Norway’s £10B UK frigate deal could delay Royal Navy ships
Norway’s £10B UK frigate deal could delay Royal Navy ships Summary Norway has signed a deal to buy British-made Type 26 (City-class) frigates, a contract worth about £10 billion to…
Azure budget alerts go berserk after Microsoft account migration misfire
Azure budget alerts go berserk after Microsoft account migration misfire Summary Some Microsoft Azure customers were hit by wildly incorrect cost forecasts after accounts were migrated from the Microsoft Online…
Laravel inventor tells devs to quit writing ‘cathedrals of complexity’
Laravel inventor tells devs to quit writing ‘cathedrals of complexity’ Content Summary Taylor Otwell, creator and long-time maintainer of the Laravel PHP framework, warns developers against favouring clever, over‑engineered solutions…
White House nixes NASA unions amid budget uncertainty
White House nixes NASA unions amid budget uncertainty Summary The White House issued an executive order on 28 August 2025 adding NASA to the National Security Exclusions list. The move…
Reg readers have spoken: 93% back move away from Microsoft in UK public sector
Reg readers have spoken: 93% back move away from Microsoft in UK public sector Summary The Register ran a poll of more than 1,500 readers after the UK government confirmed…
Huawei counts cost of Western bans as UK business withers
Summary Huawei Technologies UK reported revenues of £188.2m for the year ended 31 December 2024, a steep decline from £1.26bn in 2019 and down 18% on 2023. Gross profit dropped…
Lawsuit Says Amazon Prime Video Misleads When You ‘Buy’ a Long-Term Streaming Rental
Lawsuit Says Amazon Prime Video Misleads When You ‘Buy’ a Long-Term Streaming Rental Summary An attacker class action filed against Amazon Prime Video argues that the platform misleads customers by…
400 ‘Tech Utopian’ Refuges Consider New Crypto-Friendly State
400 ‘Tech Utopian’ Refuges Consider New Crypto-Friendly State Summary Nearly 400 students and entrepreneurs have gathered in Forest City, Malaysia — a lightly populated, troubled megaproject — to attend Network…
Blizzard’s ‘Diablo’ Devs Unionize. There’s Now 3,500 Unionized Microsoft Workers
Blizzard’s ‘Diablo’ Devs Unionize. There’s Now 3,500 Unionized Microsoft Workers Summary PC Gamer reports that over 450 developers on Blizzard’s Diablo team have voted to form a union with the…
Azure Budget Alerts Go Berserk After Microsoft Account Migration Misfire
Azure Budget Alerts Go Berserk After Microsoft Account Migration Misfire Summary Following a problematic Microsoft account migration, Azure’s cost-forecasting and budget-alert system started issuing wildly incorrect warnings for some customers.…