Crypto conferences liquidated after biblical flooding in Dubai There's something nice about seeing Web3 fanatics in ankle-deep water Bootnotes17 Apr 2024 | 16
Judge refuses to Ctrl-Z divorce order made by a misclick Computer says you're single Bootnotes16 Apr 2024 | 57
X fixes URL blunder that could enable convincing social media phishing campaigns Poorly implemented rule allowed miscreants to deceive users with trusted URLs CSO10 Apr 2024 | 25
Sleuths who cracked Zodiac Killer's cipher thank the crowd Fifty-one years of community contributions, software, and clever cryptanalysis contributed Bootnotes04 Apr 2024 | 38
Rancher faces prison for trying to breed absolute unit of a sheep Ewe-nique endeavor aimed to create Jurassic Baaa-rk experience for hunters Bootnotes14 Mar 2024 | 110
'Chemical cat' on the loose in Japanese city Unlikely to survive hexavalent chromium dip, officials ask residents to keep an eye out Bootnotes13 Mar 2024 | 69
Olympic-level server tossing contest seeks entrants – warranty voiding guaranteed It's geeks gone wild Bootnotes06 Mar 2024 | 16
Willy Wonka event leaves bitter taste with artificially sweetened promises Charlie and the AI factory flop compared to 'meth lab' Bootnotes28 Feb 2024 | 46
Palantir boss says outfit's software the only reason the 'goose step' has not returned to Europe Motor-mouth CEO Alex Karp claims biz stopped 'innumerable' terror attacks in Europe Bootnotes28 Feb 2024 | 97
Google Maps leads German tourists to week-long survival saga in Australian swamp Pair had to dodge croc on trek back to civilization Bootnotes23 Feb 2024 | 77
Google releases Gemma – LLMs small enough to run on your computer Your own personal chatbot awaits Bootnotes22 Feb 2024 | 8
London's famous BT Tower will become a hotel after £275M sale Hello room service? Can you call your provider? The Wi-Fi is down. Hello? Bootnotes21 Feb 2024 | 67
Tesla's Cybertruck may not be so stainless after all 'Literally bulletproof' but needs constant cleaning to stave off corrosion Bootnotes13 Feb 2024 | 212
Quarter of polled Americans say they use AI to make them hotter in online dating Roses are red, violets are blue, a machine made my profile alluring to you AI + ML12 Feb 2024 | 26
Building a 16-bit CPU in a spreadsheet is Excel-lent engineering But can it run Doom? Bootnotes02 Feb 2024 | 23
Add bacteria to the list of things that can run Doom Frame rate would be even worse than the original, though. MUCH worse Bootnotes31 Jan 2024 | 28
Robots with a 'Berliner Schnauze' may appear more trustworthy to locals Dialect study a mixed bag when it comes to droids speaking highbrow German Bootnotes31 Jan 2024 | 22
Windows 3.11 trundles on as job site pleads for 'driver updates' on German trains Remember making Windows and DOS talk to a network? You could go back to the future with this assignment Bootnotes30 Jan 2024 | 107
Techie resurrects teletext on a vintage BBC Master You can get Ceefax via a Pi, but behold it in its most exotic of habitats Bootnotes30 Jan 2024 | 20
We put salt in our tea so you don't have to Poll Despite US chemistry boffin claiming it improves the taste, we respectfully disagree Bootnotes27 Jan 2024 | 204
FYI: This site claims to have harvested 4B+ Discord chats, today all yours for a price Updated Of course there's an enterprise plan for the Feds and AI trainers
ASML profits plunge 40% amid dip in chipmaking tool orders Except in China, where customers accounted for almost half of the photolithography giant's top line
NetBSD 10 proves old tech can still kick apps and take names three decades later FOSDEM 2024 Proper old-school Unix, not like those lazy, decadent Linux types
Crypto conferences liquidated after biblical flooding in Dubai There's something nice about seeing Web3 fanatics in ankle-deep water
OpenAI's GPT-4 can exploit real vulnerabilities by reading security advisories While some other LLMs appear to flat-out suck
Europe gives TikTok 24 hours to explain 'addictive and toxic' new app Commissioner Thierry Breton likens click-to-earn version to cigarettes
EU tells Meta it can't paywall privacy Platforms should not confront users with 'binary choice' over personal data use
Software glitch saw Aussie casino give away millions in cash Nobody cared enough to check why audits were out of whack
Fire in the Cisco! Networking giant's Duo MFA message logs stolen in phish attack Also warns of brute force attacks targeting its own VPNs, Check Point, Fortinet, SonicWall and more
Exploit code for Palo Alto Networks zero-day now public Race on to patch as researchers warn of mass exploitation of directory traversal bug
AI-driven booze bouncers can ID you with face scan Cheerio to cheeky Chardonnay chancers Bootnotes25 Jan 2024 | 27
Apple's Vision Pro costs big bucks to buy and repair ... just don't mention the box design Still, up to 180,000 units sold under pre-order and China gray market prepping locals Bootnotes25 Jan 2024 | 7
'Birthplace of Amazon' on the market for $2.28M 'Affordable' for the neighborhood Bootnotes24 Jan 2024 | 21
DPD chatbot blasts courier company, swears, and dabbles in awful poetry So this is the AI revolution Bootnotes23 Jan 2024 | 48
Tech bros are playing God, Catholic Church's AI priest complains Effective altruism blamed for Silicon Valley's desire to heal humanity's woes Bootnotes22 Jan 2024 | 14
Silicon Valley weirdo's quest to dodge death – yours for $333 a month Wonder when he's going to give that 28-year-old their skin back Bootnotes11 Jan 2024 | 87
Michael Dell: Don't worry about AGI, after all we solved that ozone layer thing Budget, schmudget, when it comes to AI-enabled productivity gains, says exec Bootnotes11 Jan 2024 | 10
Data wrangler Zuckerberg becomes world's least likely cattle rancher What a cowboy! Bootnotes10 Jan 2024 | 19
The Register's 2023 in gaming had one final boss: Baldur's Gate 3 The RPG But we also have a bit to say about Dark Souls, Starfield, Foxhole, and more Bootnotes05 Jan 2024 | 30
How the Xbox Series X fridge chilled our holiday spirits But not enough sodas Bootnotes04 Jan 2024 | 15
How do you teach a robot dog new tricks? Throw it a string of hex, a crayon, and a canvas Artist Agnieszka Pilat tells The Register how she gets Spot to paint, not pant Bootnotes31 Dec 2023 | 17
Philips recalls 340 MRI machines because they may explode in an emergency Rapid unscheduled disassembly not exactly a desirable quality for medical imaging equipment Bootnotes21 Dec 2023 | 43
SEC charges ex-medtech CEO with fraud for selling plastic fake implants Sure, bogus blood tests are bad, but have you considered tricking doctors into embedded useless tubes? Bootnotes20 Dec 2023 | 14
This could still wing its way to you, if you have the dosh: One Concorde engine seeks new home That'll make a lot of expensive ashtrays Bootnotes20 Dec 2023 | 39
California approves lavatory-to-faucet water recycling 'Water? Like out of the toilet?' It will get cleaned first and it'll be better than Brawndo Bootnotes19 Dec 2023 | 46
Musk floats idea of boat mod for Cybertruck Oh yes, please, get in the sea Bootnotes19 Dec 2023 | 123
Zuckerberg hunkers down in Hawaii to wait out apocalypse $270M secret building project includes 5,000 sq ft bunker Bootnotes18 Dec 2023 | 82
Last Vega rocket launch delayed over fuel tank vanishing act Choose your own adventure: Use the old qualification tanks, or squeeze in some from Vega-C? Bootnotes15 Dec 2023 | 26
Is it 2000 or 2023? Get ready for AI-anchored news. Again 'Cos Ananova worked out so well Bootnotes15 Dec 2023 | 36
GM, Komatsu partner to build hydrogen-powered monster mining truck Mining industry looking for greener credentials in the future Bootnotes12 Dec 2023 | 23
Time for a Geeko remix: openSUSE is looking for a new logo LOGOWATCH Days left to decide chameleon's fate ... vote now Bootnotes08 Dec 2023 | 9
HP TV ads claim its printers are 'made to be less hated' Apparently they're being serious Bootnotes07 Dec 2023 | 94
YouTuber who crashed plane for sponsorship dollars earns 6 months behind bars There's an idiotic stunt, then there's obstructing a federal investigation Bootnotes05 Dec 2023 | 34
From Joaquin Phoenix to Rowan Atkinson, we enjoyed your Musk movie casting calls Although since it's the height of ridiculousness why not just Will Farrell? Bootnotes02 Dec 2023 | 20
Nostalgia for XP sells out Microsoft's 2023 'Windows Ugly Sweater' Bliss not your thing? You could win the Paint version Bootnotes30 Nov 2023 | 25
We challenged you to come up with tech predictions for 2024 (wrong answers only) – here are some favorites so far Kettle Plus some of our own and the ugly Microsoft sweater one of you will win. Please take it off our hands... Bootnotes30 Nov 2023 | 38
AI threatens to automate away the clergy Is divine intervention next on the tech to-do list? Bootnotes29 Nov 2023 | 76
Zuckerberg accused of OK'ing Insta plastic surgery filters despite fears of harm to kids 'Meta knows what it is doing is bad for children ... it is now there in black and white' Bootnotes29 Nov 2023 | 15
Either the FBI is recruiting in Iran – or some govt Google ad buyers are getting a lousy deal Advertisers may be surprised to find where their banners appear Bootnotes29 Nov 2023 | 5
Virgin Atlantic flies 'world's first fossil-fuel free' transatlantic commercial flight Sustainable kerosene-alt is hot right now as low-emission aviation takes off Bootnotes28 Nov 2023 | 40
Share your 2024 tech forecasts (wrong answers only) to win a terrible sweater Competition OpenAI led by the Swedish Chef? Musk aims for Mars and hits Venus instead? What are your predictions? Bootnotes28 Nov 2023 | 311
USB Cart of Death: The wheeled scourge that drove Windows devs to despair Stout heart a requisite for software engineers in days of yore Bootnotes25 Nov 2023 | 89
Surface Duo crashes the party as Doctor Who celebrates 60th birthday Hey Cortana: Why is David Tennant back as the BBC's longest lived space alien? Bootnotes25 Nov 2023 | 57
Long-term space missions may make liftoff harder for male astronauts Study suggests galactic cosmic radiation could damage below-the-belt tissues Bootnotes23 Nov 2023 | 35
Remembering the time Windows accidentally sent Poland to the bottom of the sea Geopolitics and operating systems are hard Bootnotes21 Nov 2023 | 30
Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean AI's not after you Brit telco BT's digital boss asks people 'how did horses feel when cars were invented? They didn't complain or go on strike' Bootnotes14 Nov 2023 | 62
AWS staffer shows off the workplace that used to be a prison Panopticon design gains new meaning for the all powerful cloud platform Bootnotes13 Nov 2023 | 15
CEOs of crashed tech upstart Bitwise accused of swindling $100M from investors Duo paid themselves $600K salaries as the cupboard was emptying Bootnotes10 Nov 2023 | 13
Mac daddy Woz hospitalized in Mexico over mystery malady State of Apple co-founder's health is unclear – it could be a stroke or vertigo Bootnotes09 Nov 2023 | 17
Pentagon seeks government gossips to dish dirt on UFOs Online form isn't for just anyone, so stow your crackpot theories for now Bootnotes02 Nov 2023 | 19
Where do people feel most at risk of being pwned? The pub Pints, pork scratchings, and password-free Wi-Fi: The nearly perfect brew Bootnotes01 Nov 2023 | 36
Pope tempted by Python! Signs off on coding scheme for kids In the name of the firewall, the server, and the home page default, amen Bootnotes28 Oct 2023 | 41
Larry Ale-ison institute invests in Oxford pub linked to Tolkien, CS Lewis DBAs come in for beer but struggle to find a table, query imaginary world in wardrobe Bootnotes26 Oct 2023 | 33
Teens take a million metaverse Ryanair flights in Roblox They do this in their free time Bootnotes24 Oct 2023 | 41
The problem with Jon Stewart is that Apple appears to have cancelled his show Planned episodes on China and AI reportedly worried Apple top brass Bootnotes20 Oct 2023 | 51
You snooze, you lose? It's not quite as simple as that Actually it might give you a brief edge on those weird morning people Bootnotes18 Oct 2023 | 14
Never mind SETI and NASA, if your Ring somehow snaps ET, Amazon might give you $1M Fly light-years to our planet and get the real Earth experience: Privacy invaded by doorbell cam Bootnotes06 Oct 2023 | 24
You've just spent $400 on a baby monitor. Now you need a subscription Internet of Stings Once upon a time there was a company called Miku who wasn't making quite enough money... Bootnotes06 Oct 2023 | 183
EPIC urges watchdog to probe Grindr's data privacy – or alleged lack thereof Dating app kept sensitive info even after peeps deleted accounts, complaint claims Bootnotes05 Oct 2023 | 3
Meet Honda's latest electric vehicle: A rideable suitcase The Motocompacto is a successor to the '81 Motocompo, but with greater ability to deprive its rider of dignity Bootnotes15 Sep 2023 | 91
Long-lost 1977 Star Wars X-Wing prop discovered – lock s-foils in bid position Hundreds more iconic props set to go on sale from collection of late Hollywood model maker Greg Jein Bootnotes12 Sep 2023 | 29
Grant Shapps named UK defense supremo in latest 'tech-savvy' Tory tale Comment He praised Apple for its 'open source' tech – now he'll oversee AI use to defend Britain from its foes Bootnotes31 Aug 2023 | 98
Let's give these quadruped robot dogs next-gen XM7 rifles, says US Army Black Mirror? Never heard of it Bootnotes30 Aug 2023 | 34
IBM shows off its sense of humor in not-so-funny letter leak Internal memos detail discontinued Dad-joke products Bootnotes23 Aug 2023 | 55
North Korea's neighbors issue warnings ahead of attempted 'satellite' launch The last one splashed down badly, but this is no laughing matter – Japan's PM thinks it could be a missile Bootnotes22 Aug 2023 | 9
Need a decent dining spot in Ottawa? Microsoft suggested a food bank Azure giant blames human error, not AI – up to you to swallow that Bootnotes18 Aug 2023 | 27
Cage match: Zuck finally realizes Elon is full of twit How can a billionaire in his 50s be this much of a dweeb? Bootnotes14 Aug 2023 | 50
Official science: People do less, make more mistakes on Friday afternoons Why 'dont deploy on Frday' is a thnng Bootnotes04 Aug 2023 | 63
US Air Force burns more money on electric flying taxis Waiting on that thumbs up from the FAA Bootnotes31 Jul 2023 | 14
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's pop artifact stash now heads to a museum Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix's guitars, Vader's helmet, Captain Kirk's chair, and more Bootnotes29 Jul 2023 | 15
On the record: Apple bags patent for iDevice to play LPs From Norman Cook to Tim Cook Bootnotes28 Jul 2023 | 81
Chipotle welcomes you to the age of robot guacamole Avocado prep time could be cut in half, but it still won't change the price Bootnotes13 Jul 2023 | 15
Lamborghini's last remaining pure gas guzzlers are all spoken for Don't panic – you can still get a hybrid, with a V12 engine naturally Bootnotes06 Jul 2023 | 156
Forget these apps and AI, where's my flying car? Ah, here's one with an FAA license Also: No comment on that choice of name for a wee leccy chopper Bootnotes29 Jun 2023 | 67
If you want a big brain, make a habit out of daytime naps You are getting sleepy… very sleepy Bootnotes26 Jun 2023 | 41
Mark Zuckerberg would kick Elon Musk's ass, experts say Comment The two claim to be headed for a smackdown over copycat services Bootnotes22 Jun 2023 | 70
Restaurant hired 'priest' to extract workplace confessions from staff With now $150K to pay out, that's what we call fine dining Bootnotes21 Jun 2023 | 38
Elon Musk's Twitter moves were 'reaffirming' says Reddit boss amid API changes Comment From 'we are not Elon' to 'Elon was right' in a matter of days Bootnotes19 Jun 2023 | 161
North Korean spy satellite launch ends in sea smash Rather than herald exciting success of best-ever lift-off, state media confirms fiasco. Consider us surprised Bootnotes31 May 2023 | 10
Cisco: Don't use 'blind spot' – and do use 'feed two birds with one scone' Switchzilla takes a stab at inclusive language. Sorry, that should be 'makes a first pass' Bootnotes10 May 2023 | 220
Of course Russia's ex-space boss doubts US set foot on the Moon 'How did NASA do what they did in the 60s what they cannot do now?' Bootnotes09 May 2023 | 112
Pornhub walls off Utah in age-verification law protest Dare we say that's a master stroke Bootnotes03 May 2023 | 74
CEO sorry after telling staff to 'leave pity city' over bonuses Video Put the $26 million in the bag Bootnotes21 Apr 2023 | 86
NYC Mayor: Robo-pup 'out of the pound' and back to police work Video Please don't pair it with ChatGPT, please don't pair it with ChatGPT Bootnotes12 Apr 2023 | 17
Tupperware looking less airtight than you'd think The party could be over soon Bootnotes11 Apr 2023 | 59
Thieves smash hole in wall to nab $500K in Apple iKit Pic So, like, three iPhones and a Mac keyboard Bootnotes07 Apr 2023 | 41
Pentagon whistleblower Ellsberg given months to live Comment The man leaking vital data before it was fashionable Bootnotes13 Mar 2023 | 18
Adidas grapples with $1.3B in unsold Yeezy sneakers after breaking up with Kanye West This is what happens when you put all your eggs in one basket case Bootnotes09 Mar 2023 | 92
Havana Syndrome definitely (maybe) not caused by brain-scrambling energy weapons Pre-existing mental health issues and the stress of working in Cuba are more likely culprits Bootnotes02 Mar 2023 | 36
Take the blue pill: Keanu Reeves has had enough of AI baloney Opinion Neo continues to rage against the machines decades after The Matrix Bootnotes15 Feb 2023 | 66