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Phoney bling ring pinged by Tolkien's kin

Oz court sour on unlicensed Sauron 'One Ring'
26 Comments
29 Aug 05:05

Robot babies fail in role as teenage sex deterrents

'Infant simulators' that cry and go Code Brown don't stop girls from having actual kids
50 Comments
26 Aug 07:30

What wedding cake would an engineer make? A LEGO one

A reader's tale of life, love and programmable robotics
18 Comments
25 Aug 10:29

Pizza delivery by drone 'trialled' in New Zealand

Not quite autonomous food-flinging, mind
35 Comments
25 Aug 09:31

The Internet of Cows is moo-ving fast … no bull!

'Connected Cow' kit, including 'managed mating', will fatten tenfold to $10bn market
35 Comments
25 Aug 07:29

Angler hooks German's todger at nudist lake

Ausgezeichnet, ein Rekord-Fang? Leider nicht
53 Comments
24 Aug 11:33

Corbyn lied, Virgin Trains lied, Harambe died

Video Workers of the world, you have nothing to lose but your train seats
189 Comments
23 Aug 18:21

Microsoft's maps lost Melbourne because it used bad Wikipedia data

Bing Maps relies on Wikipedia? Even a bit? Umm, guys, you do know anyone can edit it?
50 Comments
23 Aug 02:00

Microsoft can't tell North from South on Bing Maps

City of Melbourne, population four million, placed in the wrong hemisphere
108 Comments
21 Aug 07:33

CERN staff conduct 'human sacrifice' at supercollider site

MILDLY NSFW Macabre video was a joke, but boffins promise better security
63 Comments
18 Aug 07:20

McDonald's launches wearable then pulls it after kid feels the burn

LED on 'Step-It' Happy Meal fitness tracker scalds child
34 Comments
18 Aug 03:52

'Flying Bum's' first flight was a gas, gas, gas

Video We like big blimps and we cannot lie, as the Airlander takes to the sky
46 Comments
18 Aug 01:59
Two bratwurst frying in the pan

Cops break up German sausage fight between pair of Neubrandenburgers

BMW battered with giant sausage, says police report
37 Comments
17 Aug 11:14
Pig in mud, image via Shutterstock

Swedish Pokemon teens terrorised by laser-wielding 'sex pigs'

Gob-smacked drivers spot pair playing Pork-a-chu against municipal waterwheel
65 Comments
16 Aug 10:33

Baffled Scots cops call in priest to deal with unruly spirits

Terrified family evacuated after encounter with Chihuahua chucking poltergeist
75 Comments
15 Aug 11:23

Bees bring down US stealth fighter

Crack military apiairist removes huge swarm from F-22 Raptor's exhaust
69 Comments
15 Aug 05:04

The curious case of a wearables cynic and his enduring fat bastardry

Something for the Weekend, Sir? Let’s get physical, physical
132 Comments
12 Aug 09:39

Nobody expects... a surprise haemorrhoid operation

Our chief weapon is: unquestioningly dropping trou
54 Comments
11 Aug 12:26

Idiot flies drone alongside Flybe jet landing at Newquay Airport

Cops are hunting for the errant remote control pilot
103 Comments
11 Aug 12:06

Brexit Britain: HP Sauce vs BBC.co.uk – choices that defined voters

Top 10 brand loves - the new social division
122 Comments
10 Aug 14:28

Italian MP threatens parents forcing veggie diets on kids with jail

Populist politician decries 'ideological excesses'
123 Comments
10 Aug 11:13

Violence, vandals and vomit: London's naughtiest tech Tube stations revealed

Here's what really goes down at Old Street after dark
47 Comments
08 Aug 08:34

West country cops ponder appearance of 40 dead pigeons on A35

Dead dove dumping just latest avian abstruseness to afflict UK
58 Comments
04 Aug 11:31

15 million tech-fried Brits have tried giving themselves a 'digital detox'

Why, you bizarre individuals?
45 Comments
04 Aug 10:31

Swede suffers shrinking penis after dentist fits mouthguard

Chopper protection blamed for faltering erection
23 Comments
02 Aug 13:00

300 million pelicans? Pah. What 6 billion plastic bags really weigh

How many Jubs? What number of chicken's eggs? You demand answers – we give them
48 Comments
02 Aug 10:12

All roads lead to Rome as Irish seminary gripped by Grindr scandal

'Strange goings on' prompt Dublin bish to send trainees abroad
40 Comments
01 Aug 13:16

What's long, hard and full of seamen? The USS Harvey Milk

Bonus story: The saga of the five-inch 'toothbrush' gun
55 Comments
29 Jul 22:22
A coffee pot used to brew tea

Milk IN the teapot: Innovation or abomination?

The readers must decide
267 Comments
29 Jul 10:52
SHUT UP!

Cyberpunks might not be crooks but they're really very rude

FotW El Eg – whoever they are – really upset this one
37 Comments
29 Jul 08:44
Andy Stanford-Clark lecture

Who should deliver our next Reg lecture? You tell us

You could be one of our brains in a bar
20 Comments
28 Jul 15:56

Church organist nabbed for playing glory hole in excelsis

One gift from God (a) man did not want to see
47 Comments
27 Jul 14:29

Lowland Scots plunged into panic by marauding ostrich family

Nicola Sturgeon’s home county stalked by angry Struthionforme
57 Comments
27 Jul 13:24
Man drinks Beer. Photo by shutterstock

Calling all hipster... *hic* hip-hip-storians! Craft beer job spotted

Smithsonian on lookout for boozy history buff

World religions stake out positions on Pokemon Go

Worried masses cross-check Revelations, Pokedex, take out insurance
63 Comments
22 Jul 12:29
An Air-2 Genie

An anniversary to remember: The world's only air-to-air nuke was fired on 19 July, 1957

Vid 'Genie' test simulated pocket nukes' potential to evaporate bombers
141 Comments
20 Jul 02:59
Giant Pikachu Pokemon balloon flown at the 89th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Columbus Circle. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. Photo credit: Lev Radin / Shutterstock.com

Blighty's Coastguard goes into battle against waterborne Pokemon

As Reg news team snare art desk menacing Charizard
79 Comments
19 Jul 14:26
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