Science Co-founder of coronavirus vaccine biz holds in-person tech event... 20+ attendees later test positive for COVID-19 Serial entrepreneur regrets the error 17 Feb 01:39 | 30
On-Prem Google Cloud forges new passage to India with Tata Communications Azure and AWS already have same cloud deal, but hey - new friends! 17 Feb 03:26 |
Personal Tech Amazon to build its own consumer hardware in India, starting with Fire TV sticks Minister claims investment attraction regime is working, also asks for help getting products from villages into Marketplace 17 Feb 05:01 | 7
On-Prem Pat Gelsinger promises Intel can go back to the future – in memo to staff shared with world+dog New CEO pledges 'aggressive targets' to regain market share and leadership 17 Feb 05:57 | 11
Software UK dev loses ownership claim on forensic software he said he wrote in spare time and licensed to employer Ex-copper signed over copyright to bosses, judge rules 17 Feb 06:26 | 70
Science European Space Agency open to hiring astronauts with a physical disability ‘Help Wanted … in Space’ signs go up for first time in over a decade 17 Feb 07:01 | 18
Networks Nominet claims effort to replace its board with 'safe hands' is invalid, refuses to put it to member vote Having apparently lost, UK registry operator tries desperate legal gambit 17 Feb 07:30 | 69
On-Prem Texas blacks out, freezes, and even stops sending juice to semiconductor plants. During a global silicon shortage Do y'all think Samsung might rethink plans to spend $$$ down there? 17 Feb 08:14 | 246
Exclusive Fujitsu scrapping fuel card benefit to cut costs, threatens dissenters with fire and rehire Going green or just plain mean? 17 Feb 09:30 | 82
Legal UK tax collector won't probe businesses for compliance with IR35 rules unless there's reason to suspect naughtiness No penalties for contractor oopsies in first year, but you'll still have to pay what HMRC thinks you owe 17 Feb 10:21 | 25
Security Palo Alto Networks drops $156m to absorb DevSecOps firm Bridgecrew Open-source stuff stays for now, company promises 17 Feb 11:20 | 1
AI + ML Machine-learning software scours database of already available drugs that could treat COVID-19 infections Next up: Clinical trials to test the code's suggestions 17 Feb 12:01 | 12
Security Soviet 'Enigma' cipher machine sells for $22k at collapsed museum's exhibits auction James Bond? Inspector Gadget? Yup, all here 17 Feb 12:44 | 49
SaaS Uncle Sam's Department of Justice isn't Slacking over $28bn Salesforce merger Hold up, just a few more questions... 17 Feb 13:33 | 4
OSes Another reprieve for exhausted IT admins: Looks like there are no whizzbangers in Windows 10 21H1 Still Missing In Action for Windows Insiders 17 Feb 14:15 | 11
OSes Linux as root partition on Hyper-V: Microsoft submits patches for kernel 5.12 Next step in Redmond's 'complete virtualization stack with Linux' 17 Feb 15:45 | 7
Security You don't have clearance for that: Microsoft ups the paranoia with a preview of Azure Firewall Premium Reassuring the regulators 17 Feb 16:30 | 7
Software Hitting the mother-node: TigerGraph devours $105m funding in Series C round Everyone wants to be the 'Snowflake of X' – in this case, the graph DB world 17 Feb 17:15 |
Legal Now this is Epic: Fortnite maker takes Apple fight to the European Commission and... er... Bismarck, North Dakota Doesn't matter which court, Cupertino vociferously defends App Store terms 17 Feb 18:05 | 36
Updated Microsoft Teams still on mute: Vid conf system crashes, 'potential networking issue' blamed So, Zoom again then? 17 Feb 18:30 | 11
Software Microsoft's most useful open-source project for Kubernetes, Dapr hits the 1.0 primetime API now stable, more on the way 17 Feb 18:59 |
Software Trello moved 'Facelift' card to Completed on Go Live board New views, card types, and branding as 10th anniversary nears 17 Feb 20:42 | 5
SaaS New York AG sues Amazon for putting 'profit over people' when it comes to COVID-19 State legal filing answers Amazon's preemptive federal lawsuit last week 17 Feb 21:27 | 8
Security Uncle Sam accuses three suspected North Korean govt hackers of stealing $1.3bn+ from banks, crypto orgs Oh yes, and hacking Hollywood, allegedly 17 Feb 22:22 | 7
Analysis + Update Facebook bans sharing of news in Australia – starting now – rather than submit to pay-for-news-plan As News Corp and Google strike global news payments deal and bill passes lower house 17 Feb 23:22 | 126
Networks New FCC boss leaps into action by… creating three committees to look at longstanding problems and come back at some point Nothing says urgency like non-binding future reports 17 Feb 23:56 | 14