CEO of China’s largest chipmaker 'possibly' resigns over hiring of Taiwanese rival's production guru
SMIC in turmoil as TSMC legend reportedly elevated beyond non-exec role
re:Invent
AWS catches up to Azure and GCP with CloudShell, adds deliberate injection of chaos
Plus: Managed Grafana service for observability
Security
How to leak data via Wi-Fi when there's no Wi-Fi chip: Boffin turns memory bus into covert data transmitter
Another nail in the coffin of assuming that airgapped means secure
Cloud
They were not the cloud you were looking for, insists Amazon Web Services in unsealed JEDI protest
President Donald Trump ████ AWS in the ████ by ████ ████ to ████
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Personal Tech
Facebook rolls out full-page ads, website complaining Apple is forcing it to get consent before tracking you
Small-biz campaign tugs at heart strings, inadvertently promotes how iGiant is improving privacy
16 Dec 20:58 | 3
Software
What's that coming over the hill? Is it native Office? Microsoft's flagship arrives on Apple Silicon, but you'll have to wait for Teams
From preview to release
16 Dec 20:22 | 1
Software
Bowling for columnar: MariaDB courts Microsoft Power BI users with a taste of its query adapter
Could this be another sign of more openness from Redmond?
16 Dec 19:32 |
Security
Log right in, the water's fine, whispers Microsoft as it adds autofill to Authenticator app
Great, another password manager
16 Dec 18:45 | 1
Webcast
It's not just for science: Did you know that supercomputing really can mean business?
Join us online next month to open the secrets of SuperPOD with DDN
16 Dec 18:00 |
Cloud
Google Mail outage: Did you see that error message last night? Why the 'account does not exist' response is a worry
Error message leads to cancelled emails, unverified accounts, potential email loss
16 Dec 17:29 | 13
re:Invent
AWS catches up to Azure and GCP with CloudShell, adds deliberate injection of chaos
Plus: Managed Grafana service for observability
16 Dec 16:28 | 1
Software
US aviation regulator issues safety bulletins over flaws in software updates for Boeing 747, 777, 787 airliners
Autothrottle cuts to idle and flight computers fail after latest updates, warns FAA
16 Dec 14:30 | 29
Personal Tech
As UK breaks away from Europe, Facebook tells Brits: You'll all be Californians soon
Boris can’t manage a US trade deal, so antisocial media giant has done it for him
16 Dec 13:45 | 81
Cloud
They were not the cloud you were looking for, insists Amazon Web Services in unsealed JEDI protest
President Donald Trump ████ AWS in the ████ by ████ ████ to ████
16 Dec 13:15 | 20
Personal Tech
Overpriced, underpowered, and over here: Microsoft to bring the Surface Duo to British shores in early 2021
Dual-screen Android phone released from period of US exclusivity
16 Dec 11:45 | 13
Sponsored
AI making you edgy? It might be time for a new laptop
It’s all about learning experiences
16 Dec 11:10 |
Software
Tableau 2020.4 crams pretty chart chops into browser so you can evict chunky client from storage real estate
Regularised linear and Gaussian process regression thrown into predictive models too
16 Dec 10:31 | 4
Security
Your ship comms app is 'secured' with a Flash interface, doesn't sanitise SQL inputs and leaks user data, you say?
One? Two? Nope. Six CVEs patched after being found in Dualog Communications Suite
16 Dec 09:30 | 17
Analysis
We take a look at proposed Big Tech regulations in the UK: Heavy on possible fines, light on enforcement
Online Harms draft gets most things right, still gives Facebook and friends too much leeway
16 Dec 08:26 | 22
Security
How to leak data via Wi-Fi when there's no Wi-Fi chip: Boffin turns memory bus into covert data transmitter
Another nail in the coffin of assuming that airgapped means secure
16 Dec 07:30 | 41
Software
Australia sues Facebook for slurping user data from Onavo Protect VPN app
Promised it was free and safe, but Facebook’s promises about privacy aren’t worth the mouse you click ‘em with
16 Dec 06:58 | 14
Data Centre
CEO of China’s largest chipmaker 'possibly' resigns over hiring of Taiwanese rival's production guru
SMIC in turmoil as TSMC legend reportedly elevated beyond non-exec role
16 Dec 05:58 | 2
Cloud
Google told BGP to forget its Euro-cloud – after first writing bad access control lists
84-minute brownout and eight-hour VPN vanishment caused by update that left systems unable to access config files
16 Dec 03:57 | 38
+1 for chaos engineering: AWS gets fault injection simulator, adds hosted monitoring services
Visual Studio Code adds extension bisect to find out what’s troubling you
One for you, one for me: TensorFlow 2.4 lands with stable multi-worker strategy
What’s the point: Nomad, Waypoint, Lens, NetBeans, GitLab, cri-o, and Ansible Builder
Cloud
Top Chinese policy think tank’s new 15-year ‘smart economy’ plan admits US sanctions have hurt Huawei
Predicts massive data centre builds to add 50 million petabytes of capacity by 2025 as 60 percent of workloads run in clouds
16 Dec 01:58 | 5
Updated
We're not saying this is how SolarWinds was backdoored, but its FTP password 'leaked on GitHub in plaintext'
'solarwinds123' won't inspire confidence, if true
16 Dec 00:00 | 37
Sponsored
Put your workforce at the heart of public-sector transformation
Huawei offers some tech pointers to get your colleagues onboard – and keep them onside
15 Dec 23:00 |
Personal Tech
Cloudflare, Dropbox, Reddit and friends launch Section 230 compromise coalition as change seems inevitable
De-FAAMG'd tech outfits fear being steamrolled
15 Dec 22:13 | 1
Bootnotes
Larry Ellison says he's not following Oracle to Texas, prefers his private Hawaii pad
It's great being king
15 Dec 21:19 | 28
Security
Twitter scores a first for big tech after being fined €450,000 by Ireland's data watchdog for violating the EU's GDPR
Fellow industry giants shuffle feet nervously
15 Dec 18:59 | 11
RoTM
There's nothing AI and automation can't solve – except bias and inequality in the workplace, says report
Nope, it just makes them worse
15 Dec 18:07 | 12
Software
Rocky has competition as more CentOS alternatives step into the ring: Project Lenix, Oracle Linux vie for attention
Big Red: This is not some gimmick so that you buy support from us
15 Dec 17:17 | 34
Webcast
Data worries keeping you awake at night? Tune in next month – we've got just the thing to calm your nerves
The cloud can make life easier. Here’s how...
15 Dec 16:00 |
Personal Tech
Taiwanese manufacturer Wistron pegs damage from iPhone factory riot at $7m
Down from original estimate of $60m, and Apple is investigating if supplier guidelines were breached
15 Dec 14:58 | 10
Updated
The first point release for Linux 5.10 came out barely a day later because storage bugs broke RAID5* partitions
We're not taking cues from Windows now, are we?
15 Dec 13:45 | 15
Cloud
Not just Microsoft: Auth turns out to be a point of failure for Google's cloud, too
Google has a better track record but the same issue: when authentication breaks, everything breaks
15 Dec 12:14 | 41
Security
45 million medical scans from hospitals all over the world left exposed online for anyone to view – some servers were laced with malware
23,000 Britons' data was among unsecured info, finds research
15 Dec 11:40 | 39
Science
We got it! Japanese space agency confirms its probe has Ryugu asteroid samples
Andromeda Strain anyone?
15 Dec 10:25 | 29
Analysis
A flurry of data warehouse activity surrounds Snowflake's staggering $120bn valuation
Firebolt says it can do it better while the cloud giants talk up services tweaks
15 Dec 09:30 | 9
Personal Tech
Leaked draft EU law reveals tech giants could face huge 6% turnover fines if they don't play by Europe's rules
As UK govt mulls eye-watering 10% penalties for goliaths that don't scrub away illegal content
15 Dec 08:28 | 43
Promo
Huawei announces European winners of AppsUp developer contest
Judges looked for innovative concepts, clear positioning and a feasible business plan
15 Dec 07:30 |
Analysis
SolarWinds: Hey, only as many as 18,000 customers installed backdoored software linked to US govt hacks
Orion networking monitoring users need to take action as we summarize what the hell is going on
15 Dec 03:14 | 92
Analysis
Right-to-repair warriors seek broader DMCA exemptions to bypass digital locks on the stuff we own
Every three years, people try to patch a poorly crafted copyright law
15 Dec 00:52 | 35
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Analysis
SolarWinds: Hey, only as many as 18,000 customers installed backdoored software linked to US govt hacks
Orion networking monitoring users need to take action as we summarize what the hell is going on
Updated
We're not saying this is how SolarWinds was backdoored, but its FTP password 'leaked on GitHub in plaintext'
'solarwinds123' won't inspire confidence, if true
Cloud
Not just Microsoft: Auth turns out to be a point of failure for Google's cloud, too
Google has a better track record but the same issue: when authentication breaks, everything breaks
Security
45 million medical scans from hospitals all over the world left exposed online for anyone to view – some servers were laced with malware
23,000 Britons' data was among unsecured info, finds research
Cloud
Google told BGP to forget its Euro-cloud – after first writing bad access control lists
84-minute brownout and eight-hour VPN vanishment caused by update that left systems unable to access config files
Software
Rocky has competition as more CentOS alternatives step into the ring: Project Lenix, Oracle Linux vie for attention
Big Red: This is not some gimmick so that you buy support from us
Updated
The first point release for Linux 5.10 came out barely a day later because storage bugs broke RAID5* partitions
We're not taking cues from Windows now, are we?
Analysis
Right-to-repair warriors seek broader DMCA exemptions to bypass digital locks on the stuff we own
Every three years, people try to patch a poorly crafted copyright law
Networks
China Telecom answers US internet routing hijack claims by joining internet routing security team: How do you like them apples?
Mind your MANRS as politics meets network security
Security
How to leak data via Wi-Fi when there's no Wi-Fi chip: Boffin turns memory bus into covert data transmitter
Another nail in the coffin of assuming that airgapped means secure
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Networks
China Telecom answers US internet routing hijack claims by joining internet routing security team: How do you like them apples?
Mind your MANRS as politics meets network security
14 Dec 21:53 | 10
Bootnotes
Tim Cook 'killed' TV project about the one website Apple hates more than The Register
Only joking – we're surely still below Gawker in his estimations
14 Dec 20:56 | 74
Security
Ransomware masterminds claim to have nabbed 53GB of data from Intel's Habana Labs
Miscreants threaten to make files, source code public within 72 hours
14 Dec 20:24 | 14
Policy
Googlers will be working from home until September 2021, says Sundar Pichai, followed by 'flexible' work weeks
Chocolate Factory hopes it will 'lead to greater productivity, collaboration and well-being' for staffers
14 Dec 19:31 | 6
