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)

Azure flaw allowed users to control others' accounts

(2022/03/08)

AutoWarp security hole wasn't exploited – though researchers saw a way into a bank and a telco



Linux distros patch 'Dirty Pipe' make-me-root kernel bug

(2022/03/08)

Plus: Adafruit customer data leak fallout, infosec burnout, and more



Russia mulls making software piracy legal and patent licensing compulsory

(2022/03/08)

Rule rethink would apply only to those in countries that support sanctions



Cloudflare, Akamai: Why we're not pulling out of Russia

(2022/03/08)

Yanking connectivity would do more harm than good, they say



Alphabet still can't kill off Google+ insecurity lawsuit

(2022/03/08)

You forgot about this social network? A small army of lawyers haven't



Intel targets cryptocurrency mining, networks, and more with Agilex M-Series FPGAs

(2022/03/07)

The M is for memory bandwidth, not Meme-coins



Russian conflict unlikely to harm global ICT spending, yet

(2022/03/07)

But uncertainty, supply, power woes could cause trouble ahead



Deere & Co won't give out software and data needed for repairs, watchdog told

(2022/03/07)

Farming groups demand some kind of actual action from regulators



UN mulls Russia's pitch for cybercrime treaty

(2022/03/07)

US, EU, human-rights bods say proposal would allow more nation-state abuses



Amazon pressed to be more transparent about tax

(2022/03/07)

Investors hope to take resolution to shareholder meeting



Will this Mobileye IPO fund Intel's comeback plan?

(2022/03/07)

x86 giant will keep majority ownership of autonomous car tech wing



Lapsus$ extortionists dump Samsung data online, chaebol confirms security breach

(2022/03/07)

190GB worth of internal files include 'some source codes relating to the operation of Galaxy devices'



ZTE summoned to US court for allegedly breaking trade sanctions probation

(2022/03/07)

Case relates to alleged conspiracy to illegally bring over Chinese nationals



Microsoft pulls MSIX discussions into Windows Tech Community

(2022/03/07)

Packing app tech fans asked to huddle under the Windows umbrella



SAP continues to support Russian customers

(2022/03/07)

Oracle and Microsoft remain silent on involvement in existing installations



Customer service chatbot sector forecast to be worth $7bn this year

(2022/03/07)

Plus: You can now turn photos of your dead relatives into talking, blinking deepfakes



Alibaba smart electric vehicles now in mass production

(2022/03/07)

Joins Xiaomi and Huawei in making EVs, but IM L7s not available on e-commerce sites yet



Amazon cuts credit for charities to access web services

(2022/03/07)

Cloud giant will spread its largesse more widely – and thinly – amongst non-profits



Capgemini wins £30m deal to work on UK customs

(2022/03/07)

Delayed system 'vital component' of Brexit govt's enactment of the Northern Ireland Protocol



Enterprise IT finds itself in a war zone – with no script

(2022/03/07)

Where in the stack should sanctions start?



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The Great Movie Posters:

Different! Daring! Dynamic! Defying! Dumbfounding!
SEE Uncle Tom lead the Negroes to FREEDOM!
... Now, all the SENSUAL and VIOLENT passions Roots couldn't show on TV!
-- Uncle Tom's Cabin (1972)

An appalling amalgam of carnage and carnality!
-- Flesh and Blood Show (1973)

WHEN THE CATS ARE HUNGRY...
RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!
Alone, only a harmless pet...
One Thousand Strong, They Become a Man-Eating Machine!
-- The Night of a Thousand Cats (1972)

They're Over-Exposed
But Not Under-Developed!
-- Cover Girl Models (1976)