ARM Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life (Terry Pratchett, Jingo)

Screencastify fixes bug that would have let rogue websites spy on webcams

(2022/05/24)

School-friendly Chrome extension still not fully protected, privacy guru warns



FTC urged to protect data privacy of women visiting abortion clinics

(2022/05/24)

Updated As Supreme Court set to overturn Roe v Wade, safeguards on location info now more vital than ever



Zuckerberg sued for alleged role in Cambridge Analytica data-slurp scandal

(2022/05/23)

I can prove CEO was 'personally involved in Facebook’s failure to protect privacy', DC AG insists



Florida's content-moderation law kept on ice, likely unconstitutional, court says

(2022/05/23)

So cool you're into free speech because that includes taking down misinformation



US-APAC trade deal leaves out Taiwan, military defense not ruled out

(2022/05/23)

All fun and games until the chip factories are in the crosshairs



381,000-plus Kubernetes API servers 'exposed to internet'

(2022/05/23)

Firewall isn't a made-up word from the Hackers movie, people



A peek into Gigabyte's GPU Arm for AI, HPC shops

(2022/05/23)

High-performance platform choices are going beyond the ubiquitous x86 standard



GitLab version 15 goes big on visibility and observability

(2022/05/23)

GitOps fans can take a spin on the free tier for pull-based deployment



To multicloud, or not: Former PayPal head of engineering weighs in

(2022/05/23)

Not everyone needs it, but those who do need to consider 3 things, says Asim Razzaq



Infosys board asks boss Salil Parekh to stay another 5 years

(2022/05/23)

As staff churn at 27% a year, senior execs offered lots of shares to keep growth coming



Upgrading to Android 12.1 ... in Windows 11: Telemetry disabled by default

(2022/05/23)

Dev Channel Insiders get Windows Subsystem for Android updates



Google picks business chiefs for European Advisory Board

(2022/05/23)

A sign that the company is taking data sovereignty concerns more seriously



Clearview AI fined millions in the UK: No 'lawful reason' to collect Brits' images

(2022/05/23)

Updated Notorious selfie-scraper must pay $9.43 million – less than half of predicted fine – says data regulator



The Return of Gopher: Pre-web hypertext service is still around

(2022/05/23)

<movietrailer voice>The world was not ready for this gift. It is still not ready for this gift. Coming soon to a Gopherspace near you



Safari is crippling the mobile market, and we never even noticed

(2022/05/23)

Opinion With web apps, Apple insists on taking the pith helmet



Beware the fury of a database developer torn from tables and SQL

(2022/05/23)

Who, Me? Not so much process privilege rings, more circles of hell



How to find NPM dependencies vulnerable to account hijacking

(2022/05/23)

Security engineer outlines self-help strategy for keeping software supply chain safe



Dell's rugged Latitude 5430 laptop is quick and pretty – but also bulky and heavy

(2022/05/23)

Survives all manner of indiginities in Reg tests but may stuggle to cross over from boots to suits



Microsoft sounds the alarm on – wait for it – a Linux botnet

(2022/05/23)

Redmond claims the numbers are scary, but won't release them



AMD reveals 5nm Ryzen 7000 powered by Zen 4 cores

(2022/05/23)

AM5 socket to bring desktop CPUs to life in late 2022, mid-range laptop CPU to follow



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