Midwest tornado destroys Amazon warehouse, killing six after worker 'told not to leave' (2021/12/13) More than eighty feared dead across multiple US states hit by super storms
AWS postmortem: Internal ops teams' own monitoring tools went down, had to comb through logs (2021/12/13) OK, it wasn't DNS, but it was hanging around the scene looking shifty
No more Commercial Space Astronaut Wings after this year because FAA has been handing them out like candy (2021/12/13) You can still get a badge if you go now
Is VPOTUS Bluetooth-phobic or sensible? The answer's pretty clear (2021/12/13) Plus: bugs found on Mars! Of the software kind, of course
UK government has 'no clear plan' for replacing ageing legacy IT estate, MPs report (2021/12/13) Police National Computer, customs rig and more fingered in PAC report
Timekeeping biz Kronos hit by ransomware and warns customers to engage biz continuity plans (2021/12/13) Big implications for millions of staffers' Christmas pay packets
ESA promises to get back to would-be astronauts by the end of 2021 (2021/12/13) A space thing running late? Who would have thought it?
British watchdog begins probing Microsoft's acquisition of AI speech specialist Nuance (2021/12/13) You have until 10 January to make your feelings felt
ZOE COVID Study app starts the week with a lockdown of its own (2021/12/13) Symptom tracker suffers Monday morning borkage
Linux Foundation spends 20% more in 2021, highlights new LFX platform (2021/12/13) New tool for security, insights, and fixing "gender and racially insensitive language rampant in code"
Return of the Mac (mechanical): Vissles keyboard for fans of keeping a low profile (2021/12/13) A little bit more QWERTY never hurty
Intel's mystery Linux muckabout is a dangerous ploy at a dangerous time (2021/12/13) Open source is no place for secrets
The secret ingredient to digital transformation? Not having to worry about your digital devices (2021/12/13) Learn how DaaS can clean up your IT lifecycle
Is it decadent that I use four different computers each day, at different times? (2021/12/13) Amazon's latest Kindle Paperwhite sees Reg hack's fondleslab get a rest
Chinese paper runs interview with Alibaba staffer who claims she was fired after exec rape claim (2021/12/13) E-commerce giant's #metoo moment takes sinister turn
Clearview's selfie-scraping AI facial recognition technology set to be patented (2021/12/11) Plus: DeepMind's latest language model research and more
CentOS Stream 9: Understanding the new Red Hat OS release for non-Red-Hat-type people (2021/12/11) El Reg maps the tributaries
Nvidia CEO Huang jointly files patent for software tech in the metaverse (2021/12/10) The boss isn't too busy to be named