OSes Linus Torvalds rates his own words 'incoherent ramblings of a crazy old man' Defying expectations, kernel devs roared back to work 11 Jan 00:25 | 20
Science Lenovo reveals smart specs that let you eyeball five virtual displays, with strings attached USB-C cable ties electro-glasses to PCs or those Motorola phones everyone is mostly ignoring 11 Jan 01:38 | 37
Legal Social network Parler dumped by AWS, says it prepared for this by only using bare metal Says it'll rebuild in a week, but evidence of DR plan is scant 11 Jan 04:00 |
Science Faster optic fibers and superior laser sensors set to descend from space Boffins to get express delivery as SpaceX Dragon capsule returning from ISS will be first science payload to splash down near Florida 11 Jan 05:54 | 17
Who, Me? Pop quiz: You've got a roomful of electrical equipment. How do you put out a fire? Careful with that rack, Eugene 11 Jan 08:15 | 55
Column Developers! These 3 weird tricks will make you a global hero Good for users and good for you 11 Jan 09:30 | 70
Feature Dusty passports, smart tops and tracksuit bottoms: Are virtual events better or worse than the real thing? Event sponsors: 'They got rinsed' in 2020, says analyst 11 Jan 10:18 | 16
In brief Facial recog biz denies its software identified 'antifa members' among mob that stormed Capitol Hill Plus: US ban on selling AI code to China renewed for 2021, and Jim Keller hired by Canadian AI chip startup 11 Jan 11:03 | 61
On-Prem Paperless what? Pah! UK government looks to ink £900m in printer deals Crown Commercal Services must be rubbing hands together 11 Jan 11:50 | 10
In Brief SolarWinds takes a leaf out of Zoom's book, hires A-Team of Stamos and Krebs to sort out its security woes The week's other security news 11 Jan 12:36 | 9
OSes Linux Mint sticks by Snap decision – meaning store is still disabled by default in 20.1 A few improvements and a handy web app utility, but older kernel causes problems for some hardware 11 Jan 13:15 | 42
Bootnotes Fearing she had stumbled across a body, dogwalker reports pota-toe to police At last, King Edward's remains found 11 Jan 14:01 | 38
Security Unauthorised RAC staffer harvested customer details then sold them to accident claims management company 8-month suspended sentence for conspiracy to secure unauthorised access to computer data 11 Jan 14:45 | 46
Networks SpaceX wins UK regulator Ofcom's approval for its Starlink mobile broadband base stations New, expensive option for nation's notspots 11 Jan 15:29 | 43
Security Thou shalt not hack indiscriminately, High Court of England tells Britain's spy agencies Choke chain tightened on 'general warrants' after Privacy International wins judicial review 11 Jan 16:16 | 33
OSes Linux developers get ready to wield the secateurs against elderly microprocessors Use it or lose it 11 Jan 17:03 | 79
Personal Tech Better battery, LTE and a removable SSD in Microsoft's Surface Pro 7+ More RAM also on offer for those with deep pockets 11 Jan 19:06 | 9
Software Last stop before MAUI: Xamarin Forms 5.0 released for cross-platform mobile, new features, new bugs Microsoft's cross-platform .NET tools get a refresh, but with a relatively short life before newer tools sweep it away 11 Jan 19:59 | 13
In brief ZIP folders were originally a Microsoft engineer's side hustle until bosses figured out he worked for Microsoft Also: Edge on Apple arrives in the Dev Channel, HealthBot goes to the cloud, and Chile to get an Azure Region 11 Jan 21:04 | 23
Updated Parler games: Social network for internet rejects sues Amazon Web Services for pulling plug on hosting And no, Parler wasn't hacked either. Its public posts were simply scraped 11 Jan 22:03 | 141
Comment Trump's gone quiet, Parler nuked, Twitter protest never happened: There's an eerie calm – but at what cost? Tech giants leap between positions, leave policy makers uncomfortable 11 Jan 22:51 | 221