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)

Chip-making equipment maker ASML boasts of record orders, predicts a $1 trillion market by 2030

(2021/07/21)

Talks of increased interest in EUV, nations' desire to take tech production native



Dog eats UK government's Hydrogen Strategy homework just as summer recess arrives

(2021/07/21)

Ah shucks, industry and investors will have to wait a little bit longer



Windows 11 gets chatty as Teams integration turns up

(2021/07/21)

There is no escaping Microsoft's messaging platform



Pipe down, Jeff. You've only gone where Gus Grissom went before, 60 years ago today

(2021/07/21)

Remembering the second American in space



Snail mail would be a fool-proof way to inform patients about plans to slurp GP data, but UK govt won't commit

(2021/07/21)

'Campaign of engagement and communication' might not include letter, but junior minister doesn't rule it out



Watchdog slaps down Three's claims to be building the UK's 'fastest 5G network' – again

(2021/07/21)

Company can't seem to help running its mouth, despite ASA's ruling last year



In a complete non-surprise, Mozilla hammers final nail in FTP's coffin by removing it from Firefox

(2021/07/21)

Gather 'round, kids, and I'll tell you stories of rotary dial phones, modems, and FTP



Hundreds of irate UK Parliamentary staffers sue IPSA over 2017 salary spreadsheet publication snafu

(2021/07/21)

Yet they lose anonymity bid before High Court



You're not imagining it. Amazon and AWS want to hire all your friends, enemies, and everyone in between

(2021/07/21)

What really happens after you disappear into Bezos' talent hoover?



Peers question experts over UK police use of AI, facial recognition tech

(2021/07/21)

Academics, senior officers sat at uncomfortable table and asked 'what's going on 'ere, then?'



Mountains on neutron stars are not even a millimetre tall due to extreme gravity

(2021/07/21)

According to simulations, anyway



Won't someone think of the kids? China's Cyberspace Admin steps up, orders massive cleanup to make the net safe for minors

(2021/07/21)

No rudeness. No cute kids spruiking tat. No violence. No fan frenzies. And no smutty emoticons



AWS gave Parler a chance, won't say if it talked to NSO before axing spyware biz's backend systems

(2021/07/21)

How do you feel about your cloud now?



South Korea tables law to remove app stores' in-app purchase monopolies

(2021/07/21)

Perhaps coincidentally, Google extended deadline of enforced Play-to-Pay on the very same day



Make-me-admin holes found in Windows, Linux kernel

(2021/07/21)

Patches available for priv-esc bug in the open-source software, at least



Journo who went to prison for 2 years for breaking US cyber-security law is jailed again

(2021/07/21)

Deletion of employer's YouTube account deemed violation of release



Apple delays recalling staff to offices until October as Delta variant romps across US

(2021/07/21)

Twitter, Salesforce, Google, Microsoft have reopened, kind of



Open-source dev and critic of Beijing claims Audacity owner Muse threatened him with deportation to China in row over copyright

(2021/07/20)

'Who knows how he may be received...'



How Amazon broke free from Oracle

(2021/07/20)

‘Our DBAs all became cloud architects’



UK.gov's Huawei watchdog says firm made 'no overall improvement' on firmware security but won't say why

(2021/07/20)

HCSEC board's 2020 report filled with pats on back for Chinese biz



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