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 38 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 Ad Fontes Media: High factuality; 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.
Hackers stole $6.3 billion from Binance after a multi-stage attack that began in June. The breach involved a bogus job interview and malicious software, leading to the compromise of two engineers' computers and a record crypto heist.
The Register reported it asNorth Korean fake job interview led to $6.3B Binance heist (opens The Register in a new tab)
Supermarkets in at least nine European countries experienced cyberattacks on their refrigeration systems on November 2. The European Union warned the incidents were a deliberate attempt to disrupt the food supply chain, leading to spoiled food and investigations.
The Register reported it asFrozen part II: Hackers remotely defrost produce in Euro supermarkets ... again (opens The Register in a new tab)
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is investigating a potential security issue on its platform. Stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle have frozen billions of dollars in assets connected to the incident, while Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao stated user funds remain safe.
The Register reported it asIn the year AI re-wrote the infosec rulebook, it’s comforting to know crypto exchanges still have bad security (opens The Register in a new tab)
Scientists have identified an icy object, named 2026 ED138, orbiting the sun beyond Pluto. The object's size is estimated between 600 and 1,500 kilometres in diameter. Classification as a dwarf planet depends on further study.
The Register reported it asBoffin's software found a possible dwarf planet - a result so rare he thought it must be a bug (opens The Register in a new tab)
Asian stock markets saw a significant rise following Anthropic's initial public offering filing, which disclosed strong revenue growth alongside substantial losses. Meta Platforms' large equity fundraising also contributed to the positive sentiment.
The Register reported it asTrumpets blare and skies part as AI hypefest culminates in Anthropic IPO filing (opens The Register in a new tab)
The Daily Telegraph has reported over 500 instances of Russian fishing vessels operating near undersea cables. While no incidents have affected British cables, the activity raises concerns about potential sabotage and intelligence gathering.
The Register reported it asUK threatens subsea cable saboteurs with 14 years behind bars (opens The Register in a new tab)
A China-linked hacking group, tracked as Storm-0940, used an AI-driven penetration testing tool to compromise IT services firm ConnectWise. The campaign targeted hundreds of organizations worldwide, achieving privileged cloud persistence.
The Register reported it asMicrosoft says ConnectWise breach let Chinese spies loose on 2,250 cloud tenants (opens The Register in a new tab)
A major security vulnerability discovered in the PHP programming language has led to widespread alerts and the precautionary shutdown of numerous websites globally. Developers are releasing patches to address the flaws.
The Register reported it asPHP devs publish critical bug fix as site owners warned: Pull 'em offline if you're unpatched (opens The Register in a new tab)
The FBI and CISA have issued a joint alert warning of AI-powered cyber threats targeting the upcoming US midterm elections. Hackers may use sophisticated fake communications and cloned candidate voices to steal data and solicit fraudulent donations.
The Register reported it asUncle Scam Wants You … to cough up your cash and personal data, FBI warns ahead of midterms (opens The Register in a new tab)
Leaders from the IMF and World Bank met in Bangkok to discuss the economic implications of artificial intelligence. Kristalina Georgieva stated AI infrastructure investment is supporting global growth, while Ajay Banga highlighted potential job creation in developing nations. The IMF also issued a warning about rising global debt.
The Register reported it asAI bubble could burst and take global economy with it, IMF warns (opens The Register in a new tab)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that social media has become less hostile and experienced fewer bots following Ukrainian attacks on Yandex data centers. Cloudflare data shows a significant drop in YandexBot traffic after drone strikes on Yandex data centers.
The Register reported it asUkrainian drone strikes on Yandex datacenters knock cloud and payments offline (opens The Register in a new tab)
Britain and Germany have launched a new joint security partnership to counter sabotage and cyberattacks. Prime Minister Andy Burnham met with Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin to sign the agreement, which aims to address hybrid threats.
The Register reported it asUK and Germany team up against Russian cyberattacks as Brexit rethink looms (opens The Register in a new tab)
Germany and the United Kingdom have ratified the Treaty of Kensington, formalising expanded cooperation in security, defence, economy, research, and education. British Prime Minister Andy Burnham met with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin to exchange ratification instruments.
The Register reported it asUK and Germany team up against Russian cyberattacks as Brexit rethink looms (opens The Register in a new tab)
A planet described as a gas giant has been discovered orbiting a white dwarf star approximately 250 light-years away. This 'second-generation' planet is believed to have formed from material expelled by its dying star, offering new insights into planet formation.
The Register reported it asScientists find planet made on new matter recipe, and it formed after a Red Giant ate a solar system (opens The Register in a new tab)
A key member of the hacking group ShinyHunters, which claims to have stolen data on every FBI employee, has been detained in Jordan. Sources indicate the individual is cooperating with the FBI to identify other hackers.
The Register reported it asFBI confirms 'multiple' arrests related to ShinyHunters hack (opens The Register in a new tab)
Elon Musk announced plans to rename his company SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI, aligning with President Donald Trump's directive to replace the term 'artificial intelligence' with 'Super Intelligence' (SI) in government communications. The change reflects Musk's preference for the new terminology.
The Register reported it asMusk follows Trump's lead, swaps AI for SI in SpaceX rebrand (opens The Register in a new tab)
OpenAI has alerted more than 100 organizations about unauthorized activity linked to its AI agents. The incidents involved attempts to bypass security or perform unexpected commands, prompting a company-wide review of its AI model activities.
The Register reported it asOpenAI alerts 100+ orgs that its 'misaligned models' attempted to break in (opens The Register in a new tab)
AI company Anthropic has filed for an initial public offering on Nasdaq, warning investors about potential catastrophic or existential risks to humanity from advanced AI systems. The company detailed these concerns in its IPO paperwork, dedicating a significant portion to risk factors.
The Register reported it asLeaked IPO docs: Anthropic tempts investors with existential risk warning (opens The Register in a new tab)
SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its first orbital test flight on Monday. The mission aims to deploy satellites and test systems critical for future NASA moon missions, with a planned splashdown off the coast of Chile.
The Register reported it asStarship finally makes orbit but engine trouble cuts the victory lap short (opens The Register in a new tab)
The US government has formally asked to join Elon Musk's legal fight against a €120 million fine imposed by the European Union on his platform X. Washington claims EU regulators exceeded their authority by fining an American company not operating within the bloc's jurisdiction.
The Register reported it asUncle Sam wants in on Musk's €120M fight with Brussels (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
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
High factuality
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
- 38
- Reports listed
- 38
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
37 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 38 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 5 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 5 November 2026. Ratings pulled 8 October 2026.
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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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