ARM Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life (Terry Pratchett, Jingo)

Yet another ex-ransomware negotiator admits turning rogue after payoff from crimelords

(2026/04/21)

Plus: Court papers reveal nonprofit paid a ransom worth nearly $26.8 million



FAA grounds Blue Origin's New Glenn as it probes missed satellite delivery 'mishap'

(2026/04/21)

One of two second stage engines misbehaved, administration must sign off report before flights resume



AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition tested: Gratuitous overkill with a price to match

(2026/04/21)

Review An $899 CPU? In this economy?



AI-assisted intruders pwned Vercel via OAuth abuse and a pilfered employee account

(2026/04/21)

CEO suspects silicon sidekick behind 'surprising velocity' breach - cyber crims shop stolen data for $2M



Crook claims to leak 'video surveillance footage' of companies

(2026/04/21)

Mexican IT services firm admits it was hacked, but says client operations weren't affected



Met police trials snoop tech platform in push to cuff more London shoplifters

(2026/04/21)

No facial recognition privacy intrusions either! Well, maybe a little



England's school phone ban gets teeth, just in time to bite no one

(2026/04/21)

90% of schools already compliant, but at least now there's paperwork



Task Manager's CPU meter is an obituary for the recent past, says the engineer who built it

(2026/04/21)

Spoiler: There's no magic value. Just a timer, some kernel calls, and too much coffee



Adaptavist Group breach spawns imposter emails as ransomware crew claims mega-haul

(2026/04/21)

Fake emails already doing the rounds as ransomware crew boasts about what it allegedly stole



Panasonic creates device-locked QR codes to speed facial biometric capture

(2026/04/21)

Admins are tired of taking photos, so this enables secure on-site unattended enrolment



Iran claims US used backdoors to knock out networking equipment during war

(2026/04/21)

And China is loving it



NASA Inspector fears new spacesuits won’t be ready for Moon landing

(2026/04/21)

Dud contracts, proprietary designs, and zero-experience supplier make for quite the mess



Microsoft's GitHub grounds Copilot account sign-ups amid capacity crunch

(2026/04/21)

Remember what we promised when you subscribed for a year? Well, we've got a new deal that's better for us.



Vibe coding upstart Lovable denies data leak, cites 'intentional behavior,' then throws HackerOne under the bus

(2026/04/21)

UPDATED A lesson in how not to respond to vulnerability reports



Trump-branded datacenter project fails to make itself great, again

(2026/04/21)

The struggles continue for Fermi America's 17 GW bit barn ambitions



World's blandest man steps down from CEO job to spend more time in tastefully appointed home

(2026/04/21)

Tim Cook is handing the reins to John Ternus at Apple



Chase got a spiff of $77 million to create one job with New York datacenter

(2026/04/20)

Official involved in deal tells El Reg number doesn't paint entire picture of datacenter's economic benefit



Claude Desktop changes app access settings for browsers you don't even have installed yet

(2026/04/20)

Installation and pre-approval without consent looks dubious under EU law



Linux 7.1 will have an optional new NTFS driver

(2026/04/20)

Good news for those working with Windows, bad news for Paragon Software



Scot becomes second Scattered Spider-linked crook to plead guilty in US

(2026/04/20)

Tyler Buchanan admits role in scheme that stole at least $8 million in virtual currency



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Love, which is quickly kindled in a gentle heart,
seized this one for the fair form
that was taken from me-and the way of it afflicts me still.
Love, which absolves no loved one from loving,
seized me so strongly with delight in him,
that, as you see, it does not leave me even now.
Love brought us to one death.
-- La Divina Commedia: Inferno V, vv. 100-06