In 2016 Australia's online census failed. Preparations for the 2021 edition have been rated 'partly effective'
(2020/11/20)
Devs can make unauthorised changes, data integrity is a work in progress, security is not there yet ... and there's just nine months to go
Facebook sues to shut down alleged Instagram clone maker over scraping and sharing personal info for cash
(2020/11/20)
Developer in Turkey accused of using 30,000 accounts to nab Instagram files
YouTube is going to splash adverts all over your videos, and won't pay creators unless there's a big enough audience
(2020/11/20)
Also bans devs from scraping the site for facial recognition fodder
Adiós Arecibo Observatory: America's largest radio telescope faces explosive end after over 50 years of service
(2020/11/19)
The aging structure is too hazardous to repair, engineers say
US Senate approves deepfake bill to defend against manipulated media
(2020/11/19)
Proposed legislation calls for research to detect synthetic shams online
AWS includes open-source Suricata for stateful inspection with Network Firewall service
(2020/11/19)
Enhanced network security for AWS virtual private cloud – while Microsoft previews Azure Firewall Premium
UK's Space Command to be 'capable of launching our first rocket in 2022'
(2020/11/19)
Also: Skyrora aims for 2023 for its XL, ISS gets ready for Nauka, and HALO moves forward
OK, let’s nail down this whole Kubernetes storage thing…
(2020/11/19)
What time is it? It’s Hammerspace live demo time
CodeWeavers' CrossOver ran 32-bit Windows Intel binary on macOS on Arm CPU emulating x86 – and nobody died
(2020/11/19)
Trying to get that one weird app working on new Mac silicon?
Uncle Sam passes comms act that sets aside $750m for the development of OpenRAN
(2020/11/19)
'There are no American vendors for the network equipment that fuels our wireless economy'
Cyberup campaign: 80% of infosec pros fear they might fall foul of UK's outdated Computer Misuse Act
(2020/11/19)
Creaky old law holds back global competitiveness, says group
BBC picks SiFive RISC-V chip for Doctor Who programming-for-kids kit – with Jodie Whittaker narrating
(2020/11/19)
Time Lord tapped to introduce youngsters to hardware and coding
Billionaire's Pagani Pa-gone-i after teen son takes hypercar out for a drive, trashes it
(2020/11/19)
These things cost over $3m new
How Apple's M1 uses high-bandwidth memory to run like the clappers
(2020/11/19)
Expandability traded for performance
Docker finally enforces pull rate limits, but reckons only 1.5% of users are affected
(2020/11/19)
Amnesty period ends, time to control those 'runaway processes' or pay up
Google tells Chrome extension devs to declare their code's usage of personal data
(2020/11/19)
Ad biz is serious about making others disclose information collection
Microsoft emits Preview 3 of next-gen WinUI framework, says Linux support 'is not off our roadmap'
(2020/11/19)
One framework to rule them all? Or yet another one to add to the confusion?
Ordnance Survey recruits AR developer to build 'geolocated quests' to help get Brit couch potatoes exercising outdoors
(2020/11/19)
Yes, our current girth would welcome some age-appropriate Pokémon GO
DataStax releases K8ssandra, the Kubernetes peace offering to the open-source community
(2020/11/19)
'Like any good family, you're going to have fights,' says dev relations bloke
Nvidia says microservices will drive a SmartNIC into every server
(2020/11/19)
Posts sharp Q3 data centre growth and nice gaming numbers but has nothing to say about Arm
What one fool can do, another can.
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