Bug of the week
How Berkshire Hathaway broke Nasdaq's 32-bit code with its monster share price
Now that's a Buffett overflow error
07 May 11:24 | 64
Applications
Applications
If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all: El Reg takes Twitter's anti-mean algorithm for a spin
We're nicer in person, we swear
07 May 10:26 | 35
Applications
NHS Digital booking website had unexpected side effect: It leaked people's jab status
Wanna find out if your employee has had a shot? Just lob her postcode and DoB into this website
06 May 18:37 | 37
Applications
Microsoft's Edge browser for Linux hits the Beta Channel ... if you're into that kind of thing
Add yet another Chromium browser to your collection
05 May 15:30 | 37
Applications
American schools' phone apps send children's info to ad networks, analytics firms
Get used to it, kid
04 May 21:09 | 39
Applications
Audacity 'scared and excited' to be bought and brought under Muse Group's roof, promises to stay free and open source
Which is good because that's why the audio editing software is so popular
04 May 11:37 | 35
Applications
Googler demolishes one of Apple's monopoly defenses – that web apps are just as good as native iOS software
Safari savaged for falling behind in web APIs
04 May 00:02 | 59
Applications
Google to ban emoji, deceptive marketing, and ALL CAPS from Play Store metadata later this year
The spotty 13-year old app shack finally growing up? Better late than never
30 Apr 19:43 | 32
Applications
Microsoft joins Bytecode Alliance to advance WebAssembly – aka the thing that lets you run compiled C/C++/Rust code in browsers
Maybe we can make software modular, secure, speedy all at the same time
28 Apr 13:00 | 69
Applications
Australia probes app stores, politely suggests Apple and Google could try being nicer and more careful
Down Under watchdog doesn't call for commission cuts nor suggest major interventions
28 Apr 03:29 | 6
Updated
JavaScript developers left in the dark after DroidScript software shut down by Google over ad fraud allegations
Creator suspects his ID was copied, web giant keeps quiet
27 Apr 01:32 | 42
Special report
Spotlight on Apple, Google app stores: What happened to Tile, Spotify, Match – and that proposed law in Arizona
Guidelines, privacy, security all a smokescreen for monopoly abuse, lawmakers told
25 Apr 22:30 | 44
Applications
Exam-monitoring biz Proctorio tried to silence a critic using copyright law. Now EFF sues to put an end to this tactic
Tweets linking to source code were fair use, say digital-rights warriors
22 Apr 20:31 | 17
Sponsored
Away with legacy networks as healthcare providers power modern medical apps
Converged, future-ready networks unlock operational efficiencies, improve patient experience, says CommScope
21 Apr 23:30 |
Applications
Anyone for Palantir? UK.gov names gaggle of vendors to fight for contracts in £1.2bn back office application framework
It's time to crack open the public sector pork barrel.... like it was ever closed
21 Apr 09:30 | 7
Applications
Microsoft realises constant meetings stress people out, adds Office 365 settings to cut them short or start them late
Where's the PowerShell command to ban all meetings forever?
20 Apr 19:23 | 48
Applications
Microsoft calls time on Timeline: Don't worry, more features that nobody asked for coming your way
Activity history tracker over mobile devices set to become history
15 Apr 09:40 | 29
Applications
NHS COVID-19 app update blocked by Apple, Google over location privacy fears
New version for England dead on arrival just as UK eases lockdown rules
13 Apr 06:27 | 32
Column
Oracle vs Google: No, the Supreme Court did not say APIs aren't copyright – and that's a good thing
Anyone wanting to bring a similar case in the future will have to be very, very bold and very, very rich
12 Apr 10:31 | 53
Applications
Airline software super-bug: Flight loads miscalculated because women using 'Miss' were treated as children
Passenger weight blunder led to wrong thrust used on takeoff, says watchdog
08 Apr 19:14 | 311
Popular
Software
'A massive middle finger': Open-source audio fans up in arms after Audacity opts to add telemetry capture
Move comes days after firm acquired by Muse Group
Science
China sprayed space with 3,000 pieces of junk. US military officials want rules to stop that sort of thing
Satellite shootdown test still causing operational and diplomatic hassles after 14 years
Bug of the week
How Berkshire Hathaway broke Nasdaq's 32-bit code with its monster share price
Now that's a Buffett overflow error
Security
Google will make you use two-step verification to login
World Password Day returns to remind us how much passwords suck
On Call
The swift in-person response is part of the service (and nothing to do with the thing I broke while trying to help you)
I'll talk you through the steps... oh sh-
AI + ML
Tesla Autopilot is a lot dumber than CEO Musk claims, says Cali DMV after speaking to the software's boss
'Elon's tweet does not match engineering reality' states poorly redacted report
Something for the Weekend, Sir?
Gone in 60 electrons: Digital art swaggers down the cul-de-sac of obsolescence
No lessons learned from (literally) decades of media format wars
Personal Tech
Big right-to-repair win: FTC blasts tech giants for making it so difficult to mend devices
'There is scant evidence to support manufacturers’ justifications for restrictions'
Security
Privacy activist Max Schrems on Microsoft's EU data move: It won't keep the NSA away
Software giant vows data processing of EU cloud services to stay in EU, which means that currently...
Security
Russian cyber-spies changed tactics after the UK and US outed their techniques – so here's a list of those changes
Plus: NCSC warns of how hostile powers may exploit smart city infrastructure
STORIES
Applications
Gitpod ditches Eclipse Theia for Visual Studio Code under redesign, sponsors new dev experience event
'Allowing everyone to use their favourite IDE just makes a lot of sense'
08 Apr 13:12 | 4
Applications
A swarm in May is worth a load of hay, is it? JetBrains Code With Me collaborative programming tool released
Swarm programming with audio, video, and everyone editing at once – what could go wrong?
07 Apr 13:00 | 4
Applications
Post Office awards Fujitsu a £42.5m contract extension for the IT system behind wrongful subpostmaster prosecutions
Yes, that Horizon branch office management IT system
07 Apr 10:25 | 29
Applications
Another SAP in the face for Oracle: Alphabet soups up financial software by moving off Big Red systems
Nothing to do with THAT court case or lack of Oracle certification on GCP. Nope. Definitely not
06 Apr 12:22 | 17
Applications
Apple begins rejecting apps that use advertising SDKs for fingerprinting users
Google comes in late too
02 Apr 19:50 | 44
Applications
In a devastating blow to all eight of you, Microsoft pulls the plug on Cortana's Android, iOS apps
Chatty digital assistant can still be found on Outlook, Teams, Windows
01 Apr 22:22 | 32
Applications
X.Org says it's saving a packet with Packet after migrating freedesktop.org off Google Kubernetes Engine
The hidden cost of multi-cloud, and how full open source reduces lock-in
01 Apr 08:07 | 16
Applications
Amazon eyes up space startups for an AWS Accelerator, dangles $1m of cloud credits for a chosen ten
Planting that Bezos flag in the newest cloud sector: spaaaaaace
31 Mar 13:03 | 4
Applications
Island in the Stream: AlmaLinux project issues first stable release of CentOS replacement
New CloudLinux-sponsored distribution hits GA ahead of Rocky Linux
30 Mar 15:01 | 16
Bork!Bork!Bork!
Use Windows and POS in the same sentence... Yes, that's right: Point of Sale. What were you thinking?
Microsoft's finest takes a break in the US retail space
30 Mar 09:33 | 19
Applications
Beijing's new privacy rules ban apps collecting unnecessary data, require free service without data slurps
Rules are tight, but also leave plenty to the imagination
30 Mar 01:35 | 14
Updated
Mysterious case of Arizona state senators skipping a vote on tackling Apple and Google's app commissions
Law bill to give developers a choice to opt out vanishes this week
26 Mar 01:39 | 19
Applications
Tired: Linux fans using the Edge browser. Wired: Linux fans using a Microsoft account to sign into the Edge browser
And now the circle is complete
24 Mar 17:56 | 30
Applications
Microsoft and Google, sitting in a tree, working on browser compatibility
Software behemoths to spend 2021 fixing CSS pain points
23 Mar 14:06 | 19
Applications
The kids aren't all right: Fall in GCSE compsci students is bad news for employers and Britain's future growth plans
Student numbers have plunged 40% since 2015
23 Mar 09:30 | 109
Applications
Canonical: Flutter now 'the default choice for future desktop and mobile apps'
Cross-platform appeal outweighs performance penalty, argues Linux flinger
22 Mar 17:05 | 24
