Security VMware reveals critical vCenter hole it says ‘needs to be considered at once’ Unauthenticated remote code execution possible thanks to vSphere Client bug 26 May 02:04 | 14
Analysis Pakistan lures '19 mobe makers' to open local factories Hasn't said which brands have signed up, but is happy to have them make 2G and 3G kit for a decade 26 May 03:26 | 4
Off-Prem IBM Cloud resets ‘Days Since Last Major Incident’ clock to zero – after just five days Sixth big outage in seven weeks, this time users were unable to access more than a dozen services 26 May 04:59 | 9
Networks Cisco names Micron as supplier of SSDs that make Nexus and Firepower kit snooze Drive looks to be an industrial model, so probably not a wider threat 26 May 05:58 | 2
Security Contract killer: Certified PDFs can be secretly tampered with during the signing process, boffins find 24 out of 26 tools vulnerable – with bonus JavaScript attack for Adobe 26 May 06:46 | 20
Science Astroboffins think strangely porous boulders found on asteroid Ryugu may be the stuff of proto-planets Pumice-like stuff spotted by Japanese Hayabusa2 probe would float on water 26 May 08:00 | 10
Storage Home Office slams PNC tech team: 'Inadequate testing' of new code contributed to loss of 413,000 records Poorly defined business requirements, failure in documentation, independent report finds 26 May 08:30 | 33
Security Computer Misuse Act: Tell the Home Office infosec needs a public interest defence in law, says CyberUp campaign Bug-hunting industry wants to know a bit more before doing that, though 26 May 09:17 | 19
Science Seeking an escape from the UK? Regulations aimed at rocket and satellite launches from 2022 have arrived Unclear if 'space' is on the green, amber or red list 26 May 10:02 | 15
Bootnotes Be careful, 007. It’s just had a new coat of paint: Today is D-day for would-be Qs to apply to MI6 What do I do for a living? I'm a marketing exec. Yeah, didn't think you'd have any questions 26 May 10:47 | 21
QCon Plus What to do about open source vulnerabilities? Move fast, says Linux Foundation expert The CIO does not decide how soon you need to respond. 'The person who decides is the attacker' 26 May 11:34 | 41
Legal The Epic vs Apple trial is wrapping up, but the battle has just begun For now it's full send... but what will things look like when the smoke clears? 26 May 12:20 | 79
Personal Tech Apple's iPad Pro on a stick, um, we mean M1 iMac scores 2 out of 10 for repairability Raiding the iPhone's parts bin: $$. Making sure users can't upgrade a desktop computer? Priceless 26 May 13:10 | 52
Science Google employee helped UK government switch from disastrous COVID-19 strategy, according to Dominic Cummings Explosive Whitehall testimony also reveals former Faculty data scientist Ben Warner’s influence on decision making during national emergency 26 May 14:21 | 81
Updated Autoforwarding in Exchange Online falls over due to a problematic spam rule deployment If only there were an AI to do what Microsoft's engineers don't seem to be able to 26 May 15:23 | 8
Software Big changes for devs: Chrome 91 lands with WebAssembly SIMD, JSON modules, clipboard file support Faster WebAssembly, and last stages of trial to test Trust Tokens 26 May 16:15 | 6
Personal Tech Amazon puts an $8.5bn MGM in its shopping cart, clicks on checkout For Bezos, clearly the world is not enough 26 May 17:56 | 38
Science Who gave dusty Soviet-era spacecraft that unwanted lick of paint? It was an idiot, with a spraycan, in Baikonur 'This is why we can't have nice things' 26 May 19:32 | 70
Updated After staff revolt, Freenode management takes over hundreds of IRC channels for 'policy violations' Gentoo and Raku call foul 26 May 21:16 | 62
Updated Insurance startup backtracks on running videos of claimants through AI lie detector 'Our proprietary artificial intelligence algorithms may lead to unintentional bias and discrimination,' it told SEC 26 May 23:23 | 20