But will they really upend the enterprise PC market? How about software? Networking, anyone?

Analysis  Disrupt? It's an awful hackneyed term that some analysts, consultants and technologists like to use.…

This week, on April 4th, Microsoft turns 50 years old. The company has gone through sweeping changes over that time — from two guys in New Mexico to more than a quarter-million employees worldwide, from making text-based operating systems to holographic video games — but through the decades, it’s remained a foundation of the tech world. Microsoft […]

The man had been critically injured as he walked home on 24 February, Cheshire Police say.

No sign of the famous monster was found on the camera that had been in Loch Ness for 55 years.

Sometimes we treasure our devices and tools not just because they’re practical, but because we like their style — the way they look, the way they make our surroundings look, or just because it’s nice to work with something that is, well, snazzy. It reflects our taste. It gives us, or our living space, style. […]

The Razer Blade 16 is designed to be the gaming-focused alternative to the MacBook Pro, and I’m always here for that. I love a gaming laptop that still looks and feels like a somewhat normal laptop, and the new Blade returns to a thinner and lighter chassis design after the last-gen got a bit chunky. […]

Two others are missing after the blast at the mine in Asturias, northern Spain.

From smartphones to surveillance cameras to security snafus, there's no escape

Opinion  I was going to write a story about how Amazon is no longer even pretending to respect your privacy. But, really, why bother?…

Rory McIlroy becomes the second golfer after Tiger Woods to exceed $100m (£77m) in career earnings on the PGA Tour after tying for fifth at last weekend's Houston Open.

The president of Finland says Donald Trump is running out of patience with Vladimir Putin and is frustrated with him.

The monarch is returning to work this week after suffering side effects from his cancer treatment.

Donald Trump says "a lot of people want me to do it" and supporters claim there's a loophole to the two-term constitutional limit.

An eavesdropper hiding inside a black hole could still obtain information about quantum objects on its outside, a finding that reveals how effectively black holes destroy the quantum states near their event horizons

Sir Keir Starmer has met with the creators of Adolescence for talks on how to prevent young boys being dragged into a "whirlpool of hatred and misogyny".

Mr Incredible has been barred from running in Saturday's Grand National by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), says his trainer Sandy Thomson.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has created a system for private aircraft owners to request that their registration information — including their name and address — be kept private. That may impact celebrity private jet trackers, which have used FAA registration information to identify jets belonging to the likes of Elon Musk and Taylor Swift. […]

Sir Ed Davey has said people are "changing their mind" on Tesla electric cars and he would not buy one.

Social media platform magically worth a billion more than what he bought it for

Comment  Billionaire Elon Musk's xAI is to acquire billionaire Elon Musk's X in a deal that values the former at $80 billion and the latter at $33 billion.…

One of Sony’s best-ever PlayStation ads is a 21-second video titled, “Official PlayStation Used Game Instructional Video.” It’s a “step-by-step” guide about how to lend your PS4 games to your friends. It has one step: one person hands another person a game box. The ad succinctly clowns on Microsoft’s original and convoluted game sharing policy […]

A woman who used a kettle to beat a man to death during a violent attack has been jailed for at least 18 years.

Microsoft has announced that it’s overhauling its Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) error message in Windows 11. The new design drops the traditional blue color, frowning face, and QR code in favor of a simplified screen that looks a lot more like the black screen you see when Windows is performing an update. It’s not […]

Some Hollywood studios are reportedly earning money from fake AI-generated movie trailers on YouTube, against the wishes of the union representing actors. According to a report from Deadline, Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount, and Sony Pictures redirected ad revenue to themselves instead of enforcing copyright protections and shutting down the popular Screen Culture and KH Studio […]

Elon Musk's father has told Sky News that protesters targeting his son's cost-cutting work for the US government are "bums".

Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka could face Fulham in the Premier League on Tuesday after three months out following hamstring surgery.

Sir Ed Davey says they're vying for votes in Tory-run council areas, in his local election launch.

The King has returned to Windsor Castle for a usual working week following a brief stay in hospital due to side effects from his cancer treatment, it is understood.

A woman has been identified a year after her body was discovered in the River Mersey, police say.

The troubled water utility firm says KKR could complete the deal in the second half of this year.

UK-hosted talks, seen as the first of their kind, aim to increase international co-operation.

The official unveiling of the Switch 2 was an incredibly confident moment for Nintendo. It was brief and lacking almost entirely in details. There was no price, no release date, and no confirmed games outside of a Mario Kart tease. The 2 in the name implied a bigger and better Switch, but when it came […]

The government is set for a showdown with the judiciary this week over controversial sentencing guidelines due to come into force on Tuesday.

I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that

The last commands have been sent to the ESA's Gaia satellite and, after a dozen years scanning the galaxy, the spacecraft is shutting down its computers and boosting out into a retirement orbit around the Sun.…

Paranthropus was an ape-like hominin that survived alongside early humans for more than a million years. A fossilised leg belonging to a strikingly small member of the group raises questions about how it did so

Readers of my weekly column (both of you) know that I quite enjoying giving my opinion on a wide range of topics. I’ll cut the normal ten down to five this time, but it’s been two months since I’ve expounded thus.

Three people killed in a fire in Northamptonshire have been named by police.

Crims are disabling security tools early in attacks, Talos says

interview  Antivirus and endpoint security tools are falling short as ransomware crews increasingly deploy "EDR killers" to disable defenses early in the attack – a tactic Cisco Talos observed in most of the 2024 cases it handled.…

The big difference between Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 7 and the cheaper Z Flip 7 FE will be their cover screens, going by new renders released by the leaker OnLeaks. Earlier this month he produced designs that show a new, larger cover screen on the flagship Flip 7, but our first look at the more […]

The rate at which the planet is warming has sped up since 2010, and now researchers say that China's efforts to clean up air pollution are inadvertently responsible for the majority of this extra warming

If you've ever spent your Monday morning commute daydreaming about starting afresh with your career, this feature is for you.

A 13-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy have been found guilty of the manslaughter of an 80-year-old dog walker who was attacked in a Leicestershire park.

Video from the Myanmar earthquake has revealed the terrifying ordeal of being trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building.

Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler are among the favourites to win the Masters but this week's LIV event in Miami could provide some pointers to who may challenge, writes Iain Carter.

FCA still splashing on customizing, integrating HR and finance system way after 2021 go-live

The UK's financial regulator is signing a deal worth up to £12.3 million ($15.9 million) with tech services biz Cognizant to make "enhancements" to a Workday HR and finance system it implemented several years ago.…

Taking aspirin was first linked to a lower risk of colorectal cancer in 1988, but the research into its anti-tumour potential has been full of twists and turns since then

French National Rally leader Marine Le Pen has been found guilty in an embezzlement case.

The US president suggests the new import taxes he is set to announce this week will hit all countries.

Make things that work for the billions, not the billionaires

Opinion  Since it is currently fashionable to make laws by whim and decree, here are three that should apply immediately across techdom. The following are banned: DoNotReply messages, updates that reset your configuration choices to default, and forced incomprehensible choices.…

'I'm glad you asked that question. We'll get to that tomorrow' (After I research the answer)

Who, Me?  Wait, what? It's Monday again? That means it's time for another instalment of Who, Me? What's that, you ask? It's The Register's Monday column in which we tell your tales of technological messes and celebrate your escapes.…

A man attacked by an XL bully dog in Cheshire last month has died.

The BBC is in Myanmar's capital Nay Pyi Taw to see the destruction caused by the devastating earthquake.

Five players and two coaches are ejected after a brawl during the Minnesota Timberwolves' win against the Detroit Pistons.

Sir Keir Starmer has said 24,000 people have been returned since Labour took power as he opened the government's border security summit.

A British explorer has become the first woman to complete a solo traverse of Canada's Baffin Island.

Camilla Hempleman-Adams covered 150 miles on foot, in freezing conditions, during her two-week trek.

NHS boffins think there's a connection, but ‘snot all good news: Swallowing batteries is even more dangerous

Researchers from the UK’s National Health Service believe increasing adoption of cashless payments may be having an unexpected payoff: Fewer kids are swallowing coins and seeking medical help to remove them.…

Stock markets have plummeted as the 2 April implementation day of US tariffs ticks closer.

The US president threatened Russia with tariffs if Putin does not agree to a ceasefire within the next month.

How an initially "terrible" first practice in Canada evolved into the creation of Britain's most successful ice dancers since Torvill and Dean.

The boss of Primark has resigned after admitting an "error of judgement" in his behaviour towards a woman in a social environment.

Teenager Jakob Mensik denies his childhood idol Novak Djokovic a 100th ATP singles title with a superb performance to clinch the Miami Open title.

Carole Williams says nurses treating John missed signs that he was becoming dangerously ill.

Former England goalkeeper Joe Hart shares his perspective on the approaches a keeper can take to save a stuttering penalty run-up, following Marcus Rashford's composed finish for Aston Villa in the FA Cup against Preston North End.

Russian aggression and US isolationism push a once hesitant Germany to invest heavily in defence.

Campaigners identified 140 illegal spill days into the beauty spot in 2024

Victims tell BBC Panorama how a prolific stalker posted thousands of abusive messages about them on social media.

11 companies, including SMIC, accused of disguising outposts so they can illicitly serve Beijing

Chinese tech companies created entities in Taiwan and disguised them so they had no connections to China, so they could lure top tech talent to work on significant projects.…

The fallout from Prince Harry's resignation from a charity he co-founded features in Monday's papers.

Tech companies say AI will make productions cheaper and faster - but many in Hollywood think it will replace their jobs.

Sir Keir Starmer is set to address a summit today aimed at cracking down illegal migration.

Community pharmacies have delayed protest action after the government agreed a new funding package.

Elon Musk has handed out million-dollar cheques to two voters in Wisconsin.

The state's attorney general tried to block the giveaway arguing it was an illegal bid to buy votes.

A report says there are 2,100 fewer work coaches than needed while the number of people requiring support has risen.

The ambulance team came under fire last Sunday in what Hamas said was an Israeli military attack.

Some locals say rent hikes prompted by an influx of construction workers are pricing them out.

PLUS: Indonesia crimps social media, allows iPhones; India claims rocket boost; In-flight GenAI for Japan Airlines

Asia In Brief  China last week commenced a crackdown on inappropriate collection and subsequent use of personal information.…

US vice-president JD Vance has made a "power move" that marks him out as favourite to be the Republican's next presidential candidate, according to a former party chair.

The women worked as nannies or private air stewards for the late billionaire and former owner of Harrods.

RISC OS, the operating system from the United Kingdom originally designed to run on Acorn Computer’s Archimedes computers – the first ARM computers – is still actively developed today.

An undercover BBC investigation exposes how rogue agents are exploiting a UK visa scheme.

Do you want to install Windows 11 without internet access or without an online Microsoft Account? It seems Microsoft really doesn’t want you to, as it has removed a very common and popular way of bypassing this requirement.

The BBC was given exclusive access to the controversial facility in the east end of Glasgow.

A historic crypt is unable to open after an arson attack damaged the remains of mummified bodies.

From next week, drivers using London's Blackwall Tunnel will have to pay a toll.

Donald Trump's dreams of hosting golf's Open Championship at his Turnberry course in Scotland will not be realised until the course is logistically and commercially viable, the game's governing body has said.

Social housing providers are warning their ability to build new affordable and social rent homes is plummeting, thanks to the soaring costs of the post-Grenfell Tower cladding crisis.

Driving test waiting times in Britain have reached a record high.

On the banks of the Ohio River in a rural corner of one of America's poorest states sit two factories, one next to the other. 

PLUS: OpenAI bumps bug bounties bigtime; INTERPOL arrests 300 alleged cyber-scammers; And more!

Infosec in brief  Oracle Health appears to have fallen victim to an info stealing attack that has led to patient data stored by American hospitals being plundered.…

Australia's Min Woo Lee claims his first PGA Tour win with victory at the Houston Open in a dramatic finish.

Two women have been killed and two children injured in a crash in Ireland.

The FA Cup "seems to have its sparkle back" - but will Manchester City stop there being a "fairytale ending" for Aston Villa, Crystal Palace or Nottingham Forest?

Blue95 is a modern and lightweight desktop experience that is reminiscent of a bygone era of computing. Based on Fedora Atomic Xfce with the Chicago95 theme. ↫ Blue95 GitHub page Exactly as it says on the tin.

I’ve complained about the utter inscrutability of the Windows release process for a long time, with Microsoft seemingly using channels, build numbers, code names, date-based version numbers, and so on interchangeably, making it incredibly hard to keep track of what is being released when.

Pep Guardiola still faces a huge Manchester City rebuild but clouds lift as they reach a seventh successive FA Cup semi-final, says chief football writer Phil McNulty.

Blackmark by Archie Goodwin and Gil Kane (Bantam Books, January 1971). Cover by Gil Kane As I’ve mentioned before, I didn’t grow up with comics. They weren’t available in my small, rural town of Charleston, Arkansas in the 1960s and 70s.

Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump have discussed the "productive negotiations" towards a UK-US "economic prosperity deal", Downing Street has said.

Accused of misusing EU funds, Monday's verdict could determine whether the far-right National Rally party leader can run for French president.

Police have issued a £10,000 reward for information about a teenager who disappeared from his home nearly 17 years ago. 

The new prime minister of Greenland has pushed back against claims from Donald Trump that the US will take control of the island.