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)

South Korea to test grenade-launching drones

(2021/08/06)

Back on terra firma , ransomware rampage sees elevated security threat levels and giveaways to SMBs



Microsoft wonders if disabling just-in-time compilation of JavaScript improves browser security

(2021/08/06)

Edge is getting a 'Super Duper Security Mode' to test the idea. Yes, that is the actual name



America enlists Big Tech to help it develop and execute cyber security plans

(2021/08/06)

Players in ‘Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative’ include Microsoft, AWS, and Google



US proposes tracking digital cash and taxing it to pay for, you know, roads and stuff

(2021/08/06)

Uncle Sam wants digital asset brokers to log customer info but didn't clarify who counts as a broker or not



US 'dropped the ball' on security by going it alone claims Huawei US CSO

(2021/08/06)

Where there's a will, there's Huawei



Apple is about to start scanning iPhone users' devices for banned content, warns professor

(2021/08/06)

For now it's child abuse material but the tech has mission creep written in



Mozilla slams post-cookie ad tech proposals SWAN and UID2 - needs much more work

(2021/08/05)

Replacements for cookie-based tracking still pose privacy problems



Fastly CEO opens up on that June outage that crippled so many websites

(2021/08/05)

Admits some customers, including one in top ten yet to return its network



Do you have what it takes to turn adversity into software innovation?

(2021/08/05)

Prepare to take the NextStep at this free virtual event in November



Full Stream ahead: Microsoft will end 'classic' method of recording Teams meetings despite transcription concerns

(2021/08/05)

'All meeting recordings will be saved to OneDrive and SharePoint' from 16 August



A little Dataiku haiku for you: Hungry investors / throw data management firm / even more money

(2021/08/05)

$400m Series E values outfit at $4.6bn



SK hynix to create US-HQ'd NewCo for Intel's outgoing $9bn NAND biz

(2021/08/05)

Chipzilla exec and vineyard owner Robert Crooke to run operation … in between picking grapes



Got a cheap Cisco router in your home office? If it's one of these, there's an exposed RCE hole you need to plug

(2021/08/05)

Patches issued for two CVE-rated vulns



Paperless office? 2.8 trillion pages printed in 2020, down by 14% or 450 billion sheets

(2021/08/05)

Big brands might take solace that in 2025, 4.4 million pages will still be printed every minute



8 years ago another billionaire ploughed millions into space to harvest solar power and beam it back down to Earth

(2021/08/05)

Caltech received $100m for the project and is only just telling us now



Das tut mir leid! Germany's ruling party sorry for calling cops on researcher after she outed canvassing app flaws

(2021/08/05)

Party denies naming activist to police but apologises anyway



Ch-ch-ch-Chia! HDD sales soar to record levels as latest crypto craze sweeps Europe

(2021/08/05)

Knock-on effect for NAS and SSD devices too



Please, no Moore: 'Law' that defined how chips have been made for decades has run itself into a cul-de-sac

(2021/08/05)

Are we approaching peak computing? What are the alternatives?



Google hits undo on Chrome browser alert change that broke websites, web apps

(2021/08/05)

'This is peak Chrome; a reasonably good idea hampered because it was pushed out thoughtlessly'



Not all authentication is created equal – and that’s a good thing

(2021/08/05)

Identity management and access management problems are different and distinct



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"The majority of the stupid is invincible and guaranteed for all time. The
terror of their tyranny, however, is alleviated by their lack of consistency."
-- Albert Einstein