Government

Okay, SMART ePANTS, you tell us how to create network-connected textiles

Soldiers, first responders may eventually be able to phone home from their clothes

Science09 Sep 2023 | 31

Kyndryl bags short-lived HMRC mainframe contract

Tax collector's DALAS waits in wings to tackle humongous legacy estate

On-Prem08 Sep 2023 | 12

Largest local government body in Europe goes under amid Oracle disaster

Authority effectively bankrupt as ERP car crash adds to equal pay liability

Databases05 Sep 2023 | 236

What happens when What3Words gets lost in translation?

UK emergency services organizations urged to consider alternatives

Applications01 Sep 2023 | 168

University cuts itself off from internet after mystery security snafu

Updated Halls of learning are stuck offline, but go Wolverines!

CSO29 Aug 2023 | 21

Internet Archive sued by record labels as battle with book publishers intensifies

Music copyright bomb hits just as other court conflict leads to lending limits

Personal Tech14 Aug 2023 | 55

Pack of GM Cruise robo-taxis freeze, snarl up Friday night traffic amid festival crowds

Just a day after getting green light to expand autonomous ops

AI + ML14 Aug 2023 | 48

Google Chrome to shield encryption keys from promised quantum computers

QC crypto-cracking coming in 5, 10, maybe 50 years, so act … now?

Security12 Aug 2023 | 21

FTX crypto-clown Sam Bankman-Fried couldn't even do house arrest. Now he's in jail

Feds argue leaks to press amount to witness tampering

Cyber-crime11 Aug 2023 | 36

Cops cuff pregnant woman for carjacking after facial recog gets it wrong, again

Not-so smart tech, or officers, it seems

AI + ML08 Aug 2023 | 86

Florida man accused of hoarding America's secrets faces fresh charges

Mar-a-Lago IT director told 'the boss wanted the server deleted'

CSO29 Jul 2023 | 147

A federal watchdog to police Big Tech? Yeah, that'll do the trick, senators...

Sorry, FTC, didn't mean to step on you like that

Personal Tech27 Jul 2023 | 9

Aliens crash landed on Earth – and Uncle Sam is covering it up, this guy tells Congress

Poll Men in Black snatched Little Green Men's spacecraft, allegedly

Science27 Jul 2023 | 322

TETRA radio comms used by emergency heroes easily cracked, say experts

Updated If it looks like a backdoor, walks like a backdoor, maybe it's ... export control

Research24 Jul 2023 | 60

Let's take a look at those US Supreme Court decisions and how they will affect tech

Analysis Rulings on affirmative action and free speech may not play nicely with diversity initiatives

Personal Tech08 Jul 2023 | 115

Australia's 'great example of government using technology' found to be 'crude and cruel'. And literally lethal to citizens

Report on 'Robodebt' scheme calls for major reforms, plus review of Feds' automation, data-sharing

Software07 Jul 2023 | 46

H-1B fraud consultancies grow, with application abuse openly discussed online

In depth How do you solve a problem like a visa? How do you catch a fraud and bring it down?

On-Prem01 Jul 2023 | 33

Uncle Sam cracks down on faked reviews and bad influencers

Big $50,000 fines for misleading posts... unless it's political, natch

Personal Tech30 Jun 2023 | 21

Fujitsu admits it fluffed the fix for Japan’s flaky ID card scheme

Yet another snafu for digital services push

Security30 Jun 2023 | 27

Supreme Court says Genius' song lyric copying claim against Google wasn't smart

Website can't use state contract law to police copyrights it doesn't own

Personal Tech26 Jun 2023 | 47

Google accused of urging Android devs to mislabel apps to get forbidden kids ad data

Getting around the rules was as simple as not declaring software was 'intended for children', lawsuit states

Personal Tech23 Jun 2023 | 8

Japan's digital ID card gets emergency review amid data leaks

PM wants response as urgent as that mustered for COVID-19

Security22 Jun 2023 | 12

Google formally accuses monopolist Microsoft of trapping people in its cloud

Updated Fight! Fight! Fight!

SaaS21 Jun 2023 | 24

Restaurant hired 'priest' to extract workplace confessions from staff

With now $150K to pay out, that's what we call fine dining

Bootnotes21 Jun 2023 | 38

Florida man insists he didn't violate the law by keeping Top Secret docs

Populist politician pleads not guilty at Miami arraignment

Security14 Jun 2023 | 449

Elon Musk hit with insider trading claims over his Dogecoin crypto-hype

Claim: Billionaire banked big bread boosting bizarro-bucks

Personal Tech02 Jun 2023 | 22

Feds, you'll need a warrant for that cellphone border search

Here's a story with a twist

Security31 May 2023 | 50

PyPI subpoenaed: US govt demands data on developers

Python package packhouse ponders privacy position

Devops25 May 2023 | 9

Leaked Kyndryl files show 55 was average age of laid-off US workers

Special report As one ousted staffer claims the IBM spin-off is in disarray

On-Prem24 May 2023 | 53

Supreme Court leaves warrantless camera surveillance an open book

Can police just set up CCTV and press record? In some places, yes

Personal Tech24 May 2023 | 9

Social media may harm kids. US Surgeon General says so

That's a warning and not permission, in case you were wondering

Personal Tech23 May 2023 | 19

Privacy Sandbox, Google's answer to third-party cookies, promised within months

Winter in July for some of those in the web ad world

Personal Tech20 May 2023 | 32

Remember those millions of fake net neutrality comments? Fallout continues

Trio of digital marketing firms cough up $600K to make astroturfing brouhaha just go away

Networks15 May 2023 | 33

Exhibit 3,021: Millions wasted on US govt IT due to poor oversight, audit finds

$24M was paid out incorrectly - and that's just from a close look at 5 out of 48 orders under ENCORE III

Software12 May 2023 | 10

Here's what the US Army picked for soldier-worn tactical USB hubs

That kit ain't for chargin' your iPhone, Private!

On-Prem08 May 2023 | 36

A right Royal pain in the Dallas: City IT systems crippled by ransomware

Texas officials preach limited government ... but not this limited

Cyber-crime05 May 2023 | 21

Uncle Sam sounds like it may actually do something about rampant visa H-1B fraud

Gee, you mean that surge to 800,000 applications in one year isn't entirely legit? Shocking

Legal01 May 2023 | 34

Florida folks dragged out of bed by false emergency texts

Laugh while you can, UK residents – you've got a nationwide emergency alert system test this weekend

Offbeat21 Apr 2023 | 158

IT boss arrested over Cash App exec Bob Lee death

Updated Alleged killer said to be industry pal, faces one count of murder

On-Prem13 Apr 2023 | 13

Worried about the security of your code's dependencies? Try Google's Deps.dev

Is this what the kids mean by owning the libs?

Devops13 Apr 2023 | 13

Thieves smash hole in wall to nab $500K in Apple iKit

Pic So, like, three iPhones and a Mac keyboard

Bootnotes07 Apr 2023 | 41

Microsoft adds chatbots to Teams for the Pentagon

Yes, DoD admins, your users can ask for this now, but make sure your bots are in compliance

Defense Tech Week04 Apr 2023 | 4

ChatGPT is coming for your jobs – the terrible ones, at least

OpenAI tech outperforms digital serfs toiling away on Amazon's estate

AI + ML03 Apr 2023 | 20

US Veterans Affairs department didn't check with CIO for 39% of IT projects

Contracts could be duplicate and poorly conceived, accountability report finds

Defense Tech Week03 Apr 2023 | 5

NYPD blues: Cops ignored 93 percent of surveillance law rules

Who watches the watchmen? The Office of the Inspector General

Security31 Mar 2023 | 17

TikTok: Is this really a national security scare or is something else going on?

Register Kettle Our vultures who cover the news weigh in

Personal Tech30 Mar 2023 | 45

Google again accused of willfully destroying evidence in Android antitrust battle

Updated Starting to see a pattern here? Judge seems to think so

Security28 Mar 2023 | 35

Utah outlaws kids' social media addiction, sets digital curfew

Age verification, a private right to sue Big Tech ... thinking of the children or political points?

Personal Tech24 Mar 2023 | 73

French parliament says oui to AI surveillance for 2024 Paris Olympics

Liberté, égalité, reconnaissance faciale for all

Security24 Mar 2023 | 47

Critical infrastructure gear is full of flaws, but hey, at least it's certified

Security researchers find bugs, big and small, in every industrial box probed

CSO23 Mar 2023 | 20

Journalist hurt by exploding USB bomb drive

Now that's a flash bang

Cyber-crime22 Mar 2023 | 43

Pentagon whistleblower Ellsberg given months to live

Comment The man leaking vital data before it was fashionable

Bootnotes13 Mar 2023 | 18

US government says Silicon Valley Bank depositors can get their cash on Monday

Feds say this won’t cost taxpayers a dime

Legal13 Mar 2023 | 36

Silicon Valley Bank seized by officials after imploding: How this happened and why

2023, just like 2008

Legal10 Mar 2023 | 133

US House reps, staff health data swiped in cyber-heist

Data for sale via dark web, Senate in line of fire, too

Cyber-crime09 Mar 2023 | 8

Cop warrant orders Ring to cough up footage from inside this guy's home

Don't say you weren't warned

Personal Tech08 Mar 2023 | 75