Security China signals dissatisfaction with gig economy impact on ride-share drivers Also puts brakes on data collection by carmakers 17 May 2021 | 13
Security Singapore bolsters Bluetooth contact-tracing as new COVID wave sends students and workers home again TraceTogether app becomes primary tracking tool and compulsory in many settings 17 May 2021 |
Networks Indian telcos giving away services as customers fear going outside to top up their accounts Over 150 million people given freebies or generous top-up deals 17 May 2021 | 1
Updated Campaigns propose new rules to protect contractors from rogue umbrella companies Sharp practices can leave temp tech workers with nowhere to turn 17 May 2021 | 17
Personal Tech Indonesian web giants Gojek and Tokopedia merge to create Asian super-app Combine as ‘GoTo Group’, will represent two percent of GDP and say scale will help them grow 17 May 2021 | 1
Who, Me? The future is now, old man: Let the young guns show how to properly cock things up Phoning it in? 17 May 2021 | 91
Security Apple sent my data to the FBI, says boss of controversial research paper trove Sci-Hub Former Sun boss Scott McNealy offers interesting response 17 May 2021 | 74
Column When the chips are down, Intel's biggest gamble isn't what to do – it's whom to do it with Trade you architecture and production tricks for lithography and yield plans? 17 May 2021 | 9
Security Mammoth grab of GP patient data in the UK set to benefit private-sector market access as rules remain unchanged No policy shakeup to deal with snatch of info from primary physicians 17 May 2021 | 39
Review Are you ready to take a stand? Flexispot E7 motorised desk should handle whatever you dump on it – but it's not cheap Sitting is as bad for you as smoking, and doesn't look nearly as cool 17 May 2021 | 43
Security We'd love to report on the outcome of the CREST exam cheatsheet probe, but UK infosec body won't publish it Why? It might reveal whistleblowers' names... 17 May 2021 | 25
Offbeat Staying in the UK this summer? Good news: Temples of IT nerdery are reopening Computer museums set to be unbolted again 17 May 2021 | 5
Science Space is hard: Rocket Lab's 20th Electron launch fails Firm working with FAA to 'investigate the anomaly' after second stage sputters 17 May 2021 | 19
Databases Oracle sues Envisage claiming unauthorized database use amid licensing crackdown Fiscal year end forecast: Cloudy with a chance of litigation 17 May 2021 | 27
Software Reports link Bill Gates' departure from Microsoft board in 2020 with probe into employee affair Gates denies connection 17 May 2021 | 37
Personal Tech LG intranet leaks suggest internal firesale of unsold, unreleased smartphones as biz exits the mobile market Staff offered doomed handsets at knockdown prices in move reminiscent of HP's Palm episode 17 May 2021 | 15
In brief Axa insurance offshoots pwned as Ireland reveals second ransomware hit Dept of Health unsuccessfully targeted in same attack against hospitals 17 May 2021 | 12
Software Microsoft sheds some light on perplexing Outlook blank email incident: Word was to blame Office 365 users learn that Microsoft can make or break their productivity every 4 hours 17 May 2021 | 51
Off-Prem Fleet would Mac? Microsoft's Azure VPN Client for Apple machines hits public preview Azure Active Directory's tentacles wriggle into ever stranger places 17 May 2021 | 1
Personal Tech Apple announces lossless HD audio at no extra cost, then Amazon Music does too. The ball is now in Spotify's court You can't hear the difference anyway 17 May 2021 | 90
In brief Eufycam Wi-Fi security cameras streamed video feeds from other people's homes Plus: Biden's order on security, US govt acquiring data on citizens, and more 17 May 2021 | 8
Video Waymo self-driving robotaxi goes rogue with passenger inside, escapes support staff We speak to man who experienced and recorded wild ride first hand 17 May 2021 | 65
Applications Parler returns to Apple's iOS App Store with Hive mind to moderate hate All the vitriol still accessible from Android app, website 17 May 2021 | 20
RSAC Kiss goodbye to privacy forever when brain-implanted comms gear becomes the norm – guru Whit Diffie Top cryptographers open fire on AI, quantum computing, NFTs, and more 17 May 2021 | 17