Trump's gone quiet, Parler nuked, Twitter protest never happened: There's an eerie calm – but at what cost?
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Tech giants leap between positions, leave policy makers uncomfortable
Parler games: Social network for internet rejects sues Amazon Web Services for pulling plug on hosting
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And no, Parler wasn't hacked either. Its public posts were simply scraped
ZIP folders were originally a Microsoft engineer's side hustle until bosses figured out he worked for Microsoft
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Also: Edge on Apple arrives in the Dev Channel, HealthBot goes to the cloud, and Chile to get an Azure Region
Last stop before MAUI: Xamarin Forms 5.0 released for cross-platform mobile, new features, new bugs
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Microsoft's cross-platform .NET tools get a refresh, but with a relatively short life before newer tools sweep it away
Better battery, LTE and a removable SSD in Microsoft's Surface Pro 7+
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More RAM also on offer for those with deep pockets
How hyperconverged infrastructure enables true hybrid computing
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Simplicity is the key
Linux developers get ready to wield the secateurs against elderly microprocessors
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Use it or lose it
Thou shalt not hack indiscriminately, High Court of England tells Britain's spy agencies
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Choke chain tightened on 'general warrants' after Privacy International wins judicial review
SpaceX wins UK regulator Ofcom's approval for its Starlink mobile broadband base stations
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New, expensive option for nation's notspots
Unauthorised RAC staffer harvested customer details then sold them to accident claims management company
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8-month suspended sentence for conspiracy to secure unauthorised access to computer data
Fearing she had stumbled across a body, dogwalker reports pota-toe to police
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At last, King Edward's remains found
Linux Mint sticks by Snap decision – meaning store is still disabled by default in 20.1
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A few improvements and a handy web app utility, but older kernel causes problems for some hardware
SolarWinds takes a leaf out of Zoom's book, hires A-Team of Stamos and Krebs to sort out its security woes
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The week's other security news
Paperless what? Pah! UK government looks to ink £900m in printer deals
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Crown Commercal Services must be rubbing hands together
Facial recog biz denies its software identified 'antifa members' among mob that stormed Capitol Hill
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Plus: US ban on selling AI code to China renewed for 2021, and Jim Keller hired by Canadian AI chip startup
Dusty passports, smart tops and tracksuit bottoms: Are virtual events better or worse than the real thing?
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Event sponsors: 'They got rinsed' in 2020, says analyst
Developers! These 3 weird tricks will make you a global hero
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Good for users and good for you
Pop quiz: You've got a roomful of electrical equipment. How do you put out a fire?
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Careful with that rack, Eugene
Faster optic fibers and superior laser sensors set to descend from space
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Boffins to get express delivery as SpaceX Dragon capsule returning from ISS will be first science payload to splash down near Florida
Social network Parler dumped by AWS, says it prepared for this by only using bare metal
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Says it'll rebuild in a week, but evidence of DR plan is scant
Things equal to nothing else are equal to each other.