Updated We're not saying this is how SolarWinds was backdoored, but its FTP password 'leaked on GitHub in plaintext' 'solarwinds123' won't inspire confidence, if true 16 Dec 00:00 | 54
SaaS Top Chinese policy think tank’s new 15-year ‘smart economy’ plan admits US sanctions have hurt Huawei Predicts massive data centre builds to add 50 million petabytes of capacity by 2025 as 60 percent of workloads run in clouds 16 Dec 01:58 | 6
SaaS Google told BGP to forget its Euro-cloud – after first writing bad access control lists 84-minute brownout and eight-hour VPN vanishment caused by update that left systems unable to access config files 16 Dec 03:57 | 44
On-Prem CEO of China’s largest chipmaker 'possibly' resigns over hiring of Taiwanese rival's production guru SMIC in turmoil as TSMC legend reportedly elevated beyond non-exec role 16 Dec 05:58 | 4
Software Australia sues Facebook for slurping user data from Onavo Protect VPN app Promised it was free and safe, but Facebook’s promises about privacy aren’t worth the mouse you click ‘em with 16 Dec 06:58 | 17
Security How to leak data via Wi-Fi when there's no Wi-Fi chip: Boffin turns memory bus into covert data transmitter Another nail in the coffin of assuming that airgapped means secure 16 Dec 07:30 | 72
Analysis We take a look at proposed Big Tech regulations in the UK: Heavy on possible fines, light on enforcement Online Harms draft gets most things right, still gives Facebook and friends too much leeway 16 Dec 08:26 | 26
Security Your ship comms app is 'secured' with a Flash interface, doesn't sanitise SQL inputs and leaks user data, you say? One? Two? Nope. Six CVEs patched after being found in Dualog Communications Suite 16 Dec 09:30 | 20
Software Tableau 2020.4 crams pretty chart chops into browser so you can evict chunky client from storage real estate Regularised linear and Gaussian process regression thrown into predictive models too 16 Dec 10:31 | 4
Personal Tech Overpriced, underpowered, and over here: Microsoft to bring the Surface Duo to British shores in early 2021 Dual-screen Android phone released from period of US exclusivity 16 Dec 11:45 | 20
Security UK proposes new powers for comms regulator to legally unleash avenging hordes on security-breached telcos Suffered 'loss or damage' as a customer? Get Ofcom's permission and sue away 16 Dec 12:32 | 5
SaaS They were not the cloud you were looking for, insists Amazon Web Services in unsealed JEDI protest President Donald Trump ████ AWS in the ████ by ████ ████ to ████ 16 Dec 13:15 | 28
Personal Tech As UK breaks away from Europe, Facebook tells Brits: You'll all be Californians soon Boris can’t manage a US trade deal, so antisocial media giant has done it for him 16 Dec 13:45 | 173
Software US aviation regulator issues safety bulletins over flaws in software updates for Boeing 747, 777, 787 airliners Autothrottle cuts to idle and flight computers fail after latest updates, warns FAA 16 Dec 14:30 | 72
Personal Tech What a difference 6 months makes: UK retailer Dixons Carphone returns to profitability on the back of high online sales Revenue from web biz surges 145% 16 Dec 15:50 | 4
re:Invent AWS catches up to Azure and GCP with CloudShell, adds deliberate injection of chaos Plus: Managed Grafana service for observability 16 Dec 16:28 | 4
SaaS Google Mail outage: Did you see that error message last night? Why the 'account does not exist' response is a worry Error message leads to cancelled emails, unverified accounts, potential email loss 16 Dec 17:29 | 34
Security Log right in, the water's fine, whispers Microsoft as it adds autofill to Authenticator app Great, another password manager 16 Dec 18:45 | 10
Software MariaDB courts Microsoft Power BI users with a taste of its query adapter Could this be another sign of more openness from Redmond? 16 Dec 19:32 |
Software What's that coming over the hill? Is it native Office? Microsoft's flagship arrives on Apple Silicon, but you'll have to wait for Teams From preview to release 16 Dec 20:22 | 11
Updated Facebook rolls out full-page ads, website complaining Apple is forcing it to get consent before tracking you Small-biz campaign tugs at heart strings, inadvertently promotes how iGiant is improving privacy 16 Dec 20:58 | 59
Personal Tech In this week’s episode of Texas Attorney General: Google faces lawsuit accusing it of crushing ad-tech rivals Antitrust legal challenge also claims web giant accessed encrypted WhatsApp messages 16 Dec 22:06 | 13
Security SolarWinds’ shares drop 22 per cent. But what’s this? $286m in stock sales just before hack announced? VC firms say they weren't aware Orion code had been backdoored 16 Dec 23:58 | 31