The problem with Jon Stewart is that Apple appears to have cancelled his show
Planned episodes on China and AI reportedly worried Apple top brass
Bootnotes20 Oct 2023 | 2
Offbeat
Astroboffins spot high-power 8b year old radio burst from pre-Earth event
Signal could help astronomers suss out the mass of the universe
Science20 Oct 2023 | 4
Bad Vibrations: Music publishers sue Anthropic AI for using copyrighted lyrics
You Can't Always scrape What You Want, even if the lyrics are Blowin' in the (digital) Wind
Legal20 Oct 2023 | 7
'Influencer' gets 7 months in prison for plot to interfere with 2016 US election
Florida man gets 4,900 people to 'vote' via SMS after promoting it as an option
Legal20 Oct 2023 | 17
More X subscription tiers could spell doom for free access as biz bleeds cash
One's cheaper but with ads, the other's more expensive with no ads, says Musk
Offbeat20 Oct 2023 | 42
Corner cutting of nuclear proportions as duo admit to falsifying safety tests 29 times
No word on motivation but pair face up to 5 years in the cooler
Legal20 Oct 2023 | 13
Boeing gives busy billionaires unbothered about bespoke beds a cheaper BizJet
Suggests modular interiors for the frequent flyer in a hurry to take off in their own 737
Offbeat20 Oct 2023 | 24
Biotech exec sentenced to eight years for COVID-19 testing finger-stick fraud
100+ diagnostic tests from a single drop of blood – sound familiar?
Legal19 Oct 2023 | 13
It's full of stars! Galactic atlas catalogs 400k Milky Way neighbors
Public gallery invites you to have a scroll and wonder where the hours went
Offbeat19 Oct 2023 | 2
Winklevoss twins back in hot water after NY AG sues over $1B cryptocurrency fraud
Updated SBF comes up like a bad penny
Legal19 Oct 2023 | 20
'Recession-resilient' Tesla misses Q3 expectations, slows Mexico expansion
But look over there: A Cybertruck release date! Just please 'temper expectations,' Elon begs
Offbeat19 Oct 2023 | 45
NASA celebrates 40 years of Discovery, the longest-serving Space Shuttle
OV-103 was there for Hubble and the assembly of the ISS
Science19 Oct 2023 | 10
Mars chilled for aeons, but stayed so stressed it gets crusty marsquakes
Multiple orbiters failed to find a crater matching rumble. Boffins now blame Red planet's internal problems
Science19 Oct 2023 | 7
Amazon unveils new drone design, plans liftoff of aerial delivery in UK, Italy
Smaller, quieter, and expected to deliver millions of packages in coming years
Science19 Oct 2023 | 47
Now we can blame spacecraft for polluting the atmosphere
'My god, it's full of aerosolized metals!'
Science18 Oct 2023 | 11
Want a clean energy transition? Better start putting cash into electrical grid
Spending needs to double to $600B by 2030 if we want to stay within 2°C warming
Science18 Oct 2023 | 87
Moonstruck Modi wants lunar Indian crew by 2040
A space station, Venus, and Mars also on the cards but the budget is TBD
Science18 Oct 2023 | 5
You snooze, you lose? It's not quite as simple as that
Actually it might give you a brief edge on those weird morning people
Bootnotes18 Oct 2023 | 13
Boris Johnson's mad hydrogen for homes bubble bursts
It was a gas while it lasted but 'no public policy' to replace natural gas for heating
Science18 Oct 2023 | 298
US prosecutors slam Autonomy tycoon's attempt to get charges tossed
Allege that 'greed and hubris' led Mike Lynch and co to 'pretend Autonomy thrived'
Legal18 Oct 2023 | 26
Popular
In-memory database Redis wants to dabble in disk
Aims to lower costs and broaden appeal of system popular with devs
Royal College considers no confidence move after Excel recruitment debacle
Mangled spreadsheets mean government was asleep on the job and should be held to account
Nokia to erase up to 14,000 employees from payroll
Profits plunge, sales down in Q3. Multi-year cost cutting drive means staff will be decimated
First Brexit, now X-it: Musk 'considering' pulling platform from EU over probe
Comment Plus: Working from home is 'detached from reality' says world's richest man
Analysts scratch heads over MariaDB's decision to ditch DBaaS crown jewels
'Their future is murky at the moment'
Casio keyed up after data loss hits customers in 149 countries
Crooks broke into the ClassPad server and swiped online learning database
Making the problem go away is not the same thing as fixing it
On Call The difference is especially stark at 2:00 AM
Indian authorities raid fake tech support rings after tipoff from Amazon and Microsoft
Also went after crypto-crooks who sought money to buy miners for fake token
Amazon unveils new drone design, plans liftoff of aerial delivery in UK, Italy
Smaller, quieter, and expected to deliver millions of packages in coming years
Corner cutting of nuclear proportions as duo admit to falsifying safety tests 29 times
No word on motivation but pair face up to 5 years in the cooler
STORIES
Bezos' engineers dream of Blue Ring space platform in orbit by 2025
A little optimistic, given Blue Origin can't even deliver it themselves yet
Science17 Oct 2023 | 19
3D printer purchases could require background checks under proposed law
Bill in New York aims to stop spread of ghost guns, but fails to address existing kit or private sales
Legal17 Oct 2023 | 33
Falcon Heavy sends NASA probe to metal-rich asteroid Psyche
Is SpaceX psyching out the competition?
Science17 Oct 2023 | 26
Look, boss – Nvidia's still cool with staff working from home
Plus: Stanford prof tells off industry for making decisions based on anecdotal data
Offbeat16 Oct 2023 | 25
Tesla goons will buy anything – including these $150 beers
Sorry, 'CyberBeers'
Offbeat16 Oct 2023 | 53
TaxWatch finds astute scheme minimizes Big Tech's UK tax bill by over $2B
As British public spending comes under pressure, tech superstars seemingly avoid two-thirds of tax burden
Legal16 Oct 2023 | 12
Three dozen plaintiffs join Apple AirTag tracking lawsuit in amended complaint
38 people now accusing Apple of negligence over stalking, assaults and murders enabled by Bluetooth trackers
Legal13 Oct 2023 | 19
BOFH: We've made a big mesh, Boss. That's what you wanted, right?
Episode 19 The signal is strongest in the pub...
BOFH13 Oct 2023 | 40
NASA reschedules Boeing's first crewed Starliner flight for mid-April 2024
Given they're still trying to fix the capsule's parachute the astronauts better say their prayers
Science13 Oct 2023 | 21
Engineers pave the way for building lunar roads with Moon dust
Just melt it with lasers, say researchers in Germany
Science12 Oct 2023 | 34
NASA's Psyche asteroid mission suffers another heavenly holdup
Dodgy weather results in a launch postponement
Science12 Oct 2023 |
Mars helicopter to try for new speed record on Thursday
57 flights past expected lifetime and still improving
Science12 Oct 2023 | 37
Bennu unboxing shows ancient asteroid holds carbon and water
Just some building blocks for life – in a few billion years, who knows what could develop?
Science12 Oct 2023 | 14
Delays to NASA's in-orbit satellite refueling robot to push costs over $2B target
Contractor blamed by watchdog for late SPIDER arm work
Science11 Oct 2023 | 3
Astronomers spot collision between two exoplanets, both feared vaporized
Dust blocks light from Sun-like star as far-off worlds meet
Science11 Oct 2023 | 24
Swedish tech biz aims to sail past traffic woes on electric hydrofoils
But P-12's production timeline is fuzzy
Offbeat10 Oct 2023 | 7
Russian Nauka module plays leak-a-boo with International Space Station
Faulty backup radiator is bleeding coolant into the black
Science10 Oct 2023 | 9
New information physics theory is evidence 'we're living in a simulation,' says author
But why would a simulation create El Reg? Mmm... pizza
Offbeat10 Oct 2023 | 168
ESA's Vega rocket delivers Taiwanese and Thai satellites to low Earth orbit
Also on board, cubesat that dodges space debris with plasma braking technology
Science09 Oct 2023 | 1
Two Project Kuiper prototype satellites finally reach orbit
Hey – gotta start somewhere
Science09 Oct 2023 | 6
SpaceX accused of paying less to women and minority engineers
Suit alleges female staff were forced to start as technical writers despite doing largely same work
Legal09 Oct 2023 | 41
When Microsoft complains that you're a monopolist you know things are bad
Kettle Google and Amazon are both in antitrust trouble as the US gets tough
Legal09 Oct 2023 | 16
India demands social networks 'swiftly' remove all CSAM
X, YouTube, and Telegram told to make it happen, or feel the wrath of 'zero tolerance' regime
Legal09 Oct 2023 | 15
US lawmakers want China export bans to include open tech like RISC-V
ASIA IN BRIEF PLUS: South Korea to fine Apple, Google; Digital fraud booms in Hong Kong; Singtel slings TrustWave
Legal08 Oct 2023 | 13
Beethoven and Brahms move audience members to synchronization symphony
Music sets hearts beating in lockstep, researchers find
Science07 Oct 2023 | 13
Never mind SETI and NASA, if your Ring somehow snaps ET, Amazon might give you $1M
Fly light-years to our planet and get the real Earth experience: Privacy invaded by doorbell cam
Bootnotes06 Oct 2023 | 24
Musk in hot water with SEC for failure to comply with subpoena
What do you mean they aren't optional for billionaires?
Legal06 Oct 2023 | 47
Elon Musk's ambitions for Starship soar high while reality waits on launchpad
Comment Monster rocket yet to trouble orbit, let alone the Red Planet
Science06 Oct 2023 | 83
You've just spent $400 on a baby monitor. Now you need a subscription
Internet of Stings Once upon a time there was a company called Miku who wasn't making quite enough money...
Bootnotes06 Oct 2023 | 183
ESA funds space weather satellite swarm to understand and combat orbital debris
Prof warns El Reg solar storms may cause cascading collisions that make some orbits unusable
Science06 Oct 2023 | 12
UK and Japan space agencies team for orbital telemetry network
InRange will eliminate reliance on line of sight for the H3 launcher
Science06 Oct 2023 | 2
Fujitsu, RIKEN open Japan's first superconducting quantum 'puter to eggheads
64-qubit system paired with 40-qubit simulator to get some sort of accuracy
Science05 Oct 2023 | 3
EPIC urges watchdog to probe Grindr's data privacy – or alleged lack thereof
Dating app kept sensitive info even after peeps deleted accounts, complaint claims
Bootnotes05 Oct 2023 | 3
X confuses the masses by removing all details from links
And in other news, lenders complain Musk needs to go
Offbeat05 Oct 2023 | 53
NASA taking its time unboxing asteroid sample because it grabbed too much stuff
Dirty deed, done in deep space
Science05 Oct 2023 | 17
Tweaked Space Shuttle Main Engine gets ready for final testing
NASA will run out of RS-25s to drop into the ocean unless the production line restarts
Science04 Oct 2023 | 32
Red Planet roommates have been stuck on 'Mars' together for 100 days
Simulation milestone coincides with NASA's 65th birthday – will it manage the real thing before its centenary?
Science04 Oct 2023 | 16
Kaluma squeezes JavaScript onto the Raspberry Pi Pico
Bringing the language of multi-gigabyte web browsers to a $4 computer
Offbeat04 Oct 2023 | 25
Big Brother is coming to a workplace near you, and the privacy regulator wants a word
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Legal04 Oct 2023 | 47
Astronomers debate whether or not lightning strikes even once on Venus
Where are the bolts of light? Why are the low-frequency radio waves lightning makes going backwards?
Science04 Oct 2023 | 9
5G satellite briefly becomes brightest object in night sky
With more constellations on the horizon, scientists call for better approval of launches
Science03 Oct 2023 | 34
ESA delays Vega-C's return after nozzle design fails tests
Eurolauncher won't fly again until 2024 as it awaits another redesign
Science03 Oct 2023 | 7
NASA awards $1.5m for 'three steps to Mars' astronaut health program
One (very) small leap for humanity's future in space
Science02 Oct 2023 | 3
X Corp is now suing a sublessee for unpaid rent
Irony alert: Complaint cites defendant as claiming X 'did not even pay rent for such period'
Legal02 Oct 2023 | 25
NASA's New Horizons probe scores extended vacation in Kuiper Belt
Good news: More science. Bad news: Somebody has to pay for it
Science02 Oct 2023 | 2
Lyft driver takes off with cat, global search ensues
Updated Ride-share app originally told man they’d charge him $20 for Tux’s return
Offbeat02 Oct 2023 | 34
Scandium-based nuclear clocks promise punctuality for next 300 billion years
It's about time!
Science02 Oct 2023 | 47
NASA delays already-late $1B Psyche probe's visit to metal-rich asteroid
Given it was first due to blast off last year, what's another week or so?
Science30 Sep 2023 | 11
Equal Employment Commission sues Tesla for racist discrimination, retaliation at Fremont plant
Like some sort of bizarro greatest hits album, the EEOC case sounds just like multiple previous suits
Legal29 Sep 2023 | 29
Musk, Yaccarino contradict each other on status of X's election integrity team
One says it's dead, the other says it's growing, and we all know how grumpy Elon gets when contradicted
Offbeat28 Sep 2023 | 47
You shouldn't be able to buy devices that tamper with diesel truck emissions on eBay, says DoJ
Feds allege tat bazaar turned blind eye to folks buying more than 343k aftermarket defeat devices
Legal28 Sep 2023 | 71
Zuck dives deeper into the metaverse, dragging Snoop Dogg along for ride
Meta's annual conference sees the company playing catch-up to OpenAI but pulling ahead of Apple
Offbeat28 Sep 2023 | 13
Indonesia, TikTok's best market, bans social commerce
Made-In-China network's attempt to merge sales and socials stalled in the market all web giants covet
Legal28 Sep 2023 | 4
Record-breaking astronaut Frank Rubio finally home after over a year in orbit
Rubio spent 371 days on the ISS, the longest any American has been aloft
Science28 Sep 2023 | 3
Perseverance rover sets a Martian speed record with software controls
347.7 meters in a day - humans could probably do better
Science27 Sep 2023 | 7
The alternative to stopping climate change is untested carbon capture tech
We could do most of what we need to prevent 1.5°C warming now; reversing it will be nigh impossible
Science27 Sep 2023 | 86
CERN experiment proves gravity pulls antimatter the way Einstein predicted
Why there is not a lot more of it is yet to be explained though
Science27 Sep 2023 | 34
Devs learn rival Godot engine in a week to poke fun at Unity
The result? Install Fee Tycoon
Offbeat27 Sep 2023 | 14
Bids for ISS demolition rights are now open, NASA declares
Winning spacecraft will dock with the station at least a year before go time
Science27 Sep 2023 | 54
Researchers train an AI system to find extraterrestrial life
Machine learning model touted as ideal for finding LGMs on Mars, and beyond
Science27 Sep 2023 | 26
Hong Kong securities regulator to name suspicious crypto players
Tightens regulations after downfall of the brazen JPEX exchange
Legal27 Sep 2023 | 6
Cryptocoin Ponzi scheme AirBit Club co-founder jailed
12 years behind bars, and ordered to forfeit $65m in illicit proceeds
Legal27 Sep 2023 | 12
China identifies AI, optoelectric semiconductors, as challenges it wants to crack
Underwater comms make list of 14 techs at which Beijing hopes to do better
Science26 Sep 2023 | 2
NASA's Mars Sample Return mission is in danger of never launching
Review board: Mega project is way over budget, needs cash, and senators want it axed
Science25 Sep 2023 | 22
Car industry pleads for delay to post-Brexit tariffs on EVs
Gets blanked again
Offbeat25 Sep 2023 | 132
No, no, no! Disco joke hit bum note in the rehab center
who, me? Techie tried to dunk on a co-worker, and found himself absolutely soaking wet
Offbeat25 Sep 2023 | 85
OSIRIS-REx successfully delivers NASA's first asteroid sample
Molto Bennu
Science25 Sep 2023 | 18
That's gas: CO2 found on Europa surface may hint at some possible sign of life
Hey, ESA: Can Juice get there any faster?
Offbeat22 Sep 2023 | 9
US military F-35 readiness problems highlighted in aptly timed report
This surely can't be related to that crash debacle over the weekend, right?
Offbeat22 Sep 2023 | 26
FAA wants rocket jockeys to clean up after their space launch parties
Have you seen orbit? There's junk everywhere
Science22 Sep 2023 | 6
BOFH: A security issue, you say? Activate code tangerine
Episode 18 When you utter those words, it empowers us to do anything
BOFH22 Sep 2023 | 54
95% of NFTs now totally worthless, say researchers
'Even the most prominent collections are struggling to maintain demand'
Offbeat21 Sep 2023 | 74
Call me an Apple fan, says Huawei founder and chief exec
Ren Zhengfei says he still takes lessons from American rival
Offbeat21 Sep 2023 | 8
Lawsuit claims Google Maps led dad of two over collapsed bridge to his death
Web giant accused of gross negligence by not updating app despite complaints
Legal21 Sep 2023 | 195
Neuralink's looking for participants willing to be part of human trials
Musk company gets FDA's OK for six-year assessment of its brain implants
Science20 Sep 2023 | 26
Scientists suggest possible solution to space-induced bone loss
Douglas Adams was right! Mice may hold key to exploring the universe
Science20 Sep 2023 | 43
DoD hopes $30M BEACONS will light the way to next-gen American battery designs
And less than half the cost of a single F-35 – bargain!
Science19 Sep 2023 | 8
Rocket Lab launch streak goes up in smoke with 41st mission
Electron rocket was lost when reusable first stage separated early this morning
Science19 Sep 2023 | 10
US Defense Department enlists Google for AI-powered cancer-spotting kit
A different type of ARM - the Augmented Reality Microscope
Science19 Sep 2023 | 1
World's most powerful free-electron laser upgraded to fire a million X-rays per second
US DoE particle will be a 'strobe light' in atomic disco
Science18 Sep 2023 | 15
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