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US sanctions on Turkey for Russia purchases could ground Brit F-35s

+CommentOi, remember who you picked as our one-and-only engine supplier?

UK consumer help bloke Martin Lewis is suing Facebook over fake ads

Repeated misuse of consumer champion's mugshot leads to defamation sueball

Sysadmin unplugged wrong server, ran away, hoped nobody noticed

Who, me?‘I was a snot-nosed kid fresh out of college and thought I knew everything!’

Single single-sign-on SNAFU threatens three Cisco products

Angry man on laptop. Illustration via Shutterstock
Security

Nintendo Switch users about to get pwned after unpatchable flaw found in NVIDIA Tegra chips

Researcher reveals demo attack code, full release in June
23 Apr 21:17
Science

Astroboffins find the stink of eggy farts wafting from Uranus

Hold your nose, it smells exactly like what you think it does
23 Apr 20:45
Software

It's not you, it's Big G: Sneaky spammers slip spoofed spam into Gmail Sent folders

UpdatedNot a bug, we're told: It's a feature. Really
23 Apr 20:04
Business

Yay, you've won your Fitbit lawsuit, folks. But, lawyers, about those filet mignon expenses...

AnalysisUS judge halts $33m class-action gravy train
23 Apr 19:47
Policy

Petty PETA rapped by judges over monkey selfie copyright stunt

Animals can sue, but don't have the ability to file intellectual property lawsuits
10 Comments
23 Apr 18:56
Policy

Shazam! The sound of EC shoving probe in Apple's plan to buy name-that-tune app

Show us your data says Euro Commish
23 Apr 16:13

Don't miss Brains behind seL4 secure microkernel begin RISC-V chip port

Bootnotes

Bungling cops try to use dead chap's fingers to unlock his smartmobe

Open casket or open phone?
19 Comments
23 Apr 15:38
Science

Brexit has shafted the UK's space sector, lord warns science minister

We're off the team and everything is awful
72 Comments
23 Apr 14:51
Policy

Amazon and Netflix join Hollywood to lob sueball at 'Kodi' service SetTV

No surprise really
16 Comments
23 Apr 14:22
Storage

Pavilion Data Systems hands more engineers their marching orders

Everything's fine, says NVMe-over-fabrics array startup
23 Apr 13:54
Networks
Fiber optic cable for fast internet - laying cable in residential area

Community Fibre wins £18m from UK.gov infrastructure fund

Plans to hook up 500k Londoners to 1Gbps speeds in 4 years
23 Apr 13:21
Software
purple rotary phone

'Your computer has a virus' cold call con artists on the rise – Microsoft

Complaints up 24% as horrible humans rake in the readies
75 Comments
23 Apr 12:48
Business
dog plays with laptop

UK's Department of Fun seeks data strategy head – experience not needed

Data, digital or tech knowledge 'not essential' for £66,665 role
22 Comments
23 Apr 12:14
Policy

UK consumer help bloke Martin Lewis is suing Facebook over fake ads

Repeated misuse of consumer champion's mugshot leads to defamation sueball
84 Comments
23 Apr 11:19
The Channel

Capita reports pre-tax LOSS of £515m for 2017

Sales won't rise for until 2020 says new broom. Share price rises
38 Comments
23 Apr 10:43
Cloud

Brit bank TSB TITSUP* after long-planned transfer of customer records from Lloyds

UpdatedUsers continue to report issues despite claims it's fixed
74 Comments
23 Apr 09:53
DevOps

Rebuilding your software ops and looking for the right tool kit?

Continuous Lifecycle London will help you reshape your pipeline
23 Apr 09:23
Artificial Intelligence

Your AI pet project is only as smart as its garbage training set

No one said it'd be easy
14 Comments
23 Apr 09:03
The Channel

McDonald's tells Atos to burger off: Da da da da da, we're lobbing IT ...

... support to a Capgemini call centre (and one in India)
40 Comments
23 Apr 08:37
Policy

US sanctions on Turkey for Russia purchases could ground Brit F-35s

+CommentOi, remember who you picked as our one-and-only engine supplier?
75 Comments
23 Apr 08:09
Business

Citrix sues VDI challenger Workspot

Patents the pretence, cloudy control planes competition a more likely cause
23 Apr 07:27
Business

Sysadmin unplugged wrong server, ran away, hoped nobody noticed

Who, me?‘I was a snot-nosed kid fresh out of college and thought I knew everything!’
113 Comments
23 Apr 07:04
Security
Angry man on laptop. Illustration via Shutterstock

Single single-sign-on SNAFU threatens three Cisco products

Firepower, AnyConnect and ASA appliances and clients need patches
23 Apr 06:28
Business
Oath: logo

Yahoo! dismemberment! begins! as! Oath! offloads! Flickr!

SmugMug now the proud owner of more than twenty billion photographs
21 Comments
23 Apr 06:01
Security
Illustration of a computer chip with trendy stuff around it

Brains behind seL4 secure microkernel begin RISC-V chip port

Unveil first code, joins giants in industry-standards club
11 Comments
23 Apr 05:02
Business

Ericsson's losses narrow, but its pulse is still weak

No, 5G won't ride to the rescue this year or next
23 Apr 03:56
Security

Chinese web giant finds Windows zero-day, stays schtum on specifics

Quihoo 360 plays the responsible disclosure game
23 Comments
23 Apr 01:36
Security

Cloud-surfing orgs under attack, Microsoft antivirus for Chrome, Windows 10 S bypass, non-RSA gigs, and more

RoundupYour guide to this week in infosec
21 Apr 11:06
Artificial Intelligence

How much do AI gurus really get paid? And is NIPS such a great name for a conference?

RoundupAnd how does Hey Siri work? Read about it here
21 Apr 09:26
Internet of Things

Time to ditch the front door key? Nest's new wireless smart lock is surprisingly convenient

ReviewBut it's still hard to shake some concerns
153 Comments
21 Apr 07:06
Business

Facebook privacy audit by auditors finds everything is awesome!

FTC's heavily redacted report says everything's hunky dory
31 Comments
21 Apr 00:09
Security

Oh, baby! Newborn-care website leaves database of medics wide open

Health Stream, are you out there? The guy that found your data leak wants a word
20 Apr 23:30
Business

Kaspersky Lab loses the privilege of giving Twitter ad money

Twitter's loss is the EFF's gain
31 Comments
20 Apr 22:06
Security

No way, RSA! Security conference's mobile app embarrassingly insecure

Sorry about the hard-coded passwords, can we sell you some crypto now?
14 Comments
20 Apr 21:20
Personal Tech

Amazon, LG Electronics turned my vape into an exploding bomb, says burned bloke in lawsuit

Scalded smoker wants injury damages, healthcare bills paid
98 Comments
20 Apr 20:07
Security

British Crackas With Attitude chief gets two years in the cooler for CIA spymaster hack

Kane Gamble gambles and loses on hacking skills
51 Comments
20 Apr 19:21
Software

Apple's magical quality engineering strikes again: You may want to hold off that macOS High Sierra update...

Because 10.13.4 is seemingly unstable and performing poorly
61 Comments
20 Apr 18:33
Software
Bill Gates

Twenty years ago today: Windows 98 crashed live on stage with Bill Gates. Let's watch it again...

VideoRelive that sphincter-loosening Blue Screen of Death
92 Comments
20 Apr 17:53
Bootnotes
A group of Playmobil pirates

Drama brews on high seas as Playmobil ship running out of steam

Vessel charts a course to pirate tax haven
15 Comments
20 Apr 16:06
Security
Super-villain Dr Evil puts finger to lip in scheming manner, asks for one million dollars. Pic: New Line Cinema

Planned European death ray may not need Brit boffinry brain-picking

Plenty of laser research already going on – but there's more than one way to melt a drone
54 Comments
20 Apr 15:06
Emergent Tech

Samsung-backed gizmo may soon juice up your smartphone over the air

What a time to be alive
32 Comments
20 Apr 14:26
Storage

It's a Pivotal moment: Dell's cloudy soft limb hits the stock market

Still firmly in Big Mike's clutches despite IPO
20 Apr 13:52
Policy

Creaky NHS digital infrastructure risks holding back gene boffinry, say MPs

Ask for clear budgets, better training and yup, public engagement
16 Comments
20 Apr 13:21

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