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What happens when cancel culture meets Adolf Hitler pareidolia? Amazon decides it needs a new app icon
Dodgy doppelganger not the first, won’t be the last
Updated
Qualys hit with ransomware: Customer invoices leaked on extortionists' Tor blog
Ace infosec biz aware and investigating, we're told
Personal Tech
Google says once third-party cookies are toast, Chrome won't help ad networks track individuals around the web
Notes an 'erosion of trust' – gee, wonder who could be responsible for that...
Applications
Google's multi-platform app framework Flutter reaches version 2, expands to the web
The same tech inside Google Pay, Shopping, Analytics, Ads, etc
Latest News
Storage
Blizzard brain: Snowflake doubles revenue. Market takes a look, goes slushy
High-growth hungry investors worrying you? Try hyperscalers!
04 Mar 16:08 |
Personal Tech
The world's first Apple Silicon iMac is actually a Mac Mini
Bit of a pain switching the thing on, but you can't have everything
04 Mar 15:20 |
Software
Ever wondered why the big beasts in software all suddenly slapped an 'I heart open-source' badge on?
Red Hat's State of Enterprise Open Source might have an answer
04 Mar 14:35 | 2
Personal Tech
Extended lockdowns to fuel 'strongest growth on record' for PCs into EMEA for Q1
Partly chalked up to someone applying a plunger to the supply chain blockage
04 Mar 12:35 |
Applications
Royal Navy and Airforce get low-code bridge in UK military recruitment saga
We don't want to take 'first past the post' candidates, says contract award notice. Ahem
04 Mar 11:28 | 9
AI + ML
Boeing successfully flies unmanned autonomous military 'wingman' aircraft, may become the pilot's buddy
First test flight saw drone take off, follow orders, land by AI control
04 Mar 10:27 | 20
Ignite
Upgrade from .NET Framework to .NET 5 can be hard. New official tool may help... slightly
'This tool is not supported in any way. Nobody will be on the hook for fixing any issues with it'
04 Mar 09:30 | 5
AI + ML
Deno 1.8: Node.js alternative gets 'out of the box GPU accelerated machine learning'
JavaScript could usurp Python for mathematical programming, claims Deno team
04 Mar 08:36 | 6
POLL
Would you let users vouch for unknown software's safety with an upvote? Google does
And so can you, because its vote-for-code tools are now on GitHub
04 Mar 07:55 | 17
Applications
Chancellor launches £500m business software subsidy in the UK. What's 'approved' software then?
UK targets 100,000 small businesses with up to £5,000 boost
04 Mar 07:17 | 15
Applications
If Google and Apple won't help us, we'll sort it out the Linux way: 21 companies form Mobile Native Foundation
Lyft, Microsoft, Slack, Capital One, Airbnb become bedfellows
04 Mar 06:37 | 5
Legal
Facebook decommissions 185 accounts run by Thai military
It’s not that they lied (which looks likely), it's that they all lied together, says spokesperson
04 Mar 05:55 | 5
Software
Hong Kong teases tech to track residents as they move past QR codes
In response to complaints about the time taken to scan, not concerns about privacy
04 Mar 04:58 | 4
Networks
It only took four years and thousands of complaints but ICANN finally kills off rogue Indian domain registrar
DNS oversight body accused again and again of chronic foot-dragging
04 Mar 04:01 | 7
On-Prem
China to detail tech self-sufficiency plan at showcase ‘Two Sessions’ meetings
14th five-year plan to be revealed, national digital currency also makes the agenda
04 Mar 03:04 | 1
PaaS + IaaS
Shelter for internet outcasts Parler slaps Amazon with fresh lawsuit after abandoning first attempt
Far-right sanctuary sues cloud giant for breach of contract after plug pulled on its server hosting
04 Mar 01:55 | 15
Video
Japanese billionaire invites y'all to apply for an all-expenses-paid Moon trip in a SpaceX Starship – like the one that blew up today
Eight plucky applicants will be picked for journey of a lifetime
04 Mar 01:03 | 18
Logowatch
What happens when cancel culture meets Adolf Hitler pareidolia? Amazon decides it needs a new app icon
Dodgy doppelganger not the first, won’t be the last
04 Mar 00:15 | 99
Sponsored
How green is your data centre?
Huawei's iCooling@AI and Smart Data Centre solutions offer long-term sustainable growth
03 Mar 23:00 |
Personal Tech
Google says once third-party cookies are toast, Chrome won't help ad networks track individuals around the web
Notes an 'erosion of trust' – gee, wonder who could be responsible for that...
03 Mar 22:09 | 48
Servers
Now that we're emerging from COVID-19 hell, who's ready for some on-prem IT, asks on-prem IT giant HPE
Demand will increase, says CEO, as HPC chief heads for the exit
03 Mar 20:51 | 2
Personal Tech
Hidden text in MacOS 11.3 beta suggests removal of Rosetta 2 compatibility layer in some countries
Time to go down to Memphis, er, Cupertino, to check for a decree
03 Mar 19:21 | 30
Ignite
Analyse this: Microsoft promises OLAP-OLTP 'Link' with new CosmosDB features
Azure SQL Data Warehouse
03 Mar 18:35 |
Applications
Google's multi-platform app framework Flutter reaches version 2, expands to the web
The same tech inside Google Pay, Shopping, Analytics, Ads, etc
03 Mar 17:50 | 4
Updated
Qualys hit with ransomware: Customer invoices leaked on extortionists' Tor blog
Ace infosec biz aware and investigating, we're told
03 Mar 17:00 | 9
Security
Proof of concept code published for latest Saltstack CVE: Don't be an update laggard
Any user could become root, warns Immersive Labs researcher
03 Mar 16:47 | 2
Webcast
Cybersecurity threats aren't getting any smaller. Could big data help?
Spend a little time with our Tim and Nutanix’s Kong Yang – and learn how to crack the conundrum
03 Mar 16:00 |
OSes
Microsoft celebrates Ignite by ramming 21H1 down the throats of Windows Insiders
Ready or not, here I come!
03 Mar 15:30 | 2
On-Prem
Nvidia exec love-bombs Arm's licensing model, almost protests too much
'Their open licensing model is absolutely one of the greatest licensing models out there'
03 Mar 14:45 | 24
Applications
Brave buys a search engine, promises no tracking, no profiling – and may even offer a paid-for, no-ad version
Pitches pro-privacy platform with customizable results filter dubbed Goggles
03 Mar 14:00 | 26
Science
9 years after SpaceX strode into Texas village, Elon Musk floats name change for Boca Chica: 'Starbase'
If he said it on Twitter it must be all above board, right?
03 Mar 13:30 | 30
Servers
Equinix prepping to unleash 128-core Ampere Arm silicon in its 'Metal' not-quite-cloud
For now, you get Dell and Pure Storage-as-a-service and more metallic locations
03 Mar 13:01 |
Storage
The wrong guy: Backup outfit Spanning deleted my personal data, claims Cohesity field CTO
One warning email.... then three years of backup gone in a flash, says storage exec
03 Mar 12:42 | 67
Security
It's not easy being green: EV HTTPS cert seller Sectigo questions Chrome's logic in burying EV HTTPS cert info
Seeing as Google thinks no one cares about location records, we'll remove street addresses from all our sites, says compliance chief
03 Mar 11:45 | 23
Register debate
Hacking is not a crime – and the media should stop using 'hacker' as a pejorative
Hackers are friends not foes, says Alyssa Miller in this opening argument for our latest debate
03 Mar 11:00 | 113
Bootnotes
Telecoms shack in the middle of Scotland put up for auction at £7,500
No broadband or bedroom though, so you'll have to sign up for sats or build your own
03 Mar 10:15 | 64
Databases
IBM settles £36m Direct Line insurance platform project lawsuit, after claiming Teradata tried to usurp its spot
Terms of deal not disclosed as Big Blue insists it wasn't wrong, but merely didn't follow design standards
03 Mar 09:30 | 16
Off-Prem
Google has arranged special insurance for its cloud – if you share some data with Allianz and Munich Re
Pitches 'shared fate' scheme as an upgrade to current convention of cloud sec being your problem
03 Mar 08:29 | 7
Security
TPG buys Thycotic, immediately merges it with Centrify to create ~$230m access management monster
Product consolidation roadmap? Not yet. But all involved say the combo will work out just fine
03 Mar 07:58 | 1
Ignite
Microsoft promises end-to-end encrypted Teams calls for some, invites you to go passwordless with Azure AD
When there are passphrases, there is inherent risk, says Redmond
03 Mar 07:24 | 19
Security
Eugene Kaspersky says cyber-crooks coined it during COVID and will take a break to spend their loot
Not so fast, says infosec boffin, because crims know returning workers will be easy prey
03 Mar 05:58 | 3
Servers
The classic hits keep coming from IBM: z/OS set for big update in September
Mainframe operating system to get more AI, hybrid cloud cred, expanded coprocessor support
03 Mar 05:01 | 10
