[FlamingMoe]

Why does this read like something from The Onion? Awful writing style for a legitimate article.

[tiagod]

That's The Register, around in its current form since 1998.

[Rebelgecko]

That's El Reg's voice.

[nchmy]

I agree. This article very much reads like The Onion. Though, mostly just the quotes.

Though, contrary to the sibling comments, I've never noticed that before when reading articles there