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)

Linux 5.17 debuts after 'very calm' extra week of work

(2022/03/20)

Linus Torvalds suggests version 5.18 will be a little larger, hopefully also warm, fuzzy, low-drama



Linux Mint Debian Edition 5 is here

(2022/03/19)

Whether it's Mint-flavoured Debian or Debian-flavoured Mint, it's tasty



Google Maps just got lost for a few hours

(2022/03/18)

Outage tripped up web, native apps while cloud had a wobble



Take this $715,000 and find security gaps in quantum computers, says NSF

(2022/03/18)

Yes, the ones that don't exist yet



Equinix cuts $705m check for Chilean, Peruvian datacenters

(2022/03/18)

Colocation giant goes on a Santiago shopping spree



This browser-in-browser attack is perfect for phishing

(2022/03/18)

If you're involved in malvertising, please don't read this. We don't want to give you ideas



Cyclops Blink malware sets up shop in ASUS routers

(2022/03/18)

Kremlin-backed Sandworm has its VPNFilter replacement, it seems



AlmaLinux OS Foundation welcomes AMD to the fold

(2022/03/18)

New signups bring skills in mainframes, IT services, hosting in quest for RHEL parity



Devs of bcachefs try to get filesystem into Linux again

(2022/03/18)

Maturity and merging: Manageable for bcachefs?



Exotic Lily is a business-like access broker for ransomware gangs

(2022/03/18)

Google's TAG details operations of prolific group, including 9-to-5 workdays



Microsoft Visual Studio: Cluttering up developer disks for 25 years

(2022/03/18)

A quarter of a century can put a fair few inches on the waistline, am I right, devs?



ITC judge recommends banning toner imports that infringe Canon's IP

(2022/03/18)

Can the US market manage without them? Commission wants to know



AI drug algorithms can be flipped to invent bioweapons

(2022/03/18)

Our model took mere hours to suggest 40,000 potentially lethal compounds, says startup



CISOs face 'perfect storm' of ransomware and state-supported cybercrime

(2022/03/18)

As some nations turn a blind eye, defense becomes life-or-death matter



Europe, US warn of fake-chip danger to national security, critical systems

(2022/03/18)

Scammers exploit global supply-chain crunch



SAP community website leaks member data to savvy users

(2022/03/18)

Database dump accessible via the OData protocol, but software giant says it's working as intended



Amazon to spend £1.8bn on UK infrastructure over next 2 years

(2022/03/18)

Won't reveal how much of that is actually being spent on data centers, though



Northwest England councils in £31m SaaS HR system tender

(2022/03/18)

Procurement comes as Manchester City Council looks for SAP next steps



Unable to write 'Amusing Weekly Column'. Abort, Retry, Fail?

(2022/03/18)

Don't fret, we're just having a technical



Client demo in 30 minutes. Just what could go wrong?

(2022/03/18)

DNS means Do Not Shove under desk



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