Personal Tech
Baby, I swear it's déjà vu: iFixit prises open the iPhone 13 Pro
Battery still swappable – rest fiddly
27 Sep 13:44 | 10
On-Prem
Exclusive
Metrobank techies placed at risk of redundancy, severance terms criticised
Now sing with us: Agile, agile, agile...
27 Sep 10:27 | 33
Feature
Calculating the big picture: Future HPC efforts will soon see off its von Neumann past
Dear John, I'm leaving you for a robot
27 Sep 09:28 | 10
Updated
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou admits lying about Iran deal, gets to go home
US puts charges on ice, extradition attempt halted
25 Sep 00:20 | 82
Personal Tech
For the nth time, China bans cryptocurrencies
Coin prices drop after People's Bank reiterates crackdown
24 Sep 21:51 | 29
Updated
Tech contractors fume over payday outage at Giant Pay after it sniffs 'suspicious activity'
Technical difficulties, please stand by
24 Sep 12:26 | 32
Boatnotes II
'Nobody in their right mind would build a naval base here today': Navigating in and out of Devonport
Twisting and turning like a twisty-turny thing
24 Sep 10:49 | 48
On-Prem
UK Ministry of Defence tries again to procure £1.7bn tri-service recruitment system
New guys can't do a worse job than Capita, right? Right?
24 Sep 07:45 | 33
On Call
Check your bits: What to do when Unix decides to make a hash of your bill printouts
Symbol shenanigans turned out to be the least of the government's problems
24 Sep 07:02 | 120
Networks
Japanese boffins say they've created plastic optical fibres to reach places that might break glass
Polymers can transmit at 53Gbps without error correction overheads, and could be just the thing for electric cars
24 Sep 06:02 | 24
Networks
Indian broadband connections top 800 million … sort of
'Broadband' is defined as 512kbps – for now – and just 24 million current connections are wired
24 Sep 02:58 | 9
Networks
If you're not sold on the benefits of 5G, Ericsson suggests you keep an eye on gaming, home broadband
NA CEO predicts takeoff in 18 months max
24 Sep 01:35 | 18
Personal Tech
Texas law banning platforms from social media moderation challenged in lawsuit
Tech trade groups argue prohibition on moderation is unconstitutional
23 Sep 21:57 | 191
On-Prem
Dell bids adieu to the era of big acquisitions, concentrates on paying down debt and Michael's new book
Partnerships are our future, says tycoon
23 Sep 21:14 | 4
Updated
One-size-fits-all chargers? What a great idea! Of course Apple would hate it
Cupertino thinks EU USB-C plan 'stifles innovation rather than encouraging it'
23 Sep 19:44 | 195
Sponsored
In a dark place because your K8s apps still want local storage? It’s time to see the light
Find out how to crack the portability conundrum
23 Sep 19:00 |
Networks
Need US mobile data? Cellular data plan launches on the Helium Blockchain
The Great Gig in the Sky, or a new plan on GigSky?
23 Sep 16:45 | 3
Networks
BT jittery about Cellnex snapping up UK mobile tower assets
Brit telco says buyout will mean less competition, higher prices, cats and dogs living together, mass hysteria
23 Sep 13:43 | 6
Personal Tech
If you're Intel, self-driving cars look an awful lot like PCs
Hardware capabilities, latest feature updates? You'll get what you pay for
23 Sep 10:43 | 32
Systems Approach
Here's an idea: Verification for computer networks as well as chips and code
What tools are available? What are the benefits? Let's find out
23 Sep 07:28 | 8
Popular
Who, Me?
Don't touch that dial – the new guy just closed the application that no one is meant to close
An unexpected round of Just A Minute for a unsuspecting Weather Presenter
Software
This won’t hurt a bit, says Veeam, as it flags end of socket-based licensing
Change to universal licenses coming sometime in 2022, says backup vendor, but won't be forced
Security
'Quad' group seeks to set security standards for global tech industry
USA, India, Australia, and Japan pledge to build own 5G tech, share space data, secure rare earth supply chains, and more
Legal
Indian state cuts off internet for millions to stop cheating in exams
1.6 million people sat teaching eligibility test, chasing 40,000 jobs
Exclusive
Metrobank techies placed at risk of redundancy, severance terms criticised
Now sing with us: Agile, agile, agile...
Opinion
If your head's not in the cloud, you're not in the right place
'Where are the k8s kids?' ask corporates as they can't pay, won't pay
Personal Tech
Baby, I swear it's déjà vu: iFixit prises open the iPhone 13 Pro
Battery still swappable – rest fiddly
Bootnotes
Want to feel old? Aussie cyclist draws Nirvana baby in Strava on streets of Adelaide because Nevermind is 30
Meanwhile, Nirvana baby unchuffed about being Nirvana baby
Feature
Calculating the big picture: Future HPC efforts will soon see off its von Neumann past
Dear John, I'm leaving you for a robot
Security
Fake 'BT' caller fleeces elderly victim of £30k in APP app scam
That's authorised push payment – where they get the mark to make the transfer
STORIES
Networks
Imagine a fiber optic cable that can sense it's about to be dug up and send a warning
Forget wiring cities with IoT devices – this could be how wide-scale sensing gets done
23 Sep 06:58 | 45
Servers
Memory prices to dive in late 2022, says Gartner
Firm says 40 per cent of a server's bill of material costs are tied to memory
23 Sep 04:28 | 6
Personal Tech
Microsoft wants you to know it hasn't forgotten about Surface
Laptops added or refreshed, and another go at making dual-screen phones a thing
23 Sep 01:44 | 9
Personal Tech
Square-shaped hole in workers' wallets after payment system fails at peak tip time
Unexplained service issue blamed after customers unable to leave gratuities electronically
23 Sep 00:37 | 17
Servers
More than three years after last release, X.Org Server 21.1.0 RC1 appears
Back from the brink with new features
22 Sep 19:47 | 48
Networks
Hellfire and damnation: Two French monks charged over 5G mast arson attack
What in the blazes?
22 Sep 18:01 | 66
Personal Tech
Mobile mobile museum looks to chart the history of portable phones
25-year-strong collection of 2,000 handsets covers 1984 to the present day
22 Sep 16:32 | 14
HPC
First RISC-V computer chip lands at the European Processor Initiative
EPAC accelerator runs its first 'Hello, World!' in-silico
22 Sep 14:28 | 24
Servers
Thatcher-era ICL mainframe fingered for failure to pay out over £1bn in UK pensions
Three or four unconnected systems required for casework leading – unsurprisingly – to errors
22 Sep 13:37 | 39
HPC
'Large-scale computing' needs a government team driving it, says UK.gov
Report from the Government Office for Science lays out the hurdles to supercomputing relevance
22 Sep 11:20 | 13
Boatnotes II
Navigating without GPS is one thing – so let's jam it and see what happens to our warship
Meaconing, loss of position, and the Royal Navy's response
22 Sep 09:12 | 88
Personal Tech
Japan, Singapore, perhaps the whole world.... Get ready for robot waiters from Softbank and Keenon
Automation is the answer to labor shortages, social distancing, apparently
22 Sep 02:50 | 25
Personal Tech
Now America's financial watchdog probes 'frat house' Activision Blizzard
Plus: Chief Legal Officer exits as court battles loom
21 Sep 21:23 | 3
Storage
Fivetran snags $565m funding round as Snowflake attempts to eat its lunch with in-house data integration tools
Also buys data replication company HVR for $700m
21 Sep 14:27 |
Updated
Raspberry Pi's trading arm snags £33m investment as flotation rumours sink
Cash courtesy of Lansdowne Partners and the Ezrah Charitable Trust, focused on 'the poorest of the poor'
21 Sep 12:15 | 10
On-Prem
Over 9 months late, England's highways agency launches contract to buy £1bn in IT
Rebranded org now calling itself National Highways
21 Sep 10:49 | 15
