Bootnotes Naughty karaoke is China's next tech crackdown target Work drinking culture also criticised in wake of Alibaba sex assault scandal 12 Aug 01:27 | 33
Science India's return to space fails after first locally built cryogenic engine experiences 'anomaly' Upper stage didn't ignite, Earth observation satellite likely lost 12 Aug 03:05 | 25
Security Singaporean telco leaked personal data of over 57,000 customers StarHub's breach announcement came a month after discovery of customer file on dump site 12 Aug 04:28 | 1
Science Good news: There's a slightly increased chance of asteroid Bennu hitting Earth. Bad news: It's still really slight Don't get your hopes up about that Sept 24, 2182 end-of-world party 12 Aug 06:11 | 37
Software China plans laws for 'healthy' development of tech companies Monopoly review, digital IDs and more on agenda in new plan from Central Committee and State Council 12 Aug 06:56 | 31
Bootnotes Salesforce gets into the vid-streaming with original content caper, promises digital inspriation Netflix and friends are probably safe as only shows revealed so far are fronted by staff or streamed from its own conference 12 Aug 07:57 | 3
Software Microsoft emits last preview of .NET 6 and C# 10, but is C# becoming as complex as C++? Plus: Visual Studio rolls out preview 3 of 2022 version 12 Aug 08:29 | 44
Bork!Bork!Bork! Elevating bork to a new level (if the touchscreen worked) Who needs pesky buttons when the Internet of Bork is here? 12 Aug 09:27 | 62
Security COVID-19 cases surge as do sales of fake vaccination cards – around $100 for something you could get free Vaccine deceit is infectious 12 Aug 10:33 | 203
OSes Elementary OS 6 Odin released on a 'pay what you want' basis Principled Linux distro with curated apps, but spartan install may flummox newbies 12 Aug 11:29 | 43
On-Prem Taiwan president pokes the bear by saying the nation needs to lessen its supply chain dependency on China Tsai Ing-wen also expressed desire to attract external tech talent in rare interview 12 Aug 12:02 | 41
PaaS + IaaS Where's the nearest exit? ServiceNow continues on acquisition spree with interior mapping startup Mapwize PostgreSQL acceleration outfit Swarm64 also nabbed 12 Aug 13:04 | 2
Software After 15 months in preview, GitHub releases Codespaces – probably the fanciest new shiny since Actions Teams and Enterprise only for now 12 Aug 14:21 | 12
Security Lockbit ransomware attack didn't affect ops, claims Accenture amid lurid payoff rumours No word on whether gang got their mitts on data, though 12 Aug 15:24 | 3
Updated Workday makes Google preferred partner for public cloud weeks after demise of Amazon project revealed SaaSy HR firm gets around a bit 12 Aug 16:37 | 3
Personal Tech Beige Against the Machine: The IBM PC turns 40 5150: Not just a medical emergency, also the beginning of the office brick 12 Aug 18:36 | 79
Applications Thunderbird 91 lands: Now native on Apple Silicon, swaps 'master' for 'primary' password, and more Project said to be well resourced, lots of tweaks in new version, plenty more to do 12 Aug 19:49 | 55
Analysis US govt scores a point against Assange in run-up to extradition appeal showdown Judge wrong to prevent Uncle Sam from challenging psychiatrist's suicide risk report, says High Court 12 Aug 20:31 | 32
Science NASA blames the wrong kind of Martian rock for Perseverance sample failure Not a hardware or software bug, for a change 12 Aug 21:33 | 37
In brief GitHub picks Friday 13th to kill off password-based Git authentication Plus: eBPF Foundation emerges, Exchange severs probed for ProxyShell holes, and more 12 Aug 23:20 | 7