Nine-year-old runs up $118,000 bill on dad's corporate credit card advertising his Roblox YouTube channel He'll need to earn around $13K a year to pay pops back between now and when he turns 18, so at least there's that free labor to look forward to
Higher-enriched uranium for datacenters has DoE all aglow HALEU is still being produced at a snail's pace; Nusano says its federal backing could speed things up – eventually
UK's Digital ID walks into a bar... two months after being killed off The national scheme may be dead, but digital IDs can now prove you're old enough to buy booze
The improbable music of the ZX Spectrum's one-bit speaker Ingenious coders coaxed multichannel chiptunes from the humblest of sound hardware
The aircraft might not be flying, but the certificate has gone on vacation Information is not forthcoming from this screen
Disembodied fruit fly brain joins the crypto speculation swarm Coinbase engineer gives simulated insect $100 and lets its neurons make the trades
Retired man turns spare room into Soviet-era supercomputer Get out the 75-year-old vacuum tubes for this project
US watchdog opens probe into Tesla's Cybercab self-certification Wheels turning on the road and in government
UK military wants lasers to stop drone swarms without running out of ammo Project PANOPTES puts £5M on the table for an autonomous, vehicle-mounted defense
'Uber rapture' leaves passengers and drivers behind in Nigeria and Uganda No time for a fare-thee-well as app hails a ride out of two more markets
British wind power to drive Maersk container ship Rotor sails claimed to deliver fuel and emissions savings of 21%
AI-assisted mushroom hunting is a recipe for a bad trip Even the best model gets fungus identification right just 65% of the time - talk about a false friend
Next bus to Altrincham delayed by Windows Defender Or possibly "AI", it's hard to tell behind the firewall warning
From watches to passwords on paper, everything that's old is new again This week on the Kettle, we reminisce about the good old days of Windows on XP's 25th anniversary, how new-old Casio watches could reshape the smartwatch market, and why passwords might be better on paper
Startup bags $7M to build drone-interceptor-in-a-backpack systems Spike drone defense system is designed to be carried in a rucksack or mounted on top of a vehicle
Xbox respawns IKEA furniture with gaming range At last, somewhere comfy to sit while your PlayStation 5 game loads
AWS Route 53 DNS service reimagined...as a file system? Cloud industry pros have a bit of fun at Amazon's expense
Windows XP was released to manufacturing a quarter of a century ago So incredibly stable, govt branches, banks, and dentist offices still haven't figured out how to close it
Ukraine unveils native jet-powered drone interceptor Fast and lightweight unmanned aircraft is designed for easy deployment and fits in a pickup truck
Tesla to recall almost three million vehicles over hidden door handles At least it looks cool, right Elon? China demands changes ahead of ban on new models in 2027
An ultra-rare piece of Microsoft history could be hiding on your shelf Red Tetris stickers and shirtless Windows 95 tots - accidental collectibles gathering dust
Skylab completists, clear some shelf space for 26 DVDs Decades of archive hunting recover downlinks, silent reels, and footage once thought lost
Musk fumbles the timetable for first Starship catch Billionaire walks back earnings call optimism as orbital test approaches
China marches towards re-usable rockets with successful first-stage landing Red alert for rivals as LandSpace nails it after December disaster
NASA estimates the size of the hole SpaceX made in the moon As the latest Starship finds its way to an obscure part of Australia, for observations
$1K laser mosquito zapper promises precision strikes as backers itch for answers After raising $2.8M, the project has entered production, but company comms have done little to reassure buyers
The what, why, and how of pull requests and source comments Microsoft veteran on knowing the difference and convincing approvers to accept a change
Lego's supersized Hubble deserves a little more shine Excellent internal detail cannot entirely disguise some penny-pinching choices
Russian missile uses Nvidia AI chip to help target Ukraine Kyiv wants tighter controls to keep foreign silicon out of Moscow's weapons
Trump sends the US Navy back to the steam age Troublesome electromagnetic catapults look set to be replaced with old-fashioned technology
Virgin Galactic flights stay paused while ticket prices head for the Moon Turns out this space thing really is hard
This JCB doesn't dig – it does 406 mph Pair of reworked production-based engines carry the Hydromax into the record books
Twitch feeds your streams to Amazon's AI unless you tell it to stop Bot training switch is on by default, because apparently asking first wasn't going to work
Everything is better with pickles... except Windows Operating system indigestion pops up over chicken sandwich ad
Wetherspoons bars smart glasses from filming customers Pub chain says turn off the cameras, reminds punters not to blare sound from phone vids either
Azure CTO pastes Doom into Paint one frame at a time It computes nothing, renders everything, and even has sound
Keeping yesterday's computers ticking takes more than nostalgia Earie Salmon explains why soldering skills are only the start
New Boeing finally gets going, 15 years after debut The 737-7 is the smallest of its type, yet it has the longest range
Meet the 'internet radical' who helped Microsoft get email and AT&T get online Tom Evslin on Bill Gates, the birth of Exchange, and dragging Ma Bell onto the web
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
