Networks Battle for 6GHz heats up in America: Broadcasters sue FCC to kill effort to open spectrum for private Wi-Fi Big Tech pushes back, says band use Hertz no one 28 Jul 00:51 | 24
Science Google extends homeworking until this time next year – as Microsoft finds WFH is terrific... for Microsoft You see, there is a COVID-19 silver lining. For employers. For the rest of us, welcome to the machine 28 Jul 02:22 | 57
AI + ML New Zealand government to explain its algorithms to stop robo-bias warping policy But won’t reveal the actual algorithms – or even define what an algorithm is 28 Jul 03:14 | 8
Software Tencent set to slurp Sogou, China's second largest search engine, and snaffle its super-popular text editor Half a billion users for $3.5bn - bargain! 28 Jul 03:54 |
SaaS Green with NVMe: AWS adds more Arm-powered instance types Local SSD block-level storage comes to EC2 instances powered by home-brew Graviton2 CPUs 28 Jul 04:57 | 9
Science Astroboffins map engine of a solar flare: Magnetic mega-fields and Earth-dwarfing blankets of electric current Holy sheet... 28 Jul 06:11 | 8
On-Prem Microsoft runs a data centre on hydrogen for 48 whole hours, reckons it could kick hydrocarbon habit by 2030 Now to figure out how to make and store the gas, and fit fuel cells into bit barns 28 Jul 06:26 | 59
Devops Class move, Java. Coding language slips to third place behind Python in latest popularity contest Rust enters the top 20, and yes, JavaScript is still number one 28 Jul 07:04 | 38
Personal Tech Gone in 15 minutes: Qualcomm claims new chargers will fill your smartmobe in a flash Not so fast - Quick Charge 5 does its best when using new dual-battery tech 28 Jul 07:28 | 35
Virtualization Brave takes step closer to sensible business model by building subscription VPN into the iOS version of its browser Relying on ads in software designed to block ads is an uphill struggle 28 Jul 08:03 | 11
SaaS Rackspace reveals retirement plan behind decision to go public by selling 17% of itself We can't call it an initial public offering given this is its second time around on the share market 28 Jul 08:26 | 2
Personal Tech Google allowed to remember search results to news articles it was asked to forget. Good High court won't nix links to accurate, fair journalism about director of financially rocked charity 28 Jul 08:54 | 54
AI + ML Face masks hamper the spread of coronavirus. Know what else they hamper? Facial-recognition systems (except China's) Uncle Sam tests AI models with pics of immigrants, travelers. Wait, what? 28 Jul 10:47 | 52
Security MI6 tried to intervene in independent court by stopping judge seeing legal papers – but they said sorry, so it's OK Just another day for the Investigatory Powers Tribunal 28 Jul 12:04 | 35
Networks Spending on 5G to double despite the pandemic while legacy network infrastructure sector suffers – Gartner Also, half of the world's 5G investment currently is spent by China 28 Jul 13:03 | 9
Databases It must have been love, but it's over now: Rockset tries to break up storage and compute, meet transactional, data-warehouse systems in middle Propositions database land with a 'real-time' system 28 Jul 13:56 | 4
Software IDE like an update, please: JetBrains freshens IntelliJ, adds improved GitHub integration, Java support Issues? Visit the website or use Visual Studio Code 28 Jul 14:35 | 21
Software UK housing associations offer framework worth up to £400m to eBay-for-plumbers startup (but it won't get to keep it all) 'Equity-backed' DB-'n'-services biz hooks up tenants with vetted local repair shops 28 Jul 15:38 | 7
Personal Tech Get ready to try virtual-reality goggles, er, virtually: Another in-person event bites the dust as CES 2021 hauled online Put away your Hawaiian shirts, no post-lockdown Vegas January for you 28 Jul 16:34 | 7
Networks How Bude: Google's sole-financed private undersea pipe to make a landing in Cornwall Cable named for compsci legend Grace Hopper to link US, UK, Spain 28 Jul 17:28 | 19
Personal Tech Irony isn't dead... Facebook sues EU on data privacy grounds for requesting too much personal data 'Exceptionally broad' demands reveal too much about our staff! 28 Jul 18:11 | 26
Security We're suing Google for harvesting our personal info even though we opted out of Chrome sync – netizens Browser quitters say they'll return if web goliath lives up to privacy promises 28 Jul 19:40 | 40
Science 'I think the police are here...' Feds reveal Skype, text chats of Canadian trio charged with $8m crypto-coin fraud Boyfriend-girlfriend and housemate indicted in US on PlexCoin rap 28 Jul 21:30 | 23
Science What goes up, Musk come down... and up and down and up and down: NASA details followup Dragon pod trips to orbiting station Assuming this weekend's return journey goes well, natch 28 Jul 22:53 | 7
Personal Tech With the US election coming up, when better to petition regulators for a controversial way to chill online speech? Guess what? Literally everyone thinks this is a terrible idea 28 Jul 23:41 | 46