No return of the Jedi: Supreme Court declines to hear Oracle's challenge

Blown up like a Death Star | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Sir Tim Berners-Lee and the BBC stage a British coup to rescue our data

Terms and conditions apply, and that’s a good thing | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

CA DMV approves Waymo, Cruise self-driving taxi services

Plus: Experts dubious of Apple's AI algorithm being able to detect depression and anxiety | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

One-character bug gives away $90m in COMP tokens – recipients can keep 10%

Hand back the money or I'm letting the IRS know, says DeFi biz boss | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Internet Archive's 2046 Wayforward Machine says Google will cease to exist

Stop cheering, you're meant to think this is a bad thing | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Ransomware crim: Yeah, what I do is bad. No, I don't care

Claimed REvil contractor badmouths West from anonymous pulpit | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Maker of ATM bombing tutorials blew himself up – Euro cops

Vid filming ended in deadly disaster | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Oracle loses appeal against $3bn pay to HPE over withdrawal of Itanium support

Could one of the longest and dirtiest cases in tech history finally be over? | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Most enterprise workstations cannot run Windows 11

30 million Windows devices in 60k orgs studied | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Anonymous leaks disk images stolen from far-right-friendly web host Epik

Latest data dump also apparently contains 'a wide range of passwords and API tokens' | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Looking Glass holographic display hardware is great, but it's not enough

An intriguing proof of concept for real-time 3D arrives, but without the software it's just a gimmick | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Asian central bank digital currency test cut cross-border transfer times

Prototype run by China, Hong Kong, Thailand, and UAE also cut costs in half | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

If you're not sold on the benefits of 5G, Ericsson suggests keep eye on gaming

NA CEO predicts takeoff in 18 months max | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

AWS US East region endures eight-hour wobble thanks to 'Stuck IO' in EBS

EC2 instances were impaired, Redshift hurt, and some of you may still struggle to access your data | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Tz database community up in arms over proposals to merge certain time zones

Handbags at 12 o'clock! Er, is that with or without daylight saving? | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Active Directory FoggyWeb malware being actively used by Nobelium gang

Chief security adviser Roger Halbheer says best protection is to 'get off AD FS' | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Google sets burial date for legacy Chrome Extensions, fears for ad-blockers grow

From January 2023, add-ons built with Manifest V2 API will fail | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Self-sailing Mayflower ship to have another crack at Atlantic crossing next year

Big Blue to return to the big blue waves | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Indian state cuts internet to prevent cheating in exam

1.6 million people sat teaching eligibility test, chasing 40,000 jobs | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

'Quad' group seeks to set security standards for global tech industry

USA, India, Australia, and Japan pledge to build own 5G tech, share space data, secure rare earth supply chains, and more | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Fukushima studies show wildlife is doing nicely without humans

Biodiversity increasing, endangered species gradually returning despite radioactive terror pig presence | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Frustrated dev drops three zero-day vulns affecting iOS 15 after six-month wait

Security Bounty program scolded for broken promises | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Apple warns of arbitrary code execution zero-day being actively exploited

Remember iPods? The same bug can bite them, and plenty of older iPhones and iPads too | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

One-size-fits-all chargers? What a great idea Of course Apple would hate it

Cupertino thinks EU plan 'stifles innovation rather than encouraging it' | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Imagine a fiber optic cable that can sense it's about to be dug up send warning

Forget wiring cities with IoT devices – this could be how wide-scale sensing gets done | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Texas law banning platforms from social media moderation challenged in lawsuit

Tech trade groups argue prohibition on moderation is unconstitutional | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

BOFH: Here in my car I feel safest of all. I can listen to you

Yep, read the licence again | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Nvidia cosies up to Open Robotics for hardware-accelerated ROS

Hopes to tempt roboticists over to its Jetson platform with new simulation features, drop-in acceleration code | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Exchange Autodiscover protocol leaking hundreds of thousands of credentials

Email clients fail over to unexpected domains if they can't find the right resources | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Greece used ML to pick visitors for Covid-19 checks

Inside the software built to figure out groups of potentially infected, asymptomatic passengers | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

First RISC-V computer chip lands at the European Processor Initiative

EPAC accelerator runs its first 'Hello, World!' in-silico | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Google emits Chrome 94 with 'Idle Detection' API to detect user inactivity

Mozilla, Apple register dismay as worries surface over privacy, potential crypto mining behind user's back | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Google experiments with user-choice-defying Android search box

Apple-flavored approach running as test 'for a small percentage of users' | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Get ready for robot waiters from SoftBank and Keenon

Automation is the answer to labor shortages, social distancing, apparently | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Patch this ransomware-friendly bug ASAP, says VMware

File upload vuln lets miscreants hijack vCenter Server | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Macmillan best-biscuit list promotes breakfast cereal to treat status

Inclusion of Weetabix in charity coffee accompaniment tweet creates predictable brewhaha | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Final warning to re-certify, Red Hat tells tardy sysadmins

No more pandemic-inspired extensions to exam dates or certs, warns Linux-slinging giant | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Time to exercise your Raspberry Pi with an alternative browser

The Register dips another toe in the Flow | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Is it OK to use stolen data?

Not always, but Swiss team says you can manage the risks | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Doubters voice reservations over data warehouses attempt into financial services

On-prem systems hold advantages in terms of known costs, say insiders | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Turing Award winner Barbara Liskov on CLU and why programming is still cool

Error handling and encapsulation remain the name of the game | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

There's now malware for Windows Subsystem for Linux

Once dismissed proof-of-concept attack on Microsoft OS through WSL detected in the wild | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Royal Navy will be getting autonomous machines

No robot killers 'in my lifetime' says admiral | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

De-identify, re-identify: Anonymised data's dirty little secret

Jeffrey Singh, stamp-collecting bachelor (35) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin – is that you? | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

China to push RISC-V to global prominence

Which may not be a good thing for Arm, or anyone | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Wikipedia Bans 7 Chinese Users Amid Concerns of 'Infiltration, Physical Harm'

Removes sysop privileges for another dozen, warns more about doxing, frets about preserving freedom to edit in the face of hostile regimes | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Activision Blizzard accused of union busting, intimidating staff in complaint

CWA, employees file lawsuit on same day HR head ejects | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

AWS created Aurora, a database built for the cloud

Rewriting the rules with logs | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago