Cryptic US Strategic Command tweet reveals dangers of working from home with kids in the way Was it a coded message? The password for accessing nukes? Nope Bootnotes31 Mar 2021 | 43
Payment app MobiKwik denies customer data was stolen from it, has no idea how the info ended up on the dark web: Maybe it was your fault? Talk about living in hope Security31 Mar 2021 | 9
Xiaomi scoots off to build electric cars, pumps $10bn into the tank to get things rolling Logowatch Also reveals first foldable with U-shaped hinge to lighten things up Personal Tech31 Mar 2021 | 4
Pair accused of turning photos into vids to crack tax dept facial recognition system in China Then issuing tens of millions in fake invoices Security31 Mar 2021 | 29
South Korean regulator recommends Apple be prosecuted for hampering fair trade probe Alleges staff took down the internet when investigators visited, even got a little physical Legal31 Mar 2021 | 10
Wi-Fi devices set to become object sensors by 2024 under planned 802.11bf standard Security and privacy still left to fix, preferably before launch Networks31 Mar 2021 | 101
Time for an upgrade: Dev of the last modern browser for PowerPC Macs calls it a day One final update for its 'couple of thousand' users then it's just a hobby Software31 Mar 2021 | 22
No payrise for Oracle CEO Safra Catz, but at least there's $76.4m from trading company shares to fall back on That and the $950k salary Databases31 Mar 2021 | 14
Long-running age discrimination case against IBM enters discovery, as judge trims off some claims No new plaintiffs allowed to join Legal31 Mar 2021 | 11
AI recommendations fail fans who like hard rock and hip hop – official science Welcome to the new bland AI + ML31 Mar 2021 | 42
Mullet over: Aussie boys' school tells kids 'business in the front, party in the back' hairstyle is 'not acceptable' A fine Australian tradition stomped on Bootnotes31 Mar 2021 | 110
VMware builds narrow one-way road to move its crown jewels towards cloudy subscriptions ...but only on clouds it controls. Multi-cloud licensing is still all sorts of fun Virtualization31 Mar 2021 | 1
Amazon eyes up space startups for an AWS Accelerator, dangles $1m of cloud credits for a chosen ten Planting that Bezos flag in the newest cloud sector: spaaaaaace Applications31 Mar 2021 | 4
State of Maine orders review of $54.6m Workday project as it alleges delivery failure and threatens cancellation Falls back on ancient mainframe as Workday protests state has 'no basis to terminate our agreement' SaaS31 Mar 2021 | 40
'Imagine' if Virgin Galactic actually did sub-orbital tourism: Firm unveils new chrome job on SpaceShip III That schedule, however, is looking a lot less shiny Science31 Mar 2021 | 47
Huawei's 2020 financials tied to fortunes of Chinese clients as non-domestic biz shrinks Global pandemic and sanctions? Yes, they played a bit part too Networks31 Mar 2021 |
Oracle dangles new cloud lift-and-shift service in the wake of SAP RISE It's all about driving down costs on OCI... so it can compete with AWS, claims analyst PaaS + IaaS31 Mar 2021 | 1
Biden's $2tn infrastructure plan includes massive broadband rollout, equates internet access with water and power as essential utilities Plus $50bn pledge to boost chip R&D and fabbing in Land of the Free Networks31 Mar 2021 | 19
IBM, Red Hat face copyright, antitrust lawsuit from SCO Group successor Xinuos Updated Big Blue and its claret-capped subsidiary accused of nicking UnixWare blueprints, lying, and conspiring OSes31 Mar 2021 | 87
Microsoft to supply US Army with 120,000+ HoloLens units in contract worth 'up to $22bn' Gives Blue Screen of Death a whole new meaning AI + ML31 Mar 2021 | 23
Printers used to be a pricey luxury in Asian homes, then along came ... you know what Best not to go long on printer shares, IDC predicts copy shops will rise again Personal Tech31 Mar 2021 | 4