I don't know a lot about The Register, but I thought it was a news platform? Although, this post surely isn't "news" as much as it is, as you said, a summary o

I don't know a lot about The Register, but I thought it was a news platform? Although, this post surely isn't "news" as much as it is, as you said, a summary of a conversation being held on other platform(s). So maybe it is just a blog post?