Google hits undo on Chrome browser alert change that broke websites, web apps

'This is peak Chrome; a reasonably good idea hampered because it was pushed out thoughtlessly' | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Don't rush to adopt QUIC – it's a slog to make it faster than TCP

Boffins say their real-world tests show developers can make more of a difference than switching transport protocols | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Linux kernel and its toolchains are underinvested by at least 100 engineers

Security not good enough, claims Chocolate Factory engineer | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Russia tells UN it wants vast expansion of cybercrime offenses

And said entirely with a straight face, too | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

84yo fined €250K for keeping Nazi war machines – including tank – in basement

Spared prison but must give Panther and AA gun to collector or museum | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Google updates unpopular Privacy Sandbox timeline

'The W3C doesn't get to be the boss of anyone, the decisions are going to be made at each of the browsers' | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Ever wondered how much data web giants generate? Grab says 1.7MB/user/day

Reports record Q1 sales and advances plans for SPAC-ulative IPO | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Credit-card-stealing, backdoored packages found in Python's PyPI library hub

Plus: SolarWinds cyber-spies hit US prosecutors' email systems, and more | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Australian court rules an AI can be considered an inventor on patent filings

IP lawyer says decision is bad because the last thing we need is robot patent trolls | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

$6 in every $10 spent on cloud infrastructure is with AWS, Microsoft, or Google

Fewer and fewer orgs want to run their own data centre | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Tech spec experts seek allies to tear down ISO standards paywall

Open letter drafted against what's seen as unjustified profiteering | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Star Trek: The original computer game (2013)

Into darkness: back to the 1970s, Basic and Ascii art | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

The UK is running on empty when it comes to electric vehicle charging points

Infrastructure needs to be increased tenfold before traditional motors banned in 2030, says market study | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Communism never looked so good: China cracks down on pop-up ads

Developers accused of ignoring regulations and adding adware where it's not allowed | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Marketing email hijacked to dish up malware

More than 120 messages caught trying to filch credentials from customers of USAA Bank, Microsoft | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Ex-health secretary said 'vast majority' were 'onside' with GP data grab

Guess what? When people find out about the scheme, trust in the NHS falls | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Five Eyes agencies list flaws exploited most often by Russia, China, Iran et al.

And you've patched them all, haven't you, diligent readers? | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

YouTube tech support scam exposer gets scammed into deleting account

'It was pretty convincing until the very end,' says host Jim Browning | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

About half of Python libraries in PyPI have security issues, say Finnish boffins

Coding lingo's community says it has a plan to mitigate supply chain vulnerabilities | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

The Register reviews Zulip open-source chat

Reg tiptoes through the Zulip to review open source chat and collab software | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Misplaced chair shuts down nuclear plant in Taiwan

Surprisingly a real-life scenario and not a plotline from The Simpsons | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Google revamps bug bounty program

Announces that it's paid out for 11,000 bugs in under eleven years | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

SSD belonging to Euro-cloud Scaleway was stolen,then turned up on YouTube

Has since been recovered, and Scaleway now ships disks with GPS trackers | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Biden warns 'real shooting war' will be sparked by severe cyber attack

Suggests incident 'of great consequence' in the real world could be a tipping point | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

I've got a broken combine harvester

Right-to-repair activists welcome policy wins with caution | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Japan plans remote-controlled robotic space tourism to the ISS and beyond

'Avatars' that roam around space station, or do work with high performance hands, to be controllable from the ground | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Google promises its days as a cold-eyed API-killer are behind it

Customers are afraid of commitment, so new rules for enterprise APIs promise to stick around until you ride off into the sunset | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Dell won’t ship gaming PCs to CA and 5 other states due to power regulation

Energy efficiency rules appears to be limiting the availability of gaming rigs | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Windows 11 comes bearing THAAS, Trojan Horse as a service

You may know it better as Teams. Giddy up | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

What is your greatest weakness?

You don't mind if we record this, do you? | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Russia's Pirs ISS module scheduled to fall away ahead of Nauka arrival

Troubled Nauka might actually make it after four orbit corrections – since we left work Friday. | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

China sets goal of running single-stack IPv6 network by 2030, orders upgrade

All levels of industry and government told to get moving, consumers encouraged to buy new Wi-Fi routers | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Rackspace literally decimates workforce: One in ten staffers let go this week

85% of those jobs will be rehired, just in cheaper countries | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Cloudflare slams AWS egress fees to convince to join discount data club

Lower your prices and play nicer, CDN goliath suggests | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

We've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Exoplanet building its own moons

400 light-years away, satellites are forming | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

UK gun sales website's CRM database breached, 111k users' info spilled online

One of the worst things that could happen to privacy-focused community | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Facebook gardening group triumphs over slapdash Zuck censorbots

Giant news org megaphone persuades dim algos they're talking about the other sort of hoes | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Autonomy founder Mike Lynch loses first stage in fight against extradition to US

UK Home Sec must now sign it off and then it's a High Court matter | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

'Bugs are 100x more expensive to fix in production' study might not even exist

It's probably still true, though, says formal methods expert | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Troll jailed for 5 years after swatting of Twitter handle owner ends in death

Creator of QWK format suffered fatal heart attack as cops surrounded home | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Make-me-admin holes found in Windows, Linux kernel

Patches available for priv-esc bug in the open-source software, at least | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Fortinet's security appliances hit by remote code execution vulnerability

Cure worse than the disease for anyone with the 'fgfmsd' daemon activated | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Amazon Broke Free from Oracle

‘Our DBAs all became cloud architects’ | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Cassandra 4.0 release held back after Apple engineer discovers last-minute bug

Bid to build the most stable iteration of the columnar database has its price | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Google Drive for desktop is returning

Sync'n'store users have forced migration to conduct within 80 days – enjoy yourselves, Workspaces admins! | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Tomorrow's wireless world will be fatter, faster, and creepier

Video didn't kill the radio star – it made it stronger than ever | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Impromptu game of Robot Wars sparks fire in warehouse at UK e-tailer Ocado

Three-way crash harms no humans but shutters fulfilment centre and sees orders galore cancelled | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago

Malaysian Police crush crypto-mining kit to punish electricity thieves

Because in Miri District, that's how they roll | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 2 years ago