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Alphawave Semi Swallowed In Qualcomm's $2.4B Connectivity Conquest

Another tech biz to be Yanked from London Stock Exchange Qualcomm has bid $2.4 billion to buy connectivity specialist A... Read more

Blocking Stolen Phones From The Cloud Can Be Done, Should Be Done, Won't Be Done

Big tech can't be bothered to fight crime. It can barely be bothered even to say so Opinion  A lot of our tech world i... Read more

Seagate Still HAMRing Away At The 100 TB Disk Drive Decades Later

The journey to mass production has been extraordinarily difficult – will it be worth it? Feature  Seagate says it ha... Read more

BT Won't Budge Over Pay Hike For Manager Grade Employees

Prospect union threatens to up campaign, raise dispute with CEO Emotions are running high at BT over the Brit telco's r... Read more

Field Support Chap Got Married – Which Took Down A Mainframe

If you like it to keep working, don’t put a ring on it Who, Me?  Reg readers are so dedicated it seems some of you a... Read more

Chap Claims Atari 2600 'absolutely Wrecked' ChatGPT At Chess

1.19MHz eight-bit CPU trounced modern GPUs – can you do better with your retro-tech? The Atari 2600 gaming console ca... Read more

Schneier Tries To Rip The Rose-colored AI Glasses From The Eyes Of Congress

DOGE moves fast and breaks things, and now our data is at risk, security guru warns in hearing Security guru Bruce Schn... Read more

Musk And Trump Take Slap Fight Public As Bromance Ends

They're fighting like cats and DOGEs Fire up those popcorn makers. The bromance between tech mogul Elon Musk and US Pre... Read more

As Europe Eyes Move From US Hyperscalers, IONOS Dismisses Scaleability Worries

The world has changed. EU hosting CTO says not considering alternatives is 'negligent' Interview  European cloud provi... Read more

Uncle Sam Moves To Seize $7.7M Laundered By North Korean IT Worker Ring

The cash has been frozen for more than two years The US is looking to finally capture the $7.74 million it froze over t... Read more

Your Ransomware Nightmare Just Came True – Now What?

Don't negotiate unless you must, and if so, drag it out as long as you can Feature  So, the worst has happened. Comput... Read more

Just 15 Buyers Are In Charge Of £14B In UK Central Government Tech Spending

Concerns over lack of commercial expertise with big tech suppliers as country implements digital 'Blueprint' The UK gov... Read more

Techie Traced Cables From Basement To Maternity Ward And Onto A Roof, Before A Car Crash Revealed The Problem

Doctor? Why does this hospital network run in such strange places? On Call  Welcome once again to On Call, The Registe... Read more

European Pols Wave Their Hands About Digital Sovereignty With Broad But Vague Plan

One Dutch developer called it a 'nothingburger' European leaders on Thursday announced an International Digital Strateg... Read more

Senate Dishes Out Second Helping Of SAMOSA To Kill Costly Software Licenses

House version of software license management bill introduced in March has yet to budge amid distractions Sloppy governm... Read more