40 years ago, classified Shuttle mission foreshadowed Challenger's fatal flaw
O-ring erosion on Discovery would have disastrous effects a year later
Science28 Jan 2025 | 38
Offbeat
Astronomers red-faced after mistaking Musk's Tesla Roadster for asteroid
Without central repository for artificial objects, it'll only get worse
Offbeat27 Jan 2025 | 55
Europe, UK weigh up how to respond to Trump's proposed tariffs. One WTF or two?
Could a post-Brexit romance be on the cards?
Personal Tech24 Jan 2025 | 185
Boeing warns of more financial hits from strikes, costlier parts – and Starliner, of course
Calamity Capsule continues to be calamitous for the bottom line
Science24 Jan 2025 | 17
BOFH: How to innosplain your way through an audit
Episode 2 [ɪnəʊspleɪn] Verb. 1. The ability to prattle on in a condescending manner about technology that doesn't exist yet
BOFH24 Jan 2025 | 43
Why is Big Tech hellbent on making AI opt-out?
Opinion As Microsoft, Apple, and Google switch the tech on by default, what happened to asking for permission first?
AI + ML23 Jan 2025 | 167
Trump nukes 60 years of anti-discrimination rules for federal contractors
The (good old) boys are back in town
Offbeat22 Jan 2025 | 317
NASA spacewalkers to swab the ISS for microbial life
Learning how to deal with the microorganisms hitching a ride with humans
Science22 Jan 2025 | 14
Silk Road's Dread Pirate Roberts walks free as Trump pardons dark web kingpin
Ross Ulbricht's family are now appealing for donations to support his reintegration into society
Legal22 Jan 2025 | 136
China claims major fusion advance and record after 17-minute Tokamak run
1,066 seconds of steady-state high-confinement plasma operation and all that
Science22 Jan 2025 | 74
Google DeepMind CEO says 2025's the year we start popping pills AI helped invent
Nobel Prize winner Demis Hassabis thinks human trials will happen soon
Science22 Jan 2025 | 30
App stores unconvinced by Trump's TikTok ban pause, which may itself be on shaky legal ground
Analysis El Reg asked a lawyer to explain WTH is going on
Personal Tech21 Jan 2025 | 42
Neural interface lets paralyzed person steer virtual quadcopter, opening new doors for gaming
Researchers aim to tackle unmet needs for social connection and recreation
Science21 Jan 2025 | 9
Words alone won't get the stars and stripes to Mars
Comment So you want to go to the Red Planet. How deep are your pockets and how much time do you have?
Science21 Jan 2025 | 166
AI pothole patrol to snap flaws in Britain's crumbling roads
Now if only the councils could afford to fill them
Offbeat21 Jan 2025 | 141
China ever-so slightly softens stance on possible US TikTok sale
Updated President Trump allows vid app to keep running for 75 days while he reviews security concerns and develops a policy
Public Sector21 Jan 2025 | 10
SpaceX and Blue Origin both face FAA mishap probes
Only one called exploding a rocket over the Caribbean 'entertainment'
Science20 Jan 2025 | 22
Developers feared large chaps carrying baseball bats could come to kneecap their ... test account?
Who, Me? A whole different kind of 'technical debt' turned into real-world trouble
Columnists20 Jan 2025 | 90
Got a telescope? Bid farewell to ESA's retiring Milky Way mapper
Gaia makes its final science observation
Science18 Jan 2025 | 11
SpaceX resets ‘Days Since Starship Exploded’ counter to zero
Updated Test flight seven did better on the ground with a successful booster catch – as aircraft divert from falling debris
Science17 Jan 2025 | 118
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 | 86
Feds sue Southwest for chronic delays, unrealistic schedules
Department of Transportation wants in on last-minute Biden administration action too
Offbeat16 Jan 2025 | 8
Anduril picks Ohio for 5 million square foot autonomous weapon factory
The hyperscale plant is designed to produce tens of thousands of AVs a year
Offbeat16 Jan 2025 | 26
Blue Origin reaches orbit with New Glenn, fumbles first-stage recovery
Jeff Bezos' space company achieves milestone with payload delivered
Science16 Jan 2025 | 60
India becomes just fourth country to dock satellites in orbit
As the ESA celebrates planned break-up of its solar blotter-spotter
Science16 Jan 2025 | 14
US adds Chinese RISC-V player that TSMC suspected of helping build Huawei GPUs to risky company register
Sophgo scores a place on Entity List, Indian nuclear boffins taken off
Legal16 Jan 2025 | 4
Shove your office mandates, people still prefer working from home
Threat to quit still preferred to commuting on packed public transport
On-Prem15 Jan 2025 | 202
SpaceX launches 2 lunar landers on path to the Moon
Blue Ghost's first time, and second time lucky for Japanese company ispace?
Science15 Jan 2025 | 22
British tribunal claim aims to take a bite out of Apple over App Store fees
Collective Proceedings Order seeks £1.5B from iGiant
Applications15 Jan 2025 | 10
Boeing going backwards as production’s slowing and woes keep flowing
No such problems at Airbus, which cruised at a high level and shipped almost two planes a day last year
Offbeat15 Jan 2025 | 91
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 | 54
Brit watchdog probes Google's search, ads empire
Third front opened amid continued scrutiny from US, Euro regulators
Personal Tech14 Jan 2025 | 4
It's not just Big Tech: The UK's Online Safety Act applies across the board
Analysis That niche forum running for 20 years – get ready, there's work to do
Security14 Jan 2025 | 150
They've only gone and made Doom run in a PDF file
Knee-deep in the markup
Offbeat14 Jan 2025 | 65
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 | 29
Pastor's divine 'dream' crypto scheme indicted by Uncle Sam
Plus: Man who tossed Bitcoin drive worth millions barred from digging in dump
Offbeat13 Jan 2025 | 32
Blue Origin gives up on New Glenn lift-off, 2 hours into launch window
Updated Vehicle subsystem concerns blamed for scrub
Science13 Jan 2025 | 35
Europe coughs up €400 to punter after breaking its own GDPR data protection rules
Infosec in brief PLUS: Data broker leak reveals extent of info trading; Hot new ransomware gang might be all AI, no bark; and more
Security13 Jan 2025 | 15
Celebrating when EVs went to the Moon with a Lego Lunar Roving Vehicle build
Even better use for the Technic range than the Mars Rover – with one big caveat
Offbeat11 Jan 2025 | 21
Blue Origin postpones New Glenn's maiden flight to January 12
Now set for the day before SpaceX's next Starship test
Science10 Jan 2025 | 50
Free-software warriors celebrate landmark case that enforced GNU LGPL
On the Fritz: German router maker AVM lets device rights case end after coughing up source code
Software10 Jan 2025 | 41
BOFH: Forecasting and the fine art of desktop upgrades
Episode 1 New year, new PC
BOFH10 Jan 2025 | 42
Two accused of COVID-19 vaccine fraud under Computer Misuse Act
Investigation says scheme allegedly raked in £145k and sold nearly 2,000 fake records to the unvaccinated
Legal10 Jan 2025 |
Court docs allege Meta trained its AI models on contentious trove of maybe-pirated content
Did Zuck’s definition of ‘free expression’ just get even broader?
Legal10 Jan 2025 | 26
Is that a bird’s nest, a wireless broadband base station, or both?
Everything in Australia is deadly, in this case giant eagles guarding eggs in places wireless broadband techs need to reach
Offbeat10 Jan 2025 | 66
Short-lived bling, dumb smart things, and more: The worst in show from CES 2025
ces The honors are dubious, but boy, so is the tech
Offbeat09 Jan 2025 | 78
Tesla, Musk double down on $56B payday appeal
What could be the motivation for continuing to fight the case?
CxO09 Jan 2025 | 75
NASA's lunar Roomba set to suck up Moon dirt for study
Collecting regolith samples with a blast of gas
Science09 Jan 2025 | 21
What happens when someone subpoenas Cloudflare to unmask a blogger? This...
Ex-politician in UK claims he's been defamed – and goes to court in US for answers
Legal09 Jan 2025 | 89
UK government pledges law against sexually explicit deepfakes
Not just making them, but sharing them too
Public Sector09 Jan 2025 | 29
Los Angeles wildfires force tens of thousands to evacuate, NASA JPL closed
Updated Crews battle to keep people, homes, science safe
Science08 Jan 2025 | 62
NASA has just two Mars Sample Return mission lander options left
JPL's sky crane tech or private vendor to get $5-7B contract, before hitching lift back to Earth with ESA
Science08 Jan 2025 | 10
DNA sequencers found running ancient BIOS, posing risk to clinical research
Updated Devices on six-year-old firmware vulnerable to takeover and destruction
Research08 Jan 2025 | 24
Japan's wooden satellite exits International Space Station
Carefully crafted wooden box, LignoSat, is on its own
Science08 Jan 2025 | 48
UK digital markets watchdog expects to launch investigations within the month using new powers
Regulator will see a 'participative' approach before imposing fines
Public Sector08 Jan 2025 | 13
First launch of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket slated for January 10
Bezos booster finally ready for action
Science07 Jan 2025 | 21
Elon Musk's galactic ego sows chaos in European politics
Opinion Leaders miffed at 'unacceptable interference'
Offbeat07 Jan 2025 | 340
3Blue1Brown copyright takedown blunder by AI biz blamed on human error
Worker copy-pasted wrong YouTube URL, says ChainPatrol
AI + ML07 Jan 2025 | 57
SpaceX will try satellite deployment on next Starship test
Ten suborbital Starlink simulators to be flung from Musk's spacecraft
Science06 Jan 2025 | 71
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