Queen's shooting star was actually meteor, not SpaceX junk
(2022/09/16)
Video Expert tells El Reg : 'It was unusual, a geometrical curiosity'
Eastern European org hit by second record-smashing DDoS attack
(2022/09/16)
Cough, cough, U, cough, kraine
EU puts smart device manufacturers on the hook for cyber security
(2022/09/16)
Requires five years of patching, 24 hour incident reporting, and proper security … for starters
China can destroy US space assets, Space Force ops nominee warns
(2022/09/16)
Wants swarms of small satellites that are harder to destroy – and outsourcing to improve cybersecurity
Uber reels from 'security incident' in which cloud systems seemingly hijacked
(2022/09/16)
Updated AWS and G Suite admin accounts likely popped, HackerOne bug bounty page hit, and more
US border cops harvest info from citizens' phones, build massive database
(2022/09/16)
Texts, contacts, call logs, photos, and more centrally stored for years without a warrant in sight
California Governor signs child privacy law requiring online age checks
(2022/09/16)
Get ready for face scans, expanded surveillance, violated rights, and more, say critics
Merge shifts Ethereum to full proof-of-stake, price slumps
(2022/09/15)
Power consumption plummets, too, so there's that
Upstart claims its chips beat Nvidia's A100 on AI oomph
(2022/09/15)
That's nice, but what about Nv's H100?
We should give Taiwan $4.5b to protect chip fabs from China, say US senators
(2022/09/15)
Gotta keep those phone processors and GPUs coming, folks
Biden administration to dole out $900m for electric vehicle infrastructure
(2022/09/15)
34 states and Puerto Rico sharing pot to fund chargers along interstate highways
Food security group, Linux Foundation working on crop data standard
(2022/09/15)
'Sharing of agricultural data can help develop solutions to some of the food system's most pressing challenges'
Testing of Starlink internet under way in Antarctica
(2022/09/15)
Bandwidth-starved researchers rejoice
Ex-Broadcom engineer asks for house arrest over IP theft
(2022/09/15)
Admits guilt, but claims he took files to jog his memory, afraid he'd not keep up with 'younger engineers'
Microsoft Outlook sends users back to 1930 with (very) mini-Millennium-Bug glitch
(2022/09/15)
Planes unlikely to fall out of sky after December 31, 2029, El Reg can confirm
Former Cisco boss launches upstart to rattle old employer's cage
(2022/09/15)
John Chambers' Nile wants to remove humans from network management
Samsung investing $5b in efforts to be carbon neutral by 2050
(2022/09/15)
That's quite the challenge to neutralize – making chips and electronics is hardly ecofriendly
Iran steps up its cybercrime game and Uncle Sam punches back
(2022/09/15)
Criminal charges, more sanctions, and a $10m bounty, oh my
Microsoft rolls out stealthy updates for 365 Apps
(2022/09/15)
Good thing Redmond has a brilliant track record with patches
Former Newport Wafer Fab owner linked to buyback from China's Nexperia
(2022/09/15)
If you think customers were impatient before, this report won't soothe their worries