Backup script ingested an accidental asterisk and deleted everything
WHO, ME? Welcome to Monday morning, the time of week when The Register always asks “Who, Me?” because that’s the […]
Month: May 2026
Doom soundtrack added to National Recording Registry
The perennial question “Can it run Doom?” has a new answer, of sorts, after the USA’s Library of Congress (LOC) […]
Utah tells porn sites to take the P out of VPNs, and it’s their fault that they can’t
OPINION The terms “blindingly obvious,” “logical consequence,” and “that is not how it works” appear nowhere in the government handbook […]
Google tells database devs to lean hard on AI for PostgreSQL work
Google is encouraging its database developers to lean “heavily” on AI coding tools as it ramps up contributions to open […]
Mozilla warns UK: Breaking VPNs will not magically fix Britain’s age-check mess
Mozilla has warned Britain not to turn VPNs into collateral damage in the government’s increasingly desperate hunt for ways to […]
F-35 software delays leave UK buying time with US glide bombs
Britain’s F-35 fighter fleet is set to carry US-made glide bombs as an interim measure until delayed F-35 software updates […]
Windows boot partition runs out of space for Microsoft’s May security update
Microsoft has admitted that the May 2026 security update might fail to install with a “Something didn’t go as planned. […]
Poland directs officials to ditch Signal in favor of ‘secure’ state-developed alternative
The Polish government is urging public officials and “entities within the National Cybersecurity System” to stop using Signal, directing them […]
Surprise AI bills leave AWS and Google Cloud users aghast
KETTLE Hopefully you haven’t had reason to notice yet, but there’s a rising problem with AI services on Google Cloud, […]
Linus Torvalds says AI-powered bug hunters have made Linux security mailing list ‘almost entirely unmanageable’
Linux kernel boss Linus Torvalds has declared the project’s security mailing list has become “almost entirely unmanageable” due to multiple […]