Security vendor Proofpoint snapped up by private equity for $12.3bn but still in search of profit
(2021/04/26)
Thoma Bravo follows Sophos purchase with further infosec landgrab
PCs continue to sell like hot cakes and industry can barely keep up with demand – analyst
(2021/04/26)
Retailers prep for what could be the biggest sales year on record
Apple faces another suit over its allegedly misleading water resistance claims
(2021/04/26)
Filing says most users' devices 'may experience limited water contact'
Scam victims find same fraudulent ads lurking on Facebook and Google even after flagging them up
(2021/04/26)
Consumer watchdog blasts platforms for onerous reporting mechanisms
Big Blue services enjoy a lie-in: IBM cloud gets the Monday blues and its customers won't have been happy either
(2021/04/26)
Myriad major regions affected in latest wobble
Report: World's population of developers expands, JavaScript reigns, C# overtakes PHP
(2021/04/26)
Pandemic making permanent changes to developer remote working
Technoking of comedy? Elon Musk to host Saturday Night Live
(2021/04/26)
Yes that was a Betteridge headline (badoom, tish)
Salesman who helped land Veritas UK's 'largest ever' deal was lawfully docked £275k in commission, says judge
(2021/04/26)
You win some, then you lose some
Does the boss want those 2 hours of your free time back? A study says fighting through crowds to office each day hurts productivity
(2021/04/26)
Never want to return to daily 9-5 regime? Use psychology to baffle higher-ups
Ethics isn't a county east of London, but it's the only way to look at security
(2021/04/26)
We are all human beings, we live in a community, and everything we do affects others
El Reg checks in with Rocket Lab's Peter Beck to see how that hat tastes amid reusable rockets and swelling payloads
(2021/04/26)
'Everything in this industry always goes to schedule and to plan,' he says
NASA’s getting really good at this flying a helicopter on Mars thing
(2021/04/26)
Ingenuity's third flight goes further, faster, as Perseverance snaps pics 'n' vid of 'copter zipping past
Don't cross the team tasked with policing the surfing habits of California's teens
(2021/04/26)
You don't get me, I'm part of the union
GCHQ boss warns China can rewrite 'the global operating system' in its own authoritarian image
(2021/04/26)
Brit spymaster calls for renewed attention to UK tech capabilities – and expanded role for his agency
Cloud security threats are growing – crucially, is your skills toolkit keeping pace?
(2021/04/26)
Here’s a flight plan to map your journey
India orders takedowns of social media posts it claims harm fight against raging COVID-19 outbreak
(2021/04/26)
Many banned posts were made by opposition politicians and appear to be criticism of the government
Emotet malware self-destructs after cops deliver time-bomb DLL to infected Windows PCs
(2021/04/26)
Uninstall code, distributed from backend servers seized in January, fired on Sunday
Homebrew fixes Cask repo GitHub Actions bug that would have let anyone sneak malicious code onto machines
(2021/04/26)
Plus: America creates task force to tackle ransomware crims
China cracks down on web infomercials, which means more compliance chores for Alibaba
(2021/04/26)
Proper customer protections now required, local authorities urged to make new rules stick
Volunteer-run pirate Manga website attacked, loses hashed passwords, has ‘nobody’ to fix the mess
(2021/04/26)
Dot-org has been offline for a month, says ‘people who have ill intentions’ behind crack
Q: How many Zen masters does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: None. The Universe spins the bulb, and the Zen master stays out
of the way.