Phone-to-satellite use goes into orbit, growing 25% in 8 months - Still only a tiny slice of mobile activity overall - Networks - 21 Apr 2026 - |

5 hours ago

FAA grounds Blue Origin's New Glenn as it probes missed satellite delivery 'mishap' -- One of two second stage engines misbehaved, administration must sign off report before flights resume -- Science

8 hours ago

AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition tested: Gratuitous overkill with a price to match - Review - An $899 CPU? In this economy? Personal Tech - 21 Apr 2026 - | 13

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Crook claims to leak 'video surveillance footage' of companies -- Mexican IT services firm admits it was hacked, but says client operations weren't affected -- Cyber-crime

8 hours ago

Met police trials snoop tech platform in push to cuff more London shoplifters -- No facial recognition privacy intrusions either! Well, maybe a little -- Security

10 hours ago

England's school phone ban gets teeth, just in time to bite no one -- 90% of schools already compliant, but at least now there's paperwork -- Personal Tech

11 hours ago

Panasonic creates device-locked QR codes to speed facial biometric capture -- Admins are tired of taking photos, so this enables secure on-site unattended enrolment -- Security

13 hours ago

NASA Inspector fears new spacesuits won't be ready for Moon landing -- Dud contracts, proprietary designs, and zero-experience supplier make for quite the mess -- Science

18 hours ago

Trump-branded datacenter project fails to make itself great, again -- The struggles continue for Fermi America's 17 GW bit barn ambitions -- On-Prem

21 hours ago

World's blandest man steps down from CEO job to spend more time in tastefully appointed home -- Tim Cook is handing the reins to John Ternus at Apple -- Systems

22 hours ago

Chase got a spiff of $77 million to create one job with New York datacenter -- Official involved in deal tells El Reg number doesn't paint entire picture of datacenter's economic benefit -- Public Sector

23 hours ago

AI is reshaping Britain's datacenter map away from London -- Bit barns need to worry more about space, access to grid – overstuffed center no longer a must, say experts -- On-Prem

1 day ago

UK.gov kicks off half-a-billion quid sovereign AI venture with £80M invite -- Companies get to keep IP developed for government projects -- AI + ML

1 day ago

HP's remote desktop push retreats as Anyware heads for end of life -- Workstations that made distant desktops feel local is headed for a slow shutdown -- Personal Tech

1 day ago

Growing AI power slurpage prompts MPs to examine low-energy computing -- Committee launches inquiry into emerging chip designs to curb datacenter energy use -- On-Prem

1 day ago

'Invisible mouse' made a mess of PC rebuild - Who, Me? You can't fix what you can't see – especially when your workspace is a maelstrom - Bootnotes - 20 Apr 2026 - | 66

1 hour ago

Indonesia's game rating system paused amid claims it leaked developer creds and glimpses of major new titles - Asia In Brief - PLUS: India bins ID app pre-install plan; Robot wins Beijing half-marathon; AI writing Manga speech bubbles; and more! Public Sector - 20 Apr 2026 - | 2

1 day ago

Intel eases reliance on TSMC with 'Merica-made Core Series 3 processors -- Stripped-down Ultra for laptops and low-power edge boxes -- Systems

3 days ago

Attention data hoarders: Alexa loses its Plex appeal as voice feature gets canned -- Users who stream their own media files ticked off as Plex warns Alexa skill will die on June 15 -- Personal Tech

4 days ago

Locked-out iPhone user tells The Reg that Apple is scrambling to fix character flaw passcode bug -- University student says he plans to move to Android, but concedes iOS engineers acting fast -- Personal Tech

4 days ago

Capita won disastrous UK pensions gig after acing performance checks -- Top civil servant tells MPs bid was strong on quality and value for money -- Public Sector

4 days ago

Support tech caught by 'Technician Aura': the bug that only hides when you're watching - On Call - All that kit, and the fix was simply stepping aside - Networks - 17 Apr 2026 - | 97

1 hour ago

IOWN Global Forum targets datacenter interconnects to scatter AI infrastructure -- Fast WAN consortium thinks neoclouds are ripe for hookups -- Networks

4 days ago

Cisco Wi-Fi boxes are filling their disks with 5MB of undeletable data every day -- Fix for critical flaw is an OS update you may not be able to make because the junk data uses all memory -- Networks

4 days ago

IPv6 carried half of internet traffic – for one day, according to Google -- We're not half way there, we're still livin' on a prayer -- Networks

4 days ago

Loud, power hungry - opposition grows to datacenters as Maine passes bit barn ban -- If there's one thing folks want less than Copilot in their taskbar, it's a bit barn in their backyard -- Public Sector

5 days ago

Iran has something America can only dream of: cheap broadband -- Shame about the internet blackouts and airstrikes -- Networks

5 days ago

A beginner's guide to GPU virtualization: passthrough, vGPU, and MIG - What every IT generalist needs to know before deploying GPU workloads, and why the platform matters more than the hardware. Partner Content

4 days ago

Brussels tells Google to hand rivals its search crown jewels as privacy row brews -- Includes a to-do list on search data sharing and platform access as DMA enforcement ramps up -- Public Sector

5 days ago

Make crappy moves around AI and face voter backlash, govts warned -- When the taxpayers are wondering whose side you are on... -- AI + ML

5 days ago

Cops hand Motorola £25M no-bid deal to keep 2000-era radios alive -- Biz as usual for Brit public sector: ESN replacement is 12 years late and £3B over budget -- Public Sector

5 days ago

QUIC will soon be as important as TCP – but it's vastly different -- Deciphering the third transport protocol's four RFCs is a task to rival the proverbial blind man trying to understand an elephant -- Networks

5 days ago

Bullet train upgrade brings 5G windows and noise-cancelling cabins to Japan -- Private Shinkansen suites are pulling up to the station in October -- Networks

5 days ago

Not all networks can handle AI traffic – and experts are sounding alarms -- Y'all been focusing on compute and forgot about how the data moves around -- Networks

6 days ago

US states can't account for datacenter tax breaks. Literally -- Report says authorities are flouting rules by failing to disclose revenue lost to server farm subsidies -- On-Prem

6 days ago

UK told its Big Tech habit is now a national security risk -- Open Rights Group says years of reliance on US giants have left Britain exposed -- Public Sector

6 days ago

Orbital datacenter startup CEO admits launch economics don't fly, presses ahead regardless -- Needs SpaceX et al to drop prices and give competitors a ride into space to make it work

6 days ago

The only technology that died more times than VR is AI, and that seems to have worked out - Opinion - The perfect combination of hardware and experiences will arrive, no matter what Zuck and Neal Stephenson think - Personal Tech - 15 Apr 2026 - | 41

1 day ago

AI-powered mainframe exits are a bubble set to pop -- Analysts reckon 70 percent of projects will fail, and 75 percent of vendors in the field will go away

6 days ago

Cloud-smart strategy helps Interactive meet GenAI demands - Hybrid cloud strategies emerge as the foundation for secure, AI-ready enterprises - Sponsored Feature

6 days ago

Oracle taps Bloom for 2.8 GW of fuel cells to keep datacenter binge going -- With grid hookups slow and turbines scarce, on-site power is starting to look less optional -- Systems

7 days ago

Amazon pays $11.5B to satisfy satellite-envy while cowering in Musk's shadow -- Deal only comes with 24 operational sats, but also an Apple deal, spectrum licenses, and plenty of IP -- Networks

7 days ago

IBM becomes first company to pay up under Trump administration's diversity blitz -- Didn't admit liability, will cough $17M, still fighting age discrimination cases -- Legal

7 days ago

Microsoft raises UK Surface prices as RAM crisis reaches the checkout -- Entry-level models jump by up to £220, mirroring steeper hikes in US -- Personal Tech

7 days ago

Britain gives Rolls-Royce the nod to sketch out its mini reactor future -- Contract kicks off design work, but SMRs unlikely to generate power before the mid-2030s -- Systems

7 days ago

UK state bank considers lengthening disastrous IT program -- Already £1.3B over budget and 4 years late, NS&I could extend timetable beyond 8 years -- Public Sector

7 days ago

When the IBM PC and shoulder pads were big, Japan led the chip industry. It's trying to get back there now - Local hero Rapidus is on track to begin production of 2nm semis next year, as TSMC expands its Japanese foothold - Systems - 14 Apr 2026 - |

7 days ago

Attention, gamers: The FAA wants YOU to be an air traffic controller -- GG noob, who cleared you to land? -- Public Sector

8 days ago

Veterans Affairs has lost track of software licenses amid $985M bill -- Department putting systems in place to manage 'restrictive licensing practices' -- Public Sector

8 days ago

UK defense startup to supply drone interceptors for Britain and allies -- MoD plans rapid procurement of Cambridge Aerospace's Skyhammer system at home and abroad -- Edge + IoT

8 days ago

NHS pays £46K to prep next Microsoft licensing round -- Benchmarking contract lays groundwork for renegotiating £774M software agreement -- Personal Tech

8 days ago

France's digital directorate dumping Windows desktops, adopting Linux instead -- Après ça, le déluge, as plans call for move away from plenty more American software and hardware -- Public Sector

8 days ago

IT manager approved downtime over lunch, but made a meal of it -- Who, Me? -- Optimism is always risky, and defective hardware makes it indigestible -- Storage

8 days ago

China wants AI to prepare school lessons and mark homework -- Asia In Brief -- PLUS: Toyota wheels out basketball bot; Arm scores AI server win with SK Telecom; India ponders payment pauses to foil fraudsters; And more! -- AI + ML

8 days ago

Apple update looks like Czech mate for locked-out iPhone user -- Lock-screen keyboard no longer accepts háček in student's alphanumeric passcode -- Personal Tech

9 days ago

Hungarian government creds left in the safe hands of 'FrankLampard' -- Nearly 800 state logins surfaced in breach data, including defense and NATO-linked accounts -- Security

10 days ago

Electronics industry says FCC's foreign-made router policy is a bit of a mesh -- Trade group warns onshoring demands will leave Americans stuck with older gear -- Personal Tech

11 days ago

Amazon would rather shareholders did not look too closely at carbon footprint -- Investors urged to reject proposal for more disclosure on whether AWS expansion risks climate goals -- PaaS + IaaS

11 days ago

Fewer than 3 in 10 register for HMRC's Making Tax Digital shake-up -- Most sole traders and landlords ignore marketing campaigns, though fines are coming -- Public Sector

11 days ago

AWS ponders selling its home-grown chips by the rack-load, has almost sold out AI capacity -- Annual CEO letter reveals two customers want all Graviton servers, huge drone rollout, a million robots, and more megalomania -- Systems

11 days ago

South Korea introduces universal basic mobile data access -- Everyone gets unlimited 400 Kbps access, oldies get expanded caps, and leaky telcos get their social license back -- Public Sector

11 days ago

World's smallest violin spotted at Amazon HQ as exec pay packets deflate -- C-suite forced to take sandwiches into work, cycle home -- CxO

12 days ago

Deere oh Deere: Tractor repair row heads for $99M settlement -- FTC lawsuit lingers, while encouraging signs point to Iowa bill succeeding too -- On-Prem

12 days ago

OpenAI puts Stargate UK on ice, blames energy costs and red tape -- Sam Altman's datacenter dreams hit a wall of watts and wonkery, cooling Britain's AI ambitions -- On-Prem

12 days ago

Peace President's Iran war piles more pain on already battered PC market -- Memory costs were already through the roof - now freight's spiking too, and budget systems face extinction -- Personal Tech

12 days ago

Amazon put a filesystem on S3; I showed up with a test suite and bad intentions -- The core product is solid and priced fairly -- Storage

2 days ago

UK.gov's top tech jobs pay more than prime minister earns -- DSIT hiring directors general with packages reaching £260K plus pension -- Public Sector

12 days ago

Capita's pension portal exposes civil servants' private data -- As if the backlog, the bugs, and the chatbot fixes weren't enough -- Public Sector

12 days ago

UK to spend £15M on AI-powered crime mapping in knife violence crackdown -- Home Office hopes tech will help cops target hotspots as ministers push to halve offenses -- AI + ML

12 days ago

Call your existing automation 'zero-token architecture' to become an instant agentic AI wiz -- Kubernetes luminary Kelsey Hightower thinks IT pros need to get smart about thriving in a world that's trying to hide deep tech -- On-Prem

13 days ago

Nvidia's Rubin GPU is likely to be late thanks to memory shortage and technical challenges -- China-bound Hopper accelerators are also likely to ship in smaller volumes than previously forecast, industry watchers say -- Systems

13 days ago

RAF eyes cheap drone-killer as Typhoon jet tests laser-guided rockets -- BAE says trials could offer cheaper way to counter uncrewed aerial threats -- Public Sector

13 days ago

Supermicro launches probe after staff charged with China export violations - Board-led inquiry follows indictment of two employees and a contractor over alleged diversion of Nvidia GPU servers - Systems - 08 Apr 2026 - |

13 days ago

Amazon rewards loyal Kindle devotees by closing the book on old e-readers - Updated - To 'minimize disruption,' Bezoscorp offers a 20% discount on new hardware you didn't want - Personal Tech - 08 Apr 2026 - | 207

12 hours ago

Investors are going nuclear to keep UK's AI datacenters fed -- Market watcher says money is pouring into British atomic and fusion startups amid massive energy demand -- On-Prem

13 days ago

DXC lands Metropolitan Police outsourcing deal that could climb to £1B -- Supplier will support the current Oracle E-Business Suite and lead migration to a new Oracle Fusion SaaS platform -- Databases

13 days ago

NHS Scotland-linked domains caught serving pr0n and dodgy sports streams -- Two practice web addresses appear to have been compromised -- Security

13 days ago

UK's grand plan to fuel AI with public data faces uphill battle -- Agents will look for info elsewhere unless official sources sharpen up -- AI + ML

13 days ago

How to navigate the storage crunch in the AI era - Watch this webinar and stop playing guessing games with your AI storage - Webinar Promo

13 days ago

Microsoft hints at bit bunkers for war zones -- President Brad Smith tells an interviewer that Microsoft is reconsidering datacenter design in light of Iran war -- On-Prem

13 days ago

Japan relaxes privacy laws to make itself the 'easiest country to develop AI' -- Opting out of personal data use won't be an option because Minister says that's a 'very big obstacle' to AI adoption -- Public Sector

13 days ago

Intel gets trapped in Elon's reality distortion field as it joins in megafab delusions -- Space is just the next stop on the AI hype train, right after AGI -- Systems

14 days ago

Break, no fix: Apple and Samsung make repairs hard -- Motorola and Google top PIRG's latest scorecard -- Personal Tech

14 days ago

Uzbekistan and ZTE forge strategic partnership to accelerate digital transformation - ZTE and Ministry of Digital Technologies sign MoU at MWC 2026 to modernize telecom infrastructure and explore 6G, Wi-Fi 7/8, and satellite innovations - Partner Content

13 days ago

Only 28% of AI infrastructure projects fully pay off, survey finds -- ITSM the area most likely to offer wins, according to Gartner research -- AI + ML

14 days ago

No-Nvidia interconnect club delivers 2.0 spec before v1.0 silicon ships -- UALink splits work on physical layer and protocol specs to speed things up, literally and metaphorically -- Networks

14 days ago

Shots fired – literally – over proposal to build datacenter in Indianapolis -- From a gun into the front door of a councilor who supports plan -- On-Prem

14 days ago

OpenInfra General Manager talks sovereignty, governments deploying tech 'kill switches' Kubecon - Geopolitics enter the room as Thierry Carrez shows that there's more to Kubecon than AI - Public Sector - 07 Apr 2026 - | 6

13 days ago

Apple's chips are the core of a new landscape, but its biggest win is Windows - Opinion - Walled gardens make more sense when it's an AI-lligator infested swamp outside - Personal Tech - 07 Apr 2026 - | 110

8 days ago

Brits are falling out of love with posting every thought online -- Ofcom finds social media participation dropping as skepticism about digital life grows -- Personal Tech

14 days ago

Anthropic reveals $30bn run rate and plans to use 3.5GW of new Google AI chips -- Broadcom's building the silicon and is chuffed about that, but also notes Anthropic remains a risk -- Systems

14 days ago

How Nvidia learned to embrace the light in its quest for scale -- The GPU king's move to optical scale-up was inevitable -- Systems

16 days ago

US military contractor open sources tool for validating hidden communications networks -- Maude-HCS from RTX (formerly Raytheon) helps model and validate hidden communication systems -- Networks

19 days ago

IBM wants Arm software on its mainframes to better support AI -- Tie-up aims to widen Big Blue's access to power-efficient compute -- Systems

19 days ago

Want to be the IT Crowd for the BBC? An £800M contract beckons -- Supplier will need to look after networks, email, tech support, tools and more – plus find cost savings -- Public Sector

19 days ago

AI search is atomizing our information, warns government digital designer -- We must design expecting much of what we publish will be reinterpreted by 'systems we don't control' -- Networks

19 days ago

Live and Let AI: Former CIA officer says human spies matter more in the LLM age -- AI is eroding trust in digital communications and data, giving old-school spycraft fresh relevance for modern agents -- Public Sector

19 days ago

Japanese shipper MOL wants a floating datacenter, and Hitachi just climbed aboard -- Second-hand ship, seawater cooling, with operations eyed for 2027 -- On-Prem

20 days ago

OpenAI gets $122B to 'just build things' as the world blows them up - Opinion - War, oil shocks, and market nerves could yet knock the AI boom off course - AI + ML - 01 Apr 2026 - | 25

13 days ago

'People's Panel' to check if UK wants controversial Digital ID will cost £630K -- We could tell you no for free -- Public Sector

20 days ago