Vote to turf out remainder of Nominet board looks inevitable after .uk registry ignores reform demands
PublicBenefit.uk campaign reports 97 per cent of its supporters behind effort
15 Apr 2021 | 71
Kieren is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and covers internet infrastructure and governance, the domain name system, the Internet of Things, and many other topics.
Nigerian email scammer sent down for 40 months in the US, ordered to pay back $2.7m to victims
Among the victims: the United Nations
14 Apr 2021 | 18
Report: Aussie biz Azimuth cracked San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, ending Apple-FBI privacy standoff
Mozilla-authored code in iOS exploited, since patched, it is claimed
14 Apr 2021 | 25
FBI deletes web shells from hundreds of compromised Microsoft Exchange servers before alerting admins
Remote-control malware wiped, deployments must still be patched
14 Apr 2021 | 74
After years of dragging its feet, FCC finally starts tackling America's robocall scourge
New law implementation, cease-and-desist letters, and mobile companies asked to detail free blocking tools
13 Apr 2021 | 46
Who'd have thought the US senator who fist pumped Jan 6 insurrectionists would propose totally unworkable anti-Big Tech law?
This one seems as well thought-out as his Capitol rally salute
13 Apr 2021 | 94
Nominet chooses civil war over compromise by rejecting ex-BBC Trust chairman
Remaining .uk registry board members ignore demands of campaign that has already removed CEO
13 Apr 2021 | 62
NHS COVID-19 app update blocked by Apple, Google over location privacy fears
New version for England dead on arrival just as UK eases lockdown rules
13 Apr 2021 | 32
FCC urges Americans to run internet speed app to counter Big Cable's broadband data fudging
Effort to get accurate info gets more serious under new chairwoman
12 Apr 2021 | 31
Nominet ignores advice, rejects serious change despite losing CEO, chair, half its board in membership vote
Extraordinary response by .uk registry operator effectively dares members to fire the rest of them
01 Apr 2021 | 97
And the Turing Award for best compilation goes to... Jeffrey Ullman and Alfred Aho
Programming pioneers bag $1m prize
01 Apr 2021 | 26
Biden's $2tn infrastructure plan includes massive broadband rollout, equates internet access with water and power as essential utilities
Plus $50bn pledge to boost chip R&D and fabbing in Land of the Free
31 Mar 2021 | 19
Cryptic US Strategic Command tweet reveals dangers of working from home with kids in the way
Was it a coded message? The password for accessing nukes? Nope
31 Mar 2021 | 43
Amazon’s critical Alabama warehouse workers union vote has started … and may be some time
High stakes battle could go on for days
30 Mar 2021 | 11
Director, deputy director, CTO of Free Software Foundation quit after Stallman installation
Updated Staff eject as board refuses to budge on controversial decision
30 Mar 2021 | 68
What happens when back-flipping futuristic robot technology meets capitalism? Yeah, it’s warehouse work
Analysis Boston Dynamics: From Terminator to Amazon worker replacement
30 Mar 2021 | 73
After oil giant Shell hit by Clop ransomware gang, workers' visas dumped online as part of extortion attempt
Updated Another day, another data nightmare
29 Mar 2021 | 6
Trustify CEO gets eight years for lying to investors, spending millions on homes, private jets, sports tickets
'Uber of private investigators' failed to live up to its name
29 Mar 2021 | 18
US state AGs: How can Facebook, Google, Twitter say they tackle misinformation when *gestures wildly at COVID-19 BS everywhere*
Top legal eagles urge web giants to do more in this life and death matter
24 Mar 2021 | 34
So, where does Silicon Valley stand on S.230? Zuck wants 'industry best practices', Pichai demurs, Dorsey urges more Bluesky thinking
House panel to quiz web giant CEOs this week. Expect a degree of deja vu
24 Mar 2021 | 15
Now that half of Nominet's board has been ejected, what happens next? Let us walk you through the possibilities
Analysis Difficult choices face .uk registry
24 Mar 2021 | 90
Guilty: Sister and brother who over-ordered hundreds of MacBooks for university and sold the kit for millions
Castanedas pocketed $2.3m from 800 laptops alone, Feds say
23 Mar 2021 | 57
Prince Harry, the Count of Montecito, turns Silicon Valley startup exec with first job based in 21st Century
New post accepted as Chief Impact (on Press Coverage) Officer for BetterUp
23 Mar 2021 | 58
America's Supremes give Facebook nothing but heartaches: Top court won't stop '$15bn wiretap' lawsuit
Class action accusing antisocial media giant of privacy infringement will now move forward
23 Mar 2021 | 16
