South Korea creates $451bn semiconductor stimulus package
Samsung and SK Hynix singled out as nation tries to become a titan
14 May 2021 | 6
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An actress, an internet billionaire, and Tom Cruise walk into a space station ... not necessarily at the same time
It's Space Race 2 for Russia and America
14 May 2021 | 30
RIP Spencer Silver: Inventor of the Post-it Note, aka the office password reminder, dies
Obit Pen and sticky paper still a great analog productivity hack
14 May 2021 | 24
Cloudflare launches campaign to ‘end the madness’ of CAPTCHAs
Poll Testing dongle-driven ‘Cryptographic Attestation of Personhood’ and WebAuthn as alternative
14 May 2021 | 103
Alibaba Cloud growth slows after mystery international customer - maybe ByteDance - quits over ‘non-product related’ factors
UPDATE First loss as a listed company thanks to Beijing’s $2.8bn antitrust fine
14 May 2021 |
Italian monopoly watchdog asks Google to cough up a few euros for illegally blocking an Android Auto app
Web giant tells us it's considering its response to €100m fine demand
13 May 2021 | 7
Guy who wrote women are 'soft, weak, cosseted, naive' lasted about a month at Apple until internal revolt
Updated Ad tech engineer out after autobiography sparks protest – and what does this say about iGiant's hiring process?
13 May 2021 | 153
Open-source developers under corporate pressure to adopt less-permissive licenses, Percona CEO says
Cloud hyperscalers drive projects to slap restrictions on code use
13 May 2021 | 25
You’re heading to the cloud – congratulations. Now, where’s your data?
Webcast It’s the one lever you really need to get a grip on
13 May 2021 |
Microsoft's cloud gets JAMstacked: Azure Static Web Apps greenlit for production
JAM with a distinct whiff of Redmond, as you would expect
13 May 2021 | 3
Ransomware victim Colonial Pipeline paid $5m to get oil pumping again, restored from backups anyway – report
Anonymous sources get into war-by-media counterbriefing
13 May 2021 | 76
Google Cloud and SpaceX buddy up to fling edgy data and cloud services via Starlink
Sign-ups open in second half of 2021
13 May 2021 | 3
Guido van Rossum aiming to make CPython 2x faster in 3.11
Language Summit 'I got bored sitting at home while retired ... I chose to go back to my roots'
13 May 2021 | 11
Take-home salary pay cut in 2021? Billionaire Michael Dell feels you, slices off most of own yearly pay
Paid fraction of his fellow execs, though he is worth $50+bn (just don't mention tax)
13 May 2021 | 6
Openreach slaps another 5 million premises on top of FTTP connection target, expects to pay 'minimal tax in the UK' over next few years
We'll hire 7,000 to get it done by 2026, says boss
13 May 2021 | 10
As Samsung breaks ground on new EUV semi foundry, SK Hynix mulls expanding its logic and contract fab businesses
Analyst: 'Company may need to license 7nm and below process tech'
13 May 2021 |
Colonial Pipeline was looking to hire cybersecurity manager before ransomware attack shut down operations
Good luck to whoever got that gig
13 May 2021 | 26
James Webb Space Telescope runs one last dress rehearsal for its massive golden mirrors before heading to launchpad
A few final tests then it's bags packed for French Guiana – and about time too
13 May 2021 | 38
Man paralyzed from neck down uses AI brain implants to write out text messages
Video Read my blips
13 May 2021 | 15
Oops, says Manchester City Council after thousands of number plates exposed in parking ticket spreadsheet
Exclusive They are personal data, you know. Wait – you did know that, right?
13 May 2021 | 82
'Biggest data grab' in NHS history stuffs GP records in a central store for 'research' – and the time to opt out is now
Updated 'More data, more breadth, more depth... it's the whole f&*king deal'
13 May 2021 | 215
Rust 2021 edition to arrive in October with 'more consistent panic' and other new features
Also: Why Rust in Android will use the Soong build system, not Cargo
13 May 2021 | 24
Does AI have to disrupt everything you know about running a data center?
Sponsored The optimal intelligent model could be disaggregation
13 May 2021 |
Japan to start stamping out rubber stamps and tearing up faxes as new digital agency given Sept. 1 start date
'My Number' identifier to become central to myriad government services if the plan works
13 May 2021 | 48
Google Docs users, you are on notice: Code rewrite may break browser extensions
Updated HTML and CSS? What is this, 2003?
13 May 2021 | 42
Microsoft bins Azure Blockchain without explanation, gives users four months to move
Says picking a replacement is your next step. Seriously, that’s Redmond's first piece of advice. Eventually it recommends Quorum
13 May 2021 | 24
India’s vaccination-booking API criticised for excluding millions, containing bugs, and overflowing with elitism
It’s faulty, struggling to scale, lacks a dedicated privacy policy
13 May 2021 | 9
Elon Musk hits the brakes on taking Bitcoin for Tesla purchases
CEO wakes up to BTC's connection to coal, holds onto the stash until mining becomes more eco friendly
13 May 2021 | 98
When it comes to cybersecurity, there's always time for summer school or winter training
Promo Get ready for SANS Institute's biggest ever Asia-Pacific training event
13 May 2021 |
FCC starts probing effects of semiconductor drought on the US telecoms supply chain
If only there was a business to consult about chip shortages? Ah, that's right. Huawei, awks
12 May 2021 | 1
Pentagon backs away from labeling smartphone maker Xiaomi a military org run by China's communist elite
Biz to be removed from naughty list following out-of-court settlement
12 May 2021 | 4
If you said the semiconductor shortage will last until Q2 2022, you would be correct, according to Gartner
Chip in if you want more chips, analyst house suggests
12 May 2021 | 1
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
12 May 2021 | 13
With Gelsinger back at Intel, VMware picks new CEO from within, shakes up execs
vRangarajan vRaghuram is vBoss after vMotion to vTop
12 May 2021 | 1
If you can't upload to Amazon Photos right now, don't worry – no one can
Updated Unlimited picture-hosting service suddenly gets very limited
12 May 2021 | 6
Water's wet, the Pope's Catholic, and iOS is designed to stop folk switching to Android, Epic trial judge told
Fortnite maker wheels out economist to explain how Apple works
12 May 2021 | 73
