Ah yes, Sony, that major player in the smartphone space, has a new flagship inbound: The Xperia 5 II
(2020/09/17)
Snapdragon 865-powered, 120Hz tall boy focuses on fun and games
Flashy tabs and no Flash: Apple rolls out Safari 14 to macOS Catalina, Mojave users
(2020/09/17)
End of the line for Adobe's multimedia nightmare on iGiant's browser
AWS hoping to pick up stream with Cloud Digital Interface: Low latency cloud network for uncompressed video
(2020/09/17)
Cloud connection with the performance of 12G-SDI - as long as VMs are physically close together
GCHQ agency 'strongly urges' Brit universities, colleges to protect themselves after spike in ransomware infections
(2020/09/17)
Never mind real-world viruses, get your networks into lockdown ASAP
How do you solve 'disruption' at the UK border after Brexit? Let's call Peter Thiel! AI biz Palantir – you're hired
(2020/09/17)
Oh, and Smart Freight System software in beta by April... will be used from December. WCGW?
What did they do – twist his Arm? Ex-Qualcomm senior veep joins SiFive as CEO, RISC-V PC for devs teased
(2020/09/17)
Vector-math processor core for high-perf computing promised, too
Microsoft forks out $3m in back pay settlement to make Feds' hiring discrimination probe go away
(2020/09/17)
Agreement puts a stop to the audit, but isn't an admission of wrongdoing
Financial Reporting Council slaps Autonomy auditor Deloitte with £15m fine over audit 'misconduct'
(2020/09/17)
Two audits also hit with combined £750k of personal fines by accountacy regulator
Amazon Lex can now speak British English... or simply 'English' if you're British
(2020/09/17)
Alexa-derived chatbot tech allegedly understands 'the British accent', but fails to recognise that there are many
.UK overlord Nominet tells everyone not to worry about 'distorted' vote allocations in its board elections
(2020/09/17)
Errors had no material effect on the outcome, promises the, er, board chairman
Relics of the past to be found in Oxford: A medieval friary, a Saxon wall, and... Windows 7
(2020/09/17)
Shopping paradise forgot to pay for more support
The Intel vPro Platform is ‘Built for Business’ – what this means to you
(2020/09/17)
And why it's what you need amid an explosive demand for IT services as a result of an increasingly distributed workforce
One down, two to go: Astra's first attempt to reach orbit scuppered by iffy guidance
(2020/09/17)
Also: Cygnus named for Columbia 'naut, and Space Shuttle Endeavour dressed up for launch
You have to be very on-trend as a cybercrook – hence why coronavirus-themed phishing is this year's must-have look
(2020/09/17)
F-Secure gives its take on the first half of 2020 in internet scumminess
Cisco’s 'intuitive security' tool can’t handle MAC address randomization out-of-the-box
(2020/09/17)
iOS 14's new MAC scrambling could stop upgraded devices from connecting, Android 10 also a mess
What the hell is going on with .uk? Dozens of domain names sold in error, then reversed, but we'll say no more about it, says oversight org
(2020/09/17)
Fasthosts made a mistake, this exhibit is closed
Need to track IT kit? Business continuity? Legal? ServiceNow has a package of satellite apps for you... now
(2020/09/17)
Biz is not going to make any impact in core areas – but there's much more to life than HR, supply chains, accounting, analyst tells us
Not content with distorting actual reality, Facebook now wants to build a digital layer for the world
(2020/09/17)
Data-harvesting test pilots to roam the streets wearing AR glasses and little lanyards explaining that you’re being recorded
Japan’s new PM makes e-government a key plank of his platform
(2020/09/17)
And fancies giving mobile carriers a kicking to bust cosy triumvirate and make number-porting less of a nightmare
Fake Zoom alerts and dodgy medical freebies among COVID-cracks detected by Taiwan's CERT
(2020/09/17)
Phishers claimed to be from 'National Health Commission', which exists in mainland China but not Taiwan
Maslow's Maxim:
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you treat everything like
a nail.