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US Air Force chief software officer quits after launching Hellfire missile of a LinkedIn post at his former bosses Too many inexperienced project managers and not enough DevSecOps

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Microsoft Azure deprecations: API changes will break applications and PowerShell scripts

Mark your diaries: 1 July 2022 is when stuff stops working

19 Comments

Oh! A surprise tour of the data centre! You shouldn't have. No, you really shouldn't have

Getting hot and steamy in London's Docklands

102 Comments

Busy day in China: Xi Jinping announces tech-sharing, services export push and a bourse for startups

Also banned telly shows from featuring men with an 'abnormal aesthetic' – basically the kind of chap you'd find in a boy band

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Webcast Slide Deck \| Zero trust data management Fighting back and recovering from ransomware

Cloud Or Colo? The Point When AI Startups Need To Make The Switch Whitepaper

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Lenovo pops up tips on its tablets. And by tips, Lenovo means: Unacceptable ads

Amid customer fury, PC maker says it has 'no plans to add any further push notifications' to its stealth adware

79 Comments

Component shortages: HPE pushes up some hardware prices and as if by magic, reports 'record' gross margin in Q3

Average unit prices climbed mid-to-high single digits, confirms chief beanie

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Crypto-coin startup said its bot could generate huge profits from your Bitcoin. It was a scam, says SEC

Founder and promoter accused of running 'Ponzi-like scheme'

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DRAM-as-cache is too expensive for even Facebook – Zuck now blending it with NVM SSD drives

Open-sources the tool it uses to make that happen and says Intel, Samsung, Open Compute, Western Digital and others are keen to play

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Engineering metrics that matter Why is it so hard for engineering teams to measure their value?

Remote and branch office and edge IT Adapt to your new reality outside the data centre

Security

Norwegian student tracks Bluetooth headset wearers by wardriving around Oslo on a bicycle

Address randomisation not implemented on some, it seems

41 Comments

Apple stalls CSAM auto-scan on devices after 'feedback' from everyone on Earth

Critics celebrate reconsideration of 'spyPhone' regime

51 Comments

Rapid7 says Computer Misuse Act should include 'good faith' infosec research exemption

Security biz publishes plans for law reforms

7 Comments

New Zealand internet outage blamed on DDoS attack on nation's third largest internet provider

Here in the UK, Sky broadband users back online

7 Comments

Confessions of a ransomware negotiator: Well, somebody's got to talk to the criminals holding data hostage

We can't deny people are paying up left, right, and centre...

49 Comments

Webcast Slide Deck | Migrating to AWS databases

Build a modern data infrastructure

Software

Only 'natural persons' can be recognized as patent inventors, not AI systems, US judge rules

This isn't over says man pushing for neural networks' rights

71 Comments

Software piracy pushes companies to be more competitive, study claims

So, do copy that floppy?

19 Comments

US Air Force chief software officer quits after launching Hellfire missile of a LinkedIn post at his former bosses

Too many inexperienced project managers and not enough DevSecOps

61 Comments

Don't like the new Windows 11 Start or Taskbar? Don't worry – Microsoft's got your back

Insiders, they don't like it. Bork the Taskbar, bork the Taskbar

33 Comments

Big data means big money for the UK government as £2bn tender mooted

Central procurement team tickles the market with tantalising offer... but what for?

12 Comments

Give us a CLU: Object Oriented Programming pioneer arrives on GitHub

No, not the 1980s TV show where Lionel Blair attempted to mime data abstraction to Una Stubbs

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A speech recognition app goes into a bar. Speak up if you’ve heard it already

Listen to me, Palmer, now listen to me

102 Comments

Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa test cross-border crypto-payments

Central banks sign up, even though none has a working digital currency yet

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Offbeat

Virginia school board learns a hard lesson... and other stories

A confluence of recent confusion from around the world that you may have missed

22 Comments

Alpha adds to tally of exploding rockets, takes out space sail prototype with it

Firefly Aerospace rounds out a wobbly week for rocket fanciers

35 Comments

Apple engineers complain of hostile work environment to US labor watchdog

Harassment, bans on discussing pay, responsibilities slashed, and more alleged

18 Comments

Perseverance rover drilled a rock on Mars and probably snaffled a core sample

Now to enact humanity's cunning interplanetary kidnapping plan

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Branson (in a) pickle: FAA grounds Virgin Galactic flights after billionaire's space trip veered off course

Biz defends 'safe and successful' ride

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US Air Force chief software officer quits after launching Hellfire missile of a LinkedIn post at his former bosses

Off-Prem

Microsoft Azure deprecations: API changes will break applications and PowerShell scripts

Oh! A surprise tour of the data centre! You shouldn't have. No, you really shouldn't have

Busy day in China: Xi Jinping announces tech-sharing, services export push and a bourse for startups

Webcast Slide Deck | Zero trust data management

Cloud Or Colo? The Point When AI Startups Need To Make The Switch

On-Prem

Lenovo pops up tips on its tablets. And by tips, Lenovo means: Unacceptable ads

Component shortages: HPE pushes up some hardware prices and as if by magic, reports 'record' gross margin in Q3

Crypto-coin startup said its bot could generate huge profits from your Bitcoin. It was a scam, says SEC

DRAM-as-cache is too expensive for even Facebook – Zuck now blending it with NVM SSD drives

Engineering metrics that matter

Remote and branch office and edge IT

Security

Norwegian student tracks Bluetooth headset wearers by wardriving around Oslo on a bicycle

Apple stalls CSAM auto-scan on devices after 'feedback' from everyone on Earth

Rapid7 says Computer Misuse Act should include 'good faith' infosec research exemption

New Zealand internet outage blamed on DDoS attack on nation's third largest internet provider

Confessions of a ransomware negotiator: Well, somebody's got to talk to the criminals holding data hostage

Webcast Slide Deck | Migrating to AWS databases

Software

Only 'natural persons' can be recognized as patent inventors, not AI systems, US judge rules

Software piracy pushes companies to be more competitive, study claims

US Air Force chief software officer quits after launching Hellfire missile of a LinkedIn post at his former bosses

Don't like the new Windows 11 Start or Taskbar? Don't worry – Microsoft's got your back

Big data means big money for the UK government as £2bn tender mooted

Give us a CLU: Object Oriented Programming pioneer arrives on GitHub

A speech recognition app goes into a bar. Speak up if you’ve heard it already

Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa test cross-border crypto-payments

Offbeat

Virginia school board learns a hard lesson... and other stories

Alpha adds to tally of exploding rockets, takes out space sail prototype with it

Apple engineers complain of hostile work environment to US labor watchdog

Perseverance rover drilled a rock on Mars and probably snaffled a core sample

Branson (in a) pickle: FAA grounds Virgin Galactic flights after billionaire's space trip veered off course

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