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32TB of Windows 10 internal builds, core source code leak online

ExclusiveFinding exploitable bugs suddenly easier

Not Apr 1: Google stops scanning your Gmail to sling targeted ads at you

Given the amount of data it already has on you, why bother?

Latest Windows 10 Insider build pulls the trigger on crappy SMB1

Redmond adds UI tweaks, more emojis and Edge enticements

Smart burglars will ride the surf of inter-connected hackability

Wire wastepaper bin filled with scrunched up paper. Photo by Shutterstock
Business

Capita flogs Asset Services division for £888m

'The reduction in leverage is significant' – Parker
24 Jun 07:04
Software

Tech giants flash Russia their code blueprints in exchange for access

What could possibly go wrong?
24 Jun 00:57
Security

Anthem to shell out $115m in largest-ever data theft settlement

Good day to be an attorney, or a Maserati salesman
24 Jun 00:09
Security

AES-256 crypto cracked in 50 secs using €200 of kit one metre away

Van Eck phreaking getting surprisingly cheap
25 Comments
23 Jun 22:58
Networks

FCC: LEO ISPs A-OK

OneWeb gets green light to pipe internet through 720 orbiting satellites
23 Jun 22:11
Security

US Secretary of State: Я буду работать с Россией по вопросам кибербезопасности

AnalysisPish, hackers, smackers, says Rex Tillerson
10 Comments
23 Jun 21:08

Don't miss PC rebooted every time user flushed the toilet

Artificial Intelligence

Putting AI to work in finance? Think algorithms, ethics first

EventsMore speakers join MCubed Lineup
22 Jun 12:14
Security

32TB of Windows 10 internal builds, core source code leak online

ExclusiveFinding exploitable bugs suddenly easier
54 Comments
23 Jun 20:09
Security

Not Apr 1: Google stops scanning your Gmail to sling targeted ads at you

Given the amount of data it already has on you, why bother?
27 Comments
23 Jun 19:53
Policy

Florida Man to be fined $1.25 per robocall... all 96 million of them

Record $120m penalty will be doled out by FCC for bonkers binge of junk dialing
28 Comments
23 Jun 18:25
Security

Virgin Media router security flap follows weak password expose

You're not using the password from the sticker, are you?
26 Comments
23 Jun 15:34
Policy

ZX Spectrum reboot firm gets £52k court costs order quashed

Up and down goes the Retro Computers Ltd litigation yoyo
23 Jun 15:03
Policy

Google to remove private medical data from search results

As DeepMind slurps up more more patient data for Streams
20 Comments
23 Jun 14:22
Policy

ICO fines 'Wolf of Wall Street' electrical survey biz for nuisance calls

That's a £50k penalty and another shaming for Kent-based MyHome Installations
14 Comments
23 Jun 13:02
Security

Russian hackers selling login credentials of UK politicians, diplomats – report

They're oldies but could still spill the goodies, say experts
23 Jun 12:31
Internet of Things

IoT coverage for 95% of UK by 2019? We can't even do 4G, Sigfox

French firm and new pals WND announce, err, ambitious plans
23 Jun 11:55
Cloud

Amazon squares up to Walmart over boycott calls: Talk sh!t, get hit

'Tactics like this are bad for business and customers'
22 Comments
23 Jun 11:38
Bootnotes

Ex-NASA bod on Gwyneth Paltrow site's 'healing' stickers: 'Wow. What a load of BS'

Paltrow, we have a problem
98 Comments
23 Jun 11:20
BOFH

BOFH: Putting the commitment into committee

Episode 8Do we have an agenda? Why of course we do!
78 Comments
23 Jun 11:07
Storage

Hey blockheads, is an NVMe over fabrics array a SAN?

AnalysisNo, says Datrium, 'cos you can't share data. E8 sort of agrees
23 Jun 10:26
Policy

Tory-commissioned call centres 'might have bent data protection laws'

Party can expect a call from the Information Commissioner
17 Comments
23 Jun 10:02
Policy

Doormat junk: Takeaway menus, Farmfoods flyer, NHS data-sharing letter... wait, what?

Effort to notify patients falls flat – under pizza pamphlet
22 Comments
23 Jun 09:35
Security
Wire wastepaper bin filled with scrunched up paper. Photo by Shutterstock

Smart burglars will ride the surf of inter-connected hackability

Something for the Weekend, Sir?Let’s invent a dustbin that throws itself away
50 Comments
23 Jun 09:02
Policy

Algorithmic pricing raises concerns for EU competition law enforcement

AnalysisIllegal offline? It's illegal online
17 Comments
23 Jun 08:22
Storage
Defeated-looking young man puts his head against table in front of laptop and pile of papers in conference room. Pic via Shutterstock

Fasthosts' week to forget: 4-day virtual server summer bummer

VPS blinkenlights dim for some of the customers
23 Jun 08:13
Business

PC rebooted every time user flushed the toilet

On-CallWiping out the problem needed a brush and a pump, but didn't make a stink
113 Comments
23 Jun 07:32
Software

Red Hat dons hyperconverged headware

When is a server a hyper-server? When it bundles V12N, RHEL, Gluster and Ansible
23 Jun 06:58
Business

Facebook gives itself mission to 'bring the world closer' by getting people off Facebook

AnalysisZuckerberg preaches connectivity gospel, sends faithful to do good works
12 Comments
23 Jun 05:58
Science

NASA? More like NASAI: Brainy robots 'crucial' to space exploration

Danger, Will Robinson!
13 Comments
23 Jun 05:01
Policy

UK and Ecuador working on Assange escape mechanism

There's an opening and good will to use it, says Ecuadorian foreign minister
76 Comments
23 Jun 03:58
Cloud

Amazon adds Hyper-V file support to its storage gateway

As Azure Stack's launch approaches, AWS bolsters its hybrid storage story
23 Jun 02:58
Data Centre

Qualcomm's server silicon has a cloud customer: Packet

Rival ARM-wrestling cloud Scaleway has added 64-core Caviums
23 Jun 01:58
Data Centre

Vblock tags in Vxblock: Move is a 'simplification' for punters

We drill into Cisco-Dell-EMC mini-shakeup
23 Jun 00:59
Personal Tech

Apple, LG, Huawei, ZTE, HTC accused of pilfering 'find my phone' tech

Military comms developer says Android and iOS are trampling its patents
15 Comments
23 Jun 00:15
Security

Latest Windows 10 Insider build pulls the trigger on crappy SMB1

Redmond adds UI tweaks, more emojis and Edge enticements
58 Comments
22 Jun 23:21
Security

WikiLeaks doc dump reveals CIA tools for infecting air-gapped PCs

Brutal Kangaroo jumps network breaks, according to leaked classified info
53 Comments
22 Jun 21:12
Networks

Let's go live to the 3rd circle of Hell – and see what Comcast and Charter are screwing up

Allegations of digging up rivals' cables, breaking promises
13 Comments
22 Jun 20:52
Emergent Tech

Breaking news, literally: Newspaper's quakebot rumbled for fake story

Software glitch led to algorithm emitting 90-year-old info
20 Comments
22 Jun 20:16
Emergent Tech

Waymo: We've got a hot smoking gun in Uber 'tech theft' brouhaha

As taxi app maker staff demand T-Bone Kalanick is restored to the throne
22 Comments
22 Jun 20:01
Policy
Donald Trump thumbs up photo via Shutterstock

Lordy! Trump admits there are no tapes of his chats with Comey

Strangely lucid and lawyerly statement from Tweeter-in-Chief
99 Comments
22 Jun 18:38
Bootnotes

Genoans flout terror ban with bumper basil hand baggage policy

Sauce on a plane
32 Comments
22 Jun 16:32
Security

Microsoft PatchGuard flaw could let hackers plant rootkits on x64 Windows 10 boxen

Redmond shrugs, says PC would already need to be thoroughly pwned
16 Comments
22 Jun 16:02
Bootnotes

Canadian sniper makes kill shot at distance of 3.5 KILOMETRES

He'd have been aiming higher than the top of London's Shard to hit his mark
177 Comments
22 Jun 15:28

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