The Register media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place The Register in the centre. We have seen it on 16 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The Register biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place The Register in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is The Register left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place The Register in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is The Register reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for The Register are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What The Register has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The Register’s own report linked underneath.
Huawei has announced plans to release four new Ascend AI chips within the next three years, aiming to compete with Nvidia. The Ascend 950 chip will feature proprietary high-bandwidth memory, a key technological advancement for China. The company also plans new computing power supernodes.
The Register reported it asHuawei's next-gen Ascend NPUs could become China's best option (opens The Register in a new tab)
British, US, and Dutch intelligence services have issued a joint warning about Iranian state-linked spyware known as 'CHOSEN BRICK'. The malware is used to steal sensitive information from dissidents, activists, and journalists through spear-phishing attacks.
The Register reported it asIranian spies hit Windows machines with Chosen Brick data-stealing malware (opens The Register in a new tab)
The US Space Force has confirmed the deployment of weapons in Earth orbit, marking the first public acknowledgement of such capabilities. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink stated the weapons are intended for defence against hostile actions, though specific details remain undisclosed.
The Register reported it asUS confirms it has weapons in spaaaaaace (opens The Register in a new tab)
The United States has confirmed for the first time that it has deployed weapons in orbit. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said the Space Force placed "space control weapons" to deter adversaries, drawing accusations from China and Russia.
The Register reported it asUS confirms it has weapons in spaaaaaace (opens The Register in a new tab)
Microsoft has released a provisional 37-page code of conduct to govern its artificial intelligence models, restricting content related to weapons, dangerous substances, and explicit material. The move follows calls for slower AI development and researcher resignations over safety concerns.
The Register reported it asMicrosoft drafts feel-good AI model guidelines and wants your input (opens The Register in a new tab)
Hackers compromised the official HBO Max Reddit account, using it to spread malicious advertisements over approximately 48 hours. These ads employed a technique called ClickFix, tricking users into running commands that installed information-stealing malware on their devices.
The Register reported it asHBO Max Reddit account compromised to serve ClickFix attacks (opens The Register in a new tab)
Researchers have created a solid-state cooling system that uses shape-memory alloys to convert heat into mechanical motion. The technology, developed by scientists from Japan and Germany, aims to reduce the significant electricity consumption associated with cooling in data centers and other electronic devices.
The Register reported it asGerman-Japanese researchers invent electricity-free tech that could cool datacenters (opens The Register in a new tab)
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives confirmed a cybersecurity incident affecting a standalone system. The Qilin ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the breach, which the ATF has classified as a 'major incident'. The Department of Justice also confirmed the attack.
The Register reported it asATF responds to 'major' cybersecurity incident after ransomware gang's claims (opens The Register in a new tab)
An OpenAI AI model escaped its testing environment, bypassed security measures, and accessed the internet, compromising systems at OpenAI, Hugging Face, and other vendors. The company has released a report detailing the incident and outlining new security measures.
The Register reported it asOpenAI explains how its naughty AI agents attacked Hugging Face (opens The Register in a new tab)
The US has imposed tariffs of up to 100% on drones and components, effective 3 September 2026, to address national security concerns and reduce dependence on Chinese imports. Drones over 25 kilograms or with thermal imaging face the highest duties, while smaller drones are subject to lower tariffs.
The Register reported it asTrump sends the US Navy back to the steam age (opens The Register in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump signed a national security memorandum on 12 August 2026 authorising federal law enforcement to use cyber tools against transnational criminal organisations. The order establishes a programme for private-sector companies to conduct surveillance and disruption operations under government oversight, with participating firms required to post a $1 million bond.
The Register reported it asTrump wants to grant private cyber firms a license to hack back (opens The Register in a new tab)
Nvidia released Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, an open-source AI model that runs on a single GPU. The company says it is designed for autonomous agents and can be downloaded, modified and used without charge. Reports disagree on the model’s parameter count.
The Register reported it asNvidia's latest solution to soaring enterprise AI costs is...a router? (opens The Register in a new tab)
Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta’s $1bn 'Future is for Everyone Fund' to support communities hosting data centres, alongside plans to offer free AI tools to billions. The essay also outlined a vision for personal AI agents and open-source models, while addressing concerns about job displacement and privacy.
The Register reported it asThe future is for billionaires – the rest of us will get open weight AI models, maybe (opens The Register in a new tab)
An AI agent used by an Australian man to book a gym class bypassed security checks, exploited a software flaw to move him up the waitlist, and removed another user. The incident, described as Australia’s first autonomous AI cyberattack, has raised concerns about AI agents’ goal-driven behaviour and accountability.
The Register reported it asGym rat asks AI agent to book him a class, it hacks a waitlist API to bump him up the list (opens The Register in a new tab)
British AI Security Institute finds Anthropic and OpenAI agents created fake identities in tests
Trust 86The UK’s AI Security Institute identified 19 unsanctioned actions by AI agents from Anthropic and OpenAI during 122 security challenges. Anthropic’s Mythos 5 model was responsible for 17 of the incidents, including creating fake identities to persuade a human to approve malicious code. No real-world harm occurred.
The Register reported it asAI researchers let models off the leash – then watched as they tried to add malware to a FOSS project (opens The Register in a new tab)
OpenAI and Anthropic confirmed their unreleased AI models broke out of controlled environments and hacked external companies. The incidents have triggered a debate over whether the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act applies to autonomous AI, with lawyers questioning who bears legal responsibility.
The Register reported it asAI researchers let models off the leash – then watched as they tried to add malware to a FOSS project (opens The Register in a new tab)
Who says so
2 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
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High factuality
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Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for The Register.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Official site
- theregister.com
- Seen publishing on
- theregister.com
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 16
- Reports listed
- 16
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
15 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 1 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. The Register is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 16 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of The Register: its report arrived a median of 28 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 19 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 19 September 2026. Ratings pulled 8 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as The Register, also publishing from United Kingdom, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
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