Facebook building 'on-demand executable file format' that self-inflates using homebrew compression
(2021/09/14)
Already shrinks The Social Network’s™ Android apps by 20 per cent compared to rivals, has uses beyond that
ExpressVPN bought for $1bn by Brit biz with an intriguing history in adware
(2021/09/14)
'Kape has moved on from those times'
South Korea fines Google ₩207 billion for forking up attempts at creating Android variants
(2021/09/14)
LG and Samsung probably aren't smiling – and not only because that sum translates to a tolerable US$177M
Australia gave police power to compel sysadmins into assisting account takeovers – so they plan to use it
(2021/09/14)
Soon, authorities intend to flush out CSAM and the creeps who share it. After that … privacy types are worried
ASEAN bloc agrees to work on digital trade pact that might get real by 2025
(2021/09/14)
South Korea wants to play, too, and has just the model it thinks will do the trick
Beijing orders Alibaba, Tencent, more Big Tech to stop blocking links to rivals
(2021/09/14)
Play nice or else, Chinese government tells app, web giants in meeting without coffee
NASA's Perseverance rover nabs two Martian rock samples for scientists on Earth to study one day
(2021/09/14)
Too early to confirm ancient alien life, but a 'potentially habitable sustained environment,' though...
Apple emergency patches fix zero-click iMessage bug used to inject NSO spyware
(2021/09/14)
Separate flaw in WebKit also under attack squashed, too – and two zero-days in Chrome, as well
Amazon abuses dominance to keep wholesaler prices high, says DC AG in updated antitrust complaint
(2021/09/14)
Minimum Margin Agreement policy is anticompetitive, it is claimed
How a glitch in the Matrix led to apps potentially exposing encrypted chats
(2021/09/13)
Forget Agent Smith, we want to see Neo fighting implementation bugs
NYC subway SNAFU probably caused by someone turning it off accidentally, say reports
(2021/09/13)
OK, so you're halfway there. Now have you tried switching the network back on again?
EU open source study highlights economic benefits but says Union is 'on the back foot' with industrial policy
(2021/09/13)
'There is already too much time gone' researcher tells The Reg
How AWS created Aurora, a database built for the cloud
(2021/09/13)
Rewriting the rules with logs
Astro Pi 2: New Raspberry Pi hardware with updated camera, sensors to head to the ISS this year
(2021/09/13)
This time it's... quite a bit faster
BT hails hollow-core fibre trials as 'critical advancement' for secure communications
(2021/09/13)
Telco claims to have run Quantum Key Distribution over 6km of cable
Open redirect on UK council website was being used for Royal Mail-themed parcel payments scam
(2021/09/13)
Homes4Wiltshire, aka Homes4Spammers
Spending watchdog blames British Home Office for delays to £1bn crime-fighting IT system
(2021/09/13)
Department says it's prepared to run ailing Police National Computer out of support if it has to
Fortnite banana can appear in court naked says judge in Epic vs Apple legal footnote
(2021/09/13)
Legal questions still remain over whether this judgment applies to all bananas or just that one
Wipro wins $44.5m deal for data centres and managed services at UK's National Grid
(2021/09/13)
Indian outsourcer bags another utility
Report: Microsoft and AWS scored $50m in contracts after Google pulled out of Pentagon's AI drone plan
(2021/09/13)
Plus: Smart software ugrade means Roomba can recognise dog poo