Legal
Oz government rushes its anti-crypto legislation into parliament
With an election due in May, clock is ticking
19 Sep 01:30 | 42
19th > September > 2018 Archive
Legal
'Men only' job ad posts land Facebook in boiling hot water with ACLU
Surprise, surprise: Investigation finds Uber placed a load of bloke-only ads
19 Sep 02:56 | 202
Networks
Vodafone sues Ofcom to reclaim 'overpaid' mobe spectrum fees
EE set it up, now Voda's shooting for goal
19 Sep 05:06 | 13
Virtualization
Click your heels, um, mouse thrice and you've quickly got Ubuntu on Hyper-V in Win 10 Pro
Thumbs up for integrated clipboard, the rest... er, well...
19 Sep 05:28 | 21
AI + ML
SAP claims to be first Euro biz to get seriously ethical about AI code
Can intelligent robots bribe govt officials for contracts? Asking for... a friend
19 Sep 06:04 | 12
Video
Put your tin-foil hats on! Wi-Fi can be used to guesstimate number of people hidden in a room
No doubt this'll be used to sell data to advertisers
19 Sep 07:02 | 55
On-Prem
London tipped to lead European data market. Yes, despite Brexit!
Report puts English capital ahead, Frankfurt close behind
19 Sep 08:11 | 32
Security
Who ate all the PII? Not the blockchain, thankfully
GDPR be praised, new product keeps personally identifiable information off the chain
19 Sep 09:05 | 9
Storage
When should I run backup, robot overlord? Autonomous Hadoop and NoSQL backup is now a thing
Imanis Data bets data management farm on backupbot
19 Sep 09:41 | 2
Legal
Apple hands €14.3bn in back taxes to reluctant Ireland
Funds to be held in escrow as govt appeals EU 'state aid' ruling
19 Sep 09:59 | 76
On-Prem
Michael Dell serves up stump speech to settle sceptical investors
We've got a $90bn run rate, never mind the debt
19 Sep 10:25 | 8
OSes
Microsoft Azure gains Availability Zones and Immutable Blobs
It's WORM storage all round as Immutability goes to General Availability
19 Sep 11:25 | 9
Personal Tech
Brits pay £490m extra for mobes they already own – Citizens Advice
4 million people keep paying for contracts that include handset charges
19 Sep 11:55 | 70
Security
Why waste away in a cubicle when you could be a goddamn infosec neuromancer on £50k*?
Basically what UK.gov is selling as it moves to plug skills gap
19 Sep 12:23 | 43
Bootnotes
Man cuffed for testing fruit with bum cheek pre-purchase
Brings new meaning to try before you buy
19 Sep 12:53 | 64
Science
Microsoft's collaboration software Teams works on its collaboration hardware Surface Hub
Coming soon to a massive jumped-up whiteboard near you
19 Sep 13:23 | 8
Storage
IT bods, beware! AWS claims Storage Gateway appliance doesn't need you to manage it
And I heard a great voice saying: Behold, the hybrid tabernacle is with men
19 Sep 14:07 | 5
Security
National Museum of Computing to hold live Enigma code-breaking demo with a Bombe
Turing-Welchman machine to do its thing – with original wartime operator present
19 Sep 14:58 | 44
Software
A spot of Python in your Azure automation? Step right this way, sir
Python 2 support for runbooks slithers out of preview
19 Sep 15:46 | 13
Databases
Effortful, tiresome, laborious: Couchbase says latest data platform release can sack off ETL
NoSQL database biz promises to 'keep it simple' for enterprises after real-time analytics
19 Sep 16:00 |
Security
Patch for EE's 4G Wi-Fi mini modem nails local privilege escalation flaw
Better update if you leave your laptop unattended in public...
19 Sep 18:52 | 5
Networks
FCC's 5G masterstroke little more than big biz cash giveaway – expert
One-size-fits-all pricing in America will expand, not narrow, digital divide
19 Sep 20:43 | 11
Science
Holy macaroni! After months of number-crunching, behold the strongest material in the universe: Nuclear pasta
Probably cost a pretty PENNE to run that physics simulation
19 Sep 21:19 | 67
Video
Garbage collection – in SPAAACE: Net snaffles junk in first step to clean up Earth's orbiting litter
EU-funded gizmo clings to trash like a face hugger
19 Sep 22:59 | 41
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