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He was found to be around three-and-a-half times over the legal limit

Computer glitch spawns duplicate jackpots, disgruntled punters, and one very bad career choice

A computer glitch in a Spanish betting shop triggered a chain of events that ended with the store manager being kidnapped and held for €50,000 ($58,000) in ransom, allegedly by one of the shop's own employees.…

Olivia Attwood and Michelle Keegan dressed to impress in power suits as they hit the red carpet at the 2026 ITV showcase in London on Thursday night. 

Snap up a piece of haute high street before it's gone

Brits filling their tanks more often was largely responsible for a 0.7 per cent surge in retail sales in March.

'Bilking', the action of not paying for fuel at a filling station, increased by 13 per cent in the 50 days following the outbreak of conflict.

What is it with supermarkets nowadays? It feels like the very presence of customers doing their weekly shop is a nuisance to the big players.

The ancient oceans were once ruled by giant 'kraken-like' octopuses that measured up to 62 feet (19m) long, new research reveals.

Won't somebody think of the children not being hit by a load of building materials?

On Call  Delivering excellent tech support can sometimes require heavy lifting, a feat The Register celebrates each Friday with a new instalment of On Call – the reader-contributed column that shares your stories of hoisting glitchy tech back to full function.…

The FCC has expanded its foreign-made router ban to also cover consumer Wi-Fi hotspots and LTE/5G home-internet devices, though existing products and phones with hotspot features are not affected. PCMag reports: On Wednesday, the FCC updated its FAQ on the ban, clarifying which consumer-grade routers are subject to the restrictions. Portable Wi-Fi hotspots are usually considered a separate category from Wi-Fi home routers. Both offer internet access, but portable Wi-Fi hotspots use a SIM card to connect to a cellular network rather than an Ethernet cable inside a residence. However, the FCC's FAQ now specifies that "consumer-grade portable or mobile MiFi Wi-Fi or hotspot devices for residential use" are covered under the ban. The ban also affects "LTE/5G CPE devices for residential use," which are installed for fixed wireless access and use a carrier's cellular network to deliver home internet. The FCC didn't immediately respond to a request for comment about the changes. In the meantime, the FAQ reiterates that the foreign-made router ban only applies to consumer-grade devices, not enterprise products. The document also notes that mobile phones with hotspot features remain outside the restrictions. In addition, the ban only affects new router models that vendors plan to sell, not existing models, as T-Mobile emphasized to PCMag.

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FAST16 could be the first cyberweapon, and its effects could be with us today

Black Hat Asia  Infosec outfit SentinelOne found malware that tries to induce errors in engineering and physics simulation software and therefore represents an attempt at sabotage, and suggests it was created years before the Stuxnet worm that aimed to destroy Iran’s uranium enrichment centrifuges.…

The American soldier is accused of placing a $32,000 bet on Polymarket that Maduro would be 'out' by January - which netted him $400,000 in profits after the foreign president was captured.

The chant of 'Get Starmer Out' can be heard from outside the Sunniside social club on the outskirts of Newcastle as Nigel Farage rallies his troops.

The rookie deckhand fell overboard into the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska on February 25, despite a desperate rescue attempt by others on Captain Rick Shelford's Aleutian Lady vessel.

A third of people said said the difficulty of moving home had affected their family plans, while just under a third said it had influenced career moves.

Sara Cox has been announced as the new host of the weekday Breakfast Show  on BBC Radio 2, replacing Scott Mills.

Violent thug Karin Al-Danasurt was trying to escape the death penalty in his native country when he crossed the Channel in a small boat in 2024.

The polling expert said that if Reform UK and the Greens gained significant numbers of councils and councillors, they would establish activist bases.

One of the most baffling aspects of the Peter Mandelson vetting row has been the Prime Minister's willingness to alienate the dangerously silky mandarins of the Foreign Office.

Wendy Duffy is physically well - but so devastated by the loss of her only child that she has decided to take her own life at the controversial Pegasos 'suicide clinic' today.