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The present is virtual, the future should be too
Containers are visitors from hyperscale-land. They should respect your ways when you invite them in
Databases
Enterprise databases deployed in Kubernetes? Proceed with caution, warns seasoned analyst
Deploying the ultimate stateful code in a stateless environment is a 'tricky business' IDC guru opines
Security
Fashion giant FCUK says the other F-word after REvil-linked ransomware siphons data
Attack on an internal system shouldn't put customers at risk, biz claims
Bootnotes
Hungover Brits declare full English breakfast the solution to all their ills
For the 3% who craved sweet and sour pork balls, it might be time to stop drinking
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Science
Lego bricks, upcycled iPhone lenses used in new low-cost, high-res microscope
Full instructions given away for free, to 'nurture natural curiosity'
24 Jun 18:01 |
Security
Romance in 2021: Using creepware to keep tabs on your partner or ex. Aww
With this app, I thee stalk
24 Jun 17:15 |
Security
Report picks holes in the Linux kernel release signing process
Security procedures need documenting, improving, and mandating - though they're better than they used to be
24 Jun 16:28 |
Offbeat
British minister claims technology makes maritime cannibalism obsolete
Even in a shipboard COVID lockdown, chowing down on ailing cabin boys is apparently no longer a thing
24 Jun 15:45 | 8
Sponsored
In our digital future, IT is really all about experience
Time to focus on people, not just SLAs
24 Jun 15:00 |
Science
Researchers find evidence that stress does turn your hair grey, and it can be reversed – you just need a holiday
But the hair dye market isn't about to implode, there are limits
24 Jun 14:30 | 7
Security
Google pushes bug databases to get on the same page for open-source security
Chocolate Factory proposes common interchange format for vulnerability data
24 Jun 13:00 | 6
Register Debate
The present is virtual, the future should be too
Containers are visitors from hyperscale-land. They should respect your ways when you invite them in
24 Jun 12:00 |
Networks
Stop. Look... Install Linux? The Reg solves Microsoft's latest Windows teaser
Going backwards to the future
24 Jun 11:32 | 17
Bootnotes
Hungover Brits declare full English breakfast the solution to all their ills
For the 3% who craved sweet and sour pork balls, it might be time to stop drinking
24 Jun 10:01 | 73
Security
Fashion titan French Connection says 'FCUK' as REvil-linked ransomware makes off with data
Attack on an internal system shouldn't put customers at risk, biz claims
24 Jun 08:30 | 6
Databases
Enterprise databases deployed in Kubernetes? Proceed with caution, warns seasoned analyst
Deploying the ultimate stateful code in a stateless environment is a 'tricky business' IDC guru opines
24 Jun 07:28 | 9
Bootnotes
Advert for coronavirus 'destroying' air 'purifier' exterminated by UK watchdog
If only it were that easy
24 Jun 06:26 | 17
Applications
Mysterious ‘security update’ to Google Drive cloud storage locker will break links to some files
Admins given a whole month to sort it out. Choose wisely — after July 23rd, users won't be told what's happening
24 Jun 05:06 | 9
Legal
In South Korea the new normal future of work is ... a 52-hour work week! (Down from 68)
New rules kick in for small businesses on July 1 and, despite three years’ warning, the government still sees a need for extra support
24 Jun 04:32 | 15
Personal Tech
Chromebook boom won’t outlive COVID-19 pandemic, says IDC
Tablets also flattened as punters resume spending on real-world fun
24 Jun 02:54 | 20
Science
Hubble Space Telescope may now depend on a computer that hasn't booted since 2009
Perhaps instrument-halting failure is due to compute and interconnect hardware, not memory, after all
24 Jun 01:10 | 44
Security
Three things that have vanished: $3.6bn in Bitcoin, a crypto investment biz, and the two brothers who ran it
We got hacked and we'll be right back, duo said ... two months ago
23 Jun 23:47 | 113
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23 Jun 23:00 |
HUBBLE TOIL AND TROUBLE
Hubble Space Telescope may now depend on a computer that hasn't booted since 2009
Perhaps instrument-halting failure is due to compute and interconnect hardware, not memory, after all
Hubble Space Telescope sails serenely on in safe mode after efforts to switch to backup memory modules fail
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
A borked bit of code sent the Hubble Space Telescope into safe mode, revealing a bunch of other glitches
Writing to forbidden memory and not closing the door cause headaches for custodians of restored spacecraft
Famously flawed, it is 30 years since the Hubble Space Telescope was launched
The Register takes a look at the most famous of the Great Observatories
Hubble grabs first snap of interstellar comet... or at least that's what we hope this smudge is
Everyone knows the Ramans do everything in threes
Legal
Euro court rules YouTube not automatically liable for users illegally uploading copyright-protected material
It has to take action on takedowns though, prelim ruling on long-running Sarah Brightman spat finds
23 Jun 22:01 | 9
Applications
Apple scrambles to quash iOS app sideloading demands with 'think of the children' defense
And if that doesn't work, terrorism or satanic panic next?
23 Jun 21:15 | 47
Personal Tech
Google bestows improved device management tools, authentication options on Chrome OS admins
IT managers told when punished Chromebooks are about to die
23 Jun 20:15 | 2
Security
John McAfee dead: Antivirus tycoon killed himself in prison after court OK'd extradition, says lawyer
British-American infosec renegade faced trial in America for tax evasion
23 Jun 19:52 | 145
PowerFlex, Dell EMC’s other HCI system, supports more Nvidia GPUs and Oracle KVM hypervisor
Seagate FireCuda gaming SSD — denser NAND can radically boost SSD speed
SingleStore universal storage separates compute and storage; sends ETL back to the dark ages
Nutanix changing from new customer hunter to old customer farmer
Legal
Google set to face fresh sueball over its Play Store revenue commission after probe by several US states – report
Suit may be filed as soon as next week
23 Jun 19:30 | 3
Offbeat
Anyone still using cash? British £50 banknote honouring Alan Turing arrives
Bank of England flies pride flag as it launches new note
23 Jun 18:45 | 58
AI + ML
The Linux Foundation dives into machine learning with Open Voice Network, dataset licence launches
Looks to improve the simplicity with which such things are shared
23 Jun 18:01 | 1
Networks
Samsung pushes out single console all-in-one RAN kit for cramped European markets
Smaller physical footprint to tempt carriers needing to build out 5G
23 Jun 17:13 | 1
Science
Intrepid squid mission may help in kraken riddle of why zero-g makes astronauts sick
Boffins looking for changes to cephalopods' symbiotic relationship with bioluminescent bacteria on ISS
23 Jun 16:32 | 25
Science
Spacey McSpaceface: Artemis takes shape ahead of '2021' launch – but first you need to name the crash-test dummy
Next up, the rocket stage to send mannequin to the Moon
23 Jun 15:45 | 20
Legal
Campaigners warn of an 'algorithm-driven censorship' future if UK Online Safety Bill gets through Parliament
MPs and activists join forces to fight 'dangerous' legal threat
23 Jun 15:00 | 37
Personal Tech
Price of Microsoft's Surface Duo plummets to better represent middling hardware ... but only if you're in the US
The Special Relationship in the form of Android foldables
23 Jun 14:12 | 10
Security
Boffins promise protection and perfect performance with new ZeRØ, No-FAT memory safety techniques
Fast, easy to implement, and knocks attacks like Spectre on the head – what's the catch?
23 Jun 13:27 | 16
Off-Prem
Syria and Sudan turn off the internet to suppress ... cheating by kids sitting exams
Access Now #KeepItOn campaign thinks that’s a very bad idea
23 Jun 12:43 | 7
Register Debate
Containers make life easier for the software vendors you buy from, and that's why they'll win
Once you can only buy the apps you need as containers, it’s game over
23 Jun 12:00 | 16
Offbeat
Pyjama bottoms crew, listen up: In 2022 we'll still be at home
Huge shift in working patterns continues into next year, according to the all-seeing eye of... Gartner
23 Jun 11:30 | 26
