Software
Update to NHS COVID-19 app brings improved warnings, end to 'ghost' notifications
It's all about timing, apparently
29 Oct 19:00 | 9
Software
Software
Microsoft to rethink crash-prone Visual Studio extension model, shift towards cloud
Why not just use Visual Studio Code, which has 5 times as many extensions and is designed for cloud?
29 Oct 12:32 | 18
Software
Devs strung up about .NET 5.0 string changes that may break working code are told: It's not a bug, it's a feature
'I'm just not excited at the prospect of a new crop of unknown unknowns'
29 Oct 10:15 | 38
Software
Indian government labels itself ‘evasive’ over privacy details of national COVID-19 contact-tracing app
Smacks down Information Commission by pointing to policy and data revealing the app has probably helped quite a lot
29 Oct 02:45 | 1
Software
Much like the British on holiday, NHS COVID-19 app refuses to work with phones using unsupported languages
Issue affects Android devices but fix said to be imminent
28 Oct 19:15 | 47
Software
Need to build a Big Data app but can't be bothered to learn Python or Scala? Good news: .NET for Apache Spark is here
Stay safe and warm in your C# cocoon
28 Oct 16:45 | 3
Interview
Node.js 15: What's new, what's coming, and keeping pace with Deno. 'We're not going to reinvent' module ecosystem
Michael Dawson, chair of Node.js Technical Steering Committee, talks to The Reg
28 Oct 09:01 | 18
Software
Flash haters, rejoice! Microsoft releases tool to let you nuke Adobe's security horror before support ends
Why not get in early before official 31 December demise?
28 Oct 05:16 | 36
Software
5 months later, 37.7% of Windows 10 PCs are running the May 2020 Update... Wait, people are still on 1809?
We'll see how long it lasts as 20H2 starts doing the rounds
27 Oct 16:36 | 30
Software
Office 365 for the iPad will feel a little more desktop-ish now Microsoft has tossed it trackpad, mouse support
Which is proof such fripperies are down to the developer, rather than Apple
27 Oct 12:30 | 22
Software
WeChat wins right to stay in US app stores for at least a couple more months as court denies US govt appeal
Injunction against Trump ban upheld, case to return in January 2021
27 Oct 05:18 | 8
Software
Microsoft drives users to the Edge: Internet Explorer to redirect to Chromium-based browser in November
'Hey, you folks heard that there's this virus starting to spread?' – IE, probably
26 Oct 22:31 | 62
Open Source Summit Europe
Linux kernel's Kroah-Hartman: We're not struggling to get new coders, it's code review that's the bottleneck
Plus: 'Intel is not doing well with disclosures. I’m not happy. It’s not getting better'
26 Oct 19:09 | 57
Software
SAP stock price crashes 23%, €28bn wiped out as firm warns of Klein(er) revenues, profits ahead due to COVID-19
SAP: Look into the cloud, look around the cloud... you're under. Market: Nope
26 Oct 17:53 | 10
In Brief
Windows 10 October 2020 Update has arrived... and so have the fixes. Plus: Fancy a discount on a Surface Duo?
Also: Teams migration, Windows 10 on Surface Hub 2S
26 Oct 14:50 | 5
Software
UK mapping agency the Ordnance Survey is heading into gaming territory with £6m tender for dev team
Great, we can't wait for Grand Theft Auto: Brecon Beacons
26 Oct 11:07 | 37
Software
Linus Torvalds hails 'historic' Linux 5.10 for ditching defunct addressing artefact
Memory-handling oddity from the age of the 286 has been around since 'pretty much the original release of Linux'
25 Oct 23:54 | 62
Updated
RIAA DMCAs GitHub into nuking popular YouTube video download tool, says it can be used to slurp music
Did 2020 just loop round to 1999?
23 Oct 23:23 | 109
Updated
If you suddenly can't print to your HP Printer from your Mac, you're not alone: Code security cert snafu blamed
Driver software snubbed by macOS 10.15, 10.14, Amazon Music, too
23 Oct 20:42 | 64
Software
Ubuntu 20.10 goes full Raspberry Pi, from desktop to micro clouds: Full fat desktop on a Pi is usable
But company also has its eye on Kubernetes at the edge
23 Oct 15:15 | 33
Popular
Artificial Intelligence
Researchers made an OpenAI GPT-3 medical chatbot as an experiment. It told a mock patient to kill themselves
We'd rather see Dr Nick, to be honest
Security
Software engineer leaked UK missile system secrets and refused to hand cops his passwords, Old Bailey told
Revelations triggered by previous police abuse, court hears
Cloud
A cloud server with no network, no persistent storage, and no user access – what is AWS thinking?
Security, that's what, for those of you who like your clouds very isolated
Security
NSA: We've learned our lesson after foreign spies used one of our crypto backdoors – but we can't say how exactly
Senator Wyden puts surveillance nerve-center on blast
Software
Flash haters, rejoice! Microsoft releases tool to let you nuke Adobe's security horror before support ends
Why not get in early before official 31 December demise?
Cloud
Ready for pull rate limits? Docker outlines 'next chapter' as Google tells customers how to dodge subscriptions
Pulling containers from Docker Hub for free will be throttled from 1 November
Personal Tech
Another eBay exec pleads guilty after couple stalked, harassed for daring to criticize the internet tat bazaar
Former cop admits conspiracy to tamper with witnesses, too
Personal Tech
Brave browser first to nix CNAME deception, the sneaky DNS trick used by marketers to duck privacy controls
Next release will block third-party trackers posing as first-party resources
Data Centre
After figuring out that hope is not a strategy, SAP has a new one: We're gonna shift on-prem customers to the cloud!
And they're gonna like it
Interview
Node.js 15: What's new, what's coming, and keeping pace with Deno. 'We're not going to reinvent' module ecosystem
Michael Dawson, chair of Node.js Technical Steering Committee, talks to The Reg
STORIES
Software
NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app is leaving some unable to access government self-isolation grants
'That button is there on the app' says minister. How many times have you heard a client make wild claims about functionality?
23 Oct 13:25 | 45
Interview
'This was bigger than GNOME and bigger than just this case.' GNOME Foundation exec director talks patent trolls and much, much more
Snaps vs Flatpaks, losing in mobile, Microsoft and Linux, and avoiding another GNOME 2 to 3 disaster
23 Oct 11:23 | 104
Software
Like a good defragging? The latest Dev Channel Windows 10 might be for you
For everyone else there are splash screens, fixes and iffy anti-malware
22 Oct 15:19 | 12
Software
Developer survey: C# losing ground to JavaScript, PHP and Java for cloud apps, still big in gaming
Plus: What puts off developers from adopting cloud? Price
21 Oct 17:24 | 69
Software
Run Windows on a Chromebook: All the details. Not so fast, home user...
Parallels' Windows on Chrome OS solution is Enterprise-only, but why?
21 Oct 13:57 | 28
Software
Another Chromium browser for Linux? Microsoft Edge arrives in preview form, no love for Arm yet
One question: Why Redmond, why? Ah, you need to meet developers wherever they are...
21 Oct 13:00 | 30
Software
Windows 10 October 2020 Update arrives: Nothing that will drop your jaw, but we've had enough of 2020's fun surprises anyway
Steady as she goes for Microsoft as Edge turns up and Start gets a buffing
21 Oct 11:30 | 32
Software
India floats superior ship-management software as a route to regional relevance
If ever there was a job for Docker and containers, this is it
21 Oct 05:02 | 11
Software
Microsoft unleashes production-ready Edge Runtime. WebView2: This time it's Chromium
Distributes it in self-updating Evergreen flavour and Fixed for people who hate surprises
20 Oct 12:33 | 12
Updated
When you tell Chrome to wipe private data about you, it spares two websites from the purge: Google.com, YouTube
Is this another case of one rule for the Chocolate Factory and one for everyone else?
19 Oct 22:25 | 106
In Brief
Here's the new build, Insiders... wait for it... wait for it... Is it Windows 10X's upcoming ... Oh. You can change refresh rate of the display
Also: Teams goes native on Arm and Calculator pops up in Canonical's snap store
19 Oct 16:15 | 14
Software
Gamers are replacing Bing Maps objects in Microsoft Flight Simulator with rips from Google Earth
So much for showcasing Redmond's Chocolate Factory alternative
19 Oct 08:30 | 40
Software
Linux 5.10 to make Year 2038 problem the Year 2486 problem
XFS timestamp tweak extends Unix time for a few centuries
19 Oct 05:01 | 105
Software
Come on, Amazon: If you're going to copy open-source code for a new product, at least credit the creator
Developer wishes cloud giant gave more thought to not stepping on toes
16 Oct 23:32 | 59
Software
Software billionaire accused of hiding $2bn in income from IRS – potentially the largest tax scam in US history
CEO charged with tax evasion, wire fraud, money laundering, etc
16 Oct 20:57 | 47
Software
RPA firms: We have our own process mining tools. Process miner Celonis: We're all about automation now
German biz: You won't need an RPA tool, or not as often. FIGHT, FIGHT!!!
16 Oct 13:59 | 4
Software
Lift us up where we belong: UK's Network Rail puts elevators online
Where the data flies, and the travellers cry.....
16 Oct 08:30 | 32
On Call
When you're On Call, only you can hear the silence of the clicks
Automated alerting? Escalating robo-calling? All ok, but beware the inebriated meatbag in the system
16 Oct 07:15 | 88
Software
Has Apple abandoned CUPS, the Linux's world's widely used open-source printing system? Seems so
After only one public Git commit this year, penguinstas think: Fork it, we don't need Cupertino
15 Oct 20:30 | 118
