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Another reason why the OS seems to swell with every update

Changing text in Microsoft Windows requires freezing string updates well before code changes stop, often leading to strange wording that persists for years.…

Ex-NCSC chief Ciaran Martin asked to examine how forecast ended up online ahead of schedule

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has drafted in former National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) chief Ciaran Martin to sniff out how its Budget day forecast wandered onto the open internet before the Chancellor had even reached the dispatch box.…

Chancellor Rachel Reeves removes high end cars from Motability Scheme in a move which makes people with disabilities feel like they are unworthy.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves removes high end cars from Motability Scheme in a move which makes people with disabilities feel like they are unworthy.

Sergeant Scott Lewis and Special Inspector Mark Barham were attacked last year when they were trying to arrest Taylor Oliver and Samuel Minter.

Sergeant Scott Lewis and Special Inspector Mark Barham were attacked last year when they were trying to arrest Taylor Oliver and Samuel Minter.

OBR says the scheme will cost £600M a year with no identified savings

The UK government has finally put a £1.8 billion price tag on its digital ID plans – days after the minister responsible refused to name a figure.…

Essex is bracing for heavy showers as the Met Office has issued a weather warning.

Essex is bracing for heavy showers as the Met Office has issued a weather warning.

Samuel Minter, 39, assaulted a member of the public outside King Kebab shop before his stepson strangled a police officer who tried to arrest him.

Treasury haul beats early forecasts, yet captures only a fraction of the revenue generated in Britain

The UK government collected just £800 million in Digital Services Tax (DST) from companies such as Amazon, Google, Meta, eBay, and TikTok in the most recent tax year.…

Independent businesses in Colchester are reminding residents that this weekend is an ideal time to show support for the city’s small traders.

Creating 37 supers in a decade is impressive. The homegrown tech in them, less so

Feature  In the decade since India launched its National Supercomputing Mission (NSM), the nation has commissioned 37 machines with a combined power of 39 petaFLOPS, with another 35-petaFLOPS hybrid due to come online later this year. But while plenty of those machines use locally developed technology, India is yet to deliver on its ambition to become a leader or major semiconductor player.…

Nordic datacenter operator's cool-climate facilities attract bids amid AI-driven market frenzy

Digital Realty and a consortium including Equinix are competing to acquire atNorth, a Scandinavian datacenter operator, according to reports.…

A lane on the London-bound carriageway of the A12 is currently closed due to a broken down van, with police on the scene.

A quick squeeze of the crimper saved the day ... and a career

On Call  Welcome once again to On Call, The Register's weekly reader-contributed column in which we share your stories of delivering excellent tech support amid your colleagues' ambivalence, anger, and unjust admonitions.…

...matter of fact, it's all dark.

Gitter Hubber checks in on the holidays: "This is the spirit of the Black Friday on GitHub. That's because I'm using dark mode. Otherwise, it would have a different name… You know what? Let's just call it Error Friday!"

 

"Best get typing!" self-admonishes. Jason G. Suffering a surfeit of snark, he proposes "Not sure my battery will last long enough.
Finally, quantum resistant security.
I can't remember my number after the 5000th digit. " Any of those will do just fine.

 

Don't count Calle L. out. "This is for a calorie tracking app, on Thanksgiving. Offer was so delicious it wasn't even a number any more! Sadly it did not slim the price down more than expected."

 

"Snow and rain and rain and snow!" exclaims Paul N. "Weather so astounding, they just had to trigger three separate notifications at the same time."

 

It's not a holiday for everyone though, is it? Certainly not for Michael R. , who is back with a customer service complaint about custom deliveries. "I am unlucky with my deliveries. This time it's DPD. "

 

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A Braintree man has been banned from driving after he was caught drunk behind the wheel twice.

‘Our soup’s not toxic but this chap’s behavior was’ is the gist of the defense

Food company Campbell’s, best known for its soups and the iconic cans they come in, has parted ways with a vice president for IT after another member of the company’s tech team recorded him criticizing the company’s products.…

Talk about buyer’s remorse

South Korean web giant Naver has had an interesting week, after it acquired a cryptocurrency exchange that the next day revealed it had suffered a serious cyberattack.…