Dept of If I'd Known 20 Years Ago: Call centres, roosting chickens, and Bitcoin
(2021/02/12)
Getting it half-right means you got it half-wrong
We know it's hard to get your kicks at work – just do it away from a wall switch powering anything important
(2021/02/12)
Does your office have a singing swinger?
Machine-learning model creates creepiest Doctor Who images yet – by scanning the brain of a super fan
(2021/02/12)
Oodkind look even more terryfing
Myanmar Junta delivers harsh cyber law and more IP blocking orders
(2021/02/12)
Gives itself power to snoop and block anything, anytime – but at least it’s also consulted with industry
Microsoft issues emergency fix for Wi-Fi foul-up delivered hot and fresh on Patch Tuesday
(2021/02/12)
WPA3 access may cause Blue Screen of Death
Biden administration pauses pursuit of TikTok and WeChat
(2021/02/12)
Chinese New Year gift for Beijing, maybe for Oracle too
Microsoft tells Biden administration to adopt Australia’s pay-for-news plan
(2021/02/12)
Making Google and Facebook cough up could help USA’s currently fragile democracy, argues Pres Brad Smith
Apple iOS 14.5 will hide Safari users' IP addresses from Google's Safe Browsing
(2021/02/12)
Another privacy improvement from Cupertino, just a small one
Manhunt: 'Armed and dangerous' MIT AI scientist sought by cops probing grad student's gun murder
(2021/02/12)
Victim shot dead a week after he got engaged to fiancée
Phishing awareness gone wrong: Facebook tries to seize websites set up for staff security training
(2021/02/11)
Antisocial network sued by Proofpoint in scrap over domain names
HPE Spaceborne Computer-2 slips off the shelf – and off the planet: Boxen heading to ISS
(2021/02/11)
Just don't hit that big, red button
Better buckle up: Volkswagen puts Microsoft in driver's seat to deliver 'automated' platform
(2021/02/11)
German car giant looks to Azure for AI smarts as Ford opts for Google's cloud
Microsoft's underwhelming, underpowered dual-screen Surface Duo phone arrives in the UK this month for £1,349
(2021/02/11)
'Teams and Skype video conferencing up to 1080p at 30fps' – sign us up!
48-hour strike action: Openreach repayment project engineers confirm it's on
(2021/02/11)
18 months after dispute emerged, techies say enough is enough
Dev creeped out after he fired up Ubuntu VM on Azure, was immediately approached by Canonical sales rep
(2021/02/11)
I always feel like somebody's watching me
Criminal charges against Autonomy's Lynch will never be dropped, even if extradition bid fails, says lawyer
(2021/02/11)
Plus: All his former Deloitte auditors can be made to testify against him
Forget about an AI stealing your job, even pigs can be trained to use computers
(2021/02/11)
No one can save your bacon now
British owners of .eu domains given an extra three months to find a European address
(2021/02/11)
Brexit bonus for EU, it's losing millions after endless rule changes
Habitable-zone exoplanet potentially spotted just around the corner in Alpha Centauri using latest telescope technique
(2021/02/11)
Space is about to look a lot clearer, thanks to adaptive optics
C#/WinRT authoring: Yo dawg, we heard you like components so we made a component that makes components
(2021/02/11)
Now in preview, says Microsoft
In love, she who gives her portrait promises the original.
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