How to ensure your tech predictions catch on in a flash? Do the mash
(2021/04/09)
All inventions should be demonstrated by a puppet doing a Tommy Cooper impression
Feature bloat: Psychology boffins find people tend to add elements to solve a problem rather than take things away
(2021/04/09)
Duplo exercise provides vital insight into flawed human heuristic
Asahi Linux devs merge effort to run Linux on Apple M1 silicon into kernel
(2021/04/09)
Slated for inclusion in version 5.13, due about three months from now
For blinkenlights sake.... RTFM! Yes. Read The Front of the Machine
(2021/04/09)
Before smartphones and LCD displays there were... green lights and red lights
Cisco takes small steps towards IT-as-a-service, more software-defined networking
(2021/04/09)
For compute and SD-WAN only, with plenty of details not yet in place
India uses controversial Aadhaar facial biometrics to identify COVID vaccination recipients
(2021/04/09)
Safer than eyeballs or fingerprints, apparently
‘Can COVID-19 vaccines connect me to the internet?’
(2021/04/09)
It’s not The Register asking. The question comes from the official Australian government vaccine advice service (and the answer is ‘No’)
Vietnam reveals state-run Alibaba-and-Amazon alternative, aims it at the EU
(2021/04/09)
Government hopes to cash in on free trade agreement with B2B e-commerce
Apple's pending privacy clampdown drives desperate marketers to overwhelm domain database
(2021/04/09)
Public Suffix List halts submissions from those seeking reprieve from iGiant's rules
Biden administration effectively slaps bans on seven Chinese supercomputer companies for military links
(2021/04/09)
Organizations added to Entity list
What's this about a muon experiment potentially upending Standard Model of physics? We speak to one of the scientists involved
(2021/04/09)
'It’s an exciting prospect, but too early to say so definitively' professor tells us
Airline software super-bug: Flight loads miscalculated because women using 'Miss' were treated as children
(2021/04/08)
Passenger weight blunder led to wrong thrust used on takeoff, says watchdog
W3C Technical Architecture Group slaps down Google's proposal to treat multiple domains as same origin
(2021/04/08)
First Party Sets 'harmful to the web in its current form'
South Africa's state-owned energy firm to appeal after court rules Oracle does not have to support its software
(2021/04/08)
Eskom disputes results of Big Red audit
Xen releases a new version 4.15 after a slightly delayed development process
(2021/04/08)
Teases new ‘Hyperlaunch’ tech that will allow booting of whole VM fleets
Website maker Wix embarks on weird WordPress-trashing campaign, sends 'influencer' users headphones from 'WP'
(2021/04/08)
'Creepy' videos liken CMS giant to 'absent, drunken father' – but its market share is only rising
Beloved pixel pusher Paint prepares to join Notepad for updates from Microsoft Store
(2021/04/08)
You cannot kill what does not die
Gitpod ditches Eclipse Theia for Visual Studio Code under redesign, sponsors new dev experience event
(2021/04/08)
'Allowing everyone to use their favourite IDE just makes a lot of sense'
Apple extends Find My support to third-party vendors including Belkin, Dutch bike maker VanMoof, and Chipolo
(2021/04/08)
Expensive bike, earpods can now be tracked from inside the walled garden
UK reseller sues Microsoft for £270m in damages claiming prohibitive contracts choke off surplus Office licence supplies
(2021/04/08)
ValueLicensing also calls for action to 'restore and maintain competition and choice in the market'
A "No" uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a
"Yes" merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
-- Mahatma Gandhi