Apple tailors Swift System library for open source and Linux support
Multi-platform not cross-platform, says company – enough to increase interest in the language?
Security
Too many staff have privileged work accounts for no good reason, reckon IT bods
Ever seen a Trello board you thought you shouldn't? If you're in UK or US, you're not alone
Who, Me?
Inflated figures and customers who were never there. Just another data migration then
Well, this is awkward
Software
Exercise-tracking app Strava to give away data sweated out after four billion runs, rides and rambles
Anonymous trove offered to help urban planners cope with expected post-plague bike boom
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Analysis
Flying camera drones, cuddly Echo gadgets... it's all a smoke screen for Amazon to lead you gently down the Sidewalk – and you'll probably like it
Right, we own cloud, shipping, what's next? The home
28 Sep 22:35 |
Security
With H-1B workers not exactly rushing to America this year, Uncle Sam plans to spend millions home-growing IT staff
Department of Labor puts $150m into computer, cyber-security training grants to plug visa hole
28 Sep 19:59 | 4
Security
UK, US hospital computers are down, early unofficial diagnosis is a suspected outbreak of Ryuk ransomware
We've switched to back-up offline procedures, says Universal Health Services
28 Sep 19:16 | 3
Software
Apple tailors Swift System library for open source and Linux support
Multi-platform not cross-platform, says company – enough to increase interest in the language?
28 Sep 18:02 |
Promo
The hackers and criminals are playing hardball – so here’s a cloud SIEM playbook to help you fight back
Think your old tools can’t cut it? Here’s the proof
28 Sep 17:00 |
Storage
Kioxia, the artist formerly known as Toshiba Memory Corporation, postpones IPO
Blames market volatility caused by pandemic and US controls over Huawei
28 Sep 16:00 | 2
Software
NHS COVID-19 app's first weekend: With fundamental testing flaw ironed out, bugs remaining are relatively trivial
Shaky start out of the gates and still some issues, but at least it's here
28 Sep 15:05 | 54
Software
SAP S/4HANA rollout at Queensland Health went so well that hospitals bent over backwards to avoid using it
Leading to AU$540m in late invoice payments
28 Sep 14:09 | 9
Job Alert
Looking for a new tech job? Just browsing? This week's list includes roles for devs, engineers, and Perl maestros
And if you're keen to place an ad, get in touch – it's free
25 Sep 12:50 |
Cloud
No one likes a heart-stopping AWS bill shock so now there's a machine learning tool to help detect cost anomalies
Unexpected item in bagging area?
28 Sep 13:10 | 4
Bootnotes
Despite rolling a homegrown translation app with iOS 14, Apple resorts to freebie tool for Dutch Ts-and-Cs waffle
'I didn't expect this kind of work from Apple.' Sorry, did you see Catalina?
28 Sep 12:13 | 15
Policy
Uber allowed to continue operating in English capital after winning appeal against Transport for London
Length of operator's licence or related conditions yet to be determined
28 Sep 11:30 | 34
In Brief
Feds warn foreign disinformation will be spamming US voters well after the November election to sow discord and doubt
Also, Brazilian teen spots odd Instagram bug and nets $25K
28 Sep 10:06 | 12
Security
Too many staff have privileged work accounts for no good reason, reckon IT bods
Ever seen a Trello board you thought you shouldn't? If you're in UK or US, you're not alone
28 Sep 09:07 | 63
Science
Not the Southern Rail of the stars: Rocket Lab plans frequent, regular trips to Venus from 2023
Peter Beck and 300 seconds of really rather interesting data
28 Sep 08:16 | 16
Emergent Tech
Stop us if you've heard this one before: Crypto exchange cracked, Bitcoin burgled
KuCoin says it will cover losses as over $130m of tokens enter crypto limbo
28 Sep 07:34 | 29
Who, Me?
Inflated figures and customers who were never there. Just another data migration then
Well, this is awkward
28 Sep 07:07 | 49
Software
Windows to become emulation layer atop Linux kernel, predicts Eric Raymond
Happening in plain sight with Proton, WSL and Edge-for-Linux, says open source advocate
28 Sep 06:30 | 169
Webcast
Are injection flaws the Bohemian Rhapsody of cybersecurity?
Get ready for this year’s OWASP Top 10 with us and F5
28 Sep 06:00 |
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Security
Putin to Trump: Let's collude to stop election hacking
Russia wants no-hack pact, CERTs and nuclear agencies to conduct regular chit-chats
28 Sep 04:32 | 35
Software
TikTok wins reprieve as judge rules it can stay in American iOS, Android app stores for now
Justice won't say why he granted injunction, orders Uncle Sam and vid app maker to keep talking
28 Sep 02:32 | 8
Data Centre
US finds new Huawei to hurt China with new sanctions at top chip maker SMIC
Alleges silicon has military applications so puts more products on 'get a license before exporting' lists
28 Sep 01:58 | 11
Software
Exercise-tracking app Strava to give away data sweated out after four billion runs, rides and rambles
Anonymous trove offered to help urban planners cope with expected post-plague bike boom
28 Sep 01:07 | 16
What’s the point: CUDA, PyCharm, CLion, IoTDB, Instana, Spring Tools, and OpenShift
‘You still have quite a bit of control coming from operations’: CloudBees CEO about DevSecOps and a pinch of AI in its future
Snyk buys DeepCode to inject AI into DevSecOps mix
Come up to the GitLab and see what’s on the slab: Better security and a Kubernetes agent, apparently
In brief
Bad boys bad boys, what you gonna do? Los Angeles Police Department found fibbing about facial recognition use
Plus: CIA launches new research lab for AI experts, and more
27 Sep 13:03 | 30
Science
FYI: Mind how you go. We're more or less oblivious to 75% of junk in geosynchronous orbits around Earth
What a load of rubbish
27 Sep 07:03 | 33
Video
First they came for chess, then Go... and now, oh for crying out loud, AI systems can beat us at curling
Robot named Curly bends it like Beckham in 'chess on ice' smackdown
26 Sep 11:37 | 31
Policy
Alphabet promises to no longer bung tens of millions of dollars to alleged sex pest execs who quit mid-probe
New rules brought in after search biz settles shareholder lawsuit
26 Sep 01:46 | 33
Security
Error-bnb: Techies scramble to fix Airbnb website bug that let strangers read each others' account messages
One thing to let people rent your home, quite another to let them access your private comms
26 Sep 00:06 | 9
Security
IT guy whose job was to stop ex-staff running amok on the network is jailed for running amok on the network
After he was demoted and fired, idiot logged into office PC from home and wiped storage systems
25 Sep 23:22 | 52
DevOps
Not Particularly Mortifying: IEEE eggheads probe npm registry, say JavaScript libs not as insecure as feared
Oh sure, there are plenty of flaws in those packages though not even one in ten are anything to worry about
25 Sep 20:03 | 13
Popular
Software
Windows to become emulation layer atop Linux kernel, predicts Eric Raymond
Happening in plain sight with Proton, WSL and Edge-for-Linux, says open source advocate
In brief
Bad boys bad boys, what you gonna do? Los Angeles Police Department found fibbing about facial recognition use
Plus: CIA launches new research lab for AI experts, and more
Software
Exercise-tracking app Strava to give away data sweated out after four billion runs, rides and rambles
Anonymous trove offered to help urban planners cope with expected post-plague bike boom
Who, Me?
Inflated figures and customers who were never there. Just another data migration then
Well, this is awkward
Science
FYI: Mind how you go. We're more or less oblivious to 75% of junk in geosynchronous orbits around Earth
What a load of rubbish
Security
Too many staff have privileged work accounts for no good reason, reckon IT bods
Ever seen a Trello board you thought you shouldn't? If you're in UK or US, you're not alone
Security
Putin to Trump: Let's collude to stop election hacking
Russia wants no-hack pact, CERTs and nuclear agencies to conduct regular chit-chats
Data Centre
US finds new Huawei to hurt China with new sanctions at top chip maker SMIC
Alleges silicon has military applications so puts more products on 'get a license before exporting' lists
Emergent Tech
Stop us if you've heard this one before: Crypto exchange cracked, Bitcoin burgled
KuCoin says it will cover losses as over $130m of tokens enter crypto limbo
Webcast
Are injection flaws the Bohemian Rhapsody of cybersecurity?
Get ready for this year’s OWASP Top 10 with us and F5
STORIES
Security
Microsoft claims to love open source – this alleged leak of Windows XP code is probably not what it had in mind, tho
Software giant is 'investigating', infosec gurus reckon it looks legit
25 Sep 18:39 | 39
Security
Spain's highway agency is monitoring speeding hotspots using bulk phone location data
Local reports suggest individuals can't be identified... yet
25 Sep 17:21 | 74
Ignite
SharePoint Syntex: Microsoft rolls out AI that automatically categorises documents
Starts trying to make fetch happen... build your own models to parse corporate content
25 Sep 16:26 | 6
Bootnotes
First-world problems: The pumpkin spice latte is here, but the Starbucks loyalty card app has wiped my balance
Coffee giant brews UK customers a double shot of cock-up
25 Sep 15:24 | 33
Personal Tech
Sweetheart tax deal appeal: European Commission takes €13bn Apple state aid claim to the EU's highest court
Contesting decision of General Court that Irish set-up was kosher
25 Sep 14:31 | 50
Software
Brexit travel permits designed to avoid 7,000-lorry jams come January depend on software that won't be finished till April
Beta means fully operational? Haha! Good one!
25 Sep 13:31 | 183
Job Alert
Looking for a new tech job? Just browsing? This week's list includes roles for devs, engineers, and Perl maestros
And if you're keen to place an ad, get in touch – it's free
25 Sep 12:50 | 5
Security
Big US election coming up, security is vital and, oh look... a federal agency just got completely pwned for real
Hacker had set up shop on network using stolen Office 365 accounts
25 Sep 12:15 | 30
