers

09 Sep 14:28 | 1

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