2FA? More like 2F-in-the-way: It seems no one wants me to pay for their services after all (2021/10/01) Shut up and take my money
Computer shuts down when foreman leaves the room: Ghost in the machine? Or an all-too-human bit of silliness? (2021/10/01) The answer won't surprise you
Fairphone makes wireless earbuds less foul, by charging batteries carefully (2021/10/01) Intros Model 4 smartphone with five-year warranty, six years of software updates
Hybrid learning works. This on-demand webcast proves it, in more ways than one (2021/10/01) Retake, sorry, relive it all here
Beijing explains what China's new data protection law really means – a month after it took effect (2021/10/01) Orders annual data reviews to ensure compliance with rules on how to handle data that's terrifying to lose, or merely scary
Honda to build reusable rockets to sling sats, but won't scare SpaceX (2021/10/01) Also plans remote-controlled robots with fingers and jar-opening capabilities, to help run a moon base
'Quantum computer algorithms are linear algebra, probabilities. This is not something that we do a good job of teaching our kids' (2021/10/01) Assuming tech works as promised, overhaul needed in policy and supplies, panel says
Intel offers Loihi 2 to boffins: A 7nm chip with more than 1m programmable neurons (2021/10/01) Before you call it dumb, take a look at its biological counterparts on this planet
Blue Origin employees complain of sexist culture that ignores safety concerns (2021/10/01) At Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, billionaire egos create fear of flying
Revealed: How to steal money from victims' contactless Apple Pay wallets (2021/10/01) Boffins devise tricks to dupe stolen or nearby iPhones into paying out when in transit mode and using Visa
What do iOS and Android have in common? Their apps suck at privacy, boffins say (2021/10/01) Plus 'widespread potential violations of US, EU, UK privacy law' as an added bonus
Xero, Slack suffer outages just as Let's Encrypt root cert expiry downs other websites, services (2021/09/30) 'The internet is a complex system'
Ransomware crim: Yeah, what I do is bad. No, I don't care. Yes, infosec bods are all mouth and no trousers (2021/09/30) Claimed REvil contractor badmouths West from anonymous pulpit
EU and US seek 'common principles' for data governance and AI (2021/09/30) Technology, security, competitiveness also on agenda. *Cough* Privacy Shield *cough*
Brit law firm files suit against Google and Deepmind over use of hospital patients' data (2021/09/30) Royal Free Hospital saga continues as representative action brought
Which? survey finds people would actually pay the online giants not to take their data (2021/09/30) On the other hand, sweeten the deal with a couple of quid and they'll be a lot more happy to share
Airline meal-sized £700k awarded by UK.gov for green aviation: That's for eco-tech rather than planes, mind (2021/09/30) Infrastructure to support lower-emission aircraft, is the hope
Autonomy founder Lynch scores extradition decision delay as Home Sec ponders sending him to US (2021/09/30) All eyes on Priti Patel as High Court case recedes into insignificance
Got enterprise workstations and hope to run Windows 11? Survey says: You lose. Over half the gear's not fit for it (2021/09/30) 30 million Windows devices in 60k orgs studied