Australian court rules an AI can be considered an inventor on patent filings
IP lawyer says decision is bad because the last thing we need is robot patent trolls
Personal Tech
Euro watchdog will try to extract $900m from Amazon for breaking data privacy laws
You miss every shot you don't take, we guess
Security
Huawei to America: You're not taking cyber-security seriously until you let China vouch for us
Slams Biden's Executive Order on improving infosec, calls for multilateral trust framework
Virtualization
AWS adds browser access to its cloudy WorkSpaces desktops – but not for Linux
Microsoft's Windows 365 will do much the same when it launches
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Right to repair shouldn't exist – not because it's wrong but because it's so obviously right
Gatekeeper capitalism at its most odious
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Who, Me?
Undebug my heart: Using Cisco's IOS to take down capitalism – accidentally
Two little letters is all it takes
02 Aug 08:30 | 11
AI + ML
Twitter uses HackerOne bounties to find biases in its image-cropping AI model
Claims it's the first algorithmic bias bounty competition
02 Aug 07:54 | 3
Sponsored
Make the move to managed databases
And free your DBAs to focus ‘on the valuable stuff’
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Legal
Australian court rules an AI can be considered an inventor on patent filings
IP lawyer says decision is bad because the last thing we need is robot patent trolls
02 Aug 07:02 | 17
Security
Huawei to America: You're not taking cyber-security seriously until you let China vouch for us
Slams Biden's Executive Order on improving infosec, calls for multilateral trust framework
02 Aug 06:15 | 8
Security
Zoom agrees to pay subscribers $25 to put its security SNAFUs behind it
Zoombombing class action offers US$85m in payments, meaning even free accounts get a few bucks
02 Aug 05:29 | 3
Virtualization
AWS adds browser access to its cloudy WorkSpaces desktops – but not for Linux
Microsoft's Windows 365 will do much the same when it launches
02 Aug 04:31 | 3
In brief
Wanna use your Nvidia GPU for acceleration but put off by CUDA? OpenAI has a Python-based alternative
Plus: Software-detected gunshot withdrawn as evidence from trial
02 Aug 03:35 | 2
Legal
Jack Dorsey's side hustle – payments outfit Square – acquires buy now pay later darling Afterpay for $29bn
Plans to make partial payments for almost anything the new normal
02 Aug 00:47 | 9
Software
Tech spec experts seek allies to tear down ISO standards paywall
Open letter drafted against what's seen as unjustified profiteering
31 Jul 13:06 | 60
SUPPLY CHAIN REACTION
NPM is Now Providing Malware – or was until recently
Password-stealing package outed by security firm evokes sense of déjà vu
Sysadmins: Why not simply verify there's no backdoor in every program you install, and thus avoid any cyber-drama?
Just 'validate third-party code before using it', says Euro body
What happens when the maintainer of a JS library downloaded 26m times a week goes to prison for killing someone with a motorbike?
What will be the fate of an open-source project relied upon by so many?
'Set it and forget it' attitude to open-source software has become a major security problem, says Veracode
Study finds a whole sea of outdated third-party libraries
Spam is Chipotle's secret ingredient: Marketing email hijacked to dish up malware
More than 120 messages caught trying to filch credentials from customers of USAA Bank, Microsoft
Security
Sysadmins: Why not simply verify there's no backdoor in every program you install, and thus avoid any cyber-drama?
Just 'validate third-party code before using it', says Euro body
31 Jul 07:14 | 55
Personal Tech
Euro watchdog will try to extract $900m from Amazon for breaking data privacy laws
You miss every shot you don't take, we guess
30 Jul 22:33 | 30
Software
Russia says software malfunction caused Nauka module to unexpectedly fire thrusters, tilt space station
You call this a glitch?
30 Jul 20:09 | 51
Virtualization
HP Inc slurps Teradici to get better at delivering remote PCs
Apparently quite a few people haven't been in the office as much lately
30 Jul 18:04 | 7
PaaS + IaaS
'$6 in every $10' spent on cloud infrastructure is with AWS, Microsoft, or Google
Fewer and fewer orgs want to run their own data centre
30 Jul 17:16 | 16
Security
Here's 30 servers Russian intelligence uses to fling malware at the West, beams RiskIQ
Biden-Putin summit went well, then
30 Jul 16:24 | 16
PaaS + IaaS
Google picked as yet another 'strategic partner' for SAP's RISE but Microsoft still lingers on the scene
German software giant's relationships are anything but exclusive
30 Jul 15:30 | 1
Storage
UK regulator waves through SK Hynix's $9bn acquisition of Intel's NAND and SSD biz
Number of 'strong remaining competitors' within the market planning expansions of their own, says CMA
30 Jul 14:43 | 4
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Tech spec experts seek allies to tear down ISO standards paywall
Open letter drafted against what's seen as unjustified profiteering
Security
Huawei to America: You're not taking cyber-security seriously until you let China vouch for us
Slams Biden's Executive Order on improving infosec, calls for multilateral trust framework
Security
Zoom agrees to pay subscribers $25 to put its security SNAFUs behind it
Zoombombing class action offers US$85m in payments, meaning even free accounts get a few bucks
In brief
Wanna use your Nvidia GPU for acceleration but put off by CUDA? OpenAI has a Python-based alternative
Plus: Software-detected gunshot withdrawn as evidence from trial
Legal
Jack Dorsey's side hustle – payments outfit Square – acquires buy now pay later darling Afterpay for $29bn
Plans to make partial payments for almost anything the new normal
Virtualization
AWS adds browser access to its cloudy WorkSpaces desktops – but not for Linux
Microsoft's Windows 365 will do much the same when it launches
Who, Me?
Undebug my heart: Using Cisco's IOS to take down capitalism – accidentally
Two little letters is all it takes
Legal
Australian court rules an AI can be considered an inventor on patent filings
IP lawyer says decision is bad because the last thing we need is robot patent trolls
AI + ML
Twitter uses HackerOne bounties to find biases in its image-cropping AI model
Claims it's the first algorithmic bias bounty competition
Column
Right to repair shouldn't exist – not because it's wrong but because it's so obviously right
Gatekeeper capitalism at its most odious
STORIES
Personal Tech
Happy 60th, Sinclair Radionics: We'll remember you for your revolutionary calculators and crap watches
ZX Spectrum was pretty cool too
30 Jul 14:01 | 71
Bootnotes
On this most auspicious of days, we ask: How many sysadmins does it take to change a lightbulb?
Protip: Don't treat the IT department like this if you value your life
30 Jul 12:15 | 55
Legal
London class-action sueball against Google is a lot like Epic's case except fandroids might win enough for a pint
Hundreds of millions in damages, Play Store in the sights etc. etc.
30 Jul 11:30 | 25
Offbeat
What to do with our leftover Saturn V Lego? Why, build another rocket, of course
This time the Saturn 1B
30 Jul 10:01 | 11
Something for the Weekend, Sir?
You MUST present your official ID (but only the one that's really easy to fake)
I can show you my Three Widths swimming certificate if it helps
30 Jul 09:15 | 95
Episode 14
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
30 Jul 08:30 | 97
Personal Tech
Intel scoops out five flavours of Ice Lake Xeons for workstations
They're good for stuff like supporting 4TB of RAM and PCIe 4.0
30 Jul 07:59 | 20
On Call
Malware and Trojans, but there's only one horse the boss man wants to hear about
The company's IT might be on fire, but my needs trump those of the many
30 Jul 07:30 | 26
GREEN COMPUTING
Dell won't ship energy-hungry PCs to California and five other US states due to power regulations
Energy efficiency rules appear to be limiting the availability of gaming rigs
UK government may force online retailers to pick up e-waste from consumers
Future punters won't need to comb landfill for their bitcoin, we suppose
The world has a plastics shortage, and PC makers may be responding with a little greenwashing
Manufacturers’ marketing reflects good intentions and the realities of challenged supply chains and tightening laws
Amazon: Our carbon footprint went up 19% last year but we grew even more than that, so 'carbon intensity' is down
Alrighty... that's OK then?
Battery recycling boosted by dentist-style ultrasonics, if manufacturers can cooperate
New technique quicker and greener, but needs batteries to be designed for dismantling
Off-Prem
AWS growing so fast its revenue makes it bigger than Cisco or HP
Nobody wants to run their own data centers anymore, says CFO
30 Jul 06:58 | 8
Security
We can't believe people use browsers to manage their passwords, says maker of password management tools
You just save it in Chrome or Firefox? Ugh. And then it autofills when you need it again? Oh the horror
30 Jul 06:27 | 85
Offbeat
Giant Tesla battery providing explosion in renewable energy – not as intended
Toxic smoke from fire forces Australian residents indoors just two days after COVID lockdown lifted
30 Jul 04:47 | 88
Servers
The Register just found 300-odd Itanium CPUs on eBay
We mention this because Intel stopped shipping them yesterday, ending a strange story
30 Jul 04:07 | 31
Legal
Communism never looked so good: China cracks down on pop-up ads
Developers accused of ignoring regulations and adding adware where it's not allowed
30 Jul 01:58 | 15
Updated
International Space Station stabilizes after just-docked Russian module suddenly fires thrusters
Crew not in danger, NASA insists
30 Jul 00:44 | 49
Applications
Google Play puts Android apps on notice: No naughty JavaScript, Python, Lua
And come April next year, accurate disclosures of personal data usage will be required
29 Jul 23:58 | 11
Personal Tech
Huawei says its latest flagship smartphones lack 5G, blames US sanctions
Qualcomm tells us it has permission to provide 4G-only Snapdragon 888 chip
29 Jul 22:38 | 9
Networks
Time for a 'great experiment' says Cisco as it lets team leaders set place of work
Fewer than one-in-four staff want to be in the office for more than three days a week
29 Jul 21:52 | 4
Applications
Privacy proves elusive in Google's Privacy Sandbox
Like FLoC, FLEDGE isn't yet ready to fly for web-based ads, judging from this proof-of-concept exploit code
29 Jul 19:55 | 17
Storage
Thanks for the memory: Add Samsung to the list of tech giants raking it in despite supply concerns
Turns out that Austin factory shutdown was nothing but a blip
29 Jul 18:40 |
Science
Have you turned it off and on again? Russia's Nauka module just about makes it to the ISS
Elderly lab negotiates tricky docking
29 Jul 16:46 | 35
Security
Spam is Chipotle's secret ingredient: Marketing email hijacked to dish up malware
More than 120 messages caught trying to filch credentials from customers of USAA Bank, Microsoft
29 Jul 16:00 | 3
Security
Upcoming Android privacy changes include ability to blank advertising ID, and 'safety section' in Play store
New policies give users more control, but ad tracking still on by default
29 Jul 15:30 | 14
Databases
NoSQL Couchbase launches schema-like features to take on the transactional databases of the relational world
Doing both in one system might be 'somewhat elegant' but user experience remains to be seen, analyst says
29 Jul 14:45 | 2
Virtualization
Red Hat buddies up with Nutanix to provide an escape route from VMware
'We have customers saying, help us out of this pickle here, can you possibly just support RHEL running on top of AHV?'
29 Jul 13:31 | 4
