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)

Sweden asks EU to ban Bitcoin mining because while hydroelectric power is cheap, they need it for other stuff

(2021/11/26)

Lighting and warming homes in winter, or ransoming encrypted files and buying drugs? Hmmm



The rocky road to better Linux software installation: Containers, containers, containers

(2021/11/26)

Let's be real: Everyone is trying to catch up with Apple



EU needs more cybersecurity graduates, says ENISA infosec agency – pointing at growing list of master's degree courses

(2021/11/26)

Skills gap needs filling somehow



Nuclear fusion firm Pulsar fires up a UK-built hybrid rocket engine

(2021/11/26)

A win in the rocketry world: 'Flames came out of the right end'



Bad news for Tencent: Chinese companies steer employees away from Weixin or WeChat

(2021/11/26)

Middle Kingdom's internet giant: It's a switch to enterprise apps. Try ours?



Privacy Sandbox saga continues: UK watchdog extracts more commitments from Google over ad tech

(2021/11/26)

Roll up, roll up. Come and be the CMA-approved trustee to keep an eye on the Chocolate Factory's antics



Government-favoured child safety app warned it could violate the UK's Investigatory Powers Act with message-scanning tech

(2021/11/26)

Redesigned SafeToNet feature highlights tech law mess



Reviving a classic: ThinkPad modder rattles tin to fund new motherboard for 2008's T60 and T61 series of laptops

(2021/11/26)

When vendors don't update old models, someone must step up



You forced me to use this fancypants app and now you're asking for a printout?

(2021/11/26)

'Just take the meds, Mr Sloper, and enjoy your holiday'



BOFH: What if International Bad Actors designed the vaccine to make us watch more Steven Seagal movies?

(2021/11/26)

Pipe down – Nicolas Cage could be listening



Swooping in to claim the glory while the On Call engineer stands baffled

(2021/11/26)

Backups or crack-ups? Welcome to the world of the IBM System/3



If you want to see off next year’s cyber-threats, the time to prepare is … now

(2021/11/26)

Fast forward into 2022 with Sophos’ Cybersecurity Summit 2021



India backs away from digital services tax after US pressure

(2021/11/26)

Will keep taxing, but consider payments as credits for future global tax regime



LG Electronics anoints new CEO, elevates exec who grew laptop biz too

(2021/11/26)

M&A department elevated in importance, gets more resources



Seaberry carrier board turns a Raspberry Pi into a desktop PC with 11 PCIe slots

(2021/11/25)

It's a bit pricey, though



Microsoft Defender for Endpoint laid low. Not by malware, but by another buggy Windows patch

(2021/11/25)

Only affects Windows Server Core, so that's alright then



It’s about the survival of the fittest – CISOs must be brave enough to throw away their security playbook, or suffer the consequences

(2021/11/25)

The Vectra Masked CISO series gives security leaders a place to expose the biggest issues in security and advise peers on how to overcome them.



Alpine Linux 3.15 bids a fond farewell to MIPS64 support

(2021/11/25)

LTS Linux kernel – check. Once proud RISC contender? Nope



Desktop bust and custom iPhone 13 Pro made from melted-down Tesla car for the Elon Musk dork in your life

(2021/11/25)

Just $8,300!



AWS chops data transfer fees by massive extension of free tier – 2 months after rival previewed R2 Storage

(2021/11/25)

Customer: 'I should send Cloudflare a Christmas card to say thanks'



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-- The Earl of Birkenhead