Blue Origin postpones New Glenn's maiden flight to January 12
Now set for the day before SpaceX's next Starship test
Science10 Jan 2025 | 18
Offbeat
Free-software warriors celebrate landmark case that enforced GNU LGPL
On the Fritz: German router maker AVM lets device rights case end after coughing up source code
Software10 Jan 2025 | 17
BOFH: Forecasting and the fine art of desktop upgrades
Episode 1 New year, new PC
BOFH10 Jan 2025 | 29
Two accused of COVID-19 vaccine fraud under Computer Misuse Act
Investigation says scheme allegedly raked in £145k and sold nearly 2,000 fake records to the unvaccinated
Legal10 Jan 2025 |
Court docs allege Meta trained its AI models on contentious trove of maybe-pirated content
Did Zuck’s definition of ‘free expression’ just get even broader?
Legal10 Jan 2025 | 21
Is that a bird’s nest, a wireless broadband base station, or both?
Everything in Australia is deadly, in this case giant eagles guarding eggs in places wireless broadband techs need to reach
Offbeat10 Jan 2025 | 42
Short-lived bling, dumb smart things, and more: The worst in show from CES 2025
ces The honors are dubious, but boy, so is the tech
Offbeat09 Jan 2025 | 71
Tesla, Musk double down on $56B payday appeal
What could be the motivation for continuing to fight the case?
CxO09 Jan 2025 | 60
NASA's lunar Roomba set to suck up Moon dirt for study
Collecting regolith samples with a blast of gas
Science09 Jan 2025 | 21
What happens when someone subpoenas Cloudflare to unmask a blogger? This...
Ex-politician in UK claims he's been defamed – and goes to court in US for answers
Legal09 Jan 2025 | 73
UK government pledges law against sexually explicit deepfakes
Not just making them, but sharing them too
Public Sector09 Jan 2025 | 32
Los Angeles wildfires force tens of thousands to evacuate, NASA JPL closed
Updated Crews battle to keep people, homes, science safe
Science08 Jan 2025 | 58
NASA has just two Mars Sample Return mission lander options left
JPL's sky crane tech or private vendor to get $5-7B contract, before hitching lift back to Earth with ESA
Science08 Jan 2025 | 10
DNA sequencers found running ancient BIOS, posing risk to clinical research
Updated Devices on six-year-old firmware vulnerable to takeover and destruction
Research08 Jan 2025 | 23
Japan's wooden satellite exits International Space Station
Carefully crafted wooden box, LignoSat, is on its own
Science08 Jan 2025 | 47
UK digital markets watchdog expects to launch investigations within the month using new powers
Regulator will see a 'participative' approach before imposing fines
Public Sector08 Jan 2025 | 15
First launch of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket slated for January 10
Bezos booster finally ready for action
Science07 Jan 2025 | 21
Elon Musk's galactic ego sows chaos in European politics
Opinion Leaders miffed at 'unacceptable interference'
Offbeat07 Jan 2025 | 340
3Blue1Brown copyright takedown blunder by AI biz blamed on human error
Worker copy-pasted wrong YouTube URL, says ChainPatrol
AI + ML07 Jan 2025 | 55
SpaceX will try satellite deployment on next Starship test
Ten suborbital Starlink simulators to be flung from Musk's spacecraft
Science06 Jan 2025 | 69
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Biden said to weigh global limits on AI exports in 11th-hour trade war blitz
updated China faces outright ban while others vie for Uncle Sam's favor
Database tables of student, teacher info stolen from PowerSchool in cyberattack
Class act: Cloud biz only serves 60M-plus folks globally, no biggie
What happens when someone subpoenas Cloudflare to unmask a blogger? This...
Ex-politician in UK claims he's been defamed – and goes to court in US for answers
The ultimate Pi 5 arrives carrying 16GB ... and a price to match
How much RAM does an enthusiast really need?
Security pros baited with fake Windows LDAP exploit traps
Tricky attackers trying yet again to deceive the good guys on home territory
Haiku Beta 5 / In tests it's (Fire)foxier / It pleases us well
Simply the best FOSS desktop OS there is, outside of the Windows and Unix families
Japanese police claim China ran five-year cyberattack campaign targeting local orgs
‘MirrorFace’ group found ways to run malware in the Windows sandbox, which may be worrying
Microsoft trims jobs as new year begins
Redmond claims tiny cuts are performance based
Microsoft preps for a year of enterprise-impacting M365 retirements
Hey administrators – buckle up. 2025 is going to be a wild ride
Devs sent into security panic by 'feature that was helpful … until it wasn't'
On Call Screenshot showed it wasn't a possible attack – unless you qualify everything Google does as a threat
STORIES
Twigstats software sheds light on mysteries of Europe's old-school migrators
New tool for genetic analysis promises greater insights from the extraction of ancient DNA
Science05 Jan 2025 | 13
Shackleton's Endurance sets sail for polar peril in Lego
Because we're all still kids – just richer
Offbeat04 Jan 2025 | 31
Amazon worker – struck and shot in New Orleans terror attack – initially denied time off
Web giant now pledges full support
Offbeat04 Jan 2025 | 45
First Foxconn, now Microsoft: Wisconsin town dissed by big tech
Redmond's pause to redesign planned datacenters won't scuttle this project, say Mount Pleasant officials
On-Prem03 Jan 2025 | 13
CAPTCHAs now run Doom – on nightmare mode
As if the bot defense measure wasn't obnoxious enough
Offbeat03 Jan 2025 | 41
LA deputies dogged by New Year date glitch in patrol car PCs
SoCal plod resort to paper logs after system that top brass was warned would 'inevitably fail' did exactly that
Bootnotes03 Jan 2025 | 57
25 years on from Y2K, let's all be glad it happened way back then
Comment With today’s connected tech, a similar-scale bug would be hard to squash
Software02 Jan 2025 | 121
Honored guest Bork visits Warsaw, Poland
BORK!BORK!BORK! Microsoft will stop at nothing to advertise its services
Offbeat02 Jan 2025 | 19
Boffins ponder paltry brain data rate of 10 bits per second
You may not need that high-bandwidth brain-computer interface
Science01 Jan 2025 | 92
Eight things that should not have happened last year, but did
Opinion 2024's Tech Fail Roll Of Dishonor
Bootnotes01 Jan 2025 | 112
Second Jeju Air 737-800 experiences mechanical issues following deadly crash
Boeing ends abysmal year on an even lower note
Offbeat31 Dec 2024 | 112
Report claims FAA ignores most whistleblower complaints
analysis Officials beg to differ, claiming the author misinterpreted Congressional reports
Legal31 Dec 2024 | 24
UK watchdog launches inquiry into IBM's HashiCorp acquisition
To the surprise of no one, a multi-billion dollar deal comes under CMA scrutiny
Legal31 Dec 2024 | 3
Jimmy Carter set the solar, space, and environmental pace
obituary The former president, passed at 100 this week, was also an early email adopter
Offbeat30 Dec 2024 | 46
Blue Origin inches closer to the first New Glenn flight
Final big tests done and engines fired up for a few seconds. Next stop ... space?
Science30 Dec 2024 | 34
Christmas 1984: The last hurrah for 8-bit home computers
Feature Saturation point, and Nintendo and Sega, were just around the corner
Personal Tech28 Dec 2024 | 167
Parker Solar Probe sends a "Still Alive" tone back to Earth
This was a triumph
Science27 Dec 2024 | 58
Naïve Reg hack thinks he can beat Christmas food comas once and for all
Comment One man's plan to ruin his holiday for the better
Offbeat26 Dec 2024 | 99
Former NSA cyberspy's not-so-secret hobby: Hacking Christmas lights
Video Rob Joyce explains how it's done
Security25 Dec 2024 | 42
The winner of last year's Windows Ugly Sweater is ...
Register readers have spoken
Bootnotes25 Dec 2024 | 14
Jury spares Qualcomm's AI PC ambitions, but Arm eyes a retrial
Analysis The victory may be short lived as the chip designer gears up for second round
Legal23 Dec 2024 | 15
Parker Solar Probe set for blisteringly hot date with the Sun on Christmas Eve
Ho-ho-holy heatshield!
Science23 Dec 2024 | 37
Biden’s antitrust crackdown on tech M&As may linger into Trump’s reign
Analysis Lina Khan’s tenure may end, but the regulatory hurdles she helped build aren’t going anywhere
Legal21 Dec 2024 | 18
BOFH: Printer's festive bips herald a merry mystery for the Boss's budget
Episode 24 Merry as in see you down the pub
BOFH20 Dec 2024 | 56
Rocks from Chinese Moon mission suggest Luna's history needs revision
Meanwhile, NASA signs off on Artemis software upgrade
Science20 Dec 2024 | 18
Axiom Space shuffles space station assembly sequence – to get it standalone sooner
Aiming to be freeflying by 2028. Handy if anything should happen to the ISS
Science19 Dec 2024 | 21
Stranded in space: Starliner crew to remain in orbit even longer as SpaceX faces delays
Week-long mission set to stretch into ninth month
Science19 Dec 2024 | 97
Watchdog deep-sixes job ad that was actually pay-to-play training course
Misleading listing on a recruitment site? Whatever next?
Offbeat19 Dec 2024 | 16
Humanoid robots coming soon, initially under remote control
Feature Dodgy AI chatbots as brains – what could go wrong?
AI + ML19 Dec 2024 | 109
Supreme Court to hear TikTok's appeal against law that would force it to shut, or sell
Will consider free speech arguments just nine days before the clock runs out
Legal19 Dec 2024 | 40
Intel sued again over struggling foundry business
Derivatives claim seeks damages from execs and board members
Legal18 Dec 2024 | 8
SpaceX rocketeers get fresh FAA license for next Starship launch
Authorization comes less than a month after flight 6: 'The FAA continues to increase efficiencies'
Science18 Dec 2024 | 57
When old Microsoft codenames crop up in curious places
Chicago is my kind of driver model
Offbeat18 Dec 2024 | 69
When your technological ghosts come back to haunt you, expect humbug
Column Spirits of the NeXTcube, the web ad, and the cursed smartphone deliver a seasonal Technicarol
Personal Tech18 Dec 2024 | 14
Silent NASA lander gives boffins insight into Martian dust
NASA to bid a final farewell to InSight
Science17 Dec 2024 | 11
US airspace closures, lack of answers deepen East Coast drone mystery
Analysis Feds insist they still don't know what's happening – but note sightings cluster around airport flight paths
Offbeat17 Dec 2024 | 96
Jury trial kicks off Arm's wrestling match with Qualcomm
The Nuvia buyer's alleged violations of license terms expected to last through Friday
Legal16 Dec 2024 | 11
Red Rabbit Robotics takes human form to sell work as a service
Take this job and automate it
Offbeat15 Dec 2024 | 33
Ingenuity helicopter's flying days cut short by featureless Martian terrain
Landing hard at an angle not great for the old rotor blades
Science13 Dec 2024 | 30
BOFH: Don't sell The Boss a firewall. Sell him The Dream
Episode 23 Have I got an opportunity for you!
BOFH13 Dec 2024 | 57
Astroscale orbital janitor gets within 15 meters of space junk
Couldn't reach out and touch it, but still happy as this attempt was out of mission scope
Science13 Dec 2024 | 21
North Korea's fake IT worker scam hauled in at least $88M over six years
DoJ thinks it's found the folks that ran it, and some of the 'IT warriors' sent out to fleece employers
Cyber-crime13 Dec 2024 | 3
Aliens, spy balloons, or drones? SUV-sized mystery objects spotted in US skies
No word from the FBI about where they are hiding aliens or UFOs
Offbeat12 Dec 2024 | 75
Australia lays fiendish tax trap for Meta – with an expensive escape hatch
If Zuck and other Big Tech players pay news publishers, their bills vanish
Legal12 Dec 2024 | 71
China preps another rocket that Beijing hopes will become its workhorse
Long March-8A improves payload by forty percent and comes just a month after Long March 12 debut
Science12 Dec 2024 | 6
Blocking Chinese spies from intercepting calls? There ought to be a law
Sen. Wyden blasts FCC's 'failure' amid Salt Typhoon hacks
Security11 Dec 2024 | 17
A decade on from maiden flight, NASA's Orion is still waiting for its Moon moment
Hopefully it won't be another 10 years before the capsule is troubled by a crew
Science11 Dec 2024 | 4
Blue Origin's New Glenn will launch any day now – but it better hurry up
2025 looming large as Blue Ring pathfinder prepped for liftoff
Science11 Dec 2024 | 28
Doctor Who theme added to national sound archive to honor innovation, longevity
Australia’s archive, that is – it was an Aussie who wrote it
Offbeat11 Dec 2024 | 50
Indian police demand Starlink identify alleged drug smugglers
Elon Musk's satellite internet service asked to explain who used its service to navigate to remote islands
Networks11 Dec 2024 | 34
Judge hands WP Engine a win in legal fight with Automattic
Updated Mullenweg and co ordered to restore WP Engine's access to wordpress.org and stop touching WordPress installations
Software11 Dec 2024 | 34
Tesla sued over alleged Autopilot fail in yet another fatal accident
With two legal wins and one secret settlement on the books, the odds are in the automaker's favor
Offbeat10 Dec 2024 | 132
TikTok appeals to have Trump – or Supreme Court – decide its fate later
Wants to defer shutdown order that takes effect a day before the presidential inauguration
Legal10 Dec 2024 | 22
Alibaba exec trashes his own staff and customers, quickly apologizes
'I am carefree, I like to joke,' says guy who fines workers if they glance at phones during meetings
Offbeat10 Dec 2024 | 18
Neuraspace adds a second telescope to track objects in orbit
Starlink satellites might annoy astronomers, but at least they're easy to spot
Science09 Dec 2024 | 2
Mysterious outbreak with high fatality rate in the DRC could imperil tech supply chains
Is the industry ready to be tested if the unidentified deadly pathogen spreads beyond rural Kwango Province?
Science09 Dec 2024 | 48
India launches two ESA sun-spotters that will fly in incredibly precise formation
Proba-3's Occulter will blot out the sun to create eclipse-like effect Coronagraph can observe
Science09 Dec 2024 | 14
You're so bad at recycling, this biz built an AI to handle it for you
Maybe start getting better at sorting your trash before these ML garbage bots gain sentience?
Bootnotes08 Dec 2024 | 43
British boffins build diamond battery capable of working for a millennium or five
Video Carbon-14 decay could be coming to an implant in you
Science08 Dec 2024 | 49
Digital Isle of Man: For all your connected tax haven needs?
Fantasizing about leaving the mess at home behind? Pretty island packed with medieval ruins promotes itself as a venue for e-business
Offbeat07 Dec 2024 | 33
Elon Musk tops US political donor list with $270M+ for Team Trump
Plus, xAI scores another $6B to fuel Tesla tycoon's war on OpenAI
Public Sector07 Dec 2024 | 127
Vega-C finally launches ESA's next Sentinel satellite
Return to flight almost two years since the previous endeavor failed
Science06 Dec 2024 | 7
NASA finds Orion heatshield cracks won't cook Artemis II crew
Lunar flights therefore set for seven-month delay and change re-entry approach, but redesign not needed
Science06 Dec 2024 | 39
Arianespace's Vega C delayed after gantry throws a tantrum
Euro rocket stuck on the ground for another day
Science05 Dec 2024 | 17
Temporary printable tattoos could be the future of EEGs
Boffins' big brainwave of using custom skullcaps to capture, er, more brainwaves
Science05 Dec 2024 | 25
Trump wants SpaceX customer Jared Isaacman as next NASA boss
Billionaire space tourist and mate of Elon pledges Americans will get to Mars
Science04 Dec 2024 | 41
Amazon accused of cheating low-income Prime users out of two-day deliveries
Lawsuit says e-commerce giant cut two zip codes from its own fleet without telling residents
Personal Tech04 Dec 2024 | 56
Europe's Vega C rocket cleared for launch tonight, first since 2022
Nozzle woes in the past for continent's new launcher
Science04 Dec 2024 | 18
Microsoft learned of fresh antitrust probe from the news
Never mind our alleged cheating of customers – you guys are a bunch of leakers, Redmond tells watchdog
Legal04 Dec 2024 | 2
£1B lawsuit targets Microsoft for allegedly overcharging Windows customers on other clouds
Yes, we've been over this before - several times, in fact
Legal04 Dec 2024 | 9
SOHO, the two-year mission that forgot to retire, finally faces sunset
Probe may not make it to 30 as funding runs out and replacement is launched
Science03 Dec 2024 | 24
Judge again cans Musk's record-setting $56B Tesla package
'Even if a stockholder vote could have a ratifying effect, it could not do so here,' says Delaware Chancellor
Bootnotes03 Dec 2024 | 39
$373M ASML chipmaker shrinks to $228 – but it's made of Lego
What to buy the techie who has everything?
Offbeat03 Dec 2024 | 29
Employee sues Apple over 'spying' claims tied to mandatory devices
Cupertino's walled garden 'is a prison yard' claims plaintiff
Legal02 Dec 2024 | 8
Oh, good. Supermicro board probe clears server slinger of misconduct claims
But hunts for a fresh CFO 'in light of rapid recent growth'
Systems02 Dec 2024 | 3
Apple's backwards design mistake and the reversed capacitor
It's true – the Mac LC III really did have it installed the wrong way round
Personal Tech02 Dec 2024 | 32
Musk seeks injunction to stop OpenAI morphing into for-profit company
Politics, electric cars, rockets, and social media not enough to keep some individuals busy
AI + ML02 Dec 2024 | 17
Win a slice of XP cheese if you tell us where Microsoft should put Copilot next
Competition What's that coming over the hill, is it an AI?
Bootnotes02 Dec 2024 | 205
China launches first next-gen Long March 12 rocket, christens private spaceport
Won't scare SpaceX as it's not reusable, but will help Beijing do things like launch broadband sats
Science02 Dec 2024 | 3
NASA's X-59 plane is aiming for a sonic thump, not a boom
Feature Pilot James 'Clue' Less is ready to take to the skies
Science30 Nov 2024 | 66
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