EU cuts off key Russian banks from SWIFT system (2022/03/02) State-owned Sberbank's software contracts under scrutiny
Google blocks FOSS Android tool – for asking for donations (2022/03/02) StreetComplete told people how they could fund development, now it's not allowed to
The time we came up with a solution – and found a big customer problem (2022/03/02) A fascinating firsthand retelling of the technical history of MPLS
Intel's 12th-gen Alder Lake processors will not include Microsoft's Pluton security (2022/03/02) We can still hear the echoes of the launch fanfare from 2020
European nations battle to bag some of Intel's billions (2022/03/02) US giant wants 20% of the world's chips from EU
Volcano 'shredded' submarine cable, vastly complicating repair job (2022/03/02) Underwater sediment surges sliced several segments, required extreme splicing to fix
New flashpoint: US may ask Chinese tech firms to bin Russia (2022/03/02) Beijing and Moscow are suddenly BFFs, and that's already seen one Chinese firm reverse a Russia ban
President Biden calls for ban on social media ads aimed at kids (2022/03/02) State of the Union features call for Congress to pass law that could see Intel spend $100B on chip factories
Baidu plans 100-city robot taxi rollout by 2030 (2022/03/02) AI cloud business booms, but not at levels – or in locations – that will worry rivals
BitConnect boss accused of $2.4bn crypto-Ponzi fraud has disappeared (2022/03/02) Where in the world is Carm, sorry, Satish Kumbhani?
Harvard, MIT, Berkeley are still fighting over genome-editing patents. Now another ruling (2022/03/02) Who says organic chemistry doesn't have its drama?
Co-inventor of Ethernet David Boggs dies aged 71 (2022/03/01) You couldn't read this article online without using his network tech
Second data-wiping malware found in Ukraine, says ESET (2022/03/01) While Apple halts all sales in Russia, Visa and Mastercard block banks
Ukraine asks ICANN to delete all Russian domains (2022/03/01) Plus: Namecheap tells customers in Russia they are no longer welcome, citing 'war crimes'
Concern over growing reach of proprietary firmware BLOBs (2022/03/01) Just because it's on Github doesn't mean you can read it.
VMware inks more telco partnerships as 5G takes off (2022/03/01) Virtualization giant keen to cash in on cloud-native tech
Maxar Technologies: The eye in the sky tracking invasion of Ukraine (2022/03/01) Expect to hear more from it as Putin's war wears on
This JavaScript scanner hunts down malware in libraries (2022/03/01) Stick a fork in this Socket and zap malicious NPM packages
A €1.5bn day in European software mergers (2022/03/01) German veteran Software AG buys StreamSets while private equity firm takes over ERP slinger Forterro
Insurance giant Aon confirms it has suffered 'cyber incident' (2022/03/01) Oh the irony! Insurance companies, even those selling cyber insurance, are attack targets