Personal Tech
US Treasury wants to treat cryptocurrencies like cash – as in you need to report $10k+ transactions
Welcome to the real world, Neo
21 May 00:39 | 27
21st > May > 2021 Archive
PaaS + IaaS
IaaS is a lousy business, says Chinese web giant Tencent: PaaS and SaaS is how we’ll make money in the cloud
Big buyers understand infrastructure economics – and aren’t afraid to screw down providers' prices
21 May 01:37 |
Legal
Singapore orders social media to correct Indian politician’s allegation of local COVID-19 variant
Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act swings into action
21 May 02:59 | 26
Security
Toyota rear-ended by twin cyber attacks that left ransomware-shaped dents
Oh what a feeling, and in the same week as automaker announced new production pauses
21 May 05:05 | 5
Networks
Cloudflare stops offering to block LGBTQ webpages
Like, you wouldn't filter out pages by Black people, right?
21 May 06:36 | 89
On Call
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz? Detroit waits for my order, you'd better make amends
I've worked hard all day on-call... you drive me round the bend
21 May 07:33 | 103
Legal
Proposed amendments to UK Finance Bill target rogue umbrella companies ripping off contractors after IR35
Conservative MPs offer tweaks to stamp out suspect practices
21 May 08:30 | 34
Security
Doncaster insurance firm One Call hit by not-dead-at-all Darkside ransomware gang
Local paper reports £15m heist demand amid Colonial Pipeline chaos
21 May 09:15 | 21
Something for the Weekend, Sir?
How much would you pay me to develop a COVID tracking app that actually works? Ah, thought so: nothing
Meet Guillaume Rozier - a bit like Captain Tom but 76 years younger and no chance of a medal
21 May 10:07 | 102
Security
Google's 'Ask me anything' on Privacy Sandbox was more about questions than answers
FLoC is not for our benefit, says Chocolate Factory, it's for everyone else
21 May 10:59 | 21
Security
Here's how we got persistent shell access on a Boeing 747 – Pen Test Partners
In-flight entertainment system ran Windows NT4 – and almost defied access attempts
21 May 11:50 | 78
Science
ESA signs off on contracts for lunar data relay and navigation
Surrey Satellite and Airbus to ponder a fleet of Moonlight satellites
21 May 12:30 | 16
On-Prem
Holy margins, Batman: Pandemic tech prices balloon as demand outweighs stocks and suppliers get greedy
Hall of Shame as IT buyers admit to paying £110 for a £14 mouse and keyboard
21 May 13:27 | 40
Science
When humanity perishes in nuclear fire, the University of Essex's radiation-resistant robots will inherit the Earth
Never mind the Clacton-on-Sea pier. They've got £600k to build power plant butlers
21 May 14:26 | 11
Security
UK Computer Misuse Act convictions declined last year despite pandemic explosion in online criminal activity
And less than a fifth of CMA crims copped jail terms
21 May 15:32 | 16
On-Prem
Google to venture where Apple soared and Microsoft crashed – physical retail
Get ready for the New York Chocolate Factory experience
21 May 16:22 | 38
Science
All that Lego has a purpose: Researchers find that spatial memory improves kids' mathematical powers
Textbooks aren't everything
21 May 17:33 | 27
Software
It took 'over 80 different developers' to review and fix 'mess' made by students who sneaked bad code into Linux
Patches to land in Linux 5.13
21 May 18:32 | 86
Science
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander set to ride a SpaceX Falcon 9 to the Moon
Another NASA-awarded mission. Lucky those first stages are reusable, eh?
21 May 19:28 | 14
Legal
Help wanted, work from anywhere ... except if you're located in Colorado
Tech firms, other companies must reveal salary info in job ads if Coloradans are eligible
21 May 21:02 | 89
Biting the hand that feeds IT
