Unexpected item in the bagging area as Windows Activation error pops up at check-in Bags weighed down by a Microsoft license key
30 years ago, AT&T gave Internet Explorer the default advantage Netscape still ruled the browser market, but Microsoft had Windows 95, WorldNet, and a very valuable foothold
Brighton gig screen goes One Step Beyond with an update pop-up Install now or remind me later? Neither belongs in the House of Fun
AI digs through 3,700 accounts of dreams and waking life, finds method in the madness Researchers uncover patterns in how sleeping minds recombine memories, people, and places
Airbus keeps an A350 flying for 24 hours Ultra long range edition should enable 22-hour nonstop Australia-to-Europe flights next year
Cassette simulator rewinds digital audio to a more analog time in hiss-tory Is there a simulator for the wail when you realize your precious one-off bootleg has just been chewed up?
British Army finds a new eye in the sky after Watchkeeper woes Tekever AR5 drone regarded as more up-to-date answer to provide battlefield surveillance for soldiers
The roller coaster works, but the Six Flags kiosk has gone off the rails Would you like an error with your terror?
Flock cameras go up in flames as cops hunt suspected firebugs Two license plate readers torched in Georgia amid backlash against the surveillance network
Burnham wants Big Ecommerce to bankroll Britain's pubs Online marketplaces could find themselves buying the next round as the PM looks to tax ecommerce to save the local
Tesla burns through a billion as Musk bets the farm on chips and bots Optimus remains 'very complex' and Robotaxis will try not to flatten your cat
UK pumps £708 million into its future fighter jet Tempest cash lands alongside hypersonic target contract and BAE's 'loyal wingman' drone reveal
Web app turns your old phone into a new smart display ScreenWall's creator tells El Reg he doesn't want those obsolete devices going to waste
US Marines' latest anti-drone toy is an AI turret that uses regular machine guns Don't worry - it can attack ground targets, too
Microsoft open-sources Comic Chat, its cartoon IRC curiosity Step back three decades to 'a period when software teams were willing to color outside the lines'
Engineer shoves Linux peg through Sega 32X-shaped hole 'Performance is abysmal, bus contention is bonkers, but it does work'
Excel competition goes extreme, makes spreadsheet geeks compete from the street Defending world champ Diarmuid Early wins again despite being forced to solve puzzles outdoors
Photovoltaics are still running after a year under Swiss trains Solar boss reckons challenges are regulatory, not technological
Police intercept tipsy teens after Waymo snitches for shooting Orbeez out of the car Armed response and canine support called in for troublemaking duo ratted out by driverless car’s array of cameras
C programmers commit fresh crimes against readability Prepare to be befuddled and bamboozled – and probably bewitched
NASA unsure Boeing Starliner will ever be certified for human flight Inspector General's report says time is running out for the Calamity Capsule
HS2's latest reset ditches autonomous train tech to get project back on track Britain's most expensive train set loses some of its best toys in bid to actually leave the station
Blue Origin insists New Glenn will rise from the ashes this year after explosion deleted launchpad CEO says reconstruction has begun, though the timetable looks ambitious
Portuguese bank sign's storage is about to cash out Time to switch back to paper and harvest that suddenly valuable RAM
US auto regulators want to kill robotaxi brake pedals Requiring driverless vehicles to keep human brake controls impedes innovation, the NHTSA says
Space Shuttle Endeavour stacks up nicely for new California exhibit Full launch configuration recreated ahead of Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center's November opening
Ordering a trip back to 2009, with a side of nostalgia A time when Windows 7 was Microsoft's latest and greatest
Space Force goes to (pretend) orbital war following record-fast Rocket Lab launch Less than 17 hours after receiving orders, Rocket Lab put Pioneer in orbit for close-range maneuvers with True Anomaly's Jackal satellite
Digital indigestion: Fizzy Coca-Cola display chokes on full storage Ubuntu warning bubbles up on an Azores advertising screen
Ukraine puts its Russian war trophies online for allies to pick apart TrophyLab bad for Vlad as battlefield losses spill the secrets they had
Inspired by musical greeting cards, DARPA demands tiny, cheap, self-modifying systems One can't help but see a very clear instance of the triple constraint problem in action here
Small island nation tries bold tech education strategy Is the UK's social media ban for kids just reverse psychiatry?
EU won't force publishers to grant dead video games an afterlife Stop Killing Games campaign suffers setback as European Commission favors industry code of conduct over legal obligation
Britain sending Ukraine an extra 30,000 drones – now 150,000 all up Missiles and radars also included in £752M aid package
Waymo hits the brakes after robotaxis keep missing the signs for freeway construction zones Nearly 4,000 vehicles recalled for driving past closure warnings and between cones marking shut lanes
Rockstar Games faces full hearing over alleged union busting Tribunal rejects bid to strike blacklisting claims, with proceedings due to conclude shortly before GTA VI launches
Microsoft once used its own brand of 'Lego' to optimize Windows Making software feel snappier when you only have 12 MB RAM
DARPA seeks swappable satellites to help with future star wars Worried that an unexpected strike could take out critical orbital systems, Pentagon researchers want to know how fast the industry thinks it could launch replacements
The Y2K bug is back! Dutch dev digs up untimely flaw in old BSD build 26 years late and no threat unless you still run a PDP-11/70 and rely on short-wave timekeeping broadcasts
Munch Museum Windows display gives visitors something to scream about When art reflects modern realities
Chinese e-tailer claimed 14-inch box stretched the size of a 9-inch tablet This is why you don’t let junior staff ‘save the company a few dollars’
US Army picks out Vampire to fill a gap in its layered drone defenses L3Harris supplies system that can down incoming drones with laser-guided rockets
World Cup AI predictor now lets users ask daft what-ifs Spoiler: It doesn't end well for Team Register
Elon Musk is now worth more than $1,000,000,000,000 Retail investors lined up to get a handful of Musk's magic beans in SpaceX's debut
Hand-cranked AI box lets you get a workout while you wait for answers We're all familiar with AI cranks by now, but what about crank-powered AIs?
Blockbuster new Raspberry Pi project turns any screen into old-school VCR Who needs fancy menus and high definition? 240-MP will play your media files like it's 1999
Next stop, C:\ ... Paris Metro screen goes off the tracks Prochain arrêt: Gare du Bork! French capital city train does the tech can-can
NASA's Secret: Moon astronauts will be rocking Prada underwear What, you think any old liquid-cooled bodysuit would be acceptable to pair with such a fashionable outer layer?
Brit maritime agency heralds fresh global rules for crewless cargo ships If you thought driverless cars were bad, imagine a 200,000 ton container ship
Tech support chap hauled out to help SWAT team saw his life flash before his eyes Bulletproof vests and armored vehicles were not in the job description
Techie expensed a bag of oranges and then juiced up a stupid security incident He knew this was amazingly dumb but couldn’t stop laughing as the fruit went splat
Rocket exhibit at National Space Centre pulls off unintentional NASA SLS impression 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... pfft
FCC warns US broadcasters their licenses are a privilege, not a right TV and radio stations told to review current practices to align with public interest obligations
Microsoft Excel champ proves he still has the formula Diarmuid Early dominates Amsterdam qualifier as competitive spreadsheeting sets sights on Vegas finals
InPost locker caught shipping unactivated Windows Contactless collection meets Microsoft's licensing reminder
Gothenburg's self-driving bus trammed on day one Autonomous shuttle's second passenger trip ends with rear-end collision and a tow truck
Digital sovereignty, the musical: One engineer’s bizarre crusade against hyperscalers A French engineer has declared war on AWS, Google and Microsoft using AI-generated sea shanties, satirical poetry, and a multilingual protest campaign
No captain, my captain: Navantia floats crewless warship Spanish shipbuilder's 75-meter drone vessel comes with sensors, modular payloads, and no room for sailors
Deus ex machina: Half of US Christians trust AI's spiritual advice AI sycophancy + spirituality = uh oh
UK Typhoon jets fitted with bargain-bin drone busters for Middle East sorties Low-cost laser-guided rockets offer cheaper way to swat Shahed-style threats than firing pricey air-to-air missiles
Yes, you can serve a website from a $1 microcontroller Well, page is more accurate, but the source code is available if you want to try doing something even crazier
