Intel pitches modular PC designs to make repairs less painful
x86 behemoth calls the approach 'innovative' - DIY builders may disagree
Personal Tech23 Jan 2025 | 21
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Meta's pay-or-consent model under fire from EU consumer group
Company 'strongly disagrees' with law infringement allegations
Personal Tech23 Jan 2025 | 21
Brit competition watchdog takes aim at Google, Apple's mobile ecosystems
CMA flexes its new Strategic Market Status muscles
Personal Tech23 Jan 2025 | 10
Beijing picking up some of the bill for iPhones sold in China
What? Why? Xi wants people spending, so has extended a subsidy scheme to phones, tabs, and smartwatches
Personal Tech23 Jan 2025 | 3
Apple sued for using dangerous 'forever chemicals' in Watch bands
Markets smartwatches as health helpers even as they expose some owners to PFAS
Personal Tech22 Jan 2025 | 16
Samsung Galaxy S25 is so smart it wears Crocs, allegedly resists quantum decryption
First fondle This year's model adds lots of AI, improved management, and support for biz buyers
Personal Tech22 Jan 2025 | 24
App stores unconvinced by Trump's TikTok ban pause, which may itself be on shaky legal ground
Analysis El Reg asked a lawyer to explain WTH is going on
Personal Tech21 Jan 2025 | 39
Meta, X sign up to Euro Commish code of conduct on hate speech
Under Digital Services Act, monitors will be allowed to report abusive language and platforms should respond in 1 day
Personal Tech21 Jan 2025 | 105
Tariff uncertainty looms large over budget conscious CIOs
Updated It’s a feature not a bug, and what the US electorate voted for, says analyst
Personal Tech21 Jan 2025 | 33
Trump's freshly minted meme coin passes $10B market cap
Crypto critics unhappy as BTC hits all-time high and Melania launches her own currency
Personal Tech20 Jan 2025 | 116
BT unplugs plans to turn old cabinets into EV chargepoints
Your battery might be flat, but the Wi-Fi signal is going to be great
Personal Tech20 Jan 2025 | 97
Where does Microsoft's NPU obsession leave Nvidia's AI PC ambitions?
Comment While Microsoft pushes AI PC experiences, Nvidia is busy wooing developers
AI + ML20 Jan 2025 | 24
Capital One two-day outage leaves customers in free-fall
Third-party supplier blamed as folks left unable to access funds
Personal Tech17 Jan 2025 | 40
EU demands a peek under the hood of X's recommendation algorithms
Commission insists the timing has nothing to do with Musk meddling in German politics ahead of election
Personal Tech17 Jan 2025 | 93
IBM swoops in to rescue UK Emergency Services Network after Motorola shown the door
With a near half-billion-pound price hike bringing contract value to £1.4B
Networks17 Jan 2025 | 61
GM parks claims that driver location data was given to insurers, pushing up premiums
We'll defo ask for permission next time, automaker tells FTC
Personal Tech17 Jan 2025 | 40
Raspberry Pi hands out prizes to all in the RP2350 Hacking Challenge
Power-induced glitches, lasers, and electromagnetic fields are all tools of the trade
Security16 Jan 2025 | 18
Brits must prove their age on adult sites by July, says watchdog
Regulator asks people to link their credit cards, mobile accounts, or face scans for smut use to protect kids
Personal Tech16 Jan 2025 | 258
UK government tech procurement lacks understanding, says watchdog
NAO report highlights £3B cost overruns and 29 years of cumulative delays in IT projects
Personal Tech16 Jan 2025 | 69
DJI loosens flight restrictions, decides to trust operators to follow FAA rules
Right after one of its drones crashed into an aircraft fighting California wildfires? Great timing
Security15 Jan 2025 | 17
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Trump nukes 60 years of anti-discrimination rules for federal contractors
The (good old) boys are back in town
Supply chain attack hits Chrome extensions, could expose millions
Threat actor exploited phishing and OAuth abuse to inject malicious code
Trump 'waved a white flag to Chinese hackers' as Homeland Security axed cyber advisory boards
And: America 'has never been less secure,' retired rear admiral tells Congress
Apple sued for using dangerous 'forever chemicals' in Watch bands
Markets smartwatches as health helpers even as they expose some owners to PFAS
Real datacenter emissions are a dirty secret
Amazon doesn't break out figures, but then again neither do Microsoft nor Google
China claims major fusion advance and record after 17-minute Tokamak run
1,066 seconds of steady-state high-confinement plasma operation and all that
Infosec was literally the last item in Trump's policy plan, yet major changes are likely on his watch
Feature Everyone agrees defense matters. How to do it is up for debate
Silk Road's Dread Pirate Roberts walks free as Trump pardons dark web kingpin
Ross Ulbricht's family are now appealing for donations to support his reintegration into society
PowerSchool theft latest: Decades of Canadian student records, data from 40-plus US states feared stolen
Updated Lawsuits pile up after database accessed by miscreants
Ransomware scum make it personal for Reg readers by impersonating tech support
That invitation to a Teams call on which IT promises to mop up a spamstorm may not be what it seems
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Oh, Deere! FTC sues tractor maker, alleging decades of monopolized repairs
Updated Incoming Trump-picked watchdog boss dissents, calls suit 'hasty' and 'deeply imprudent,' so will it stick?
Public Sector15 Jan 2025 | 35
The bell tolls for TikTok as lifelines to avoid January 19 US ban vanish
Comment SCOTUS unlikely to save it, no time to find a buyer. So, hi, Xiaohongshu!
Personal Tech14 Jan 2025 | 78
Allstate accused of quietly paying app makers for driver data
Insurance giant sued by Texas for using surveillance without consent to jack up premiums, deny coverage
Personal Tech14 Jan 2025 | 24
Microsoft, PC makers cut prices of Copilot+ gear in Europe, analyst stats confirm
Double-digit reduction only served to 'stimulate some interest'
AI + ML14 Jan 2025 | 48
Brit watchdog probes Google's search, ads empire
Third front opened amid continued scrutiny from US, Euro regulators
Personal Tech14 Jan 2025 | 4
Tim cooking up the dough as his Apple pay rises 18% to $74.6M
He could buy 49,766 and a half MacBook Pros with that
Personal Tech14 Jan 2025 | 48
It's not just Big Tech: The UK's Online Safety Act applies across the board
Analysis That niche forum running for 20 years – get ready, there's work to do
Security14 Jan 2025 | 148
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
Sonos CEO steps down after smart speaker app upgrade hit bum note
Board appoints interim leader to stay in tune with its turnaround song, both execs hear sweet sound of cash landing in the bank
Personal Tech14 Jan 2025 | 37
Tesla recalls 239,382 vehicles over rearview camera problems
Software snafu can fry computer components for owners of Musk's electric buggies
Personal Tech13 Jan 2025 | 78
Linus Torvalds offers to build guitar effects pedal for kernel developer
‘I'm a software person with a soldering iron’, he warns alongside release of Linux 6.13-rc7
Personal Tech13 Jan 2025 | 62
That subdued CES has us wondering what 2025 will look like, tech-wise
Kettle El Reg vultures circle the Consumer Electronics Show
Personal Tech12 Jan 2025 | 16
Tongue-zapping spoons, tea-cooling catbots, lazy vacuums and more from CES
CES All the consumer electronics weirdness you didn't want to see in person anyway
Personal Tech10 Jan 2025 | 40
Rollable laptop displays to roll off the production line from April, says Samsung
CES Lenovo’s already showing them off in a bonkers laptop
Personal Tech10 Jan 2025 | 42
Look for the label: White House rolls out 'Cyber Trust Mark' for smart devices
Beware the IoT that doesn’t get a security tag
Security09 Jan 2025 | 38
Short-lived bling, dumb smart things, and more: The worst in show from CES 2025
ces The honors are dubious, but boy, so is the tech
Offbeat09 Jan 2025 | 78
Tesla, Musk double down on $56B payday appeal
What could be the motivation for continuing to fight the case?
CxO09 Jan 2025 | 74
Microsoft trims jobs as new year begins
Updated Redmond claims tiny cuts are performance based
Personal Tech09 Jan 2025 | 24
Trump China tariffs to 'overshadow' the 'progress' of AI PCs
Already inflated costs of NPU-based boxes set to jump on import tax
AI + ML09 Jan 2025 | 25
The ultimate Pi 5 arrives carrying 16GB ... and a price to match
How much RAM does an enthusiast really need?
Personal Tech09 Jan 2025 | 127
We did warn you – 2025 may be the year AI bots take over Meta's 'verse
Opinion Can't grow any more? Let's just invent engagement!
Personal Tech08 Jan 2025 | 51
Garmin Connect outage leaves folks unable to share their fitness virtue signaling
RUN/STOP
Personal Tech08 Jan 2025 | 20
US watchdog sticks probe into 2.6M Teslas over so-called Smart Summon crash reports
If it's spelled like an A.S.S, acts like an ass, maybe it's just...
Software08 Jan 2025 | 34
Uncle Sam now targets six landlord giants in war on alleged algorithmic rent fixing
One of ya is gonna sing like a canary, prosecutors say
AI + ML08 Jan 2025 | 25
Now Trump's import tariffs could raise the cost of a laptop for Americans by 68%
CES Make America irate again
Personal Tech07 Jan 2025 | 186
Zuck takes a page from Musk: Meta dumps fact-checkers, loosens speech restrictions
Updated 'We're going to catch less bad stuff,' Facebook tycoon admits, but it's worth it to get Trump off his back
Personal Tech07 Jan 2025 | 125
John Deere boasts driverless fleet - who needs operators, anyway?
CES Lots of new ways to cut labor costs, no mention of repairability
AI + ML07 Jan 2025 | 42
Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon X chip targets $600 Copilot+ PCs
CES Hopes to elbow out competition on Arm-based hardware
Systems07 Jan 2025 | 4
Dude, you got a Dell, period! RIP XPS, Inspiron, Latitude, Precision
CES It'll all end in tiers
Personal Tech07 Jan 2025 | 55
New Orleans attacker used Meta smart glasses to plan New Year's Day massacre
But Jabbar did not live stream his actions on Jan 1, FBI confirmed
Personal Tech06 Jan 2025 | 13
Tired of begging, Microsoft now trying to trick users into thinking Bing is Google
If you can't beat 'em, just imitate their branding, hide yours and hope they don't notice
Personal Tech06 Jan 2025 | 79
FireScam infostealer poses as Telegram Premium app to surveil Android devices
updated Once installed, it helps itself to your data like it's a free buffet
Research06 Jan 2025 | 5
Google's 10-year Chromebook lifeline leaves old laptops headed for silicon cemetery
Longer support for newer models won't save prior versions from scrapheap
Personal Tech06 Jan 2025 | 70
Pornhub pulls out of Florida, VPN demand 'surges 1150%'
State masks up finally – its IP addresses, that is
Personal Tech05 Jan 2025 | 113
Honey co-founder's Pie Adblock called out for copying GPL'd uBlock Origin files
And, magically, a repo appears on GitHub with attribution
Personal Tech04 Jan 2025 | 32
We’re paying for what we don’t get: East D.C. neighbors frustrated with Amazon’s Prime delivery exclusions
Feature Locals demand transparency - and a refund wouldn't hurt
Personal Tech03 Jan 2025 | 42
Tech titans hide in shadows awaiting Trump tariff threats
Being more diplomatic than the politicians makes sense amid fear of upsetting the next US President
Personal Tech03 Jan 2025 | 58
Nick Clegg steps down as Meta's top flack in favor of more Trump-friendly candidate
Runny Clegg scrambles for door
Personal Tech03 Jan 2025 | 39
HMD Fusion: A budget repairable smartphone with modular flair
Review Expansion port on the back lets you add Outfits with added functions
Personal Tech03 Jan 2025 | 34
Apple auto-opts everyone into having their photos analyzed by AI for landmarks
Homomorphic-based Enhanced Visual Search is so privacy-preserving, iPhone giant activated it without asking
Personal Tech03 Jan 2025 | 69
Apple offers to settle 'snooping Siri' lawsuit for an utterly incredible $95M
Even the sound of a zip could be enough to start the recordings, according to claims
Security02 Jan 2025 | 40
With 10 months of support remaining, Windows 10 still dominates
Statcounter figures show Windows 11 losing user love
OSes02 Jan 2025 | 69
Trump's tariff threats could bump PC prices by almost half
Warning of planned hikes limit forecasts to just 2% shipment growth for US market in 2025
Personal Tech02 Jan 2025 | 79
Can 4G feature phones rise again on the back of QVGA, thin clients, and remote browsers?
The developer of the Puffin Browser thinks so – and has a million users to show for it
Personal Tech02 Jan 2025 | 32
Starlink direct-to-cell is coming to Ukraine
Cell towers not required when messaging on Musk's finest
Networks01 Jan 2025 | 19
Christmas 1984: The last hurrah for 8-bit home computers
Feature Saturation point, and Nintendo and Sega, were just around the corner
Personal Tech28 Dec 2024 | 168
After a long lunch, user thought a cursor meant their computer was cactus
On Call Reg-reading heroes snacked on their woes and solved problems with extreme speed
On-Prem27 Dec 2024 | 94
OneOdio Focus A5: Big battery, budget sound, and a bargain bin price
Review Inexpensive over-ear gear, but active noise cancelling won't block out the carol singers
Personal Tech23 Dec 2024 | 15
Fining Big Tech isn't working. Make them give away illegally trained LLMs as public domain
Opinion It's all made from our data, anyway, so it should be ours to use as we want
AI + ML22 Dec 2024 | 142
Apple and Meta trade barbs over interoperability requests
Both are only thinking about the best interests of users, of course
Personal Tech19 Dec 2024 | 35
Fear of Foxconn reportedly driving possible Nissan, Honda and Mitsubishi merger
The EV race is well and truly running, and no-one wants to be left in the dust
Personal Tech19 Dec 2024 | 105
When your technological ghosts come back to haunt you, expect humbug
Column Spirits of the NeXTcube, the web ad, and the cursed smartphone deliver a seasonal Technicarol
Personal Tech18 Dec 2024 | 12
Apple Intelligence summary botches a headline, causing jitters in BBC newsroom
Meanwhile, some iPhone users apathetic about introduction of AI features
Personal Tech17 Dec 2024 | 101
$800 'AI' robot for kids bites the dust along with its maker
Comment - Updated Moxie maker Embodied is going under, teaching important lessons about cloud services
AI + ML16 Dec 2024 | 102
The sweet Raspberry taste of success masks a missed opportunity
Opinion Best way to demystify modern computing? Brick it
Personal Tech16 Dec 2024 | 161
China's homebrew Bluetooth alternative is on the march as Beijing pushes universal remotes
'Star Flash' is said to include 5G tech and leave rival wireless protocols struggling in the crack of a sofa
Personal Tech16 Dec 2024 | 54
Musk's lawyer asks SEC to quit pestering the shy and retiring billionaire
Won't someone think of Elon? Ah, who are we kidding - none of this will matter in a month
Personal Tech13 Dec 2024 | 79
Android beefs up Bluetooth tag stalker protections
Wider ecosystem still has work to do, though
Personal Tech13 Dec 2024 | 24
Australia lays fiendish tax trap for Meta – with an expensive escape hatch
If Zuck and other Big Tech players pay news publishers, their bills vanish
Legal12 Dec 2024 | 71
Epic coughs up the dirty V-Bucks: Fortnite's 'dark pattern' refunds hit accounts
Did you get your loot box?
Personal Tech12 Dec 2024 | 10
Facebook, Threads, WhatsApp, Instagram stumble on and offline in global outage
Updated What's an influencer to do?
Personal Tech11 Dec 2024 | 30
Alibaba exec trashes his own staff and customers, quickly apologizes
'I am carefree, I like to joke,' says guy who fines workers if they glance at phones during meetings
Offbeat10 Dec 2024 | 18
Mysterious outbreak with high fatality rate in the DRC could imperil tech supply chains
Is the industry ready to be tested if the unidentified deadly pathogen spreads beyond rural Kwango Province?
Science09 Dec 2024 | 48
Raspberry Pi 500 and monitor arrive in time for Christmas
Hands On Faster, whiter, a tad more expensive – and a little baffling
Personal Tech09 Dec 2024 | 183
Microsoft teases Copilot Vision, the AI sidekick that judges your tabs
Edge-exclusive tool promises 'second set of eyes' for browsing
Personal Tech07 Dec 2024 | 39
Facing sale or ban, TikTok tossed under national security bus by appeals court
Video slinger looks to Supremes for salvation, though anything could happen under Trump
Personal Tech06 Dec 2024 | 43
Amazon accused of cheating low-income Prime users out of two-day deliveries
Lawsuit says e-commerce giant cut two zip codes from its own fleet without telling residents
Personal Tech04 Dec 2024 | 56
Microsoft confirms there will be no U-turn on Windows 11 hardware requirements
TPM 2.0 'non-negotiable' for latest OS, says software giant
OSes04 Dec 2024 | 103
Binance accused of tax evasion by India's finance department
Minister reveals 17 crypto players owe $100 million – with Binance the baddest of the bad
Personal Tech04 Dec 2024 | 7
FTC scolds two data brokers for allegedly selling your location to the meter
'Where we go is who we are' totally isn't a creepy ad slogan at all
Personal Tech04 Dec 2024 | 22
Are Copilot+ PCs really the fastest Windows PCs? X and Copilot don't think so
Opinion Microsoft marketing skewered by X platform users... and its own chatbot
AI + ML03 Dec 2024 | 34
Apple's backwards design mistake and the reversed capacitor
It's true – the Mac LC III really did have it installed the wrong way round
Personal Tech02 Dec 2024 | 32
Brits are scrolling away from X and aren't that interested in AI
Ofcom's Online Nation report drills into the UK's internet habits for 2024
Personal Tech29 Nov 2024 | 180
Microsoft preps big guns to shift Copilot software and PCs
Canalys Forums EMEA IT admins be warned: 13,000 tech suppliers coming for your employer's checkbook
AI + ML29 Nov 2024 | 53
Australia passes law to keep under-16s off social media – good luck with that, mate
Also intros surveillance tweaks to protect very successful AN0M fake messaging app sting
Legal28 Nov 2024 | 84
Abstract, theoretical computing qualifications are turning teens off
BCS calls for digital literacy GCSE alongside Computer Science
Personal Tech28 Nov 2024 | 150
Google sues Pixel engineer who allegedly posted trade secrets online
'See you in court', defendant posts
Legal28 Nov 2024 | 29
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 cranks up the power – and the heat
Same form factor, more performance for industry
Personal Tech27 Nov 2024 | 16
FTC urges smart device makers to disclose software update lifecycles
You need to know in advance when your kit will be bricked or downgraded – it's the law
Public Sector27 Nov 2024 | 23
Trump tariffs transform into bigger threats for Mexico, Canada than China
America's neighbors now face 25% because of fentanyl and immigration, China just 10% on top of existing duties
Systems26 Nov 2024 | 275
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