Big Tech's Asian lobby slams Cambodian government's planned National Internet Gateway chokehold
(2020/12/09)
Because freedom, maybe also because it would make blocking their stuff easier
India's PM calls for e-waste to enter 'circular economy' while also promoting subsidies to factories that make e-waste
(2020/12/09)
Suggests industry forms a taskforce to do something eventually
Cybersecurity giant FireEye says it was hacked by govt-backed spies who stole its crown-jewels hacking tools
(2020/12/09)
Not a great look
Judge strikes down another attempt by President Trump to force a TikTok US sale
(2020/12/09)
Donald-appointed jurist says Uncle Sam 'likely overstepped' authority, 'acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner'
Apple aptly calls its wireless over-the-ear headphones the AirPods Max – as in, maximum damage to your wallet
(2020/12/09)
For those who want to turn the price tag up to 11, or $549
Patch Tuesday brings bug fixes for OpenSSL, IBM, SAP, Kubernetes, Adobe, and Red Hat. And Microsoft, of course
(2020/12/08)
Light load from Redmond as everyone else seeks to bury bad news, sorry, align in update cadence
Court orders encrypted email biz Tutanota to build a backdoor in user's mailbox, founder says 'this is absurd'
(2020/12/08)
Plus: Yet another UK.gov bod demands end-to-end encryption is broken
The Huawei Mate 40 Pro is so mired in strangely hardy glue that the display shattered during iFixit's teardown
(2020/12/08)
Don't drop this one
SAP hits back at interlopers with its own twist on workflow, low-code and RPA tech
(2020/12/08)
Wenn Sie sie nicht schlagen können, schließen Sie sich ihnen an
Oblivious DoH, OPAQUE passwords, Encrypted Client Hello: Cloudflare's protocol proposals to protect privacy
(2020/12/08)
'Adopting these may have legal and policy implications'
Seagate says it's designed two of its own RISC-V CPU cores – and they'll do more than just control storage drives
(2020/12/08)
Processors are 'critical to future products', set to perform tasks for host systems
GitHub turns on money tap for corporate open-source donations, turns off the lights with dark mode design
(2020/12/08)
Welcome to the GitHub Universe
Life after proprietary wares: German support biz flees IBM Db2 databases for something more Postgres-shaped
(2020/12/08)
Emotions post-migration among the IT team included 'shock, refusal, rational understanding, and acceptance'
What's in HP's sack? Pre-built Ubuntu machines for the little data scientists in your life
(2020/12/08)
Certain ZBook Studio G7 and Book Create G7 models ready to get number crunching out of the box
How'd they do that? It's classified: Microsoft's Azure cloud goes Top Secret
(2020/12/08)
Also: Teams Calling, PowerToys and a Windows 95 sweater for the patient
FOSS developer survey: Mostly male, employed... and many don't care about 'soul-withering chore' of security
(2020/12/08)
Developer: 'I find security an insufferably boring procedural hindrance.' Oh dear. Maybe Rust can help?
PSA: The 2020 monolith is a dead meme. You can stop putting them up now. Please
(2020/12/08)
Some of us actually have work to do
Uni revealed it killed off its PhD-applicant screening AI just as its inventors gave a lecture about the tech
(2020/12/08)
Fears of bias put compsci dept into damage-limitation mode after years of using it to analyze applications
Next day delivery a bit of a pain? We have just the thing... nestled deep in the terms and conditions
(2020/12/08)
For those teeny, tiny, migraine-inducing nuts and bolts
Pure frustration: What happens when someone uses your email address to sign up for PayPal, car hire, doctors, security systems and more
(2020/12/08)
Messsage Center: Call this number. Number: Use the Message Center.
Fifty flippant frogs
Walked by on flippered feet
And with their slime they made the time
Unnaturally fleet.