Why are fervid Googlers making ad-blocker-breaking changes to Chrome? Because they created a monster – and are fighting to secure it
AnalysisWe said engineers made the API too powerful. We weren't wrong
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Microsoft's Edge gang pops a head above the parapet to give Linux fans a strong 'maybe'
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FYI: Your Venmo transfers with those edgy emojis aren't private by default. And someone's put 7m of them into a public DB
Payment biz shrugs, says users are fine with sharing
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Security
Sad SACK: Linux PCs, servers, gadgets can be crashed by 'Ping of Death' network packets
Don't let miscreants play hacky-SACK with your gear. Apply these mitigations, patches now if you can
17 Jun 19:59 |
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HPC
This isn't Boeing to end well: Plane maker to scrap some physical cert tests, use computer simulations instead
Actually probe expensive gear in real life? Pah. It's 2019. We're Boeing digital
17 Jun 18:02 |
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Bootnotes
You gotta be kitten me: Pakistan politicos feline silly after filter farce hits purrrfect conference
Claws out as slippery-pawed cameraman renders officials with cat ears and whiskers
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Policy
Human-rights warriors crack on with legal challenge to UK's lax surveillance laws
Toughen it up and reduce all that warrantless state surveillance, demands Liberty
17 Jun 15:37 |
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HPC
Frontiersman Cray snags $50m storage contract for 'largest single filesystem'
Shasta minute: HPE purchase to provide 1 exabyte of ClusterStor for Oak Ridge National Laboratory
17 Jun 14:52 |
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Networks
Do you want a Kool-Aid with that, Huawei? You'll need one after watching boss chat to US mavens
George Gilder and Nicholas Negroponte join CEO for 2-hour 'Tea with Mr Ren'
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Cloud
23. 712. 3. 608. 45. 89. 11. 332. 841. 255. You want more? Cloudflare and pals are streaming 'em live from new RNG API
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10 PRINT Memorial in New Hampshire marks the birthplace of BASIC
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Internet of Things
TPM now stands for Tiny Platform Module: TCG shrinks crypto chip to secure all the Things
Don't wanna be a security id-IoT: Trusted hardware extends beyond computers
17 Jun 12:10 |
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Microsoft's Edge gang pops a head above the parapet to give Linux fans a strong 'maybe'
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Monster magnet in my pocket: Boffins' gizmo packs 45.5-tesla punch and weighs just 390g
But don't get too excited, it can't do much at the moment
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London opens stock market for a tickling from Chinese tentacles
Don't tell Trump, OK? And it's not for Joe Bloggs, it's for the hedge funds
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Security
Why are fervid Googlers making ad-blocker-breaking changes to Chrome? Because they created a monster – and are fighting to secure it
AnalysisWe said engineers made the API too powerful. We weren't wrong
17 Jun 10:03 |
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Policy
Blighty's online pr0n gatekeepers are begging for a regulatory beating, says digital rights org
Age verification needs a firm hand, sector warns
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UK industry calls for delay of IR35 off-payroll tax rules to private sector
Early responses from government consultation not happy with off taxman's plans
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Artificial Intelligence
Politically linked deepfake LinkedIn profile sparks spy fears, Apple cooks up AI transfer tech, and more
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Security
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Stiff penalty: Prenda Law copyright troll gets 14 years of hard time for blue view 'n sue scam
That's a wrap for the file-sharing skin flick shakedown
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Data Centre
You like magic tricks? See this claim that IBM bungled an Obamacare IT project? Whoosh, now it's a $15m check
Big Blue hands over spare change to make allegations against subsidiary vanish
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Personal Tech
Atari finally launches its VCS console. Again.
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Data Centre
HP CFO Cathie Lesjak didn't even read KPMG's Autonomy due diligence before $11bn biz gobble
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Why are fervid Googlers making ad-blocker-breaking changes to Chrome? Because they created a monster – and are fighting to secure it
Greatest threat facing IT? Not the latest tech giant cockwomblery – it's just tired engineers
Monster magnet in my pocket: Boffins' gizmo packs 45.5-tesla punch and weighs just 390g
UK industry calls for delay of IR35 off-payroll tax rules to private sector
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Flight Simulator 2020: Exciting new ride or a doomed tailspin in a crowded market?
CommentArmchair aviation geeks, assemble!
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Fsck it, we've lost Bitbucket: Quay.io webhook integration fails after API tweaked
Get thee down to the pub, fix out over the weekend maybe
14 Jun 15:27 |
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Servers
DIY with Akamai: What to do when no one sells the servers you need? You build your own
Akamai Edge WorldIf it looks like a hyperscaler, swims like a hyperscaler...
14 Jun 14:41 |
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Policy
US can try extraditing Julian Assange next year, rules UK court
HMP Belmarsh resident preps for next legal fight
14 Jun 13:38 |
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Bootnotes
We asked readers what DXC should be known for... and of course you came up with the goods
You lovely bunch of, um, brand strategists. We knew you'd treat them right
14 Jun 12:34 |
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Science
Bonjour, mon chum! Québécois IT giant CGI snaps up freshly Irish Galileo botherer SCISYS
Splashes £78.9m on IP, space smarts and general boffinry
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Exodus: Tech top brass bail on £1bn UK courts reform amid concerns project is floundering
ExclusiveDigitisation programme already at 'serious risk' of missing deadline
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Personal Tech
Those darn users don't know what they're doing (not like us, of course)
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Artificial Intelligence
Get a grip on neural networks, R, Python, TensorFlow, deployment of AI, and much more, at our MCubed workshops
EventBook tickets now for our machine-learning conference this autumn
14 Jun 10:18 |
Security
When virtual mittens sell for thousands, of course gamers are ripe targets for cyber shenanigans
Akamai Edge WorldGuys, your security hygiene stinks
14 Jun 09:15 |
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Virtualization
You'll always need VMs says, surprise, VMware: Run on any cloud you like and get portability
Yep, and two sets of bills
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Business
When customers see red, sometimes the obvious solution will only fan the flames
On CallHowz ur spelan?
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Science
Gonna be so cool when we finally get into space, float among the stars, work out every day, inject testosterone...
Wait, wut?
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Internet of Things
Mirai botnet malware offspring graduates from uni, puts on a suit, slips into your enterprise
Isn't that what we all want for our kids, after all?
14 Jun 04:45 |
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Software
settlement.js not found: JavaScript package biz NPM scraps talks, fights union-busting claims
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14 Jun 01:11 |
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Artificial Intelligence
'AI is not the cause, it’s an accelerant. The pace of change is challenging' Experts give Congress deepfakes straight dope
AnalysisPeople will share anything scandalous, duh – El Reg might well be Exhibit A
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Security
Yubico YubiKey lets you be me: Security blunder sparks recall of govt-friendly auth tokens
For FIPS sake!
13 Jun 21:57 |
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Policy
Anyone else find it weird that the bloke tasked with probing tech giants for antitrust abuses used to, um, work for the same tech giants?
CommentNo, of course not. It's all perfectly fine
13 Jun 21:29 |
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Personal Tech
Facebook won't nuke deepfakes? OK, let's tear up those precious legal protections from user-posted content, then
Lawmakers threaten to rewrite rules that shield sites from netizens' dodgy uploads
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Security
Hacking these medical pumps is as easy as copying a booby-trapped file over the network
Uncle Sam sounds alarm after Windows CE SMB left wide open on hospital equipment
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Customers didn't like how much data spare parts package was funnelling back to America
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All the while more WPF source trickles into GitHub
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Japan drops banhammer on drunk-droning for the sake of public safety
Have you appointed your designated droner?
13 Jun 16:02 |
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Security
No Telegram today, protestors: Chinese boxes DDoS chat app amid Hong Kong protest
That Guns N' Roses album* might be out soon... or not
13 Jun 15:00 |
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Software
Hongmeng, there's no need to feel down: It's patently obvious this is Huawei's homegrown mobe OS
It's fun to trademark your brand in CA, it's fun to trademark your brand in SK...ay
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Networks
Germany and South Korea go nuts for 5G while Blighty subsists on test bed crumbs
Huawei with you!
13 Jun 13:02 |
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Storage
Meet the new Dropbox: It's like the old Dropbox, but more expensive, and not everyone's thrilled
Collaboration toys, ransomware protection and a 20% price hike
13 Jun 12:25 |
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