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Indian government warns locals not to use Starlink's internet services
If you are going to sell satellite internet subscriptions in India, you Musk get a license, says regulator
29 Nov 2021 05:25 | 38
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Bad news for Tencent: Chinese companies steer employees away from Weixin or WeChat
Middle Kingdom's internet giant: It's a switch to enterprise apps. Try ours?
26 Nov 2021 14:27 | 16
Off-Prem
Singapore's DBS bank suffers digital fail – yes, regulatory bodies have noticed
Might want to rethink that 'digital to the core' slogan
26 Nov 2021 12:33 | 1
Poll
Robotaxis freed to charge across 60km2 of Beijing
Baidu's Apollo tech exits testing phase, so punters must now pay the machine for a ride. Would you?
25 Nov 2021 07:56 | 50
Updated
Huawei's AppGallery riddled with malware-infected games
Cynos.7 trojan found its way into 9.3 million downloads
25 Nov 2021 04:58 | 20
Security
Apple's Pegasus lawsuit a 'declaration of war' against offensive software developers, says Kaspersky director
Regional exec says Apple wants offensive researchers out of the field because they are harmful to the reputation of the company
24 Nov 2021 13:12 | 75
On-Prem
Yeehaw, y'all! Texas done got itself a honkin' new Samsung semiconductor plant
$17B worth of chip factory will go nicely with the big BBQ joints in the town of Taylor
24 Nov 2021 04:58 | 25
Software
35,000 Singapore residents applied for quarantine-free travel online at the same time
In unexpected development, website promptly fell over
24 Nov 2021 03:28 |
Science
James Webb Space Telescope gets all shook up – launch delayed again
Space agencies have been planning this thing since 1996, so what's four more days?
23 Nov 2021 06:57 | 39
Science
Fancy being an astronaut but didn't go to uni? Your time may have finally come
Japanese space agency wants 'nauts with good eyesight and work experience – no degree required
23 Nov 2021 05:05 | 5
Legal
Beijing issues fines for 43 Big Tech M&A deals all the way back to 2012
Alibaba and Tencent racked up more than ten cases – each
22 Nov 2021 06:58 | 4
Updated
Amazon India execs questioned after sellers allegedly use site to smuggle marijuana
Ganja believe it? Seller claimed to sell 'Stevia leaves', but shifted a tonne of wacky 'baccy before being busted
22 Nov 2021 03:58 | 22
Personal Tech
Psst. Hey kid. Want a lipstick? Huawei slips new earbuds into cosmetics case
New products out as firm attempts to stay relevant in face of US sanctions
19 Nov 2021 17:15 | 10
Off-Prem
Alibaba profits plunge as Beijing's bans – and beefy competitors – bite
Investors are going to have to put up with growth of merely 22 per cent, not the promised 29 or more
19 Nov 2021 06:57 | 5
Servers
Do not try this at home: Man spends $5,000 on a 48TB Raspberry Pi storage server
It was not good
18 Nov 2021 12:31 | 108
Software
Korea gives Google and Apple another kick for requiring their own payment systems
All your apps – or a percentage of revenue – are belong to us
18 Nov 2021 06:44 | 7
Security
Singaporean regulator punishes biggest-ever data breach: Almost 5.9 million hotel customers' info exposed
RedDoorz.com left red-faced after leaving AWS access key in an APK
18 Nov 2021 04:01 | 4
Security
South Korean privacy watchdog apologises for violating privacy while mediating privacy lawsuit
You had one job …
17 Nov 2021 05:15 | 4
Software
40 million meeting rooms are yet to get video gadgets
Analyst warns that if upgrades frustrate, users might just give phone conferences a comeback
17 Nov 2021 04:31 | 12
Security
China Telecom's US arm sues in last-ditch bid to retain license
Company claims it poses no threat, yet regs want China influence out
16 Nov 2021 06:15 | 9
PaaS + IaaS
Veeam reveals cloud storage use patterns: Azure and AWS for bulk, IBM has ardent fans, Google has … not much
Average cloudy data stash hits 15TB and and median value tripled to over 3TB
16 Nov 2021 04:29 | 4
On-Prem
Google wants US government to help develop chiplet design standards, so they're easier to make and buy
Submission to USA's call for chip supply chain warns on 'blunt interventions', making it far more colorful than most
15 Nov 2021 07:58 | 6
Security
There's no Huawei back now: Biden signs law that forbids US buyers acquiring kit on naughty list
FCC Commissioner said the act closes the 'Huawei loophole'
12 Nov 2021 04:26 | 29
Security
Philippines gov takes down passport application website amid privacy leak fears
Google searches reportedly produce applicants' personal information
11 Nov 2021 23:52 | 1
Software
Tencent's growth slows as child gamers switch off under new Chinese laws
Founder Pony Ma reassures all he is proactively embracing new regulatory environment even as numbers take on less rosy hues
11 Nov 2021 06:35 | 3
Science
NASA delays crewed Moon landing until 2025, citing technical infeasibility
The space agency wants you to know they are still committed to the project
10 Nov 2021 07:57 | 31
Security
Former Broadcom engineer accused of pinching chip tech to share with new Chinese employer
We're guessing it wasn't Fiber Channel, but it would be weirdly cool if it was
10 Nov 2021 05:56 | 14
Personal Tech
Super-rare wooden Apple 1 hand built by Jobs and Wozniak goes to auction
Expect to shell out around $500k to take it home
09 Nov 2021 07:27 | 31
Off-Prem
Oracle flicks the switch on new Singapore cloud region
Big Red's 33rd region to mitigate Southeast Asia demand
09 Nov 2021 03:58 |
Security
You'll never guess who's been exploiting the ManageEngine service to steal passwords
Webshells and backdoors come with Chinese instructions
08 Nov 2021 16:15 | 17
On-Prem
Intel pays VIA $125m to acquire its x86 design talent
Centaur's brains will be transplanted to make hybrid AI tech for Chipzilla
08 Nov 2021 06:01 | 9
Personal Tech
Xiaomi has developed a mini heat pipe so your smartphone doesn't get too hot to handle
Just like NASA did in spacecraft... and Fujitsu did for mobiles in 2015
05 Nov 2021 13:45 | 15
Security
Beijing fingers foreign spies for data mischief, with help from consulting firm
Chinese media wonders why it hasn't been reported in the West - hang on, you're reading this ...
05 Nov 2021 05:45 | 14
Networks
New cable incoming! Hawaiki Nui set to connect Sydney, Singapore, and LA by 2025
Plans to hook up New Zealand's South Island and Indonesia too
03 Nov 2021 18:01 | 5
Servers
Huawei reportedly set to salvage honor with sale of server x86 business
US sanctions mean the Intel chip well has run dry, so China's champion has little alternative but to offload
03 Nov 2021 06:15 | 10
Security
China says it applied to join digital free trade deal days after proposing law against cross-border data flow
Xi Jinping announces to G20 he wants in on 3-nation agreement
02 Nov 2021 11:30 | 16
Science
SpaceX-powered trip to ISS grounded by 'medical issue'
It's not COVID-19 and it's not an emergency, insists NASA
02 Nov 2021 05:39 | 22
Personal Tech
Google's special Android for India revealed
Two months late is better than never in a supply chain challenged-world, and means it is out in time for Diwali
01 Nov 2021 11:43 | 1
Off-Prem
Don't super-size me – China defines rules for 'super-large' platforms
Creates category to control what we call a superapp for antitrust behavior and more
01 Nov 2021 10:15 | 6
Science
Juno what? Jupiter's Great Red Spot is much deeper than originally thought
Boffins release treasure trove of findings from NASA probe, including weird cyclones around the poles
29 Oct 2021 13:26 | 7
AI + ML
When AI and automation come to work you stress less – but hate your job more
It's better to work for the Man than the Machine
29 Oct 2021 04:59 | 4
Security
Good Grief! Ransomware gang has only gone and pwned the NRA – or so it claims
Between US sanctions on baddies and NRA claiming bankruptcy, what are the chances anyone’s getting paid?
28 Oct 2021 11:39 | 61
On-Prem
Samsung bolstered by demand for data centre doodads, but could be derailed by supply chain issues
Pandemic work patterns work in component-maker's favour, but COVID isn't all upside
28 Oct 2021 08:55 |
Updated
Warehouse belonging to Chinese payment terminal manufacturer raided by FBI
PAX Technology devices allegedly opening suspicious connections to Middle Kingdom
27 Oct 2021 09:41 | 21
Personal Tech
Russia leads the world in one thing – number of content-removal demands to Google
China still in the toilet for internet freedom with 'draconian prison terms for online dissent'
26 Oct 2021 19:17 | 2
Security
GCHQ director outlines plan to 'go after' links between ransomware crims and state actors
Sir Jeremy Fleming paints picture of a cultural battle over the internet, AI and the soul of future technology
26 Oct 2021 06:32 | 22
Security
Facebook sues scraper who sold 178 million phone numbers and user IDs
Apparently The Social NetworkTM is the only one allowed to do nasty things with users' data
25 Oct 2021 08:01 | 47
Software
Asia's 'superapps' bundle ride-share, food delivery, even financial services – and they're beating big tech
China backed the concept of tools users perceive as an extension of the OS, not just an app
25 Oct 2021 07:03 | 25
Updated
Cleanup on aisle C: Tesco app back online after attack led to shopping app outages
With an average 1.27 million orders a week, many customers left hacked off
25 Oct 2021 05:03 | 57
Security
Unhappy customers and their own tricks used against them, REvil ransomware gang reportedly pulled offline by 'multi-country' operations
The second vanishing of the cybergang... for now
22 Oct 2021 10:43 | 27
Security
YouTubers fell for shady 'sponsors' who seized, then sold, accounts
Vid-slingers had been asking how this happened for years, even while their channels were spruiking dodgy crypto
22 Oct 2021 06:28 | 28
Science
After more than a decade of development, South Korea has a near miss with Nuri rocket test
Nation playing catch-up following release from 1979 ban
21 Oct 2021 13:59 | 10
Personal Tech
China to crush secondary market providing forbidden gaming accounts to kids
Beijing's recent crackdowns on internet behaviour have spawned rebellious entrepreneurs, because of course they have.
21 Oct 2021 05:59 | 28
Virtualization
China to allow overseas investment in VPNs but Beijing keeps control of the generally discouraged tech
Foreign ownership capped at 50%
20 Oct 2021 19:03 | 6
Science
Darmstadt, we have a problem – ESA reveals its INTEGRAL space telescope was three hours from likely death
Gamma ray-spotting 'scope was spinning uncontrollably and unable to make 'leccy until dramatic rescue
20 Oct 2021 08:17 | 41
Off-Prem
India's big four services giants wrestle with staff attrition amid COVID-19 pandemic
With high enough vax rates, HCL, Infosys and Wipro say hybrid work environment is the way of the future, while TCS is going to want you to come right on in.
20 Oct 2021 03:04 | 6
Feature
Reg scribe spends week being watched by government Bluetooth wristband, emerges to more surveillance
Home quarantine week was the price for an overseas trip, ongoing observation is the price of COVID-19
19 Oct 2021 06:41 | 141
Science
Dishing up the goods: Square Kilometre Array moves out of the theoretical and into the contractual
Plus: Australian telescope precursor finds weird waves in the middle of the galaxy
18 Oct 2021 16:44 | 23
On-Prem
Chinese developers rebel against long working hours with crowdsourced tell-all on employers
Despite modern labour laws, 72-hour work weeks are still common
18 Oct 2021 05:58 | 23
Science
Forget everything you learned playing Lunar Lander: Chinese boffins reveal secrets of Chang'e 5 probe's touchdown
Landing with liquid fuel aboard made slosh-avoidance essential. Plus: China names first woman to visit Tiangong space station
15 Oct 2021 07:51 | 8
