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26 February 2021

1Password has none, KeePass has none... So why are there seven embedded trackers in the LastPass Android app? Third-party code in security-critical apps is obviously suboptimal, but company says you can opt out

Business

Qualcomm under fire for 'anticompetitive' patent shenanigans causing pricey UK smartphones

Which? rides to the rescue of consumers and... er... Apple and Samsung?

30 Comments

HP loses attempt to deny colossal commission to star sales staffer

Contract was clear and trying to backdate changes was naughty, rules Australian court

31 Comments

The State of Application Security 2020 Applications Remain the Top External Attack Method; Don’t Get Complacent

Gartner: Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations Delivers Improved Business Outcomes Whitepaper

Data Centre

Digital trust-busting time? US lawmakers mull how to tame giga-corps Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook

Remedies to gatekeepers range from nothing to an antitrust breakup

3 Comments

Stop us if you've heard this one before: Microsoft to lure users with industry-specific solutions in the cloud

Redmond taking a leaf out of the enterprise app makers' book

3 Comments

Google admits Kubernetes container tech is so complex, it's had to roll out an Autopilot feature to do it all for you

More expensive, less flexible, but easier and safer to use

3 Comments

Copper broadband phaseout will leave UK customers with higher bills and less choice, says comparison site

It seems people are OK with paying more for faster internet, though

20 Comments

FCC announces winners in $81bn 5G spectrum auction. Congrats to Verizon, which must cough up $45.4bn

AT&T and T-Mobile also have to write enormous cheques before March 24

11 Comments

UK minister tries to intervene after Government Digital Service migration mangles Ministry of Justice webpages

Public outcry over access – all because £450m agency doesn't have school-grade web skills

32 Comments

With computer brains in short supply, President Biden orders 100-day probe into semiconductor drought

And pledges to 'push' for $37bn in funding to increase chip manufacturing capacity

31 Comments

Singapore, Dell do a pandemic-era elbow bump, open IT giant's first-of-its-kind 'innovation hub' outside US

Island nation may become tech goliath's destination for 5G and edge research

Protect and recover your NAS and unstructured data Faster, more reliable, more compatible

Apps are Essential, so your WAF must be effective E-book

Emergent Tech

NTT boffins reckon they’ve out-randomed current quantum random number generators

And managed to pull it at speed, despite the menace of quantum noise

14 Comments

GPUs for gaming, data-center servers continue to drive up Nvidia's revenues despite chip shortages everywhere

CEO Jensen Huang admitted his wunder-biz is 'constrained'

3 Comments

China, Thailand, UAE team up to test cross-border crypto-payments

Just the sort of thing you’d do if you want your national cryptocurrency to be broadly accepted

3 Comments

IBM Watson AIOps

An AI-powered IT incident resolution application, fueled by your own data.

Security

1Password has none, KeePass has none... So why are there seven embedded trackers in the LastPass Android app?

Third-party code in security-critical apps is obviously suboptimal, but company says you can opt out

27 Comments

UK's National Cyber Security Centre sidles in to help firm behind hacked NurseryCam product secure itself

Plus: User passwords were stored in plain text after all

10 Comments

Ever felt that a few big tech companies are following you around the internet? That's because ... they are

Experimental blocking of sites that load resources from four big companies makes the web unusable

51 Comments

Alexa, swap out this code that Amazon approved for malware... Installed Skills can double-cross their users

Boffins find those developing apps for the chatty AI assistant can bypass security measures

13 Comments

Software

Red Hat returns with another peace offering in the wake of the CentOS Stream affair: More free stuff

Approved open-source projects to get no-cost subscriptions (if they haven't already got one)

1 Comments

Ever wondered why that one weird file keeps being included? Super sleuth TypeScript 4.2 is here

You again! That uninvited guest that just keeps turning up...

3 Comments

The bank of Bitcoin: MicroStrategy's share price rides high on the back of cryptocurrency investment

Deposits $1bn+ real world greenbacks into digital dosh, may borrow to buy more

22 Comments

'Meritless': Exam software maker under fire for suing teacher who tweeted links to biz's unlisted YouTube vids

EFF bod slams effort 'to silence a critic' as $50k+ raised to challenge lawsuit

32 Comments

Jaguar Racing chief waves green flag at Micro Focus Universe 2021

What it’s like managing code running at 200 KPH? Find out here

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'We're finding bugs way faster than we can fix them': Google sponsors 2 full-time devs to improve Linux security [Thu Feb 25 2021]

Thursday, February 25, 2021

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SpaceX small print on Starlink insists no Earth government has authority or sovereignty over Martian activities [Wed Feb 24 2021]

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

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Whistleblowers: Inflexible prison software says inmates due for release should be kept locked up behind bars [Tue Feb 23 2021]

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Hi The Register Subscriber | Log in The Register {* Daily Headlines *} 23 February 2021 Olympic gold medalist Misty Hyman speaks to Perryville State Prison, Arizona, inmates about making a fresh start

Ring, Ring, why don't you give me a call? Amazon-owned doorbells aren’t answering after large-scale outage [Thu Feb 4 2021]

Thursday, February 18, 2021

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1Password has none, KeePass has none... So why are there seven embedded trackers in the LastPass Android app? [Fri Feb 26 2021]

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1Password has none, KeePass has none... So why are there seven embedded trackers in the LastPass Android app?

Business

Qualcomm under fire for 'anticompetitive' patent shenanigans causing pricey UK smartphones

HP loses attempt to deny colossal commission to star sales staffer

The State of Application Security 2020

Gartner: Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations Delivers Improved Business Outcomes

Data Centre

Digital trust-busting time? US lawmakers mull how to tame giga-corps Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook

Stop us if you've heard this one before: Microsoft to lure users with industry-specific solutions in the cloud

Google admits Kubernetes container tech is so complex, it's had to roll out an Autopilot feature to do it all for you

Copper broadband phaseout will leave UK customers with higher bills and less choice, says comparison site

FCC announces winners in $81bn 5G spectrum auction. Congrats to Verizon, which must cough up $45.4bn

UK minister tries to intervene after Government Digital Service migration mangles Ministry of Justice webpages

With computer brains in short supply, President Biden orders 100-day probe into semiconductor drought

Singapore, Dell do a pandemic-era elbow bump, open IT giant's first-of-its-kind 'innovation hub' outside US

Protect and recover your NAS and unstructured data

Apps are Essential, so your WAF must be effective

Emergent Tech

NTT boffins reckon they’ve out-randomed current quantum random number generators

GPUs for gaming, data-center servers continue to drive up Nvidia's revenues despite chip shortages everywhere

China, Thailand, UAE team up to test cross-border crypto-payments

IBM Watson AIOps

Security

1Password has none, KeePass has none... So why are there seven embedded trackers in the LastPass Android app?

UK's National Cyber Security Centre sidles in to help firm behind hacked NurseryCam product secure itself

Ever felt that a few big tech companies are following you around the internet? That's because ... they are

Alexa, swap out this code that Amazon approved for malware... Installed Skills can double-cross their users

Software

Red Hat returns with another peace offering in the wake of the CentOS Stream affair: More free stuff

Ever wondered why that one weird file keeps being included? Super sleuth TypeScript 4.2 is here

The bank of Bitcoin: MicroStrategy's share price rides high on the back of cryptocurrency investment

'Meritless': Exam software maker under fire for suing teacher who tweeted links to biz's unlisted YouTube vids

Jaguar Racing chief waves green flag at Micro Focus Universe 2021

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