JavaScript-based address bar spoofing vulns patched in Safari, Yandex, Opera
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RIAA DMCAs GitHub into nuking popular YouTube video download tool, says it can be used to slurp music
Did 2020 just loop round to 1999?
23 Oct 23:23 | 47
If you suddenly can't print to your HP Printer from your Mac, you're not alone: Code security cert snafu blamed
UpdatedDriver software snubbed by macOS 10.15, 10.14, Amazon Music, too
23 Oct 20:42 | 37
Huawei's financials take a beating as President Trump's sanctions come home to roost
America's punch bag still standing, black and blue but not in the red
23 Oct 20:04 | 9
Dotcom era data wrangler Tibco to buy Information Builders, reportedly for a whopping $1bn
Like a dotcom dude vs '70s veteran buddy movie
23 Oct 19:03 | 1
Palo Alto Networks threatens to sue security startup for comparison review, says it breaks software EULA
'I'm not going to be bullied by someone with deeper pockets' vows Orca boss
23 Oct 17:58 | 24
What a time to be alive: DB Admin raps about Microsoft SQL Server and he ain't even paid to do so
It's 2020. Things are weird. So maybe it's time to dance alone to 'Back Dat NAS up'
23 Oct 17:10 | 3
EU slaps extra sanctions on Russian spy chief and APT28 malware dev over 2015 Bundestag hack
Better late than never, eh
23 Oct 16:20 | 8
Ubuntu 20.10 goes full Raspberry Pi, from desktop to micro clouds: Full fat desktop on a Pi is usable
But company also has its eye on Kubernetes at the edge
23 Oct 15:15 | 22
Finding remote working a bit of a grind? Microsoft staffers feel your pain
Gloomy workers unlikely to moan about open plan again as office reopening slides to July 2021
23 Oct 14:20 | 18
NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app is leaving some unable to access government self-isolation grants
'That button is there on the app' says minister. How many times have you heard a client make wild claims about functionality?
23 Oct 13:25 | 31
Got a problem with trust in AI? Just add blockchain, Forrester urges. Then bust out the holographic meetings. Welcome to the future
It takes 'grit' to send in a holograph to meetings instead of struggling with mute buttons yourself...
23 Oct 12:30 | 14
'This was bigger than GNOME and bigger than just this case.' GNOME Foundation exec director talks patent trolls and much, much more
InterviewSnaps vs Flatpaks, losing in mobile, Microsoft and Linux, and avoiding another GNOME 2 to 3 disaster
23 Oct 11:23 | 66
OnePlus 8T review: Solid performance and a great screen make this 5G sub-flagship a delight
Do you really need so much RAM, though?
23 Oct 10:28 | 35
Ho hum: If you're so artificially intelligent, name this song while my videos go viral
Something for the Weekend, Sir?My careful plan to save the economy
23 Oct 09:28 | 34
Fancy a steaming portion of Kentucky Fried Bork? A fingerlickin' flub that's pure poultry in motion
Bork!Bork!Bork!Greasy goodness plays havoc with a PC's disk
23 Oct 08:30 | 20
IBM: Our AI correctly predicts onset of Alzheimer’s 71% of the time, better than standard clinical tests
IBM: Our AI correctly predicts onset of Alzheimer’s 71% of the time, better than standard clinical tests
23 Oct 07:54 | 26
The engineer lurking behind the curtain: Musical monitors on a meagre IT budget
On CallThe 'S' in SX, stands for 'Sporty', ok?
23 Oct 07:15 | 55
Ed Snowden doesn’t need to worry about being turfed out of Russia any more
Immigration reforms allowing more skilled workers to stay seem to have resulted in permanent residency
23 Oct 06:34 | 39
What makes data scientists look so cool? The data engineers doing the real work
PromoWith DSTI’s data engineering MSc, you can study in Paris, Nice, Lagos… or home
23 Oct 06:00 |
After Dutch bloke claims he hacked Trump's Twitter by guessing password, web biz says there's 'no evidence'
It's saying something when it's easy to believe the US President's passphrase was maga2020!
23 Oct 05:36 | 31
Facebook is leaky, creepy, and trashy. Now it wants to host some of your customer data
Reveals hosting service for WhatsApp Business API and gives its partners reasons to be fearful
23 Oct 05:15 | 18
China reveals audit of 320,000 local apps, with 34 booted from app stores and hundreds of devs warned they could suffer same fate
Privacy crackdown in the land of ubiquitous surveillance, where 5G now blankets all cities
23 Oct 04:27 | 5
After first floating $20bn penalty, DoJ suggests $60m fine for UMC's theft of Micron’s DRAM secrets
Taiwanese chipmaker promises ‘substantial assistance’ in ongoing China IP theft action
23 Oct 02:58 | 4
Down the Swanny: '2020 has been the most challenging year in my career' says Intel CEO as profit plunges 30%
Enterprise and govt data-center sales halve, Xeon processors delayed
23 Oct 01:35 | 13
Is it Iran or Russia's hackers we need to worry about? The Russians, definitely the Russians, says US intelligence
Energetic Bear team caught breaking into govt systems, no harm done to Nov 3 elections
22 Oct 23:39 | 44
Love Minecraft: Java? You'll have to learn to love your Microsoft account as well – it will be required next year
Mojang bows to the inevita... oh, look – a free cape!
22 Oct 19:28 | 69
Boeing puts Loyal Wingman robot fighter jet through its paces... on the ground
Rise of the MachinesI feel the need, the need for 16mph taxiing in safety
22 Oct 18:09 | 42
Slow and steady progress in Microsoft's latest diversity report, though most execs still pale and male
US lawmakers can look away now. Actually, don't
22 Oct 17:01 | 10
Out to launch: Huawei rolls out speedy charging Mate 40 and Mate 40 Pro flagships
Mate 40 family could be the company’s ‘last hurrah’ in smartphones outside China - analyst
22 Oct 16:23 | 9
Like a good defragging? The latest Dev Channel Windows 10 might be for you
For everyone else there are splash screens, fixes and iffy anti-malware
22 Oct 15:19 | 12
French IT outsourcer Sopra Steria hit by 'cyberattack', Ryuk ransomware suspected
You know, the firm that runs half of NHS Business Services
22 Oct 14:37 | 5
Ever wondered what exactly is going on in those containers? OpenTelemetry edges toward GA, emits tracing specification release candidate
Open source observability for debugging and tracing
22 Oct 13:55 | 2
COVID-struck holiday rentals firm Airbnb shacks up with ex Apple design honcho Jony Ive in multi-year deal
No, he's not dragging his cool vintage steamer-style suitcase onto an IKEA armchair in a host villa ... it's a 'special' design relationship
22 Oct 13:13 | 16
Today's tech giants won't be as naive as I was in DoJ dealings, says former Microsoft chief Bill Gates
'I didn’t realise that our success would lead to government attention'
22 Oct 12:53 | 33
Samsung to introduce automatic call blocking on Android 11-capable flagships
Yeah I've heard you were in a car accident that wasn't your fault. Is that right? *Click*
22 Oct 11:44 | 60
ISS air leakage fixed in time for crew handover, thanks to floating teabag
In BriefAlso: Starlinks soar but GPS stays grounded, NASA names first Virgin Galactic flier
22 Oct 10:55 | 59
NHS awards £500m everything-and-the-kitchen-sink framework to a long list of resellers
Backup, servers, storage, LAN, WAN and SAN, and software galore
22 Oct 10:10 | 7
Dulux feel lucky, punk? Samsung wades into paint world with interior emulsions designed to 'complement' your, er, TV
Yes your TV has a 'lifestyle'. Yes we have all been indoors for much, much too long
22 Oct 09:25 | 28
Bitcoin value jumps as PayPal says it will accept cryptocurrencies... once it has the kinks worked out
Online payment goliath wants to encourage global use of virtual dosh
22 Oct 08:39 | 45
We know there are a lot of, er, distractions right now but NASA's got some sweet video of its asteroid rubble raiser
VideoIncredible scoop, read all about it , read all about it
22 Oct 07:48 | 48
HPE bags $160m to build 550-PFLOPS super for Europe out of tomorrow's AMD Epyc processors, graphics chips
Finns are going Cray cray
22 Oct 07:04 | 4
OpenStack at 10 years old: A failure on its own terms, a success in its own niche
AnalysisAnd with China’s web giants showing it is capable of enormous scale, there’s still plenty of potential
22 Oct 06:27 | 8
How to get started with Intel Optane
SponsoredAnd utilise your hardware to its full potential
22 Oct 06:00 |
The hills are alive with the sound of Azure as Microsoft pledges Austrian bit barns
You are six nines, I am seven nines, will these reliability stats sink?
22 Oct 04:16 | 4
Iran sent threatening pro-Trump emails to American Democrats, Russia close behind, says US intelligence
UpdatedNo, say it ain't so, maga_christ9000@post.ir
22 Oct 02:03 | 77
Congrats, Meg Whitman, another multi-billion-dollar write-off for the CV: Her web vid upstart Quibi implodes
$2bn Alt-Netflix for those with short attention spans closes after short lifespan
22 Oct 00:22 | 98
Thought the FBI were the only ones able to unlock encrypted phones? Pretty much every US cop can get the job done
Massive public records request reveals scale of warrantless surveillance
21 Oct 23:34 | 122
Big Telco freaks out as unknown operator with great political connections vies for valuable 5G space in America
AnalysisThe swamp is full to the brim as usual in Washington DC, it seems
21 Oct 21:53 | 27
Coronavirus outbreak triggered a rush of online attacks against retail loyalty schemes, Akamai reckons
Digital souks are sitting ducks for identity fraudsters
21 Oct 20:25 | 6
How much does Oracle love you? Thiiiis much: Latest patch bundle has 402 fixes
How many times do you want to read the CVSS rating 9.8 today?
21 Oct 18:32 | 3
Developer survey: C# losing ground to JavaScript, PHP and Java for cloud apps, still big in gaming
Plus: What puts off developers from adopting cloud? Price
21 Oct 17:24 | 69
State of Iowa told no, you can’t use $21m coronavirus federal aid to help fund your $52m Workday roll-out
...even if your 18-year-old mainframe keeps getting flooded and falling over
21 Oct 16:27 | 24
SiFive reminds everyone you don't always need to offload vector math: Here's a RISC-V CPU that can process it, too
VIU75 core is 64-bit, runs Linux, supports RV vector extension
21 Oct 15:30 | 1
UK state of the Internet report: Virgin Media 'fast', BT's PlusNet last
Plus: Crowd-sourced data sniffer Ookla hits out at rivals' methodologies
21 Oct 14:45 | 53
Run Windows on a Chromebook: All the details. Not so fast, home user...
Parallels' Windows on Chrome OS solution is Enterprise-only, but why?
21 Oct 13:57 | 28
Another Chromium browser for Linux? Microsoft Edge arrives in preview form, no love for Arm yet
One question: Why Redmond, why? Ah, you need to meet developers wherever they are...
21 Oct 13:00 | 29
Who knew? Hadoop is over, says former Hortonworks guru Scott Gnau
InterviewTeradata veteran talks up his new home at InterSystems as best of both worlds
21 Oct 12:15 | 20
Windows 10 October 2020 Update arrives: Nothing that will drop your jaw, but we've had enough of 2020's fun surprises anyway
Steady as she goes for Microsoft as Edge turns up and Start gets a buffing
21 Oct 11:30 | 32
Logitech breezes past $1bn sales barrier in its Q2. That's a hell of a lot of mice, keyboards and web cams
Pandemic? Only in that not enough webcams are being made. CEO talks WFH trend, video calls and eSports
21 Oct 10:52 | 3
AWS open sources porting assistant for .NET: Early days for 'a broad problem'
Microsoft says no need to move but gap between .NET Framework and .NET Core is growing
21 Oct 10:01 | 3
Vivo Las Blowers: Chinese smartphone brand hops into Europe's crowded mobe market
Well, there's a Huawei-shaped opening thanks to Mr Trump and co
21 Oct 09:15 | 8
Got an irritating itch you just can't scratch? That'll be Windows wanting an update
Bork!Bork!Bork!No, we're a chemist. We don't sell that sort of patch.
21 Oct 08:30 | 13
Kick Google all you like, Mozilla tells US government, so long as we keep getting our Google-bucks
In case you've forgotten: Google sends Mozilla about $400m a year
21 Oct 08:02 | 35
Is Google fudging search rankings to benefit pages that embed YouTube vids? Or is this just another ‘bug’?
Websites featuring get super-fast rating despite slower reality
21 Oct 06:56 | 29
How cybercriminals play the domain game
SponsoredAnd why AI tools will make you less vulnerable
21 Oct 06:00 |
India floats superior ship-management software as a route to regional relevance
If ever there was a job for Docker and containers, this is it
21 Oct 05:02 | 11
Dell aims to become APEX creditor under new ITaaS plan
Promises one portal to drive cloud and on-prem workloads, with built-in kit-and-code-mart
21 Oct 04:02 |
Qualcomm and India’s top telco strike 5G pact, hit 1Gbps in trials
This goes some way towards explaining the 5G network kit Jio suddenly announced it had built and would sell
21 Oct 02:58 | 1
OpenStack haven OpenDev yanks Gerrit code review tool after admin account compromised for two weeks
Source warehouse asks users to verify recent project commits to ensure they’re not malicious
21 Oct 02:08 | 1
FYI: NASA appears to have scooped dirt from an asteroid 200 million miles away and plans to bring it back home
Would be nice if civilization could hold out for 2023 to see its return
21 Oct 01:10 | 62
Top tip, everyone: Chinese hackers are hitting these 25 vulns, so make sure you patch them ASAP, says NSA
Plus this Chrome one being exploited in the wild, we note
20 Oct 23:40 | 13
What does everyone make of today's Google antitrust action? Only the stock market is happy with the status quo
AnalysisSome state AGs feel US govt lawsuit is limited, tech groups worry about implications
20 Oct 22:45 | 48
Microsoft takes Kubernetes right to the edge with release of Akri for IoT devices
Beware Greeks bearing gifts
20 Oct 21:39 |
VMware patches, among other things, ESXi flaw that can be abused by miscreants on the network to hijack hosts
Adobe issues out-of-band patches, too, for Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, etc
20 Oct 20:14 |
Google screwed rivals to protect monopoly, says Uncle Sam in antitrust lawsuit: We go inside the Sherman parked on a Silicon Valley lawn
AnalysisSearch engine giant has officially become 1990s Microsoft
20 Oct 18:31 | 104
Azure in Spaaaaaaaaace: Microsoft signs up with SpaceX's satellite net constellation Starlink
In space, no one can hear you scream, 'Office 365 is down again!' If only there was a way to minimize outages on Earth...
20 Oct 18:01 | 2
MongoDB rolls out pick 'n' mix multi-cloud DBaaS, hopes to win over footdraggers by playing well with AWS, Google, Microsoft
Falls short as a generalist database playa, though, says analyst
20 Oct 17:02 | 6
Beloved US telco Verizon puts arm around Nokia, Microsoft, preps enterprise 5G for Europe, APAC
Lucky old us. Plus: Azure Edge biz service software bundled in
20 Oct 16:15 | 5
Remember insider threat? Old news now. Focus on malware detection, says EU infosec agency
ENISA annual report also calls for better use of threat intel by frontline bods
20 Oct 15:25 | 8
We'll know what we node, we'll grok what we've graphed: Neo4j nails graph machine learning to data science workbench
Can help build more efficient recommendation algos, amongst other stuff it hopes users want
20 Oct 14:38 | 2
Adobe updates Creative Cloud: Pushes out Illustrator for iPad and full sky replacement in Photoshop
Adobe MAXPlus: Is it real or is it Photoshop? First preview of Content Authenticity tool
20 Oct 13:45 | 15
Microsoft unleashes production-ready Edge Runtime. WebView2: This time it's Chromium
Distributes it in self-updating Evergreen flavour and Fixed for people who hate surprises
20 Oct 12:33 | 12
Oh Mi: Xiaomi shows off 80W wireless charging, claims battery fully fat again in under 20 minutes
Commercially available? Er.... not yet
20 Oct 11:39 | 58
GSM gateways: Parliament obviously cocked up, so let minister issue 'ignore the law' decree, UK.gov barrister urges court
Something something national security, right?
20 Oct 10:32 | 37
Transport for London data pilot: We want to keep tabs on dockless bikes and e-bikes
Peddling hard to swerve a pavement pile-up of leased 'mobile assets causing obstructions in the public realm'
20 Oct 09:26 | 61
Everybody's going to the Moon (and Mars): The Reg chats to ESA about 10-year plans and sending Tim back to space
Agency's 'nauts to ride in US commercial crew capsules 'going forward'
20 Oct 08:30 | 12
Cisco warns VMware vCenter bug puts hyperconverged tin in ‘unrecoverable’ state
Whatever you do, don’t run vCenter Server 7.0 U1 on HyperFlex. Just don’t go there unless you want horrible pain. Clear enough warning?
20 Oct 08:02 | 7
IBM still not offering future revenue guidance, suffers yet another quarter of falling sales
Plus $2.3bn of restructuring coming due to NewCo split, cloud humming along, Red Hat roaring
20 Oct 07:30 | 12
Arm gets edgier with faster machine-learning accelerator to slot alongside Cortex, Neoverse CPU cores
Ethos-U65 sounds like an industrial techno band from the 1990s but, well, it isn't
20 Oct 07:11 | 2
You’ve open sourced your relational database manager with PostgreSQL – but how can you keep it secure?
WebcastWe'll help you manage risk while chasing your RDBMS dreams
20 Oct 06:00 |
Toshiba to sell off-the-shelf quantum key distribution kit, eventually offer it as-a-service
Wait until the ‘we need backdoors’ crowd hears about this
20 Oct 04:57 | 11
Intel offloads NAND business to South Korea's SK Hynix for a cool $9bn
Deal sees $7bn paid now, $2bn in 2025 when Intel hands over key IP and FAB workers
20 Oct 03:58 | 11
Pakistan restores TikTok, says it needs to crack down on video nasties, and anything else outside 'societal norms'
App promises to curb behaviour but this might be about control than morals
20 Oct 02:29 | 1
Let’s check in with that 30,000-job $10bn Trump-Foxconn Wisconsin plant. Wow, way worse than we'd imagined
Surreal tales from the Midwest
20 Oct 00:58 | 177
NASA hires Nokia to build first 4G network on the Moon as part of plan to boldly go back to lunar surface by 2024
And 5G hype goes out of this world
19 Oct 23:43 | 56
When you tell Chrome to wipe private data about you, it spares two websites from the purge: Google.com, YouTube
UpdatedIs this another case of one rule for the Chocolate Factory and one for everyone else?
19 Oct 22:25 | 105
Notpetya, Olympics hacking, Novichok probe meddling... America throws the book at six alleged Kremlin hackers
While the UK says Russia probed 2020 Games systems, too
19 Oct 20:47 | 23
FreedomFi presses the public-beta-release button on its roll-your-own open-source 5G/LTE gateway gear
A few downsides: no voice, for starters
19 Oct 19:49 |
OIF! Forget OpenStack Foundation, it's becoming Open Infrastructure Foundation - with new members, an expanded role
After 10 years of OpenStack, 'a lot has changed and we are changing with it'
19 Oct 17:53 | 1
Here's the new build, Insiders... wait for it... wait for it... Is it Windows 10X's upcoming ... Oh. You can change refresh rate of the display
In BriefAlso: Teams goes native on Arm and Calculator pops up in Canonical's snap store
19 Oct 16:15 | 14
UK test-and-trace coronavirus data may be handed to police to nab those who aren't self-isolating as required
Plod 'involvement' could deter testing, says doctors' union
19 Oct 15:29 | 52
First, Patch Tuesday. Now, Oh Hell, Monday: Microsoft emits bonus fixes for Visual Studio, Windows 10 security bugs
In briefPlus: A warning to SharePoint operators
19 Oct 14:43 | 6
2020 hasn't been all bad – a new Raspberry Pi Compute Module is here
Farewell to the old form factor, hello to extra HDMI and speedier silicon
19 Oct 14:01 | 34
AMD scores 200,000 cores worth of secret silicon at new Australian supercomputer
Chips will power $34m machine doing Square Kilometre Array work and more
19 Oct 13:15 | 16
Atlassian pulls the plug on server licences, drags customers to the cloud
Pricey Data Center editions remain but customers complain that 'this is insane'
19 Oct 12:45 | 28
The exodus continues: Less than half of contractors expect to stick with their employment set-up after IR35
Tax doesn't have to be taxing, except when it does
19 Oct 12:00 | 33
Autonomy founder Mike Lynch's US extradition hearing will be in February 2021
Criminal court sets trial date as High Court continues pondering civil suit judgment
19 Oct 11:16 | 35
Will there be no end to govt attempts to break encryption? Hand over your data or the kiddies get it, threaten Five Eyes spies
ColumnThe Great Unicorn Prayer of security services: Stay secure, but - ya know - give us backdoors
19 Oct 10:30 | 52
Rambo: First Bork. Turns out John Rambo is no match for a bad CMOS checksum
Bork!Bork!Bork!To survive a war, you gotta become war. Yes, that's a real quote from the movie. Quality
19 Oct 09:25 | 30
Gamers are replacing Bing Maps objects in Microsoft Flight Simulator with rips from Google Earth
So much for showcasing Redmond's Chocolate Factory alternative
19 Oct 08:30 | 40
Can't quite remember the name of the song stuck in your head? Hum it and our AI will take a guess, says Google
In briefFine, try this one: Hmm mmm egregious web monopoly mmm-mmm hmm radicalizing video algorithms mm
19 Oct 07:58 | 24
Quick thinking and an explanation for everything – key CTO qualities
Who, Me?You thought that presentation would be dull as styrofoam flavoured water when...
19 Oct 07:15 | 56
VMware CEO doesn’t know who will run its hypervisor on SmartNICs
+CommentMaybe clouds. Maybe banks. Probably not you, until they matter to developers
19 Oct 06:37 | 6
Microsoft builds image-to-caption AI so that your visually impaired coworkers can truly comprehend your boss's PowerPoint abominations
Better-than-before code to make Office more accessible
19 Oct 06:02 | 13
Linux 5.10 to make Year 2038 problem the Year 2486 problem
XFS timestamp tweak extends Unix time for a few centuries
19 Oct 05:01 | 103
China passes Tik for Tok export ban law
Includes the usual stuff about not selling weapons, adds wording about tech, data, and reciprocity
19 Oct 03:57 | 17
Xi Jinping tells China to get busy quickening quantum everything to build 'new advantages for development'
Already has QKD in space. Next: ban-busting qubit-crunchers?
19 Oct 01:57 | 5
