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)

Oops, says Manchester City Council after thousands of number plates exposed in parking ticket spreadsheet

(2021/05/13)

They are personal data, you know. Wait – you did know that, right?

'Biggest data grab' in NHS history stuffs GP records in a central store for 'research' – and the time to opt out is now

(2021/05/13)

'More data, more breadth, more depth... it's the whole f&*king deal'

Rust 2021 edition to arrive in October with 'more consistent panic' and other new features

(2021/05/13)

Also: Why Rust in Android will use the Soong build system, not Cargo

Does AI have to disrupt everything you know about running a data center?

(2021/05/13)

The optimal intelligent model could be disaggregation

Japan to start stamping out rubber stamps and tearing up faxes as new digital agency given Sept. 1 start date

(2021/05/13)

'My Number' identifier to become central to myriad government services if the plan works

Google Docs users, you are on notice: Code rewrite may break browser extensions

(2021/05/13)

HTML and CSS? What is this, 2003?

Microsoft bins Azure Blockchain without explanation, gives users four months to move

(2021/05/13)

Says picking a replacement is your next step. Seriously, that’s Redmond's first piece of advice. Eventually it recommends Quorum

India’s vaccination-booking API criticised for excluding millions, containing bugs, and overflowing with elitism

(2021/05/13)

It’s faulty, struggling to scale, lacks a dedicated privacy policy

Elon Musk hits the brakes on taking Bitcoin for Tesla purchases

(2021/05/13)

CEO wakes up to BTC's connection to coal, holds onto the stash until mining becomes more eco friendly

FCC starts probing effects of semiconductor drought on the US telecoms supply chain

(2021/05/13)

If only there was a business to consult about chip shortages? Ah, that's right. Huawei, awks

Pentagon backs away from labeling smartphone maker Xiaomi a military org run by China's communist elite

(2021/05/13)

Biz to be removed from naughty list following out-of-court settlement

If you said the semiconductor shortage will last until Q2 2022, you would be correct, according to Gartner

(2021/05/12)

Chip in if you want more chips, analyst house suggests

Apple's Find My network can be abused to leak secrets to the outside world via passing devices

(2021/05/12)

You gotta work hard for those three-bytes-a-second transfers, though

With Gelsinger back at Intel, VMware picks new CEO from within, shakes up execs

(2021/05/12)

vRangarajan vRaghuram is vBoss after vMotion to vTop

If you can't upload to Amazon Photos right now, don't worry – no one can

(2021/05/12)

Unlimited picture-hosting service suddenly gets very limited

Water's wet, the Pope's Catholic, and iOS is designed to stop folk switching to Android, Epic trial judge told

(2021/05/12)

Fortnite maker wheels out economist to explain how Apple works

US-based hard disk drive suppliers face further scrutiny over whether they've shipped proscribed HDDs to Huawei

(2021/05/12)

The Wicker man: US Commerce Committee senator questions Toshiba, Seagate and WD

Happy to pay out to ransomware masterminds? Yup, we thought so

(2021/05/12)

Join us online and learn about modern extortionware and how to frustrate it

'Big updates' to Mac design app Sketch add real-time collaboration – but you'll need to fork out for a subscription

(2021/05/12)

Perpetual licence still offered, but with downgraded features

SAP co-founder's charitable arm made investments in a joint venture with the software giant

(2021/05/12)

Foundation is 'passive investor' alongside private equity firm Dediq, firm says

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