On Call
Who knew that hosing a table with copious amounts of cubic metres would trip adult filters?
Another fine mess
Software
Marmite of scripting languages PHP emits version 8.0, complete with named arguments and other goodies
Hallucinate, Desegregate, Mediate, Try not to hate: INXS of 25 years on, PHP liberates the number eight
Software
Master boot vinyl record: It just gives DOS on my IBM PC a warmer, more authentic tone
And on the B-side: Linux?
Feature
Imagine things are bad enough that you need a payday loan. Then imagine flaws in systems of loan lead generators leave your records in the open... for years
Leaky data systems fixed now, but the issue affected millions
Latest News
Cloud
AWS reveals it broke itself by exceeding OS thread limits, sysadmins weren’t familiar with some workarounds
First solution: run on bigger servers to reduce chatter in the Kinesis fleet
30 Nov 02:41 |
In Brief
SpaceX blows away cobwebs at dormant California pad with satellite launch as a Falcon 9 makes touchdown number 7
Also: New Zealand owl watching with Rocket Lab and ExoMars 'chute test
27 Nov 17:03 | 18
Security
Manchester United email servers remain offline amid what is being called a 'ransomware' attack
UK data watchdog has been told and 'forensic' probe is ongoing
27 Nov 16:15 | 16
Personal Tech
It's been an Honor serving with you but you're our 'competitors' now, Huawei tells its sawn-off mobile limb
Budget sub-brand selloff will save jobs of workers, says founder, and avoid 'dragging innocent people' down
27 Nov 15:30 | 20
Promo
Yes you’ve got lots of data…but have you got lots of information? And is anyone using it?
Here’s some information that will really help
27 Nov 14:45 |
Security
UK infoseccer launches petition asking government not to backdoor encryption
Sign up and make your voice heard
27 Nov 14:01 | 29
Software
The price is right? Capita confirms Education Software back in talks with new bidder
Must have lowered the asking price to one that isn't higher than entire group's market cap
27 Nov 13:15 | 4
Policy
Arriving in 2021, the UK's Digital Markets Unit 'could' start to do something about the power of online ad giants
But Parliament seems a bit busy at the moment to legislate
27 Nov 12:34 | 16
Something for the Weekend, Sir?
If I pedal faster and feed it spinach, my robot barman might pull more pints
When I dreamt of a sci-fi future, I'm pretty sure this wasn't it
27 Nov 11:56 | 53
The RPG
Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a monastery-burning romp that would be way better if it was not an Assassin's Creed game
Can we start a petition to abandon the whole 'lol jk ur in a simulation' arc too?
27 Nov 11:06 | 24
Policy
£1.3bn National Cyber Security Strategy? Meh – we're looking at 2021, Cabinet Office shrugs
'Progress' report shows nobody's really paying attention any more
27 Nov 10:04 | 14
Artificial Intelligence
After demonstrating a facial recognition system that works on cows, moo-chine learning pioneer seeks growth funding
A grand uddertaking
27 Nov 09:08 | 24
On Call
Who knew that hosing a table with copious amounts of cubic metres would trip adult filters?
Another fine mess
27 Nov 08:02 | 293
Software
AWS hires Rust compiler team co-lead Felix Klock
Cloud giant has a lust for Rust so needs top minds and wants them to advance the language
27 Nov 06:01 | 20
Science
European Space Agency will launch giant claw that drags space junk to its doom
No, really. It has signed a contract to make this happen in 2025
27 Nov 04:01 | 43
Cloud
China's clouds boom but they're collectively earning less than Azure alone
Alibaba in front with Huawei and Tencent on a second tier
27 Nov 01:58 | 3
Policy
TikTok given another week to sort out how to sell itself
New ways to evade sticking points apparently under discussion
26 Nov 23:58 | 10
Software
Marmite of scripting languages PHP emits version 8.0, complete with named arguments and other goodies
Hallucinate, Desegregate, Mediate, Try not to hate: INXS of 25 years on, PHP liberates the number eight
26 Nov 17:00 | 60
Software
Master boot vinyl record: It just gives DOS on my IBM PC a warmer, more authentic tone
And on the B-side: Linux?
26 Nov 14:59 | 101
Bootnotes
Netflix chooses its own judgment in 'Bandersnatch' case: Settle and make the nasty lawsuit go away
Maybe next time Brooker can choose to write a proper Black Mirror episode
26 Nov 14:10 | 19
Business
HP CEO talks up HP-ink-only print hardware and higher upfront costs for machines that use other cartridges
'These actions will help us to optimize the business by reducing the number of unprofitable customers'
26 Nov 13:34 | 103
Policy
Calls for 'right to repair' electronics laws grow louder across Europe
UK Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee report slams manufacturers as Euro Parliament votes to back tinkerers
26 Nov 13:04 | 118
Science
Physicists wrap neutrino detector in cosy blanket to shed light on the Sun's secondary fusion cycle
Direct observation published for first time
26 Nov 12:34 | 19
Networks
Spending Review: We spy a stray £60m – is that all you can spare to help 5G market recover from UK kicking out Huawei?
Plus: Broadband ambitions meet cold water
26 Nov 11:21 | 27
Security
Privacy campaigner flags concerns about Microsoft's creepy Productivity Score
Watching, always watching
26 Nov 10:53 | 71
Personal Tech
Xiaomi revenues up by a third due to strong phone sales and triple-digit European growth
Cheap and cheerful clearly appealed during pandemic
26 Nov 09:03 | 13
What’s the point: Ansible, Puppet, Rust, Kong Mesh, etcd, and Prometheus
Build it and they will come: JetBrains gets grip on MongoDB with v2020.3 of database IDE
Not a complete, er, Travis-ty: Travis CI tries calming open source users after price changes and perceived quality drop
That’s another fine service mesh you’ve gotten us into: Consul refines access control, adds basic visualisation
Event
Last call: Share your DevOps experiences at Continuous Lifecycle Online 2021
Containers, serverless, CI/CD, tooling – we’d love to hear all about it
26 Nov 07:00 |
Policy
How the US attacked Huawei: Former CEO of DocuSign and Ariba turned diplomat Keith Krach tells his tale
53 nations and 180 telcos have adopted Clean Network plan – and Huawei fell for it
26 Nov 04:58 | 90
Software
Salesforce reportedly poised to scoop Slack for billions
Which rather kicks a hole in the planned debut of Slack-like Salesforce Anywhere
26 Nov 01:59 | 16
Software
China 'firmly opposes' India's new round of app bans, says it has violated trade laws
Left last couple of bans alone but now says national security argument is bogus and calls for mutual co-operation
26 Nov 00:12 | 10
Software
Boeing 737 Max will return to flight after software updates, says EU's aviation regulator
It flew OK without MCAS – but not well enough to be certified as safe
25 Nov 20:27 | 150
Software
Sopra Steria: Adding up outages and ransomware cleanup, Ryuk attack will cost us up to €50m
French IT outsourcer says its overall losses will deepen as direct result
25 Nov 19:30 | 12
Cloud
AWS admits to 'severely impaired' services in US-EAST-1, can't even post updates to Service Health Dashboard
Multiple services sickly after Kinesis catches a cold: CloudWatch, DynamoDB, Lambda, Managed Blockchain
25 Nov 18:32 | 35
Cloud
Revenues are up, the boss is about to give his keynote, and results are due. Time to sell shares, says Salesforce CFO
$2.5m worth – 1,000 pairs of Nike Air Mag sneakers or a second-hand Pagani? Decisions, decisions
25 Nov 16:30 | 11
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On Call
Who knew that hosing a table with copious amounts of cubic metres would trip adult filters?
Another fine mess
The RPG
Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a monastery-burning romp that would be way better if it was not an Assassin's Creed game
Can we start a petition to abandon the whole 'lol jk ur in a simulation' arc too?
Software
AWS hires Rust compiler team co-lead Felix Klock
Cloud giant has a lust for Rust so needs top minds and wants them to advance the language
Software
Retired engineer confesses to role in sliding Microsoft Bob onto millions of XP install CDs
'While Bob never got to play on the big stage, he always followed the band around and got to ride on the bus'
Cloud
AWS admits to 'severely impaired' services in US-EAST-1, can't even post updates to Service Health Dashboard
Multiple services sickly after Kinesis catches a cold: CloudWatch, DynamoDB, Lambda, Managed Blockchain
Software
Master boot vinyl record: It just gives DOS on my IBM PC a warmer, more authentic tone
And on the B-side: Linux?
Who, Me?
It's always DNS, especially when a sysadmin makes a hash of their semicolons
Remember the days when 'we made it up as we went along'?
Comment
AMD performance plummets when relying on battery power, says Intel. Let's take a closer look at those stats
Is it possible to pull the RUG from under these numbers?
Networks
NASA building network cables that can survive supersonic flight - could this finally deliver unbreakable RJ45 latching tabs?
Needed for probe testing how X-59 can break sound barrier without breaking eardrums
Security
Ticketmaster: We're not liable for credit card badness because the hack straddled GDPR day
Lawyers for fined firm make eyebrow-raising claim to irate ex-customer
STORIES
Business
Dell reports green shoots in enterprise infrastructure biz after seven consecutive quarters of shrinkage
SMEs are spending again, claims tech giant
25 Nov 15:55 | 2
Software
Thought the M3 roadworks took a while? Five years on, Vivaldi opens up a technical preview of its email client
Take the M3 exit to offline mail and calendar shenanigans
25 Nov 15:00 | 30
Networks
That other controversial Chinese telco: The FCC rejects ZTE's petition against its 'national security threat' designation
Local US carriers to remain unable to buy its kit with federal funding
25 Nov 14:15 | 1
Bootnotes
Ad banned for suggesting London black cabs have properties that prevent the spread of coronavirus
'It's like being in my own bubble back here'
25 Nov 13:30 | 72
