Et tu, Samsung? Electronics giant accused of quietly switching SSD components Squirrely semiconductor swaps make performance difficult to predict Storage28 Aug 2021 | 49
Remote code execution flaws lurk in countless routers, IoT gear, cameras using Realtek Wi-Fi module SDKs Devices from 60+ manufacturers affected, says infosec outfit Security16 Aug 2021 | 22
Tech spec experts seek allies to tear down ISO standards paywall Open letter drafted against what's seen as unjustified profiteering Software31 Jul 2021 | 66
Microsoft made $167m a day in profit, every day, over the past 12 months Robust cloud, business not enough to overcome concerns about decline in Windows hardware maker revenue SaaS27 Jul 2021 | 34
Facebook tries to save face by recalling itch-inducing Oculus Quest 2 VR headset foam Reports of skin problems and a recall in Australia move social ad biz to action Personal Tech27 Jul 2021 | 10
It's 2021 and a printf format string in a wireless network's name can break iPhone Wi-Fi Hope no one's created guest networks called '%Free %Coffee at %Starbucks' Security21 Jun 2021 | 46
Everything Apple announced: Tor-ish Safari anonymization. Cloaked iCloud addresses. Cloud CI/CD. And more WWDC No new hardware though loads of bits and bytes for software makers Security08 Jun 2021 | 39
FYI: Today's computer chips are so advanced, they are more 'mercurial' than precise – and here's the proof Rarely seen miscalculations now crop up frequently at cloud hyperscale Systems04 Jun 2021 | 165
Unfixable Apple M1 chip bug enables cross-process chatter, breaking OS security model M1RACLES flaw embarrassing, not that dangerous Security27 May 2021 | 96
Waymo self-driving robotaxi goes rogue with passenger inside, escapes support staff Video We speak to man who experienced and recorded wild ride first hand AI + ML17 May 2021 | 65
Apple's Find My network can be abused to leak secrets to the outside world via passing devices You gotta work hard for those three-bytes-a-second transfers, though Security12 May 2021 | 13
LibreBMC project to open source baseboard management controllers with security as a priority Freely available from the hardware schematics to OpenPOWER cores on an FPGA, to the firmware on top Systems10 May 2021 | 2
GlobalFoundries shifts HQ from Silicon Valley to join its tip-top chip fab in New York Empire State plant pledges to alleviate semiconductor shortage On-Prem27 Apr 2021 | 3
Apple's macOS Gatekeeper asleep on the job: Exploited flaw put users 'at grave risk' of malware infection Bug that let malicious files slip past defenses now fixed in Big Sur 11.3 Software26 Apr 2021 | 26
You've got it down Pat: Intel boss says 2020 was so strong, a 20% drop in data center sales now is to be expected Server chip business doldrums blamed on 'digestion' Systems23 Apr 2021 | 4
China broke into govt, defense, finance networks via zero-day in Pulse Secure VPN gateways? No way Crucial flaw won't be fixed until next month Security20 Apr 2021 | 10
IBM's cloud services echo its Q1 financial results: They're both down Strategic imperative Cloud & Cognitive Solutions grows 0.8%, good old hardware spares execs' blushes Off-Prem20 Apr 2021 | 4
Mobile app security standard for IoT, VPNs proposed by group backed by Big Tech ioXt Alliance aims to bring 'transparency and visibility' Security15 Apr 2021 | 10
DARPA adds RISC-V to its Toolbox: Defense researchers can get special access to SiFive chip designs Labs offered tech by Arm as well as its upstart rival and others Science07 Apr 2021 | 5
Ice Lake, Baby: Intel's 10nm 3rd Gen Xeon Scalable server processors to arrive at last Stop, collaborate and listen, Chipzilla's back with its brand new invention Systems06 Apr 2021 | 24
QNAP caught napping as disclosure delay expires, critical NAS bugs revealed Updated Remote code execution hole, arbitrary file writing flaw could make a mess of stored files Security02 Apr 2021 | 25
Absolutely fab: As TSMC invests $100bn to address chip shortage, where does that leave the rest of the industry? Analysis Semiconductor sovereignty, meet supply chain security On-Prem02 Apr 2021 | 52
Arm pulls the sheets off its latest Armv9 architecture with added AI support, Realms software isolation CEO reckons this tech will be used in 300 billion chips AI + ML30 Mar 2021 | 8
Apple iPad torched this guy's home, lawsuit claims Lawyers hope to recover repair cost shelled out by insurer Personal Tech27 Mar 2021 | 51
Surprise: Automated driving biz finds automated driving safer than letting you get behind the wheel Waymo recreated 72 fatal crashes and it turns out its simulated AI driver isn't a careless, distracted jerk AI + ML10 Mar 2021 | 106
Intel CPU interconnects can be exploited by malware to leak encryption keys and other info, academic study finds Side-channel ring race 'hard to mitigate with existing defenses' Security08 Mar 2021 | 29
'Incorrect software parameter' sends Formula E's Edoardo Mortara to hospital: Brakes' fail-safe system failed Bug keeps Mercedes, Venturi teams out of qualifying race Software01 Mar 2021 | 53
Apple, forced to rate product repair potential in France, gives itself modest marks Never mind the glue and soldered RAM Personal Tech27 Feb 2021 | 96
Supermicro spy chips, the sequel: It really, really happened, and with bad BIOS and more, insists Bloomberg Server maker says latest article is 'a mishmash of disparate allegations' Security12 Feb 2021 | 124
Microsoft's Gooseberry is a dish best served really, really cold: Progress made on silicon quantum computing None of that nuclear-magnetic-resonance garbage, ha Science29 Jan 2021 | 14
Knock, knock. Who's there? NAT. Nat who? A NAT URL-borne killer Video Last year's slipstream technique revived to pierce vulnerable firewalls – browsers patched to thwart bypass attempts Security27 Jan 2021 | 17
Microsoft smashes Wall Street's expectations with $43bn sales bonanza FY21 Q2 results buoyed by cloud demand, pandemic-driven IT focus SaaS27 Jan 2021 | 2
Intel accused by distributor of breaking promises, shipping subpar enterprise-friendly Falcon 8+ drones Tech slinger upset it can't unload $560,000 worth of flying Chipzilla gizmos Science04 Jan 2021 | 6
How to leak data via Wi-Fi when there's no Wi-Fi chip: Boffin turns memory bus into covert data transmitter Another nail in the coffin of assuming that airgapped means secure Security16 Dec 2020 | 72
Apple drops macOS Big Sur on the world – and it arrives with a thud, sound of breaking glass, sirens in the distance... Server problems mar operating system version 11 rollout Software13 Nov 2020 | 24
Apple now Arm'd to the teeth: MacBook Air and Pro, Mac mini to be powered by custom M1 chips rather than Intel ARM64 5nm TSMC-made silicon to ship next week, Cupertino claims apps are ready Personal Tech10 Nov 2020 | 168
One more reason for Apple to dump Intel processors: Another SGX, kernel data-leak flaw unearthed by experts Updated Obscure interface lets you monitor chip activity with code as if you were physically plugged into it Security10 Nov 2020 | 55
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 Security14 Oct 2020 | 22
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' Personal Tech05 Oct 2020 | 82
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? Video Guess which option this electric truck dreamer chose Science03 Oct 2020 | 32
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 debut derailed by website glitches, bots, lack of supply Analysis Chip giant dinged for failing to block automated buying Personal Tech18 Sep 2020 | 41
Video encoders using Huawei chips have backdoors and bad bugs – and Chinese giant says it's not to blame Telecom kit maker points finger in the general direction of Middle Kingdom's complicated supply chain Security17 Sep 2020 | 93
Don't be BlindSided: Watch speculative memory probing bypass kernel defenses, give malware root control Video Silently side-step software safeguards Security10 Sep 2020 | 15
South Korea bods open source NVMe storage controller to save academics, non-profits a bundle OpenExpress does away with intellectual property licensing burdens Storage09 Sep 2020 | 2
Intel screams Tiger Lake is 'world's best processor' (then quietly into its sleeve: for thin Windows, ChromeOS laptops) 11th-gen Core processor family for portable computers announced Personal Tech02 Sep 2020 | 44
Shine on: Boffins bedazzle Alexa and her voice-controlled assistant kin with silent laser-injected commands How beams of light can boss around smart speakers Science14 Aug 2020 | 16
Intel talks up its 10nm Tiger Lake laptop system-on-chips as though everything is going according to plan Never mind the delays, competition, or departures – we've got a strategy Personal Tech13 Aug 2020 | 22
Foreshadow returns to the foreground: Secrets-spilling speculative-execution Intel flaw lives on, say boffins A misunderstanding about the vulnerability means defenses fall short Security07 Aug 2020 | 8
Intel NDA blueprints – 20GB of source code, schematics, specs, docs – spill onto web from partners-only vault Updated Leaker only 'a bit concerned' about getting sued Security06 Aug 2020 | 39
What a good eye-dea: Battery-less, grain-of-sand-sized 2.4GHz transmitter to help save your eyesight Wireless sensor to show 'how the body is responding in real-time' to treatment Science05 Aug 2020 | 25
This investor blew nearly $300,000 on Intel shares the day before 7nm disaster reveal. Yup, she's suing Chipzilla faces potential class-action headache after stock price plunge Systems29 Jul 2020 | 41
Intel's 7nm is busted, chips delayed, may have to use rival foundries to get GPUs out for US govt exascale super CEO Bob Swan suggests his chips may some day be TSMC-flavored On-Prem24 Jul 2020 | 38
Microsoft Q4 sales up, profit down, shares down. More importantly, someone reboot the CEO. He keeps repeating 'tech intensity' over and over Welcome to the new Digital Transformation, folks? SaaS23 Jul 2020 | 6
Chips for Huawei are fried: TSMC stops shipping parts to Middle Kingdom mega-maker this September Chairman Mark Liu is carefully abiding by Uncle Sam's new rules Science16 Jul 2020 | 39
Fancy some fishy-chips? Just order one of these sensors: Research shines light on suspect component sources Counterfeit and repurposed semiconductors still a problem Science14 Jul 2020 | 28
CEO of motherboard maker MSI dies after plunging from headquarters' seventh-floor Foul play not suspected Personal Tech09 Jul 2020 | 54
After huffing and puffing for years, US senators unveil law to blow the encryption house down with police backdoors Lawmakers will attempt to bend the laws of mathematics to their will Security24 Jun 2020 | 159
Apple says if developers are unhappy with its App Store decisions, it will entertain appeals against its rulings – and even its own rules WWDC The Lord of the iThings will see you now Software23 Jun 2020 | 5
Apple to keep Intel at Arm's length: macOS shifts from x86 to homegrown common CPU arch, will run iOS apps WWDC We take a look at Cupertino's one-Arm bandit gambit Personal Tech23 Jun 2020 | 172
Forget biz insider threats for a moment – let's talk about partners turning rogue and installing spyware on phones Analysis Light shined on lack of privacy controls for stalkerware Security11 Jun 2020 | 17
Moore's Law is deader than corduroy bell bottoms. But with a bit of smart coding it's not the end of the road Don't aim for the bottom, go top down Software05 Jun 2020 | 153
If American tech is used to design or make that chip, you better not ship it to Huawei, warns Uncle Sam Export of semiconductors built using US tools to Chinese giant banned without a license Science16 May 2020 | 108