Legal
Trump upgrades Cyber Command, may sideline NSA in future
New status puts cyber-ops on same plane as regional commands and global special ops efforts
21 Aug 00:58 | 20
21st > August > 2017 Archive
On-Prem
GitHub's CEO resigns. Again. Without scandal, after fixing messes
Chris Wanstrath will lead the search for his replacement, then do product dev and test
21 Aug 02:04 | 4
AI + ML
Qualcomm slurps Uni of Amsterdam AI spinoff Scyfer
More software smarts for 'AI you can take with you'
21 Aug 03:02 | 6
AI + ML
Elon Musk among 116 AI types calling on UN to nobble robo-weapons before they go all Skynet
Open letter to UN warns of 'weapons hacked to behave in undesirable ways'
21 Aug 03:58 | 40
Updated
Foxit PDF Reader is well and truly foxed up, but vendor won't patch
We've got Safe Mode and that's safe enough, vendor tells ~400m users
21 Aug 04:59 | 65
Software
Facebook won't change React.js license despite Apache developer pain
We love open source so much we can't drop sueball shield, says The Social Network™
21 Aug 05:58 | 26
Science
Voyager antenna operator: 'I was the first human to see images from Neptune'
Remote work and automation is about to see Voyager-listeners' work change, but our man says tuning in is still a thrill
21 Aug 06:55 | 66
Security
Mirai copycats fired the IoT-cannon at game hosts, researchers find
After first wave attacks ended, thing-herders took aim at PlayStation, XBOX and Valve
21 Aug 07:31 | 3
On-Prem
Fujitsu's Australian cloud suffers storage crash, outage
User tells of significant data loss
21 Aug 07:38 | 23
Opinion
NVMe fabrics could shuffle traditional arrays off to the graveyard
With the array controller out of the data path, who needs it?
21 Aug 08:10 | 5
Personal Tech
LG schtum over whether Europeans can get the powerhouse phablet V30
Why not?
21 Aug 08:43 | 18
Servers
HPE memory options rising by double digits... from today
Meanwhile, DRAM makers toasting record sales hauls
21 Aug 09:13 | 4
Bootnotes
75 years ago, one Allied radar techie changed the course of WW2
And he risked being executed by his own side in the process
21 Aug 09:49 | 112
Storage
The rice of cloud, avocado of virtualization and salmon of doubt: Let's eat storage sushi
It's a week's worth of storage nutrition, so let's tuck in
21 Aug 10:23 | 2
On-Prem
Energy firm slapped with £50k fine for making 1.5 million nuisance calls
Telephone Preference Service – check it or feel the ICO's wrath
21 Aug 10:49 | 62
Legal
UK.gov to treat online abuse as seriously as IRL hate crime
Think twice before you fire that foul-mouthed Twitter tirade
21 Aug 11:25 | 113
Storage
NVMe? You should. Mangstor hauls in $7.1m for array development shop
And Austin-based firm is hiring
21 Aug 12:04 |
Channel
The sky is blue, water is wet and UK PC shipments are down
Political uncertainty blamed for crap Q2
21 Aug 13:01 | 46
Security
British snoops at GCHQ knew FBI was going to arrest Marcus Hutchins
WannaCry killer had been working with the spy agency
21 Aug 14:00 | 149
Personal Tech
Intel stuffs extra cores into latest mobile Series U Core i5 and i7 chips
Hello? Yes, I want a fondleslab that does things like a workstation, please
21 Aug 15:01 | 16
Storage
Get hyped: Cisco makes $320m intentions known to startup Springpath
Will supply the software for Netzilla's HyperFlex HCIA line
21 Aug 15:34 | 9
Storage
Tegile arrays tire of SAS backplane, cosy up to hunky newcomer NVMe
It's all NVMe-me-me nowadays
21 Aug 16:02 | 3
Channel
IT reseller Misco UK shutters warehouse and distie centre
Clawing its way out of the red
21 Aug 16:34 | 18
On-Prem
Bizzby balls-up: Handyman app spams customer's details to world+dog
Reuben from Hartlepool, today's your unlucky day
21 Aug 17:02 | 8
Security
10% of UK's top firms would be screwed in a cyber attack – survey
And just 6% say they're fully prepared for GDPR
21 Aug 17:04 | 15
Security
Hackers scam half a million from Enigma digital currency investors
Sucky security leaves MIT cryptoboffins red-faced
21 Aug 18:53 | 13
Legal
China's cyber court opens for business; a gavel-free zone?
Focus is to be specifically on online cases
21 Aug 19:39 | 2
Obit
Science fiction great Brian Aldiss, 92, dies at his Oxford home
Super SF writers don't last all summer long
21 Aug 21:20 | 63
Science
Uh oh, scientists know how those diamonds got in Uranus, and they're telling everyone!
Stanford researchers figure out how icy outer planets make it rain gemstones
21 Aug 21:47 | 55
Networks
Who needs 5G? Qualcomm, Ericsson and Verizon hit 1Gbps with LTE gear
Trio squeezes a bit more life out of current-gen broadband standard
21 Aug 22:14 | 6
Software
Google's Android 8.0 Oreo has been served
The Chocolate Factory's mobile operating system comes with saccharine emoji filling
21 Aug 22:34 | 85
Legal
Groundhog Day! ACCC again calls for truth in broadband advertising
100 Mbps? Call it the 60 Mbps customers might actually experience at peak hour
21 Aug 23:20 | 10
Biting the hand that feeds IT
