Come on, Amazon: If you're going to copy open-source code for a new product, at least credit the creator
Developer wishes cloud giant gave more thought to not stepping on toes
16 Oct 2020 | 59
Thomas is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and covers software development, DevOps, computer security, and more for The Register.
Software billionaire accused of hiding $2bn in income from IRS – potentially the largest tax scam in US history
CEO charged with tax evasion, wire fraud, money laundering, etc
16 Oct 2020 | 47
After Trump, Congress, Supreme Court Justice hit out at tech giants' legal immunity, now FCC boss wants to stick his oar in, too
Pai says he wants to 'clarify' Section 230's 26 words even though he probably can't do anything about it
16 Oct 2020 | 58
Your web browser running remotely in Cloudflare's cloud. That's it. That's the story
Social distancing isn't just for surviving the pandemic – now this internet giant can add it to your browser
15 Oct 2020 | 20
LibreOffice rains on OpenOffice's 20th anniversary parade, tells rival project to 'do the right thing' and die
And point everyone at LibreOffice, ta
15 Oct 2020 | 134
Intel celebrates security of Ice Lake Xeon processors, so far impervious to any threat due to their unavailability
But when they ship, Chipzilla promises its server silicon will 'double down' on defense mechanisms
14 Oct 2020 | 22
Cloudflare floats cloud grand unification theory based on zero-trust access and security
The internet was supposed to get rid of intermediaries. How'd that work out?
14 Oct 2020 | 10
It's 2020 and a rogue ICMPv6 network packet can pwn your Microsoft Windows machine
Patch TuesdayRedmond urges folks to apply update ASAP – plus more fixes for Outlook and software from Adobe, Intel, SAP, Red Hat
13 Oct 2020 | 76
We won't leave you hanging any longer: Tool strips freeze-inducing bugs from Java bytecode while in production
Nothing like servicing an engine mid-flight, huh?
13 Oct 2020 | 14
Backdoorer the Xplora: Kids' smartwatches can secretly take pics, record audio on command by encrypted texts
It was just code left over from a prototype, says hardware maker
12 Oct 2020 | 9
Global Privacy Control emerges as latest attempt to let netizens choose whether they want to be tracked online
It's Do Not Track II: The Wrath of Ashkan and Sebastian... Caaaaaaaan't you stop stalking us around the internet
10 Oct 2020 | 44
Google contractor HCL America accused of retaliating against unionized techies by shifting US jobs to Poland
Pittsburgh workforce erosion, punitive policies cited in labor complaint
09 Oct 2020 | 47
Facebook's anti-trademark bot torpedoes .org website that just so happened to criticize Zuck's sucky ethics board
What are the chances?
09 Oct 2020 | 44
Third time's still the charm: AMD touts Zen-3-based Ryzen 5000 line, says it will 'deliver absolute leadership in x86'
Cache me if you can, Intel
08 Oct 2020 | 58
Apple's T2 custom secure boot chip is not only insecure, it cannot be fixed without replacing the silicon
Which means your new Mac is vulnerable to 'evil maid' attacks, if that's something you worry about
08 Oct 2020 | 67
Chef leaves a bad taste: Staff cut in 'horrid, bleak' week after Progress swallows DevOps darling for $220m
And new boss beams: 'Actually, business has been going well ... We are not expecting a downturn'
08 Oct 2020 | 6
DigitalOcean decides to head rivals off at the PaaS, floats App Platform to deploy, run code without juggling servers
If you fear you'll drown in AWS, GCP, Azure, etc, maybe this is a wave you'd like to catch
07 Oct 2020 | 3
GitLab scans its customers' source code, finds it's as fragile as you'd expect
Bugs from Lodash and JQuery among the more commonly seen security problems
06 Oct 2020 | 38
Meet the new aviation insecurity, same as the old aviation insecurity: Next-gen ACAS X just as vulnerable to spoofing as its predecessor
Faking an emergency collision alarm - just what you don't need over Heathrow
06 Oct 2020 | 12
Apple seeks damages from recycling firm that didn't damage its devices: 100,000 iThings 'resold' rather than broken up as expected
iGiant 'would rather shred stuff than let it hit the used market'
05 Oct 2020 | 83
First analysts, now YouTubers put you on blast. Do you A) take it on the chin or B) up fire up the DMCA-o-tron?
VideoGuess which option this electric truck dreamer chose
03 Oct 2020 | 33
Microsoft says bug, sorry, 'a latent defect' in Safe Deployment Process system downed Azure Active Directory
We're taking steps to prevent this from happening again, says Redmond
02 Oct 2020 | 28
Federal judge temporarily neutralizes President Trump's blockade against visas for foreign techies, other workers
Earlier ban on H-1B, H-2B, J and L passes ruled an overstep of presidential power, middle-finger to Congress
02 Oct 2020 | 21
How's this for open government? Amsterdam, Helsinki put their AI system designs on public display
'We are on a mission to create as much understanding about algorithms as possible'
01 Oct 2020 | 9
