American insurance giant CNA reportedly pays $40m to ransomware crooks
(2021/05/22)
Plus: Stalkerware even more scummy and ExifTool needs patching
Europe gives SK Hynix the nod to gobble up Intel's NAND flash and solid-state drive biz
(2021/05/22)
I have you now, Samsung
Boffins improve on tech that extracts DC power from ambient Wi-Fi
(2021/05/22)
Series of 8 spin-torque oscillators improves efficiency, but parallel design better for wireless transmission
Help wanted, work from anywhere ... except if you're located in Colorado
(2021/05/21)
Tech firms, other companies must reveal salary info in job ads if Coloradans are eligible
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander set to ride a SpaceX Falcon 9 to the Moon
(2021/05/21)
Another NASA-awarded mission. Lucky those first stages are reusable, eh?
It took 'over 80 different developers' to review and fix 'mess' made by students who sneaked bad code into Linux
(2021/05/21)
Patches to land in Linux 5.13
All that Lego has a purpose: Researchers find that spatial memory improves kids' mathematical powers
(2021/05/21)
Textbooks aren't everything
Google to venture where Apple soared and Microsoft crashed – physical retail
(2021/05/21)
Get ready for the New York Chocolate Factory experience
UK Computer Misuse Act convictions declined last year despite pandemic explosion in online criminal activity
(2021/05/21)
And less than a fifth of CMA crims copped jail terms
When humanity perishes in nuclear fire, the University of Essex's radiation-resistant robots will inherit the Earth
(2021/05/21)
Never mind the Clacton-on-Sea pier. They've got £600k to build power plant butlers
Holy margins, Batman: Pandemic tech prices balloon as demand outweighs stocks and suppliers get greedy
(2021/05/21)
Hall of Shame as IT buyers admit to paying £110 for a £14 mouse and keyboard
ESA signs off on contracts for lunar data relay and navigation
(2021/05/21)
Surrey Satellite and Airbus to ponder a fleet of Moonlight satellites
Here's how we got persistent shell access on a Boeing 747 – Pen Test Partners
(2021/05/21)
In-flight entertainment system ran Windows NT4 – and almost defied access attempts
Google's 'Ask me anything' on Privacy Sandbox was more about questions than answers
(2021/05/21)
FLoC is not for our benefit, says Chocolate Factory, it's for everyone else
How much would you pay me to develop a COVID tracking app that actually works? Ah, thought so: nothing
(2021/05/21)
Meet Guillaume Rozier - a bit like Captain Tom but 76 years younger and no chance of a medal
Doncaster insurance firm One Call hit by not-dead-at-all Darkside ransomware gang
(2021/05/21)
Local paper reports £15m heist demand amid Colonial Pipeline chaos
Proposed amendments to UK Finance Bill target rogue umbrella companies ripping off contractors after IR35
(2021/05/21)
Conservative MPs offer tweaks to stamp out suspect practices
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz? Detroit waits for my order, you'd better make amends
(2021/05/21)
I've worked hard all day on-call... you drive me round the bend
Cloudflare stops offering to block LGBTQ webpages
(2021/05/21)
Like, you wouldn't filter out pages by Black people, right?
Toyota rear-ended by twin cyber attacks that left ransomware-shaped dents
(2021/05/21)
Oh what a feeling, and in the same week as automaker announced new production pauses
Schizophrenia beats being alone.