British Cycling apologises for the error citing a "autocorrect error" for the fault.

Lawyers for Tesla filed a motion in court Friday to throw out a jury verdict that found the company’s Autopilot software had contributed to the death of a woman in a crash from 2019. Earlier this month, a jury found Tesla partially responsible for the death of 22-year-old Naibel Benavides, who was killed by a […]

I dream of a gadget that can do it all. Instead, when I leave for the office, I pack one or two phones, a portable battery bank, a laptop, a Kindle, a new product I'm testing, and at least one pair of earbuds. In my backpack, there's a pouch full of cords and adapters. On […]

Chocolate Factory says people keep marking them as such, so QED

The Trump administration has accused Google of discriminating against Republicans' emails and warned that the tech giant could be in line for a crackdown.…

It’s hard to realize that Labor Day weekend — signalling the end of summer — is already here. It would be a bit depressing, except that the weekend also brings with it some really good deal. For example, you can nab a Hisense S7N 55-inch TV at Best Buy and Amazon for $699.99, a solid […]

Psilocybin appears to alter brain networks linked to repetitive negative thoughts, which may explain how the drug helps to treat some mental health conditions

The pair play a wealthy couple once blissfully in love and now find themselves in a marriage breakdown.

A remarkable mixture of different components, but it works

RefreshOS is a Debian and KDE-based distro with a difference: it casts its net a lot wider for tools and components.…

Tottenham complete the signing of RB Leipzig and the Netherlands attacker Xavi Simons for £51.8m.

Crystal Palace are trying to sign two central defenders before the transfer window closes, which would allow Marc Guehi to join Liverpool.

When you watch KPop Demon Hunters, it is easy to see why it has become the most popular movie that Netflix has ever released. The animated musical's story about a trio of pop stars tasked with protecting humanity from monsters is familiar, but refreshingly different and infinitely more stylish than other narratives like it. The […]

A former inmate at a Liverpool jail has been found guilty of murdering an ex-prison officer after he exposed an affair between the convict and a female guard.

Survivors saved off Mauritania say they left The Gambia with 160 people on board.

Sports Interactive boss Miles Jacobson reveals the reasons for cancelling FM25, and what fans can expect from the new game.

Tesla is offering a new performance version of its Model Y crossover for the European market. The new variant is aimed at boosting the company’s sales on the continent, which have been in free fall for most of the year thanks to growing competition from China and brand damage from Elon Musk’s fascist antics. The […]

Valve has started to comply with the UK’s Online Safety Act, by rolling out a requirement for all Brits to verify their age with a credit card to access “mature content” pages and games on Steam. UK users won’t even be able to access the community hubs of mature content games unless a valid credit […]

Limited Run Games swaps in silicon to emulate Super FX chip and hit 20 fps

Forget Windows 95, it's 30 years since Doom was released on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. And thanks to the Raspberry Pi RP2350 microcontroller, the game is back in cartridge form.…

Trent Alexander-Arnold faces a fight for his England future, and at Real Madrid too, after being axed by head coach Thomas Tuchel, says chief football writer Phil McNulty

A woman has denied giving a "lap dance" to a man she has accused of raping her on their first date.

A memo seen by the BBC ends the security arrangement for the Democratic former vice-president.

Up to 29,000 organizations and potentially 370,000 security and IT pros affected

Australian development house Click Studios has warned users of its Passwordstate enterprise password management platform to update immediately if not sooner, following the discovery of an authentication bypass vulnerability that opens the doors to an emergency administration account with nothing more than a "carefully crafted URL."…

Court rules Paetongtarn Shinawatra breached ethics guidelines in a call where she called Cambodia's ex-leader Hun Sen "uncle" and criticised the Thai army.

A tiny engine comprised of a glass bead zapped with electric fields behaves as if it is operating 2000 times hotter than the sun

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim has admitted "sometimes I want to quit" following his team's exit in the second round of the Carabao Cup.

More turmoil for Keir Starmer in the House of Commons?

The government relied on a report by a lobbyist group that now says reorganisation could make no savings.

The UK says it is due to the Israeli escalation of the Gaza war but Israel called it discrimination.

More than 450 game developers on Blizzard’s Diablo team have formed a union, making them one of the largest and latest groups of Microsoft workers to do so. The new union includes game developers, artists, designers, engineers, and support staff across the Diablo franchise, according to the Communications Workers of America (CWA) press release, which […]

The Brazilian hosts of the biggest climate meeting of the year have implored businesses to attend in November, amid concerns some are backing away from the climate agenda into the shadow of Donald Trump.

South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth was earlier suspended by Labour over charges of possessing indecent child images.

Leading Italian politicians spoke out against the site, which blamed the "toxic" behaviour of its users.

Nobody knows why they need one, but folk seem to be buying them

HP says AI PCs now make up a quarter of its sales, boosting revenue thanks to their higher price tags and the Windows 11 refresh.…

This seems to be the year that Google's AI features are actually starting to add up to something useful. After a week testing the Pixel 10 Pro, my colleagues Allison Johnson and Vee Song say some of the new features are legitimately useful - at least when they work, which isn't always as expected. Case […]

From how they met, to that ring! The engagement story of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.

From how they met, to that ring! The engagement story of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce

The star says her new album, Man's Best Friend, comes with a warning but what do the critics think?

US President Donald Trump has revoked Secret Service protection for former vice president and 2024 Democratic rival Kamala Harris.

Liverpool's inevitable second bid for Alexander Isak could kick-start a transfer domino effect over the next few days.

Trent Alexander-Arnold is left out of Thomas Tuchel's latest England squad, with call-ups for uncapped duo Elliot Anderson and Djed Spence.

Lenovo is gearing up to show off its latest products at Europe’s IFA tech tradeshow next week, but leaks may have just given us a first look at what’s being announced. The most notable gadget shared by reputable leaker Evan Blass shows an image of a concept laptop design with a display that rotates between […]

Nottingham Forest will face Malmo in the league phase of the Europa League in their first European campaign in 30 years.

Senior officials summoned to science and tech committee to explain further

Senior officials are being summoned to the UK's Science, Innovation and Technology Committee to explain why the government has not fully implemented the security recommendations made in a secret review following the 2021 Afghan data breach.…

The Italian prime minister has been left outraged after an adult website posted unauthorised and altered images of women including herself.

EU defence ministers are meeting to discuss further support following a large aerial attack on Kyiv.

All young children in England and Wales will be offered a free chickenpox vaccine by the NHS from January 2026.

Shares in UK banks have fallen sharply on the back of a report which urges the chancellor to place their profits in her sights in the coming budget.

US regulators allege his late disclosure of Twitter share purchases allowed him to buy them at "artificially low prices".

Microsoft shifts cellular management to Settings and the web

Microsoft is to permanently hang up on its Mobile Plans app, directing users to the web and the Windows Settings app in the future.…

Weather apps regularly differ in their predictions for the same location – why is it so hard to predict local forecasts, and where can we get the best weather information?

In June, Mark Zuckerberg went for the ultimate Hail Mary in the ever-intensifying AI race: He spun up a brand-new Meta AI lab after making a $14.3 billion acquisition of Scale AI - and then spending billions more hiring some of the industry's preeminent researchers and engineers. Fast-forward a couple of months, and Zuckerberg may […]

Wales know they will have to cause a major upset if they are to keep their World Cup hopes alive this weekend.

The government will reject any attempt by a member of the ISIS "Beatles" terror cell to be transferred from a Colorado prison to a high security jail in the UK, Sky News understands.

Minister Seema Malhotra has called on the contractor to remove the jobs at the immigration removal centre.

Watch: Luxury neighbourhood in Lahore submerged in floods

The fast food chain is reassessing its use of the tech after a number of errors were shared widely online.

The actress plays a powerful CEO who is held captive in a basement by two conspiracy theorists.

Hang on, what happened to gov.UK's bitbarn-favoring Industrial Strategy?

Datacenter developers in the UK are turning to gas for power generation amid lengthy wait times for a connection to the electricity grid.…

Dangbei is bringing its S7 Ultra Max all-in-one projector to Berlin next week for the big IFA tech show. That’s a good indication that the China-only 4K projector with a ridiculously bright 6,200 ISO lumen output is preparing for a global launch. Here’s the teaser Dangbei just sent to my inbox: Experience cinema-grade brilliance with […]

A workers union says the email sent in error caused panic and distress.

The South Scotland MSP was earlier suspended by Labour over charges of possessing indecent child images.

The New Scientist Book Club has just finished reading Alex Foster's sci-fi novel “Circular Motion”. We liked it – but there were calls for a bit more science in this slice of science fiction

Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome is "in good spirits" after surgery following a serious crash which left him with multiple injuries.

Google’s Phone app is adding “Calling Cards” that let you customize the appearance of contact screens for incoming calls. They’re similar to the Contact Poster feature that iPhone users have had since 2023, allowing Google Phone app users to replace the teeny contact photos that appear when someone is calling you with full-screen images and […]

The once mighty Wintel supercontinent is cracking in more ways than you might think

Opinion  Say what you like about its role in the destruction of civilization, the net is still good for a few party games. Take bets on when the "Wintel Empire" was first reported as under attack, and by what. Then go and find out.…

The New Scientist Book Club is currently reading Ursula K. Le Guin's classic science fiction novel "The Dispossessed". Here, her son Theo Downes-Le Guin considers the artistic process behind it – and why it still resonates today

The New Scientist Book Club is currently reading Ursula K. Le Guin’s classic novel The Dispossessed. In this extract from its opening, we get our first glimpse of the planet Anarres

Thailand's Constitutional Court strikes again, removing yet another prime minister from office.

British Tour de France winning cyclist Chris Froome has undergone surgery after a "serious" crash.

Thailand's prime minister has been sacked after a leaked phone call with a senior Cambodian politician caused outrage.

Maybe someday we'll just call it 'data processing' again

Feature  In IT, terms and categories come and go. Distinctions disappear as computing evolves and as something that was shiny and new simply becomes the way that we do things.…

Jose Mourinho leaves his position as Fenerbahce boss after just over one year in charge of the Turkish club.

Emma Raducanu continues her bid for a statement win when she faces Elena Rybakina - another former Grand Slam champion - at the US Open.

Manchester United reject a request by midfielder Kobbie Mainoo to leave the club on loan - how has it come to this?

Katrina was the costliest natural disaster ever recorded in the United States. How has hurricane forecasting changed since it struck?

Network Time Protocol sometimes needs help from a temporal cops

On Call  Why, look at the time! 7:30 AM on Friday morning, the moment at which The Register regularly runs a fresh instalment of On Call, the reader-contributed column that shares your finest tech support stories.…

Cameron Norrie has lost all six of the matches he has played against Novak Djokovic - can he snap that losing streak in the US Open third round?

Police have released CCTV footage which they believe shows a fugitive father-of-three and one of his children, almost four years after they disappeared into the New Zealand wilderness.

700 meters under a mountain, a 20,000-tonne detector and a giant sphere await elusive particles

More than a decade after construction began, China has commenced operation of what it claims is the world’s most sensitive neutrino detector.…

Wright was charged over a 2022 helicopter crash in remote crocodile territory, which killed his friend.

The US scraps its de-minimis exemption, meaning no more duty-free entry of small parcels to the US.

The overnight attacks destroyed a block of flats and also caused damage to the EU's delegation offices.

Coco Gauff credits superstar gymnast Simone Biles for helping bring a "bit of calm" as she finds a way to reach the US Open third round.

Jessie J has been forced to rearrange or cancel all upcoming tour dates as she will be having a second operation as part of her treatment for breast cancer.

DJ Admin, real name Rick Jansen, is the man tasked with keeping Max Verstappen’s ‘Orange Army’ entertained during the Dutch Grand Prix.

Naomi Osaka says Jelena Ostapenko's comments to Taylor Townsend about her having "no class" and "no education" was "one of the worst things you could say to a black tennis player".

Wayne Rooney recalls when Paul Scholes phoned him while he was watching Coronation Street to entice him to join Manchester United.

Former captain Katy Daley-Mclean says tournament favourites England are "massively aware" of how life-changing success at the Women's Rugby World Cup could be.

A fan says the way they and headliners Fontaines DC 'challenge the establishment' adds to their appeal.

The man dubbed "Britain’s most hated boss" for his controversial policy of sacking hundreds of seafarers and replacing them with cheaper agency staff is to quit.

Nine staff members at Berrow Wood have been convicted of abuse, and new allegations have been made.

Generations campaigned for mains power in the Upper Coquet valley and now, at last, they have it.

Lawyers for Dr Susan Monarez say only the president can remove her from her job running the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Supports several Chinese chips and GPUs – and of course it has AI inside

China’s KylinSoft has delivered a major update to its flagship Linux, which Beijing hailed as a great leap forward for the nation’s ambition to develop operating systems that match and exceed the capabilities of western products.…

Former prime minister David Cameron once described himself as a "modern, compassionate Conservative".

Police believe the CCTV footage shows Tom Phillips and his child breaking into a store.

Britain's Jacob Fearnley is surprised by "constant background noise" as third seed Alexander Zverev makes his greater experience count at the US Open.

The two children killed in the shooting have been identified as Fletcher Merkel, eight, and Harper Moyski, 10.

Chickenpox vaccinations for children and frustration over the chancellor's tax policies lead Friday's papers.

Harper Moyski, 10, and Fletcher Merkel, 8, were praying when they were gunned down at school on Wednesday.

"It's an invasion," Dinah Bentley tells me, standing next to a cardboard cut-out of Nigel Farage.