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'Little weirdo' shoulder surfer teaches UK cabinet minister a lesson in cybersecurity

Tory comms leaked thanks to a barefooted Johnny Mercer’s wayward situational awareness

 
 

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Alibaba is taking its cloud to Mexico, likely following Chinese manufacturers

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Elon Musk says he doesn’t want 100% tariff on China-made electric vehicles

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Micron told to pay $445M in memory patent infringement case

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AMD's CFO Jean Hu talks CPUs, GPUs and the road ahead

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Capgemini to keep the legacy lights on at HMRC for £245.5M

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Bad vibrations left techie shaken up during overnight database rebuild

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Thanks for the memory, South Korea tells nation's chip makers – now build processors

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'Little weirdo' shoulder surfer teaches UK cabinet minister a lesson in cybersecurity

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China reveals space weather radar it claims represents a breakthrough

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