Alibaba admits it built facial-recognition-as-a-service to detect oppressed Uyghur minority in China
(2020/12/18)
Repudiates the work, says it was never used by a customer. Which is just what Huawei said
US nuke agency hacked by suspected Russian SolarWinds spies, Microsoft also installed backdoor
(2020/12/18)
Windows giant, nuclear administration play down danger – and kill switch found and activated
Google rejects Australia’s revised pay-for-news plan, proposes its own plan instead
(2020/12/18)
Shows why it irks politicians by putting a link to its argument on home page
Wait ages for an antitrust battle and three come along at once: Google sued by 38 US states over search monopoly
(2020/12/18)
Silicon Valley titan allegedly screwed rivals with exclusionary agreements
Brazilian power giant switches to Huawei for storage
(2020/12/18)
Copel plugs pair of OceanStor Dorado AFAs into heart of data center
About $15m in advertising booked to appear on millions of smart TVs was never seen by anyone, says Oracle
(2020/12/17)
Yes, Oracle the database giant. 2020 keeps on being 2020
Ethical power supplier People's Energy hacked, 250,000 customers' personal info accessed
(2020/12/17)
Financial info swiped for 15 small-biz clients, too
Google, Qualcomm team up to make long-term Android updates easier on Snapdragon
(2020/12/17)
Long-term patching problems still haunt web giant's mobile OS platform
US Government Accountability Office dumps sack of coal on NASA's desk over Moon mission naughtiness
(2020/12/17)
It'll be fine, just keep giving Boeing money
GitHub will no longer present a cookie notification banner – because it's scrapping non-essential cookies
(2020/12/17)
Privacy turns out to be fairly easy
Hey Presto! Teradata admits its vision is dead by hooking QueryGrid analytics platform up to rival data warehouses
(2020/12/17)
Snowflake? We can query that
AWS Location Service aims to rescue devs from lock-in with 'business and programming models of a single provider'
(2020/12/17)
Those bitten by Google Maps price rises in 2018 will welcome alternative – but will the data be good enough?
Stony-faced Google drags Android Things behind the cowshed. Two shots ring out
(2020/12/17)
No new hobbyist projects from January, everything deleted the following year
Microsoft giveth and Microsoft taketh away: Certification renewals to be free ... but annual
(2020/12/17)
'Rigorous' exam first, then take a freebie assessment once a year from home
UK ISP TalkTalk ready to go PrivatePrivate, says yes to £1.1bn takeover offer
(2020/12/17)
A special Dunstone-friendly deal, how about that?
Whistleblowers have come to us alleging spy agency wrongdoing, says UK auditor IPCO
(2020/12/17)
And police are backsliding on vital legal paperwork, warns body
So lemme get this straight. UK.gov ministries are getting better value from AWS... by spending more on AWS?
(2020/12/17)
One Government Value Agreement working as intended, we see
How cyber-attackers are coming after you in 2021
(2020/12/17)
And how you can defend yourself
HP bows to pressure, reinstates free monthly ink plan... for existing customers
(2020/12/17)
Is this the spirit of Xmas we've heard of? Well, new customers will have to pay to print 15 pages per month
UK Home Office chucks US firm Leidos £30m for help snooping on comms data
(2020/12/17)
Er, we mean fighting terrorism and organised crime!
Yow! I'm imagining a surfer van filled with soy sauce!