Microsoft mistakenly rated Chromium, Electron as malware (2022/09/05) Windows Defender update fixed the mess after a weekend of false positive weirdness
Salesperson's tech dream delivered by ill-equipped consultant who charged for the inevitable fix (2022/09/05) Who,Me? ‘I had a sharp new suit and a misplaced sense of confidence’ – and made a costly mistake
Google tests alternative payment methods in Play store (2022/09/05) Pilot scheme running in Europe, APAC, sees ad giant still take its cut
Cloudflare stops services to 'revolting' far right hate site (2022/09/05) Escalation of targeted threats is an 'emergency' that required 'dangerous' decision 'we are not comfortable with,' says CEO
China orders tech companies to 'improve traceability' of users to control 'rumours and false information' (2022/09/05) PLUS: Australia mints a physical crypto-coin; Alibaba Cloud claims world's biggest DC; India’s space airbags; and more
NASA sees our space future as both government and privately run (2022/09/04) Interview Top official spells out simply why America is going back to the Moon
NASA scrubs Artemis mission yet again because SLS just can't handle the pressure (2022/09/03) Sitting, Leaking Slowly?
Man wins competition with AI-generated artwork – and some people aren't happy (2022/09/03) In brief Plus: Use machine learning to understand your cat ... possibly
Google, YouTube ban election trolls ahead of US midterms (2022/09/03) Plus: Truth Social barred from Play until it shows just one iota of decency
DeFi venture OptiFi permanently locks up $661,000 of assets in code snafu (2022/09/03) Look who misunderstood the consequences a Solana close command
Chances good for NASA Artemis SLS Moon launch on Saturday (2022/09/02) Updated Fingers crossed this prodigious test will have a good weather experience
Convicted felon busted for 3D printing gun parts (2022/09/02) Just days after US rules tackling homemade firearms take effect
Meta hedges bets on metaverse silicon with Qualcomm VR deal (2022/09/02) More silicon sales for us says Qualcomm
Microsoft extends Teams into VMware and Citrix VDI (2022/09/02) Users will now be able to blur or replace their backgrounds during video meetings or calls
Revealed: US telcos admit to storing, handing over location data (2022/09/02) Letters to FCC confirm what many believed, don't address a bigger problem
US semiconductor industry has a lot of ideas about where CHIPS Act money should go (2022/09/02) Outsourced assembly and test a key missing part of supply chain, and foreign entities aren't beyond the pale
Internet pranksters send hundreds of cabs to Moscow street, cause gridlock (2022/09/02) 'Improved algorithm' set to keep miscreants at bay, web-based taxi service promises
Taiwan chip magnate pledges cash for defense against China: 'I'm telling everyone to oppose the CCP' (2022/09/02) UMC founder Robert Tsao wants to train more than 3m 'civilian warriors' and sharpshooters
Indian court directs chat app Telegram to disclose details of copyright infringers (2022/09/02) Judge says that servers being located in Singapore is not a get-out clause
Amazon fails to overturn New York City union election (2022/09/02) National Labor Relations Board says company had not met the burden of proof for its objections