Seeing a robot dog tagging along with NYPD officers after an arrest stuns New Yorkers
(2021/04/17)
Plus: 'First civil lawsuit' against police for incorrect facial recognition match in wrongful collaring, and more
Google's FLoC flies into headwinds as internet ad industry braces for instability
(2021/04/17)
Reinventing web advertising tech at a time of heightened privacy concern proves difficult
Elon Musk's SpaceX bags $3bn NASA contract to, fingers crossed, land first woman on the Moon
(2021/04/17)
And the 13th guy
Pentagon confirms footage of three strange craft taken by the Navy are UFOs (no, that doesn't mean they're aliens)
(2021/04/16)
Unless by aliens you mean Russians
Ex IBM sales manager, fired after battling discrimination against subordinates, wins $11m lawsuit
(2021/04/16)
Big Blue, insisting it doesn't condone retaliation or discrimination, may appeal
Docker Desktop for Apple Silicon is here, but probe a little deeper and you'll find Rosetta 2 staring back
(2021/04/16)
Prepare yourself for an onslaught of 'you're holding the container wrong'
Age discrimination class-action against HP and HPE gets green light to proceed
(2021/04/16)
Old people were let go while the CEO was talking about hiring a bunch of young people, says complaint
Russian infosec firm Positive Technologies trying to stay positive after US sanctions
(2021/04/16)
Company insists it's a legit operator that's here to help
Fridges... in... Spaaaaaaace: Engineers book ride on the Vomit Comet to test astro-refrigerator
(2021/04/16)
It's floaty floaty vom time as boffins plan prototype cooler spin on modded 727
Oh hello. Haven't heard much from you lately: Linux veteran Slackware rides again with a beta of version 15
(2021/04/16)
It's time to move on from 2016
Microsoft received almost 25,000 requests for consumer data from law enforcement over the past six months
(2021/04/16)
25% were rejected, and it's less than 2013's figure... but be wary of what Redmond does with your information
Will tech show IFA really return this year as a 'full-scale' shindig? Place your bets now
(2021/04/16)
Announcement light on safety details and the world still doesn't look ready
Home office setup with built-in boiling water tap for tea and coffee without getting up is a monument to deskcess
(2021/04/16)
If only it had a built-in loo and pillow, then we could work 24/7
Customs raid rumbles black market for primary school e-learning materials in fiercely competitive Hong Kong
(2021/04/16)
Kids have missed almost an entire year of education due to coronavirus so parents have sought help online
Watchdog thinks Google tricked Australians into giving up data, sues. Judge semi-agrees
(2021/04/16)
Filing reveals: Google staff called meeting over data privacy issues the 'Oh Shit' meeting
Informatica's Intelligent Data Management Cloud not new tech, but covers hyperscalers' weakness in data integration
(2021/04/16)
Picking up the slack on AWS, Azure, and GCP
Best of FRANDs: Judge allows Apple retrial following $506m patent infringement ruling
(2021/04/16)
PanOptis was obliged to provide 4G LTE licences – but no one mentioned it
How not to apply for a new job: Apply for it on a job site
(2021/04/16)
Watch as I channel my digital Yosser Hughes, violence included
Patent battle over Facebook Live and 'walkie talkie' tech rattles through High Court in London
(2021/04/16)
Sueball sees social network squaring off against app upstart in UK branch of worldwide fight
To have one floppy failure is unlucky. To have 20 implies evil magic or a very silly user
(2021/04/16)
Not quite what we meant by 'disk capacity'
"And they told us, what they wanted...
Was a sound that could kill some-one, from a distance." -- Kate Bush