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Intel, boffins invent an AI Clippy for code: Hi, I see you're writing another lock-free bloom filter. Can I help?

Proof-of-concept algorithm-matching system paves way for more complex recommendation engine

31 Jul 00:07 | 9

Amazon's coronavirus symptoms: Swelling of the profit, large sales deposits, insatiable demand

When the economy's tanking, who ya gonna call? Jeff Bezos!

31 Jul 00:56 | 9

When you're stuck at home in a pandemic, what do you do? Watch TV, play music, use apps, buy laptops, gadgets... Stuff that Apple touts

And stuff that Cupertino just banked billions from

31 Jul 02:11 | 2

Glum Alphabet execs look up from red-ink ad figures. What will we do, they ask. Ahem, coughs Google Cloud

Chocolate Factory's as-a-service stuff grows as advertising, profit takes a tumble

31 Jul 02:57 | 7

Australia to force Google and Facebook to pay for news and reveal algorithm changes before they whack web traffic

And is willing to fine them hundreds of millions if they don't play nice

31 Jul 04:06 | 29

Legendary Li-ion battery boffin John Goodenough to develop gel power packs with South Korea's SK Innovation

Won't degrade. Won't catch fire. Will be a fine fit for electric vehicles

31 Jul 05:03 | 16

Twitter says spear-phishing attack hooked its staff and led to celebrity account hijack

Attack came in waves that probed for staff with access to the creds crims craved

31 Jul 05:27 | 19

Fun fact: If you noticed a while ago Zoom's web client going AWOL for a week, it's because someone found a passcode-cracking hole

Story behind a hasty teardown, fixing of a brute-force vulnerability

31 Jul 06:25 | 8

'I'm telling you, I haven't got an iPad!' – Sent from my iPad

Careless autoreplies cripple email at the heart of local government

31 Jul 07:02 | 234

Venerable text editor GNU Nano reaches version 5.0 and adds the modern frippery that is scrollbars

Three big upgrades since 2018 suggests it's far from terminal

31 Jul 07:28 | 56

EU tries to get serious on cybercrime with first sanctions against Wannacry, NotPetya, CloudHopper crews

Russian, Chinese, Nork groups named in bank asset freeze

31 Jul 07:55 | 14

In the market for a second-hand phone? Check it's still supported by the vendor – almost a third sold are not

That means no security updates, which puts users at risk of compromise

31 Jul 08:30 | 58

Dutch Gateway store was kept udder wraps for centuries until refit dug up computing history

Cow about that?

31 Jul 09:15 | 66

Burn baby burn, plastic inferno! Infosec researchers turn 3D printers into self-immolating suicide machines

Inflammatory findings from deadly serious investigation

31 Jul 10:15 | 53

13 – lucky for some, but not BT because that's how hard pre-tax profits crashed in Q1

COVID-19 ravages former state monopoly as nearly all divisions shrink

31 Jul 10:59 | 8

Elite name on Brit scene sponsors retro video games preservation project at the Centre for Computing History

Couldn't come at a better time as Cambridge museum remains closed

31 Jul 11:30 | 48

Seeking that perfect role? Come inside and peruse vacancies for developers, testers and DataOps Leaders

Get 'em while they're hot

First rule of Ransomware Club is do not pay the ransom, but it looks like Carlson Wagonlit Travel didn't get the memo

$4.5m may have gone into crims' pockets after bookings biz hit by Ragnar Locker nasty

31 Jul 12:50 | 56

For Apple's latest trick, the iCockroach – allowing it to survive while the smartphone sector faces a nuclear winter

Total vendor shipments down 88.5 million year-on-year in first half of 2020

31 Jul 13:30 | 19

An irritating itch down the back of your neck? Searing midsummer heat? Of course, it can only be SysAdmin Day

Don't worry if one's loitering in your garden, it'll buzz off in a while

31 Jul 14:15 | 22

All the way to Reno: Oppo's latest mid-ranger going global but lacks 5G compared to similarly specced models

It'll be a tough sell against the OnePluses and Motorolas around

31 Jul 15:00 | 8

How to democratise IT: Tech big four hoover 63% of global cloudy infrastructure spending

No, we have not used the term 'digital transformation'... oh bugger

The Last of Us Part II: Never mind the Metacritic nonsense, Naughty Dog's ultra-violent odyssey is a must-play*

*If you have a PlayStation 4

31 Jul 17:30 | 30

We give up, Progressive Web Apps can track you, says W3C: After 5 years, it decides privacy is too much bother

You lot sort it out

31 Jul 20:02 | 33

Who was behind that stunning Twitter hack? State spies? Probably this Florida kid, say US prosecutors

Alleged 17-year-old mastermind among trio charged over account mass hijackings

31 Jul 22:28 | 52

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