Prisons will introduce enhanced checks before inmates are released, after a sex offender was mistakenly freed.

The pop singer and former Canadian prime minister were pictured over the weekend, fueling relationship speculation.

Jen Easterly says most breaches stem from bad software, and smarter tech could finally clean it up

Ex-CISA head Jen Easterly claims AI could spell the end of the cybersecurity industry, as the sloppy software and vulnerabilities that criminals rely on will be tracked down faster than ever.…

US warships in the region, the green light for covert operations, and deadly strikes on what the Trump administration claims are "narco terrorists" - could America's next move be to strike Venezuela?

The world's oldest president has again won the vote in Cameroon, despite violent clashes ahead of the election.

AI wasn't the cause, and multi-cloud is for rubes

Column  AWS put out a hefty analysis of its October 20 outage, and it's apparently written in a continuing stream of consciousness before the Red Bull wore off and the author passed out after 36 straight hours of writing.…

A Border Force officer has been charged with conspiring to import class A drugs after 25kg of heroin was found in a suitcase.

Sheffield Wednesday's joint administrator says they have received "four or five" serious bids and the club could have new owners by the end of the year.

Last year, I did a three-part series on Steve Hockensmith’s terrific Holmes on the Range series. This essay, a comprehensive chronology, and a Q&A which Steve kindly did with me, represents the deepest dive anyone has written on these fun books.

Samsung warned us last month that ads were coming to the giant Android tablets embedded in its Family Hub smart fridges. I've been eyeing mine ever since - and the first ones are about to arrive. Starting November 3rd, the $2,000-plus connected fridges will get a new widget that serves up ads, Shane Higby, head […]

Trump is in Asia this week to strike deals, but one question overshadows the trip.

It comes after a woman, aged in her 20s, was attacked in the Park Hall area of Walsall on Saturday.

The fall of el-Fasher would cement the RSF's control of the west and reinforces a de facto split in the nation.

Poor data standards across government hamper scaling, says Parliament spending watchdog

The UK government's Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has saved £4.4 million over three years by using machine learning to tackle fraud, according to the National Audit Office (NAO). However, the public spending watchdog found the department's ability to expand this work is limited by fragmented IT systems and poor cross-government data standards.…

Milei's radical spending cuts have won favour with Donald Trump, but also attracted widespread criticism.

A 32-year-old man has been arrested after a woman was raped in Walsall in a suspected racially aggravated attack.

Argentina’s libertarian president, Javier Milei, has won key midterm victories, backed by billions from the Donald Trump administration.

No, it's just good at mass-production copy and paste. And yes, we're correctly applying Betteridge's Law

Opinion  Remember ELIZA? The 1966 chatbot from MIT's AI Lab convinced countless people it was intelligent using nothing but simple pattern matching and canned responses. Nearly 60 years later, ChatGPT has people making the same mistake. Chatbots don't think – they've just gotten exponentially better at pretending.…

Members of a Romanian grooming gang have been jailed for raping and sexually exploiting 10 vulnerable women in Dundee.

Hurricane Melissa has strengthened to a category 5 storm as it tracks towards Jamaica with destructive winds and storm surge, risking catastrophic flooding.

Baller League returns for its second UK season - but is it succeeding in "bringing back football"?

The US president’s presence boosted Asean’s profile at a time when many are questioning its relevance.

When it rains, it pours – and nobody packed an umbrella

Opinion  When your cabbie asks you what you do for a living, and you answer "tech journalist," you never get asked about cloud infrastructure in return. Bitcoin, mobile phones, AI, yes. Until last week: "What's this AWS thing, then?" You already knew a lot of people were having a very bad day in Bezosville, but if the news had reached an Edinburgh black cab driver, new adjectives were needed.…

Navy veteran Roly Woods was forced to hide his sexuality while serving, because of the "gay ban".

President Higgins travelled to St James's Hospital by arrangement on Sunday and received antibiotics.

A report has called for greater oversight of social media platforms to protect MPs from abuse and intimidation.

Four back-to-back weekends of work – and disastrously bad documentation – will do that do a techie

Who, Me?  Welcome to Monday morning and another installment of Who, Me? For the uninitiated, it's The Register's weekly reader-contributed column that tells tales of your greatest misses, and how you rebuilt a career afterward.…

Just Stop Oil activists who tried to target Taylor Swift's private jet but ended up spraying paint on two other planes have been spared jail.

Each week, we speak to someone from a different profession to discover what it's really like. This week we chat to ethical hacker and chief product officer at The Hacking Games, John Madelin.

Eddie Jones says the unremitting pressure to win throughout the Rugby World Cup cycle makes the England head coach job the hardest in the sport.

More than 2,000 Scotland-based jobs are at risk as oil and energy services group Petrofac has applied for administration.

The flight landed in Guangzhou on Monday morning, a milestone in the thawing of bilateral ties.

FOSS feud re-ignites with massive counter-claim

The long battle between Automattic and WP Engine has flared again, this time with accusations the latter company issued “false advertising”, and employed “deceptive business practices.”…

King Abdullah tells the BBC there would need to be peace in Gaza before any international forces were deployed.

A large gulf remains between the US and European view of how to end the Ukraine war.

A report on the Home Office's handling of asylum hotels and singer Katy Perry's relationship with ex-Canadian PM make the papers.

British commentator Sami Hamdi has been detained by US immigration, who have revoked his visa and banned him from completing his speaking tour, a Homeland Security official said.

Allows surveillance and cross-border evidence sharing, which worries human rights groups

The United Nations on Saturday staged a signing ceremony for the Convention against Cybercrime, the world’s first agreement to combat online crime. And while 72 nations picked up the pen, critics continue to point out the convention’s flaws.…

In celebration of the recent streaming series, Alien: Earth (whether you enjoyed it or not), I have created a new list of films that most certainly exist in the Weyland-Yutani universe, and if not certainly, then enjoy an unbelievably tenuous link to it.

A hurricane due to hit Jamaica and Cuba has intensified and could reach Category 5 - the highest - when it makes landfall either this evening or early on Tuesday, forecasters have warned.

Venezuela's attorney general accuses the US president of hoping to turn his country into a "colony".

US trade secretary says the two will sign a deal on TikTok, while hinting at agreement on rare earths and tariffs.

The family of a young boy who was thrown from the 10th floor of the Tate Modern building says that after six "courageous" years, he is beginning to run, cycle, jump and swim.

Lando Norris has been through the mill but this was a statement win for the McLaren driver, writes Andrew Benson.

Zubeen Garg’s music ownership is scattered among a complicated network of producers, distributors and labels.

Liam Lawson says he narrowly avoided a fatal accident during Sunday's Mexico City Grand Prix after two marshals ran across the track.

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy is expected to be grilled in the Commons today after an asylum seeker sex offender was mistakenly released from prison.

PLUS: China demotes tech self-sufficiency goal; Alibaba Cloud quietly quits VMware; India demands deepfake labels; and more!

Asia In Brief  Australia’s Competition & Consumer Commission on Monday commenced legal proceedings against Microsoft for allegedly misleading users of its Microsoft 365 bundle.…

Norfolk Trading Standards says the £4 cleaning brush has now been withdrawn from sale in the UK.

Suppliers say millions are owed despite the government promising to use protected accounts.

Health leaders say progress on reducing waiting lists will be affected if there is no help in making up the financial shortfall.

Despite outcry over a British toddler’s death, mould remains a problem in many homes - so are new law changes enough?

The head of the Home Affairs Committee has urged the government to "get a grip" on the UK's asylum accommodation system after a report found the Home Office repeatedly cut corners in its "chaotic" response to pressures.

We think that we're converting time into energy... that's the engineering principle.

In the 1820s, stacks, ovens, and gasometers rose over the docklands of Dublin.

The industrial action against the company's operation in Sweden has reached its second anniversary.

The fall of el-Fasher would cement the RSF's control of the west and reinforces a de facto split in the nation.

The father of a two-year-old boy who died from black mould in his social housing flat says he never wants anyone else to go through what they have - as a new law brought in after his death comes into effect.

MOTD pundit Danny Murphy explains why Tottenham's attack will evolve under Thomas Frank, and how he has already fixed their defensive issues.

Australia captain Pat Cummins will not be fit for the first Ashes Test, with Steve Smith set to lead the side in his absence.

PLUS: Judge spanks NSO; Mozilla requires data use disclosures; TARmageddon meets Rust; And more!

Infosec In Brief  Former basketball star Shaquille O'Neal is 7'1" (215 cm), and therefore uses car customization companies to modify vehicles to fit his frame. But it appears cybercriminals have targeted Shaq’s preferred motor-modder.…

Kurdish counter-terrorism officials tell the BBC so-called Islamic State cells in Syria are regrouping and increasing attacks.

Lando Norris storms to a dominant victory in the Mexico City Grand Prix to boost his world championship hopes.

An opposition candidate is challenging the incumbent president's 43-year hold on power.

The US government said funds for Snap, a benefit used by more than 40 million Americans, will stop 1 November because of the shutdown.

Police say the woman was attacked on Saturday night in Walsall and have appealed for information.

Police are urgently searching for a man suspected of raping a woman in a racially motivated attack. 

Israel said the teams have been permitted to search beyond the so-called "yellow line" in the area controlled by its forces in Gaza.

After every round of Premier League matches this season, Troy Deeney gives us his team of the week. Do you agree with his choices?

Spanish football expert Guillem Balague analyses a fiery Clasico at the Bernabeu, which saw Real Madrid beat Barcelona but Vinicius Jr vent his frustration.

Sean Dyche's first Premier League game in charge of Nottingham Forest ends in defeat as Bournemouth win 2-0 to move up to second in the table.

A US warship has docked in the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, as US President Donald Trump increases military pressure on Venezuela.

The boy, who was six when he was attacked in 2019, has achieved his goal of being able to run, jump and swim again.

As Arsenal moved four points clear at the top of the Premier League, BBC Sport looks at why teams are 'afraid' of them.

After 18 months of surviving forced starvation and shelling by the paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the regional capital and symbolic battleground of Al Fashir is on the verge of full military collapse.

Jude Bellingham assists the first goal and scores the second for Real Madrid as they beat Barcelona 2-1 in the first Clasico of the La Liga season.

Hadush Kebatu was arrested in north London, two days after being mistakenly released from an Essex jail.

After beating Celtic to go eight points clear, is it now time to seriously consider that Hearts could win the title, wonders Tom English?

The health secretary is refusing to make concessions on pay after the BMA announced a further walkout.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta impressed by side after Eberechi Eze scored against former club beating Crystal Palace to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League table.

A lobbying group representing UK start-ups will this week warn Rachel Reeves against a tax raid on limited liability partnerships (LLPs), arguing that it would hit the backers of Britain's most innovative companies.

There are only a handful of albums that I think qualify as genuinely scary. You Won't Get What You Want by Daughters, and Swans To Be Kind both immediately come to mind. But those records come with… let's say, baggage. I've Seen All I Need to See lacks some of the atmospheric spookiness of To […]

Sarah Pochin apologises for saying "it drives me mad when I see adverts full of black people, full of Asian people".

Justice Secretary David Lammy has said an exclusive Sky News interview will be used as part of an independent inquiry into how migrant Hadush Kebatu was mistakenly released from prison.

At least 32 others were injured in the attack, including six children, the city's mayor says.

International teams searching for the bodies of hostages have been allowed to cross Israel's military boundary in Gaza, according to an Israeli government spokesperson.

Adobe’s computational photography app, Project Indigo, had a bit of trouble adapting to the new square-format selfie sensor in the iPhone 17 series. For the last month or so, the app simply didn’t support Apple’s latest phones at all. Adobe was working behind the scenes to get things up and running, and posting occasional updates […]

Trump has announced he's adding 10% to his current levies on one of the biggest US trading partners.

"Sharp Dressed Man," by ZZ Top. Hard on a good day, Medium when my friends were over, Expert once and then never ever again. That was my Guitar Hero sweet spot. And for years, it seemed like everybody had one. The plastic guitar controllers became a staple of living rooms everywhere, and the songs - […]

Dorchester Town FC player Wes Fogden suffered a neck injury in the first half of the game.

Four thieves broke into the world's most-visited museum in broad daylight, stealing eight items worth €88m (£76m; $102m).

Former spinner Alex Hartley says England's improvement throughout the group stage puts them as favourites to beat South Africa and reach the World Cup final.

Has the mistaken release of a migrant sex offender from prison hurt the government?

A juror who collapsed a murder trial after doing his own internet research is jailed for four months.

Donald Trump has claimed to have ended another war, this time between Thailand and Cambodia. But what does this latest agreement actually amount to?

A former Bank of England governor has criticised potential proposals for a mansion tax, saying the government lacks a "coherent strategy" on the economy.

The experimental weapon is hailed as having a potentially unlimited range - though Western experts have questioned its value.

Three Chinese nationals face prison time for attempting to purchase $400,000 of nuclear material.

Concerns have been raised about the unprecedented number of spoiled votes in the presidential poll.

Reform UK has defended one of its MPs who has been accused of "racism" after she complained about the number of black and Asian people in TV adverts.

Hadush Kebatu was arrested in Finsbury Park after a two-day manhunt.