United Nations calls for moratorium on sale of surveillance tech like NSO Group's Pegasus
Suggests the world to sort out a ban to preserve human rights, issues sternly worded 'Please Explain' to Israel
Legal
Alibaba to offer self-defense training in response to sexual assault allegation
Pledges to 'strengthen organizational guardrails' with raft of new policy and training initiatives
Security
Huawei stole our tech and created a 'backdoor' to spy on Pakistan, claims IT biz
Allegations of purloined trade secrets, unfair competition, national security threats, and more packed into lawsuit
Applications
Thunderbird 91 lands: Now native on Apple Silicon, swaps 'master' for 'primary' password, and more
Project said to be well resourced, lots of tweaks in new version, plenty more to do
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Analysis
Amazon Game Studios to its own devs: All your codebase doesn't belong to us
E-goliath's subsidiary drops 'draconian' contract terms that absorbed personal work, demanded license rights
13 Aug 21:07 | 1
Science
Starliner takes off ... back to the factory and not space
This isn't Boeing very well, is it?
13 Aug 20:11 | 7
Opinion
Russia: Forget about the Nauka incident. Who punched the hole in the Soyuz, hmm?
Borked module and fingerpointing puts space relationship with US under strain
13 Aug 19:23 | 4
Webcast
JSON workloads getting you down? Time to slash through the complexity
Join us online before you start your migration
13 Aug 17:30 |
AI + ML
Palantir abandons any attempt at curating nice-guy image with 'Global Information Dominance Experiments'
COO also talks of recruiting and irradiating the next David Banners of the tech world
13 Aug 16:36 | 14
Security
Fancy joining the SAS's secret hacker squad in Hereford as an electronics engineer for £33k?
Hey MoD, nice to hear from you. What? Not secret any more, you say?
13 Aug 15:26 | 16
OSes
Microsoft fiddles with Fluent while the long dark Nightmare of the Print Spooler continues for Windows
New Windows 11 toys, fresh new CVE pops out
13 Aug 14:31 | 2
Software
The Perl Foundation faces more departures in wake of org pressing pause on Community Affairs Team
People just won't quit quitting
13 Aug 12:29 | 18
Something for the Weekend, Sir?
Before I agree to let your app track me everywhere, I want something 'special' in return (winks)…
Help me, officer, I’m lost! 'No problem, sir, you’re right in front of me'
13 Aug 11:35 | 36
Off-Prem
£3m for 8 weeks of consultancy work: McKinsey given contract to advise UK.gov on tech project business cases
One of issues with public sector IT? Technical debt. £2.3bn to keep lights on in 2019, and £22bn more over next 5 years
13 Aug 10:32 | 21
Episode 15
BOFH: 'What's an NFT?' the Boss asks. In this case, 'not financially thoughtful'
Anybody in the market for one of him whimpering?
13 Aug 09:32 | 63
APP DEVELOPMENT
Microsoft emits last preview of .NET 6 and C# 10, but is C# becoming as complex as C++?
Plus: Visual Studio rolls out preview 3 of 2022 version
Stack Overflow survey: Microsoft IDEs dominate, GCP and Azure battle behind AWS
Most-used language? JavaScript, of course – though for a big salary, try Clojure
Rust 2021 edition to arrive in October with 'more consistent panic' and other new features
Also: Why Rust in Android will use the Soong build system, not Cargo
Version 8 of open-source code editor Notepad++ brings Dark Mode and an ARM64 build, but bans Bing from web searches
'When a search engine does the censorship instead of its job, it's not reliable anymore'
On Call
See that last line in the access list? Yeah, that means you don't have an access list
But I hired the most expensive of contractors – how could this have happened?
13 Aug 08:30 | 43
Security
United Nations calls for moratorium on sale of surveillance tech like NSO Group's Pegasus
Suggests the world to sort out a ban to preserve human rights, issues sternly worded 'Please Explain' to Israel
13 Aug 07:58 | 18
Security
Re-volting: AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization undone by electrical attack
Fault injection technique presents risk in cloud environments from rogue admins
13 Aug 07:35 | 18
Security
China stops networked vehicle data going offshore under new infosec rules
Hands-off driving detectors required, over-the-air updates to be strictly regulated
13 Aug 06:58 | 15
Personal Tech
Perhaps regretting those Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions, UK watchdog suggests Facebook offloads GIF haven Giphy
BTW is that pronounced Jiffy or?
13 Aug 06:33 | 18
Security
FISMA's a fizzer, says Cisco, and calls on Congress to get cyber security policy right – pronto
Organizational structure, piecemeal approach and hiring practices all need to change, says Borg security bigwig
13 Aug 06:16 |
Legal
Alibaba to offer self-defense training in response to sexual assault allegation
Pledges to 'strengthen organizational guardrails' with raft of new policy and training initiatives
13 Aug 03:15 | 7
Security
Huawei stole our tech and created a 'backdoor' to spy on Pakistan, claims IT biz
Allegations of purloined trade secrets, unfair competition, national security threats, and more packed into lawsuit
13 Aug 01:54 | 10
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Huawei stole our tech and created a 'backdoor' to spy on Pakistan, claims IT biz
Allegations of purloined trade secrets, unfair competition, national security threats, and more packed into lawsuit
Software
Microsoft emits last preview of .NET 6 and C# 10, but is C# becoming as complex as C++?
Plus: Visual Studio rolls out preview 3 of 2022 version
On-Prem
Taiwan president pokes the bear by saying the nation needs to lessen its supply chain dependency on China
Tsai Ing-wen also expressed desire to attract external tech talent in rare interview
In brief
GitHub picks Friday 13th to kill off password-based Git authentication
Plus: eBPF Foundation emerges, Exchange severs probed for ProxyShell holes, and more
Software
After 15 months in preview, GitHub releases Codespaces – probably the fanciest new shiny since Actions
Teams and Enterprise only for now
Security
Thief hands back at least a third of $600m in crypto-coins stolen from Poly Network
It was just a prank, bro
Applications
Thunderbird 91 lands: Now native on Apple Silicon, swaps 'master' for 'primary' password, and more
Project said to be well resourced, lots of tweaks in new version, plenty more to do
Science
Good news: There's a slightly increased chance of asteroid Bennu hitting Earth. Bad news: It's still really slight
Don't get your hopes up about that Sept 24, 2182 end-of-world party
Security
COVID-19 cases surge as do sales of fake vaccination cards – around $100 for something you could get free
Vaccine deceit is infectious
On Call
See that last line in the access list? Yeah, that means you don't have an access list
But I hired the most expensive of contractors – how could this have happened?
STORIES
On-Prem
Facebook now says it won't recall staff to its offices until 2022 due to delta variant
It's the Social distancing Network™
13 Aug 00:33 | 5
In brief
GitHub picks Friday 13th to kill off password-based Git authentication
Plus: eBPF Foundation emerges, Exchange severs probed for ProxyShell holes, and more
12 Aug 23:20 | 6
Science
NASA blames the wrong kind of Martian rock for Perseverance sample failure
Not a hardware or software bug, for a change
12 Aug 21:33 | 32
Analysis
US govt scores a point against Assange in run-up to extradition appeal showdown
Judge wrong to prevent Uncle Sam from challenging psychiatrist's suicide risk report, says High Court
12 Aug 20:31 | 21
Applications
Thunderbird 91 lands: Now native on Apple Silicon, swaps 'master' for 'primary' password, and more
Project said to be well resourced, lots of tweaks in new version, plenty more to do
12 Aug 19:49 | 46
Personal Tech
Beige Against the Machine: The IBM PC turns 40
5150: Not just a medical emergency, also the beginning of the office brick
12 Aug 18:36 | 52
Webcast
Think your backups will protect you against ransomware? They’re top of the target list
Zoom in on zero trust by tuning in and finding out
12 Aug 17:30 |
Updated
Workday makes Google preferred partner for public cloud weeks after demise of Amazon project revealed
SaaSy HR firm gets around a bit
12 Aug 16:37 | 1
THE ONE AND ONLY...
BOFH: 'What's an NFT?' the Boss asks. In this case, 'not financially thoughtful'
Anybody in the market for one of him whimpering?
BOFH: They say you either love it or you hate it. We can confirm you're going to hate it
So what you're saying is you updated the new machines from the network – the infected network
BOFH: You brought nothing to the party but a six-pack of regret
A tale of Simon, the PFY and the consultant
BOFH: Switch off the building? Great idea, Boss
Never mind what those blinkenlights are doing. Take a deep breath and this will all be fine
Security
Lockbit ransomware attack didn't affect ops, claims Accenture amid lurid payoff rumours
No word on whether gang got their mitts on data, though
12 Aug 15:24 | 3
Software
After 15 months in preview, GitHub releases Codespaces – probably the fanciest new shiny since Actions
Teams and Enterprise only for now
12 Aug 14:21 | 12
PaaS + IaaS
Where's the nearest exit? ServiceNow continues on acquisition spree with interior mapping startup Mapwize
PostgreSQL acceleration outfit Swarm64 also nabbed
12 Aug 13:04 | 2
On-Prem
Taiwan president pokes the bear by saying the nation needs to lessen its supply chain dependency on China
Tsai Ing-wen also expressed desire to attract external tech talent in rare interview
12 Aug 12:02 | 27
OSes
Elementary OS 6 Odin released on a 'pay what you want' basis
Principled Linux distro with curated apps, but spartan install may flummox newbies
12 Aug 11:29 | 35
Security
COVID-19 cases surge as do sales of fake vaccination cards – around $100 for something you could get free
Vaccine deceit is infectious
12 Aug 10:33 | 168
Bork!Bork!Bork!
Elevating bork to a new level (if the touchscreen worked)
Who needs pesky buttons when the Internet of Bork is here?
12 Aug 09:27 | 58
Software
Microsoft emits last preview of .NET 6 and C# 10, but is C# becoming as complex as C++?
Plus: Visual Studio rolls out preview 3 of 2022 version
12 Aug 08:29 | 34
Don't Miss
COVID-19 cases surge as do sales of fake vaccination cards – around $100 for something you could get free
Vaccine deceit is infectious
Bootnotes
Salesforce gets into the vid-streaming with original content caper, promises digital inspriation
Netflix and friends are probably safe as only shows revealed so far are fronted by staff or streamed from its own conference
12 Aug 07:57 | 3
Webcast
Now that your VMs are in the cloud, the hard stuff starts
Want to rewrite your tech future? Chapter 2 starts here
12 Aug 07:30 |
Software
China plans laws for 'healthy' development of tech companies
Monopoly review, digital IDs and more on agenda in new plan from Central Committee and State Council
12 Aug 06:56 | 27
Science
Good news: There's a slightly increased chance of asteroid Bennu hitting Earth. Bad news: It's still really slight
Don't get your hopes up about that Sept 24, 2182 end-of-world party
12 Aug 06:11 | 36
Security
Singaporean telco leaked personal data of over 57,000 customers
StarHub's breach announcement came a month after discovery of customer file on dump site
12 Aug 04:28 | 1
Science
India's return to space fails after first locally built cryogenic engine experiences 'anomaly'
Upper stage didn't ignite, Earth observation satellite likely lost
12 Aug 03:05 | 25
Bootnotes
Naughty karaoke is China's next tech crackdown target
Work drinking culture also criticised in wake of Alibaba sex assault scandal
12 Aug 01:27 | 33
