FydeOS offers ChromeOS without the Google strings attached
Fork runs Android apps and keeps old PCs ticking over ... all without signing into an account with the mothership
Personal Tech21 Aug 2025 | 27
Personal Tech
Post-privacy AI glasses claim to listen to your every word
Digitally enabled omniscience is neat, if you can bear the cost of being constantly monitored by an AI agent
AI + ML20 Aug 2025 | 27
Google tries to trump iPhone launch with AI-powered Pixel 10 range
Video At 3% US market share, we don't think Cook & Co are sweating
Personal Tech20 Aug 2025 | 66
Fried chips: UK's nascent semi industry risks faltering
Feature Good start, but you have to keep it up, say key players
Personal Tech20 Aug 2025 | 31
Intel ghosts researcher who found web apps spilled 270K staff records
Chipzilla quietly fixed the problems without responding to the person who found them
Personal Tech20 Aug 2025 | 15
PinePhone Pro canned in pursuit of RISC-V business
Unexpected news from Pine64, but there are other goodies to compensate
Personal Tech19 Aug 2025 | 6
Commodore Amiga turns 40, headlines UK exhibition
Hands on 500, 600, 1200, 2000... what's your number?
Personal Tech19 Aug 2025 | 90
US spy chief claims UK backed down over Apple backdoor demand
Tulsi Gabbard boasts Washington forced Blighty to drop iPhone encryption fight
CSO19 Aug 2025 | 66
Timekettle T1 AI translator helps you scale the Tower of Babel
hands on Handy tool for when only a dedicated device will do
Offbeat17 Aug 2025 | 10
Little LLM on the RAM: Google's Gemma 270M hits the scene
A tiny model trained on trillions of tokens, ready for specialized tasks
AI + ML15 Aug 2025 | 8
Breathe easy: Apple Watch can read your oxygen levels again
iBiz shifts data to iPhone in patent workaround
Personal Tech14 Aug 2025 | 24
Voice, vision, pen: Oh dear. Windows boss says Microsoft is again reshaping OS
COMMENT Lessons of Windows 8 unlearned as software giant gives users what it thinks they need
Personal Tech14 Aug 2025 | 97
Alexa hits snooze on basic functions as alarms and timers KO'd in UK outage
Brits wake to a beeping nightmare as Amazon’s AI assistant forgets how to set – or stop – alarms
Personal Tech14 Aug 2025 | 47
Social media users rubbish at spotting sneaky ads, say boffins
Social media marketeers getting better at concealing promos in posts
Offbeat14 Aug 2025 | 23
No more fake news: Google now lets you prioritize El Reg, others in search results
hands on How to pick the news sources you want to see more (and less)
Personal Tech13 Aug 2025 | 22
MS confidence in Windows 11: Pay us to host VMs for when your desktop inevitably dies
Windows 365 Reserve offers 10-day cloud PCs when your machine goes kaput – but you'll still need another device to access them
OSes13 Aug 2025 | 19
Some users report their Firefox browser is scoffing CPU power
You guessed it: looks like it's a so-called AI
Software13 Aug 2025 | 96
Hyundai: Want cyber-secure car locks? That'll be £49, please
Automaker's answer to spate of car thefts is to charge customers for extra
Security12 Aug 2025 | 109
Ebuyer website bought by Fraser Group plc
Exclusive updated UK online reseller bought out of administration in -pre-pack agreement, say sources
Channel12 Aug 2025 | 68
The White House could end UK's decade-long fight to bust encryption
Analysis Home Office officials reportedly concede Brit government on back foot as Trump moves to protect US Big Tech players
Security12 Aug 2025 | 72
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AWS CEO says using AI to replace junior staff is 'Dumbest thing I've ever heard'
They're cheap and grew up with AI … so you're firing them why?
China cut itself off from the global internet for an hour on Wednesday
Great Firewall took out all traffic to port 443 at a time Beijing didn't have an obvious need to keep its netizens in the dark
AI crawlers and fetchers are blowing up websites, with Meta and OpenAI the worst offenders
Updated One fetcher bot seen smacking a website with 39,000 requests per minute
IETF Draft suggests making IPv6 standard on DNS resolvers - partly to destroy IPv4
Dragging DNS into the modern age. And if that means fewer people need to buy IPv4, so much the better
Nvidia gives its tiniest workstation GPUs a Blackwell boost
70W TDP means the new RTX Pro 4000 SFF and RTX Pro 2000 won't blow power budgets
Systems11 Aug 2025 | 4
Hanging up: AOL to pull the plug on its dial-up service after 36 years
A symphony of screeching come to an end! Parent Yahoo! confirms!
Networks11 Aug 2025 | 72
Deepfake detectors are slowly coming of age, at a time of dire need
DEF CON By video, picture, and voice – the fakers are coming for your money
AI + ML11 Aug 2025 | 6
The UK’s cartographer maps mission to help people and business
Feature AR games mingle with underground assets in the data plan for 200-year-old Ordnance Survey
Personal Tech11 Aug 2025 | 16
Sopra Steria bags £115 million legacy extension from UK pensions department after delays to replacement ERP project
New SaaS system awaits a 'fully costed and deliverable integrated plan' before it can support 280,000 employees
Databases08 Aug 2025 | 2
Euro Commish on US lobbying against EU DSA rules: 'Our standards are not up for discussion'
Tells The Reg they never were ... 'and this will not change'
Legal07 Aug 2025 | 53
Meta training AI on social media posts? Only 7% in Europe think it's OK
Updated Privacy campaigner Max Schrem's NOYB is back on Zuck's back
AI + ML07 Aug 2025 | 19
LG ordered to pay £150k after phone defect caused Scotland house fire
Forensics experts say the state of the K8’s battery suggests it led to the living room blaze
Personal Tech07 Aug 2025 | 15
Amnesty slams Elon Musk's X for 'central role' in fueling 2024 UK riots
Human rights org calls for greater accountability and stronger enforcement of Online Safety Act
Personal Tech07 Aug 2025 | 85
How to run OpenAI's new gpt-oss-20b LLM on your computer
Hands On All you need is 24GB of RAM, and unless you have a GPU with its own VRAM quite a lot of patience
AI + ML07 Aug 2025 | 8
I see you’re riding an Uber to work. Would you like a cheap coffee on the way?
Rideshare giant wants to use AI for delivery of hyper-personalized offers
AI + ML07 Aug 2025 | 16
Microsoft hoping to knock users' socks off with Windows XP Crocs
A crock of what now?
Personal Tech06 Aug 2025 | 23
Mobile industry charts course to smartphone satellite broadband
First services go live, but full-featured coverage depends on new chips, standards, and constellations
Networks06 Aug 2025 | 6
Chromebook sales surged in Q2 thanks to Japanese schools
UPDATED Tablets have also been growing for six straight quarters, says Canalys
Personal Tech05 Aug 2025 | 7
Lyft and Baidu plan Eurobocab launch, starting in UK and Germany next year
Using the Apollo vehicles that already offer autonomous rides across China
AI + ML05 Aug 2025 | 78
Study finds radical nutjobs targeting gamers via Discord, Twitch, Steam
Updated 'Hyper-masculine' first-person shooter fandoms are prime targets
Offbeat04 Aug 2025 | 27
Project Banana ripens into a pre-alpha for KDE Linux, and you can test it
Desktop project's in-house distro is impressively ambitious, but nowhere near ready
OSes04 Aug 2025 | 23
Millions of age checks performed as UK Online Safey Act gets rolling
But it's OK, claims Brit government, no personal data stored 'unless absolutely necessary'
Security04 Aug 2025 | 322
Long live the nub: ThinkPad designer David Hill spills secrets, designs that never made it
Interview We almost got more butterfly keyboards and foldable workstations
Personal Tech02 Aug 2025 | 107
Windows 10 @ 10: How Microsoft led developers round in circles
Comment From one platform to rule them all to a carousel of half-baked visions
OSes01 Aug 2025 | 44
Panic buying ahead of Trump tariffs added $825 million to Apple's sales last quarter
World War Fee iBiz warns import imposts set to rise
Personal Tech01 Aug 2025 | 4
Microsoft removes the whiff of Vista from Windows 11 Insider Preview
Trauma-inducing startup sound finally axed
Personal Tech31 Jul 2025 | 29
Arm plots move up the stack with push into end-to-end silicon
Brit chip biz sees demand surge for turnkey compute subsystems, chiplets, and complete SoC designs
Systems31 Jul 2025 | 7
Qualcomm working on datacenter CPU and in ‘advanced discussions’ with hyperscaler
But may face competition in its core smartphone segment as Samsung says it’s found a premium handset-maker who wants its Exynos SoCs
Systems31 Jul 2025 | 3
Italy says Meta may be violating law with AI in WhatsApp
Competiton regulator smells abuse of a dominant market position, Zuckercorp claims all is well
AI + ML30 Jul 2025 | 4
Australia bans kids from signing up for YouTube accounts, angering Google
‘We want kids to know who they are before platforms assume who they are’ says Minister
Legal30 Jul 2025 | 63
Raspberry Pi RP2350 A4 update fixes old bugs and dares you to break it again
5 V-tolerant GPIO opens the way to some intriguing retro-nerdery
Personal Tech29 Jul 2025 | 38
War Games: MoD asks soldiers with 1337 skillz to compete in esports
Troopers to swap radios for Turtle Beaches in preparation for ‘21st century challenges’
Cyber-crime29 Jul 2025 | 12
How Google profits even as its AI summaries reduce website ad link clicks
Opinion Google's AI Overviews are wrecking its old ad model, but Google's revenue is increasing with ads based on it
Off-Prem29 Jul 2025 | 31
Windows 11 is a minefield of micro-aggressions in the shipping lane of progress
A better minesweeper is needed. Time for an intervention to save Microsoft from itself
OSes28 Jul 2025 | 167
Elon outs $16.5B Samsung chip deal Tesla asked to keep secret
Musk: 'I will walk the line personally to accelerate the pace of progress'
Systems28 Jul 2025 | 46
UK VPN demand soars after debut of Online Safety Act
1,400% jump in sign-ups as users try to avoid age verification checks when surfing adult sites
Networks28 Jul 2025 | 195
Intel cutting cutting-edge node funds would mean no more Moore's Law
At least at Chipzookie... TSMC and Global Foundaries may yet continue to try to defy physics
Systems28 Jul 2025 | 28
How to find forgotten Wi-Fi passwords and SSIDs in Windows and Android
hands-on If you've ever logged into a network on your laptop or phone, the password is still there
Personal Tech25 Jul 2025 | 63
Meta joins Google in ragequitting EU political ads over onerous regulations
Zuckercorp blames legal uncertainty under upcoming TTPA law
Legal25 Jul 2025 | 49
Intel abandons chip plants in Germany and Poland, confirms more layoffs
CEO Lip-Bu Tan says strategy shift will focus on customer needs, efficiency, and cutting costs
Systems25 Jul 2025 | 30
Problem PC had graybeards stumped until trainee rummaged through trash
On Call Evidence of copious sugar hits hinted at unauthorized usage
Personal Tech25 Jul 2025 | 122
You DO see Windows 11 as an AI PC opportunity, say Dell and Intel
Time to 'reimagine' it as a gateway, a gateway to inner peace, er, sales
Personal Tech25 Jul 2025 | 46
Tesla bets on bot smoke screen as political and market realities bite
Subsidy cliff edge and tariffs threaten Musk biz, but being caught between luxury and mass market may be a worse fate
Personal Tech24 Jul 2025 | 67
The tiny tech tribe who could change the world tomorrow but won't
Sometimes, one small tweak can make a very big difference.
Personal Tech24 Jul 2025 | 88
Nothing to see here: Brave browser blocks privacy-busting Microsoft Recall
No screenshots for you!
Personal Tech23 Jul 2025 | 26
Leading 3D printing site bans firearm files, but home gun makers have better options
Updated Thingiverse ditches downloadable designs at the urging of Manhattan District Attorney, who wants more companies to do likewise
Legal23 Jul 2025 | 70
How to get rid of useless keys in Windows and turn them into something helpful
HANDS ON Turn that Copilot or Scroll Lock key into a media control or extended character.
Personal Tech22 Jul 2025 | 23
Science confirms what we all suspected: Four-day weeks rule
As long as you get paid like a 5-day gig
Personal Tech22 Jul 2025 | 107
Japan discovers object out beyond Pluto that rewrites the Planet 9 theory
Asia In Brief PLUS: Perplexity AI scores 360-million-customer win in India; Australian billionaire’s political party suffers data breach, won’t contact victims; and more
Science21 Jul 2025 | 15
OpenAI deputizes ChatGPT to serve as an agent that uses your computer
LLM given keys to the web, told to behave and observe safeguards
AI + ML18 Jul 2025 | 21
Google's Android boss suggests ChromeOS could be on borrowed time
Gentoo derivative is the most popular Linux distro, but its days are apparently numbered
OSes16 Jul 2025 | 38
Caught between China and Trump, Apple spends $500M on rare earth recycling
MP Materials aims to deliver US-made, recycled magnets by 2027
Personal Tech15 Jul 2025 | 17
Smartphones in the doldrums due to crap demand and tariff woes
Inventories stack up stateside as Apple and co prep for import tax tweaks
Personal Tech15 Jul 2025 | 38
CIOs pause net-new IT investments as global tariff jitters bite
World War Fee Uncertainty to blame as businesses wait to see what US Prez Trump does next
On-Prem15 Jul 2025 | 7
xAI's Grok lurches into right-wing insanity, offers tips on assaulting man
Opinion MechaHitler? Garbage In, Garbage Out
AI + ML14 Jul 2025 | 99
Google’s Gemini refuses to play Chess against the mighty Atari 2600 after realizing it can't match ancient console
Warned that ChatGPT and Copilot had already lost, it stopped boasting and packed up its pawns
AI + ML14 Jul 2025 | 99
Security company hired a used car salesman to build a website, and it didn't end well
On Call First came the dodgy lawyer, then the explosively angry HR person, leaving a whistleblower techie to save his career
Security11 Jul 2025 | 93
China's biggest car rental company now offers autonomous cars
Three-seater from Baidu delivers itself, follows directions, then finds its way home
AI + ML11 Jul 2025 | 17
Trump tariffs turn techies topsy-turvy as US braces for PC tax
Shipments in America flat, surge across ROTW ahead of Win 10 support cutoff
Channel10 Jul 2025 | 105
Elon Musk's Grok chatbot posts Mein Kampf 2.0 in now-deleted X rant
No word on who pressed the 'MechaHitler' button
Personal Tech09 Jul 2025 | 29
Samsung acquires Xealth to merge hospital records with data from wearables
Envisions info from your watch informing treatment. What could possibly go wrong?
Personal Tech09 Jul 2025 | 10
Tim Cook's Tim Cook stepping down from Apple
Operations king Jeff Williams abdicates – just don't give him a watch
Personal Tech08 Jul 2025 | 38
Britain's 5G experience 'among the worst in Europe' says MedUX
Official figures for network performance don't play out in user's reality, says monitoring biz
Networks08 Jul 2025 | 40
Microsoft developer ported vector database coded in SAP’s ABAP to the ZX Spectrum
The mighty Z80 processor ran the code at astounding speed, proving retro-tech got a lot of things right
Software08 Jul 2025 | 75
Apple tries get €500M EU fine tossed
The iMaker's fight with European regulators continues
Personal Tech07 Jul 2025 | 14
Ordnance Survey digs deep to prevent costly cable strikes
Digital map of subterranean infrastructure promised in 2021 set to launch by year end
Networks07 Jul 2025 | 57
iFixit gives new Fairphone 6 top marks for repairability: 10/10
It's not cheap or high end, but it should last you for years to come
Personal Tech05 Jul 2025 | 38
We're number 1! Windows 11 finally overtakes Windows 10
Three months to go until support ends, and Microsoft's flagship operating system squeaks past its predecessor
OSes04 Jul 2025 | 59
'Trained monkey' from tech support saved know-it-all manager's mistake with a single keypress
On Call Righteous mockery entranced execs in ways slideware could not
Personal Tech04 Jul 2025 | 81
Meta calls €200M EU fine over pay-or-consent ad model 'unlawful'
'Deserves fair compensation for the valuable and innovative services'? Which ones are those then?
Personal Tech03 Jul 2025 | 65
Apple accuses former engineer of taking Vision Pro secrets to Snap
He didn't cover his tracks very well, the iGiant claims in a court filing
Personal Tech01 Jul 2025 | 7
Folks aren’t buying the PCs that US vendors stockpiled to dodge tariffs
World War Fee Plus: Consumers respond to imminent Win 10 cutoff date with collective 'Meh'
Personal Tech01 Jul 2025 | 68
Critics blast Microsoft's limited reprieve for those stuck on Windows 10
Users tired of being 'yanked around' as end of support looms
OSes01 Jul 2025 | 93
Your browser has ad tech's fingerprints all over it, but there's a clean-up squad in town
Opinion Like being hard to spot? They’d much rather you didn’t
Security30 Jun 2025 | 53
Fresh UK postcode tool points out best mobile network in your area
Pick a provider based on how good their local 4G and 5G coverage is
Networks27 Jun 2025 | 71
Japanese company using mee-AI-ow to detect stressed cats
Rabo’s ‘Catlog’ smart collar sniffs for freaked-out felines, alerts owners with an app
AI + ML26 Jun 2025 | 23
Microsoft dangles extended Windows 10 support in exchange for Reward Points
Or your cloud-bound soul. Otherwise, $30 please
OSes25 Jun 2025 | 51
Tesla Robotaxi videos show Elon's way behind Waymo
Video Musk promised a million auto-autos by 2020. He's delivered maybe 10
AI + ML24 Jun 2025 | 188
Mozilla rolls out Firefox 140 with ESR status and fresh features
Say hello to a year's support, but bid goodbye to Pocket
Software24 Jun 2025 | 40
Bezos beams up batch two as Project Kuiper plays catch-up with Starlink
ULA's Atlas V deploys second load of Amazon's broadband satellites
Networks24 Jun 2025 | 6
Google faces UK clampdown as watchdog floats market power rules
CMA roadmap outlines potential restrictions on how ad slinger operates in the country
Personal Tech24 Jun 2025 | 6
China’s trying to slim down, which will fatten the smartwatch market
Sales are already surging thanks to Beijing's subsidies and Trump's tariffs
Personal Tech24 Jun 2025 | 16
Lenovo shows what a Chromebook packing a MediaTek Kompanio Ultra can do
Nothing startling, even with Google’s AI extras
Personal Tech24 Jun 2025 | 21
Remembering when NASA stuck a Space Shuttle on top of a Boeing 747
'Black side down,' Lego style
Bootnotes20 Jun 2025 | 63
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