UK test-and-trace coronavirus data may be handed to police to nab those who aren't self-isolating as required
(2020/10/19)
Plod 'involvement' could deter testing, says doctors' union
First, Patch Tuesday. Now, Oh Hell, Monday: Microsoft emits bonus fixes for Visual Studio, Windows 10 security bugs
(2020/10/19)
Plus: A warning to SharePoint operators
2020 hasn't been all bad – a new Raspberry Pi Compute Module is here
(2020/10/19)
Farewell to the old form factor, hello to extra HDMI and speedier silicon
AMD scores 200,000 cores worth of secret silicon at new Australian supercomputer
(2020/10/19)
Chips will power $34m machine doing Square Kilometre Array work and more
Atlassian pulls the plug on server licences, drags customers to the cloud
(2020/10/19)
Pricey Data Center editions remain but customers complain that 'this is insane'
The exodus continues: Less than half of contractors expect to stick with their employment set-up after IR35
(2020/10/19)
Tax doesn't have to be taxing, except when it does
Autonomy founder Mike Lynch's US extradition hearing will be in February 2021
(2020/10/19)
Criminal court sets trial date as High Court continues pondering civil suit judgment
Will there be no end to govt attempts to break encryption? Hand over your data or the kiddies get it, threaten Five Eyes spies
(2020/10/19)
The Great Unicorn Prayer of security services: Stay secure, but - ya know - give us backdoors
Rambo: First Bork. Turns out John Rambo is no match for a bad CMOS checksum
(2020/10/19)
To survive a war, you gotta become war. Yes, that's a real quote from the movie. Quality
Gamers are replacing Bing Maps objects in Microsoft Flight Simulator with rips from Google Earth
(2020/10/19)
So much for showcasing Redmond's Chocolate Factory alternative
Can't quite remember the name of the song stuck in your head? Hum it and our AI will take a guess, says Google
(2020/10/19)
Fine, try this one: Hmm mmm egregious web monopoly mmm-mmm hmm radicalizing video algorithms mm
Quick thinking and an explanation for everything – key CTO qualities
(2020/10/19)
You thought that presentation would be dull as styrofoam flavoured water when...
VMware CEO doesn’t know who will run its hypervisor on SmartNICs
(2020/10/19)
Maybe clouds. Maybe banks. Probably not you, until they matter to developers
Microsoft builds image-to-caption AI so that your visually impaired coworkers can truly comprehend your boss's PowerPoint abominations
(2020/10/19)
Better-than-before code to make Office more accessible
Linux 5.10 to make Year 2038 problem the Year 2486 problem
(2020/10/19)
XFS timestamp tweak extends Unix time for a few centuries
China passes Tik for Tok export ban law
(2020/10/19)
Includes the usual stuff about not selling weapons, adds wording about tech, data, and reciprocity
Xi Jinping tells China to get busy quickening quantum everything to build 'new advantages for development'
(2020/10/19)
Already has QKD in space. Next: ban-busting qubit-crunchers?
Thailand calls on telcos and ISPs to censor information about pro-democracy protests
(2020/10/19)
Selfies of rallies can score fines or land you in the slammer
If you're feeling down, know that we've just buried a heat sensor in an alien planet. If NASA can get through Mars soil, we can get through 2020
(2020/10/19)
US space agency has a mole – and that's a good thing, finally
Come on, Amazon: If you're going to copy open-source code for a new product, at least credit the creator
(2020/10/17)
Developer wishes cloud giant gave more thought to not stepping on toes
Gratitude and treachery are merely the two extremities of the same procession.
You have seen all of it that is worth staying for when the band and the gaudy
officials have gone by.
-- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"