Just 2020 things: Miscreants hit remote desktops 700% harder as world's IT teams try to support locked-down staff
(2021/02/09)
Bar the doors lest you get targeted
Harmed by a decision made by a poorly trained AI? You should be able to sue for damages, says law prof
(2021/02/09)
Let a thousand torts bloom
CD Projekt Red 'EPICALLY pwned': Cyberpunk 2077 dev publishes ransom note after company systems encrypted
(2021/02/09)
Hackers threaten to release source and docs, but games giant isn't playing ball
Minister tells the House of Lords it'll be another 12 weeks before UK's deleted criminal records can be restored
(2021/02/09)
99.5% were from before 2011 – so that's OK
Openreach engineers vote to strike amid changes to job grading structure
(2021/02/09)
Overwhelming majority stand up to down tools, BT has days to meet with Communication Workers Union
A Microsoft bork at the heart of The Oracle? Whatever next?
(2021/02/09)
Going shopping? Hope your pockets are deep enough
Faced with the sack, Nominet CEO half-apologizes for taking the 'wrong tone,' asks angry members to hear him out
(2021/02/09)
Campaign to oust him and 'carpetbagger' board picks up speed
Ignore that ransomware demand and restore from backup – well... if only it were that easy
(2021/02/09)
Do you really think your safe copies aren’t top of the cyber-crims' hit list?
This Brit biz's seven-screen laptop is something to behold
(2021/02/09)
You read that right. A laptop with seven screens. Plus eight i9 cores, 64GB of RAM, four disks and three NICs
Choc horror: The UK's Information Commisioner probes its own mammoth £6,248 Hotel Chocolat spend
(2021/02/09)
Oooh, you're so fancy, Commish!
India lifts 550-day Kashmir internet ban, tries to impose new Twitter ban
(2021/02/09)
Twitter flaps about between the law and the right to free speech
‘Quad’ nations sign up for meta think-tank to advance ‘Techno-Democratic Statecraft’
(2021/02/09)
As China bristles, USA, Japan, India, and Australia create forum to explore the intersection of tech and regional security
Web prank horror: Man shot dead while pretending to rob someone at knife-point for a YouTube video
(2021/02/09)
Shooter says he acted in self-defense
US govt drops challenge to California’s net neutrality law, signals shift to once again safeguard connections
(2021/02/09)
New FCC boss Rosenworcel makes it plain she will bring back protections
Linode ponders adding Windows servers to its fluffy clouds of Linux-only boxen
(2021/02/09)
Customers are asking and so spreadsheets are being compiled
Someone tried to poison a Florida city by hijacking its water treatment plant via TeamViewer, says sheriff
(2021/02/09)
Attempt to flood supply with sodium hydroxide thwarted, safeguards would have kicked in anyway, we're told
Bitcoin surges, exchanges flooded after Tesla says it bought $1.5bn in BTC, hopes to accept it as payment soon
(2021/02/08)
Musk continues public love affair with cryptocurrencies
Barcode scan app amassed millions of downloads before weird update starting popping open webpages...
(2021/02/08)
Android software kicked out of Google Play Store, may still be active on many handhelds
SoftBank likens itself to a goose laying 'golden eggs' as Vision Fund boasts best results since 2017
(2021/02/08)
What would that make WeWork then?
After 7 months and 500 million kilometres, the Emirates Mars Mission has to endure 27 nail-biting minutes of engine burn
(2021/02/08)
Only then will it be known if the UAE's Hope probe was a success
Everywhere I look I see NEGATIVITY and ASPHALT ...