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Welcome to Hollywood, Claranet-style: You've (not) got mail, or hosted sites for that matter

Can hyperconverged infrastructure live up to the hype and change your life? Tune in online next month to find out

How four rotten packets broke CenturyLink's network for 37 hours, knackering 911 calls, VoIP, broadband

IBM hears the RISC-V kids partying next door, decides it will make its Power CPU ISA free, too

Latest sneak peek at PowerShell 7 ups the telemetry but... hey... is that an off switch?

Shiny new toys take backseat in Android Studio 3.5 for now as '600 bugs' squished

Microsoft Chrom... Edge hits beta as new browser prepped for biz testing

Microsoft shares twin previews of Windows 10 with Insiders: Toys for some, coal for others

The Joy of Six... critical security patches: Cisco small biz switches open to hijacking via web UI

Finally. Thanks so much, nerds. Google, Apple, Mozilla end government* internet spying for good

Here's a top tip: Don't trust the new guy – block web domains less than a month old. They are bound to be dodgy

Microsoft: Reckon our code is crap? Prove it and $30k could be yours

There once was a biz called Bitbucket, that told Mercurial to suck it. Now devs are dejected, their code soon ejected

Python the latest language to slither into Microsoft's serverless Azure Functions service

Now CI/CD can get a better piece of the Actions: GitHub expands automation service to build, test, deploy tools

They're climbing through the Windows: CircleCI goes native on Microsoft's OS

Sueball claims Tesla solar panels are so effective, they started fires at Walmart stores

Overseas investors eat the UK tech sector for Brexit: More cash flung about in 7 months than the whole of last year

Don't panic! Don't panic! UK IT job ads plummet as Brexit uncertainty grabs UK tech sector by the short and curlies

Bunch of US states said to be preparing fresh antitrust investigation into Google 'n' pals

Cali court backs ex-Apple engineer who says he invented Find My iPhone and Passbook

A challenger appears: Taiwanese devs' answer to Gemini PDA wraps a Raspberry Pi in a tablet

Brits are sitting on a time bomb of 40m old electronic devices that ought to be recycled

My MacBook Woe: I got up close and personal with city's snatch'n'dash crooks (aka some bastard stole my laptop)

Geek's Guide

Brit-built trundlebot eyeing up a July 2020 launch as cams fitted to ExoMars mission rover

Clip, clip, hooray: NASA says it will send Clipper probe to Europa, will attempt no landing there

Squabbles over NASA's lunar lander, Astrobotics takes a punt on ULA and India arrives at the Moon

Astroboffins have spied the largest star that has gone supernova and it's breaking all the rules

Moore's Law isn't dead, chip boffin declares – we need it to keep chugging along for the sake of AI

Raw power? More like core power: How and why you need to accelerate AI, at the edge and in the backend

Can Amazon's AI really detect fear? Plus: Fresh deepfake video freaks everyone out again

UK.gov has £12m to help kick-start quantum techs that could be 'adopted at scale' – which is pretty niche, if we're honest

Verity Stob

Eighty-year-old US 'web scam man' on the run after pocketing $250,000 in Dem 'donations'

US soldier cleared of taking armoured vehicle out for joyride – because he's insane, court says

You monsters: Screen time murders your kid's imaginary friend – until they reach school age

Dry patch? Have you considered peppering your flirts with emojis?

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Cali court backs ex-Apple engineer who says he invented Find My iPhone and Passbook

Computing giant labeled 'ungenerous' for fighting lawsuit

21 Aug 22:54 | 5

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A challenger appears: Taiwanese devs' answer to Gemini PDA wraps a Raspberry Pi in a tablet

Portable Linux with fully open-source hardware in the CutiePi

21 Aug 16:02 | 8

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Brits are sitting on a time bomb of 40m old electronic devices that ought to be recycled

Mountain of digital detritus 'not sustainable' – survey

21 Aug 10:27 | 84

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My MacBook Woe: I got up close and personal with city's snatch'n'dash crooks (aka some bastard stole my laptop)

CommentThief swipes Reg vulture's computer from under his fingers in cafe – here's what happened next

21 Aug 07:02 | 245

Personal Tech

Lenovo ThinkPad X390: A trusty workhorse that means business but it's not without a few flaws

Hands onTaking the PC maker's road warrior out on the, er, road

20 Aug 08:08 | 65

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Microsoft Surface users baffled after investing in kit that throttles itself to the point of passing out

400MHz ought to be enough for anyone?

16 Aug 19:00 | 76

Personal Tech

While US ban hit Huawei and inventory overload clipped Apple, Samsung quietly stole smartphone market share back in Q2

The chaebol tightens its vice-like grip on Europe

14 Aug 14:42 | 10

Personal Tech

Stuffing your MacBook Pro in a ziplock bag before a flight ain't gonna cut it, say Feds

Models recalled for faulty batts banned from air over fire risk

14 Aug 13:43 | 32

Personal Tech

Donald Trump blinks in his one-man trade war with China: US govt stalls import tariff hike on Chinese phones, laptops, electronics

UpdatedYou've got until Dec 15 to panic buy gear before 10% rise hits

13 Aug 19:57 | 61

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Researchers peer into crystal ball to see future where everyone's ID is tied to their smartphone

Big Brother rang...

13 Aug 09:02 | 83

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Hey dudes, we need to start living together in Harmony: Huawei puffs up new distributed OS

Not quite an Android replacement then?

09 Aug 15:23 | 65

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Alexa, can you tell me how many Chinese kids were forced into working nights to build this unit?

UpdatedYour wondrous Amazon smart speaker may be tainted with the paw prints of child labour

09 Aug 11:35 | 97

Personal Tech

Ohm my God: If you let anyone other than Apple replace your recent iPhone's battery, expect to be nagged by iOS

Shocking current-affairs news: Cupertino idiot-tax operation hits resistance over harsh repair policy

08 Aug 23:04 | 172

Personal Tech

Chap uncovers privilege escalation vuln in Steam only to be told by Valve that bug 'not applicable'

Exploit allows any app to run with full local admin rights on Windows

08 Aug 16:10 | 37

Personal Tech

Top 5 greatest anime crossovers: Samsung deploys Microsoft at Note 10 hootenanny

No headphone jack, a 5G model and a whole lotta dollars

08 Aug 12:30 | 34

Personal Tech

Brit couch potatoes increasingly switching off telly boxes in favour of YouTube and Netflix

But still care about catching bent cops

07 Aug 12:44 | 99

Personal Tech

Side-splitting bulging batts, borked Wi-Fi... So, how's that Surface slab working out for you?

Reg reader finds a use for the new London store while others struggle with fubar wireless

07 Aug 06:48 | 58

Personal Tech

Lyft pulls its e-bike fleet from San Francisco Bay Area after exploding batteries make them the hottest seat in town

Super Cali 'leccy bikes are proving quite atrocious, even though the biz insists they really quite precocious

01 Aug 19:23 | 84

Personal Tech

You'll soon be fragging noobs on Kubernetes with Google's cloudy take on game servers

Harnessing container tech to ease the Agones of laaaaaggg

01 Aug 15:41 | 8

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And we're back live with the state of the smartphone market in 2019. Any hope? Yeah, nah

First ever year of sales drop pinned on long lifecycles, lack of innovation

01 Aug 10:43 | 52

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US gives Chinese smuggler 37 months in the slammer for selling knock-off Apple kit

Moved more than 40,000 fake iStuffs while on student visa

31 Jul 21:35 | 13

Welcome to Hollywood, Claranet-style: You've (not) got mail, or hosted sites for that matter

Can hyperconverged infrastructure live up to the hype and change your life? Tune in online next month to find out

How four rotten packets broke CenturyLink's network for 37 hours, knackering 911 calls, VoIP, broadband

IBM hears the RISC-V kids partying next door, decides it will make its Power CPU ISA free, too

Latest sneak peek at PowerShell 7 ups the telemetry but... hey... is that an off switch?

Shiny new toys take backseat in Android Studio 3.5 for now as '600 bugs' squished

Microsoft Chrom... Edge hits beta as new browser prepped for biz testing

Microsoft shares twin previews of Windows 10 with Insiders: Toys for some, coal for others

The Joy of Six... critical security patches: Cisco small biz switches open to hijacking via web UI

Finally. Thanks so much, nerds. Google, Apple, Mozilla end government* internet spying for good

Here's a top tip: Don't trust the new guy – block web domains less than a month old. They are bound to be dodgy

Microsoft: Reckon our code is crap? Prove it and $30k could be yours

There once was a biz called Bitbucket, that told Mercurial to suck it. Now devs are dejected, their code soon ejected

Python the latest language to slither into Microsoft's serverless Azure Functions service

Now CI/CD can get a better piece of the Actions: GitHub expands automation service to build, test, deploy tools

They're climbing through the Windows: CircleCI goes native on Microsoft's OS

Sueball claims Tesla solar panels are so effective, they started fires at Walmart stores

Overseas investors eat the UK tech sector for Brexit: More cash flung about in 7 months than the whole of last year

Don't panic! Don't panic! UK IT job ads plummet as Brexit uncertainty grabs UK tech sector by the short and curlies

Bunch of US states said to be preparing fresh antitrust investigation into Google 'n' pals

Cali court backs ex-Apple engineer who says he invented Find My iPhone and Passbook

A challenger appears: Taiwanese devs' answer to Gemini PDA wraps a Raspberry Pi in a tablet

Brits are sitting on a time bomb of 40m old electronic devices that ought to be recycled

My MacBook Woe: I got up close and personal with city's snatch'n'dash crooks (aka some bastard stole my laptop)

Brit-built trundlebot eyeing up a July 2020 launch as cams fitted to ExoMars mission rover

Clip, clip, hooray: NASA says it will send Clipper probe to Europa, will attempt no landing there

Squabbles over NASA's lunar lander, Astrobotics takes a punt on ULA and India arrives at the Moon

Astroboffins have spied the largest star that has gone supernova and it's breaking all the rules

Moore's Law isn't dead, chip boffin declares – we need it to keep chugging along for the sake of AI

Raw power? More like core power: How and why you need to accelerate AI, at the edge and in the backend

Can Amazon's AI really detect fear? Plus: Fresh deepfake video freaks everyone out again

UK.gov has £12m to help kick-start quantum techs that could be 'adopted at scale' – which is pretty niche, if we're honest

Eighty-year-old US 'web scam man' on the run after pocketing $250,000 in Dem 'donations'

US soldier cleared of taking armoured vehicle out for joyride – because he's insane, court says

You monsters: Screen time murders your kid's imaginary friend – until they reach school age

Dry patch? Have you considered peppering your flirts with emojis?

Personal Tech

Cali court backs ex-Apple engineer who says he invented Find My iPhone and Passbook

A challenger appears: Taiwanese devs' answer to Gemini PDA wraps a Raspberry Pi in a tablet

Brits are sitting on a time bomb of 40m old electronic devices that ought to be recycled

My MacBook Woe: I got up close and personal with city's snatch'n'dash crooks (aka some bastard stole my laptop)

Lenovo ThinkPad X390: A trusty workhorse that means business but it's not without a few flaws

Microsoft Surface users baffled after investing in kit that throttles itself to the point of passing out

While US ban hit Huawei and inventory overload clipped Apple, Samsung quietly stole smartphone market share back in Q2

Stuffing your MacBook Pro in a ziplock bag before a flight ain't gonna cut it, say Feds

Donald Trump blinks in his one-man trade war with China: US govt stalls import tariff hike on Chinese phones, laptops, electronics

Researchers peer into crystal ball to see future where everyone's ID is tied to their smartphone

Hey dudes, we need to start living together in Harmony: Huawei puffs up new distributed OS

Alexa, can you tell me how many Chinese kids were forced into working nights to build this unit?

Ohm my God: If you let anyone other than Apple replace your recent iPhone's battery, expect to be nagged by iOS

Chap uncovers privilege escalation vuln in Steam only to be told by Valve that bug 'not applicable'

Top 5 greatest anime crossovers: Samsung deploys Microsoft at Note 10 hootenanny

Brit couch potatoes increasingly switching off telly boxes in favour of YouTube and Netflix

Side-splitting bulging batts, borked Wi-Fi... So, how's that Surface slab working out for you?

Lyft pulls its e-bike fleet from San Francisco Bay Area after exploding batteries make them the hottest seat in town

You'll soon be fragging noobs on Kubernetes with Google's cloudy take on game servers

And we're back live with the state of the smartphone market in 2019. Any hope? Yeah, nah

US gives Chinese smuggler 37 months in the slammer for selling knock-off Apple kit

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Huawei goes all Art of War on us: Switches on 'battle mode' and vows to 'dominate the world'

IBM hears the RISC-V kids partying next door, decides it will make its Power CPU ISA free, too

My MacBook Woe: I got up close and personal with city's snatch'n'dash crooks (aka some bastard stole my laptop)

RIP Danny Cohen: The computer scientist who gave world endianness meets his end aged 81

Microsoft snubs Hololens loyalists by already ending feature updates – even though version 2 isn't out yet

He's coming for your floppy: Linus Torvalds is killing off support for legacy disk drive tech

OK, Google. We've got just the gesture for you: Hand-tracking Project Soli coming to Pixel 4

Spri-Mobile? T-Print? Time to think of a nickname: The Sprint/T-Mobile US merger is go

If at first you don't succeed, Fold? Nope. Samsung redesigns bendy screen for fresh launch in September

Privacy? Watchdogs? Fines? Whatever, nerds, more people than ever are using Facebook and filling its deep coffers

Too hot to handle? Raspberry Pi 4 fans left wondering if kit should come with a heatsink

When you play the game of Big Spendy Thrones, nobody wins – your crap chair just goes missing

British ISPs throw in the towel, give up sending out toothless copyright infringement warnings

The pro-privacy Browser Act has re-appeared in US Congress. But why does everyone except right-wing trolls hate it?

Li-ion battery 'price-fixing' case settled with bonus fury over lawyers pocketing eight-figures

2019 set to be the worst year yet for smartphone market as lack of worthy upgrades dents demand

Brit consumers still holding off on buying new PCs until that Brexit thing is over and done with

Google nuked tech support ads to kill off scammers. OK. It also blew away legit repair shops. Not OK at all

Cough up, like, 1% of your valuation and keep up the good work, says FTC: In draft privacy deal, Facebook won't have to change a thing

US border cops' secret racist Facebook group a total disgrace, says patrol chief. She should know, she was a member

Farewell to function keys and swappable SSDs in the new two-port MacBook Pro