Terraria dev cancels Stadia port after Google disabled his email account for three weeks
(2021/02/08)
Frustration with bot-like support leads to cancellation of popular game
Foundation thrillogy: Rust programming language gets new home and million-dollar spending account
(2021/02/08)
Mozilla moves Rust under a non-profit foundation
EncroChat hack case: RAM, bam... what? Data in transit is data at rest, rules UK Court of Appeal
(2021/02/08)
That's the Snoopers' Charter in action for you
The unanswered question at CentOS community Q&A: How can we trust you now?
(2021/02/08)
Project will share more resources with Fedora and use a single login
Xiaomi a Snapdragon 888 flagship for €749: Yep, the Mi 11 is rolling out to world outside China
(2021/02/08)
Hits UK shops in March
Square Kilometre Array Observatory has a council now, so building super-sensitive €1.3bn telescope is next on agenda
(2021/02/08)
But then there's the issue of mega-constellations to contend with
You'd have told them they should have used Apple/Google app model, right? NHSX seeks willing humans to fill health tech and data roles
(2021/02/08)
£93k should help interested parties stomach challenge amid tumultuous change
Humble Apple Pie: Cupertino sweetens pot to get its DTK prototype machines returned after developer backlash
(2021/02/08)
Tosses in extra cash 'to recognize the tremendous effort ... put into creating amazing universal apps'
Don't scrape the faces of our citizens for recognition, Canada tells Clearview AI – delete those images
(2021/02/08)
Plus: Check if your Flickr photos are in facial recognition engines and and the list of NSFW words for AI
Windows' cloudy future: That Chrome OS advantage is Google's to lose
(2021/02/08)
The locked-down world and their Chromebook would like a word...
UK college courses show decade-long surging interest in computer science – just as new intake was locked down
(2021/02/08)
Well, what's an English degree gonna do when we're all strapped to PCs?
Intel sues former staffer for allegedly stealing Xeon cloud secrets in USB drives and exploiting info at Microsoft
(2021/02/08)
Redmond says it used forensics to find files on its own gear... rather than avail itself of deals for rivals
How do we combat mass global misinformation? How about making the internet a little harder to use
(2021/02/08)
We’re blinded by our trust of the Search box and its inscrutability
DBA heroes don't always wear capes. Sometimes they just have a bunch of forgotten permissions
(2021/02/08)
Just because you could, doesn't mean you should
Brit chip designer Dialog Semi confirms 'advanced discussions' regarding purchase by Japan’s Renesas
(2021/02/08)
Warns €67.50-per-share offer would represent a very tidy premium, but may not happen
Big tech helpfully offers Pakistan new social-media-friendly content-blocking framework
(2021/02/08)
After minister suggests current rules should be reviewed
Microsoft suspends donations to politicians who backed attempt to overturn US presidential election
(2021/02/08)
But for less than two years and while putting distance between staff donors and Microsoft itself
Myanmar orders blocks of Twitter and Instagram on top of Facebook ban
(2021/02/08)
Internet traffic dips markedly as protestors take to the streets
Linus Torvalds labels Super Bowl 'violent version of egg-and-spoon race'
(2021/02/08)
Linux quarterback wants you to test hopefully final rc of kernel 5.11 instead of 'standing around, waiting for the next commercial to come on'
Hacked by SolarWinds backdoor masterminds, Mimecast now lays off staff after profit surge
(2021/02/07)
Plus: British Mensa in data leak blunder, DARPA are Star Wars fans, Sonicwall patch out, and more
Connector Conspiracy, n:
[probably came into prominence with the appearance of the KL-10,
none of whose connectors match anything else] The tendency of
manufacturers (or, by extension, programmers or purveyors of anything)
to come up with new products which don't fit together with the old
stuff, thereby making you buy either all new stuff or expensive
interface devices.