Fancy a version of Arch that can you can use without installing? You can boot SparkyOS and run it on any x86-64 UEFI computer, entirely from a USB key, without touching the hard disk at all. More here: theregister.com/os-platforms…

Microsoft ended support for Publisher this month, but users with orphaned documents still have options. More here: theregister.com/applications…

Musk pooh-poohs idea that circa 22 launches might be needed to support a landing by the Human Landing System variant of Starship on the Moon, claims it will take 6-8. More here: theregister.com/science/2026…

Linus Torvalds is using AI to help write Linux kernel code, and some people are unhappy about it More here: theregister.com/columnists/2…

It's Friday and #BOFH has come out to play More here: theregister.com/bofh/2026/10…

Britain is threatening subsea cable saboteurs with up to 14 years in prison and unlimited fines, having apparently decided that Victorian-era laws aren't quite up to the job of keeping Russian submarines away from critical infrastructure. More here: theregister.com/networks/202…

You can'tttt stooooop THE CLAW! Unless you're a recalcitrant piece of Android software theregister.com/offbeat/2026…

The Agentic AI Foundation has been given stewardship of four more AI projects – all with the goal of broadening the set of vendor-neutral tools for making AI agents. More here: theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20…

We love the smell of scorched PCB in the morning: Read on here for this week's On Call column at the Register. Yep, On Call means it's Friday! theregister.com/personal-tec…

Even ASLR on an x86-64 server cannot stop the PHP2Shell vulnerability, claim researchers More here: theregister.com/security/202…

AI-designed viruses have reached a human patient in a claimed first. The target? Antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Did the treatment work? The company isn't saying. More here:theregister.com/science/2026… theregister.com/science/2026…

Poisoned LLMs can make robots go rogue, from cutting a model hand to plotting to cook a cat in a simulation. Binghamton researchers exposed the backdoor threat and devised a potential defense. More here: theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20… theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20…

12 years of vulnerable GitLab releases. One maximum-severity RCE flaw. A perfect 10.0 CVSS score. GitLab has patched the bug and is urging admins to upgrade ASAP. More here: theregister.com/security/202… theregister.com/security/202…

One of its private keys was literally the number 4. Now Indian certificate authority eMudhra is calling it quits on global SSL/TLS issuance, citing mounting scrutiny and commercial pressures. More here：theregister.com/security/202… theregister.com/security/202…

PHP2Shell puts dozens of UK government services out of service More here: theregister.com/security/202… theregister.com/security/202…

Nvidia's Jensen Huang: "It is not helpful in describing an optimistic future when you say that it will be the end of the human civilization." More here: theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20…

Attackers are hammering servers with millions of attempts to exploit the critical PHP2Shell vulnerabilities. Amazon has said an unknown somebody was already going after the flaws 4 whole DAYS before they were publicly disclosed. More here: theregister.com/cyber-crime/…

China-aligned attackers used AI agents and compromised ConnectWise application creds to target more than 2,250 Microsoft 365 tenants, the vendor says. More here: theregister.com/security/202…

Japan's mission to the Martian moon Phobos launched this week, with a veteran European probe expected to be waiting when it arrives. more here: theregister.com/science/2026…

"That is an edge firewall, meaning this is what touches the internet. This part will add its enable password, which is the term Cisco uses for administrator. It had the enable password as 'password.' Just p-a-s-s-w-o-r-d." - more here: theregister.com/security/202…