Security Malware monsters target Apple’s M1 silicon with ‘Silver Sparrow’ Behaves like a legit software installer and phones home for instructions, but lacks a payload 22 Feb 00:00 | 43
Legal Australian government fights Facebook news ban by threatening 0.01% of Zuck's ad revenue Talks continue but pay-for-news law won’t be amended 22 Feb 03:53 | 49
Legal China's semiconductor self-sufficiency drive slid backwards in 2020 5.9 percent of silicon made at home now, goal is 70 percent in 2025 and the USA's sanctions seem to be biting 22 Feb 04:58 |
Personal Tech China sets new rules for Ant Group to play by if it wants to think again about a float Banks given limits to their involvement with web giants’ online lending operations 22 Feb 06:33 | 3
In brief Brave browser leaks visited Tor .onion addresses in DNS traffic, fix released after bug hunter raises alarm Plus: IBM's lawyers hacked, Kia denies ransomware hit, France declares war on hackers, and more 22 Feb 07:14 | 12
Who, Me? Forget GameStop: Keyboard warriors and electronic trading have never mixed well Big Bang? More like Big Bork thanks to a warning shouted too late 22 Feb 08:15 | 54
Personal Tech The iPhone 12 captured our attention and wallets, says new report from Gartner Latest and greatest put Samsung in second, while Huawei risks irrelevancy 22 Feb 09:30 | 6
SaaS Cloud Direct stung for £80k in constructive dismissal lawsuit after director's 'insincere' evidence to tribunal 'Shambolic', 'unfair', 'wholly incorrect'... all because they wanted rid of their sales manager 22 Feb 10:28 | 29
Column Facebook and Apple are toying with us, and it's scarcely believable What to do when companies think they own their customers 22 Feb 11:26 | 115
In brief I'm fired: Google AI in meltdown as ethics unit co-lead forced out just weeks after coworker ousted Plus: IBM reportedly trying to sell Watson AI Health, and more 22 Feb 12:21 | 30
Security Planespotters’ weekends turn traumatic as engine pieces fall from the sky in the Netherlands and the US It’s a bird, it’s a plane… holy crap there’s a nacelle in my kitchen 22 Feb 13:03 | 105
Legal UK taxman is supposed to know how IR35 reforms work but still lost appeal against TV presenter Kaye Adams Observers say having multiple clients works in favour of techie contractors 22 Feb 13:46 | 38
Personal Tech Doctor, I think I have an HDMI: Apple starts investigating M1 Mac Mini graphics issues Time to do a test for clear media after world+dog starts seeing pink squares 22 Feb 14:31 | 39
Software Microsoft plugs Active Directory authentication into AKS on Azure Stack HCI Begone foul stash for the secret hash 22 Feb 15:30 | 1
Personal Tech Slow your roll: LG reportedly puts new smartphone on ice as it mulls future in market Display-tastic firm's work on flashy CES kit said to have been paused 22 Feb 16:26 | 7
Updated NurseryCam hacked, company shuts down IoT camera service Real names, usernames, and what appeared to be SHA-1 hashed passwords* exposed 22 Feb 17:30 | 28
Personal Tech Huawei's new Mate X2 foldable phone costs almost $2,800 Bit derivative, though 22 Feb 18:37 | 26
Updated Whistleblowers: Inflexible prison software says inmates due for release should be kept locked up behind bars It's not a bug, it's a feature you need to put in a change request to alter, says developer 22 Feb 21:29 | 64