Don't trust Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency, boffins warn: Zuck & Co know that hash is king
AnalysisIt's not about the money, it's about the identifiers
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Brit rocketeer Skyrora reckons it'll be orbital in 3 years – that is, if UK government plays ball
InterviewEl Reg speaks to small-sat upstart in Edinburgh
Buying a Chromebook? Don't forget to check that best-before date
Google's little-known Auto Update Expiration D-Day leaves users bereft of auto software refreshes and more – here's how to check yours
The Joy of Six... critical security patches: Cisco small biz switches open to hijacking via web UI
Plus UCS and other gear need updates
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As browser rivals block third-party tracking, Google pitches 'Privacy Sandbox' peace plan
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Overstock dot-gone: Surplus biz CEO now surplus to requirements, ejects after MiB rant
Resigns today – or punished for telling the truth? Wake up, sheeple!
22 Aug 20:20 |
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Contacts-slurping Android malware sneaked onto Google Play store – twice
Could a simple automated scan have picked up open-source nasty? Hmm
22 Aug 17:30 |
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Science
End of an era for ULA as the last Delta IV Medium rocket leaves launch pad
US sends up another GPS III spacecraft while Blighty ponders the Brexit Satellite
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Storage
Pure Storage the latest pipes 'n' plumbing playa to slash sales forecast
Look at the troubles facing legacy vendors. We're not immune either
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Personal Tech
Samsung Note10+ torn apart to expose three 5G antennas: One has to pick up something
Repairability score tumbles – good luck swapping that battery
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Cloud
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Email issues dog the company formerly known as 1&1
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Blighty not even on track for legally binding 2023-2032 levels
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Shhh! Microsoft, Intel, Google and more sign up to the Confidential Computing Consortium
You can make your own joke about foxes and hen houses...
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Devs invited to bake 'Run on Google Cloud' button into git repos... By Google, of course
An offer you can refuse?
22 Aug 11:30 |
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TalkTalk's voice-over is writing speeds that its text can't match: Ad pulled from broadcast
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Science
Brit rocketeer Skyrora reckons it'll be orbital in 3 years – that is, if UK government plays ball
InterviewEl Reg speaks to small-sat upstart in Edinburgh
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Gartner awakens from trance, tells huddled villagers: 5G revenue will almost double to $4.2bn next year!
It has been foretold!
22 Aug 09:06 |
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Don't trust Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency, boffins warn: Zuck & Co know that hash is king
AnalysisIt's not about the money, it's about the identifiers
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Disgruntled bug-hunter drops Steam zero-day to get back at Valve for refusing him a bounty
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The Joy of Six... critical security patches: Cisco small biz switches open to hijacking via web UI
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My MacBook Woe: I got up close and personal with city's snatch'n'dash crooks (aka some bastard stole my laptop)
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Disgruntled bug-hunter drops Steam zero-day to get back at Valve for refusing him a bounty
Personal Tech
Cali court backs ex-Apple engineer who says he invented Find My iPhone and Passbook
Computing giant labeled 'ungenerous' for fighting lawsuit
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Finally. Thanks so much, nerds. Google, Apple, Mozilla end government* internet spying for good
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21 Aug 22:28 |
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Eighty-year-old US 'web scam man' on the run after pocketing $250,000 in Dem 'donations'
Feds claim John Pierre Dupont created fundraising websites supposedly for Beto O'Rourke, others, then nicked the dosh
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Here's a top tip: Don't trust the new guy – block web domains less than a month old. They are bound to be dodgy
Better to be aggressive and safe than sorry
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Business
Sueball claims Tesla solar panels are so effective, they started fires at Walmart stores
Supermarket biz wants them torn out at Musk firm's expense
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Bootnotes
US soldier cleared of taking armoured vehicle out for joyride – because he's insane, court says
60-mile Virginia roadtrip thankfully ended peacefully
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Science
Brit-built trundlebot eyeing up a July 2020 launch as cams fitted to ExoMars mission rover
Now, about those parachutes...
21 Aug 17:00 |
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Personal Tech
A challenger appears: Taiwanese devs' answer to Gemini PDA wraps a Raspberry Pi in a tablet
Portable Linux with fully open-source hardware in the CutiePi
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Security
Microsoft: Reckon our code is crap? Prove it and $30k could be yours
Doors on the Edge Insider Bounty Program flung open
21 Aug 15:00 |
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Security
Sorry script kiddies, hacktivism isn't cool anymore: No one cares about stuff that's easy-peasy to defend against
So much for Beto O'Rourke's cow-related capers
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Software
Latest sneak peek at PowerShell 7 ups the telemetry but... hey... is that an off switch?
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Software
Shiny new toys take backseat in Android Studio 3.5 for now as '600 bugs' squished
'Project Marble' focuses on quality ahead of big features
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Business
Overseas investors eat the UK tech sector for Brexit: More cash flung about in 7 months than the whole of last year
Weak pound and China trade war make Blighty attractive proposition – research
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Data Centre
Welcome to Hollywood, Claranet-style: You've (not) got mail, or hosted sites for that matter
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Personal Tech
Brits are sitting on a time bomb of 40m old electronic devices that ought to be recycled
Mountain of digital detritus 'not sustainable' – survey
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Artificial Intelligence
Moore's Law isn't dead, chip boffin declares – we need it to keep chugging along for the sake of AI
Hot ChipsIf you want to train neural networks quickly, keep packing in the transistors
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Security
Stuff like sophisticated government spyware is scary and all – but don't forget, a single .wmv file can pwn you via VLC
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21 Aug 08:57 |
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Business
Don't panic! Don't panic! UK IT job ads plummet as Brexit uncertainty grabs UK tech sector by the short and curlies
Biggest recruiters for techies remain AWS, NHS and BSkyB Group
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Personal Tech
My MacBook Woe: I got up close and personal with city's snatch'n'dash crooks (aka some bastard stole my laptop)
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Security
30+ countries, 160,000 emails, $4.2m in cyber-heists… maybe it's time for the Silence hacker crew to change its name
Russian bank-hacking ring continues its global expansion
21 Aug 05:00 |
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There once was a biz called Bitbucket, that told Mercurial to suck it. Now devs are dejected, their code soon ejected
...Knowing they just cannot duck Git: Repos to be deleted when support ends
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Clip, clip, hooray: NASA says it will send Clipper probe to Europa, will attempt no landing there
Forget Mars, Jupiter’s moon could be where life’s at
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Security
No REST for the wicked: Ruby gem hacked to siphon passwords, secrets from web devs
Developer account cracked due to credential reuse, source tampered with and released to hundreds of programmers
20 Aug 21:21 |
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Networks
How four rotten packets broke CenturyLink's network for 37 hours, knackering 911 calls, VoIP, broadband
FCC delivers postmortem after blunder cripples US fiber links
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Software
Microsoft Chrom... Edge hits beta as new browser prepped for biz testing
Where will you stand now that Redmond has raised the web-surfing stakes?
20 Aug 17:53 |
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Data Centre
IBM hears the RISC-V kids partying next door, decides it will make its Power CPU ISA free, too
Big Blue says it will open OpenPower, power next-gen chips in China, er, anywhere
20 Aug 16:05 |
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Security
Huawei goes all Art of War on us: Switches on 'battle mode' and vows to 'dominate the world'
You listening, Trump?
20 Aug 15:30 |
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Cloud
TSO Host no closer to solving customers' email issues as Brit firm pops up on more blacklists
UpdatedPunters bemoan comms silence with no fix in sight
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DevOps
Python the latest language to slither into Microsoft's serverless Azure Functions service
Look, we caught up with AWS
20 Aug 13:45 |
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You monsters: Screen time murders your kid's imaginary friend – until they reach school age
British sprogs have a million pretend pals, says survey
20 Aug 13:03 |
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