Personal Tech
Apple, forced to rate product repair potential in France, gives itself modest marks
Never mind the glue and soldered RAM
27 Feb 06:13 | 59
On-Prem
Personal Tech
TikTok to cough up $92m to settle data privacy sueballs over harvesting too much data
Or about five days of annual operating profit
27 Feb 00:06 | 3
OSes
Apple's latest macOS Big Sur update stops cheapo USB-C hubs bricking your machine
Still, it's probably best to stick with eye-wateringly expensive official peripherals
26 Feb 21:01 | 35
On-Prem
Bloody Dell! The humble notebook made the difference between a crappy fiscal 2021 and a good one
Yes, we will never mention the death of the PC again, at least until next time
26 Feb 18:17 | 6
Storage
Seagate UK customer stung by VAT on replacement drive shipped via the Netherlands
Well, Brexit meant Brexit
26 Feb 11:15 | 206
On Call
A word to the Wyse: Smoking cigars in the office is very bad for you... and your monitor
A matte-black terminal? Neat! Where can I get one?
26 Feb 08:15 | 120
HPC
We need a 20MW 20,000-GPU-strong machine-learning supercomputer to build EU's planned digital twin of Earth
And this machine will be used to *check notes* study climate change. Study it or cause it?
26 Feb 07:27 | 84
On-Prem
VMware reports ‘progress on potential spinoff from Dell’, beats expectations for Q4 and full FY2021
Containerised Tanzu portfolio starts to make serious sales progress
26 Feb 04:56 |
On-Prem
New Nutanix CEO hints at mid-year product bundle launch
And reckons subscription acceleration means flat revenue is nothing to worry about
26 Feb 04:01 |
Personal Tech
In YouTube's world, parental supervision means: 'Everyone sign in to Google, click once, and trust we get it right'
That's what's on offer in new 'supervised' YouTube mode for tweens and teens
26 Feb 02:57 | 15
Networks
Copper broadband phaseout will leave UK customers with higher bills and less choice, says comparison site
It seems people are OK with paying more for faster internet, though
25 Feb 16:46 | 87
Networks
FCC announces winners in $81bn 5G spectrum auction. Congrats to Verizon, which must cough up $45.4bn
AT&T and T-Mobile also have to write enormous cheques before March 24
25 Feb 14:12 | 16
On-Prem
HP loses attempt to deny colossal commission to star sales staffer
Contract was clear and trying to backdate changes was naughty, rules Australian court
25 Feb 07:29 | 41
Servers
With computer brains in short supply, President Biden orders 100-day probe into semiconductor drought
And pledges to 'push' for $37bn in funding to increase chip manufacturing capacity
25 Feb 03:47 | 33
Networks
Singapore, Dell do a pandemic-era elbow bump, open IT giant's first-of-its-kind 'innovation hub' outside US
Island nation may become tech goliath's destination for 5G and edge research
25 Feb 02:05 |
Servers
India dangles billion-dollar incentive scheme for server, PC makers willing to open up shop on the sub-continent
Tablets also sought with call for top builders to diversify operations
25 Feb 00:38 | 6
Personal Tech
So, bye-bye mighty nerd haven Fry’s, took Silicon to the Valley... and now you must die
End of an era for iconic electronics shop chain
25 Feb 00:17 | 34
Sponsored
Is 5G truly 'green'? How can operators ensure greater network efficiency?
5G technologies aimed at significant energy efficiency improvements
24 Feb 23:00 |
Networks
California’s net neutrality rules good to go after judge boots Big Cable’s lawsuit
Judge Mendez also suggests trying to use 1934 law in 2021 is... sub-optimal
24 Feb 22:57 | 14
Servers
Federal Reserve falls over in massive hours-long tech outage, knocks down US inter-bank transfer system
Few details beyond 'operational error'
24 Feb 21:25 | 12
Networks
HPE dips toe into OpenRAN 5G with a software platform and new iron to run it
Should be with carriers in the second quarter
24 Feb 18:18 |
On-Prem
Thirsty work: TSMC starts trucking in water amid Taiwan drought to keep chip production lines chugging
Yet more woes for embattled industry
24 Feb 17:37 | 16
Personal Tech
Chill out, lockdown ain't over yet – perhaps FUZIX on the Pi Pico could feature in your weekend shed projects
Tiny $4 computer meets tiny OS
24 Feb 16:59 | 30
Popular
Video
NASA sends nuclear tank 293 million miles to Mars, misses landing spot by just five metres. Now watch its video
See how plucky Perseverance touched down on the unforgiving dust world
Security
1Password has none, KeePass has none... So why are there seven embedded trackers in the LastPass Android app?
Third-party code in security-critical apps is obviously suboptimal, but company says you can opt out
SaaS
Google admits Kubernetes container tech is so complex, it's had to roll out an Autopilot feature to do it all for you
More expensive, less flexible, but easier and safer to use
Networks
SpaceX small print on Starlink insists no Earth government has authority or sovereignty over Martian activities
Isn't this a subplot from those James S A Corey novels?
Updated
Whistleblowers: Inflexible prison software says inmates due for release should be kept locked up behind bars
It's not a bug, it's a feature you need to put in a change request to alter, says developer
Servers
With computer brains in short supply, President Biden orders 100-day probe into semiconductor drought
And pledges to 'push' for $37bn in funding to increase chip manufacturing capacity
Interview
'We're finding bugs way faster than we can fix them': Google sponsors 2 full-time devs to improve Linux security
Plus: Why the Chocolate Factory only uses code it builds from source
Security
VMware warns of critical remote code execution flaw in vSphere HTML5 client
If you don't patch, the hosts driving all your virty servers are at risk. So maybe your to-do list needs a tickle?
Column
Facebook and Apple are toying with us, and it's scarcely believable
What to do when companies think they own their customers
Security
Clop ransomware gang leaks online what looks like stolen Bombardier blueprints of GlobalEye radar snoop jet
And what may be CAD drawing of a military radar antenna
STORIES
Personal Tech
Lenovo's ThinkPad line goes under the knife: X13 models look a bit taller but worry not, the 'nipples' are still intact
AMD or Intel flavours, Wi-Fi 6, and... an antimicrobial component?
24 Feb 13:31 | 25
Storage
Microsoft unveils swappable SSDs for Surface Pro 7+ but 'strongly discourages' users from upping their capacity
Opted for 128GB? Better hope that software bloat doesn't bite you
24 Feb 12:01 | 55
On-Prem
Pyrrhic victory: Co-Op wins £13m from IBM over collapse of £175m Project Cobalt insurance platform contract
It wanted £128m in wasted spending – but customer wasn't blameless for debacle, rules UK High Court
24 Feb 11:08 | 22
On-Prem
IBM teases new AIX release – the first since 2015
And guess what? Version 7.3 will emphasise hybrid cloud in line with new CEO Arvind Krishna's wishes
24 Feb 04:07 | 6
Personal Tech
Spotify to introduce lossless audio streaming: Better sound or inefficient gimmick?
'More about branding than it is quality,' reckons analyst
23 Feb 20:15 | 87
Personal Tech
Samsung shows off next-generation big-pixel camera sensor tech, coming to an Android phone near you
Good chance a phone you buy this year will use this photography tech
23 Feb 18:58 | 15
Personal Tech
SD card slot, HDMI port could return to the MacBook Pro this year, says Apple analyst
An end to dongle hell in sight?
23 Feb 17:01 | 28
On-Prem
UK might still be in lockdown but tech jobs rise above pre-pandemic levels and beyond, according to ONS
More women in tech workforce too, and salaries staying firm or going up
23 Feb 16:12 | 5
Networks
SpaceX small print on Starlink insists no Earth government has authority or sovereignty over Martian activities
Isn't this a subplot from those James S A Corey novels?
23 Feb 14:55 | 140
Networks
Xilinx pops a 16-core 64-bit Arm system-on-chip from NXP into its latest FPGA-based 100Gbps smart NIC
Gate array for data plane, CPU cores for control plane
23 Feb 14:00 | 4
Networks
Nominet sets the date for extraordinary meeting where members could fire CEO
Showdown over future of the .uk operator set for late March, shenanigans already alleged
23 Feb 08:56 | 52
Personal Tech
MWC Shanghai opens with celebration of the humble smartphone's role in helping humanity cope with COVID-19
GSMA chief offers new burgers-per-year benchmark for techno-impact
23 Feb 07:58 | 1
Personal Tech
Microsoft sides with media groups, together they urge Europe to follow Australia's lead, make Google, Facebook pay for news article links
Already interest from MEPs, one body tells us
23 Feb 07:29 | 36
ANALYSIS
Facebook and Australia do a deal: The Social Network™ will restore news down under and even start paying for it
Relationship status changes from ‘Separated’ to somewhere between 'In a Domestic Partnership’ and 'It's Complicated'
23 Feb 06:45 | 29
On-Prem
Microsoft staffers restive as annual employee poll lands – without questions about compensation
‘We are only insanely paid vs ludicrously paid at Google or Netflix’
23 Feb 05:36 | 20
Personal Tech
Does Samsung want you to buy new phones? Asking 'cos Galaxies now get four years of security updates
Even kit from 2019 is covered and so are the modestly priced A and M series
23 Feb 04:13 | 39
