Japan starts work on global quantum crypto network

Toshiba leads effort that aspires to run 100 quantum cryptographic devices for 10,000 users by 2024 | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

Green with NVMe: AWS adds more Arm-powered instance types

Local SSD block-level storage comes to EC2 instances powered by home-brew Graviton2 CPUs | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

MI6 tried to intervene independent court by stopping judge seeing legal papers

Just another day for the Investigatory Powers Tribunal | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

Rackspace reveals terms of its planned stock market return

We can't call it an initial public offering given this is its second time around on the share market | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

Brave builds subscription VPN into the iOS version of its browser

Relying on ads in software designed to block ads is an uphill struggle | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

Bill Gates debunks 'coronavirus vaccine is my 5G mind control' conspiracy theory

He would say that… because he's not an actual supervillain | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

US-CERT lists the 10 most-exploited security bugs and, yeah, it's mostly Microso

Update, update, update. Plus: Flash, Struts, Drupal also make appearances | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

It's a Meow-nixed system, I know this: Purr-fect storm of 3k insecure databa

ProtoVPN IP range fingrered as source of destructive attacks | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

One malicious MMS is all it takes to pwn a Samsung smartphone

Zero-click remote-code exec hole found by Googler, updates emitted | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

Ubiquiti update silently breaks IDS/IPS

Bad traffic rules from HQ caused intrusion detection and prevention on gateways to just stop working | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

First ever picture of something vaguely resembling our solar system 300 ly away

Gassy giants make Jupiter look like an absolute tiddler | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

Twilio: Someone broke into our unsecured AWS S3 silo

API dev kit remained modified for hours, says source | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

Pakistan bans one Chinese app, gives TikTok a final warning to clean up its act

Objects to obscene content, not data leakage | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

UK.gov admits has not performed data protection checks for Covid tracing system

No evidence of data being used unlawfully, says health department | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

Linux Foundation starts new group to build pandemic-popping software

Decentralised contact-tracing apps from Ireland and Canada are first off the rank | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

It's July 2020, and your PC or Mac can be pwned by a dodgy Photoshop file

Major fixes for Bridge and Prelude, too, plus Reader Android updated | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

Wide abuse of IPv4 addresses bought on secondary market

Suggests poorly-regulated address-marts are favorites of folks who want ‘clean’ addresses that give botnets a break | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

UK Formally Abandons Europe’s Unified Patent Court

But will the UPC will be legal – or even worthwhile – without Britain? | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

Microsoft sharing data of Office 365 business subscribers with Facebook

Because that always ends well | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

Worldpay outage hits UK customers

Payments provider cops to 'processing issues' caused by 'equipment change' | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

Netflix teases desktops-as-a-service offering

Aimed at VFX creators working on shows it has commissioned, not the rest of us sadly | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

Rare Nazi Enigma M4 box sells for £350k

You're gonna need something to secure those Doordash orders over Morse code | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

Samsung Blu-ray players bricked because of an XML config file

Network-connected gear stuck in boot loop needs replacing | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

VPN Firm with zero log policy leaks 20M user logs

Maybe it was the old Lionel Hutz play: 'No-logging VPN? I meant, no! Logging VPN!' | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

ReactOS hits a milestone – hiring a full-time developer

Open-source Windows lookalike aims to fix its 'long neglected' storage stack | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

SoftBank: When are you going to strong-Arm more money out of your customers?

Failing mega-group discovers again it didn't buy the right biz | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

TSMC stops shipping parts to Middle Kingdom mega-maker this September

Chairman Mark Liu is carefully abiding by Uncle Sam's new rules | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

Bad news: Your Cisco switch is a fake and an update borked it

Autopsy finds rip-off gear is mainly about making coin, not bugging your network | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

AWS trains its AI from your pics, text, audio, code. Here's how to opt out

And you've told your users their info may be harvested by Amazon, right? Across regions, yeah? | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

Whiteboard coding interviews are 'anti-women psychological stress exams'

Boffins find flaws in the way software engineering hopefuls are sifted | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

You call Verizon. A Google bot answers. You demand a human

The only winning move is... not to play? | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

Top Ubisoft execs eject after staff complain toxic environment for women

Trio quits immediately, workers under investigation | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

Get a load of this robot that plugs in cables

You wanted an android butler? Well, first it's gotta learn to hold a wire, then we can talk about folding sheets | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

Singapore-sponsored finance blockchain ready to run international payments

'Project Ubin' might be faster and cheaper than current tools, even for central banks | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

IBM job ad calls for 12 years’ experience with Kubernetes – it is six years old

Other job ads make similar mistakes, and candidates do worse | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

Linus removes 'masters', 'slaves' and 'blacklists' from the kernel

As a colossal commit count crashes into Linux 5.8-rc5 | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

.NET Core: Still a Microsoft platform despite more than five years open source

Making .NET cross-platform was a radical step but not enough for broad appeal | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

Why am I being charged for infotainment? I sold my car last year

Mazda shrugs off ex-owner's bizarre involuntary data retention story | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

Digicert will shovel some 50k EV HTTPS certificates into the furnace Saturday

You've got less than 42 hours to regenerate your certs | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

.NET Core: Still a Microsoft platform thing

Making .NET cross-platform was a radical step but not enough for broad appeal | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

CEO of motherboard maker MSI dies after plunging from headquarters' 7th-floor

Foul play not suspected | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

CEO of motherboard maker MSI dies after plunging from seventh-floor HQ window

Police say foul play not suspected | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

Google forges Open Usage Commons to manage open-source project trademarks

Marks for Angular and Gerrit also handled by org designed to provide 'guidance' to industry | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

US Senate Panel OK's Backdoors-by-the-Backdoor Earn IT Act

Proposed Section 230 shake-up passes committee stage with amendments | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

Captain, the computer has identified 250 alien stars that infiltrated our galaxy

Neural network trained to spot emigrated suns in our Milky Way uncovers mysterious Nyx collective | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

Google Will Fab Chips for Free

Plus: IBM emits BlueGene/Q CPU blueprints – and 'fastest' open-source RISC-V core emerges | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

Dutch national broadcaster saw ad revenue rise when it stopped tracking users

Brave browser's policy officer questions efficacy of personalised ads | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago

Barclays Bank Potentially Used the Wayback Machine as 'CDN' for Some JavaScript

Tight-lipped bank has fixed the weirdness - but not said why it happened | Continue reading


@theregister.com | 3 years ago