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)

Tax working from home, says Deutsche Bank, because the economy needs that lunch money you’re not spending

(2020/11/13)

Taxes change all the time, but shifts in behaviour are usually slower than the rush to WfH

Tencent admits to ‘soft’ cloud growth compared to hyperscale peers

(2020/11/13)

Says Beijing’s internet monopoly and lending laws are nothing to worry about, pledges IaaS bounce-back

PUBG frags Tencent, adopts Azure and makes digital clothes the default in bid to get back into India

(2020/11/13)

Wipes away gore, dials up data protection and finds $100m to boost local gaming industry

Election security fears doused with reality: Top officials say Nov 3 'was the most secure in American history.' The end

(2020/11/13)

'No evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised'

Apple drops macOS Big Sur on the world – and it arrives with a thud, sound of breaking glass, sirens in the distance...

(2020/11/13)

Server problems mar operating system version 11 rollout

Someone's not Biden their time... Trump administration bars US investment in top Chinese tech giants

(2020/11/13)

Because they’re military pawns of evil commies, says president de-elect

Python swallows Java to become second-most popular programming language... according to this index

(2020/11/12)

Coincidentally, Python creator Guido van Rossum joins Microsoft

Android without Google – and yes it has apps: The Reg talks to founder about the /e/ smartphone

(2020/11/12)

How the de-Googled phone works

Microsoft unveils a Universal version of Office for Apple silicon

(2020/11/12)

Seeking something perpetual for Windows on Arm? You can make do with a 32-bit Intel emulation

Kids' gaming website Animal Jam breached after miscreants spot private AWS key on pwned Slack channel

(2020/11/12)

Tens of millions of usernames and passwords go walkies amid claims of decryption

China compromised F-35 subcontractor and forced expensive software system rewrite, academic tells MPs

(2020/11/12)

CSIS policy wonk describes supply chain attack to Parliament

Brit Conservative Party used 10 million people's names to derive their country of origin, ethnicity and religion according to ICO report

(2020/11/12)

Bought 'estimated onomastic data' tagged onto data of millions of Brit voters

Geekbench stats show Apple Silicon MacBook Air trouncing pricey 16-inch MacBook Pro

(2020/11/12)

Native wit... but let's see what the 13-inch brings

Here's a little Intel: Beware of Linux graphics vendors bearing gifts of shared code – open-sourcer

(2020/11/12)

Mesa contributor issues a warning: community matters

Swiss spies knew about Crypto AG compromise – and kept it from govt overseers for nearly 30 years

(2020/11/12)

Wider government only told of encryption machine nobbling a year after it ended

Boffins devise early-warning system for fake news: AI fingers domains that look sus

(2020/11/12)

Detecting deceptive websites as soon as they get registered may help reduce the contagion of misinformation

HP: That print-free-for-life deal we promised you? Well, now it's pay-per-month to continue using your printer ink

(2020/11/12)

EFF on the attack as IT giant tries to claim free supplies during 'device lifetime' just an introductory offer

Need a hobby for lockdown? Perhaps check out the CMOS battery

(2020/11/12)

There are no tags today, but there will always be bork

Sopra Steria gets £££££££s to manage cops' Oracle e-Biz suite in Oracle's cloud in Cleveland, UK

(2020/11/12)

The bad guys looking after the good guys... or is that the other way round? Life's so complicated

Ho-ho-heave ho! IBM warns Global Business Services staffers of that most festive of things: A 45-day redundancy programme

(2020/11/12)

More than 100 heads to exit UK division in the New Year, and then there's Scandanavia

If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it's still a foolish thing.
-- Bertrand Russell