Back to the Fuchsia, part IV: Google's in-development OS now open to community contributions
New shiny has governance, mailing lists, public repository... but how will Google use it?
Security
Google Chrome's crackdown on ad blockers and browser extensions, Manifest v3, is now available in beta
Web advertising giant says it has been working with filter makers, others to 'evolve the platform'
Cloud
Google Cloud (over)Run: How a free trial experiment ended with a $72,000 bill overnight
Billing budget? Free plan? All useless when buggy code went into overdrive
Cloud
Oracle Database 21c bridges NoSQL gap with native JSON support, plays catch-up with relational rivals
Take those claimed performance gains with a pinch of salt, though
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10 Dec 23:00 |
Security
Ad-scamming, login-stealing Windows malware is hitting Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Yandex browsers, says Microsoft
Sophisticated campaign has been going on for months, we're told
10 Dec 21:06 | 7
Security
'Malwareless' ransomware campaign operators pwned 83k victims' MySQL servers, 250k databases up for sale
$500 a pop, $25k 'earned' and not much of a trace left, says Guardicore
10 Dec 20:17 |
Security
The patch that wasn't: Cisco emits fresh fixes for NTLM hash-spilling vuln and XSS-RCE combo in Jabber app
Wormable nasty still doesn't need any user input to pwn target devices
10 Dec 17:30 | 5
Software
It's not 'Door to Heaven', it's 'Stargate': DataStax reaches out to front-end devs with support for GraphQL
Open-source API framework aims to make Cassandra a bit easier
10 Dec 16:30 | 2
Software
Rocky Linux is go: CentOS founder's new project aims to be 100% compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Rocking the Red Hat boat with an alternative distro designed for production use
10 Dec 15:30 | 18
Cloud
Google Cloud (over)Run: How a free trial experiment ended with a $72,000 bill overnight
Billing budget? Free plan? All useless when buggy code went into overdrive
10 Dec 14:38 | 47
Security
UK union pens letter to data watchdog on icky workplace monitoring systems like Microsoft's Productivity Score
The Pandora's Box that won't stay closed
10 Dec 13:30 | 9
Cloud
Oracle Database 21c bridges NoSQL gap with native JSON support, plays catch-up with relational rivals
Take those claimed performance gains with a pinch of salt, though
10 Dec 12:30 | 7
Personal Tech
Twitter, Mozilla, Vimeo slam Europe’s one-size-fits-all internet content policing plan
Blanket deletions will smother internet, EU tech chief told
10 Dec 11:33 | 16
Security
UK Ministry of Defence: We won't prosecute bug bounty hunters – oh btw, we now have one of those
'Better late than never' opines industry bod
10 Dec 10:28 | 15
Software
Back to the Fuchsia, part IV: Google's in-development OS now open to community contributions
New shiny has governance, mailing lists, public repository... but how will Google use it?
10 Dec 09:30 | 30
Security
Google Chrome's crackdown on ad blockers and browser extensions, Manifest v3, is now available in beta
Web advertising giant says it has been working with filter makers, others to 'evolve the platform'
10 Dec 08:27 | 39
Software
China bans 105 apps, eight app stores, and says it’ll swing the hammer again
TripAdvisor caught in sweep of software deemed too nasty for local consumption
10 Dec 08:01 | 15
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Servers
AMD, Arm, non-Intel servers soar as overall market stalls
Dell and HPE in stasis as mid-range and high-end markets slide
10 Dec 07:02 | 3
Business
Lenovo seeks to render Nokia's H.264 patents unenforceable, claims it misled standards bodies
IP arm of Finnish firm should have spoken up sooner... or so the lawsuit claims
10 Dec 06:31 | 11
Videos
SpaceX Starship blows up on landing, Elon Musk says it's the data that matters and that landed just fine
Test flight took candidate Mars trip rocket to new heights
10 Dec 05:57 | 71
Security
South Korea kills ActiveX-based government digital certificate service
Service was so unpopular, getting rid of it was an election policy
10 Dec 04:31 | 9
Networks
India to spend up big on submarine cable to sparsely-populated but strategically-placed remote island group
Population of 64,000 needs better access to e-government services, and there's also four navy bases to consider
10 Dec 03:09 | 10
Science
Megabucks in funding, 28 years of research, and Boston Dynamics is to be 'sold to Hyundai' for 1/40th of an Arm
So what does that make it, a leg? A toe?
10 Dec 01:29 | 13
Personal Tech
AMD's latest top-end RX 6900 XT GPUs vacuumed up in minutes... maybe even by some actual gamers
Ready Player None
09 Dec 23:58 | 16
Analysis
When it comes to privacy, everyone says America needs a new federal law ASAP. As for mass spying, well, um… huh what’s that over there?
Congressional hearing on Privacy Shield oddly productive affair
09 Dec 23:06 | 40
re:Invent
Amazon continues its tsunami of announcements, now with AI in mind. We spoke to an AWS lead to decode it all
Inference can be expensive but the cloud giant's working on that, we're told
09 Dec 21:58 |
Personal Tech
Facebook crushed rivals to maintain an illegal monopoly, the entire United States yells in Zuckerberg’s face
Multi-AG, FTC antitrust lawsuits focus on 'the wrath of Mark', potential break-up of social media giant
09 Dec 20:55 | 38
Security
EU Medicines Agency hacked, BioNTech-Pfizer coronavirus vaccine paperwork stolen, probe launched
Regulatory submissions for COVID-19 jab candidate 'unlawfully accessed'
09 Dec 20:09 | 42
Software
GitHub Codespaces preview version still has some glaring omissions, CEO insists it will be ready when it's ready
Rival GitPod sees perfect opportunity to say: Pssst, we've got that stuff
09 Dec 19:15 |
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09 Dec 18:30 |
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Apple appears to be charging Brits £309 to replace AirPods Max batteries, while Americans need only stump up $79
Typo? We've asked, but... well, y'know
09 Dec 17:15 | 110
HPC
HPE sees itself 'delivering supercomputing-as-a-service to the masses' as it chucks HPC chops into GreenLake
Hardware infrastructure vendors' obsession with consumption-based tech continues
09 Dec 15:29 | 3
Science
Useful quantum computers will be impossible without error correction. Good thing these folks are working on it
What if the cat in the box could come back to life?
09 Dec 14:22 | 29
Personal Tech
OnePlus founder scores $7m from iPod inventor and other investors for audio startup
'Nothing' yet to speak of in terms of products, though
09 Dec 13:28 | 9
Software
Software contractor accused of favoring foreigners on work visas over Americans agrees to cough up $42,000
IT biz sued by US Dept of Justice on behalf of dev pays out fine, damages
09 Dec 12:30 | 20
Bootnotes
Reading El Reg while working from home? Here's a pleasant thought: Kaspersky says 1 in 10 of you are naked right now
Those daily Zoom calls just got worse
09 Dec 11:25 | 77
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Apple fires warning shot at Facebook and Google on privacy, pledges fight against 'data-industrial complex'
Offer does not apply in China
Software
CentOS project changes focus, no more rebuild of Red Hat Enterprise Linux – you'll have to flow with the Stream
Founder talks of plans for independent distro 'rebuild'
Security
Cybersecurity giant FireEye says it was hacked by govt-backed spies who stole its crown-jewels hacking tools
Not a great look
Cloud
Google Cloud (over)Run: How a free trial experiment ended with a $72,000 bill overnight
Billing budget? Free plan? All useless when buggy code went into overdrive
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Apple appears to be charging Brits £309 to replace AirPods Max batteries, while Americans need only stump up $79
Typo? We've asked, but... well, y'know
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EU Medicines Agency hacked, BioNTech-Pfizer coronavirus vaccine paperwork stolen, probe launched
Regulatory submissions for COVID-19 jab candidate 'unlawfully accessed'
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Bitter war of words erupts between UK cops and web security expert over alleged flaws in Cyberalarm monitoring tool
Pervade Software's product isn't perfect but neither is the police response to security concerns
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Google Chrome's crackdown on ad blockers and browser extensions, Manifest v3, is now available in beta
Web advertising giant says it has been working with filter makers, others to 'evolve the platform'
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Rocky Linux is go: CentOS founder's new project aims to be 100% compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Rocking the Red Hat boat with an alternative distro designed for production use
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SpaceX Starship blows up on landing, Elon Musk says it's the data that matters and that landed just fine
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Expect to work between Christmas and New Year as Brexit uncertainty continues, UK SAP users told
T minus 23 days and there will very likely be last minute export/import changes
09 Dec 10:29 | 22
Software
CentOS project changes focus, no more rebuild of Red Hat Enterprise Linux – you'll have to flow with the Stream
Founder talks of plans for independent distro 'rebuild'
09 Dec 08:27 | 141
Personal Tech
Australia mostly sticks to its guns in final plan to make Google and Facebook pay news publishers
YouTube and Instagram exempted, Bill kicked into committee for a while
09 Dec 07:58 | 21
Personal Tech
Apple fires warning shot at Facebook and Google on privacy, pledges fight against 'data-industrial complex'
Offer does not apply in China
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