Beijing's new privacy rules ban apps collecting unnecessary data, require free service without data slurps
(2021/03/30)
Rules are tight, but also leave plenty to the imagination
Intel accused of wiretapping because it uses analytics to track keystrokes, mouse movements on its website
(2021/03/30)
Session monitoring scripts prompt dozens of privacy lawsuits against Big Biz, mainly in California and Florida
After oil giant Shell hit by Clop ransomware gang, workers' visas dumped online as part of extortion attempt
(2021/03/30)
Another day, another data nightmare
Satellites, space debris may have already brightened night skies 10% globally – and it's going to get worse
(2021/03/30)
Goodbye darkness, my old friend
Trustify CEO gets eight years for lying to investors, spending millions on homes, private jets, sports tickets
(2021/03/29)
'Uber of private investigators' failed to live up to its name
Rails waves goodbye to mimemagic, welcomes Marcel to fix GPL MIME drama
(2021/03/29)
If the license doesn't fit, you must commit
Sitting comfortably? Then it's probably time to patch, as critical flaw uncovered in npm's netmask package
(2021/03/29)
Are you local? Catastrophically local?
Distorted light from ancient explosion when the Universe was 3 billion years old helps point astroboffins to intermediate black hole
(2021/03/29)
Gamma-ray burst technique could figure out how commonplace these tricksy customers are
Why can’t a switch be more like a server? Nokia says it can
(2021/03/29)
Now it’s time to switch your thinking
No JavaScript, no trackers, no SSL security: Retro computing boffin gives Google News a Netscape 1.1 makeover
(2021/03/29)
Why, you ask? Why not ?
Bad news for automakers: That fire at the Renesas chip plant was worse than expected
(2021/03/29)
Estimate of damaged fab equipment revised upwards by 54%
UK terror law reviewer calls for expanded police powers to imprison people who refuse to hand over passwords
(2021/03/29)
Cops should be exempted from regulatory safeguards, says lawyer
Google's AI ethics firings garner more trouble – $60,000 Chocolate Factory boffin grant turned down over issue
(2021/03/29)
Plus: Amazon delivery drivers forced to consent to being surveilled by AI
Scottish National Party members found among list of names signed up to rival Alba Party after website whoopsie
(2021/03/29)
Freeeedommm! (for your data)
PHP repository moved to GitHub after malicious code inserted under creator Rasmus Lerdorf's name
(2021/03/29)
Backdoor quickly spotted and reverted
Deloitte settled HPE's Autonomy lawsuit for $45m back in 2016 and agreed to cooperate with US DoJ
(2021/03/29)
So that's why they're not named alongside Lynch and Hussain
Patch alert for Apple fans: Cybercrooks have already been exploiting this flaw in iPhones, iPads, and watches
(2021/03/29)
Plus: Did Google expose a Western spying op? Who cares? You're safer
Blockchain may be the machinery of mischief, but it can't help telling the truth
(2021/03/29)
It's still totally bananas, though
MoJ cancels £100m ERP procurement to get in line with UK government shared service strategy
(2021/03/29)
Hmmm. Shared services... that always works out really well, right?
OVH reveals it's scrubbing servers – to get smoke residue off before rebooting
(2021/03/29)
Quite a few have come back online, but it takes seven hours to restore each rack
"Why can't we ever attempt to solve a problem in this country without having
a 'War' on it?" -- Rich Thomson, talk.politics.misc