How your phone, laptop, or watch can be tracked by their Bluetooth transmissions
Unique fingerprints lurk in radio signals more often than not, it seems
Episode 19
BOFH: So you want to have your computer switched out for something faster? It's time to learn from the master
Corporate will make you jump through hoops – but there's always a window
On Call
How to keep a support contract: Make the user think they solved the problem
Look what you found! Aren't you clever!
Feature
Apple's Safari browser runs the risk of becoming the new Internet Explorer – holding the web back for everyone
WebKit engine is well behind the competition
In brief
Japanese bloke collared after using AI software to uncensor smut and flogging it
Plus: Explore the limits of language models in bizarre research experiment, and more
23 Oct 03:30 | 1
Bootnotes
Florida man accused of breaking Mastodon's open-source license with botched social network launch
Golf enthusiast given 30 days to cough up code
23 Oct 00:38 | 13
Personal Tech
Antitrust battle latest: Google, Facebook 'colluded' to smash Apple's privacy protections
Amended Texas complaint alleges backroom efforts to maintain ad dominance and more
22 Oct 22:51 | 8
Software
Microsoft under fire again from open-source .NET devs: Hot Reload feature pulled for sake of Visual Studio sales
Windows giant has a funny way of 'loving' Free software
22 Oct 20:58 | 5
Networks
It's 'near-impossible to escape persistent surveillance' by American ISPs, says FTC
Watchdog finds dubious data gathering, illusory solicitations for consent
22 Oct 19:52 | 6
Personal Tech
While the iPhone's repairability is in the toilet, at least the Apple Watch 7 is as fixable as the previous model
Component swaps still a thing – for now
22 Oct 19:15 | 2
Sponsored
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22 Oct 18:30 |
Security
Better late than never: Microsoft rolls out a public preview of E2EE in Teams calls
Only for one-to-one voice and video, mind
22 Oct 17:28 | 4
Security
Recycled Cobalt Strike key pairs show many crooks are using same cloned installation
Researcher spots RSA tell-tale lurking in plain sight on VirusTotal
22 Oct 16:32 | 3
Updated
Microsoft investor urges shareholders to vote for a deep dive into pay gap and harassment policies
More transparency and reporting needed, says Arunja Capital
22 Oct 15:30 |
PaaS + IaaS
US drops tariff threat against nations who dished out digital taxes to American tech giants as OECD members hash out new deal
15% tax minimum to hit tech firms
22 Oct 14:37 | 5
Networks
Nobody cares about DAB radio – so let's force it onto smart speakers, suggests UK govt review
Britain's anti Amazon and Google war gets a second front
22 Oct 13:49 | 80
Devops
IPSE: More than a third of freelancers have quit contracting since IR35 reforms
Exodus, movement of the people... to the Middle East or elsewhere
22 Oct 13:08 | 29
Software
New Relic guzzles down CodeStream to help devs jump straight from app error telemetry to offending code
'I can debug production from the IDE,' said CS boss Peter Pezaris
22 Oct 12:15 | 3
Personal Tech
Analogue tones of a ZX Spectrum Load set to ride again via podcast project
Remember the R Tape Loading Error?
22 Oct 11:29 | 22
Security
Unhappy customers and their own tricks used against them, REvil ransomware gang reportedly pulled offline by 'multi-country' operations
The second vanishing of the cybergang... for now
22 Oct 10:43 | 19
Feature
Apple's Safari browser runs the risk of becoming the new Internet Explorer – holding the web back for everyone
WebKit engine is well behind the competition
22 Oct 10:05 | 76
Something for the Weekend, Sir?
Judging by the way your face lit up, my inbox just got more attractive
A message for you, (on your) rudie
22 Oct 09:16 | 38
Episode 19
BOFH: So you want to have your computer switched out for something faster? It's time to learn from the master
Corporate will make you jump through hoops – but there's always a window
22 Oct 08:27 | 64
WOBBLY WINDOWS
Microsoft emits more Win 11 fixes for AMD speed issues and death by PowerShell bug
Names November as the month for Win 10 H2 update – then reveals major new feature won’t arrive on time
Microsoft admits to yet more printing problems in Windows as back-at-the-office folks asked for admin credentials
Saving the forests by making printing even harder
Windows 11 Paint: Oh look – rounded corners. And it is prettier... but slightly worse
New iconography, minimalism, less text – and at least it is not Paint 3D
'Windows 11 has been successfully downloaded,' says update for Xbox version of Microsoft Flight Simulator
What? No. Noooooooooooooooooo
On Call
How to keep a support contract: Make the user think they solved the problem
Look what you found! Aren't you clever!
22 Oct 07:45 | 50
Security
How your phone, laptop, or watch can be tracked by their Bluetooth transmissions
Unique fingerprints lurk in radio signals more often than not, it seems
22 Oct 06:50 | 14
Security
YouTubers fell for shady 'sponsors' who seized, then sold, accounts
Vid-slingers had been asking how this happened for years, even while their channels were spruiking dodgy crypto
22 Oct 06:28 | 22
Off-Prem
Alibaba Cloud drops all-in-one client device, on-prem cloud-native DB
Claims shared memory speed breakthrough in new server, plans to enter South Korea and Thailand, and more
22 Oct 04:32 | 4
Personal Tech
US consumer watchdog starts sniffing around tech giants' use of your spending data
Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, PayPal, Square under investigation
21 Oct 23:46 | 10
On-Prem
Unvaccinated and working at Apple? Prepare for COVID-19 testing 'every time' you step in the office
Tell us you've been jabbed or...
21 Oct 21:39 | 204
Software
Google trims the cut its Play Store takes from digital subscriptions, ebooks, music streaming
But with 97 per cent of Android devs offering free software, web giant's share of mobile ad spend matters more
21 Oct 20:33 | 4
Edge + IoT
Executive exodus from Intel depth and tracking tech arm RealSense continues
Former CTO leaves for car tech biz
21 Oct 17:01 |
BIG BAD BUGS
If your apps or gadgets break down on Sunday, this may be why: Gpsd bug to roll back clocks to 2002
Alternative headline: Yet another widely used project maintained thanklessly by 'some random person in Nebraska'
User locked out of Microsoft account by MFA bug, complains of customer-hostile support
'So sorry' says Microsoft Identity VP – but its unhelpful support systems will be hard to fix
EasyJet flight loadsheet snafu caused by software 'code errors' says UK safety agency
System 'operating outside of the original design specification' said AAIB
Facebook rendered spineless by buggy audit code that missed catastrophic network config error
Explains mega-outage with boilerplate response: We try hard, we're sorry we failed, we'll try to do better
Break point: Qodana, Pulumi, OpenShift, GraalVM, Seldon, and VS Code
CUDA Python, here we come: Nvidia offers Python devs the gift of GPU acceleration
Pump it up: Apache Spark 3.2 completes ANSI SQL mode, makes adaptive query execution new normal
HashiCorp Waypoint preps for Kubernetes users, Nomad toys with reusable app deployments
Security
We regret to inform you there's an RCE vuln in old version of WinRAR. Yes, the file decompression utility
Update to v6.02 – or don't, but on your head be it
21 Oct 15:25 | 23
Software
GIMP 2.99.8 is here but what's happened to 3.0? If only stuff would not break all the time
Keeping up with technology changes 'taking a toll on development'
21 Oct 14:35 | 9
Science
After more than a decade of development, South Korea has a near miss with Nuri rocket test
Nation playing catch-up following release from 1979 ban
21 Oct 13:59 | 10
Software
Developers offered browser-based fun in VSCode.dev and Java action in Visual Studio Code
Looking at code here, there and (almost) everywhere
21 Oct 13:05 | 4
Don't Miss
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Applications
No swearing or off-brand comments: AWS touts auto-moderation messaging API
Automate everything – but while human moderation is hard, robot moderation tends not to work
21 Oct 12:23 | 30
Legal
Informatica UKI veep was rightfully sacked over Highways England $5k golf jolly, says tribunal
Underling took customer on bucket list trip - and VP signed it off without checking
21 Oct 10:56 | 28
Science
Boeing's Starliner capsule corroded due to high humidity levels, NASA explains, and the spaceship won't fly this year
Meanwhile Elon's running orbital tourist trips and ISS crew missions
21 Oct 10:14 | 67
Security
Research finds consumer-grade IoT devices showing up... on corporate networks
Considering the slack security of such kit, it's a perfect storm
21 Oct 09:27 | 48
MBB Forum 2021
Huawei appears to have quenched its thirst for power in favour of more efficient 5G
Never mind the performance, man, think of the planet
21 Oct 08:36 | 1
Sponsored
What is self-learning AI and how does it tackle ransomware?
Darktrace: Why you need defence that operates at machine speed
21 Oct 07:30 |
On-Prem
IBM Systems sales sag as revenue growth slows to a crawl – but at least tape did OK
Big Blue promises mid-single-digit growth is coming, but CEO struggles to explain how.
21 Oct 06:59 | 16
ALT ARCHES
We're closing the gap with Arm and x86, claims SiFive: New RISC-V CPU core for PCs, servers, mobile incoming
As it appears Intel's attempt to gobble the upstart collapses
Alibaba Cloud unveils home-spun 128-core Arm-compatible server processor
Also plans to open-source current XuanTie RISC-V cores and future designs
Arm puts virtual hardware in the cloud so you won't have to wait for the actual chips
Developers, start your engines
Apple kicked an M1-shaped hole in Intel's quarter
Chipzilla braces for a China-gaming-ban-shaped hole in future results, predicts more product delays
Arm teases its GPU that will follow next year's graphics processor tech
Pushing for a 5x performance boost albeit over a 2018 cousin
Personal Tech
China to crush secondary market providing forbidden gaming accounts to kids
Beijing's recent crackdowns on internet behaviour have spawned rebellious entrepreneurs, because of course they have.
21 Oct 05:59 | 27
On-Prem
AWS admits cloud ain't always the answer, intros on-prem vid-analysing box
Panorama appliance packs Nvidia Jetson Xavier AGX and will be sold – not rented like other AWS on-prem kit
21 Oct 04:35 | 3
Analysis
Remember, remember, the 1st of November: The day Dell VMware spun out
Virtzilla will be just fine – it's finally figured out how to woo developers, and hardware players won't desert it
21 Oct 02:45 | 5
Science
Theranos blood-test machine demos for VIPs rigged to hide any failures, court told
Error messages effectively piped to /dev/null, it is alleged
21 Oct 01:15 | 42
Personal Tech
Chip shortage forces temporary Raspberry Pi 4 price rise for the first time
Ten-buck increase for 2GB model 'not here to stay' says Upton
21 Oct 00:00 | 6
Security
Uncle Sam to clip wings of Pegasus-like spyware – sorry, 'intrusion software' – with proposed export controls
Surveillance tech faces trade limits as America syncs policy with treaty obligations
20 Oct 22:09 | 18
On-Prem
Global IT spending to hit $4.5 trillion in 2022, says Gartner
The future's bright, and expensive
20 Oct 21:03 | 3
Storage
Memory maker Micron moots $150bn mega manufacturing moneybag
AI and 5G to fuel demand for new plants and R&D
20 Oct 19:55 | 2
Popular
Bootnotes
'Windows 11 has been successfully downloaded,' says update for Xbox version of Microsoft Flight Simulator
What? No. Noooooooooooooooooo
Feature
Apple's Safari browser runs the risk of becoming the new Internet Explorer – holding the web back for everyone
WebKit engine is well behind the competition
Security
We regret to inform you there's an RCE vuln in old version of WinRAR. Yes, the file decompression utility
Update to v6.02 – or don't, but on your head be it
On-Prem
We're closing the gap with Arm and x86, claims SiFive: New RISC-V CPU core for PCs, servers, mobile incoming
As it appears Intel's attempt to gobble the upstart collapses
On-Prem
Unvaccinated and working at Apple? Prepare for COVID-19 testing 'every time' you step in the office
Tell us you've been jabbed or...
Episode 19
BOFH: So you want to have your computer switched out for something faster? It's time to learn from the master
Corporate will make you jump through hoops – but there's always a window
Software
Microsoft under fire again from open-source .NET devs: Hot Reload feature pulled for sake of Visual Studio sales
Windows giant has a funny way of 'loving' Free software
On Call
How to keep a support contract: Make the user think they solved the problem
Look what you found! Aren't you clever!
Software
GIMP 2.99.8 is here but what's happened to 3.0? If only stuff would not break all the time
Keeping up with technology changes 'taking a toll on development'
OSes
Microsoft emits more Win 11 fixes for AMD speed issues and death by PowerShell bug
Names November as the month for Win 10 H2 update – then reveals major new feature won’t arrive on time
STORIES
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AWS gets persistent with MemoryDB for Redis
Amazon service offers 'real, solid, multi-Availability Zone durability'
What’s missing from most ICS cybersecurity training? The ICS itself…
SANS gets you hands-on with 'unique and amazing' industrial setup
Virtualization
China to allow overseas investment in VPNs but Beijing keeps control of the generally discouraged tech
Foreign ownership capped at 50%
20 Oct 19:03 | 6
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Applications
Microsoft unveils Android apps for Windows 11 (for US users only)
Windows Insiders get their hands on the Windows Subsystem for Android
20 Oct 17:01 | 25
Legal
Software Freedom Conservancy sues TV maker Vizio for 'GPL infringement'
Companies using free-as-in-freedom software should meet their obligations, lawsuit says
20 Oct 16:05 | 38
Storage
DRAM, it stacks up: SK hynix rolls out 819GB/s HBM3 tech
Kit using the chips to appear next year at the earliest
Science
UK's ARIA innovation body 'hasn't even begun to happen' says former research lead
Updated DARPA imitator not doing much after two years of Johnson government
Legal
Facebook fined £50m in UK for 'conscious' refusal to report info and 'deliberate failure to comply' during Giphy acquisition probe
Updated That rebrand can't come soon enough
Security
Not just deprecated, but deleted: Google finally strips File Transfer Protocol code from Chrome browser
A death by a thousand cuts
20 Oct 13:07 | 114
Applications
Brave's homegrown search claims to protect your privacy but there's a long way to go if it's to challenge the big G
Ad-free now but not forever
20 Oct 12:14 | 38
Security
NHS Digital exposes hundreds of email addresses after BCC blunder copies in entire invite list to 'Let's talk cyber' event
It's like rai-iiiiiin on your wedding day
20 Oct 11:28 | 60
Networks
Hitting underground pipes and cables costs the UK £2.4bn a year. We need a data platform for that, says government
Atkins wins £23m deal to build National Underground Asset Register
20 Oct 10:45 | 87
