The latest innovation in UK public transport: Schrödinger’s trains
BORK!BORK!BORK! Guessing games are all the rage, and commuters trying to get home from London Victoria station found themselves flipping […]
Month: May 2026
Europe wants out from under US tech – but first it has to find the exits
In late December, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sanctioned former European Commission tech chief Thierry Breton for his role […]
Classic Outlook’s Quick Steps trip over Microsoft bug
If you’re using Quick Steps in Microsoft Outlook and wondering why they’re grayed out, a bug introduced in version 2512 […]
Linux kernel maintainers pitch emergency killswitch after CopyFail and Dirty Frag chaos
Linux kernel maintainers are considering giving admins a giant red emergency button to smash the next time another nasty vulnerability […]
NASA’s bid to save Swift from fiery death passes another hurdle
A rescue mission for NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has taken another step forward following the completion of environmental tests […]
Checkmarx tackles another TeamPCP intrusion as Jenkins plugin sabotaged
Checkmarx’s software engineers are still working to remove a malicious version of the code security outfit’s Jenkins plugin after detecting […]
Water company’s leaky security earns near-£1M fine
The UK’s data protection watchdog has fined South Staffordshire Water’s parent company nearly £1 million over security failings exposed by […]
SoftBank bets on battery building to back bit barns
SoftBank is getting into the datacenter battery business and plans to start manufacturing them on the scale of gigawatt-hours per […]
Google says criminals used AI-built zero-day in planned mass hack spree
Google says crooks already have AI cooking up zero-days, and claims one nearly escaped into the wild before the company […]
Yes, local LLMs are ready to ease the compute strain
KETTLE We’ve been experimenting with LLMs for a while here at The Register, and if you ask our systems editor […]