As Linux 5.12 released, Linus Torvalds warns next version will probably be rather large
(2021/04/26)
New version adds: Hyper-V fun, more support for ACRN IoT hypervisor, PlayStation controller support, ‘novelty port’ to ancient Nintendo
Spotlight on Apple, Google app stores: What happened to Tile, Spotify, Match – and that proposed law in Arizona
(2021/04/26)
Guidelines, privacy, security all a smokescreen for monopoly abuse, lawmakers told
Computer security world in mourning over death of Dan Kaminsky, aged 42
(2021/04/25)
DEF CON hails 'an icon in all the positive ways'
Banks across America test facial recognition cameras 'to spy on staff, customers'
(2021/04/24)
Plus: Enormo AI chip gets an upgrade, and more
US Supreme Court puts a stop to FTC extracting big bucks from crooks to refund victims
(2021/04/24)
Oops, watchdog doesn't actually have the power to do so, panel unanimously point out
British IT teacher gets three-year ban after boozing with students at strip club during school trip to Costa Rica
(2021/04/23)
Watchdog deemed Richard Glenn's conduct 'unacceptable'
Maybe high-speed internet is infrastructure after all, say US Republicans in proposal to spend $65bn over five years
(2021/04/23)
Our plan is better than President Biden's, they claim, with few details
OK, so we don't have a flying car yet, but this is possibly even better: The Internet of Beer
(2021/04/23)
Killer IoT app finally arrives: Keg-tracking tech to tackle light-fingered miscreants
iFixit wants you to be legally able to break software locks to repair gizmos. Unsurprisingly, manufacturers are less keen
(2021/04/23)
US Copyright Office asked to add DMCA amendment
Salesforce beats banks to top UK exec salary survey while Microsoft drops out of league
(2021/04/23)
Come for the 'ohana', stay for the massive piles of cash
39 Post Office convictions quashed after Fujitsu evidence about Horizon IT platform called into question
(2021/04/23)
Japanese firm has a reckoning to face
NASSCOM shakeup: Accenture's Rehka Menon becomes first woman to chair Indian IT trade org
(2021/04/23)
Also, Dell and HP miss out on expanded board positions
SpaceX flings another bunch of humans into orbit in reused capsule atop reused booster
(2021/04/23)
Second jaunt to the International Space Station for Endeavour
We've finally hit Peak Bork: Microsoft man reveals home-grown welcome back BSOD at Redmond HQ
(2021/04/23)
A treat for returning workers as meeting cancelled due to roomful of bork
Penguin takeover: We tried running some GUI Linux apps on Windows the official way – and nothing exploded
(2021/04/23)
Microsoft's own distro lurks under the covers and applications magically appear in the Start menu
BOFH: Postman BOFH's Special Delivery Service
(2021/04/23)
Back to the office we trudge, dragging our hooked tails behind us
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(2021/04/23)
Get with the disruptive app design, granddad: meaningless errors are cool
From cash machines to commercial kitchen appliances, Doom really will run on almost anything
(2021/04/23)
As long as the technical nous is there
George Clooney of IT: Dribbling disaster and damp disk warnings scare the life out of innocent user
(2021/04/23)
Practical jokes: just don't
Starlink creates risk of internet investment doom cycle, says APNIC researcher
(2021/04/23)
Early users get speed, so policy-makers may stop building, but more users means slower speeds ...
America's best buy for a quarter is a telephone call to the right person.