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)

Ever wondered how much data web giants generate? Singaporean super-app Grab says 40TB a day

(2021/08/03)

Reports record Q1 sales and advances plans for SPAC-ulative IPO



Research finds cyber-snoops working for 'Chinese state interests' lurking in SE Asian telco networks since 2017

(2021/08/03)

Handy way to keep tabs on 'activists, politicians, business leaders, and more'



Microsoft's Cloud PCs debut – priced between $20 and $158 a month

(2021/08/03)

We tried 'em on Windows, iOS and Android, and can't say they're very exciting



US govt calmly but firmly tells Blue Origin it already has a ride to the Moon's surface with SpaceX, thanks

(2021/08/03)

Hit us up next time you're free, though



Google says Pixel 6, 6 Pro coming this year with custom AI acceleration

(2021/08/02)

For now, tedious Apple-grade teasing



Credit-card-stealing, backdoored packages found in Python's PyPI library hub

(2021/08/02)

Plus: SolarWinds cyber-spies hit US prosecutors' email systems, and more



Mid-range storage shouldn’t be about revolution, but it shouldn’t be revolting either

(2021/08/02)

Cast off your chains with this webcast



Redpilled Microsoft does away with flashing icons on taskbar as Windows 11 hits Beta

(2021/08/02)

Also: Why new OS looks this way, and easier install for Linux subsystem



Nuisance call-blocking firm fined £170,000 for making almost 200,000 nuisance calls

(2021/08/02)

Irony, thy name is Yes Consumer Solutions Ltd



Chromebooks fighting for mind share at PC makers with higher-margin Windows 11 machines in the lead, says IDC

(2021/08/02)

Colour us surprised



Following Torvalds' nudge, Paragon's NTFS driver for Linux is on track for kernel

(2021/08/02)

Also: 5.14 rc4 is out, with Linus saying 'nothing to see here'



PwnedPiper vulns have potential to turn Swisslog's PTS hospital products into Swiss cheese, says Armis

(2021/08/02)

Hardcoded passwords, unencrypted connections and unauthenticated firmware updates... patches released



NHS England's £200m ERP replacement misses another deadline as procurement runs 2 years behind schedule

(2021/08/02)

Delivery of project to manage £110bn spending 'appears to be unachievable' says UK government's own watchdog



Right to repair shouldn't exist – not because it's wrong but because it's so obviously right

(2021/08/02)

Gatekeeper capitalism at its most odious



Undebug my heart: Using Cisco's IOS to take down capitalism – accidentally

(2021/08/02)

Two little letters is all it takes



Twitter uses HackerOne bounties to find biases in its image-cropping AI model

(2021/08/02)

Claims it's the first algorithmic bias bounty competition



Make the move to managed databases

(2021/08/02)

And free your DBAs to focus ‘on the valuable stuff’



Australian court rules an AI can be considered an inventor on patent filings

(2021/08/02)

IP lawyer says decision is bad because the last thing we need is robot patent trolls



Huawei to America: You're not taking cyber-security seriously until you let China vouch for us

(2021/08/02)

Slams Biden's Executive Order on improving infosec, calls for multilateral trust framework



Zoom agrees to pay subscribers $25 to put its security SNAFUs behind it

(2021/08/02)

Zoombombing class action offers US$85m in payments, meaning even free accounts get a few bucks



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Proposed Additions to the PDP-11 Instruction Set:

BBW Branch Both Ways
BEW Branch Either Way
BBBF Branch on Bit Bucket Full
BH Branch and Hang
BMR Branch Multiple Registers
BOB Branch On Bug
BPO Branch on Power Off
BST Backspace and Stretch Tape
CDS Condense and Destroy System
CLBR Clobber Register
CLBRI Clobber Register Immediately
CM Circulate Memory
CMFRM Come From -- essential for truly structured programming
CPPR Crumple Printer Paper and Rip
CRN Convert to Roman Numerals