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)

Steam-powered computers: Retro cool or old and busted?

(2021/07/27)

The silicon is weak, but the iron is strong



I've got a broken combine harvester – but the manufacturer won't give me the software key

(2021/07/27)

Right-to-repair activists welcome policy wins with caution



Early Skype developer Jaan Tallinn splashes cash in latest funding for Matrix-based instant messenger Element

(2021/07/27)

Decentralised comms is where it's at



Google promises its days as a cold-eyed API-killer are behind it

(2021/07/27)

Customers are afraid of commitment, so new rules for enterprise APIs promise to stick around until you ride off into the sunset



It takes intuition and skill to find hidden evidence and hunt for elusive threats

(2021/07/27)

Try the SANS DFIR-ence in Berlin this October



Intel announces AWS has become a client, Qualcomm likes its future tech, advances that as proof it's back in business

(2021/07/27)

Reveals tech roadmap that contains some real change, some renaming



Hubble in another first: Water vapor spotted in atmosphere of Jupiter’s Ganymede

(2021/07/27)

We speak to the scientists involved



Japan plans remote-controlled robotic space tourism to the ISS and beyond

(2021/07/27)

'Avatars' that roam around space station, or do work with high performance hands, to be controllable from the ground



SSD belonging to Euro-cloud Scaleway was stolen from back of a truck, then turned up on YouTube

(2021/07/27)

Has since been recovered, and Scaleway now ships disks with GPS trackers



Private cryptocurrencies make lousy national currencies: International Monetary Fund

(2021/07/27)

But the idea of blockchain-powered money is worth government consideration



Apple patches zero-day vulnerability in iOS, iPadOS, macOS under active attack

(2021/07/27)

Characteristically mum about details



Bezos offers to knock $2bn off his bill to NASA to stay in the running for Moon contract

(2021/07/27)

It's not a bribe when it's a payment waiver



Dell won't ship energy-hungry PCs to California and five other US states due to power regulations

(2021/07/26)

Energy efficiency rules appear to be limiting the availability of gaming rigs



You, too, can be a Windows domain controller and do whatever you like, with this one weird WONTFIX trick

(2021/07/26)

Microsoft offers some mitigations for thwarting PetitPotam attacks



Google updates timeline for unpopular Privacy Sandbox, which will kill third-party cookies in Chrome by 2023

(2021/07/26)

'The W3C doesn't get to be the boss of anyone, the decisions are going to be made at each of the browsers'



Are big enterprises really entitled to a different class of data management?

(2021/07/26)

Learn how to democratise storage with this revolutionary webcast



Remember the bloke who was told by Zen Internet to contact his MP about crap service? Yeah, it's still not fixed

(2021/07/26)

Fear not! Issue is at the 'highest level of escalation,' says ISP



South Korea reports export boom in silicon, wireless comms, and instant noodles

(2021/07/26)

Makes sense really



Brit reseller given 2022 court date for £270m Microsoft SaaS licence sueball's first hearing

(2021/07/26)

End of March for ValueLicensing's jurisdictional defence



Thinking about upgrading to Debian Bullseye? Watch out for changes in Exim and anything using Python 2.x

(2021/07/26)

v11 set for mid-August release



More

I put instant coffee in a microwave and almost went back in time.
-- Steven Wright