Personal Tech
Xiaomi revenues up by a third due to strong phone sales and triple-digit European growth
Cheap and cheerful clearly appealed during pandemic
26 Nov 09:03 | 1
Personal Tech
Personal Tech
Currys PC World website crumples into unscheduled maintenance as shoppers chase latest gaming machines
Hopefully no dogfood was eaten ahead of this incident
24 Nov 16:23 | 15
Review
I work therefore I ache: Logitech aims to ease WFH pains with Ergo M575 trackball mouse
Lower back roasting on an open fire, carpal tunnel nipping at your... too early?
24 Nov 09:30 | 103
Comment
AMD performance plummets when relying on battery power, says Intel. Let's take a closer look at those stats
Is it possible to pull the RUG from under these numbers?
24 Nov 02:41 | 66
Personal Tech
Why did Apple hamstring camera repairs on standard iPhone 12 but leave Pro Max module swappable? asks engineering group
Bug? iFixit muses in teardown of Cupertino's top-tier mobe
23 Nov 13:29 | 21
Personal Tech
Cool stuff: MacBook Air and Pro teardowns show thermal changes and missing T2 chip
Plus: Lots of dead space in the new Mac Mini
20 Nov 15:02 | 28
Review
The Nord N10 is OnePlus's cheapest 5G handset and, boy, does it show
Doesn't mean it's terrible, you just have to manage your expectations
20 Nov 10:28 | 10
Something for the Weekend, Sir?
Not sunshine, moonlight or good times – blame it on the buggy
The system's playing up again. Infamy! Infamy!
20 Nov 09:30 | 72
On Call
When even a power-cycle fandango cannot save your Windows desktop
In steps our hero: Have you tried turning it off and on again?
20 Nov 08:15 | 192
Personal Tech
Police warn of bad Apples that fell off the back of a truck after highway robbery
Driver and security guard tied up and 48 pallets stacked with Cupertino kit stolen
20 Nov 06:27 | 55
Personal Tech
Facebook sues to shut down alleged Instagram clone maker over scraping and sharing personal info for cash
Developer in Turkey accused of using 30,000 accounts to nab Instagram files
20 Nov 01:59 | 11
Personal Tech
YouTube is going to splash adverts all over your videos, and won't pay creators unless there's a big enough audience
Also bans devs from scraping the site for facial recognition fodder
20 Nov 00:34 | 66
Personal Tech
Apple rummages through pockets, hands out $113m in change to US states to make iPhone slowdown row go away
Arizona-led fight over battery-gate ends in settlement
18 Nov 22:30 | 12
Video
Dell online store charges 16 million dollars for new laptop with paint job
Black is free on the Inspiron 15. ‘Soft Mint’ is a very expensive option
18 Nov 05:01 | 60
Personal Tech
US government clears debt collectors to go after Americans through their social media accounts
Phone calls are so 1970s says Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
17 Nov 21:26 | 39
Personal Tech
OPPO showcases 'rollable' concept phone that turns into a tablet – no bending needed
'Yeah, that's how we roll,' an exec may have said at some point
17 Nov 16:40 | 14
Personal Tech
Tablets and Chromebooks are hot, towers and desktops are not: El Reg combs through Q3 PC numbers
Flippin' Dell! All major vendors lifted by pandemic purchasing frenzy... except one
17 Nov 13:03 | 36
Analysis
UK, Canada could rethink the whole 'ban Huawei' thing post-Trump, whispers Huawei
Veep needles British government: Without us, you'll 'widen the north-south digital divide'
17 Nov 08:56 | 33
Personal Tech
Huawei sells low-end Honor handset business due to 'tremendous pressure' in supply chain
Consortium of dealers and resellers buys 70-million-a-year handset-maker
17 Nov 06:27 | 2
Personal Tech
Max Schrems is back... and he's challenging Apple's 'secret iPhone advertising tracking cookies' in Europe
US giant breaks privacy law by generating per-user 'digital license plate' without permission – claim
17 Nov 06:03 | 109
Popular
Software
Retired engineer confesses to role in sliding Microsoft Bob onto millions of XP install CDs
'While Bob never got to play on the big stage, he always followed the band around and got to ride on the bus'
Internet of Things
Amazon's ad-hoc Ring, Echo mesh network can mooch off your neighbors' Wi-Fi if needed – and it's opt-out
Ring, Echo owners get emails explaining how to switch off incoming functionality
Poll
Mysterious metal monolith found in 'very remote' part of Utah
Authorities warn aliens to get a permit before they do this sort of thing
Feature
Imagine things are bad enough that you need a payday loan. Then imagine flaws in systems of loan lead generators leave your records in the open... for years
Leaky data systems fixed now, but the issue affected millions
Review
I work therefore I ache: Logitech aims to ease WFH pains with Ergo M575 trackball mouse
Lower back roasting on an open fire, carpal tunnel nipping at your... too early?
Security
VMware urges sysadmins to apply workarounds after critical Workspace command execution vuln found
If you've been pwned in the past, pay special attention to this one
Networks
NASA building network cables that can survive supersonic flight - could this finally deliver unbreakable RJ45 latching tabs?
Needed for probe testing how X-59 can break sound barrier without breaking eardrums
Cloud
AWS admits to 'severely impaired' services in US-EAST-1, can't even post updates to Service Health Dashboard
Multiple services sickly after Kinesis catches a cold: CloudWatch, DynamoDB, Lambda, Managed Blockchain
Security
Ticketmaster: We're not liable for credit card badness because the hack straddled GDPR day
Lawyers for fined firm make eyebrow-raising claim to irate ex-customer
Bootnotes
Considering the colonisation of Mars? Werner Herzog would like a word
Famed director dispenses a reality check for wannabe Martians
STORIES
Personal Tech
As nearly everyone stays home for the pandemic, plunge in overseas charges dents Vodafone's revenues
Dare we say... telco fiddled while roam burned?
16 Nov 19:33 | 8
Personal Tech
Qualcomm gets hall pass from Uncle Sam to supply Huawei with mobile chipsets. There's just one catch: It's for 4G only
Which is hardly a reprieve for Chinese company's throttled handset biz
16 Nov 17:22 | 4
Personal Tech
Honey, I shrunk the iPhone 12: Mini teardown reveals same components, only smaller
And with better repairability than its big brother too
16 Nov 13:59 | 20
Personal Tech
New lawsuit: Why do Android phones mysteriously exchange 260MB a month with Google via cellular data when they're not even in use?
Ad giant sued after mobile allowances eaten by hidden transfers
14 Nov 00:09 | 196
Personal Tech
Nokstalgia: HMD Global introduces yet another homage to the past – a 4G rework of the Nokia 6300
Remake of noughties classic
13 Nov 10:28 | 28
On Call
Solving a big, yellow IT problem: If it's not wearing hi-vis, I don't trust it
Throw in a clipboard and you look like you're the business
13 Nov 08:15 | 88
Personal Tech
Someone's not Biden their time... Trump administration bars US investment in top Chinese tech giants
Because they’re military pawns of evil commies, says president de-elect
13 Nov 00:13 | 20
Interview
Android without Google – and yes it has apps: The Reg talks to founder about the /e/ smartphone
How the de-Googled phone works
12 Nov 19:30 | 57
Personal Tech
Geekbench stats show Apple Silicon MacBook Air trouncing pricey 16-inch MacBook Pro
Native wit... but let's see what the 13-inch brings
12 Nov 14:45 | 40
Personal Tech
HP: That print-free-for-life deal we promised you? Well, now it's pay-per-month to continue using your printer ink
EFF on the attack as IT giant tries to claim free supplies during 'device lifetime' just an introductory offer
12 Nov 11:45 | 180
Personal Tech
YouTube to world: Move along, nothing to see here … because we’re having an outage
Cute animals rendered useless for two hours as streaming site got the wobbles
12 Nov 04:56 | 8
Personal Tech
India has 1.3 billion people. They bought 3.4m PCs in Q3
Best result for seven years comes as tragedy shows tech remains out of reach for many
12 Nov 03:59 | 13
Personal Tech
Wondering what to do over the holiday season? How about aiming a laser at commercial aircraft and then spending years of your life in prison?
Another one collared by FBI, indicted
12 Nov 02:50 | 54
Personal Tech
Apple suffers setback in epic Epic Games games fight: Federal judge zaps damages counterclaim
Plenty of money left to play for
12 Nov 00:33 | 21
Analysis
FCC sucked deeper into partisan politics, Trumpism: Nominated commissioner sparks conflict-of-interest row
Will Section 230 become the new net neutrality?
11 Nov 23:41 | 4
Personal Tech
Roku adds HomeKit, AirPlay2 support as Apple loosens control-freak tendencies in the smart-home world
Big battle still raging between Apple, Google, Amazon
11 Nov 21:43 | 4
Personal Tech
Cool, cool, cool: Screwdriver-wielders delve into the guts of an Xbox Series X
'Like an air conditioner with a graphics card'.... Lessons in heat management from Microsoft
11 Nov 19:32 | 11
Personal Tech
Samsung asks New Jersey court to sink class action suit about Galaxy S7 waterproofing woes
Make it swim with the fishes
11 Nov 10:15 | 23
Updated
Mr President? Donald?! Any chance you can actually decide if Oracle can buy us or do we have to leave?
TikTok asks court to intervene as administration says injunction preventing closure means its hands are tied
11 Nov 08:01 | 47
