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Good news – America's nuke arsenal to swap eight-inch floppy disks for solid-state drives

Are you a Dapr Dan? Microsoft teases runtime for Kubernetes to make microservices sparkle

Three UK goes TITSUP*: Down and out for 10 hours and counting

This fall, Ubuntu 19.10 stars as Eoan Ermine in... Dawn of the Stoats

OAMigod! Microsoft has a cloud app spec for you – and hopes Rudr can't fail

Tinfoil-hat search engine DuckDuckGo gifts more options, dark theme and other toys for the 0.43%

Microsoft says .NET Framework porting project is finished: If your API's not on the list, it's not getting in

Google slings websites into Chrome's solitary confinement on Android to thwart Spectre-style data snooping

Help! I bought a domain and ended up with a stranger's PayPal! And I can't give it back

A cautionary, Thames Watery tale on how not to look phishy: 'Click here to re-register!'

Remember the Democratic National Committee email leak? Same hackers now targeting EU countries, say malware boffins

GitLab reset --hard bad1dea: Biz U-turns, unbans office political chat, will vet customers

Masters of Puppet say: There's no magical one-size-fits-all answer to doing DevOpsery

Blood money is fine with us, says GitLab: Vetting non-evil customers is 'time consuming, potentially distracting'

The Hurt Docker: Mystery Hub repository, website outage leaves fuming devs unable to deploy containers

UK culture sec hints at replacing TV licence fee, defends encryption ban proposals and her boss in Hacker House inquiry

A funny thing happened on Huawei to the bank. We made even more money. Hahaha. Here till Friday

Scariest thing about Halloween? HMRC and Defra systems still a risk to post-Brexit borders

Well, well, well. Fancy that. UK.gov shelves planned pr0n block

A History of (Computer) Violence: Wait. Before you whack it again, try caressing the mouse

Any finger will do? Samsung Galaxy S10 with a screen protector reportedly easy to fool

Fancy yourself as a bit of a Ramblin' Man or Woman? Maybe brush up on your cartography

Lenovo unfolds time frame for bendy ThinkPad: Pricey Windows PC out in summer '20

Geek's Guide

Hubble grabs first snap of interstellar comet... or at least that's what we hope this smudge is

Some assembly required as Dream Chaser mini-shuttle's empty husk arrives in Colorado

So, what's fashion going to look like on the Moon in 2024? NASA's ready to show you the goods

Imagine finding this bad boy in your shower: Brit startup pulls the sheets off Moon spider mech

Not a good look, Google: Pixel 4 mobes can be face-unlocked even if you're asleep... or dead?

Welcome to the World Of Tomorrow, where fridges suffer certificate errors. Just like everything else

Does voice-controlled tech have a place in business? Talk it over with El Reg and fellow IT pros at breakfast

What the &% did you just $#&!# say about me, you little &%$#*? 'AI' to filter Xbox Live chat

Verity Stob

I discovered the world's last video rental kiosk and it would make a great spaceship

We're going deeper Underground: Vulture clicks claws over London's hidden tracks

Telstra chairman: If those darn kids can earn $5m playing Fortnite, why can't execs?

How do we stop filling the oceans with Lego? By being a BaaS-tard, toy maker suggests

Personal Tech

A History of (Computer) Violence: Wait. Before you whack it again, try caressing the mouse

On CallEver been tempted to administer a jolly good thrashing to Windows?

18 Oct 07:02 | 12

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Any finger will do? Samsung Galaxy S10 with a screen protector reportedly easy to fool

Note 10 has same ultrasonic tech for 'vault-like security'

17 Oct 14:42 | 40

Personal Tech

Fancy yourself as a bit of a Ramblin' Man or Woman? Maybe brush up on your cartography

Ordnance Survey map app update left some users lost, but they're really sorry, m'kay?

17 Oct 12:58 | 43

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Lenovo unfolds time frame for bendy ThinkPad: Pricey Windows PC out in summer '20

Canalys Channels ForumPhone, wallet, keys... and foldy PC

17 Oct 10:46 | 17

Personal Tech

Privacy pop-up exhibit shows people in The Glass Room shouldn't throw phones – though they may well want to

FeatureOnce they find out how much data their devices devour

17 Oct 10:04 | 15

Personal Tech

Creepy AI Clips cam, Daydream VR headset, 1st-gen Pixel Buds join Google Reader, Allo, Plus in digital heaven

Or cyber-hell depending on your point of view

16 Oct 21:37 | 5

Personal Tech

A spot of after-hours business email does you good, apparently

You wouldn't want to make workers anxious by cutting them off, wouldya? – study

16 Oct 09:27 | 60

Personal Tech

WeWork's Meetup slaps RSVP fees on events ‒ then tells everyone not to panic amid backlash

Meeting app insists it is running a 'small payment test' after outcry over new prices

15 Oct 22:43 | 39

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Hands off our phones, says Google: Radar-gesture-sensing Pixel 4 just $999 with a 3-year lifespan – great value!

VideoYou're probably holding it wrong already

15 Oct 20:10 | 75

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Tokyo Olympics, US tariffs Trump Europe's Brexit shakes as global PC shipments balloon to fattest figure in 7 years

Extra $37bn levy on notebooks, slabs pushes American retailers to panic buy, buy, buy

11 Oct 12:00 | 13

Personal Tech

In a touching show of solidarity with the NBA and Blizzard, Apple completely caves to China on HK protest app

That's the way the Cook, he crumbles: HKmap banned again

10 Oct 21:23 | 54

Personal Tech

Is right! Ofcom says Scousers enjoy a natter on the phone compared to southern blerts

Especially to Boris Johnson

10 Oct 11:16 | 26

Personal Tech

US games company Blizzard kowtows to Beijing by banning gamer who dared to bring up Hong Kong

'Every voice matters' unless there's renminbi to be had

08 Oct 21:15 | 110

Personal Tech

Game over: Atari VCS architect quits project, claims he hasn’t been paid for six months

Special reportRetro console a mess, may never launch, sources allege

08 Oct 07:45 | 88

Personal Tech

What? No way. Apple? Censoring iOS 13 to appease China? Gosh. How shocking. Who'd have thought it?

iGiant declines to Taiwan on for Hong Kong and Macau

07 Oct 21:19 | 40

Personal Tech

Teardown nerds return to the Fold with word of warning: Samsung kit still 'alarmingly fragile'

Better at keeping dust out, though durability still a concern

07 Oct 16:30 | 27

Personal Tech

Excited about dual-screen laptops? Make your own with duct tape and the ThinkVision M14

Hands OnLenovo screen without fripperies but plenty of mobility

07 Oct 09:00 | 50

Personal Tech

Cosmo Communicator: More phone than the Gemini, more pocket computer than phone

Android at launch on Planet Computers' latest, Linux support to follow

04 Oct 14:09 | 59

Personal Tech

Linky revisited: How the evil French smart meter escaped Hell to taunt me

Something for the Weekend, Sir?The sulphurous green demon has set up home on my doorstep

04 Oct 08:15 | 176

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Here's that hippie, pro-privacy, pro-freedom Apple y'all so love: Hong Kong protest safety app banned from iOS store

UpdatedTrying to avoid cops, live rounds, tear gas? Oh no, you don't, say Cook & Co

02 Oct 21:47 | 51

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Microsoft has made an Android phone. Repeat, Microsoft has made an Android phone. A dual-screen foldable mobe not due until late 2020

If at first you don't succeed, there's always Linux, eh?

02 Oct 21:20 | 126

Infrastructure as Code could be game-changing for your business: Learn more with Google Cloud

Good news – America's nuke arsenal to swap eight-inch floppy disks for solid-state drives

Are you a Dapr Dan? Microsoft teases runtime for Kubernetes to make microservices sparkle

Three UK goes TITSUP*: Down and out for 10 hours and counting

This fall, Ubuntu 19.10 stars as Eoan Ermine in... Dawn of the Stoats

OAMigod! Microsoft has a cloud app spec for you – and hopes Rudr can't fail

Tinfoil-hat search engine DuckDuckGo gifts more options, dark theme and other toys for the 0.43%

Microsoft says .NET Framework porting project is finished: If your API's not on the list, it's not getting in

Google slings websites into Chrome's solitary confinement on Android to thwart Spectre-style data snooping

Help! I bought a domain and ended up with a stranger's PayPal! And I can't give it back

A cautionary, Thames Watery tale on how not to look phishy: 'Click here to re-register!'

Remember the Democratic National Committee email leak? Same hackers now targeting EU countries, say malware boffins

GitLab reset --hard bad1dea: Biz U-turns, unbans office political chat, will vet customers

Masters of Puppet say: There's no magical one-size-fits-all answer to doing DevOpsery

Blood money is fine with us, says GitLab: Vetting non-evil customers is 'time consuming, potentially distracting'

The Hurt Docker: Mystery Hub repository, website outage leaves fuming devs unable to deploy containers

UK culture sec hints at replacing TV licence fee, defends encryption ban proposals and her boss in Hacker House inquiry

A funny thing happened on Huawei to the bank. We made even more money. Hahaha. Here till Friday

Scariest thing about Halloween? HMRC and Defra systems still a risk to post-Brexit borders

Well, well, well. Fancy that. UK.gov shelves planned pr0n block

A History of (Computer) Violence: Wait. Before you whack it again, try caressing the mouse

Any finger will do? Samsung Galaxy S10 with a screen protector reportedly easy to fool

Fancy yourself as a bit of a Ramblin' Man or Woman? Maybe brush up on your cartography

Lenovo unfolds time frame for bendy ThinkPad: Pricey Windows PC out in summer '20

Hubble grabs first snap of interstellar comet... or at least that's what we hope this smudge is

Some assembly required as Dream Chaser mini-shuttle's empty husk arrives in Colorado

So, what's fashion going to look like on the Moon in 2024? NASA's ready to show you the goods

Imagine finding this bad boy in your shower: Brit startup pulls the sheets off Moon spider mech

Not a good look, Google: Pixel 4 mobes can be face-unlocked even if you're asleep... or dead?

Welcome to the World Of Tomorrow, where fridges suffer certificate errors. Just like everything else

Does voice-controlled tech have a place in business? Talk it over with El Reg and fellow IT pros at breakfast

What the &*%* did you just $#*&!*# say about me, you little &%$#*? 'AI' to filter Xbox Live chat

I discovered the world's last video rental kiosk and it would make a great spaceship

We're going deeper Underground: Vulture clicks claws over London's hidden tracks

Telstra chairman: If those darn kids can earn $5m playing Fortnite, why can't execs?

How do we stop filling the oceans with Lego? By being a BaaS-tard, toy maker suggests

Personal Tech

A History of (Computer) Violence: Wait. Before you whack it again, try caressing the mouse

Any finger will do? Samsung Galaxy S10 with a screen protector reportedly easy to fool

Fancy yourself as a bit of a Ramblin' Man or Woman? Maybe brush up on your cartography

Lenovo unfolds time frame for bendy ThinkPad: Pricey Windows PC out in summer '20

Privacy pop-up exhibit shows people in The Glass Room shouldn't throw phones – though they may well want to

Creepy AI Clips cam, Daydream VR headset, 1st-gen Pixel Buds join Google Reader, Allo, Plus in digital heaven

A spot of after-hours business email does you good, apparently

WeWork's Meetup slaps RSVP fees on events ‒ then tells everyone not to panic amid backlash

Hands off our phones, says Google: Radar-gesture-sensing Pixel 4 just $999 with a 3-year lifespan – great value!

Tokyo Olympics, US tariffs Trump Europe's Brexit shakes as global PC shipments balloon to fattest figure in 7 years

In a touching show of solidarity with the NBA and Blizzard, Apple completely caves to China on HK protest app

Is right! Ofcom says Scousers enjoy a natter on the phone compared to southern blerts

US games company Blizzard kowtows to Beijing by banning gamer who dared to bring up Hong Kong

Game over: Atari VCS architect quits project, claims he hasn’t been paid for six months

What? No way. Apple? Censoring iOS 13 to appease China? Gosh. How shocking. Who'd have thought it?

Teardown nerds return to the Fold with word of warning: Samsung kit still 'alarmingly fragile'

Excited about dual-screen laptops? Make your own with duct tape and the ThinkVision M14

Cosmo Communicator: More phone than the Gemini, more pocket computer than phone

Linky revisited: How the evil French smart meter escaped Hell to taunt me

Here's that hippie, pro-privacy, pro-freedom Apple y'all so love: Hong Kong protest safety app banned from iOS store

Microsoft has made an Android phone. Repeat, Microsoft has made an Android phone. A dual-screen foldable mobe not due until late 2020

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We're free in 3... 2... 1! Amazon unhooks its last Oracle database, nothing breaks and life goes on

Think your VMware snapshots are all good? Guess again if you're on Windows Server 2019

Tinfoil-hat search engine DuckDuckGo gifts more options, dark theme and other toys for the 0.43%

Well, well, well. Fancy that. UK.gov shelves planned pr0n block

Three UK goes TITSUP*: Down and out for 10 hours and counting

Hundreds charged in internet's biggest child-abuse swap-shop site bust: IP addy leak led cops to sys-op's home

IBM: Why yes, Red Hat is doing great. Thanks for asking. The rest of Big Blue? Sure, wait – someone's at the door...

A funny thing happened on Huawei to the bank. We made even more money. Hahaha. Here till Friday

We're going deeper Underground: Vulture clicks claws over London's hidden tracks

A spot of after-hours business email does you good, apparently

Ever own a Galaxy S4? Congrats, you're $10 richer as Samsung agrees payout over dodgy speed tests

TAG, you're s*!t: Internet advertising industry bods admit self-policing approach is a sham

What is this, 2016? A rummage around in 7th-gen iPad innards shows repurposed tech within

Behold the perils of trying to turn the family and friends support line into a sideline

You are faking it! No, you are! No, AT&T is... Verizon, T-Mobile US execs form 5G circular firing squad on Twitter

As sales crash, Gartner wonders who can rescue the smartphone market ... Aha, it is I! 5G Man!

Glasgow extends middle finger to southern fairies as London ranks bottom in mobile signal top 10

Match.com? More like Match dot-con, claims watchdog: Cyber-lonely-hearts 'lured into forking out to view bot spam'

Time to check in again on the Atari retro console… dear God, it’s actually got worse

Trump-China trade war latest: Brave patriot Apple decides to do exact same thing, will still make Mac Pro in US

After complaints over leaked Voice Assistant recordings, Google says: We hear you

What the &% did you just $#&!# say about me, you little &%$#*? 'AI' to filter Xbox Live chat