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Apple may have to pay its employees extra for time it spends rifling through their personal belongings at work, if it loses a long-running lawsuit that is now in front of the Californian Supreme Court.

Gareth Corfield, 17 Aug 2017

Sigh. Big Cable execs dominate FCC panel overseeing Big Cable's broadband upgrades

Deployment committee stacked with industry bods, says report

14 Aug 19:35

Surfacegate: Microsoft execs 'misled Nadella', claims report

Specs, lies and Skylake

107 Comments

14 Aug 11:25

Chinese stealth outfit reckons the smartwatch isn’t quite dead

Tic, tic, tic...

11 Comments

14 Aug 08:26

Alibaba: We're no haven for pirates – we'll yank fake goods from our web bazaars within 24 hours

China's Amazon steps up efforts after stinging criticism

11 Aug 19:29

Hey America! Your internet is going to be so much better this January

Special reportBut probably not in the way you'd hoped

62 Comments

10 Aug 22:27

Don't buy Microsoft Surface gear: 25% will break after 2 years, says Consumer Reports

Reviewers retract up-turned thumbs

96 Comments

10 Aug 18:06

We'll deliver 'in a few weeks' says troubled ZX Spectrum reboot firm

New deadline for retro kit

38 Comments

10 Aug 15:34

Fire and fury in Korea: Samsung burns Note 7 owners in lawsuit

Class action from hot-and-bothered compensation-seekers flames out

11 Comments

10 Aug 04:27

Uber bros kill car leasing program after losing nine grand per vehicle

Money-pit taxi app maker can't even rent out rides without burning bags of bucks

32 Comments

09 Aug 20:44

Microsoft's Surface Pro 2017, unhinged: Luxury fondleslab that's good...

Review... as in Veblen Good

62 Comments

09 Aug 11:28

No, Apple. A 4G Watch is a really bad idea

CommentAdding fail to fail

110 Comments

09 Aug 09:01

New Amiga to go on sale in late 2017

Apollo Accelerators to let FPGA-powered 'Vampire V4' see the light of day

92 Comments

09 Aug 07:26

Intel Pumageddon: Broadband chip bug haunts Chipzilla's past, present and future

You can trivially DoS Puma 5 and 7-powered boxes, too

24 Comments

09 Aug 06:31

Opinion

News

US trade watchdog puts down the phone to Qualcomm, reaches for probe, sticks it in Apple

Investigation may lead to iPhone, iPad ban in US

15 Comments

08 Aug 22:30

US military gets authority to shoot down citizens' small drones

Meanwhile, DJI says it had no idea army was using its kit

35 Comments

08 Aug 13:52

Can the last person watching desktop video please turn out the light?

OTT Boxes are killing the Video Star - and about time too

48 Comments

08 Aug 11:12

Tech giants warp eco standards to greenwash electronics, rake in cash

AnalysisHow IT titans hijack manufacturing standards to put sales before planet

65 Comments

08 Aug 06:27

Core-blimey! Intel's Core i9 18-core monster – the numbers

Core i7 users will tell you they're faster, but forget about the >$250 premium you'll pay

97 Comments

08 Aug 02:57

Dems fightin' words! FCC's net neutrality murder plot torn apart

Illegal, ill-conceived, flawed. You eejit, Ajit

36 Comments

07 Aug 19:39

It's official: Outages are only the second-worst thing about Comcast

Customers gripe more about their bills than bad connections

07 Aug 19:06

Mid-flight jumbo font smartphone text shock sparks kid abuse arrests

Quick-thinking preschool teacher clocks, reports fellow passenger's 'vile' messages

73 Comments

04 Aug 21:14

Canadian ISPs do not Canuck around: Bloke accused of piracy grilled in his home for hours

And not by the cops – but by pushy company reps

55 Comments

03 Aug 06:03

Apple celebrates soaring iPad sales: Put it on my tab, says CEO Tim Cook

Get it? Put the drinks on my tab? Haha, ah. What a wild ride life is

23 Comments

02 Aug 00:29

Charter sprints from rinky-dink Sprint hints

US comms giant denies buyout rumors, says it prefers Verizon for the time being

01 Aug 21:44

Microsoft Surface laptop: Is this your MacBook Air replacement?

ReviewJailbreak it the official way, kids...

120 Comments

01 Aug 09:02

HP Inc reveals dockable, wearable VR workstation for the office

Backpack PC aimed at designers who move between metaphorical mice and VR

17 Comments

01 Aug 07:30

New iPhone details leak: Yes, Apple is still chasing Samsung

Facial recognition? Amazing. Edge screen? How is that even possible?

108 Comments

31 Jul 21:03

Pre-order your early-bird pre-sale product today! (Oh did we mention the shipping date has slipped AGAIN?)

Something for the Weekend, Sir?Or just wait and buy it when it's ready

65 Comments

28 Jul 10:32

Steve Jobs presents the iPod to an audience of press and Apple employees

Apple exits music player biz by killing iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle

The iPod Touch is all that remains now and it's had two models axed

63 Comments

28 Jul 03:58

Cellphone kill switches kill cellphone snatchers

Mobes no longer worth stealing, San Francisco DA declares

21 Comments

28 Jul 00:31

Big Cable falls into wormhole to alternate universe, sends back blog post about USA's amazing broadband

AnalysisYou are wrong about internet speeds. Love, NCTA

23 Comments

27 Jul 22:18

Spotlight

Tech giants warp eco standards to greenwash electronics, rake in cash

Microsoft Surface laptop: Is this your MacBook Air replacement?

Pre-order your early-bird pre-sale product today! (Oh did we mention the shipping date has slipped AGAIN?)

Dead serious: How to haunt people after you've gone... using your smartphone

Thanks, I suppose. Woman contemplates unwanted gift. Photo by Shutterstock

My unpopular career in writing computer reviews? It's a gift

When can real-world laws invade augmented reality fantasies? A trial in Milwaukee will decide

Defend yourself against ISP tracking in an Trump-era free-for-all

The future of Python: Concurrency devoured, Node.js next on menu

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The future of Python: Concurrency devoured, Node.js next on menu

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London council 'failed to test' parking ticket app, exposed personal info

UK govt steams ahead with £5m facial recog system amid furore over innocents' mugshots

Bank IT fella accused of masterminding multimillion-dollar insider-trading scam

Berners-Lee and the open-data bunch: £60k for your best collab dataset register ideas

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HPE PointNext globo boss grilled by El Reg

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Twitter's twits turned troll's tech taunt into thought-provoking tonic

I want to break free! Kubernetes has a life beyond containers

Contain(er) your enthusiasm, nerds: Docker-backed OCI runtime spec hits 1.0

Tomorrow, DreamHost will square up to US DoJ to avoid handing over 1.3m IP addresses of anti-Trump site visitors

FYI: Web ad fraud looks really bad. Like, really, really bad. Bigly bad

London cops urged to scrap use of 'biased' facial recognition at Notting Hill Carnival

HPE sales chief Peter Ryan abandons ship amid downsizing ploy

Judge yanks plug out of AT&T's latest attack on Google Fiber

Apple bag-search class action sueball moves to Cali supreme court

Celeb-backed music gambit rebrands as 'Roxi', prays for IPO

Intel's 8th-gen CPUs are called Ice Lake. And so are the 9th-gen

Ten spacecraft – from Venus Express to Voyager 2 – all tracked same solar flare

Space boffins competing for $20m Moon robot X-Prize are told: Be there by March 31 – or bust

How to build your own DIY makeshift levitation machine at home

Batteries that don't burn at the drop of a Galaxy Note 7? We're listening

Smyte might brighten fraud plight: How machine-learning can be used to thwart crooks

Not another Linux desktop! Robots cross the Uncanny Valley

How are you feeling today? Don't tell us, save for it this handy emotion-detection code

Revealed: The secret CEO texts that tell the tale of Uber-Waymo's self-driving tech spat

I say, BING DONG! Microsoft's search engine literally cocks up on front page for hours

Russia's answer to Buckminster Fuller has a buttload of CGI and he's not afraid to use it

Vaping ads flout EU rules, even if to promote healthier lifestyles

Strip club selfie bloke's accidental discharge gets him 6 years in clink

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Nokia's comeback is on: The flagship 8 emerges

Oh no, EE! More UK mobile customers face sluggish roaming abroad

Sigh. Big Cable execs dominate FCC panel overseeing Big Cable's broadband upgrades

Surfacegate: Microsoft execs 'misled Nadella', claims report

Chinese stealth outfit reckons the smartwatch isn’t quite dead

Alibaba: We're no haven for pirates – we'll yank fake goods from our web bazaars within 24 hours

Hey America! Your internet is going to be so much better this January

Don't buy Microsoft Surface gear: 25% will break after 2 years, says Consumer Reports

We'll deliver 'in a few weeks' says troubled ZX Spectrum reboot firm

Fire and fury in Korea: Samsung burns Note 7 owners in lawsuit

Uber bros kill car leasing program after losing nine grand per vehicle

Microsoft's Surface Pro 2017, unhinged: Luxury fondleslab that's good...

No, Apple. A 4G Watch is a really bad idea

New Amiga to go on sale in late 2017

Intel Pumageddon: Broadband chip bug haunts Chipzilla's past, present and future

Opinion

No, Apple. A 4G Watch is a really bad idea

Pre-order your early-bird pre-sale product today! (Oh did we mention the shipping date has slipped AGAIN?)

Dead serious: How to haunt people after you've gone... using your smartphone

Despite high-profile hires, Apple's TV plans are doomed

News

US trade watchdog puts down the phone to Qualcomm, reaches for probe, sticks it in Apple

US military gets authority to shoot down citizens' small drones

Can the last person watching desktop video please turn out the light?

Tech giants warp eco standards to greenwash electronics, rake in cash

Core-blimey! Intel's Core i9 18-core monster – the numbers

Dems fightin' words! FCC's net neutrality murder plot torn apart

It's official: Outages are only the second-worst thing about Comcast

Mid-flight jumbo font smartphone text shock sparks kid abuse arrests

Canadian ISPs do not Canuck around: Bloke accused of piracy grilled in his home for hours

Apple celebrates soaring iPad sales: Put it on my tab, says CEO Tim Cook

Charter sprints from rinky-dink Sprint hints

Microsoft Surface laptop: Is this your MacBook Air replacement?

HP Inc reveals dockable, wearable VR workstation for the office

New iPhone details leak: Yes, Apple is still chasing Samsung

Pre-order your early-bird pre-sale product today! (Oh did we mention the shipping date has slipped AGAIN?)

Apple exits music player biz by killing iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle

Cellphone kill switches kill cellphone snatchers

Big Cable falls into wormhole to alternate universe, sends back blog post about USA's amazing broadband