Microsoft founder Paul Allen's tech museum closes, sells off collection Letter from Einstein, vintage space suit, and ancient computers all up for sale Bootnotes26 Jun 2024 | 31
Glastonbury to turn festivalgoer pee into eco-friendly fertilizer Now that's what you call a golden harvest Bootnotes26 Jun 2024 | 37
Footage of Nigel Farage blowing up Rishi Sunak's Minecraft mansion 'not real' Hats off to The Guardian for double checking, though Bootnotes19 Jun 2024 | 88
NASA hits wrong button, broadcasts ISS emergency training by mistake Simulation stimulates social media panic Bootnotes13 Jun 2024 | 17
Italian premier taps Pope Francis to warn G7 of AI disaster if ethics ignored Holy smokes, don't screw this up Bootnotes12 Jun 2024 | 6
Michael Dell lends support to bid for Everton Football Club Texan Mick set to become honorary blue Scouser if winning bid hits back of the net Bootnotes10 Jun 2024 | 6
Tetris Company celebrates classic game's 40th birthday You're not a 1985 truther, are you? Bootnotes06 Jun 2024 | 27
From meatballs to metaverse – IKEA's flatpack fantasy lands on Roblox Swedish furniture giant has 10 paid in-game jobs to fill Bootnotes05 Jun 2024 | 9
Tesla slams advisors for not loving Musk's $44.9B payout We hired you for one job... Bootnotes30 May 2024 | 85
LLMs can write and answer quizzes – but aren't quite ready to disrupt trivia night Feed AutoQuizzer a URL and it will use LLaMa-3 to make a decent multiple-choice test AI + ML29 May 2024 | 10
Bored students can now enjoy Sonic 2 on TI-84 Plus CE calculators, thanks to port Retro interview Blast (processing) from the past Bootnotes26 May 2024 | 24
Pew: Quarter of web pages vanished in past decade Luckily we have the Wayback Machine Personal Tech20 May 2024 | 27
Really? A sarcasm detector? Wow. You shouldn't have Computers learning to spot sass – what could go wrong? Bootnotes20 May 2024 | 41
Samsung takes bite out of Apple over its mega marketing misstep 'We would never crush creativity,' says South Korea megacorp Bootnotes16 May 2024 | 26
Forget feet and inches, latest UK units of measurement are thinking bigger Reg Standards Bureau Testing wind turbine blades the size of three rusty angel wingspans Bootnotes16 May 2024 | 90
Dublin debauchery derails Portal to NYC in six days flat Webcam art installation quickly descends into public Chatroulette Bootnotes15 May 2024 | 62
Destroying offshore wind farms is top priority for Trump if he returns to presidency It’s definitely to protect the whales and not the fossil fuel industry Bootnotes14 May 2024 | 283
Cops developing Ghostbusters-esque weapon to take out e-bike thugs 'Who you gonna call?' Dunno, my phone's been stolen Bootnotes14 May 2024 | 67
Blue screen of death or Eurovision's Windows95man performance – what's less annoying? Those with a delicate constitution, look away now Bootnotes13 May 2024 | 179
Apple crushes creativity and its reputation in new iPad ad Comment Someone in marketing may be getting fired for this Bootnotes10 May 2024 | 126
If you're using Polyfill.io code on your site – like 100,000+ are – remove it immediately Scripts turn malicious, infects webpages after mysterious CDN swallows domain
Microsoft blamed for million-plus patient record theft at US hospital giant Updated Probe: Worker at speech-recog outfit Nuance wasn't locked out after firing
And that's 3 recalls for Tesla Cybertruck in as many months Now windshield wipers are failing and trim is detaching of its own accord
British Airways blames T5 luggage chaos on fault 'outside of our control' Exclusive It was Vodafone, basically
UK's National Cyber Security Centre entry code cracks up critics One, two, three, four is all you need to pass that door Bootnotes10 May 2024 | 51
I told Halle Berry where to go during a programming gig in LA On Call Five-star techies share stories of working from the lap of luxury Devops10 May 2024 | 95
Baidu's PR head has a PR problem after workaholic social media posts Updated Praising 996 culture is so Jack Ma 2019 Bootnotes09 May 2024 | 15
Tesla devotee tests Cybertruck safety with his own finger – and fails Faith in frunk flunks Bootnotes08 May 2024 | 136
AI Catholic 'priest' defrocked after recommending Gatorade baptism Devotees were speaking to an entity who didn't exist – imagine that Bootnotes03 May 2024 | 139
Cloudflare CEO sues over free-roaming fidos at his ski resort paradise Who let the dogs out? Bootnotes29 Apr 2024 | 32
Throwflame launches fire-spitting robo-dog from Hell The Thermonator can be yours for just $9,420 Bootnotes25 Apr 2024 | 54
Silicon Valley roundabout has drivers in a spin Accidents at intersection quadruple Bootnotes23 Apr 2024 | 88
Crypto conferences liquidated after biblical flooding in Dubai There's something nice about seeing Web3 fanatics in ankle-deep water Bootnotes17 Apr 2024 | 17
Judge refuses to Ctrl-Z divorce order made by a misclick Computer says you're single Bootnotes16 Apr 2024 | 57
X fixes URL blunder that could enable convincing social media phishing campaigns Poorly implemented rule allowed miscreants to deceive users with trusted URLs CSO10 Apr 2024 | 27
Sleuths who cracked Zodiac Killer's cipher thank the crowd Fifty-one years of community contributions, software, and clever cryptanalysis contributed Bootnotes04 Apr 2024 | 38
Rancher faces prison for trying to breed absolute unit of a sheep Ewe-nique endeavor aimed to create Jurassic Baaa-rk experience for hunters Bootnotes14 Mar 2024 | 111
'Chemical cat' on the loose in Japanese city Unlikely to survive hexavalent chromium dip, officials ask residents to keep an eye out Bootnotes13 Mar 2024 | 69
Olympic-level server tossing contest seeks entrants – warranty voiding guaranteed It's geeks gone wild Bootnotes06 Mar 2024 | 16
Willy Wonka event leaves bitter taste with artificially sweetened promises Charlie and the AI factory flop compared to 'meth lab' Bootnotes28 Feb 2024 | 46
Palantir boss says outfit's software the only reason the 'goose step' has not returned to Europe Motor-mouth CEO Alex Karp claims biz stopped 'innumerable' terror attacks in Europe Bootnotes28 Feb 2024 | 97
Google Maps leads German tourists to week-long survival saga in Australian swamp Pair had to dodge croc on trek back to civilization Bootnotes23 Feb 2024 | 77
Google releases Gemma – LLMs small enough to run on your computer Your own personal chatbot awaits Bootnotes22 Feb 2024 | 8
London's famous BT Tower will become a hotel after £275M sale Hello room service? Can you call your provider? The Wi-Fi is down. Hello? Bootnotes21 Feb 2024 | 67
Tesla's Cybertruck may not be so stainless after all 'Literally bulletproof' but needs constant cleaning to stave off corrosion Bootnotes13 Feb 2024 | 212
Quarter of polled Americans say they use AI to make them hotter in online dating Roses are red, violets are blue, a machine made my profile alluring to you AI + ML12 Feb 2024 | 26
Building a 16-bit CPU in a spreadsheet is Excel-lent engineering But can it run Doom? Bootnotes02 Feb 2024 | 23
Add bacteria to the list of things that can run Doom Frame rate would be even worse than the original, though. MUCH worse Bootnotes31 Jan 2024 | 28
Robots with a 'Berliner Schnauze' may appear more trustworthy to locals Dialect study a mixed bag when it comes to droids speaking highbrow German Bootnotes31 Jan 2024 | 22
Windows 3.11 trundles on as job site pleads for 'driver updates' on German trains Remember making Windows and DOS talk to a network? You could go back to the future with this assignment Bootnotes30 Jan 2024 | 107
Techie resurrects teletext on a vintage BBC Master You can get Ceefax via a Pi, but behold it in its most exotic of habitats Bootnotes30 Jan 2024 | 20
We put salt in our tea so you don't have to Poll Despite US chemistry boffin claiming it improves the taste, we respectfully disagree Bootnotes27 Jan 2024 | 204
AI-driven booze bouncers can ID you with face scan Cheerio to cheeky Chardonnay chancers Bootnotes25 Jan 2024 | 27
Apple's Vision Pro costs big bucks to buy and repair ... just don't mention the box design Still, up to 180,000 units sold under pre-order and China gray market prepping locals Bootnotes25 Jan 2024 | 7
'Birthplace of Amazon' on the market for $2.28M 'Affordable' for the neighborhood Bootnotes24 Jan 2024 | 21
DPD chatbot blasts courier company, swears, and dabbles in awful poetry So this is the AI revolution Bootnotes23 Jan 2024 | 48
Tech bros are playing God, Catholic Church's AI priest complains Effective altruism blamed for Silicon Valley's desire to heal humanity's woes Bootnotes22 Jan 2024 | 14
Silicon Valley weirdo's quest to dodge death – yours for $333 a month Wonder when he's going to give that 28-year-old their skin back Bootnotes11 Jan 2024 | 87
Michael Dell: Don't worry about AGI, after all we solved that ozone layer thing Budget, schmudget, when it comes to AI-enabled productivity gains, says exec Bootnotes11 Jan 2024 | 10
Data wrangler Zuckerberg becomes world's least likely cattle rancher What a cowboy! Bootnotes10 Jan 2024 | 19
The Register's 2023 in gaming had one final boss: Baldur's Gate 3 The RPG But we also have a bit to say about Dark Souls, Starfield, Foxhole, and more Bootnotes05 Jan 2024 | 30
How the Xbox Series X fridge chilled our holiday spirits But not enough sodas Bootnotes04 Jan 2024 | 15
How do you teach a robot dog new tricks? Throw it a string of hex, a crayon, and a canvas Artist Agnieszka Pilat tells The Register how she gets Spot to paint, not pant Bootnotes31 Dec 2023 | 17
Philips recalls 340 MRI machines because they may explode in an emergency Rapid unscheduled disassembly not exactly a desirable quality for medical imaging equipment Bootnotes21 Dec 2023 | 43
SEC charges ex-medtech CEO with fraud for selling plastic fake implants Sure, bogus blood tests are bad, but have you considered tricking doctors into embedded useless tubes? Bootnotes20 Dec 2023 | 14
This could still wing its way to you, if you have the dosh: One Concorde engine seeks new home That'll make a lot of expensive ashtrays Bootnotes20 Dec 2023 | 39
California approves lavatory-to-faucet water recycling 'Water? Like out of the toilet?' It will get cleaned first and it'll be better than Brawndo Bootnotes19 Dec 2023 | 46
Musk floats idea of boat mod for Cybertruck Oh yes, please, get in the sea Bootnotes19 Dec 2023 | 123
Zuckerberg hunkers down in Hawaii to wait out apocalypse $270M secret building project includes 5,000 sq ft bunker Bootnotes18 Dec 2023 | 82
Last Vega rocket launch delayed over fuel tank vanishing act Choose your own adventure: Use the old qualification tanks, or squeeze in some from Vega-C? Bootnotes15 Dec 2023 | 26
Is it 2000 or 2023? Get ready for AI-anchored news. Again 'Cos Ananova worked out so well Bootnotes15 Dec 2023 | 36
GM, Komatsu partner to build hydrogen-powered monster mining truck Mining industry looking for greener credentials in the future Bootnotes12 Dec 2023 | 23
Time for a Geeko remix: openSUSE is looking for a new logo LOGOWATCH Days left to decide chameleon's fate ... vote now Bootnotes08 Dec 2023 | 9
HP TV ads claim its printers are 'made to be less hated' Apparently they're being serious Bootnotes07 Dec 2023 | 94
YouTuber who crashed plane for sponsorship dollars earns 6 months behind bars There's an idiotic stunt, then there's obstructing a federal investigation Bootnotes05 Dec 2023 | 34
From Joaquin Phoenix to Rowan Atkinson, we enjoyed your Musk movie casting calls Although since it's the height of ridiculousness why not just Will Farrell? Bootnotes02 Dec 2023 | 20
Nostalgia for XP sells out Microsoft's 2023 'Windows Ugly Sweater' Bliss not your thing? You could win the Paint version Bootnotes30 Nov 2023 | 25
We challenged you to come up with tech predictions for 2024 (wrong answers only) – here are some favorites so far Kettle Plus some of our own and the ugly Microsoft sweater one of you will win. Please take it off our hands... Bootnotes30 Nov 2023 | 38
AI threatens to automate away the clergy Is divine intervention next on the tech to-do list? Bootnotes29 Nov 2023 | 77
Zuckerberg accused of OK'ing Insta plastic surgery filters despite fears of harm to kids 'Meta knows what it is doing is bad for children ... it is now there in black and white' Bootnotes29 Nov 2023 | 15
Either the FBI is recruiting in Iran – or some govt Google ad buyers are getting a lousy deal Advertisers may be surprised to find where their banners appear Bootnotes29 Nov 2023 | 5
Virgin Atlantic flies 'world's first fossil-fuel free' transatlantic commercial flight Sustainable kerosene-alt is hot right now as low-emission aviation takes off Bootnotes28 Nov 2023 | 40
Share your 2024 tech forecasts (wrong answers only) to win a terrible sweater Competition OpenAI led by the Swedish Chef? Musk aims for Mars and hits Venus instead? What are your predictions? Bootnotes28 Nov 2023 | 311
USB Cart of Death: The wheeled scourge that drove Windows devs to despair Stout heart a requisite for software engineers in days of yore Bootnotes25 Nov 2023 | 89
Surface Duo crashes the party as Doctor Who celebrates 60th birthday Hey Cortana: Why is David Tennant back as the BBC's longest lived space alien? Bootnotes25 Nov 2023 | 57
Long-term space missions may make liftoff harder for male astronauts Study suggests galactic cosmic radiation could damage below-the-belt tissues Bootnotes23 Nov 2023 | 35
Remembering the time Windows accidentally sent Poland to the bottom of the sea Geopolitics and operating systems are hard Bootnotes21 Nov 2023 | 30
Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean AI's not after you Brit telco BT's digital boss asks people 'how did horses feel when cars were invented? They didn't complain or go on strike' Bootnotes14 Nov 2023 | 62
AWS staffer shows off the workplace that used to be a prison Panopticon design gains new meaning for the all powerful cloud platform Bootnotes13 Nov 2023 | 15
CEOs of crashed tech upstart Bitwise accused of swindling $100M from investors Duo paid themselves $600K salaries as the cupboard was emptying Bootnotes10 Nov 2023 | 13
Mac daddy Woz hospitalized in Mexico over mystery malady State of Apple co-founder's health is unclear – it could be a stroke or vertigo Bootnotes09 Nov 2023 | 17
Pentagon seeks government gossips to dish dirt on UFOs Online form isn't for just anyone, so stow your crackpot theories for now Bootnotes02 Nov 2023 | 19
Where do people feel most at risk of being pwned? The pub Pints, pork scratchings, and password-free Wi-Fi: The nearly perfect brew Bootnotes01 Nov 2023 | 36
Pope tempted by Python! Signs off on coding scheme for kids In the name of the firewall, the server, and the home page default, amen Bootnotes28 Oct 2023 | 41
Larry Ale-ison institute invests in Oxford pub linked to Tolkien, CS Lewis DBAs come in for beer but struggle to find a table, query imaginary world in wardrobe Bootnotes26 Oct 2023 | 33
Teens take a million metaverse Ryanair flights in Roblox They do this in their free time Bootnotes24 Oct 2023 | 41
The problem with Jon Stewart is that Apple appears to have cancelled his show Planned episodes on China and AI reportedly worried Apple top brass Bootnotes20 Oct 2023 | 51
You snooze, you lose? It's not quite as simple as that Actually it might give you a brief edge on those weird morning people Bootnotes18 Oct 2023 | 14
Never mind SETI and NASA, if your Ring somehow snaps ET, Amazon might give you $1M Fly light-years to our planet and get the real Earth experience: Privacy invaded by doorbell cam Bootnotes06 Oct 2023 | 24
You've just spent $400 on a baby monitor. Now you need a subscription Internet of Stings Once upon a time there was a company called Miku who wasn't making quite enough money... Bootnotes06 Oct 2023 | 183
EPIC urges watchdog to probe Grindr's data privacy – or alleged lack thereof Dating app kept sensitive info even after peeps deleted accounts, complaint claims Bootnotes05 Oct 2023 | 3
Meet Honda's latest electric vehicle: A rideable suitcase The Motocompacto is a successor to the '81 Motocompo, but with greater ability to deprive its rider of dignity Bootnotes15 Sep 2023 | 91
Long-lost 1977 Star Wars X-Wing prop discovered – lock s-foils in bid position Hundreds more iconic props set to go on sale from collection of late Hollywood model maker Greg Jein Bootnotes12 Sep 2023 | 29
Grant Shapps named UK defense supremo in latest 'tech-savvy' Tory tale Comment He praised Apple for its 'open source' tech – now he'll oversee AI use to defend Britain from its foes Bootnotes31 Aug 2023 | 98