Canny planning or dangerous compromise? Matt Brittin takes the hotseat at a pivotal moment Opinion The BBC has a new head honcho in waiting, the Director-General designate Matt Brittin. His job: helming one of the world’s most famous and oldest international media brands, one with a vast and sensitive domesticContinue Reading
Career-limiting stupidity and rudeness exposed, with terminal consequences Who, Me? The week before Easter may be a short one for many in the Reg-reading world, but that won’t stop us from opening it with a fresh installment of Who, Me? It’s the reader-contributed column in which you share stories ofContinue Reading
Public policy professor says it will make America less secure but hits Netgear’s lobbying goals The United States’ ban on foreign-made SOHO routers won’t improve security, and only makes sense as “industrial policy disguised as cybersecurity,” according to Milton Mueller, Professor at the University of Georgia’s School of Public PolicyContinue Reading
Republicans spent three years suffering an embolism over Chinese influence over TikTok, but have suddenly gone mysteriously quiet now that $25 billion in Saudi, Chinese, and other foreign cash is helping to bankroll right wing billionaire Larry Ellison’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Brothers. They’re also suddenly quiet about LarryContinue Reading
Hikawa performs anime’s new ending theme song “Tabi Degozansu Ojarumaru…Read MoreContinue Reading
Bradyn Bohn died by suicide last year after his family says he was harassed by cyber criminals who targeted him in a “financial sextortion” scheme., Bradyn Bohn died by suicide last year after his family says he was harassed by cyber criminals who targeted him in a “financial sextortion” scheme.,Continue Reading
The Traitor was taking questions from questions aboard Air Force One when he began holding up a series of architectural drawings., The Traitor was taking questions from questions aboard Air Force One when he began holding up a series of architectural drawings., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the 131-satellite Transporter 12 rideshare mission from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base on Jan. 14, 2025. (Image credit: SpaceX) SpaceX will launch more than 100 satellites to orbit from California early Monday morning (March 30), and you can watch the action live. A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled toContinue Reading
Two images of Saturn from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope show different aspects of the planet, from its atmosphere to its orbiting moons. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC), Michael Wong (UC Berkeley); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)) Saturn may be famous for its rings, but it hasContinue Reading
SystemRescue 13.00 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS and Many Useful Improvements. SystemRescue 13.00 is now available. This is a significant update to the popular Arch-based live Linux distribution that many of us use for system repair and data rescue tasks. If you work with broken systems, need to recoverContinue Reading
If you’ve recently dipped your toes into the world of immutable Linux distributions like Fedora Silverblue, openSUSE MicroOS, or even the Steam Deck, you’ll encounter this issue eventually. You try to perform a basic task, like adding a custom script to /usr/bin or creating a global configuration directory, and theContinue Reading
South Africa’s growing exposure to global oil price shocks has renewed calls for a faster transition to electric mobility. The Middle East conflict continues to threaten energy security and fuel price stability. The country remains heavily reliant on imported energy, with oil accounting for nearly 80% of energy imports…Continue Reading
The tiny Linux frustrations I blamed on my system were Snap all along…Read MoreContinue Reading