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That's infotainment, that's infotainment: Android Automotive OS goes virtual with new reference platform

Microsoft? AWS? Nein und nein. Deutsche Bank signs up with Google Cloud for its latest crack at digital transformation

You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here. Fujitsu tells 80,000 of its Japan employees: From now on, you work remotely

July? British government could decide to boot Chinese giant Huawei from the UK's networks by this month

Micro Focus COVID-19 costs: Carry the one, decimal 9 places to the right... hmm. Holy cow, it's a $1bn+ loss

Microsoft to take a break from Edge releases: Hits pause button to align with Chromium

Linux kernel coders propose inclusive terminology coding guidelines, note: 'Arguments about why people should not be offended do not scale'

When a deleted primary device file only takes 20 mins out of your maintenance window, but a whole year off your lifespan

Social media giants move to defy Hong Kong's new national security law

Hundreds of forgotten corners of mega-corp websites fall into the hands of spammers and malware slingers

Want to kill all the weak passwords? This may be the tool for you

Your 2.3m Instagram fans won't stop the FBI... Web star accused of plotting to launder millions from cyber-crime

Microsoft integrates Azure Functions with Dapr - for when you run Azure Functions outside Azure. Confused yet?

Grappling with mixed infra, container security, service meshes? Our DevOps conf has practical help for you

Languishing lodash library loophole finally fitted for a fix: It's only taken since October to address security bug

Containers to capture 15% of all enterprise apps across 75% of business by 2024

Manchester, UK seeks IT-slinger: £235m for number-plate-and-fines system to clean up vehicle emissions

When Facebook says you're not a good 'culture fit', it means you're not White or Asian enough – complaint

Baroness Dido Harding lifts the lid on the NHS's manual contact tracing performance: 'We contact them up to 10 times over a 36-hour period'

Oracle sued by a shareholder who alleges its lack of progress in diversity amounts to 'dishonesty'

Utilitarian, long-bodied Nokia 5.3 has budget basic specs - but it does cost £150

Like a Bolt from the blue, Huawei's fledgling AppGallery signs a ride-sharing platform

Cool IT support drones never look at explosions: Time to resolution for misbehaving mouse? Three seconds

'Google cannot stop it, control it or curtail it...' Inside the murky world of fake addiction treatment center search spam

Geek's Guide

Psst: Want to know who else has their snout in the Copernicus trough? (spoiler: it's not the UK)

University ordered to stop running women-only job ads

A bad day in New Zealand: Rocket Lab's 13th mission ends in failure

UK government shakes magic money tree, finds $500m to buy a stake in struggling satellite firm OneWeb

Detroit cops employed facial recognition algos that only misidentifies suspects 96 per cent of the time

If you wanna make your own open-source chip, just Google it. Literally. Web giant says it'll fab them for free

It's a tough time for digital transformation in the financial services world – but fret not, there’s help at hand

Huawei develops epidemic prevention and control solutions for safer travel

Verity Stob

We'll pay £400k for a depth charge-proof robot submarine, says UK's Ministry of Defence

Mind the airgap: Why nothing focuses the mind like a bit of tech antiquing

Things can't go on like this. You need to get fit for the sake of your health. I'm going to write you a prescription for... an e-bike

If there's a lesson to be learned in these torrid times, it's that civilisation is fleeting – but Windows XP is eternal

Software

Micro Focus COVID-19 costs: Carry the one, decimal 9 places to the right... hmm. Holy cow, it's a $1bn+ loss

Customers' decision to hit pause on spending compounds HP Software indigestion woes

07 Jul 15:45 |

In Brief

Microsoft to take a break from Edge releases: Hits pause button to align with Chromium

Plus: A release candidate for Azure DevOps, Pylance gallops into VS Code and hairdressing in Teams

07 Jul 10:00 | 2

Software

Linux kernel coders propose inclusive terminology coding guidelines, note: 'Arguments about why people should not be offended do not scale'

Move won't fix 'brutal system of human misery' but aims to encourage participation

06 Jul 13:30 | 255

Who, Me?

When a deleted primary device file only takes 20 mins out of your maintenance window, but a whole year off your lifespan

In praise of UNIX and knowing when to deliberately drive a server off a cliff

06 Jul 07:15 | 118

Software

Microsoft takes tweaking tongs to Windows 10's Start Menu once again

Icon backgrounds banished, but some Insiders may have to wait for new toys

02 Jul 11:30 | 56

Open Source Summit

Scala contributor: Open source and diversity key to tackling dev skills shortage

'If diversity is not important to you, then at least you might care about the bottom line'

02 Jul 09:15 | 27

Software

'90s retro resurrection PowerToys hits 0.19, bringing raft of fixes and a final flash from the desktop

Stability gains for Windows-fiddling throwback

01 Jul 19:01 | 3

Software

Firefox 78: Protections dashboard, new developer features... and the end of the line for older macOS versions

New Regular Expression evaluator borrowed from Chromium V8 – a sign of more collaboration to come?

01 Jul 17:02 | 19

Software

UK lawmakers welcome Microsoft's sack of training pressies for hard-pressed Brits as jobs searches spike

New skills aplenty and Teams tweaks from Uncles Brad and Satya

01 Jul 15:28 | 1

Software

Germany is helping the UK develop its COVID-19 contact-tracing app, says ambassador

Deutschland, uber alle allies

01 Jul 11:29 | 97

Software

One map to rule them all: UK's Ordnance Survey rolls out its Data Hub and the juicy API goodness that lies therein

It's free too – until you've burned through £1,000 worth of data, that is

01 Jul 10:01 | 35

Software

Linux Mint 20 isn't exactly bursting with freshness but, hey, there's kernel 5.4 and it's a long-term support release

Oh Snap: Based on Ubuntu but without package manager. Warpinator anyone?

01 Jul 08:03 | 86

Software

Database maestro Antirez says arrivederci to Redis: Seems he wants an unstructured life writing code, not a structured one managing software

Open-source database project gets new heads, inclusive code of conduct

30 Jun 20:49 | 2

Software

'It's really hard to find maintainers...' Linus Torvalds ponders the future of Linux

Will code move on to a language such as Rust? 'I'm convinced it's going to happen' says kernel colonel

30 Jun 11:36 | 163

Software

You've accused Apple of patent infringement. You want to probe the iOS source in a closed-room environment. What to do in a pandemic?

Judge lays out rules from one-time passwords to window snooping

30 Jun 10:08 | 23

Software

LibreOffice slips out another 7.0 beta: Spreadsheets close gap with Excel while macOS users treated to new icons

Skia and Vulkan graphics in Windows version, better compatibility and performance

30 Jun 09:06 | 69

Software

India bans 59 apps it says have privacy, national security problems. In a massive coincidence, they’re all Chinese

They may have a point with some of them, though

29 Jun 22:21 | 19

Software

Apple: We're defending your privacy by nixing 16 browser APIs. Rivals: You mean defending your bottom line

iGiant accused of holding back web progress to protect its 30% app cut

29 Jun 21:20 | 40

Software

Poetry in lockdown: hiQ to Supremes / Please leave LinkedIn scrape ruling / well enough alone

Data science firm won previous ruling over pulling data from jobseekers' network

29 Jun 17:26 | 10

In brief

Microsoft has a cure for data nuked by fat fingers if you're not afraid of the command line

Plus: Windows Forms on Arm64 in .NET 5, Live Events to live on

29 Jun 13:09 | 58

That's infotainment, that's infotainment: Android Automotive OS goes virtual with new reference platform

Microsoft? AWS? Nein und nein. Deutsche Bank signs up with Google Cloud for its latest crack at digital transformation

You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here. Fujitsu tells 80,000 of its Japan employees: From now on, you work remotely

July? British government could decide to boot Chinese giant Huawei from the UK's networks by this month

Micro Focus COVID-19 costs: Carry the one, decimal 9 places to the right... hmm. Holy cow, it's a $1bn+ loss

Microsoft to take a break from Edge releases: Hits pause button to align with Chromium

Linux kernel coders propose inclusive terminology coding guidelines, note: 'Arguments about why people should not be offended do not scale'

When a deleted primary device file only takes 20 mins out of your maintenance window, but a whole year off your lifespan

Social media giants move to defy Hong Kong's new national security law

Hundreds of forgotten corners of mega-corp websites fall into the hands of spammers and malware slingers

Want to kill all the weak passwords? This may be the tool for you

Your 2.3m Instagram fans won't stop the FBI... Web star accused of plotting to launder millions from cyber-crime

Microsoft integrates Azure Functions with Dapr - for when you run Azure Functions outside Azure. Confused yet?

Grappling with mixed infra, container security, service meshes? Our DevOps conf has practical help for you

Languishing lodash library loophole finally fitted for a fix: It's only taken since October to address security bug

Containers to capture 15% of all enterprise apps across 75% of business by 2024

Manchester, UK seeks IT-slinger: £235m for number-plate-and-fines system to clean up vehicle emissions

When Facebook says you're not a good 'culture fit', it means you're not White or Asian enough – complaint

Baroness Dido Harding lifts the lid on the NHS's manual contact tracing performance: 'We contact them up to 10 times over a 36-hour period'

Oracle sued by a shareholder who alleges its lack of progress in diversity amounts to 'dishonesty'

Utilitarian, long-bodied Nokia 5.3 has budget basic specs - but it does cost £150

Like a Bolt from the blue, Huawei's fledgling AppGallery signs a ride-sharing platform

Cool IT support drones never look at explosions: Time to resolution for misbehaving mouse? Three seconds

'Google cannot stop it, control it or curtail it...' Inside the murky world of fake addiction treatment center search spam

Psst: Want to know who else has their snout in the Copernicus trough? (spoiler: it's not the UK)

University ordered to stop running women-only job ads

A bad day in New Zealand: Rocket Lab's 13th mission ends in failure

UK government shakes magic money tree, finds $500m to buy a stake in struggling satellite firm OneWeb

Detroit cops employed facial recognition algos that only misidentifies suspects 96 per cent of the time

If you wanna make your own open-source chip, just Google it. Literally. Web giant says it'll fab them for free

It's a tough time for digital transformation in the financial services world – but fret not, there’s help at hand

Huawei develops epidemic prevention and control solutions for safer travel

We'll pay £400k for a depth charge-proof robot submarine, says UK's Ministry of Defence

Mind the airgap: Why nothing focuses the mind like a bit of tech antiquing

Things can't go on like this. You need to get fit for the sake of your health. I'm going to write you a prescription for... an e-bike

If there's a lesson to be learned in these torrid times, it's that civilisation is fleeting – but Windows XP is eternal

Software

Micro Focus COVID-19 costs: Carry the one, decimal 9 places to the right... hmm. Holy cow, it's a $1bn+ loss

Microsoft to take a break from Edge releases: Hits pause button to align with Chromium

Linux kernel coders propose inclusive terminology coding guidelines, note: 'Arguments about why people should not be offended do not scale'

When a deleted primary device file only takes 20 mins out of your maintenance window, but a whole year off your lifespan

Microsoft takes tweaking tongs to Windows 10's Start Menu once again

Scala contributor: Open source and diversity key to tackling dev skills shortage

'90s retro resurrection PowerToys hits 0.19, bringing raft of fixes and a final flash from the desktop

Firefox 78: Protections dashboard, new developer features... and the end of the line for older macOS versions

UK lawmakers welcome Microsoft's sack of training pressies for hard-pressed Brits as jobs searches spike

Germany is helping the UK develop its COVID-19 contact-tracing app, says ambassador

One map to rule them all: UK's Ordnance Survey rolls out its Data Hub and the juicy API goodness that lies therein

Linux Mint 20 isn't exactly bursting with freshness but, hey, there's kernel 5.4 and it's a long-term support release

Database maestro Antirez says arrivederci to Redis: Seems he wants an unstructured life writing code, not a structured one managing software

'It's really hard to find maintainers...' Linus Torvalds ponders the future of Linux

You've accused Apple of patent infringement. You want to probe the iOS source in a closed-room environment. What to do in a pandemic?

LibreOffice slips out another 7.0 beta: Spreadsheets close gap with Excel while macOS users treated to new icons

India bans 59 apps it says have privacy, national security problems. In a massive coincidence, they’re all Chinese

Apple: We're defending your privacy by nixing 16 browser APIs. Rivals: You mean defending your bottom line

Poetry in lockdown: hiQ to Supremes / Please leave LinkedIn scrape ruling / well enough alone

Microsoft has a cure for data nuked by fat fingers if you're not afraid of the command line

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You may be distracted by the pandemic but FYI: US Senate panel OK's backdoors-by-the-backdoor EARN IT Act

When a deleted primary device file only takes 20 mins out of your maintenance window, but a whole year off your lifespan

Linux kernel coders propose inclusive terminology coding guidelines, note: 'Arguments about why people should not be offended do not scale'

You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here. Fujitsu tells 80,000 of its Japan employees: From now on, you work remotely

Make sure you've patched your F5 BIG-IP gear. Exploit code for scary bug pair is so trivial, it fits in a tweet

Three UK: We're sending you this SMS to warn you not to pay attention to unsolicited texts

If there's a lesson to be learned in these torrid times, it's that civilisation is fleeting – but Windows XP is eternal

Think of a number: A tale of iffy discount codes, supermarket loyalty cards and Hotels.com

Baroness Dido Harding lifts the lid on the NHS's manual contact tracing performance: 'We contact them up to 10 times over a 36-hour period'

Things can't go on like this. You need to get fit for the sake of your health. I'm going to write you a prescription for... an e-bike

Finding SAP hard to swallow? ERP giant says it's working on something more bite-sized

Unfortunately for SAP, major ERP upgrade projects are the last thing customers want to think about right now

Apple gives Boot Camp the boot, banishes native Windows support from Arm-compatible Macs

OpenJDK lands on Windows 10 for Arm: Not 100% there yet but enough to start tinkering

Windows 10 Insider wondering where Notepad has gone? Fear not, Microsoft found it down the back of Dev Channel

One year ago, Apple promised breakthrough features to help iPhone, iPad, Mac owners with disabilities. It failed them

Apple's new WidgetKit: Windows Phone Live Tiles done right?

Maybe you can teach an old dog new tricks: Information Builders declares itself 'the new ibi', touts AI data tools

Eclipse Foundation releases Jakarta EE 9 preview, adopts AdoptOpenJDK

Apple says if developers are unhappy with its App Store decisions, it will entertain appeals against its rulings – and even its own rules

Bend me, shape me, anyway you want me: Teradata talks up cloud integrations in bid to fend off native competition

iPadOS 14: Apple's attempt to pry fondleslab from toddlers' mitts and make it more businesslike