❌

Normal view

There are new articles available, click to refresh the page.
Yesterday — 8 December 2025Main stream

ICE-tracking app developer sues Trump admin after Apple spikes the software

✇The Register
By: Brandon Vigliarolo
8 December 2025 at 16:07

Suit argues forcing Apple to remove app, and threatening dev with legal action is a First Amendment violation

Does the first amendment allow citizens to track law enforcement activity? After publishing an iOS app that shows where ICE agents have deployed, ICEBlock developer Joshua Aaron saw the Trump admin pressure Apple into pulling the software and threaten him with prosecution. Now he's fighting back.…

Before yesterdayMain stream

EU metes out first-ever Digital Services Act fine, dings X for blue check deception

✇The Register
By: Brandon Vigliarolo
5 December 2025 at 13:05

TikTok, by contrast, satisfied DSA concerns over its ad repository transparency

The European Union has issued its first-ever Digital Services Act fine, slapping Elon Musk's X with a €120 million penalty for breaching the bloc's rules on ad transparency, data access for researchers, and its revamped blue-checkmark system.…

Hegseth needs to go to secure messaging school, report says

✇The Register
By: Brandon Vigliarolo
4 December 2025 at 16:09

He's not alone: DoD inspector general says the whole Defense Department has a messaging security problem

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth definitely broke the rules when he sent sensitive information to a Signal chat group, say Pentagon auditors, but he's not the only one using insecure messaging, and everyone needs better training.…

Lawyer's 6-year-old son uses AI to build copyright infringement generator

✇The Register
By: Brandon Vigliarolo
3 December 2025 at 17:10

Rights holders had better buckle up for years of legal wrangling, IP lawyer tells The Reg

You don't have to be smarter than a fifth grader (or even a first grader) to commit potential copyright infringement using AI tools. One IP attorney watched over the weekend as his young son built a bedtime story generator that used copyrighted characters without permission. …

Search the pre-ChatGPT internet with the Slop Evader browser extension

✇The Register
By: Brandon Vigliarolo
1 December 2025 at 13:16

Surf Google SERPs like it's November 29, 2022, with this workaround for the age of AI slop

ChatGPT's public debut on November 30, 2022, is widely seen by critics as the start of the AI-slop era online. Those yearning for a more human-written web can get some relief from a browser extension that filters Google searches to pre-ChatGPT results.…

Pebble, the e-ink smartwatch that refuses to die, just went fully open source

✇The Register
By: Brandon Vigliarolo
25 November 2025 at 16:26

Eric Migicovsky wants to ensure Pebble can’t be killed again, and DIYers benefit most

Pebble, the e-ink smartwatch with a tumultuous history, is making a move sure to please the DIY enthusiasts that make up the bulk of its fans: Its entire software stack is now fully open source, and key hardware design files are available too.…

Meta knows how bad its sites are for kids, say lawyers

✇The Register
By: Brandon Vigliarolo
24 November 2025 at 17:49

Multiple internal studies allegedly buried by the company

Is Meta acting like a tobacco company denying cigarettes cause cancer, or an oil giant downplaying climate science? Lawyers in a recent court filing claim the social media titan buried internal research for years suggesting its platforms can harm children's mental health.…

Old-school rotary phone dials into online meetings, hangs up when you slam it down

✇The Register
By: Brandon Vigliarolo
24 November 2025 at 13:20

Stavros Korokithakis really wanted to slam the receiver on meetings, so he built his own device to do just that

We've all been there: A meeting goes sideways and you really wish you could physically slam the phone down and walk away. Maker Stavros Korokithakis knows that feeling well, so he took an old rotary phone and turned it into a device that can dial into - and hang up on - video calls in a decidedly retro fashion. …

❌
❌