We can simulate him... we have the technology: Virtual humans make jump from super 'puter to Oracle Cloud
Ah Larry, you're all heart. Virtually
Software
Red Hat tips its Fedora at CoreOS Container Linux stans: Hop onto something else, folks, cos this one's on a boat to Valhalla
Support ends May 26. Users fretting over Fedora CoreOS's limitations might want to jump into Flatcar
Security
Shipping is so insecure we could have driven off in an oil rig, says Pen Test Partners
Not many stranger things happen at sea
Emergent Tech
Microsoft to bravely defend US democracy for a slack handful of voters in Fulton, Wisconsin
ElectionGuard guards real-life election
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Bootnotes
Among those pardoned by Trump this week: Software maker ex-CEO who admitted hacking into rivals' systems
There's always a tech angle
19 Feb 01:58 | 3
Emergent Tech
One man is standing up to Donald Trump's ban on US chip tech going to Huawei. That man... is Donald Trump
President slams his own administration's 'ridiculous' China crackdown
19 Feb 00:26 | 9
Cloud
Google Cloud rolls up in an AMD second-gen Epyc test car, looks you in the eye, pats the passenger seat
Meanwhile: Chip fabs still running just fine in China, FYI, says analyst
18 Feb 22:49 |
Updated
I'm sorry, Elon. I'm afraid I can't do that... SpaceX touts robo-rides for orbital vacations, lift-off in 2021-ish
If you need to ask the price, you definitely can't afford it
18 Feb 22:04 | 5
Storage
Hard Disk Dri, er, Connive: Two sales execs accused by Uncle Sam of bumping up HDD component prices
Japanese supplier's biz model, like its products, were straight as a spring
18 Feb 20:45 | 3
Bootnotes
Instagram influencer fools followers into thinking Ikea photoshoot was Bali holiday
Following this?
18 Feb 19:29 | 27
Networks
Japan would like to offer 5G firms cheap loans – because subsidies are only bad when Huawei gets them
Look over here! Mmmmm, tax breaks
18 Feb 18:30 | 5
Security
$2.07bn? That's one Dell of a deal to offload infosec biz RSA
Texan tech giant hacks off part of security real estate, sells to consortium
18 Feb 17:30 | 4
Security
Shipping is so insecure we could have driven off in an oil rig, says Pen Test Partners
Not many stranger things happen at sea
18 Feb 16:45 | 49
Personal Tech
Is it OPPOsites day? Chinese smartphone giant expected to develop its own silicon
OPPOrtunity knocks etc
18 Feb 15:45 | 5
Data Centre
Google lives in an Orange submarine: Transatlantic cable will get by with a little help from some friends
French telco pairs up with Telxius on backhaul links, co-lo services
18 Feb 15:00 | 32
Software
Red Hat tips its Fedora at CoreOS Container Linux stans: Hop onto something else, folks, cos this one's on a boat to Valhalla
Support ends May 26. Users fretting over Fedora CoreOS's limitations might want to jump into Flatcar
18 Feb 14:15 | 2
Science
Jeff Bezos bungs $10bn at climate change after chump change for Oz bush fires
Then goes and opens rocket engine factory
18 Feb 13:43 | 19
Policy
Auf wiedersehen, pet: UK Deutsche Bank contractors plan to leave rather than take 25% pay cut for IR35 – report
Yet another financial institution only wants freelancers on its own terms
18 Feb 13:03 | 94
Business
That'll take the spring out of your step: Apple warns of iPhone shortages, revenue miss due to coronavirus
Factories 'ramping more slowly than anticipated'
18 Feb 12:30 | 11
Emergent Tech
Microsoft to bravely defend US democracy for a slack handful of voters in Fulton, Wisconsin
ElectionGuard guards real-life election
18 Feb 12:00 | 24
Storage
Psst. SANshine, fancy a bit of shared block storage on Azure?
Microsoft previews its efforts to bring complexity of on-prem IT to the cloud
18 Feb 11:13 | 6
Software
Oracle gets a bit touchy-feely as CEO Catz shares a digital transformation bedtime story
CommentJust what is it you lot actually do anyway?
18 Feb 10:31 | 5
Cloud
We can simulate him... we have the technology: Virtual humans make jump from super 'puter to Oracle Cloud
Ah Larry, you're all heart. Virtually
18 Feb 10:00 | 3
Software
OK, which Dombås stuffed Windows 10 to bursting at Swedish flatpack flinger?
Bork!Bork!Bork!If only there was some way of organising the space
18 Feb 09:15 | 63
Security
Tutanota cries 'censorship!' after secure email biz blocked – for real this time – in Russia
Move over, there's plenty of room on Putin's naughty step
17 Feb 18:00 | 18
Personal Tech
Don't Flip out or anything, but the 'flexible glass display' on Samsung's latest pholdable doesn't behave like glass
As in, it's easy to damage despite spiel
17 Feb 17:00 | 56
Software
Chrome 81 beta hooks browser up to Web NFC, augmented-reality features
'Web apps should be able to do anything native apps can'
17 Feb 16:10 | 27
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Security
It is with a heavy heart we must inform you, once again, folks are accidentally spilling thousands of sensitive pics, records onto the internet
RoundupPlus: Iranians accused of hacking IT service providers to get at their customers
Artificial Intelligence
Good news: Neural network says 11 asteroids thought to be harmless may hit Earth. Bad news: They are not due to arrive for hundreds of years
And also, crucial point, the software may be wrong and we'll never be released by these angels of death
Software
Early adopters delighted as Microsoft pulls plug on Mobile Backend as a Service. Haha, only joking – they're fuming
'Horrible news' for invested devs
Servers
C'mon SPARCky, it's just an admin utility update. What could possibly go wrong?
Who, Me?Now, where was I? [tappity tap] ... BALLS!
Science
SpaceX's next Starlink volley remains stuck on Earth to glee of astronomers everywhere
RoundupPlus: Did NASA just accidentally give the game away?
Personal Tech
Don't Flip out or anything, but the 'flexible glass display' on Samsung's latest pholdable doesn't behave like glass
As in, it's easy to damage despite spiel
Software
Microsoft's coding for noobs hits 1.0, decompiling to C# in Visual Studio, and Windows 10X makes its debut... on Mac
RoundupAlso: No HoloLens 2 at Barcelona
Policy
Auf wiedersehen, pet: UK Deutsche Bank contractors plan to leave rather than take 25% pay cut for IR35 – report
Yet another financial institution only wants freelancers on its own terms
Internet of Things
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a flying solar panel: BAE Systems' satellite alternative makes maiden flight in Oz
Spindly thing claimed to stay airborne for a year with 15kg payload
Artificial Intelligence
Please check your data: A self-driving car dataset failed to label hundreds of pedestrians, thousands of vehicles
RoundupPlus: Trump budget favors AI, 'patent troll' backs down, and CEO quits amid sex pest claims
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Business
Xerox hopes wining and dining HP shareholders will convince them of takeover
Just edible gold rather than briefcases filled with the actual stuff
17 Feb 15:30 | 16
Security
Severe vuln in WordPress plugin Profile Builder would happily hand anyone the keys to your kingdom
Remote attackers were able create their own admin accounts
17 Feb 14:46 | 19
Software
Microsoft's coding for noobs hits 1.0, decompiling to C# in Visual Studio, and Windows 10X makes its debut... on Mac
RoundupAlso: No HoloLens 2 at Barcelona
17 Feb 14:01 | 6
Personal Tech
Samsung gives China wide berth over coronavirus woes, uses sea and air freight to ship smartphone bits to Vietnamese factories
Chaebol switching even more production out of Middle Kingdom
17 Feb 13:15 | 5
Internet of Things
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a flying solar panel: BAE Systems' satellite alternative makes maiden flight in Oz
Spindly thing claimed to stay airborne for a year with 15kg payload
17 Feb 12:30 | 74
Software
Early adopters delighted as Microsoft pulls plug on Mobile Backend as a Service. Haha, only joking – they're fuming
'Horrible news' for invested devs
17 Feb 11:45 | 45
Science
SpaceX's next Starlink volley remains stuck on Earth to glee of astronomers everywhere
RoundupPlus: Did NASA just accidentally give the game away?
17 Feb 11:00 | 18
Artificial Intelligence
Please check your data: A self-driving car dataset failed to label hundreds of pedestrians, thousands of vehicles
RoundupPlus: Trump budget favors AI, 'patent troll' backs down, and CEO quits amid sex pest claims
17 Feb 10:13 | 31
Cloud
Everything OK down there in the Oracle trench? Good. Big Red has a cloud-based data science platform for you
AnalysisGood hook if you're already all-in. Oh, and there's an elephant in the room: full Hadoop implementation
17 Feb 09:16 | 6
Servers
C'mon SPARCky, it's just an admin utility update. What could possibly go wrong?
Who, Me?Now, where was I? [tappity tap] ... BALLS!
17 Feb 08:05 | 152
Security
It is with a heavy heart we must inform you, once again, folks are accidentally spilling thousands of sensitive pics, records onto the internet
RoundupPlus: Iranians accused of hacking IT service providers to get at their customers
17 Feb 07:04 | 19
Artificial Intelligence
Good news: Neural network says 11 asteroids thought to be harmless may hit Earth. Bad news: They are not due to arrive for hundreds of years
And also, crucial point, the software may be wrong and we'll never be released by these angels of death
17 Feb 06:03 | 76
Networks
How the US-China trade war is felt stateside: Xilinx trims workforce after lucrative Huawei sales pipe blocked
'A combination of losing Huawei and slower than anticipated ramp in 5G'
16 Feb 21:30 | 34
Bootnotes
Oracle staff say Larry Ellison's fundraiser for Trump is against 'company ethics' – Oracle, ethics... what dimension have we fallen into?
Ah, bless
15 Feb 01:06 | 114
Security
Roses are red, IBM is Big Blue. It's out of RSA Conference after coronavirus review: IBMers will not attend infosec event over 'health concerns'
UpdatedWho will join the IT giant in staying away from San Francisco?
14 Feb 23:21 | 15
