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He stole from two shops 24 times within a month

The 1990s called with a reminder that in the time before ransomware, infosec panics could be quite quaint

On Call  By Friday it's only natural to look back upon the working week with a certain nostalgia, an emotion The Register celebrates each week in On Call – the reader-contributed column that shares your tales of tech support trauma.…

Cool cat Adam R. commented "I've been getting a bunch of messages from null in my WhatsApp hockey group."

 

Shockingly big-handed Orion S. exclaimed "When I shared this with the sender, she offered to send me an (inf) next!" Lucky Orion didn't actually receive an (expl).

 

Mike S. mused "I've heard of Paris, Texas, but NULL, Texas...that's a new one. (from Monster.com)" Texas is a big place, Mike. There's bound to be at least one of everything there.

 

Some time ago, a couple of readers let us know about a major restaurant that had flubbed their website. We didn't run it at that time but since we're doing nulls today, chew on this thought: if Error'd doesn't hold the powerful multinationals to account, what will stop all the rest of the dominos from falling in a terrible pizza chain reaction?
Hyphenated Lincoln K-C reported "No redaction needed... nully I'm not null." and Emily bemoaned "This pizza is making me feel empty inside..."

 

Finally on this Friday, an anonymous dig at the software we all love/hate to hate/love. "Just to be clear, I have absolutely no trust issues with the null gadget. However, I don't see the 'Approve Access' button anywhere."

 

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He wore a crash helmet to conceal his identity

A trial has seen an ultra-strong substance being used to surface roads - and it could mean less maintenance for roads. Essex County Council will now decide whether to adopt it as part of road repairs on a permanent basis.

A bold blue coat is a perfect way to inject a pop of colour into your cold-weather wardrobe - something Queen Camilla masters effortlessly.

On December 9, 1992, Prime Minister John Major announced to the public that Prince Charles and Princess Diana would be separating.

It was a decision that ultimately saved his life

More than 134,000 written grievances were penned about England's GP practices in 2024/25. This is up over 10,000 on the previous year.

They are so close that Taylor Swift once dubbed Ed Sheeran her 'second brother'.

Frehley - in an image posted to the social media site on September 24 - sat alongside a fan named Glenn who created art to honor Frehley and his work as a guitarist.

The closure will begin next week

Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley have been left 'devastated' over the death of former KISS bandmate Ace Frehley as they led emotional tributes to the late rock legend.

Bella Hadid rocked the runway as a Victoria's Secret angel last night at Victoria's Secret Fashion Show - but according to body language expert Judi James , the outing may have 'cost her a lot.'

David received life-saving CPR from bystanders at the airport

Grand Designs viewers have branded a couple who spent £150,000 building an eco-home they could be forced to leave in five years 'unhinged' - while also calling them out as 'selfish'.

This spot in Essex was among the top of the list of almost 7,000 compiled based on factors such as crime rates, access to green spaces and more.

This spot in Essex was among the top of the list of almost 7,000 compiled based on factors such as crime rates, access to green spaces and more.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: I realize that, at this point, there are already far too many shows. Every channel, every streaming service is teeming with content demanding your attention, and there are simply too few hours in the day to watch them all. However, with that in mind, may I recommend a new show called Space Live? There's only one episode. The only potential downside is that the episode literally lasts for ever. Actually, that's inaccurate. Space Live isn't a show, it's a channel. It launched on Wednesday morning, tucked away on ITVX, and consists only of live footage of Earth broadcast from the International Space Station. It's beguiling to watch, especially for anyone who didn't realize that a person can be awestruck and bored simultaneously. It's billed as a world first. ITV has partnered with British space media company Sen to use live 4K footage from its proprietary SpaceTV-1 video camera system, mounted on the International Space Station, giving us three camera views: one of the station's docking ports, a horizon view able to show sunrises and storms, and a camera pointing straight down as the ISS passes across the planet. A tracker in the corner of the screen shows the live location of the ISS, while a real-time AI information feed provides facts about our geography and weather systems. Of course, if you wanted to be picky, you could argue it isn't exactly new. Nasa's YouTube channel has been streaming live footage from the ISS for years, and uniformly draws an audience of a few thousand. But Space Live is, if nothing else, slightly snazzier. The footage is certainly nicer: at 8.30am on Wednesday, Space Live showed gorgeous images of the sun's glare bouncing off the sea around the Bay of Biscay, while all Nasa could offer was a piece of cloth with the word "Flap" written on it. There's even a soundtrack, a constant, soothing kind of hold music that loops and loops without ever becoming fully annoying. It's an improvement, in other words. And, at least for the first orbit, it is absolutely spellbinding.

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A volcano long believed extinct for 710,000 years has experienced summit lift and gas emission, which are precursors of an eruption.