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open Thank you, Reg Readers: On Call has turned 500! 30
By Michael Strorm
Tuesday 17th September 2024 15:34 GMT
open Homing pigeon missiles, dead trout swimming, butt breathing honored with Ig Nobel Prize 71
By Anonymous Coward
Wednesday 18th September 2024 15:51 GMT
open Online media outstrips TV as source of news for the first time in the UK 107
By Binraider
Friday 13th September 2024 14:09 GMT
open Disney claims agreeing to Disney+ terms waives man's right to sue over wife's death 69
By Anonymous Coward
Thursday 22nd August 2024 03:00 GMT
open Say 'ahhhh' – AI robots are now gunning for your gums 25
By herman
Tuesday 6th August 2024 09:25 GMT
open Happy Sysadmin Day, the Bitlocker keys are in a bowl on top of the fridge 20
By Anonymous Coward
Sunday 28th July 2024 23:05 GMT
open Sam Altman sues builder over $27M flooded, sewage-hit 'lemon' of a mega-mansion 88
By Glenn Amspaugh
Monday 16th September 2024 20:05 GMT
open 'Gay furry hackers' say they've disbanded after raiding Project 2025's Heritage Foundation 64
By Anonymous Coward
Wednesday 7th August 2024 20:35 GMT
open Trump threatens to send Meta's Mark ‘Zuckerbucks’ to prison if reelected president 185
By John Smith 19
Saturday 20th July 2024 20:18 GMT
open Amazon puts down its Astro robotic business watchdog 19
By harrys
Thursday 18th July 2024 05:48 GMT
open War on Texas law requiring ID to savor smut online heads to Supreme Court 51
By Anonymous Coward
Sunday 7th July 2024 11:08 GMT
open Boeing to reacquire spun-off supplier Spirit AeroSpace to shore up safety 25
By herman
Tuesday 2nd July 2024 20:21 GMT
open Microsoft founder Paul Allen's tech museum closes, sells off collection 44
By Zwack
Monday 26th August 2024 02:26 GMT
open Glastonbury to turn festivalgoer pee into eco-friendly fertilizer 39
By CrazyOldCatMan
Friday 28th June 2024 13:35 GMT
open Footage of Nigel Farage blowing up Rishi Sunak's Minecraft mansion 'not real' 87
By Anonymous Coward
Friday 21st June 2024 16:32 GMT
open NASA hits wrong button, broadcasts ISS emergency training by mistake 17
By Zibob
Sunday 16th June 2024 15:25 GMT
open Italian premier taps Pope Francis to warn G7 of AI disaster if ethics ignored 5
By Conundrum1885
Monday 24th June 2024 05:32 GMT
open Michael Dell lends support to bid for Everton Football Club 6
By Anonymous Coward
Monday 10th June 2024 15:06 GMT
open Tetris Company celebrates classic game's 40th birthday 28
By RAMChYLD
Friday 5th July 2024 04:13 GMT
open From meatballs to metaverse – IKEA's flatpack fantasy lands on Roblox 9
By druck
Sunday 9th June 2024 23:54 GMT
open Tesla slams advisors for not loving Musk's $44.9B payout 85
By CowHorseFrog
Wednesday 5th June 2024 02:16 GMT
open Bored students can now enjoy Sonic 2 on TI-84 Plus CE calculators, thanks to port 24
By ThomH
Thursday 6th June 2024 14:59 GMT
open Really? A sarcasm detector? Wow. You shouldn't have 41
By Jou (Mxyzptlk)
Tuesday 21st May 2024 18:15 GMT
open Samsung takes bite out of Apple over its mega marketing misstep 26
By Avalanche
Friday 24th May 2024 12:22 GMT
open Forget feet and inches, latest UK units of measurement are thinking bigger 90
By Spamfast
Wednesday 22nd May 2024 06:36 GMT
open Dublin debauchery derails Portal to NYC in six days flat 62
By Benegesserict Cumbersomberbatch
Saturday 18th May 2024 06:24 GMT
open Destroying offshore wind farms is top priority for Trump if he returns to presidency 283
By blackcat
Tuesday 21st May 2024 09:00 GMT
open Cops developing Ghostbusters-esque weapon to take out e-bike thugs 67
By OrientalHero
Friday 17th May 2024 14:25 GMT
open Blue screen of death or Eurovision's Windows95man performance – what's less annoying? 179
By Lord Elpuss
Tuesday 21st May 2024 13:10 GMT
open Apple crushes creativity and its reputation in new iPad ad 126
By Anonymous Coward
Friday 7th June 2024 09:58 GMT
open UK's National Cyber Security Centre entry code cracks up critics 51
By bernmeister
Wednesday 15th May 2024 10:01 GMT
open Baidu's PR head has a PR problem after workaholic social media posts 15
By Bebu
Saturday 11th May 2024 05:54 GMT
open Tesla devotee tests Cybertruck safety with his own finger – and fails 136
By Ignazio
Friday 17th May 2024 06:13 GMT
open AI Catholic 'priest' defrocked after recommending Gatorade baptism 139
By Mooseman
Monday 13th May 2024 08:54 GMT
open Cloudflare CEO sues over free-roaming fidos at his ski resort paradise 32
By CowHorseFrog
Friday 3rd May 2024 05:10 GMT
open Throwflame launches fire-spitting robo-dog from Hell 54
By Bebu
Friday 3rd May 2024 08:28 GMT
open Silicon Valley roundabout has drivers in a spin 88
By GruntyMcPugh
Friday 10th May 2024 13:25 GMT
open Crypto conferences liquidated after biblical flooding in Dubai 17
By druck
Saturday 20th April 2024 11:00 GMT
open Judge refuses to Ctrl-Z divorce order made by a misclick 57
By tracker1
Thursday 18th April 2024 13:27 GMT
open Sleuths who cracked Zodiac Killer's cipher thank the crowd 38
By ssokolow
Wednesday 17th April 2024 07:23 GMT
open Rancher faces prison for trying to breed absolute unit of a sheep 111
By Crys
Friday 17th May 2024 10:13 GMT
open 'Chemical cat' on the loose in Japanese city 69
By Anonymous Coward
Tuesday 19th March 2024 20:09 GMT
open Olympic-level server tossing contest seeks entrants – warranty voiding guaranteed 16
By rg287
Thursday 14th March 2024 11:16 GMT
open Willy Wonka event leaves bitter taste with artificially sweetened promises 45
By Anonymous Coward
Wednesday 20th March 2024 09:18 GMT
open Palantir boss says outfit's software the only reason the 'goose step' has not returned to Europe 97
By Anonymous Coward
Friday 1st March 2024 14:02 GMT
open Google Maps leads German tourists to week-long survival saga in Australian swamp 77
By thomn8r
Tuesday 12th March 2024 22:17 GMT
open Google releases Gemma – LLMs small enough to run on your computer 8
By Anonymous Coward
Friday 23rd February 2024 08:52 GMT
open London's famous BT Tower will become a hotel after £275M sale 67
By Jellied Eel
Friday 23rd February 2024 09:01 GMT
open Tesla's Cybertruck may not be so stainless after all 212
By EricB123
Tuesday 16th April 2024 06:33 GMT
open Building a 16-bit CPU in a spreadsheet is Excel-lent engineering 23
By John Smith 19
Wednesday 7th February 2024 15:28 GMT

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