Dev creeped out after he fired up Ubuntu VM on Azure, was immediately approached by Canonical sales rep [Fri Feb 12 2021]

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Dev creeped out after he fired up Ubuntu VM on Azure, was immediately approached by Canonical sales rep

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UK.gov awards seats on £2bn 'digital outcomes' framework to suppliers – one of which doesn't even have a website

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HPE Spaceborne Computer-2 slips off the shelf – and off the planet: Boxen heading to ISS

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Better buckle up: Volkswagen puts Microsoft in driver's seat to deliver 'automated' platform

German car giant looks to Azure for AI smarts as Ford opts for Google's cloud

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48-hour strike action: Openreach repayment project engineers confirm it's on

18 months after dispute emerged, techies say enough is enough

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British owners of .eu domains given an extra three months to find a European address

Brexit bonus for EU, it's losing millions after endless rule changes

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Nominet vows to freeze wages and prices, boost donations, and be more open. For many members, it’s too little, too late

Board of dot-UK registry operator scrambles to save itself

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VMware very strongly suggests TPM for all servers in tightened vSphere security guide

Upgrades to version 7.0 are going to require your full attention, especially if you’re fond of VGA output

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Manhunt: 'Armed and dangerous' MIT AI scientist sought by cops probing grad student's gun murder

Victim shot dead a week after he got engaged to fiancée

Samsung floats autonomous ships as ready to sail in 2022

Test on tricky route planned for later in 2021, followed by productisation

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Microsoft's underwhelming, underpowered dual-screen Surface Duo phone arrives in the UK this month for £1,349

'Teams and Skype video conferencing up to 1080p at 30fps' – sign us up!

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Euro privacy watchdog calls for end of targeted advertising plus a squeeze on the processing of personal info

Could the lucrative era of light-touch regulation finally be over for Google and Facebook?

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Phishing awareness gone wrong: Facebook tries to seize websites set up for staff security training

Antisocial network sued by Proofpoint in scrap over domain names

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Dev creeped out after he fired up Ubuntu VM on Azure, was immediately approached by Canonical sales rep

I always feel like somebody's watching me

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Open Source Vulnerabilities database: Nice idea but too many Google-shaped hoops to jump through at present

Google Cloud Platform account required, API key comes with Ts&Cs

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C#/WinRT authoring: Yo dawg, we heard you like components so we made a component that makes components

Now in preview, says Microsoft

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Habitable-zone exoplanet potentially spotted just around the corner in Alpha Centauri using latest telescope technique

Space is about to looking a lot clearer, thanks to adaptive optics

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India on track for crewed space mission, says first test flight to launch in late 2021

Plans week-long orbital mission, with Chicken Korma already pencilled in on the menu

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Forget about an AI stealing your job, even pigs can be trained to use computers

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