Donald Trump

In farewell speech, Biden rails against the tech industrial complex, disinfo dismantling democracy

Welcome to a decade where the oligarchs are no longer silent in the shadows

Bootnotes16 Jan 2025 | 86

Biden opens federal land to power-hungry AI datacenters

Watt's the problem? Not enough energy to win the arms race?

The Future of the Datacenter - 2025 and Beyond14 Jan 2025 | 6

Is it really the plan to take over Greenland and the Panama Canal? It's been a weird week

Opinion Meanwhile, tech titans are falling over themselves to help Trump

Public Sector11 Jan 2025 | 334

Trump China tariffs to 'overshadow' the 'progress' of AI PCs

Already inflated costs of NPU-based boxes set to jump on import tax

AI + ML09 Jan 2025 | 25

Now Trump's import tariffs could raise the cost of a laptop for Americans by 68%

CES Make America irate again

Personal Tech07 Jan 2025 | 184

Zuck takes a page from Musk: Meta dumps fact-checkers, loosens speech restrictions

Updated 'We're going to catch less bad stuff,' Facebook tycoon admits, but it's worth it to get Trump off his back

Personal Tech07 Jan 2025 | 125

Tech titans hide in shadows awaiting Trump tariff threats

Being more diplomatic than the politicians makes sense amid fear of upsetting the next US President

Personal Tech03 Jan 2025 | 58

Trump's tariff threats could bump PC prices by almost half

Warning of planned hikes limit forecasts to just 2% shipment growth for US market in 2025

Personal Tech02 Jan 2025 | 79

Biden’s antitrust crackdown on tech M&As may linger into Trump’s reign

Analysis Lina Khan’s tenure may end, but the regulatory hurdles she helped build aren’t going anywhere

Legal21 Dec 2024 | 18

US airspace closures, lack of answers deepen East Coast drone mystery

Analysis Feds insist they still don't know what's happening – but note sightings cluster around airport flight paths

Offbeat17 Dec 2024 | 97

SoftBank pledges to pour $100B into US, create 100,000 jobs in Trump's second term

Details? Who needs 'em! But AI seems a likely focus

AI + ML17 Dec 2024 | 50

Trump administration wants to go on cyber offensive against China

The US has never attacked Chinese critical infrastructure before, right?

Cyber-crime16 Dec 2024 | 25

TikTok appeals to have Trump – or Supreme Court – decide its fate later

Wants to defer shutdown order that takes effect a day before the presidential inauguration

Legal10 Dec 2024 | 22

Elon Musk tops US political donor list with $270M+ for Team Trump

Plus, xAI scores another $6B to fuel Tesla tycoon's war on OpenAI

Public Sector07 Dec 2024 | 127

Trump wants SpaceX customer Jared Isaacman as next NASA boss

Billionaire space tourist and mate of Elon pledges Americans will get to Mars

Science04 Dec 2024 | 41

Musk and Trump to fall out in 2025, predicts analyst

Canalys Forums APAC Differing China tech policy agendas will send bromance into 'it's complicated' status

AI + ML04 Dec 2024 | 170

Cryptocurrency policy under Trump: Lots of promises, few concrete plans

Analysis Pro-crypto lawmakers are in, but will that translate to action? Doubt it

Public Sector30 Nov 2024 | 64

Trump tariffs transform into bigger threats for Mexico, Canada than China

America's neighbors now face 25% because of fentanyl and immigration, China just 10% on top of existing duties

Systems26 Nov 2024 | 275

Prepare for an AI policy upending under Trump, say experts

Analysis Biden executive orders are as good as dead, and the industry will probably have more say in what comes next

Public Sector21 Nov 2024 | 27

Trump appoints Musk associate Brendan Carr as FCC chair

Likely to look more favorably on Elon's adventures in space-based comms

Networks18 Nov 2024 | 35

All bark, no bite? Musk's DOGE unlikely to have any real power

Comment 'Department of Government Efficiency' expected to do little more than suggest changes, Congress will still decide

Public Sector14 Nov 2024 | 194

Here's how a Trump presidency could change the tech industry

Kettle Anything could happen in the next half ... decade

Public Sector13 Nov 2024 | 123

What might a second term of Trump mean for the US space program?

Moon, Mars, and Mayhem?

Science12 Nov 2024 | 73

Top 10 billionaires make nearly $64B in post-Trump election stock surge

9 out of 10 are techies, but Zuckerberg lost money

Offbeat07 Nov 2024 | 119

If Trump gets elected, get your tech buying done asap

60% tariffs on all Chinese goods are going to slam the IT sector

Personal Tech01 Nov 2024 | 255

The billionaire behind Trump's 'unhackable' phone is on a mission to fight Tesla's FSD

Interview Dan O'Dowd tells El Reg about the OS secrets and ongoing clash with Musk

Security21 Oct 2024 | 113

Trump campaign arms up with 'unhackable' phones after Iranian intrusion

Florida man gets his hands on 'the best ever'

Cybersecurity Month14 Oct 2024 | 144

Elon Musk's assassination 'joke' bombs, internet calls for his deportation

'No one is trying' to kill Biden or Harris, mogul says after alleged second attempt on Trump's life

Offbeat16 Sep 2024 | 353

Trump taps Musk to lead 'government efficiency' task force

Surely this duty will be executed without bias toward NHTSA, FAA, DOJ, NLRB

Offbeat06 Sep 2024 | 146

'Error' causes Alexa to endorse Kamala Harris, refuse to discuss Trump

Bot shouldn't have political opinions, says Amazon

Software04 Sep 2024 | 67

Iran named as source of Trump campaign phish, leaks

Political stirrer Roger Stone may have been a weak link after personal emails cracked

Security20 Aug 2024 | 40

Elon Musk claims live Trump interview on X derailed by DDoS

Once-great platform tanks another major political livestream, bigly

Off-Prem13 Aug 2024 | 281

Trump campaign cites Iran election phish claim as evidence leaked docs were stolen

Dots have been joined, but hard evidence is not apparent

Security12 Aug 2024 | 73

Kamala Harris has a long history with Silicon Valley that could help – or hurt

Analysis The presumptive Democratic nominee has gone back and forth with Big Tech

Public Sector23 Jul 2024 | 51

Trump threatens to send Meta's Mark ‘Zuckerbucks’ to prison if reelected president

Updated If you were wondering how the US White House race is going in 2024, it's going like this...

Bootnotes11 Jul 2024 | 185

Destroying offshore wind farms is top priority for Trump if he returns to presidency

It’s definitely to protect the whales and not the fossil fuel industry

Bootnotes14 May 2024 | 283

Shadow of Trump hangs over future EU-US tech collaboration

Orange candidate has been known to use protectionist policy against allies

AI + ML08 Apr 2024 | 12

Pentagon said to have pulled $2.5B Intel defense chips grant

Updated Plus: Trump reportedly gave chipmaker license to sell to Huawei back in the day...

Systems13 Mar 2024 | 8

Trump 'tried to sell Truth Social to Musk' as SPAC deal stalled

Talk about an unholy social media alliance

Offbeat12 Mar 2024 | 96

Trump, who tried kicking TikTok out of the US, says boo to latest ban effort

Comment Florida man would rather have app stay so as not to give gift to 'true enemy of the people' ... Zuckerberg

Personal Tech09 Mar 2024 | 93

Trump supporters forge AI deepfakes to woo Black voters

Perps argue that if you vote based on one fake pic you get what you deserve

AI + ML05 Mar 2024 | 40

Florida man slams 'tyranny' of central bank digital currencies in re-election bid

Talking points echo those of Ramaswamy and DeSantis as they drop out of the race

Personal Tech22 Jan 2024 | 157

Chat2024 stuffs US election hopefuls into generative AI so you can be an 'informed voter'

Comment Jean Baudrillard would've LOVED this

Offbeat12 Sep 2023 | 9

Florida Man and associates indicted for conspiracy to steal data, software

Voting machines and their info allegedly accessed without authorization by keen golfer's gofers

Cyber-crime15 Aug 2023 | 306

TikTok US traffic defaults to Oracle Cloud, Beijing can (allegedly) still have a look

Alibaba hinted the gig was worth millions each year

Legal20 Jun 2022 | 9

US judge dismisses Republican efforts to block release of Salesforce emails

Probe into Capitol attack must wait for appeal before data can be accessed

SaaS03 May 2022 | 62

Florida Man sues Facebook, Twitter, YouTube for account ban

Golf fan has opinions on America's First Amendment and Section 230

Personal Tech07 Jul 2021 | 154

A real go-GETTR: Former Trump aide tries to batter Twitter by ripping off its UI

Critic points out that restrictive T&Cs just make it 'Twitter without the porn'

Bootnotes02 Jul 2021 | 50

Facebook Oversight Board upholds decision to ban Trump, asks FB to look at own 'potential contribution' to 'narrative of electoral fraud'

Looks like you can safely ignore that friend request... forever

Legal05 May 2021 | 32

Foxconn and Wisconsin reach new deal to do something different at Donald Trump's favourite (flop of a) factory

Speculation of shift to EVs swirls as governor who once said $3bn subsidy plan was a con now thinks it 'works for taxpayers'

On-Prem20 Apr 2021 | 19

US Office of National Intelligence says Russia, Iran tried to mess with 2020 elections, China sat it out

Security precautions held up, but Putin himself signed off on efforts to scare the public with claims of voting system compromise

Security17 Mar 2021 | 12

Twitter sues Texas AG to halt 'retaliatory' demand for internal content-moderation rulebook in wake of Trump ban

Lone Star state and web biz clash over First Amendment rights

Personal Tech09 Mar 2021 | 48

Vote machine biz Smartmatic sues Fox News and Trump chums for $2.7bn over bogus claims of rigged 2020 election

Turns out words have consequences

Security05 Feb 2021 | 95

Loser Trump's last financial disclosure docs reveal Tim Cook gave him $5,999 Mac Pro, the 'first' made in Texas

But that's fake news

Personal Tech21 Jan 2021 | 107

Top engineer who stole trade secrets from Google's self-driving division pardoned on Trump's last day as president

As recommended by Peter Thiel

AI + ML20 Jan 2021 | 131

Bye bye, said Trump admin to Huawei: You give a cheque-ie to our techies, but there's no licence to ply

And them good ol' boys revokin' sanction to buy, singin', 'Soon will come the day that we fly'

Security18 Jan 2021 | 39