Among over-50s, women seem to require less exercise than men to get the same reduction in heart disease risk, suggesting health guidelines need to be updated
If we admit that quantum numbers are the true essence of reality – not particles, space or time – then a surprising and beautiful new vision of reality opens up to us
OpenAI's new deepfake machine, Sora, has proven that artificial intelligence is alarmingly good at faking reality. The AI-generated video platform, powered by OpenAI's new Sora 2 model, has churned out detailed (and often offensive or harmful) videos of famous people like Martin Luther King Jr., Michael Jackson, and Bryan Cranston, as well as copyrighted characters […]
Threads is launching a new feature called the “ghost post:” a post it will automatically archive after 24 hours. These posts will come in handy if you want to share a thought, but don’t want to keep it on your profile. It’s also a feature that users on X, formerly Twitter, have long requested, leading them […]
Paul Biya retains his title as the world's oldest head of state, in an election marred with violence and allegations of fraud.
Axel Rudakubana refused to attend his final school and had an attendance rate of 0.7%.
Reeves said she wanted to ensure the UK had sufficient headroom to provide resilience against future shocks.
BBC Sport and data analysts CricViz look at the stats behind Australia's dominance in one-day internationals, and how their opposition might be able to beat them.
Sarah Pochin apologised after complaining about adverts being "full" of black and Asian people.
Prince Andrew's links with Jeffrey Epstein have prompted calls for him to be removed from his mansion.
Nations previously exempt from scraping now in the firing line
If you thought living in Europe, Canada, or Hong Kong meant you were protected from having LinkedIn scrape your posts to train its AI, think again. You have a week to opt out before the Microsoft subsidiary assumes you're fine with it.…
Steve Coogan says he is "proud" of his film about the discovery of Richard III's remains after he and two production companies agreed to pay "substantial damages" to a university academic.
Cloud giant says choice and flexibility matter more than standardization – for now
Interview As agentic AI solutions flood the market, users will face a complex environment in terms of deployment and commercial models, with standard practices yet to be resolved, says Olawale Oladehin, AWS director, solutions architecture.…
X is preparing to put Twitter.com out to pasture, and the official @Safety account posted on Friday warning anyone using physical security keys or passkeys for 2FA that they will need to re-enroll them. According to X, if the login methods aren’t updated by November 10th, the associated accounts will be locked until the update […]
A care plan for the Southport killer that warned he could be "cold and calculating" and was "angry" when things went wrong was watered down, the inquiry into the murders has heard.
"Flawed contracts" and "incompetent delivery" left the department unable to cope with demand for asylum accommodation, a report by MPs suggests.
The four men and one woman plied their victims with drugs at various properties in Dundee.
Ukraine and its allies have agreed to work on a ceasefire plan in the next 10 days, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.
The Line of Duty actor talks about his experience on the BBC One hit show.
The energy services provider, which had been undergoing a financial restructuring, employs about 2,000 people in Scotland.
Brussels' plan muddies the waters and could hand advantage to foreign hyperscalers, says trade body
Europe's efforts to reduce reliance on US hyperscalers is under fire from many of the local cloud providers it is designed to help.…
Nigel Farage has said he is "unhappy" with his MP, Sarah Pochin, for making comments that have been widely condemned as racist.
Between increased tariffs and price hikes, it’s not a great time to buy a PlayStation 5 console. That is, unless you head over to GameStop, which is selling the 825GB PS5 with a disc drive in its original (thicker) design along with 24 months of PS Plus Premium included for just $579.99 (previously $749.99). Given […]
The government has introduced new mandatory procedures after the accidental release of Hadush Kebatu from Chelmsford prison on Friday.
Faking wealth has always been big business, from buying designer dupes to renting private jet “sets” for photoshoots. But these days, people are using AI to make it a little more personal: creating photos of themselves living in leisure and luxury not to chase clout, but as a form of personal escapism or an attempt […]
A self-styled "nerdy" science geek has been found guilty of making explosives in his garden shed.
It took a long time for zero to be recognised as a number at all, let alone one of the most powerful ones – but now it’s clear that every number is made up of zeroes, says Jacob Aron
Earlier this month, Lyra Health announced a "clinical-grade" AI chatbot to help users with "challenges" like burnout, sleep disruptions, and stress. There are eighteen mentions of "clinical" in its press release, including "clinically designed," "clinically rigorous," and "clinical training." For most people, myself included, "clinical" suggests "medical." The problem is, it doesn't mean medical. In […]
Tommy Freeman scores four tries against Saracens, Marcus Smith stars against Newcastle Red Bulls and Adam Radwan misses out on England - here are the Prem talking points.
NeutralTrust shows how agentic browser can interpret bogus links as trusted user commands
Researchers have found more attack vectors for OpenAI's new Atlas web browser – this time by disguising a potentially malicious prompt as an apparently harmless URL.…
The world's almost 200 groups of uncontacted people are suffering from what an indigenous rights organisation calls "silent genocides".
England midfielder Ella Toone says it will "feel like a revenge game" for Australia when the sides meet in their friendly match at Pride Park on Tuesday.
After a steady stream of spec teases, OnePlus has launched its new OnePlus 15 flagship in China today. Release plans elsewhere are still unconfirmed, but the company promises that the phone’s global launching will be “soon.” We’ve known what the 15 would look like since September, when OnePlus also confirmed it would be powered by […]
Social media site dispatches crucial clarification days after curious announcement
X (formerly Twitter) sparked security concerns over the weekend when it announced users must re-enroll their security keys by November 10 or face account lockouts — without initially explaining why.…
A nurse has told an employment tribunal she feared being labelled a "bigot or transphobic" by challenging her hospital trust over its policy of allowing a transgender colleague to use female changing-rooms.
After 18 months of surviving forced starvation and shelling, the regional capital and symbolic battleground of Al Fashir has effectively fallen to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Ten people accused of cyberbullying Brigitte Macron are going on trial in Paris after allegedly making "malicious" comments claiming the French first lady is a man.
A memorial is unveiled dedicated to gay military personnel and to those who served during the armed forces gay ban.
Juventus sack head coach Igor Tudor with the side eighth in Serie A after weekend defeat by Lazio.
The defendants are accused of spreading unsubstantiated claims over Mrs Macron's gender and sexuality.
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.
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.…
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.
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.
