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Where there's a .mil, there's Huawei: Pentagon allowed to keep using Chinese tech deemed too dangerous for everyone else – report

How do you solve a problem like Privacy Shield? US and EU policymakers kick off discussions

HPE hopes COVID-19 clouds will pass as UK limb's sales down for third year in a row

Clarke's Third Law: Any sufficiently advanced techie is indistinguishable from magic

NHS tests COVID-19 contact-tracing app that may actually work properly – EU neighbors lent a helping hand

Mozilla signs fresh Google search deal worth mega-millions as 25% staff cut hits Servo, MDN, security teams

Google Apps Scripts debugger is buggered for devs using V8 runtime: Fix coming... in Q4

Deep-root database: Kew Garden's 8 million specimen collection to find new life through data management

Microsoft Defender casts a jaundiced eye over Citrix, slams services in quarantine on suspicion of being malware

Oracle and Salesforce targeted in €10bn GDPR lawsuit backed by profit-making litigation fund

CREST: We are investigating NCC Group certification cheat sheet scandal – and not with NCC personnel

Australian government wants power to run cyber-response for businesses under attack

Docker shocker: Cash-strapped container crew threatens to delete 4.5 petabytes of unloved images

AWS Marketplace webinar: Learn how to automate and scale continuous integration to boost your business

Machine log roller Sumo Logic expands to swallow AWS data-watching, DevOps performance

Microsoft introduces Open Service Mesh for Kubernetes, plans quick donation to CNCF

Shocking no one, not enough foreigners applied for H-1B visas this year so US govt ran a second lottery

Trump administration reportedly offers Oracle cheap end to $400m wage discrimination case

India rolls out AI and e-government to increase taxpayer numbers beyond current miserable 15 million

Made in China? Not for much longer, reckons Foxconn boss

The Surface Duo isn't such an outlandish idea, but Microsoft has to convince punters the form factor is worth having

Epic Games gets itself epically banned, launches epic Fortnite death match with Apple over App Store's epic 30% cut

Intel talks up its 10nm Tiger Lake laptop system-on-chips as though everything is going according to plan

ZX Spectrum reboot promising – steady now – 28MHz of sizzling Speccy speed now boasts improved Wi-Fi

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I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Winking red supergiants sneezing hot gas 650 light years away

America's largest radio telescope blind after falling cable slashes 100-foot gash in reflector dish

Rocket Lab to bounce back from July's orbital fail with bulging payloads and parachuting Electrons

Why so salty, Ceres? Is it on account of your underground oceans and cryovolcanism?

Money talks as Chinese chip foundries lure TSMC staff with massive salaries to fix the Middle Kingdom's tech gap

Shine on: Boffins bedazzle Alexa and her voice-controlled assistant kin with silent laser-injected commands

AWS creates a quantum computing cloud with classical testbed plus rentable qubits

Single-line software bug causes fledgling YAM cryptocurrency to implode just two days after launch

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Eagle-on-EGLE* violence: American icon sends govt-flown drone hurtling into the waters of Lake Michigan

Well, what are we waiting for? Three weeks later, Windows Embedded Standard 7 still didn't have the answer

US govt proposes elephant showers for every American after Prez Trump says trickles dampen his haircare routine

Snortical warfare: Wild boar launches amphibious assault against German beachgoers

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The Surface Duo isn't such an outlandish idea, but Microsoft has to convince punters the form factor is worth having

And there might be a delay before devs warm up to dual screens

14 Aug 15:39 | 22

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Epic Games gets itself epically banned, launches epic Fortnite death match with Apple over App Store's epic 30% cut

Google yoinks smash-hit video game from Play store, too

14 Aug 00:29 | 50

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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

13 Aug 13:00 | 21

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ZX Spectrum reboot promising – steady now – 28MHz of sizzling Speccy speed now boasts improved Wi-Fi

Heir to 2017’s successful Spectrum Next hits target in minutes

13 Aug 07:32 | 75

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We have bad news for non-US Microsoft fans: The incoming Surface Duo is underspecced, overpriced, and over there

'A more productive way to get things done' – in the States only

12 Aug 17:53 | 42

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Never Hertz to try: Samsung's new adaptive display tech will change frequency depending on the app you're running

Tipped to appear on upcoming Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G

12 Aug 14:59 | 9

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How is Trump's anti-Chinese rhetoric playing out? 70% of smartphones sold in the US are – surprise – made in China

So it's working really well

12 Aug 12:30 | 57

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Microsoft spills beans on release, pricing for folding fancyphone: Start your Surface Duo engines now

10 September, $1,399

12 Aug 11:20 | 12

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Xiaomi turns 10 and celebrates by sitting down to relax in front of its new transparent television

And smartphone that shows you its innards if required

12 Aug 07:52 | 31

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Nokia licensor HMD Global scores $230m from Google, Qualcomm, and, er... Nokia

Phone maker to plough cash into 5G, cracking US market, and diversification

11 Aug 18:48 | 11

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Can I get some service here? The new 27-inch iMac forgoes replaceable storage for soldered innards

Spudger-flingers rate it 4 out of 10, note an 'artificially short lifespan'

11 Aug 14:26 | 45

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Huawei Matebook X Pro 2020: Nothing too crazy but at least it's more fixable and cheaper than comparable Apple wares

Which might help convince your stingy purchase manager

11 Aug 08:30 | 23

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Three Facebooks, four more Amazons and one Apple to collect Indonesia’s digital services tax

And so will TikTok and Disney, with more to come

11 Aug 04:03 | 5

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Publishers signed up to Apple's premium News may be less than 'appy to discover the iGiant snatching readers

Safari links redirected by default into Cupertino's walled garden

10 Aug 22:11 | 24

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We've reached the endgame: Bezos 'in talks' to turn shuttered department stores into Amazon warehouses

Gutted Sears, JC Penney locations could become 'fulfillment centers'

10 Aug 20:19 | 58

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Huawei running out of smartphone CPUs as US sanctions begin to bite

Chinese giant suggests current Kirin SoC could be last of its kind

10 Aug 05:02 | 20

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Just like when you 'game over' two seconds into a new level... Facebook launches Gaming app without games on iOS

Zuck, Google, Microsoft platforms barred from Apple's iOS software souk

07 Aug 19:54 | 25

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Apple faces further iPhone 12 supply chain woes, per famed analyst Ming-Chi Kuo

Taiwanese optics suppliers in the frame, reportedly

07 Aug 16:30 | 4

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That's how we roll: OWC savagely undercuts Apple's $699 Mac Pro wheels with bargain $199 alternative

Doesn't matter if design was perfected at dawn of humankind, you still have to pay Cupertino tax

07 Aug 09:24 | 65

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Rejoice! China's smartphone market drops 10% as 5G purchases surge

The Middle Kingdom is thought to be a few months further down the road to economic recovery and smartmobes are discretionary purchases

07 Aug 06:29 | 8

Where there's a .mil, there's Huawei: Pentagon allowed to keep using Chinese tech deemed too dangerous for everyone else – report

How do you solve a problem like Privacy Shield? US and EU policymakers kick off discussions

HPE hopes COVID-19 clouds will pass as UK limb's sales down for third year in a row

Clarke's Third Law: Any sufficiently advanced techie is indistinguishable from magic

NHS tests COVID-19 contact-tracing app that may actually work properly – EU neighbors lent a helping hand

Mozilla signs fresh Google search deal worth mega-millions as 25% staff cut hits Servo, MDN, security teams

Google Apps Scripts debugger is buggered for devs using V8 runtime: Fix coming... in Q4

Deep-root database: Kew Garden's 8 million specimen collection to find new life through data management

Microsoft Defender casts a jaundiced eye over Citrix, slams services in quarantine on suspicion of being malware

Oracle and Salesforce targeted in €10bn GDPR lawsuit backed by profit-making litigation fund

CREST: We are investigating NCC Group certification cheat sheet scandal – and not with NCC personnel

Australian government wants power to run cyber-response for businesses under attack

Docker shocker: Cash-strapped container crew threatens to delete 4.5 petabytes of unloved images

AWS Marketplace webinar: Learn how to automate and scale continuous integration to boost your business

Machine log roller Sumo Logic expands to swallow AWS data-watching, DevOps performance

Microsoft introduces Open Service Mesh for Kubernetes, plans quick donation to CNCF

Shocking no one, not enough foreigners applied for H-1B visas this year so US govt ran a second lottery

Trump administration reportedly offers Oracle cheap end to $400m wage discrimination case

India rolls out AI and e-government to increase taxpayer numbers beyond current miserable 15 million

Made in China? Not for much longer, reckons Foxconn boss

The Surface Duo isn't such an outlandish idea, but Microsoft has to convince punters the form factor is worth having

Epic Games gets itself epically banned, launches epic Fortnite death match with Apple over App Store's epic 30% cut

Intel talks up its 10nm Tiger Lake laptop system-on-chips as though everything is going according to plan

ZX Spectrum reboot promising – steady now – 28MHz of sizzling Speccy speed now boasts improved Wi-Fi

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Winking red supergiants sneezing hot gas 650 light years away

America's largest radio telescope blind after falling cable slashes 100-foot gash in reflector dish

Rocket Lab to bounce back from July's orbital fail with bulging payloads and parachuting Electrons

Why so salty, Ceres? Is it on account of your underground oceans and cryovolcanism?

Money talks as Chinese chip foundries lure TSMC staff with massive salaries to fix the Middle Kingdom's tech gap

Shine on: Boffins bedazzle Alexa and her voice-controlled assistant kin with silent laser-injected commands

AWS creates a quantum computing cloud with classical testbed plus rentable qubits

Single-line software bug causes fledgling YAM cryptocurrency to implode just two days after launch

Eagle-on-EGLE* violence: American icon sends govt-flown drone hurtling into the waters of Lake Michigan

Well, what are we waiting for? Three weeks later, Windows Embedded Standard 7 still didn't have the answer

US govt proposes elephant showers for every American after Prez Trump says trickles dampen his haircare routine

Snortical warfare: Wild boar launches amphibious assault against German beachgoers

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The Surface Duo isn't such an outlandish idea, but Microsoft has to convince punters the form factor is worth having

Epic Games gets itself epically banned, launches epic Fortnite death match with Apple over App Store's epic 30% cut

Intel talks up its 10nm Tiger Lake laptop system-on-chips as though everything is going according to plan

ZX Spectrum reboot promising – steady now – 28MHz of sizzling Speccy speed now boasts improved Wi-Fi

We have bad news for non-US Microsoft fans: The incoming Surface Duo is underspecced, overpriced, and over there

Never Hertz to try: Samsung's new adaptive display tech will change frequency depending on the app you're running

How is Trump's anti-Chinese rhetoric playing out? 70% of smartphones sold in the US are – surprise – made in China

Microsoft spills beans on release, pricing for folding fancyphone: Start your Surface Duo engines now

Xiaomi turns 10 and celebrates by sitting down to relax in front of its new transparent television

Nokia licensor HMD Global scores $230m from Google, Qualcomm, and, er... Nokia

Can I get some service here? The new 27-inch iMac forgoes replaceable storage for soldered innards

Huawei Matebook X Pro 2020: Nothing too crazy but at least it's more fixable and cheaper than comparable Apple wares

Three Facebooks, four more Amazons and one Apple to collect Indonesia’s digital services tax

Publishers signed up to Apple's premium News may be less than 'appy to discover the iGiant snatching readers

We've reached the endgame: Bezos 'in talks' to turn shuttered department stores into Amazon warehouses

Huawei running out of smartphone CPUs as US sanctions begin to bite

Just like when you 'game over' two seconds into a new level... Facebook launches Gaming app without games on iOS

Apple faces further iPhone 12 supply chain woes, per famed analyst Ming-Chi Kuo

That's how we roll: OWC savagely undercuts Apple's $699 Mac Pro wheels with bargain $199 alternative

Rejoice! China's smartphone market drops 10% as 5G purchases surge

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Single-line software bug causes fledgling YAM cryptocurrency to implode just two days after launch

Mozilla signs fresh Google search deal worth mega-millions as 25% staff cut hits Servo, MDN, security teams

Docker shocker: Cash-strapped container crew threatens to delete 4.5 petabytes of unloved images

You weren't hacked because you lacked space-age network defenses. Nor because cyber-gurus picked on you. It's far simpler than that

Sources: Oracle Commerce Cloud devs laid off as platform struggles to gain traction, move to modern architecture

ZX Spectrum reboot promising – steady now – 28MHz of sizzling Speccy speed now boasts improved Wi-Fi

This NSA, FBI security advisory has four words you never want to see together: Fancy Bear Linux rootkit

Clarke's Third Law: Any sufficiently advanced techie is indistinguishable from magic

Made in China? Not for much longer, reckons Foxconn boss

US govt proposes elephant showers for every American after Prez Trump says trickles dampen his haircare routine

Toshiba formally and finally exits laptop business

OnePlus Nord is surprisingly fixable compared to earlier stablemates, but common repairs require disassembly

Well, that was quick: Google brutally culls Pixel 4 and 4 XL before successor hits market

Call of duty, modem warfare: Taiwanese Qualcomm rival MediaTek teams up with Intel for first stab at 5G laptop chipset

Oppo Find X2 Neo: We're not getting any slimmer through lockdown, but phones are

We Kana believe it! Raspberry Pi Foundation launches Japanese keyboard

Clue's in the name: Samsung's next Galaxy Note line captures scrawls with responsive stylus then punts them over to a PC

Google to pull plug on Play Music, its streaming service that couldn't beat Spotify, in favour of YouTube Music

Apple re-arms the iMac with 10th-gen Intel Core silicon

Mozilla doubles down on anti-tracking tech: It'll be tougher for wily ad-biz cookie monsters to track Firefox

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas: Fondleslab sales shoot up to festive season levels as folk work from home

Google reveals washable phone case, plus the new midrange Pixel 4a that goes inside it