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