Gone in 60 electrons: Digital art swaggers down the cul-de-sac of obsolescence
(2021/05/07)
No lessons learned from (literally) decades of media format wars
Perl changes dev's permaban for 'unacceptable' behaviour to a year-long lockout after community response
(2021/05/07)
'Discriminatory or harassing conduct will not be tolerated'
Researchers say objects can hide from computer vision by seeking out unusual company that trips correlation bias
(2021/05/07)
Algos guiding self-driving cars don’t expect to see a STOP sign next to food. So if someone put a pic showing apples at a busy intersection ...
The swift in-person response is part of the service (and nothing to do with the thing I broke while trying to help you)
(2021/05/07)
I'll talk you through the steps... oh sh-
China sprayed space with 3,000 pieces of junk. US military officials want rules to stop that sort of thing
(2021/05/07)
Satellite shootdown test still causing operational and diplomatic hassles after 14 years
Cisco HyperFlex web interface has critical flaw that lets attackers get root and execute arbitrary commands
(2021/05/07)
You know the drill: shake your head in disbelief, then figure out if patching will wipe out a weekend or be merely inconvenient
Kids in Hong Kong and other highly surveilled states worry infosec careers are just asking for trouble
(2021/05/07)
Asia is already short millions of trainees; expert warns talent pipeline will dry up in response to government snooping
China is upset India excluded Chinese equipment from 5G network trials
(2021/05/07)
Why are you giving yourself a kick in the innovation economy?
Google Play to require privacy labels on apps in 2022, almost two years after Apple
(2021/05/07)
Developers want to do this, says Google. Ummm ... guys, you do remember the thousands of malware nightmares you’ve hosted and sold?
Big right-to-repair win: FTC blasts tech giants for making it so difficult to mend devices
(2021/05/07)
'There is scant evidence to support manufacturers’ justifications for restrictions'
Google will make you use two-step verification to login
(2021/05/07)
World Password Day returns to remind us how much passwords suck
IBM says it's built the world's first 2nm semiconductor chips
(2021/05/07)
Coming to a computer near you ... this decade ... maybe
Telcos crammed 8.5m fake comments against net neutrality into FCC's inbox
(2021/05/06)
While some teen generated 7.7m bogus pro-NN notes to US broadband regulator
NHS Digital booking website had unexpected side effect: It leaked people's jab status
(2021/05/06)
Wanna find out if your employee has had a shot? Just lob her postcode and DoB into this website
The quest for faster Python: Pyston returns to open source, Facebook releases Cinder, or should devs just use PyPy?
(2021/05/06)
Official CPython is slow, but there are many ways to get better performance
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 modem code flaw exposed Android smartphones to possible snooping
(2021/05/06)
Good thing researchers spotted it, no evidence of exploit in the wild
Just one in 5 Googlers plan to swerve the office permanently after COVID-19
(2021/05/06)
Free breakfast, lunch and dinner? Listening to Ryan Reynolds talk shit? Massages for gratis? Why the hell wouldn't they return
Day 3 of the Apple vs Epic trial: What actually is an iPhone anyway?
(2021/05/06)
Microsoft Xbox exec called up to explain differences with gaming console
There may have been problems with the JEDI deal but you still wouldn't have won, Oracle told by US govt
(2021/05/06)
They were not the cloud we were looking for, says DoD in brief to Supreme Court
Microsoft has gone to great lengths to push its tech, but survey suggests many devs slipped through the .NET
(2021/05/06)
Among the findings, WPF remains most-used desktop framework despite years of promotion for UWP
Love is never asking why?