Hacking the computer with wirewraps and soldering irons: Just fix the issues as they come up, right? [Tue Aug 24 2021]

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Hacking the computer with wirewraps and soldering irons: Just fix the issues as they come up, right?

Hacking the computer with wirewraps and soldering irons: Just fix the issues as they come up, right?

The neverending battle betweeen youthful optimism and aged cyncism

 
 

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European Commission airs out new IoT device security draft law – interested parties have a week to weigh in

Mirroring UK, US efforts to crack down on cheap 'n' cheerful internet gadgets

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USA, Singapore pledge cybersecurity and supply chain collaboration

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Poly Network says it's got pretty much all of that $610m in stolen crypto-coins back

'I'm quitting the show' says mystery thief

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Razer to fix Windows installer that grants admin powers if you plug in a mouse

Plus: Cloudflare tackles huge DDoS attack, Apple and CSAM, and more

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38 million records exposed by misconfigured Microsoft Power Apps. Redmond's advice? RTFM

Low-code platform comes with high expectations that folks understand security

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Worried ransomware merchants know more about file storage than you do? You should be…

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Facebook sat on report that reveals most-shared post for months was questionable COVID story

Then published its successor and claimed that was its debut effort

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'Not great, but usable': GNOME desktop boots on Asahi Linux for Apple M1

Should 'run like a dream' when everything's done, says dev

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'Worst' AWS service ever? Cloud giant introduces Redis-compatible MemoryDB – to mixed response

'The absolute best sales pitch for Redis that I have ever seen'

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We spoke to a Stanford prof on the tech and social impact of AI's powerful, emerging 'foundation models'

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Linux 5.14 had plenty of commits, work has gone smoothly – and it should debut next week

Linus Torvalds also has fun medical advice about not whacking yourself with sharp objects

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Cop drone crashes into flight instructor's airplane

The plod needs a lesson in keeping air traffic controllers in the loop, it seems

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Everyone's going to Mars: Rocket Lab joins the Red Planet Fan Club

An interplanetary ESCAPADE via Photon spacecraft and a NASA commercial rocket

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Another UK government limb that can't get IR35 right: Court service pays taxman £12.5m

HMRC's 'fundamentally flawed' Check Employment Status Tool strikes again

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Judge dismisses objections to spaceport in Scotland from billionaire who also wants to build spaceport in Scotland

What do we want? Rockets! When do we want them? In the next few years

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Horizon Workrooms promises a virtual future of teal despair

Only one company can make VR so bad it makes MS Teams look good – Facebook

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Hacking the computer with wirewraps and soldering irons: Just fix the issues as they come up, right?

The neverending battle betweeen youthful optimism and aged cyncism

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China's Mars rover assigned extended mission after exceeding life expectancy

But first, a holiday while Mars is on the other side of the Sun

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China puts continuous consent at the center of data protection law

Regs coming into effect from November 1 even give your family rights to your data after you log off this mortal coil

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