AI + ML
Seeing as everyone loves cloud subscriptions, get ready for car-as-a-service future
Chip titans driving shift to paid-for over-the-air feature upgrades
29 Sep 00:46 | 39
29th > September > 2021 Archive
Personal Tech
Tobacco giants don't get to decide who does research on smoking. Why does Facebook get to dictate studies?
Boffins tell US lawmakers social media titans cannot be trusted to police themselves
29 Sep 01:43 | 26
Software
Asian central bank digital currency test cut cross-border transfer times 'from days to seconds'
Prototype run by China, Hong Kong, Thailand, and UAE also cut costs in half
29 Sep 03:04 | 6
Channel
Japan's NTT Group to allow remote work for all 320,000 staff
Ditching central offices in favour of over 250 regional facilities for a workforce twice the size of Microsoft's
29 Sep 04:31 | 3
Security
REvil customers complain ransomware gang uses backdoors to filch ransoms
There is no honour among thieves
29 Sep 06:04 | 25
Software
Epic trolling: Microsoft allows third-party storefronts into its app store
Epic Games and Amazon are first to sign up
29 Sep 07:03 | 20
Science
NASA halts Mars comms for two weeks as Sun gets in way of Red Planet
Who wouldn't want a break from Earth's noise?
29 Sep 07:31 | 26
Review
Through the Looking Glass – holographic display hardware is great, but it's not enough
An intriguing proof of concept for real-time 3D arrives, but without the software it's just a gimmick
29 Sep 08:01 | 45
Interview
UK altnet CityFibre's boss on its hopes to capitalise on market churn as fibre broadband rolls out
Openreach out and touch a rival
29 Sep 08:30 | 21
On-Prem
Kent County Council names eight suppliers on £500m education framework
Southeast England authority goes big – despite £100m black hole in finances
29 Sep 09:13 | 9
Interview
Give put-upon infosec bods professional recognition to keep them working for you, says chartered institute
Nice ideas, if anyone adopts them
29 Sep 10:00 | 22
Devops
GitHub Codespaces feels a bit too closed? Gitpod opens up OpenVSCode Server to escape Microsoft control
'Minimal' tweaks shared for all to see
29 Sep 10:44 | 2
Bork!Bork!Bork!
Years of development, millions of lines of code, and Android can't even run a toilet
I'll show you 'highly targeted'
29 Sep 11:34 | 70
Off-Prem
Labour Party proposes raising UK Digital Services Tax (so Amazon can pass the hike on that, too?)
Retailers not enthused
29 Sep 12:17 | 76
Legal
Infosec outfit Group-IB's website was defaced in weeks before CEO's arrest over high treason claims
Co-founder takes over after Ilya Sachkov reportedly nabbed
29 Sep 13:33 | 8
Networks
Email billing blunder meant MVNO iD Mobile told 24,000 customers to pay up or have their service suspended
Rush of subscribers trying to sort it brings network's online portal down
29 Sep 14:05 | 8
Security
Kaspersky links new Tomiris malware to Nobelium group
Typical: you wait months for new nasties then two come along at once
29 Sep 14:45 | 1
Legal
BT sued by representatives of the dead over unbundled landline market abuse claims
2.4m living and non-living Britons could score a payout, reckons lawsuit starter
29 Sep 15:30 | 5
Storage
Memory maker Micron offers hope for PC parts supply returning 'in the coming months'
Oh, and boasts over record-breaking return from IoT segment, too
29 Sep 16:15 |
Security
Akamai beefs up cybersecurity portfolio with ransomware-tastic Guardicore acquisition
$600m buys a lot of microsegmentation
29 Sep 17:02 | 1
Bootnotes
US school districts blame Amazon for nationwide bus driver shortage
PA, MA bring in National Guard to plug gaps, while Boston teacher tells of stripper bus hired for school trip
29 Sep 17:47 | 91
Networks
TskTsk: UK ISP TalkTalk told off by regulator over 'misleading' adverts promising fixed price service
Don't claim 'no mid-contract price rises if that was not the case' says ASA
29 Sep 18:31 | 19
Security
Unpatched flaw 'weaponises' Apple AirTags to turn them into the phisherman's friend
XSS vulnerability allows miscreants to hijack phone number field on website
29 Sep 19:24 | 28
On-Prem
Kyndryl, the artist formerly known as IBM's Global Technology Services, names 10-person board
Will someone make the redundancies stop?
29 Sep 20:27 | 11
Security
Don't look a GriftHorse in the mouth: Trojan trampled 10 million Android devices
Pushy code pressured people to sign up for premium services, netted 'millions of euros'
29 Sep 22:27 | 9
Science
FYI: Catastrophic flooding helped carve Martian valleys, not just rivers of water
Thanks, science
29 Sep 23:25 | 23
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