1. Home
  2. Discover
  3. News
  4. The Register

Years of development, millions of lines of code, and Android can't even run a toilet [Thu Sep 30 2021]

Hi The Register Subscriber | Log in

The Register

{* Daily Headlines *}

30 September 2021

 
Econal

Years of development, millions of lines of code, and Android can't even run a toilet

I'll show you 'highly targeted'

 
 

Off-Prem

Labour Party proposes raising UK Digital Services Tax (so Amazon can pass the hike on that, too?)

Retailers not enthused

43 Comments

Japan's NTT Group to allow remote work for all 320,000 staff

Ditching central offices in favour of over 250 regional facilities for a workforce twice the size of Microsoft's

2 Comments
Zero-trust-data

Zero trust data management

Fighting back and recovering from ransomware

X

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

Whitepaper

On-Prem

Kyndryl, the artist formerly known as IBM's Global Technology Services, names 10-person board

Will someone make the redundancies stop?

1 Comments

TskTsk: UK ISP TalkTalk told off by regulator over 'misleading' adverts promising fixed price service

Don't claim 'no mid-contract price rises if that was not the case' says ASA

4 Comments

Memory maker Micron offers hope for PC parts supply returning 'in the coming months'

Oh, and boasts over record-breaking return from IoT segment, too

Email billing blunder meant MVNO iD Mobile told 24,000 customers to pay up or have their service suspended

Rush of subscribers trying to sort it brings network's online portal down

7 Comments

Kent County Council names eight suppliers on £500m education framework

Southeast England authority goes big – despite £100m black hole in finances

9 Comments

UK altnet CityFibre's boss on its hopes to capitalise on market churn as fibre broadband rolls out

Openreach out and touch a rival

19 Comments

Through the Looking Glass – holographic display hardware is great, but it's not enough

An intriguing proof of concept for real-time 3D arrives, but without the software it's just a gimmick

31 Comments

Tobacco giants don't get to decide who does research on smoking. Why does Facebook get to dictate studies?

Boffins tell US lawmakers social media titans cannot be trusted to police themselves

23 Comments
Engineering-metrics-that-matter

Engineering metrics that matter

Why is it so hard for engineering teams to measure their value?

Remote-and-branch-office

Remote and branch office and edge IT

Adapt to your new reality outside the data centre

Security

Don't look a GriftHorse in the mouth: Trojan trampled 10 million Android devices

Pushy code pressured people to sign up for premium services, netted 'millions of euros'

1 Comments

Unpatched flaw 'weaponises' Apple AirTags to turn them into the phisherman's friend

XSS vulnerability allows miscreants to hijack phone number field on website

14 Comments

Akamai beefs up cybersecurity portfolio with ransomware-tastic Guardicore acquisition

$600m buys a lot of microsegmentation

1 Comments

Kaspersky links new Tomiris malware to Nobelium group

Typical: you wait months for new nasties then two come along at once

1 Comments

Give put-upon infosec bods professional recognition to keep them working for you, says chartered institute

Nice ideas, if anyone adopts them

13 Comments

REvil customers complain ransomware gang uses backdoors to filch ransoms

There is no honour among thieves

15 Comments
Migrating-to-AWS

Webcast Slide Deck | Migrating to AWS databases

Build a modern data infrastructure

Software

GitHub Codespaces feels a bit too closed? Gitpod opens up OpenVSCode Server to escape Microsoft control

'Minimal' tweaks shared for all to see

2 Comments

Epic trolling: Microsoft allows third-party storefronts into its app store

Epic Games and Amazon are first to sign up

19 Comments

Asian central bank digital currency test cut cross-border transfer times 'from days to seconds'

Prototype run by China, Hong Kong, Thailand, and UAE also cut costs in half

5 Comments

Offbeat

YouTube expands vaccine misinfo crackdown, nukes anti-vax channels for good

Public health experts wonder what took so long

1 Comments

FYI: Catastrophic flooding helped carve Martian valleys, not just rivers of water

Thanks, science

US school districts blame Amazon for nationwide bus driver shortage

PA, MA bring in National Guard to plug gaps, while Boston teacher tells of stripper bus hired for school trip

26 Comments

BT sued by representatives of the dead over unbundled landline market abuse claims

2.4m living and non-living Britons could score a payout, reckons lawsuit starter

4 Comments

Infosec outfit Group-IB's website was defaced in weeks before CEO's arrest over high treason claims

Co-founder takes over after Ilya Sachkov reportedly nabbed

6 Comments

Years of development, millions of lines of code, and Android can't even run a toilet

I'll show you 'highly targeted'

51 Comments

NASA halts Mars comms for two weeks as Sun gets in way of Red Planet

Who wouldn't want a break from Earth's noise?

24 Comments
 
 
  
Twitter
Facebook
LinkedIn
  
    

This email was sent to you

You can update your preferences or unsubscribe

Situation Publishing Ltd, 315 Montgomery Street, 9th & 10th Floors, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA

The Register and its contents are Copyright © 2021 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved.

Privacy Policy

Older messages

Microsoft warns: Active Directory FoggyWeb malware being actively used by Nobelium gang [Wed Sep 29 2021]

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Hi The Register Subscriber | Log in The Register {* Daily Headlines *} 29 September 2021 malware Microsoft warns: Active Directory FoggyWeb malware being actively used by Nobelium gang Chief security

Don't touch that dial – the new guy just closed the application that no one is meant to close [Tue Sep 28 2021]

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Hi The Register Subscriber | Log in The Register {* Daily Headlines *} 28 September 2021 Don't touch that dial – the new guy just closed the application that no one is meant to close Don't

Frustrated dev drops three zero-day vulns affecting Apple iOS 15 after six-month wait [Mon Sep 27 2021]

Monday, September 27, 2021

Hi The Register Subscriber | Log in The Register {* Daily Headlines *} 27 September 2021 dumpster fire Frustrated dev drops three zero-day vulns affecting Apple iOS 15 after six-month wait Security

Microsoft Exchange Autodiscover protocol found leaking hundreds of thousands of credentials [Thu Sep 23 2021]

Thursday, September 23, 2021

Hi The Register Subscriber | Log in The Register {* Daily Headlines *} 23 September 2021 Outlook Microsoft Exchange Autodiscover protocol found leaking hundreds of thousands of credentials Email

We're all at sea: Navigation Royal Navy style – with plenty of IT but no GPS [Wed Sep 22 2021]

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Hi The Register Subscriber | Log in The Register {* Daily Headlines *} 22 September 2021 HMS Severn pictured in 2012. Crown copyright We're all at sea: Navigation Royal Navy style – with plenty of

You Might Also Like

☕ Great chains

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Prologis looks to improve supply chain operations. January 15, 2025 View Online | Sign Up Retail Brew Presented By Bloomreach It's Wednesday, and we've been walking for miles inside the Javits

Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing.

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Hegseth's hearing had some fireworks, but he looks headed toward confirmation. Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing. Hegseth's hearing had some fireworks, but he looks headed toward

Honourable Roulette

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

The Honourable Parts // The Story Of Russian Roulette Honourable Roulette By Kaamya Sharma • 15 Jan 2025 View in browser View in browser The Honourable Parts Spencer Wright | Scope Of Work | 6th

📬 No. 62 | What I learned about newsletters in 2024

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

“I love that I get the chance to ask questions and keep learning. Here are a few big takeaways.” ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌

⚡️ ‘Skeleton Crew’ Answers Its Biggest Mystery

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Plus: There's no good way to adapt any more Neil Gaiman stories. Inverse Daily The twist in this Star Wars show was, that there was no twist. Lucasfilm TV Shows 'Skeleton Crew' Finally

I Tried All The New Eye-Shadow Sticks

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

And a couple classics. The Strategist Beauty Brief January 15, 2025 Every product is independently selected by editors. If you buy something through our links, New York may earn an affiliate commission

How To Stop Worrying And Learn To Love Lynn's National IQ Estimates

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

... ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏

☕ Olympic recycling

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Reusing wi-fi equipment from the Paris games. January 15, 2025 View Online | Sign Up Tech Brew It's Wednesday. After the medals are awarded and the athletes go home, what happens to all the stuff

Ozempic has entered the chat

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Plus: Hegseth's hearing, a huge religious rite, and confidence. January 15, 2025 View in browser Jolie Myers is the managing editor of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Her work often focuses on

How a major bank cheated its customers out of $2 billion, according to a new federal lawsuit

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

An explosive new lawsuit filed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) alleges that Capital One bank cheated its customers out of $2 billion. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏