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)

India gives local techies 60 days to hit 6-hour deadline for infosec incident reporting

(2022/04/29)

Customer data collection and retention requirements also increased, including for crypto operators



UK watchdogs ask how they can better regulate algorithms

(2022/04/29)

We have bad news: you probably can't... but good luck anyway



Meetings in the metaverse: Are your Mikes on?

(2022/04/29)

Something for the Weekend You thought Zoom was bad? Welcome to the Thunderdome



BOFH: Something's consuming 40% of UPS capacity – and it's coming from the beancounters' office

(2022/04/29)

Episode 8 Under-desk heaters, two small fridges, an entire kitchenette...



Sina Weibo, China's Twitter analog, reveals users' locations and IP addresses

(2022/04/29)

Sssshhhh! Nobody tell Elon Musk



Your software doesn't work when my PC is in 'O' mode

(2022/04/29)

On Call Code so clever it is like perpetual motion. In C++



Arm wrests back control of its rogue China limb

(2022/04/29)

Updated Ouster of rebel CEO should clear path for planned Arm IPO



MIT's thin plastic speakers fall flat. And that's by design

(2022/04/29)

Video The walls are alive with the sound of music



Autonomous Mayflower to attempt Atlantic crossing, again

(2022/04/29)

Second shot after lack of humans to fix simple issue crippled sea vessel



Bumblebee malware loader emerges as Conti's BazarLoader fades

(2022/04/29)

At least three threat groups are using the loader in malicious email campaigns



India reveals plan to become major RISC-V design and production player by 2023

(2022/04/29)

Joins open chip standard's international board to show it's really serious this time



VMware walks back ban on booting vSphere from SD cards or thumb drives

(2022/04/29)

But it wants server-makers to kick out the option – forever



US appeals court ruling could 'eliminate internet privacy'

(2022/04/29)

Tech terms of service dissolve Fourth Amendment rights, EFF warns



Semiconductor firms: China lockdowns play havoc with supply and demand

(2022/04/29)

Some report multimillion-dollar hits while others offer more rosy takes amid component drought



Microsoft fixes cross-account vulns in Azure Database for PostgreSQL service

(2022/04/28)

Presented by the Wiz team that found the Cosmos DB flaw



Apple must fix its self-service repair program, say critics

(2022/04/28)

A+ for marketing, F- for blocking aftermarket parts with serial number checks



Rocket Lab to attempt mid-air recovery of descending booster

(2022/04/28)

Doing anything Friday night? Fancy watching someone try to catch a rocket with a helicopter?



Free enterprise systems management tool Uyuni releases stable version

(2022/04/28)

Navigate the SALT-y seas of systems-wrangling with the FOSS basis of SUSE Manager



Cloudflare stomps huge DDoS attack on crypto platform

(2022/04/28)

At 15.3 million requests per second, the assault was the largest HTTPS blitz on record lasting 15 seconds



60 countries sign declaration to keep future internet open

(2022/04/28)

Lofty, non-binding declaration aims for open, free, interoperable internet in the face of authoritarian threats



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"Message passing as the fundamental operation of the OS is just an
excercise in computer science masturbation. It may feel good, but you
don't actually get anything DONE."

- Linus Torvalds