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 to adopt digital rupee and slap a 30 per cent tax on cryptocurrency income

(2022/02/02)

Designates data centres as infrastructure to attract more outside investment



America's EARN IT Act attacking Section 230 is back – and once again threatening the internet, critics say

(2022/02/02)

Legislation to punish online services for users' illegal content would damage speech and encryption, it's claimed



Whistleblower claims NSO offered 'bags of cash' for access to US phone networks

(2022/02/02)

Snoopware maker suggests remarks made 'in jest' as congressman refers allegations to prosecutors



MariaDB takes a dip into Angel Pond to clean up and go public

(2022/02/01)

How do you sell a product like Maria? How do you cash out within the cloud?



Tesla to disable 'self-driving' feature that allowed vehicles to roll past stop signs at junctions

(2022/02/01)

Slowing to a crawl like a human not actually allowed



Ransomware means your database IS the front line. How are you defending it?

(2022/02/01)

We'll show you how to fight back – and get backup



Lost your mouse cursor? Microsoft's PowerToys 0.55 has you covered – with a massive crosshair

(2022/02/01)

Forget the Blue Screen of Death. How about the Red Lines of Discovery?



Back up for a minute – Backblaze HD reliability stats show oldies can be goodies

(2022/02/01)

Failure can be factored in when you're doing your sums, says vendor



Cyberattacker hits German service station petrol terminal provider

(2022/02/01)

Shell station logistics supplier Oiltanking 'operating with limited capacity'



Trio of Rust Core Team members take their leave

(2022/02/01)

To lose an entire Moderation Team might be considered bad luck. But three of the Core Team?



Why is the little guy getting rinsed for hardware? Because top OEMs had to spend 25% more on chips in 2021

(2022/02/01)

Vendors shipped more but demand outstripped supply, says Gartner



He ain't heavy, he's my brother: Bloke gives away SpaceX ticket because he was over weight limit

(2022/02/01)

You must be this small to ride



UK government told to tighten purse strings or public will have to foot the bill for nuclear decommissioning

(2022/02/01)

Reverse this trend of overspending, says watchdog



Happy birthday, Windows Vista: Troubled teen hits 15

(2022/02/01)

It wasn't what Microsoft promised... but it wasn't all bad either



Russia's naval exercise near Ireland unlikely to involve cable-tapping shenanigans

(2022/02/01)

Muscle-flexing rather than publicised 'sabotage right here' plan



Shazam! Two world-record lightning events recognised

(2022/02/01)

One streaked across 750km of sky, the other set a duration record



BlackBerry offloads its 'legacy' patents – some of the stuff that made its phones hum

(2022/02/01)

$600M sale to new owner created and funded just to handle mobile, networking, and messaging IP



Attack on Titan: Four Japanese Manga publishers sue Cloudflare

(2022/02/01)

Allege content delivery network enables piracy



New York Times outlays seven-figure sum for 1,900 lines of JavaScript – yes, we mean Wordle

(2022/02/01)

Developer overwhelmed by game's runaway success, doesn't oppose future paywall



SiC move: STMicroelectronics banks on bringing power electronics material in house as electric cars rev up

(2022/02/01)

Supply chain management is back at the forefront



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