Security Google Sites blight: Over 100,000 web pages for business form searches overrun with backdoor RATs eSentire warns of remote-access trojans masquerading as PDFs 14 Apr 01:22 | 8
Security FBI deletes web shells from hundreds of compromised Microsoft Exchange servers before alerting admins Remote-control malware wiped, deployments must still be patched 14 Apr 02:26 | 74
Networks COVID-19 kicks mobile giant CK Hutchison's '3' twice: Robs operator of roaming revenue, sends data use soaring Many European customers flee, Asia signs up in big numbers 14 Apr 03:58 |
Updated Tata Consultancy Services added just 7* customers in FY21 ... and 40,000 staff as revenue, profit flattened IT giant is learning to live with repeated sprints rather than mega-deals 14 Apr 05:01 | 7
Legal China requires 'self-correction' of monopolistic behaviour by 34 local web giants Alibaba was just the beginning, says regulator, as it forbids western web titans' favourite bullying behaviours 14 Apr 06:02 | 20
Software Grab, the superapp that made Uber quit Southeast Asia, to go public through controversial 'SPAC' Ride-sharing, food-delivering, payment-processing, home-insuring and money-lending org thanks COVID for pumping up its financials 14 Apr 07:01 | 6
AI + ML Neural networks give astronomers huge boost in identifying galaxies: 27 million done, 600 million to come AI algorithms in large-scale astronomy are mandatory, study says 14 Apr 07:27 | 21
Off-Prem OVH services still not fully restored as boss rates ongoing recovery efforts a 'real nightmare' 'A huge Tetris' as biz struggles prepping kit for relocation under renewed COVID lockdown 14 Apr 07:58 | 24
Networks Telecoms Diversification Task Force urges UK government to give smaller hardware vendors a bigger slice of the 5G pie Filling the void left by Huawei 14 Apr 08:30 | 5
Security Spy agency GCHQ told me Gmail's more secure than Microsoft 365, insists British MP as facepalming security bods tell him to zip it Keep using the provided tools, NCSC says 14 Apr 09:16 | 113
Personal Tech Got $10k to burn? Ultra-rare Piet Mondrian-esque Apple laptop is up for grabs on eBay Colourful PowerBook 170 was a one-off for Japanese women's golf tournament 14 Apr 10:02 | 24
SaaS State of Maine says Workday has shown 'no accountability' for farcical $56.4m HR upgrade It takes two to tango, says SaaS vendor 14 Apr 10:49 | 22
Exclusive Element rolls out bridge for Microsoft Teams to cross into Matrix's encrypted comms land For a small fee, of course – and no video or voice yet 14 Apr 11:30 | 2
AI + ML US Homeland Security sued for 'stonewalling' over use of Clearview facial recognition Potential surveillance nightmare could be unfolding in secret, civil-rights warriors fear 14 Apr 12:15 | 13
OSes There's no place like GNOME: System 76 introduces COSMIC desktop GUI for its Pop!_OS Linux Private preview for now, Windows and macOS users sought for testing 14 Apr 13:03 | 48
Networks UK watchdog blesses Virgin Media and O2's union, says there's no risk of market distortion or competition loss Hard luck, BT 14 Apr 13:55 | 25
AI + ML A keyboard? How quaint: Logitech and Baidu link arms to make an AI-enabled, voice-transcribing mouse Dictates 3 languages, translates into 6, available only in China 14 Apr 14:56 | 30
Databases SAP's operating profits might be down but cloud-fixated ERP biz thinks things are looking up enough to hike full-year guidance Shrugs off 21% slump – that's just infra shift, share awards 14 Apr 16:01 | 2
Security Chrome and Chromium updated after yet another exploit is found in browser's V8 JavaScript engine JS component seems to be focus of researchers and miscreants alike 14 Apr 17:02 | 7
Networks Huawei tells the FCC it can't force US carriers to scrap its gear – that's Congress's job We're sure the comms watchdog will take that on board 14 Apr 18:45 | 6
Updated What the FLoC? Browser makers queue up to decry Google's latest ad-targeting initiative as invasive tracking 'Federated Learning of Cohorts' groups users together and is already being tested in Chrome 14 Apr 19:33 | 33
Science Ice, ice maybe? Astrobotic will ride SpaceX's Falcon Heavy to the Moon in 2023 and drop off NASA's water-hunting rover Firm's Griffin lander to do the honours 14 Apr 20:34 | 3
Security Report: Aussie biz Azimuth cracked San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, ending Apple-FBI privacy standoff Mozilla-authored code in iOS exploited, since patched, it is claimed 14 Apr 21:37 | 26
Security Nigerian email scammer sent down for 40 months in the US, ordered to pay back $2.7m to victims Among the victims: the United Nations 14 Apr 22:32 | 18