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)

Minnow Freshworks nips at tails of SaaS giants Salesforce and Servicenow with IPO plans

(2021/08/31)

Bach to basics: The well-funded IPO-er



NHS England's release of 'details' on access to Palantir COVID-19 data store: Good enough? We're in a 'dialogue' says national data watchdog

(2021/08/31)

Critics, meanwhile, voice incredulity over how little data has been shared



In Microsoft's world, cloud email still often requires on-premises Exchange. Why?

(2021/08/31)

Use third-party tools 'at your own risk' – but what of the risk of Exchange itself?



How to stop a content filter becoming a career-shortening network component

(2021/08/31)

He's not just a Big Cheese. He's a very naughty boy



Former Cisco exec jailed for fraud, dodging taxes

(2021/08/31)

Lean in for a tale of shell companies, fake CEOs, bribes, prison time and $3.6m in fines



South Korea says 2022 moonshot on track, will test interplanetary internet and search for water

(2021/08/31)

Orbiter nearly built ahead of ride with SpaceX in August '22. But first, a home-grown rocket launch in a month or so



Drowning in cybersecurity info? Make a dash to Security SOS Week 2021

(2021/08/31)

Dive deep into key topics – and still have time for lunch



Bangkok Airways hit by LockBit ransomware attack, loses lotsa data after refusing to pay

(2021/08/31)

Partial credit card numbers appear and, worse still, passengers' meal preferences



Microsoft sinks standalone Hyper-V Server, wants you using Azure Stack HCI for VM-wrangling

(2021/08/31)

Yet again, Microsoft tries to make your world more Azure-centric



Rumors of satellite-comms-capable iPhone abound. The truth could be rather boring

(2021/08/31)

Meanwhile, Amazon gripes about SpaceX's constellation plans



Children of China, your state-sanctioned hour of gaming begins … now!

(2021/08/31)

Beijing limits kids to three hours a week, suggests they use it to play Chess, Go or coding



Thief milks CREAM Finance for $18m+ in cryptocurrency after spotting security bug

(2021/08/31)

Reentrancy attack siphoned off millions



Toyota resumes autonomous Paralympics buses after vehicle hit judo competitor, forced him out of match

(2021/08/31)

More human guides recruited, trained to keep eyes on machines, athletes



Boffins find if you torture AMD Zen+, Zen 2 CPUs enough, they are vulnerable to Meltdown-like attack

(2021/08/30)

Chip biz's fix involves performance-inhibiting LFENCE, if warranted



Chinese developers protested insanely long work hours. Now the nation's courts agree

(2021/08/30)

'996' culture and its assumption of six twelve hour days - without overtime - labelled abusive and illegal



Adding AI to everything won't make sense until we can use it for anything

(2021/08/30)

You've gotta have standards



China welcomed its billionth netizen in the first half of 2021

(2021/08/30)

297M are rural, 983M use instant messaging, 469M order food online, and they average 26.9 hours online every week



SCO v. IBM settlement deal is done, but zombie case shuffles on elsewhere

(2021/08/30)

Ancient 'Who owns Unix?' case puts a $14.25M price tag on making some claims go away



Bonkers rocket launch sees craft slip sideways, barely climb and tear up terrain

(2021/08/30)

One engine failed a second into flight, but it still managed to reach 50km altitude



Yahoo! India! shuts! down! news! operation!

(2021/08/30)

Says regulatory changes requiring local ownership made it impossible to continue, but fancies a comeback



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