If Microsoft made a car... what would it be?
What is the automotive equivalent of Word, and where does Copilot fit?
Bootnotes15 Feb 2026 | 164
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Microsoft finance slang defines the eternal optimist: The 'hockey stick on wheels'
The wheels on Copilot's hockey stick must be giving off smoke by now
Bootnotes23 Oct 2025 | 29
How and why Linux has thrived after three decades in Kernelland
Open Source Summit 'Just a hobby, won't be big and professional like GNU...'
Bootnotes18 Sep 2025 | 69
AI Darwin Awards launch to celebrate spectacularly bad deployments
From fast food fiascos to botched databases, there are fresh honors for machine learning misadventures
Bootnotes09 Sep 2025 | 47
As Xi and Putin chase immortality, let's talk about digital presidents-for-life
Opinion And maybe even dictator Brain-in-a-box-as-a-Service
Bootnotes07 Sep 2025 | 83
Junk is the new punk: Why we're falling back in love with retro tech
It was a simpler time
Personal Tech25 Aug 2025 | 141
UK unveils plans to 'transform' the consumer smart meter experience
Does 40 quid from the supplier sound all right for waiting over 6 weeks for a fix?
Bootnotes09 Aug 2025 | 127
Composer for worst Tomb Raider games jailed over COVID-19 loan fraud
Peter Connelly inflated turnover and claimed second payment when only entitled to one
Bootnotes21 Jul 2025 | 18
Remembering when NASA stuck a Space Shuttle on top of a Boeing 747
'Black side down,' Lego style
Bootnotes20 Jun 2025 | 63
Windows 95 testing almost stalled due to cash register overflow
Microsoft veteran on breaking down numbers at the computer store
Bootnotes15 Jun 2025 | 37
Forget Vibe Coding, we're all about Vine Coding nowadays
Flame Of The Week More like FlAIme Of The Week
Offbeat13 Jun 2025 | 41
Waymo problems in La La Land as robotaxis set aflame
Video Services locked down in America's second-largest city
Bootnotes09 Jun 2025 | 79
Qatar’s $400M jet for Trump is a gold-plated security nightmare
Air Force Dumb
Bootnotes13 May 2025 | 105
'I see you're running a local LLM. Would you like some help with that?'
Dev creates official Clippy 'love letter' to query AI models on your box
Bootnotes08 May 2025 | 11
Top sci-fi convention gets an earful from authors after using AI to screen panelists
Leave it to the Borg? Scribe David D. Levine slams 'use of planet-destroying plagiarism machines'
Bootnotes07 May 2025 | 118
Altman's eyeball-scanning biometric blockchain orbs officially come to America
El Reg checks out shop in SF
Bootnotes04 May 2025 | 53
The Telegraph jumps the gun on World War III
Trigger-happy Taiwan headline sparks instant apocalypse vibes
Bootnotes02 May 2025 | 32
Linux in Excel? Sure, why not ruin both
The spreadsheet from Hell
Bootnotes01 May 2025 | 25
Trump’s 145% tariffs could KO tabletop game makers, other small biz, lawsuit claims
WORLD WAR FEE One eight-person publisher says it'll be forced to pay $1.5M
Bootnotes26 Apr 2025 | 129
Dentists sue ex-contractor for holding web domains hostage in biz fight
IT guy says their claims are toothless – and they owe him $400K
Bootnotes22 Apr 2025 | 9
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UK.gov launches cyber 'lockdown' campaign as 80% of orgs still leave door open
Digital burglaries remain routine, and data shows most corps still don't stick to basic infosec standards
US lawyers fire up privacy class action accusing Lenovo of bulk data transfers to China
Keep behavioral tracking American? PC giant says the claim is 'false'
You can jailbreak an F-35 just like an iPhone, says Dutch defense chief
No worries if the US doesn't want to be friends with Europe anymore
Gentoo dumps GitHub over Copilot nagware
Repo mirrors now open for business
Gemini lies to user about health info, says it wanted to make him feel better
Though commonly reported, Google doesn't consider it a security problem when models make things up
China-linked snoops have been exploiting Dell 0-day since mid-2024, using 'ghost NICs' to avoid detection
Full scale of infections remains 'unknown'
Your AI-generated password isn't random, it just looks that way
Seemingly complex strings are actually highly predictable, crackable within hours
CIOs told: Prove your AI pays off – or pay the price
Boards demand measurable ROI as budgets, bonuses, and jobs hang in the balance
China remains embedded in US energy networks 'for the purpose of taking it down'
Plus 3 new goon squads targeted critical infrastructure last year
Capita taps Microsoft Copilot to dig it out from UK pensions backlog
Outsourcer tells MPs AI is prioritizing cases as thousands of civil servants face delays
STORIES
ChatGPT burns tens of millions of Softbank dollars listening to you thanking it
Sam says it's Son's money well spent
Bootnotes21 Apr 2025 | 35
Hacking US crosswalks to talk like Zuck is as easy as 1234
Video AI-spoofed Mark joins fellow billionaires as the voice of the street – here's how it was probably done
Bootnotes19 Apr 2025 | 88
Tesla fudged odometer to screw me out of warranty, Model Y owner claims
Give Elon an inch and he'll take thousands of miles ... allegedly
Bootnotes17 Apr 2025 | 115
Generative AI app goes dark after child-like deepfakes found in open S3 bucket
Producing this stuff is bad enough, but d'ya really have to leave all of it on the web for anyone to find?
AI + ML01 Apr 2025 | 15
Mobile ad world drama: AppLovin not lovin' short seller assault claiming fraud
A peek behind the curtain in one corner of online advertising
Personal Tech28 Mar 2025 | 8
From MP3 to Web3 to now 3D, Napster gets a new owner
Beating a dead horse to a 4-4 beat
Bootnotes27 Mar 2025 | 25
God didn't have a plan for Gelsinger at Intel. Maybe there is one for his new gig, Gloo
Updated Chip guru preaches virtues of 'values-aligned' pray-I, sorry, AI. He's also taken a VC gig
Bootnotes25 Mar 2025 | 22
Top Trump officials text secret Yemen airstrike plans to journo in Signal SNAFU
Updated Massive OPSEC fail from the side who brought you 'lock her up'
Public Sector24 Mar 2025 | 185
Names, bank info, and more spills from top sperm bank
Cyber-crime is officially getting out of hand
Bootnotes19 Mar 2025 | 17
Curious tale of two HR tech unicorns, alleged espionage, and claims of a spy hiding in a bathroom
Updated There's nothing bog-standard about this bombshell loo-suit
Bootnotes18 Mar 2025 | 25
As Elon Musk makes thousands of federal workers jobless, tycoon pushes for $56B Tesla pay deal
Not so much thrown under a bus as under an unwanted electric car
Bootnotes12 Mar 2025 | 96
Developer sabotaged ex-employer with kill switch activated when he was let go
IsDavisLuEnabledInActiveDirectory? Not any more. IsDavisLuGuilty? Yes. IsDavisLuFacingJail? Also yes
Bootnotes08 Mar 2025 | 79
Cybercrims now licking stamps and sending extortion demands in snail mail
Updated First crooks gave up encrypting data, and just stole it – now they don't even bother pilfering info. Sheesh!
Bootnotes05 Mar 2025 | 18
100-plus spies fired after NSA internal chat board used for kinky sex talk
National intel boss slams naughty nattering on work systems as 'egregious violation of trust'
Bootnotes26 Feb 2025 | 74
Binned off staff, slashed stock options. What's next? Ah yes, bigger C-suite bonuses
And really, nothing out of the ordinary for Silicon Valley
Bootnotes22 Feb 2025 | 17
As Amazon takes over the Bond franchise, we submit our scripts for the next flick
License To Kill -9 ... For Your iPhone Only ... AI Another Day ... The name's Bezos, Jeff Bezos
Bootnotes21 Feb 2025 | 144
The Doom-in-a-PDF dev is back – this time with Linux
What's next, Crysis-in-a-CSV?
Bootnotes16 Feb 2025 | 39
Man who binned 7,500 Bitcoin drive now wants to buy entire landfill to dig it up
More than a decade on, waste experts say the odds of finding those coins are next to nil
Bootnotes11 Feb 2025 | 113
Welsh woman fined for flatulence-fueled cyber harassment
Court said her approach to child access dispute with partner's ex really stinks
Bootnotes31 Jan 2025 | 95
AI revoir, Lucie: France's answer to ChatGPT paused after faux pas overdrive
Slew of embarrassing answers sends open source chatterbox back for more schooling
AI + ML29 Jan 2025 | 69
In farewell speech, Biden rails against the tech industrial complex, disinfo dismantling democracy
Welcome to a decade where the oligarchs are no longer silent in the shadows
Bootnotes16 Jan 2025 | 84
SEC sues Elon Musk for allegedly screwing investors out of $150M before Twitter takeover
Plus: SpaceX rocket re-entries spark airline delays
Bootnotes15 Jan 2025 | 50
Hulk smash Musk and Zuck! Actor Mark Ruffalo and non-billionaire pals back network tech underpinning Bluesky
Updated Free Our Feeds solicits funds to foster AT Protocol that powers decentralized social media
Bootnotes14 Jan 2025 | 60
WordPress drama latest: Leader Matt Mullenweg exiles five contributors
WordPress.org accounts cancelled, dissidents told to fork off
Applications14 Jan 2025 | 31
LA deputies dogged by New Year date glitch in patrol car PCs
SoCal plod resort to paper logs after system that top brass was warned would 'inevitably fail' did exactly that
Bootnotes03 Jan 2025 | 58
Eight things that should not have happened last year, but did
Opinion 2024's Tech Fail Roll Of Dishonor
Bootnotes01 Jan 2025 | 116
The winner of last year's Windows Ugly Sweater is ...
Register readers have spoken
Bootnotes25 Dec 2024 | 14
You're so bad at recycling, this biz built an AI to handle it for you
Maybe start getting better at sorting your trash before these ML garbage bots gain sentience?
Bootnotes08 Dec 2024 | 42
Elon Musk tops US political donor list with $270M+ for Team Trump
Plus, xAI scores another $6B to fuel Tesla tycoon's war on OpenAI
Public Sector07 Dec 2024 | 126
Judge again cans Musk's record-setting $56B Tesla package
'Even if a stockholder vote could have a ratifying effect, it could not do so here,' says Delaware Chancellor
Bootnotes03 Dec 2024 | 39
Win a slice of XP cheese if you tell us where Microsoft should put Copilot next
Competition What's that coming over the hill, is it an AI?
Bootnotes02 Dec 2024 | 205
Yup, half of that thought-leader crap on LinkedIn is indeed AI scribbled
Ten rules for maximizing your grindset! #1: Let a bot do your work for you
Bootnotes28 Nov 2024 | 54
AI Jesus is ready to dispense advice from a booth in historic Swiss church
Pope, Depeche Mode, silent on digital second coming
Bootnotes23 Nov 2024 | 74
BASIC co-creator Thomas Kurtz hits END at 96
Obit Pioneering Dartmouth College mathematician died last week
Bootnotes20 Nov 2024 | 115
Study suggests X turned right just in time for election season
Significant uptick in visibility for Musk, Republican account posts from July 13
Personal Tech20 Nov 2024 | 177
Swiss cheesed off as postal service used to spread malware
QR codes arrive via an age-old delivery system
Bootnotes16 Nov 2024 | 34
Tesla Cybertruck, a paragon of reliability, recalled again
And there's no OTA patching your way out of faulty drive inverter MOSFETs
Bootnotes14 Nov 2024 | 53
Gang of monkeys escape South Carolina biomedical research facility
Lock your doors and windows, say police, but these should be disease-free
Bootnotes11 Nov 2024 | 61
Intel: Our finances are in the toilet, we're laying off 15K, but the free coffee is back!
Now that's a brew-haha
Bootnotes09 Nov 2024 | 98
NASA fires up super-quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft
Vid A try called Quesst
Bootnotes08 Nov 2024 | 91
UK sleep experts say it's time to kill daylight saving for good
It turns out morning light beats evening rays for health benefits
Personal Tech27 Oct 2024 | 283
Biz Daemon is too cool to respond to fans of his big screen work
BORK!BORK!BORK! If only all Android apps were so effortlessly stylish
Bootnotes26 Oct 2024 | 12
The horror that is VHS revived for horror movie release
POLL: Is VHS back? Cassette-bursting medium revived for latest Alien chest-burster flick
Bootnotes23 Oct 2024 | 89
'Newport would look like Dubai' if guy could dumpster dive for lost Bitcoin drive
To Wales now, where crypto bro sues to be allowed to excavate landfill site
Bootnotes16 Oct 2024 | 85
BBS legend Ward Christensen logs off for last time at 78
Obit Co-creator of the Computerized Bulletin Board System heads for big forum in the sky
Bootnotes15 Oct 2024 | 23
Tesla Cybertruck recalled again. This time, a software fix for backup camera glitch
10 seconds to Elon blaming this on Kamala or something
Bootnotes04 Oct 2024 | 76
Scammers in the slammer for years after ripping off Apple with fake iPhone returns
Duo must also cough up $1.5M for pulling off multi-million-dollar exchange swindle
Bootnotes03 Oct 2024 | 14
US Army orders next-gen robot mule to haul a literal ton of gear
Soldiers' new best friend does all the heavy lifting
Bootnotes28 Sep 2024 | 62
Bring the joy of train delays home with your very own departure board
Working from home, but missing the voice of Elinor Hamilton telling you all services are canceled?
Bootnotes27 Sep 2024 | 67
Amazon, Tesla, Meta considered harmful to democracy
Exploiting workers, undermining public services, exacerbating climate crisis, ITUC says
Bootnotes23 Sep 2024 | 41
Cards Against Humanity deals SpaceX a $15M lawsuit over Texas turf tangle
Land purchased to save it from Trump's border wall 'completely f*cked' by 'gravel, tractors, and space garbage'
Bootnotes23 Sep 2024 | 48
NIST: New smoke alarms are better at detecting fires, but still go off for bacon
Just like almost everyone else, they still love the smell of fried artery-cloggers
Bootnotes21 Sep 2024 | 75
Thank you, Reg Readers: On Call has turned 500!
Started on a whim, almost a decade later it's a fixture – and a marvelous demonstration of your wit and wisdom
Bootnotes15 Sep 2024 | 30
Homing pigeon missiles, dead trout swimming, butt breathing honored with Ig Nobel Prize
Mad science award ceremony returns to MIT after four years online
Bootnotes14 Sep 2024 | 67
Feeld dating app's security too open-minded as private data swings into public view
No love for months-long wait to fix this, either
Research13 Sep 2024 | 8
Online media outstrips TV as source of news for the first time in the UK
Ofcom research shows TV remains more trusted news source in social media age
Bootnotes11 Sep 2024 | 107
WHO-backed meta-study finds no evidence that cellphone radiation causes brain cancer
The signal may not rot your mind, we can't say the same for the content
Science04 Sep 2024 | 105
US govt halts medical study into Havana Syndrome, cites 'coercion' of participants
What was screwing with minds of US diplomats – wait, is that a black helicopt...
Science04 Sep 2024 | 49
A last look at the Living Computers museum before collection heads to auction
A guided tour of vintage hardware set to be scattered to the winds
Personal Tech27 Aug 2024 | 38
If a cheesy '80s flick is a good metaphor for how you run projects, something is wrong
There can be only one … annoying management technique
Software16 Aug 2024 | 36
Disney claims agreeing to Disney+ terms waives man's right to sue over wife's death
Updated NYU doc died from allergic reaction after eating at Florida resort pub
Bootnotes15 Aug 2024 | 69
Say 'ahhhh' – AI robots are now gunning for your gums
Perceptive turns its automated dental dynamo on humans, and Zuck's dad thinks it's great
Bootnotes02 Aug 2024 | 25
Happy Sysadmin Day, the Bitlocker keys are in a bowl on top of the fridge
Vote below for the best way to celebrate our underappreciated heroes
Bootnotes26 Jul 2024 | 20
Sam Altman sues builder over $27M flooded, sewage-hit 'lemon' of a mega-mansion
Leaking skylights, collapsed roof, garbage-clogged pipes - did ChatGPT make this?
Bootnotes18 Jul 2024 | 87
'Gay furry hackers' say they've disbanded after raiding Project 2025's Heritage Foundation
Ultra-conservative org funnily enough not ready to turn the other cheek
Bootnotes12 Jul 2024 | 63
Trump threatens to send Meta's Mark ‘Zuckerbucks’ to prison if reelected president
Updated If you were wondering how the US White House race is going in 2024, it's going like this...
Bootnotes11 Jul 2024 | 185
Amazon puts down its Astro robotic business watchdog
Now even the 'droids are being laid off – sheesh!
Bootnotes03 Jul 2024 | 19
War on Texas law requiring ID to savor smut online heads to Supreme Court
Talk about painfully invasive processes
Bootnotes02 Jul 2024 | 51
Boeing to reacquire spun-off supplier Spirit AeroSpace to shore up safety
Because the best place for a troubled supplier is beneath the wing of original parent company
Bootnotes01 Jul 2024 | 25
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 | 41
Glastonbury to turn festivalgoer pee into eco-friendly fertilizer
Now that's what you call a golden harvest
Bootnotes26 Jun 2024 | 39
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 | 5
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 | 28
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
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