ARM Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life (Terry Pratchett, Jingo)

China reveals audit of 320,000 local apps, with 34 booted from app stores and hundreds of devs warned they could suffer same fate

(2020/10/23)

Privacy crackdown in the land of ubiquitous surveillance, where 5G now blankets all cities

After first floating $20bn penalty, DoJ suggests $60m fine for UMC's theft of Micron’s DRAM secrets

(2020/10/23)

Taiwanese chipmaker promises ‘substantial assistance’ in ongoing China IP theft action

Down the Swanny: '2020 has been the most challenging year in my career' says Intel CEO as profit plunges 30%

(2020/10/23)

Enterprise and govt data-center sales halve, Xeon processors delayed

Is it Iran or Russia's hackers we need to worry about? The Russians, definitely the Russians, says US intelligence

(2020/10/23)

Energetic Bear team caught breaking into govt systems, no harm done to Nov 3 elections

Love Minecraft: Java? You'll have to learn to love your Microsoft account as well – it will be required next year

(2020/10/22)

Mojang bows to the inevita... oh, look – a free cape!

Boeing puts Loyal Wingman robot fighter jet through its paces... on the ground

(2020/10/22)

I feel the need, the need for 16mph taxiing in safety

Slow and steady progress in Microsoft's latest diversity report, though most execs still pale and male

(2020/10/22)

US lawmakers can look away now. Actually, don't

Out to launch: Huawei rolls out speedy charging Mate 40 and Mate 40 Pro flagships

(2020/10/22)

Mate 40 family could be the company’s ‘last hurrah’ in smartphones outside China - analyst

Like a good defragging? The latest Dev Channel Windows 10 might be for you

(2020/10/22)

For everyone else there are splash screens, fixes and iffy anti-malware

French IT outsourcer Sopra Steria hit by 'cyberattack', Ryuk ransomware suspected

(2020/10/22)

You know, the firm that runs half of NHS Business Services

Ever wondered what exactly is going on in those containers? OpenTelemetry edges toward GA, emits tracing specification release candidate

(2020/10/22)

Open source observability for debugging and tracing

COVID-struck holiday rentals firm Airbnb shacks up with ex Apple design honcho Jony Ive in multi-year deal

(2020/10/22)

No, he's not dragging his cool vintage steamer-style suitcase onto an IKEA armchair in a host villa ... it's a 'special' design relationship

Today's tech giants won't be as naive as I was in DoJ dealings, says former Microsoft chief Bill Gates

(2020/10/22)

'I didn’t realise that our success would lead to government attention'

Samsung to introduce automatic call blocking on Android 11-capable flagships

(2020/10/22)

Yeah I've heard you were in a car accident that wasn't your fault. Is that right? *Click*

ISS air leakage fixed in time for crew handover, thanks to floating teabag

(2020/10/22)

Also: Starlinks soar but GPS stays grounded, NASA names first Virgin Galactic flier

NHS awards £500m everything-and-the-kitchen-sink framework to a long list of resellers

(2020/10/22)

Backup, servers, storage, LAN, WAN and SAN, and software galore

Dulux feel lucky, punk? Samsung wades into paint world with interior emulsions designed to 'complement' your, er, TV

(2020/10/22)

Yes your TV has a 'lifestyle'. Yes we have all been indoors for much, much too long

Bitcoin value jumps as PayPal says it will accept cryptocurrencies... once it has the kinks worked out

(2020/10/22)

Online payment goliath wants to encourage global use of virtual dosh

We know there are a lot of, er, distractions right now but NASA's got some sweet video of its asteroid rubble raiser

(2020/10/22)

Incredible scoop, read all about it , read all about it

HPE bags $160m to build 550-PFLOPS super for Europe out of tomorrow's AMD Epyc processors, graphics chips

(2020/10/22)

Finns are going Cray cray

What is it about so many mail system authors and lacking sense of humour.

- Alan Cox on linux-kernel