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Data-spewing Spectre chip flaws can't be killed by software alone, Google boffins conclude
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Court sees Morissette Meter flip out as Oracle assumes anti-arbitration stance in pay dispute
Isn't it ironic, don't you think?
18 Feb 16:58 |
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Down productivity tools: Microsoft Teams takes a Monday tumble
If only Slack would go down too, we could get some work done
18 Feb 16:03 |
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Surrey Uni mans the space harpoons, and NASA buys more seats on Russian rockets
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18 Feb 15:36 |
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You know the drill: SAP has asked Joe Public to name Munich arena so go forth and be very silly
The combined might of Reg readers can do better than SAPpy McSAPface
18 Feb 14:41 |
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HPE wants British ex-CFO to testify in UK Autonomy lawsuit before Uncle Sam sentences him
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Techie in need of a doorstop picks up 'chunk of metal' – only to find out it's rather pricey
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Data-spewing Spectre chip flaws can't be killed by software alone, Google boffins conclude
Solder and Lego required: The Register builds glorious Project Alias gizmo to deafen Alexa
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Twilight of the sundials: Archaic timepiece dying out and millennials are to blame, reckons boffin
How is there so much villainy wrapped up in one generation?
18 Feb 13:15 |
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Windows Subsystem for Linux adds pop to release, SAC-T sacked, crypto-jacking apps: It's Microsoft's week
RoundupMonero? When is this – 2017?
18 Feb 12:20 |
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18 Feb 11:05 |
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What did turbonerds do before the internet? 41 years ago, a load of BBS
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Here come the riled MPs (it's private, huh), Facebook's a digital 'gangster' ('disingen-u-ous'). Zuckerberg he is a failure (on sharing data)
Na-nana-nana-nana-nana..nanana...nanana.... nana nana*
18 Feb 09:34 |
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Techie in need of a doorstop picks up 'chunk of metal' – only to find out it's rather pricey
Who, Me?Seems to us like you would remember an incident like that...
18 Feb 08:00 |
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Data-spewing Spectre chip flaws can't be killed by software alone, Google boffins conclude
While browsers have got their act together, any other apps interpreting user-supplied code need to be aware of this
18 Feb 07:05 |
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Artificial Intelligence
Want to create fake web profile pics? This creepy AI tool makes them on demand. Plus predictive policing, and more
RoundupDon't panic, we're not all doomed – well, except Nvidia, perhaps
18 Feb 06:02 |
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Tens of millions more web accounts for sale after more sites hacked, Mac malware spreads via Windows.exe, and more
RoundupStandby for a 'we woz haxx0ed' email from one of these sites this week...
18 Feb 05:02 |
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After outrage over Chrome ad-block block plan, Google backs away from crippling web advert, content filters
Revised proposals attempt to address worries over Manifest v3 API changes
16 Feb 01:48 |
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How's this for sci-fi: A cosmic river of 4,000 stars dazzles lifeforms as it flows through a galaxy. And that galaxy is the Milky Way
And said lifeforms include us humans on Earth
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Pokemon No! Good news: You can now ban the virtual pests, er, pets to stop nerds wandering around your property
Lawyers clean up after games biz settles with homeowners sick of zombie players
15 Feb 22:15 |
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Emergent Tech
Bloke thrown in the cooler for eight years after 3D-printing gun to dodge weapon ban
'I didn’t buy a gun, I built the gun'... Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+P lands Texas man in the slammer
15 Feb 21:36 |
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Amazon triples profit to $11.2bn, pays ZERO DOLLARS in corp tax – instead we pay it $129m
Yet it's still whining that New York City didn't offer enough for HQ2
15 Feb 20:25 |
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Oracle throws toys out pram again, tells US claims court: Competing for Pentagon cloud contract isn't fair!
Address gate criteria, conflicts of interest – then we can play
15 Feb 19:15 |
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Missed Valentine's Day? Take your beloved to a Visual Studio 2019 launch event instead
Romantic Redmondians pick 14 February to announce April go date for the code wrangler
15 Feb 18:04 |
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Science
NASA's Dawn Mission receives nod in memory of Apollo 13 'naut for asteroid belt derring-do
Dead probe swinging around Ceres wins Swigert Award
15 Feb 16:55 |
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Well Holby damned! We've caught a virus: Brit medical soap operas team up for 'cyber' episode
WannaCry? You will do
15 Feb 16:16 |
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Billionaire Buffett's Berkshire liquidates $2.1bn stake in Oracle – months after buying the shares
Bill Gates' bridge chum's firm buys Red Hat stock
15 Feb 15:51 |
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Personal Tech
Banking in 2019: Sure, we'd recommend TSB's online, mobe banking say cowed customers
TITSUP* bank gets thumbs up from personal banking users
15 Feb 15:05 |
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Bootnotes
Sussex rap fan wants statue of Easy-E from NWA in his hometown because he's a 'legend'
Not because he has anything to do with Newhaven
15 Feb 14:05 |
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Dratted hipster UX designers stole my corporate app
Reg AppealDo you have a funky makeover horror story? We'd like to know
15 Feb 13:27 |
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The algorithms! They're manipulating all of us! reckon human rights bods Council of Europe
Countries urged to consider regulating subliminal tech evil
15 Feb 13:04 |
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Crypto crash leads to inventory pile-up at Nvidia, sales slaughtered
Revs down 25% y-o-y, op profit sinks 79%. Miners? Gamers? Hyperscalers? Anyone? Guys? Bueller?
15 Feb 12:36 |
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Personal Tech
Surface Studio 2: The Vulture rakes a talon over Microsoft's latest box of desktop delight
Hands OnLovely screen, shame about the price
15 Feb 12:01 |
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Emergent Tech
Blockchain is bullsh!t, prove me wrong meets 'chain gang fans at tech confab
Stop making 'sexy noises' and 'get real', conference told
15 Feb 11:00 |
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Want to know what 2020 holds? Microsoft has a little something for you
Windows 10 Insiders sent screaming into a future where, er, nothing much has changed right now
15 Feb 10:05 |
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Storage
Return of the audio format wars and other money-making scams
Something for the Weekend, Sir?JR Hartley is my bitch
15 Feb 09:09 |
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Crash, bang, wallop: What a power-down. But what hit the kill switch?
On CallIt was an easy solve, says techie, once we put our heads together
15 Feb 08:11 |
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'This collaboration is absolutely critical going forward'... One positive thing about Meltdown CPU hole? At least it put aside tech rivalries...
Execs, experts hope this cooperation continues to hold for the next big bug
15 Feb 07:12 |
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Why does that website take forever to load? Clues: Three syllables, starts with a J, rhymes with crock of sh...
Ex-Googler reveals study and, yes, we're lookin' at you, WordAds
15 Feb 05:57 |
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Help us sniff out 50 neutron star collisions so we can calculate universe expansion, cosmoboffins plead
There's only been one so far, so 49 more to go
15 Feb 05:08 |
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Science
How's this for sci-fi: Orbiting probes face fiery death dive from planet's radiation belts. And that planet is Earth
They're dropping like flies: First Opportunity, now NASA's Van Allen craft
15 Feb 04:04 |
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Personal Tech
Roses are red, Facebook will pay, to make Uncle Sam go away: Zuck, FTC in $bn settlement rumor
Antisocial network may shell out billions to end watchdog's privacy probe, it is reported
15 Feb 00:38 |
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Personal Tech
White House and FCC announce big, broken solutions to America's pitiful broadband
Why fight an oligopoly when you can subsidize it?
14 Feb 23:50 |
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Use an 8-char Windows NTLM password? Don't. Every single one can be cracked in under 2.5hrs
CorrectHorseBatteryStaple once again more secure and memorable than ff3sd21n
14 Feb 22:56 |
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Cloud
Amazon throws toys out of pram, ditches plans for New York HQ2 after big trouble in Big Apple
Online retailer just wants to be loved. And by loved, it means given lots of subsidies no questions asked
14 Feb 22:14 |
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Storage
Funnily enough, says NetApp, when the global economy slows down, people don't buy quite as many storage arrays
Enterprise punters shut wallets amid 'deteriorating outlooks' and trade tariff blitz
14 Feb 21:53 |
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Facebook political data probe: £2.5m. Powers for the ICO: Priceless
UK watchdog denies project distracted from day-to-day enforcement
14 Feb 20:33 |
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Security
Bad news for WannaCry slayer Marcus Hutchins: Judge rules being young, hungover, and in a strange land doesn't obviate evidence
When in America, STFU and get a lawyer. Even if you're innocent
14 Feb 20:22 |
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Emergent Tech
Boss of venerable sect with millions of devoted followers meets boss of venerable sect with... yeah, you get the idea
Microsoft prez Brad Smith talks AI and ethics with the Pope
14 Feb 19:13 |
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Artificial Intelligence
Roses are red, this is sublime: We fed OpenAI's latest chat bot a classic Reg headline
Analysis'Not safe on database server!' it screamed back as its makers fear it could be abused for dodgy purposes
14 Feb 17:27 |
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OK, Google? Probably not! EU settles on wording for copyright reform legislation
Commission fumes at 'fake' campaign
14 Feb 16:54 |
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Roses are red, so is ketchup, 'naked' Huawei tells its critics to belt up
Comms giant bared all to Brit security services, says chief
14 Feb 16:19 |
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