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Obama says USA has world's biggest and best cyber arsenal
Pokémon-loving VXer targets Linux with 'Umbreon' rootkit
98.1 million CLEARTEXT passwords pasted as Rambler.ru rumbled
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VMware's Virtual SAN to gain data-at-rest encryption
Tech-for-insurers biz out of action for 10 days now. Hope they had, er...
Of supermarkets, Volkswagen and the future of Dell-EMC
Sysadmins: Poor capacity planning is not our fault
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Adobe reverses decision to kill NPAPI Flash plugin for Linux
Debian plugs Linux 'TCP snoop' bug
'I'm sorry, your lift has had a problem and had to shut down'
Is it time to unplug frail OpenOffice's life support? Apache Project asked to mull it over
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ABBA-solutely crapulous! Swedish router-maker won't patch gaping hole
'Power equipment failure' borks EE's data services across England
Hey, uh ICANN. US govt here. You know we said we'd give you the keys to the 'net? Yeaahhh...
The Internet of Things can transform your business … once your networks are ready
Obama says USA has world's biggest and best cyber arsenal
Pokémon-loving VXer targets Linux with 'Umbreon' rootkit
98.1 million CLEARTEXT passwords pasted as Rambler.ru rumbled
Sophos Windows users face black screens after false positive snafu
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Your colleagues will lie to you: An enterprise architect's life
The old public, private, or home school sorting bin
No supercomputer cash? Time for a systems squeeze
Bimodal IT: Let the backlash begin
Nutanix buys anon firm in India. DevOps upstart Calm won't comment...
Same job, different place: US salaries top DevOps pay packet poll
Atlassian promises frictionless, casual video encounters
Grindr rolls out New Relic in ‘comprehensive lifestyle’ push
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Second 'dimmer switch' star spotted
International Space Station astros prepare to rejoin us Earthlings
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Hollywood offers Daniel Craig $150m to (slash wrists) play James Bond
Chubby Chinese students refused top bunk
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Newest Royal Navy warship weighs as much as 120 London buses
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Facebook replaces human editors with McChicken romping, Fox News faking AI bots
On Friday, Facebook announced changes to its method of picking trending news stories to put on the front page of people's feeds. It's taking humans out of the equation and using algorithms instead – and the results were not pretty.
Iain Thomson,
29 Aug 22:46
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Tech fails miserably in
Forbes'
most innovative companies
The tech industry feeds off its reputation for being innovative but, according to Forbes at least, it may not be warranted.
Kieren McCarthy,
26 Aug 22:12
Larry Page snuffs out ‘too expensive’ Google Fiber project
Chocolate Factory cuts its own cords
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Andrew Orlowski,
25 Aug 15:56
WhatsApp is to hand your phone number to Facebook
Roses are red, violets are blue, Facebook knows all that you think, say and do
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Alexander J Martin,
25 Aug 14:28
Facebook, Twitter and Google are to blame for terrorism, say MPs
Committee says press should uncritically repeat what government tells it to say
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Alexander J Martin,
25 Aug 08:33
Google tells popup ads to p*** off on mobes
Annoying banners will send phone-friendly sites to hell – aka the second page of search
39 Comments
24 Aug 19:56
North Korea unveils its home-grown Netflix rival – Manbang
Needs work on the branding
31 Comments
23 Aug 21:28
Adblock Plus chalk talk takes stock: Facebook's gonna block our block of their block of our block? Let's rock
Filter-flinger suggests the FTC could even step in
31 Comments
18 Aug 19:22
Cisco joins Microsoft and flings out Skype-friendly collab app
Can't use your favourite OTT voice app? FTFY
18 Aug 16:33
Ad-blocking ‘plateaus’, claims hopeful ad industry
Really?
68 Comments
17 Aug 12:23
'Daddy, what's a Blu-ray disc?'
4K revives forgotten format
126 Comments
15 Aug 08:03
Adblock Plus blocks Facebook block of Adblock Plus block of Facebook block of Adblock Plus block of Facebook ads
This arms race will never end
131 Comments
12 Aug 21:02
Adblock Plus blocks Facebook's ad-blocker buster: It's a block party!
Web advertising arms race intensifies
152 Comments
11 Aug 17:57
Bleeping Computer countersues Enigma in software review libel row
We bleeping didn't run a bleeping smear campaign, says site, you bleeping ran a bleeping smear campaign!
11 Comments
11 Aug 00:57
Cox stiffed for $25m after letting subscribers pirate music online
ISP didn't do enough to curb illegal downloads, appeal court rules
15 Comments
10 Aug 19:10
Facebook to forcefeed you web ads, whether you like it or not: Ad blocker? Get the Zuck out!
These silos of your personal information don't run themselves for free, folks
134 Comments
09 Aug 19:18
BBC detector vans are back to spy on your home Wi-Fi – if you can believe it
Updated
Auntie denies it 'sniffs packets' for licence-fee dodging
346 Comments
06 Aug 06:01
Google, er, Alphabet takes on 10,000 more staff, banks more and more billions from ads
Still totally reliant on advertising
11 Comments
28 Jul 23:51
Here WeGo! Google Maps rival drops Maps branding
Clever, huh?
43 Comments
28 Jul 11:06
BBC will ‘retain your viewing history’
Imagine an Auntie who never forgets
99 Comments
25 Jul 09:26
Opinion
Star Trek Beyond
: An unwatchable steaming pile of tribble dung
Review
Trek
works when the struggle is within, not when the fights are fast and furious
Google on piracy: We really, really care
Comment
But we'll only turn on filters if you use our Ad Monopoly
23 Comments
13 Jul 15:08
YouTube sharecroppers start world’s most useless trade union
Comrades! You have nothing to lose but your prerolls and blipverts!
50 Comments
17 Jun 09:58
Web ads are reading my keystrokes and I can’t even spel propperlie
Something for the Weekend, Sir?
Let’s not get paranoid, here, but...
149 Comments
18 Mar 10:36
News
EFF declares anti-piracy DMCA unconstitutional in new legal showdown
Controversial Section 1201 of US law comes under fire
21 Jul 20:14
Nitwit has fit over twit hit: Troll takes timeless termination terribly
Comment
Can Twitter now save itself?
86 Comments
21 Jul 01:18
Star Trek Beyond
: An unwatchable steaming pile of tribble dung
Review
Trek
works when the struggle is within, not when the fights are fast and furious
217 Comments
20 Jul 15:02
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'Still some value there' Gartner analyst tells
El Reg
as web biz writhes in pain
30 Comments
19 Jul 01:45
Coup-Tube: Turkey blocks social networks amid military takeover
Quick, man the VPNs!
51 Comments
15 Jul 23:48
Ad blockers responsible for rise in upfront TV ad sales, claims report
Web schmeb: Telly is back ad-slingers
83 Comments
15 Jul 15:07
Google on piracy: We really, really care
Comment
But we'll only turn on filters if you use our Ad Monopoly
23 Comments
13 Jul 15:08
Spotify, YouTube pay musicians with ever-shrinking buttons
With CD and downloads crashing, is this the end?
39 Comments
12 Jul 12:58
YouTube stars shilled for Warner Bros, screwed up, and now the FTC has written an angry letter
US watchdog channels Hans Blix
16 Comments
12 Jul 00:18
Facebook deleted my post and made me confirm pics of my kids weren't sexually explicit
When automated censorship goes awry
83 Comments
11 Jul 23:27
Ad agency swipes 'unnamed bloggers' for calling out its cynically fake 'save a refugee' app
Hands back ad award, says attacks were unfair
18 Comments
08 Jul 00:56
Philando Castile death-by-cop vid mysteriously vanishes from Facebook
Updated
This revolution will not be televised
75 Comments
07 Jul 19:50
Australia's ABC suspends presenter over 'Wi-Fi is dangerous' claims
Catalyst's Dr Maryanne Demasi off air, programme under review
48 Comments
05 Jul 23:05
Wealthy youngsters more likely to be freetards than anyone else – study
Middle class self-entitled whingers also Remainians? Yarr.
57 Comments
05 Jul 13:57
Judge gives Zuck a US$6 million Brazilian
Facebook funds frozen because WhatsApp won't hand over drug-lords' messages
24 Comments
05 Jul 04:56
Here's how to SMS spam Liberal voters and get away with it
Bulk SMS sender, Tails, Tor, and some free WiFi
04 Jul 04:28
ICANN pushes back against brand lobby
Hands were washed long ago
04 Jul 03:05
Forget YouTube – meet ChewTube: Strangers watching millennials eat
Pic
Yeah actually it's probably time to switch off the internet
53 Comments
01 Jul 23:40
FCC starts running from cable box rip-off kill-off
Has the regulator finally bitten off more than it can chew?
Amazon slashes mobe prices to get more eyes on lockscreen ads
Small crumb: You can pick your own network operator
23 Comments
30 Jun 11:33
Fear and Brexit in Tech City: Digital 'elite' are having a nervous breakdown
Comment
Who will pour cash into our disruptive apps?
137 Comments
30 Jun 11:01
Peter Gabriel-backed music startup goes titsup, takes £500k of your money with it
CueSongs hits the run-off groove
22 Comments
29 Jun 16:34
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HDMI hooks up with USB-C in cables that reverse, one way
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