Remember when Republicans said Dems hacked voting systems to rig Georgia's election? There were no hacks
'No evidence of damage to network or computers, no evidence of theft, damage, or loss of data'
29 May 2020 | 87
Thomas is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and covers software development, DevOps, computer security, and more for The Register.
Twitter, Reddit and pals super unhappy US visa hopefuls have to declare their online handles to Uncle Sam
Land Of The Free to List All The Websites You Use
29 May 2020 | 46
Trump issues toothless exec order to show donors, fans he's doing something about those Twitter twerps
AnalysisAmid political theater, Section 230 protection loss dangled
29 May 2020 | 210
Paying Arizona: Google sued by state for location data revenues after tracking state's citizens via mobiles
Chocolate Factory insists its practices have been mischaracterized
28 May 2020 | 7
In Rust, we lust: Security-focused super-C++ language still most loved among Stack Overflow denizens
Trendy systems programming lingo tops poll fifth year on the trot
28 May 2020 | 31
FYI: There are thousands of Chrome extensions with so, so many fake installations to trick you into using them
Unethical developers drum up bogus user counts to gain trust
28 May 2020 | 14
Photostopped: Adobe Cloud evaporates in mass outage. Hope none of you are on a deadline, eh?
More than dozen services down, customers left unable to work
27 May 2020 | 64
Mulled Chrome API shines light on long-neglected privacy gap: Sites can snoop on your find-in-page searches
UpdatedNaughty JS can watch you hit control+F, start typing, see what's on your mind
27 May 2020 | 17
If someone could stop hackers pwning medical systems right now, that would be cool, say Red Cross and friends
The rules of war that protect hospitals should extend into cyberspace
26 May 2020 | 29
Lawsuit klaxon: HP, HPE accused of coordinated plan to oust older staff in favor of cheaper, compliant youngsters
IBM isn't the only IT giant said to be unfairly binning elders
22 May 2020 | 57
Wanna force granny to take down that family photo from the internet? No problem. Europe's GDPR to the rescue
Grandchild Digital Picture Removal
22 May 2020 | 50
To test its security mid-pandemic, GitLab tried phishing its own work-from-home staff. 1 in 5 fell for it
Welp, at least that's better than industry averages, says code-hosting biz
21 May 2020 | 60
Meet ScrAPIr, MIT's Swiss army-knife for non-coders to shake data out of APIs (It's useful for pro devs, too)
A simpler alternative to site slurping
21 May 2020 | 5
Apple, Google begin to spread pro-privacy, batt-friendly coronavirus contact-tracing API for phone apps
AnalysisPublic health agencies get green light to emit software using joint-developed tech
21 May 2020 | 61
Houseparty denied it had been hacked... while miscreants were abusing its dot-com domain name infrastructure
Subdomain takeover possible, infosec bod points out
20 May 2020 | 3
Google rolls out pro-privacy DNS-over-HTTPS support in Chrome 83... with a handy kill switch for corporate IT
Plus: Web giant hears developers' extension concerns, ignores them
20 May 2020 | 51
Microsoft promises big things for Edge... and they'll be ready for folks some time before universe's heat death
BuildFun goodies for developers... for everyone else, well, we hope you like Pinterest
19 May 2020 | 10
Apple's MagicPairing for Bluetooth fails to enchant after mischief-making bugs found hiding in the stack
Known and yet still unfixed flaws lurk in proprietary device-linking tech
18 May 2020 | 12
Beer gut-ted: As many as '70 million pints' spoiled during coronavirus pandemic must be destroyed in Britain
UpdatedJeez, talk about bitter
16 May 2020 | 214
Rust marks five years since its 1.0 release: The long and winding road actually works
Programming language ready to leave the wilderness for mass adulation
15 May 2020 | 75
Back from the dead: Appeals court resurrects lawsuit claiming IBM stiffs its own salespeople on commissions
Big Blue accused of making 'promises to sales reps it never intended to keep'
14 May 2020 | 8
Better late than never... Google Chrome to kill off 'tiny' number of mobile web ads that gobble battery, CPU power
Could have done with this years ago to stave off rise of advert blockers but fine, OK, whatever, now it's coming
14 May 2020 | 34
Got a few spare terabytes of storage sitting around unused? Tardigrade can turn that into crypto-bucks
Just not very many – don't go all Bitcoin farming on this
14 May 2020 | 16
'iOS security is f**ked' says exploit broker Zerodium: Prices crash for taking a bite out of Apple's core tech
Million-dollar payouts zero out as hackers follow the money en masse
14 May 2020 | 37
