Open-source developers under corporate pressure to adopt less-permissive licenses, Percona CEO says
Cloud hyperscalers drive projects to slap restrictions on code use
Security
Ransomware victim Colonial Pipeline paid $5m to get oil pumping again, restored from backups anyway – report
Anonymous sources get into war-by-media counterbriefing
Personal Tech
Guy who said women are 'soft, weak, cosseted, naive' lasted about a month at Apple until internal revolt
Ad tech engineer out after autobiography sparks protest – and what does this say about iGiant's hiring process?
Language Summit
Guido van Rossum aiming to make CPython 2x faster in 3.11
'I got bored sitting at home while retired ... I chose to go back to my roots'
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NHS-backed org reacted to GitHub leak disclosure with legal threats and police call, complains IT pro
Retention of now-deleted security breach evidence sparks spat
14 May 10:02 | 1
Bork!Bork!Bork!
For the marketeer that has everything – except a CPU fan
You know it's time for an upgrade when your PC gets spanked by a sign
14 May 09:15 | 3
Something for the Weekend, Sir?
Your private data has been nabbed: Please update your life as soon as possible while we deflect responsibility
Because our golf-obsessed boss has wandered off fondling his balls
14 May 08:30 | 14
Offbeat
Chinese AI censoring some live-streamed Alpacas – beasts with a very NSFW and political back story
Be alert, not a-llam-ed
14 May 07:58 | 4
On Call
Protip: If Joe Public reports that your kit is broken, maybe check that it is actually broken
Because now you have a bill to replace all these perfectly functional devices
14 May 07:26 | 23
On-Prem
South Korea creates $451bn semiconductor stimulus package
Samsung and SK Hynix singled out as nation tries to become a titan
14 May 06:57 |
Science
An actress, an internet billionaire, and Tom Cruise walk into a space station ... not necessarily at the same time
It's Space Race 2 for Russia and America
14 May 06:27 | 9
Obit
RIP Spencer Silver: Inventor of the Post-it Note, aka the office password reminder, dies
Pen and sticky paper still a great analog productivity hack
14 May 06:00 | 6
Poll
Cloudflare launches campaign to ‘end the madness’ of CAPTCHAs
Testing dongle-driven ‘Cryptographic Attestation of Personhood’ and WebAuthn as alternative
14 May 03:29 | 24
Off-Prem
Alibaba Cloud growth slows after mystery international customer quits over ‘non-product related’ factors
First loss as a listed company thanks to Beijing’s $2.8bn antitrust fine
14 May 01:55 |
Applications
Italian monopoly watchdog asks Google to cough up a few euros for illegally blocking an Android Auto app
Web giant tells us it's considering its response to €100m fine demand
13 May 23:07 | 3
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'Biggest data grab' in NHS history stuffs GP records in a central store for 'research' – and the time to opt out is now
'More data, more breadth, more depth... it's the whole f&*king deal'
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US-based hard disk drive suppliers face further scrutiny over whether they've shipped proscribed HDDs to Huawei
The Wicker man: US Commerce Committee senator questions Toshiba, Seagate and WD
Applications
Water's wet, the Pope's Catholic, and iOS is designed to stop folk switching to Android, Epic trial judge told
Fortnite maker wheels out economist to explain how Apple works
Software
Open-source JavaScript project Babel 'running out of money' after employing paid maintainers, sponsors pull out
Creator deletes posts alleging 'mismanagement' to blame
PaaS + IaaS
Microsoft bins Azure Blockchain without explanation, gives users four months to move
Says picking a replacement is your next step. Seriously, that’s Redmond's first piece of advice. Eventually it recommends Quorum
Security
Apple's Find My network can be abused to leak secrets to the outside world via passing devices
You gotta work hard for those three-bytes-a-second transfers, though
Security
Ransomware victim Colonial Pipeline paid $5m to get oil pumping again, restored from backups anyway – report
Anonymous sources get into war-by-media counterbriefing
Exclusive
On eve of national industrial ballot, BT, EE, Openreach agree to temporarily suspend compulsory redundancies
Well, the telco always said it's good to talk: Negotiations over jobs, pay, grading, and more set for this month
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Oops, says Manchester City Council after thousands of number plates exposed in parking ticket spreadsheet
They are personal data, you know. Wait – you did know that, right?
Personal Tech
Elon Musk hits the brakes on taking Bitcoin for Tesla purchases
CEO wakes up to BTC's connection to coal, holds onto the stash until mining becomes more eco friendly
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Guy who said women are 'soft, weak, cosseted, naive' lasted about a month at Apple until internal revolt
Ad tech engineer out after autobiography sparks protest – and what does this say about iGiant's hiring process?
13 May 21:35 | 53
Devops
Open-source developers under corporate pressure to adopt less-permissive licenses, Percona CEO says
Cloud hyperscalers drive projects to slap restrictions on code use
13 May 20:32 | 15
Webcast
You’re heading to the cloud – congratulations. Now, where’s your data?
It’s the one lever you really need to get a grip on
13 May 19:30 |
Software
Microsoft's cloud gets JAMstacked: Azure Static Web Apps greenlit for production
JAM with a distinct whiff of Redmond, as you would expect
13 May 18:24 | 1
Security
Ransomware victim Colonial Pipeline paid $5m to get oil pumping again, restored from backups anyway – report
Anonymous sources get into war-by-media counterbriefing
13 May 17:44 | 36
Off-Prem
Google Cloud and SpaceX buddy up to fling edgy data and cloud services via Starlink
Sign-ups open in second half of 2021
13 May 17:01 | 3
Language Summit
Guido van Rossum aiming to make CPython 2x faster in 3.11
'I got bored sitting at home while retired ... I chose to go back to my roots'
13 May 16:05 | 10
On-Prem
Take-home salary pay cut in 2021? Billionaire Michael Dell feels you, slices off most of own yearly pay
Paid fraction of his fellow execs, though he is worth $50+bn (just don't mention tax)
13 May 15:20 | 5
On-Prem
As Samsung breaks ground on new EUV semi foundry, SK Hynix mulls expanding its logic and contract fab businesses
Analyst: 'Company may need to license 7nm and below process tech'
13 May 13:34 |
Security
Colonial Pipeline was looking to hire cybersecurity manager before ransomware attack shut down operations
Good luck to whoever got that gig
13 May 12:35 | 23
Science
James Webb Space Telescope runs one last dress rehearsal for its massive golden mirrors before heading to launchpad
A few final tests then it's bags packed for French Guiana – and about time too
13 May 11:33 | 28
Video
Man paralyzed from neck down uses AI brain implants to write out text messages
Read my blips
13 May 10:47 | 14
Exclusive
Oops, says Manchester City Council after thousands of number plates exposed in parking ticket spreadsheet
They are personal data, you know. Wait – you did know that, right?
13 May 10:01 | 52
Updated
'Biggest data grab' in NHS history stuffs GP records in a central store for 'research' – and the time to opt out is now
'More data, more breadth, more depth... it's the whole f&*king deal'
13 May 09:15 | 121
Software
Rust 2021 edition to arrive in October with 'more consistent panic' and other new features
Also: Why Rust in Android will use the Soong build system, not Cargo
13 May 08:26 | 23
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Does AI have to disrupt everything you know about running a data center?
The optimal intelligent model could be disaggregation
13 May 07:30 |
Applications
Japan to start stamping out rubber stamps and tearing up faxes as new digital agency given Sept. 1 start date
'My Number' identifier to become central to myriad government services if the plan works
13 May 06:58 | 42
Updated
Google Docs users, you are on notice: Code rewrite may break browser extensions
HTML and CSS? What is this, 2003?
13 May 06:24 | 39
PaaS + IaaS
Microsoft bins Azure Blockchain without explanation, gives users four months to move
Says picking a replacement is your next step. Seriously, that’s Redmond's first piece of advice. Eventually it recommends Quorum
13 May 04:59 | 23
Software
India’s vaccination-booking API criticised for excluding millions, containing bugs, and overflowing with elitism
It’s faulty, struggling to scale, lacks a dedicated privacy policy
13 May 02:58 | 9
Personal Tech
Elon Musk hits the brakes on taking Bitcoin for Tesla purchases
CEO wakes up to BTC's connection to coal, holds onto the stash until mining becomes more eco friendly
13 May 01:03 | 97
Networks
FCC starts probing effects of semiconductor drought on the US telecoms supply chain
If only there was a business to consult about chip shortages? Ah, that's right. Huawei, awks
12 May 23:16 | 1
Personal Tech
Pentagon backs away from labeling smartphone maker Xiaomi a military org run by China's communist elite
Biz to be removed from naughty list following out-of-court settlement
12 May 22:29 | 4
On-Prem
If you said the semiconductor shortage will last until Q2 2022, you would be correct, according to Gartner
Chip in if you want more chips, analyst house suggests
12 May 21:19 | 1
