State of Maine threatens to tear up Workday HR contract and request $21m refund if it cannot remedy concerns
(2021/03/09)
Also: SaaS provider completes acquisition of employee feedback platform Peakon
Vodafone on mega Euro masts biz: From our Vantage point, we want €2bn+ from towers IPO
(2021/03/09)
Sales of €950m in shares already agreed as float day looms
SpaceX wants to slap Starlink internet terminals on planes, trucks, and boats – but Tesla owners need not apply
(2021/03/09)
They're 'much too big' says Musk
European Banking Authority restores email service in wake of Microsoft Exchange hack
(2021/03/09)
Servers breached but no data 'compromised', claims org
VMware devolves hyperconverged infrastructure – compute nodes without storage are now a thing
(2021/03/09)
As new best bud NVIDIA releases AI on-ramp bundle that only runs with vSphere
SAP boss Christian Klein's pay cheque is considerably lighter after 2020 woes wiped €28bn off company's value
(2021/03/09)
Here's what you could have won
17 years since release, iMac G5 finally gets an upgrade after tinkerer shoves M1 Mac Mini inside
(2021/03/09)
And for my next trick... an M1 Macintosh Color Classic?
So it appears some of you really don't want us to use the word 'hacker' when we really mean 'criminal'
(2021/03/09)
The votes have been cast and counted... and it's a landslide
Vodafone chief gushes over OpenRAN, says commercial deployments to start this year
(2021/03/09)
But still some way to go before standards-based tech can match mainstream products
Swedish startup Logical Clocks takes a crack at scaling MySQL backend for live recommendations
(2021/03/09)
Takes a 'different approach' to YouTube's Vitess to munch complex transactions in microseconds
Microsoft quantum lab retracts published paper: Readings that cast doubt on crucial discovery went AWOL
(2021/03/09)
Quasiparticle eggheads were 'caught up in the enthusiasm of the moment'
Deploy AI workloads with confidence using OpenVINO
(2021/03/09)
Write once, deploy anywhere
China outlines plan to boost economy with AI, a cloud OS it controls – and bringing in skilled foreigners
(2021/03/09)
Other fun bits: An 'asteroid patrol', brain:computer fusion, DNA storage, enhanced privacy laws
Mobile World Congress seemingly serious about in-person Barcelona event in June, shares safety plan
(2021/03/09)
Is Spain really ready for 50,000 people at one venue? Sounds like a super spreader event ready to happen
GitHub bug briefly gave valid authenticated session cookies to wrong users
(2021/03/09)
Don’t panic: Fewer than 0.001% of sessions compromised through flaw that couldn’t be maliciously triggered
Azure flings out free virtual trusted platform module for cloudy VMs
(2021/03/09)
Take that, rootkits and other low-level nasties - if they take a crack at fresh VMs, on certain instance types under a handful of OSes
Cisco issues blizzard of end-of-life notices for Nexus 3K and 7K switches
(2021/03/09)
Service options decline starting next year... so there may be a Nexus 9K switch in your future
Apple emits patches for iOS, macOS, Safari, etc to stop dodgy websites hijacking people's gadgets
(2021/03/09)
Plus: Chrome also patched, Microsoft and Intel team up for homomorphic encryption, and more
Google engineer urges web devs to step up and secure their code in this data-spilling Spectre-haunted world
(2021/03/09)
'This is going to be a lot of work ... a reasonable set of mitigation primitives exists today, ready and waiting for use'
European, US watchdogs approve Microsoft's $7.5bn deal to takeover video games publisher ZeniMax
(2021/03/08)
That's the people who own Bethesda, Doom, Fallout, etc
Only a fool fights in a burning house.
-- Kank the Klingon, "Day of the Dove", stardate unknown