Oh hello. Haven't heard much from you lately: Linux veteran Slackware rides again with a beta of version 15 It's time to move on from 2016
Bootnotes Home office setup with built-in boiling water tap for tea and coffee without getting up is a monument to deskcess If only it had a built-in loo and pillow, then we could work 24/7
Something for the Weekend, Sir? How not to apply for a new job: Apply for it on a job site Watch as I channel my digital Yosser Hughes, violence included
On Call To have one floppy failure is unlucky. To have 20 implies evil magic or a very silly user Not quite what we meant by 'disk capacity'
In brief Seeing a robot dog tagging along with NYPD officers after an arrest stuns New Yorkers Plus: 'First civil lawsuit' against police for incorrect facial recognition match in wrongful collaring, and more 17 Apr 15:05 | 28
Analysis Google's FLoC flies into headwinds as internet ad industry braces for instability Reinventing web advertising tech at a time of heightened privacy concern proves difficult 17 Apr 08:07 | 32
Science Elon Musk's SpaceX bags $3bn NASA contract to, fingers crossed, land first woman on the Moon And the 13th guy 16 Apr 22:28 | 34
Science Pentagon confirms footage of three strange craft taken by the Navy are UFOs (no, that doesn't mean they're aliens) Unless by aliens you mean Russians 16 Apr 21:41 | 44
Off-Prem Ex IBM sales manager, fired after battling discrimination against subordinates, wins $11m lawsuit Big Blue, insisting it doesn't condone retaliation or discrimination, may appeal 16 Apr 20:34 | 21
Software Docker Desktop for Apple Silicon is here, but probe a little deeper and you'll find Rosetta 2 staring back Prepare yourself for an onslaught of 'you're holding the container wrong' 16 Apr 19:01 | 7
Legal Age discrimination class-action against HP and HPE gets green light to proceed Old people were let go while the CEO was talking about hiring a bunch of young people, says complaint 16 Apr 18:15 | 12
Security Russian infosec firm Positive Technologies trying to stay positive after US sanctions Company insists it's a legit operator that's here to help 16 Apr 17:25 | 1
Science Fridges... in... Spaaaaaaace: Engineers book ride on the Vomit Comet to test astro-refrigerator It's floaty floaty vom time as boffins plan prototype cooler spin on modded 727 16 Apr 16:33 | 12
OSes Oh hello. Haven't heard much from you lately: Linux veteran Slackware rides again with a beta of version 15 It's time to move on from 2016 16 Apr 15:43 | 30
Security Microsoft received almost 25,000 requests for consumer data from law enforcement over the past six months 25% were rejected, and it's less than 2013's figure... but be wary of what Redmond does with your information 16 Apr 14:41 | 11
Personal Tech Will tech show IFA really return this year as a 'full-scale' shindig? Place your bets now Announcement light on safety details and the world still doesn't look ready 16 Apr 13:47 | 2
Bootnotes Home office setup with built-in boiling water tap for tea and coffee without getting up is a monument to deskcess If only it had a built-in loo and pillow, then we could work 24/7 16 Apr 13:01 | 91
Legal Customs raid rumbles black market for primary school e-learning materials in fiercely competitive Hong Kong Kids have missed almost an entire year of education due to coronavirus so parents have sought help online 16 Apr 12:15 | 3
Security Watchdog thinks Google tricked Australians into giving up data, sues. Judge semi-agrees Filing reveals: Google staff called meeting over data privacy issues the 'Oh Shit' meeting 16 Apr 11:30 | 32
Off-Prem Informatica's Intelligent Data Management Cloud not new tech, but covers hyperscalers' weakness in data integration Picking up the slack on AWS, Azure, and GCP 16 Apr 10:45 |
Legal Best of FRANDs: Judge allows Apple retrial following $506m patent infringement ruling PanOptis was obliged to provide 4G LTE licences – but no one mentioned it 16 Apr 10:00 | 22
Something for the Weekend, Sir? How not to apply for a new job: Apply for it on a job site Watch as I channel my digital Yosser Hughes, violence included 16 Apr 09:15 | 84
Legal Patent battle over Facebook Live and 'walkie talkie' tech rattles through High Court in London Sueball sees social network squaring off against app upstart in UK branch of worldwide fight 16 Apr 08:30 | 12
On Call To have one floppy failure is unlucky. To have 20 implies evil magic or a very silly user Not quite what we meant by 'disk capacity' 16 Apr 07:15 | 170
Science We're on our way already: Astroboffins find 5 potentially habitable Tatooine-like systems from Kepler 'scope Perhaps gigantic puffy exoplanets aren't as hostile to life as previously thought 16 Apr 06:04 | 22
On-Prem Global chip shortage probably won't let up until 2023, warns TSMC: CEO 'still expects capacity to tighten more' Automotive supply is a 'top priority', analysts told 16 Apr 01:29 | 4
On-Prem Walmart’s Indian outpost FlipKart picks industrial giant’s India-US joint venture for Chennai data center E-commerce wing to also get a huge fulfillment center for Q3 2022 16 Apr 00:21 |
Security Mobile app security standard for IoT, VPNs proposed by group backed by Big Tech ioXt Alliance aims to bring 'transparency and visibility' 15 Apr 21:42 | 9
OSes Zorin OS 16 beta claims largest built-in app library 'of any open source desktop ever' Linux for Windows switchers: smooth user experience, if users steer clear of Windows apps on Wine 15 Apr 20:15 | 61
Software Ever wondered what it's like working for Microsoft? Leaked survey shines a light on how those at the code coalface feel Lowest scoring sections were 'performance' and 'deal', but it looks like it could be a lot worse 15 Apr 19:02 | 49
Software Deno 1.9 update includes proposal cold-shouldered in February, now hyped as '3x faster' performance bump Plus HTTP/2 web server written in Rust 15 Apr 18:08 | 3
Databases Oracle pumps $1.2bn into Nashville campus as search for southern comfort goes on Mayor thrilled with $175m up front for Guitar Town infrastructure projects 15 Apr 17:19 | 2
Bootnotes Pigeon fanciers in a flap over Brexit quarantine flock-up, seek exemption from EU laws It won't fly. 'We are collateral damage' 15 Apr 16:33 | 162
Security It was Russia wot did it: SolarWinds hack was done by Kremlin's APT29 crew, say UK and US And Positive Technologies has been slapped with American sanctions 15 Apr 15:49 | 54
Security University of Hertfordshire pulls the plug on, well, everything after cyber attack Another UK institution topples at the hands of miscreants 15 Apr 15:04 | 50
Webcast Vintage? Good for vinyl records, bad for systems of record Emulation could make more sense than migration. Here’s why… 15 Apr 14:14 |
Personal Tech Last chance to grab an iPhone Mini as savvy analyst reckons Apple will scrap it next year Incoming iPhone 13 could be final slimline version 15 Apr 13:33 | 27
Storage Microsoft OneDrive for Windows 7 drives off a cliff for business users Accidental borkage ... or a not-so-subtle hint that it really is time to move on? 15 Apr 12:47 | 41
Bootnotes Listen, son... Monster trucks just aren't cool anymore. Real winners drive Tesla Roadsters Matchbox goes green with sustainably produced toys based on electric cars 15 Apr 12:01 | 36
Legal Docking £500k commission from top SAS salesman was perfectly legal, rules judge Chap brought in $27m deal – so bosses withheld two-thirds of his pay 15 Apr 11:14 | 82
Databases Google proposes Logica data language for building more manageable SQL code COBOL-inspired caps lock English just don't add up when dealing with large SQL codebases 15 Apr 10:25 | 91
Applications Microsoft calls time on Timeline: Don't worry, more features that nobody asked for coming your way Activity history tracker over mobile devices set to become history 15 Apr 09:40 | 29
Software IBM signs up to Eclipse Foundation's Adoptium working group to push out free, certified JDK binaries Makes a change from the waves of redundancies 15 Apr 08:58 | 2
On-Prem Infosys says staff are leaving it again – a sign COVID crunch is receding Full year impact of the compensation hike of Q4 will be felt into FY 22, says Infosys 15 Apr 08:31 | 6
Legal Jackie 'You have no authority here' Weaver calls on the UK to extend Coronavirus Act provisions for online meetings Because local democracy is hilarious – oh, and transparency's good too 15 Apr 08:11 | 39
Personal Tech Irish privacy watchdog sticks GDPR probe into Facebook after that online giveaway of 533 million profiles Oh, you mean the 'features that make it easier for people to find and connect with friends on our services'? 15 Apr 07:26 | 35