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20 years of searching for spider holes has given Russia, China lots of time to secure the skies for themselves The US Space Force is appare...

Just in case you blurt out that L***x is better than Windows? (That was a joke, PR friends) Slinging the occasional expletive in casual con...

My relationship with s’mores is muddled. Setting them on fire tickles my pyro-bone, but I get frustrated with the cloying sweetness of the ...

Web giant also hits back ... right as YouTube steps up war on advert blockers Analysis   Google is accused of misrepresenting the placement...

It seems like everyone is obsessed with Outshine Fruit Bars , the inexplicably smooth popsicles studded with bits of whole fruit. I am part...

I love coleslaw of all kinds. I love sweet slaw, tangy, vinegary slaw, and hot slaw that’s been dressed with a little pepper jelly . What I...

Malwarebytes and Trellix upgrades fix the issues Some Windows users are still feeling the fallout from apparent conflicts between recent OS...

One of my favorite niche insults is, “He’s the kind of guy who always orders his steak rare, no matter the cut.” (This type of guy also con...

A tale of emergency firewalling, a little bit of victim blaming, and workflow scripts gone berserk This month you may have noticed the serv...

Porn is fun, and a great way for us to explore sexual pleasure by ourselves or with a partner, but mainstream pornography is also problemat...

Eurocop op cracking crims' chat app causes clink time and cash confiscation Police breaking into and snooping on the EncroChat encrypte...

Failure to match metadata with packaged files presents supply chain vulnerability The npm Public Registry, a database of JavaScript package...

It's not the most accurate atomic clock in the world, but the NIST team behind it believes they can fix that There's a new atomic c...

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Love to travel but often find yourself bored at the airport? iPads aren’t just for kids—you can get yourself one to watch movies, listen to...

We’re a little more than a year away from the 2024 presidential election, and if you think things are ugly and crazy now, just wait a few m...

Alleges he's still locked out and at risk of losing his licenses over missing comms A New Jersey attorney is suing Microsoft for $1.75 ...

Funds will focus on energy, transportation, astronomy, and healthcare The UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) agency is investing £72 million...

Fined $4m for mess, for which it blames unnamed archiving vendor's retention settings JP Morgan has been fined $4 million by the US Sec...

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Latest cut of the kernel gets RISC-ier, moves towards Wi-Fi 7, ejects PCMCIA cards Version 6.4 of the Linux kernel has debuted, after an ex...

PLUS: US joins India’s software diplomacy push; Suzuki to make flying cars; Indonesia's broadband bird Asia In Brief   Singapore's ...

Rain may be a welcome sight after a long dry spell, but when it comes to your garden, getting hit with a lot of water all at once isn’t an ...

When the weather gets hot, and you switch on the air conditioning in your car, you may find that in addition to the cool breeze, you’re als...

Should you really believe the doomsayers? We're going to go with no +Comment   The question over whether machine learning poses an exis...

Version 12.5 brings in Finnish language support, traffic node path visualization and more The Tor Browser, which strives to provide anonymi...

Amazon Prime Day isn’t until next month, but many Prime Day-worthy deals are already popping up at the retailer—including discounts on some...

What LinkedIn (usually) lacks in ostentatious, glam, or funny posts, it makes up for in utility—provided you use it correctly. While you’re...

Season 6 of Black Mirror kicks off with an episode called Joan Is Awful . If you haven’t watched yet, the premise is essentially this: Whe...

On the other hand, some old settings are set for a comeback Microsoft is investigating why recent updates to Windows 11 are causing systems...

You may have recently received an email from the company EpiqPay, a payment distribution service, about the recent Zoom settlement and won...

As reported by The Verge , Microsoft is raising prices for both its Xbox Series X consoles, as well as its online subscriptions, Xbox Game ...

Maybe I’m lying to myself, but I believe chilled foods in the summer months make me feel colder, and I don’t care who says otherwise. Now t...

Sharing a cancer patient's nude snaps earlier wasn't enough for these scumbags Ransomware gang BlackCat claims it infected a plasti...

Staff show up with the receipts – video footage of law-breaking bosses Apple destroyed union flyers and interrogated its staff in New York ...

1Health must strengthen protections for genetic information as part of settlement The Federal Trade Commission has alleged that genetic tes...

Binding service terms hidden in contractual documents, plaintiff claims A court claim has alleged Oracle conducted a "widespread fraud...

50K-plus employees' personal info swiped after law firm rolled Mondelez International has warned 51,000 of its past and present employe...

Your tech tools are great for managing your day, but nothing really beats writing things down in an old-fashioned planner. Writing manually...

That ads to hurt American newspaper publisher Gannett is throwing its weight behind the hottest trend in digital advertising: suing Google ...

Crooks demand $4.5m to keep '80GB' of corp info private – and no API price hikes Reddit this week confirmed ransomware gang BlackCa...

It has enough air to last until Thursday, but if it isn't already on the surface rescue operations could be impossible Time and oxygen ...

Adding manufactured substances to our skin is pretty unnatural, when you think about it. Even the most “natural” skincare products have the...

Cybercrooks hoping users have whispered employer secrets to chatbot Singapore-based threat intelligence outfit Group-IB has found ChatGPT c...

Meanwhile, users are left to figure out how to cut their cloth A relative newcomer to the enterprise data and analytics world, Microsoft di...

Montenegro jails chap accused of causing $40 billion LUNA crypto crash Fugitive crypto villain Do Kwon has been jailed in Montenegro for fa...

Mobile network IP a compelling reason to ask folks to be FRANDs Chinese telecoms giant Huawei may be looking to put the squeeze on small to...

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic triggered what’s been called a “ global garden boom ,” there has been a renewed interest in va...

Cybercrooks use abandoned AWS storage tool to deliver malware Miscreants are using expired Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 buckets to place ma...

Web hosting company tells users to pay up or shift off, but users say they weren't warned in time Users of web hosting company 123 Reg ...

If Jesus was my Copilot, what would he do? Opinion   Open source. It's open. You can look. Mostly, you can use. There's a clue in t...

PLUS: Crypto just isn't cricket in India; China's budget smartphone surge; Jack Ma is back, again; and more Asia In Brief   US-base...

Previous claims its own software updates were the issue remain almost, kinda, plausible In the murky world of political and corporate spin,...

Even if you prefer washing your hands and body with soap in gel or liquid form, there are still plenty of reasons to have a few bars of soa...

Sleeping in the summer heat can be pretty miserable . Of course, having air conditioning helps tremendously, but if you’re feeling hot when...

Owning—or at least having access to—a car or another type of vehicle is a necessity in most parts of the United States, but this wasn’t alw...

Deal involving millions of domain names reportedly hits $180 million Google has sold off Google Domains – its side hustle selling and manag...

Until this week, my only knowledge of the association between vibration and fitness came from old cartoons. Watch them long enough, and soo...

I have a bad habit of taking carrots for granted. They’re everywhere—in lunch boxes with hummus, alongside potatoes and pearl onions under ...

Plus: Accused is innocent until proven guilty, but is known to be an Apple fan FBI agents have arrested a Russian man suspected of being pa...

ChatGPT’s impact on our daily lives has likely been overhyped, but it  does have some great uses. Students can use it to study for tests ,...

If physical distance and/or a pesky custody arrangement find you separated from your dad (or your kid) this Father’s Day, maybe a virtual h...

I write a lot about different methods to remove odors from of a bunch of different things, from smoky smells in the house to stinky ones i...

It's not a doctor, it just plays one on the internet Embracing the chatbot standard of unreliable information, Google has updated the L...

Snoops 'aggressively targeted' specific govt, academic accounts Chinese spies are behind the data-stealing malware injected into Ba...

We've not had any of the required paperwork yet, Irish watchdog tells El Reg Google has had to delay the debut of its Bard chatbot in t...

Maple syrup is so good, it’s hard to believe it comes out of a tree. Or maybe it’s easy to believe. Trees also give us peaches, olives, and...

Remember using dialup in the 1990s? Back when the technology was new, the online world wasn’t overrun with corporations, and everyone was b...

As America, UK, Canada, Australia and friends share essential bible to detect and thwart infections Seven nations today issued an alert, pl...

To keep our money safe, most of us have, at minimum , a checking and a savings account. But many Americans have no sort of bank account at ...

Plus: Adobe, SAP and Android push updates Microsoft has released security updates for 78 flaws for June's Patch Tuesday, and luckily fo...

I’ve waffled many things , but few batters, which is odd given the intended purpose of the waffle maker. I can count the number of times I’...

The ramen fried egg is an umami-packed breakfast full of satisfying textures, with instant ramen acting as the transformative canvas of cho...

As if billions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced Reddit, the self-proclaimed "front page of the intern...

With swimming season now upon us, you may find yourself wondering (as you did last summer, and the summer before that): Is there a right wa...

Inflation hasn’t been kind to the cost of dining out. If you’re looking for a way to ease the strain on your credit card while still enjoyi...

Suit claims Redmond took far more than allowed from Hold's 360M-credential database Microsoft stands accused by cyber intelligence firm...

Plus: Boffins puzzle over why GRB 221009A's shape is unlike any other astronomical electromagnetic jets The brightest gamma-ray burst e...

Turning up the heat can turn down cooling bills, even as 30°C and 84 percent humidity prevail Singapore's government last week released...

Both create an aural oasis of sonic stillness. But only one let me watch John Wick 4 for free For years, the first thing I've packed fo...

Unless you live in an older home with two-prong outlets, you probably don’t put much thought into plugging and unplugging electronic device...

Along with a green grass lawn, traditional suburban landscaping often includes sections the yard—typically in front of the house—containing...

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Microsoft retiring the calendar board view a few short years That didn't take long. Relatively speaking, anyway. Microsoft has drained ...

Throughout their entire life, you have worked with your child through many big feelings and events, from the first day of school to mending...

I have been trying to get better at avoiding pantry redundancy. I rarely buy two of the same exact product, but I will buy multiple items t...

The options for cloud storage are numerous, but many of them have unappealing caveats, from low storage limits, to recurring monthly charg...

If you’re in an area affected by wildfire smoke—whether the current haze covering the east coast or throughout fire season out west—you are...

Nips and tucks aim to give decades-old app a more modern vibe Microsoft is redesigning File Explorer with the help of relatively new develo...

I’ve always loved the idea of a 15-inch MacBook Air. It never sat well with me that, in order to buy a big-screen MacBook, you needed to pa...

'There's just no substitute for coming together in person' Google will police rules about hybrid work more tightly by proposing...

After inheriting your parents’ home, the prospect of selling that house can seem overwhelming. It’s a whirlwind—mentally, physically, and o...

Your bed can look as luxurious, warm, and fluffy as they do in catalogs and magazines. Gravity isn’t going to make it easy and will pull do...

Hybrid cloud hardware capable of running 208 vCPUs and a handful of cloud services while living on the edge Amazon Web Services has announc...

Legal prof warns: 'This case is like a wrecking ball for internet law' The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals last week ruled that E...

Your AirPods are getting several new features this fall. Apple announced the new changes, as well as some big improvements to existing feat...

Pocket change, in other words Microsoft is being fined $20 million by the US Federal Trade Commission for violating the Children's Onli...

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CEO Eben Upton celebrates decision to keep prices steady instead of scoring sweet, sweet, windfall profits Raspberry Pi boss Eben Upton say...

Commanders in the field persuaded to give up, let their guard down, run around and desert their posts Australia's Signals Directorate, ...

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Living in the eye of the geopolitical storm is not easy, but is good for business In late September 2021, staff at Taiwanese threat intelli...

PLUS: Indonesia's digital success under the radar; Singapore picks Google AI; India claims streaming record Asia In Brief   China's...

After years of being relegated to the basement, laundry rooms have largely moved above ground in homes built over the last 25 or so years ....

We’re a few weeks away from the official start of summer, and if the record-breaking air travel numbers from the unofficial start of summe...

For those without the outdoor space necessary for a traditional garden, growing plants—including vegetables—in containers is a great option...