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Sweet-toothed shoppers have spotted a new chocolate bar - Aero Coconut - on B&M shelves across the UK - with many describing the treat as 'amazing'.

PC repair chap turned pet detective to diagnose the defective

On Call  The unconditional love of a pet is often a solace, and perhaps never more so than at the end of a busy working week. Which is when The Register competes with the animal kingdom for your affection by delivering a new edition of On Call, our Friday column in which we share your stories of scratching out a living delivering tech support.…

The range of abuse varies from intentional theft, organised fraud, producing and selling counterfeit badges online, and using deceased people's badges.

Dame Sheila Hancock got involved in a heated argument during a reception at the palace - and a fellow party-goer had to intervene to calm down the Olivier Award-winning actress.

The deal, which President Trump said was only possible 'because of Brexit ', will cut US tariffs on cars imported from the UK from 25 per cent to 10 for the first 100,000 vehicles.

Billie Piper commanded attention in a black midi dress as she attended the star-studded BAFTA Television Awards party hosted by British Vogue and Netflix on Thursday.

It may well be the most remembered moment of the 2012 London Olympics. A tuxedo-wearing Daniel Craig making his way into Buckingham Palace to be presented to the Queen.

Meghan Markle has firmly established herself as a fashion icon, rarely missing the mark when it comes to style.

It's also very flattering

American experts found people living within one mile (1.6km) of this leisure facility were far likelier to be diagnosed with the condition than those living at least six miles (9.7km) away.

schwit1 shares a report from Behind The Black: Almost immediately after India's government issued this week new tightened regulations for allowing private satellite constellations to sell their services in India, it also apparently completed negotiations with SpaceX to allow it to sell Starlink in India based on these rules. Business Today reports: "According to sources, the DoT [Department of Transportation] granted the LoI [Letter of Intent] after Starlink accepted 29 strict security conditions, including requirements for real-time terminal tracking, mandatory local data processing, legal interception capabilities, and localisation of at least 20% of its ground segment infrastructure within the first few years of operation. Starlink's nod came amid heightened national security sensitivities, coinciding with India's pre-dawn Operation Sindoor strikes on terror camps across the border in response to the Pahalgam massacre. However, DoT officials clarified that the decision to approve Starlink was independent of these military developments." At the moment SpaceX's chief competitors, OneWeb and Amazon's Kuiper constellation, have not yet obtained the same permissions. This allows SpaceX to grab a large portion of the market share in India before either of these other companies.

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The image is a far cry from the tense relations between the Beckhams and their son and his wife, following reports that things are 'beyond repair'.

Supporters of the original 2002 movie were left outraged when the director of the new version admitted that they took out one of the most popular moments.

Industry ‘pulled a fast one convincing everyone cloud is the only way’ says CTO David Heinemeier Hansson

Web software biz 37signals has started to migrate its data out of the cloud and onto on-prem storage – and expects to save a further $1.3 million (£980,000) a year after completing its high-profile cloud repatriation project and getting off AWS once and for all.…

The voting history of the first-ever American pope shocked few when it was revealed on Thursday that he participates in Republican primaries.

The Grammy-award winning artist, 31, was seen in the crowd as Pope Leo XIV delivered his first public remarks in his new position.

The singer, 52, jetted off with his five children and his wife Emily, 35, to the UAE for a family trip but has come under fire for a recent Instagram post.

The newly-elected Pope Leo XIV's brother admitted to a piece of advice he offered before the conclave that could have changed history.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates announced his plans to shutter the foundation he started with ex-wife Melinda and giveaway most of his fortune.

Mike V. shares a personal experience with the broadest version of Poe's Law: "Slashdot articles generally have a humorous quote at the bottom of their articles, but I can't tell if this displayed usage information for the fortune command, which provides humorous quotes, is a joke or a bug." To which I respond with the sharpest version of Hanlon's Razor: never ascribe to intent that which can adequately be explained by incompetence.

 

Secure in his stronghold, Stewart snarks "Apparently my router is vulnerable because it is connected to the internet. So glad I pay for the premium security service."

 

The Beast in Black is back with more dross, asking "Oh GitLab, you so silly - y u no give proper reason?"

 

An anonymous reader writes "I got this when I tried to calculate the shipping costs for buying the Playdate game device. Sorry, I don't have anything snarky to say, please make something up." The comments section is open for your contributions.

 

Ben S. looking for logic in all the wrong places, wonders "This chart from my electric utility's charitable giving program kept my alumni group guessing all day. The arithmetic checks out, but what does the gray represent, and why is the third chart at a different scale?"

 

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