AI + ML FYI: There's now an AI app that generates convincing fake smut vids using celebs' faces And faces of ex-partners, bosses, children, you name it 25 Jan 00:36 | 121
Security SHL just got real-mode: US lawmakers demand answers on Meltdown, Spectre handling from Intel, Microsoft and pals Pact of silence questioned 25 Jan 01:55 | 22
Legal Trans-Pacific Partnership returns, without Trump but more 'comprehensive' And still secret, so we can't say if Silicon Valley's fair use booster survived 25 Jan 03:02 | 26
Security Mobile point of sale gets a PCI security standard Because crooks salivate when you punch a PIN into a smartmobe at a market stall 25 Jan 04:01 | 4
Security libcurl has had auth leak bug since 'the first commit we recorded' Fixed in 7.58.0 25 Jan 05:03 | 9
Bootnotes Brit escorts: Without the internet to keep us safe, we'd be totally screwed Dodgy punters blacklisted on National Ugly Mugs database 25 Jan 06:04 | 40
OSes Microsoft whips out tool so you can measure Windows 10's data-slurping creepiness Diagnostic Data Viewer gives users a peek into what Redmond gathers from your PC 25 Jan 06:57 | 105
Security S for Security is Google owner Alphabet's new favorite letter The plan is to throw the cloud at data collection and analysis, to produce alerts that matter 25 Jan 07:33 | 10
Software Google can't innovate anymore, exiting programmer laments Steve Yegge torches Chocolate Factory on his way out 25 Jan 08:04 | 113
Security IT 'heroes' saved Maersk from NotPetya with ten-day reinstallation blitz 4,000 servers, 45,000 PCs and 2,500 apps all rebuilt, while other staff went manual 25 Jan 08:28 | 77
Virtualization STOP! It's dangerous to upgrade to VMware 6.5 alone. Read this Please don't be like the admin who failed to update PSC first 25 Jan 09:04 | 39
Storage Wanna design a chip that talks to silly-fast GDDR6? You'll have to talk to Rambus, too Blueprints touted to ASIC, SoC makers to take on GPUs 25 Jan 09:28 | 9
Obit RIP Ursula K Le Guin: The wizard of Earthsea Dragon lady who told us our true names dies aged 88 25 Jan 10:06 | 71
Legal Schrems can't throw collective sueball at Facebook but individual action OK It's not a knock-out: Fbook's privacy status will be tested in Austrian court 25 Jan 10:33 | 9
Storage Muglia's monster Snowflake in quarter-of-a-billion-dollar funding blizzard VCs chuck money at data warehouse startup 25 Jan 11:03 | 3
On-Prem New Sky thinking: Media giant makes dish-swerving move on Netflix territory Italy and Austria first in line for new service 25 Jan 11:40 | 94
On-Prem Rimini Street attempts to claw back more cash in Oracle copyright dispute Support biz files court petition to recover additional $32m 25 Jan 12:22 |
On-Prem WhitTVman to head mobile-first media platform Megflix anyone? Outgoing HPE boss finds new raison d'etre 25 Jan 13:00 | 14
Servers Supermicro is, like, totally harnessing green energy sources to churn out servers, dude Fuel cell tech generates cleaner power for San Jose plant 25 Jan 13:28 | 17
Updated GitHub shrugs off drone maker DJI's crypto key DMCA takedown effort Yes, keys your devs put in public repos got forked. RTFM 25 Jan 13:57 | 74
Virtualization Laggard Cisco stumbles over, puffing: 'HyperFlex now supports Hyper-V' Version 3.0 scales up, shows some container love and promises validation 25 Jan 14:32 | 12
On-Prem Who's going to gobble Microsemi? Chip flinger looks for suitors And someone has already offered 25 Jan 15:04 | 2
Security Non-'fiscally neutral' defence review is go, minister tells MPs Tanks and jets or sexy cyber-warfare stuff? 25 Jan 16:09 | 19
Storage Dell bleeds converged infrastructure unit into existing divisions Components spread across servers, storage, networking 25 Jan 16:33 | 23
Legal EU bods up GDPR ante: Threatens legislative laggards with ‘infringement procedure’ Only 2 member states have adapted national legislation – SMEs, citizens still in dark 25 Jan 16:55 | 55
Security Intel alerted computer makers to chip flaws on Nov 29 – new claim Total coincidence: That's the same day Chipzilla's CEO sold off his shares 25 Jan 17:46 | 33
Science No parcel drones. No robo-trucks – Teamsters driver union delivers its demands to UPS Puny humans feebly try to fend off robotic takeover 25 Jan 20:22 | 70
Security Perv raided college girls' online accounts for nude snaps – by cracking their security questions Personal info obtained to pull off 1,400 password resets. Now he's behind bars 25 Jan 21:12 | 66
Security Here we go again... UK Prime Minister urges nerds to come up with magic crypto backdoors Broken security? More like broken record 25 Jan 22:31 | 241
On-Prem Trebles all round! Intel celebrates record sales of insecure processors Siri, what's a monopoly? 25 Jan 23:46 | 29