21st April 2020 Archive • The Register

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Three years ago, IBM ordered staff to work in central hubs. Now its new CEO ponders mid-pandemic: Is there a better way of doing things?

Plus sales down, guidance scrapped. What else is new? Well OK, apart from the 'unprecedented business climate'

21 Apr 00:34 | 19

Security

Bad news: Cognizant hit by ransomware gang. Worse: It's Maze, which leaks victims' data online after non-payment

IT services biz warns customers could be at risk of infection, too

21 Apr 01:36 | 15

Software

SAP decides one head is better than two in a crisis, parts ways with co-CEO Jennifer Morgan

Christian Klein to fly solo just six months after dual-driver approach was hailed as perfect combination

21 Apr 02:23 | 11

Networks

China Mobile reveals COVID-19 scarcely touched Q1 revenue and profit

Although it did kick a hole in product sales and put a rocket under TXT

21 Apr 04:01 |

SaaS

Scaleway disarms its ARM64 cloud, cites unreliable hardware as the reason

So why not just buy new servers? That’s where this gets curly

21 Apr 04:58 | 11

Science

Fomalhaut b exoplanet may have been cloud in a trench coat: Massive 'world' formed after 'mid-space super-prang'

Another one bites the dust

21 Apr 05:30 | 12

SaaS

AWS announces new single-purpose on-prem hardware and tie-in storage tier

Cloud colossus has gone very niche with video-shifter

21 Apr 06:32 | 4

On-Prem

UK's Cleveland Police: We want to fling our HR wares into the cloud. Oh, and IT can move back in

Outsourcing deal with Sopra Steria ending, and good times ahead for in-sourced tech crew propping up crumbly software

21 Apr 07:02 | 4

Security

Google productises its own not-a-VPN secure remote access tool

Zero-trust access to web applications with very fine-grained access controls

21 Apr 07:33 | 23

Security

Weeks before US oil contract prices went negative, a spear-phishing crew went after oil firms. What did they get?

Who wants to know about their biz plans? Someone determined

21 Apr 08:00 | 8

Networks

Are you fixing that switch? Or setting it up as a Minecraft server?

Cisco shows off how you can brick it on a Catalyst 9300

21 Apr 08:27 | 26

Bork!Bork!Bork!

There are always two sides to every story – except this one, which is just a big billboard borked in all directions

The apocalypse may have started, but we'll always have artisanal bread... and BSODs

21 Apr 09:00 | 22

Security

Typosquatting RubyGems laced with Bitcoin-nabbing malware have been downloaded thousands of times

'Seemingly no transactions were made' but problem highlights risks of software supply chain

21 Apr 09:45 | 3

Opinion

Facebook sort-of blocks anti-quarantine events – how many folks are actually behind these 'massive' protests online?

Domain names, astroturfing, gun rights, FB groups... and lots and lots of shouting

21 Apr 10:29 | 106

Science

Boffins examine interstellar comet Borisov to find out what its home was like. Pretty unpleasant, it seems

No wonder it came all the way over to our Solar System

21 Apr 11:17 | 18

Roundup

Self-isolation champions fresh home from a jaunt in orbit wonder if they've returned to the wrong version of Earth

Also: Asteroid landing dress rehearsal, 'new' Russian module for the ISS, another Starlink volley ready to go

21 Apr 11:50 | 4

Security

Something a bit phishy in your inbox? You can now email suspected frauds straight to Blighty's web takedown cops

National Cyber Security Centre publishes scam-busting address

21 Apr 12:20 | 27

SaaS

Microsoft puts a stop to auto-updates of Azure Service Fabric 'until further notice'

Redmond reckons you've probably got enough on your plate right now

21 Apr 12:52 |

Networks

Who can we count on to slow Huawei's continuous growth? US prez Donald Trump and COVID-19

The world's crappest superheroes

21 Apr 13:30 | 18

Devops

What's vexing Linux-loving Gophers? A few things: Go devs want generics, easier debugging

Survey shows preference for Linux, some aversion to Microsoft Azure

21 Apr 14:15 | 17

Roundup

Do not adjust your set: Here are three stories about the IT industry doing some good during COVID-19 pandemic

Let's stow the snark a mo and acknowledge this helpful tech

21 Apr 14:58 | 1

Security

Frippin' heck: Watch out, chin-stroking prog rock fans. King Crimson distributor Burning Shed says it's been hacked

Crims slope off with a slice of dabatase including emails and encrypted passwords but no credit card deets

21 Apr 15:45 | 10

Science

Investors splash £100m on robotic process automation vendor in hopes RPA holds up in wake of COVID-19

Cash-flingers see dollars through a Blue Prism

21 Apr 16:33 |

Legal

House of Commons agrees to allow Zoom app in Parliament, British MPs will still have to dress smartly

How long till this gets hacked?

21 Apr 17:45 | 85

OSes

IBM == Insecure Business Machines: No-auth remote root exec exploit in Data Risk Manager drops after Big Blue snubs bug report

IT giant admits it made 'a process error, improper response' to flaw finder

21 Apr 19:04 | 23

Personal Tech

Video game cloud streaming shaken up as Nvidia loses more big names, Microsoft readies its market killer

It's all about the content. And where you can – and can't – get it

21 Apr 21:39 | 19

Science

Somewhere, way out there, two black holes, one large and one small, merged. And here on Earth, we detected the gravitational wave blast

When science fact is better than science fiction

21 Apr 22:34 | 21

Devops

Python 2 bows out after epic transition. And there was much applause because you've all moved to version 3, right? Uh, right?

Version 2.7.18 is the last official Python 2 release, but it'll live on

21 Apr 23:15 | 79

Networks

New York Attorney General probes Charter over claims it forced staff to work in offices amid coronavirus pandemic

Workers complain to The Register of unnecessary COVID-19 risk

21 Apr 23:57 | 9

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21st > April > 2020 Archive

Three years ago, IBM ordered staff to work in central hubs. Now its new CEO ponders mid-pandemic: Is there a better way of doing things?

Bad news: Cognizant hit by ransomware gang. Worse: It's Maze, which leaks victims' data online after non-payment

SAP decides one head is better than two in a crisis, parts ways with co-CEO Jennifer Morgan

China Mobile reveals COVID-19 scarcely touched Q1 revenue and profit

Scaleway disarms its ARM64 cloud, cites unreliable hardware as the reason

Fomalhaut b exoplanet may have been cloud in a trench coat: Massive 'world' formed after 'mid-space super-prang'

AWS announces new single-purpose on-prem hardware and tie-in storage tier

UK's Cleveland Police: We want to fling our HR wares into the cloud. Oh, and IT can move back in

Google productises its own not-a-VPN secure remote access tool

Weeks before US oil contract prices went negative, a spear-phishing crew went after oil firms. What did they get?

Are you fixing that switch? Or setting it up as a Minecraft server?

There are always two sides to every story – except this one, which is just a big billboard borked in all directions

Typosquatting RubyGems laced with Bitcoin-nabbing malware have been downloaded thousands of times

Facebook sort-of blocks anti-quarantine events – how many folks are actually behind these 'massive' protests online?

Boffins examine interstellar comet Borisov to find out what its home was like. Pretty unpleasant, it seems

Self-isolation champions fresh home from a jaunt in orbit wonder if they've returned to the wrong version of Earth

Something a bit phishy in your inbox? You can now email suspected frauds straight to Blighty's web takedown cops

Microsoft puts a stop to auto-updates of Azure Service Fabric 'until further notice'

Who can we count on to slow Huawei's continuous growth? US prez Donald Trump and COVID-19

What's vexing Linux-loving Gophers? A few things: Go devs want generics, easier debugging

Do not adjust your set: Here are three stories about the IT industry doing some good during COVID-19 pandemic

Frippin' heck: Watch out, chin-stroking prog rock fans. King Crimson distributor Burning Shed says it's been hacked

Investors splash £100m on robotic process automation vendor in hopes RPA holds up in wake of COVID-19

House of Commons agrees to allow Zoom app in Parliament, British MPs will still have to dress smartly

IBM == Insecure Business Machines: No-auth remote root exec exploit in Data Risk Manager drops after Big Blue snubs bug report

Video game cloud streaming shaken up as Nvidia loses more big names, Microsoft readies its market killer

Somewhere, way out there, two black holes, one large and one small, merged. And here on Earth, we detected the gravitational wave blast

Python 2 bows out after epic transition. And there was much applause because you've all moved to version 3, right? Uh, right?

New York Attorney General probes Charter over claims it forced staff to work in offices amid coronavirus pandemic

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