Excel is for amateurs. To properly screw things up, those same amateurs need a copy of Access
(2020/10/12)
Beware the wrong tool in the wrong hands
AWS makes its own Arm CPUs the default for ElastiCache in-memory data store service
(2020/10/12)
Bills home-brewed silicon as the upgrade path to better Redis or memcached
Interested in the practical side of machine learning? Tune into our smashing AI conference MCubed this week
(2020/10/12)
Top advice and info from an extraordinary lineup of speakers
As China trials its Digital Yuan with a giveaway, seven big central banks outline response
(2020/10/12)
Bank of England and US Reserve among those pondering own digital dollars
Pakistan bans TikTok because of its users not its owners
(2020/10/12)
Warnings to clean up its act went unheeded, but door remains open for a return
Five Eyes nations plus Japan, India call for Big Tech to bake backdoors into everything
(2020/10/12)
Or as they put it: ‘Embed the safety of the public in system designs … facilitating the investigation and prosecution of offences’
What's that, Lt Lassie? Three terrorists have fallen down a well? Strap on these AR goggles and we'll find 'em
(2020/10/10)
US military sticks techno-specs on crack canines in command experiment
Global Privacy Control emerges as latest attempt to let netizens choose whether they want to be tracked online
(2020/10/10)
It's Do Not Track II: The Wrath of Ashkan and Sebastian... Caaaaaaaan't you stop stalking us around the internet
Five bag $300,000 in bug bounties after finding 55 security holes in Apple's web apps, IT infrastructure
(2020/10/10)
Unpatched Cisco VPN servers, access to the iOS source code, AWS secret keys – this is weapons grade 'oof'
Google contractor HCL America accused of retaliating against unionized techies by shifting US jobs to Poland
(2020/10/09)
Pittsburgh workforce erosion, punitive policies cited in labor complaint
What is your 'intent'? Google Assistant opens door to chatting with third-party apps
(2020/10/09)
But as ever, users, you don't need to yell into the phone... it's not the 1970s
Bot herder of a different kind: Open sourcer Camunda buffs up RPA platform in an overcrowded market
(2020/10/09)
Someone's got to wrangle all the automation now Microsoft and pals have joined the act
Software AG hit with ransomware: Crooks leak staffers' passports, want millions for stolen files
(2020/10/09)
There's only one way to stop this, says counter-ransomware bod
How’s everyone else managing their data amid all this upheaval? Find out here…
(2020/10/09)
Stay home, log into Druva’s DxP virtual summit – and still get the t-shirt
Why is IoT locked in 'proof-of-concept hell'? Stakeholders don't talk to each other, and return on investment is hazy
(2020/10/09)
Private equity funding stalls amid COVID-19
Crown Prosecution Service solicitor accused of targeting judge ex-wife's lover through work computer systems
(2020/10/09)
Computer Misuse Act charges stack up against vengeful former hubby
Guess whose app store claims to champion 'choice, fairness and innovation'. It's Microsoft's, funnily enough
(2020/10/09)
Xbox fans, move along. These principles don't apply to console-jockeys
Boeing Starliner commander Christopher Ferguson bows out of first crewed mission due to family commitments
(2020/10/09)
Not going anywhere, just not going to space. A bit like the calamity capsule
Alibaba and pals grab £35m in Jisc contracts to give overseas students access to UK courses during pandemic
(2020/10/09)
Bulk of deal focuses on secure, high-performance connectivity to China
Here's US Homeland Security collaring a suspected arsonist after asking Google for the IP addresses of folks who made a specific search
(2020/10/09)
Don't worry, says the internet giant, this doesn't happen too often
Somewhat alarmed at the continued growth of the number of employees
on the Department of Agriculture payroll in 1962, Michigan Republican Robert
Griffin proposed an amendment to the farm bill so that "the total number of
employees in the Department of Agriculture at no time exceeds the number of
farmers in America."
-- Bill Adler, "The Washington Wits"