Security India tells its banks to get Windows XP off ATMs – in 2019! And do some pretty basic security hygiene before then 25 Jun 00:53 | 51
OSes Linus Torvalds tells kernel devs to fix their regressive fixing And get their timing right so that fixes aren't features 25 Jun 01:58 | 18
On-Prem AT&T offloads a bunch of data centres for a billion bucks Carrier will still control customers and offer colo services in 29 bit barns 25 Jun 02:58 | 5
Software Ubuntu reports 67% of users opt in to on-by-default PC specs slurp Early data reveals most users run a single CPU, 4GB of RAM, one 1080P monitor 25 Jun 03:57 | 51
On-Prem Net's druids thrash out specs for an independent IETF This matters because right now there's no formal structure, which makes things tenuous 25 Jun 05:02 | 7
OSes Oracle Linux now supported on 64-bit Armv8 processors Big Red wants ‘very viable server/cloud platform for Arm’ so adds MySQL, Docker, Java efforts under way too 25 Jun 05:52 | 24
Security A volt out of the blue: Phone batteries reveal what you typed and read Power trace sniffing, a badly-designed API and some cloudy AI spell potential trouble 25 Jun 06:31 | 38
Personal Tech Qualcomm still serious about Windows 10 on Arm: Engineers work on '12W' Snapdragon 1000 Dev kit leak seemingly backed by techies' job descriptions 25 Jun 07:08 | 38
Who, me? Software changed the world, then died on the first of the month Brief didn't call for two-digit dates. What to blame? Bad brief or lousy testing? 25 Jun 07:26 | 104
Legal GDPR forgive us, it's been one month since you were enforced… … and we still aren’t accepting EU users 25 Jun 08:02 | 165
Review HTC U12+: You said we should wait and review the retail product. Hate to break it to you, but... WTF were they thinking? 25 Jun 08:34 | 63
HPC Lazy parent Intel dumps Lustre assets on HPC storage bods DDN Chipzilla offloads devs, support teams and contracts 25 Jun 09:03 | 12
Storage If you store your data, I tell you I'm your man: You flash some, lose some, all arrays to me Double up or quit, double stake or split – the storage roundup 25 Jun 09:54 | 9
Edge + IoT So you're doing an IoT project. Cute. Let's start with the basics: Security And for heaven's sake, don't fall in love with the data 25 Jun 10:29 | 36
Software It's getting more and more Azure'd: For Microsoft, sorry seems to be the hardest word Overheating data centres, Bing Visual Search, acquisitions – it's the week at Redmond 25 Jun 10:53 | 13
Channel HMRC: Aria PC's £2m MSN Messenger deals bonanza was VAT fraud UK taxman urges tribunal to throw out reseller's appeal 25 Jun 11:20 | 9
Security UK taxman has amassed voice profiles of 5.1 million taxpayers Big Brother Watch questions legal basis for data retention 25 Jun 11:50 | 60
Channel CEO of comms tech biz Daisy splits as sale and IPO talks off the table Neil Muller leaves corner office, chairman takes controls again 25 Jun 12:25 | 3
Legal UK.gov outsourcers must prove their 'social value' to win contracts Push to boost supplier diversity after Carillion – but no plans to ditch private sector entirely 25 Jun 13:27 | 24
On-Prem Why aren't startups working? They're not great at creating jobs... or disrupting big biz We've been living a lie! 25 Jun 13:54 | 35
OSes SUSE Linux Enterprise turns 15: Look, Ma! A common code base If you're wondering about versions 13 and 14, ask superstitious folk 25 Jun 14:27 | 52
Updated Uber's London licence appeal off to flying start: No, you cannot do driver eye tests via video link Amid Greyball and hack cover-up, app biz isn't endearing itself 25 Jun 14:43 | 59
Software Happy birthday, you lumbering MS-DOS-based mess: Windows 98 turns 20 today Rose-tinted spectacles ON. Nope, not doing anything 25 Jun 15:15 | 133
Security Misconfiguration of Java web server component Jolokia puts orgs at risk You gotta shore it up before you put it to work, says researcher 25 Jun 15:52 | 6
AI + ML What does it take for an OpenAI bot to best Dota 2 heroes? 128,000 CPU cores, 256 Nvidia GPUs And a lot of smart machine-learning coding, of course 25 Jun 16:25 | 14
HPC Big Blue's Summit super sits, aptly, at the peak of official Top500 beast list IBM's Power9, Nvidia 122.3 HPL petaflops monster overwhelms competitors 25 Jun 18:28 | 11
Security 'Black hat' extortionist thrown back in the clink after Yelp-slamming biz Protip: When freshly paroled, don't immediately trash your victim online 25 Jun 19:21 | 26
Legal White House calls its own China tech cash-inject ban 'fake news' Chip slinger stocks dip as US investment crackdown turns out to be completely true 25 Jun 20:15 | 48
Networks Painful truth: DNS, CDNs and CAs are Achilles' Heel for top websites How third-party services can knock out three out of four online properties 25 Jun 20:49 | 14
AI + ML Nvidia adds nine nifty AI supercomputing containers to the cloud Now you can splash out on tons of GPUs if you really need to 25 Jun 21:16 |
Security Intel finds a cure for its software security pain: Window Snyder Microsoft, Mozilla veteran will also handle external researcher work 25 Jun 22:19 | 6
Personal Tech Amazon, eBay and pals agree to Europe's other GDPR: Generally Dangerous Products Removed from websites Only in EU land – tough luck for the rest of the world 25 Jun 22:55 | 73