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(2020/06/15)
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Philippines government makes cloud-first a post-pandemic ‘new normal’ for all agencies
(2020/06/15)
Revised post-pandemic policy carves out a few exceptions for things clouds are bad at
Vietnam bans drone flights near all government buildings, borders and factories
(2020/06/15)
Even the Fatherland Front Central Committee is a no-fly zone
GitHub to replace master with main across its services
(2020/06/15)
Language matters – but when you replace a 'blacklist' with a 'blocklist', what do you call a list of blocks?
Microsoft 365 and Azure outage struck Australia and New Zealand just as business rocked up for a new week
(2020/06/15)
Updated Microsoft mentioned 'potential token issue that may be preventing users from authenticating' and went away after around three hours
Mine how you go: Kubeflow ML clusters hijacked to craft crypto-coins, Facebook code used to dig up actual minerals
(2020/06/14)
Roundup Plus: Facial-recognition to check whether you glanced at an ad during a football game
Facebook pays for exploit to catch a predator, voting software security under the microscope...
(2020/06/14)
Roundup ... and more in this rapid-fire summary of infosec news
Someone got so fed up with GE fridge DRM – yes, fridge DRM – they made a whole website on how to bypass it
(2020/06/13)
Water filter system requires RFID-chipped part
ZFS co-creator boots 'slave' out of OpenZFS codebase, says 'casual use' of term is 'unnecessary reference to a painful experience'
(2020/06/12)
No breakages, no change in operation, no problem
Whatsapp blamed own users for failure to keep phone number repo off Google searches
(2020/06/12)
This story also mentions QR codes for maximum facepalm effect
Speaker for yourself: Looks like 5 patents are table stakes as Google countersues Sonos
(2020/06/12)
You copied our technology! No, YOU copied our technology!
Facebook boffins bake robo-code converter to take the pain out of shifting between C++, Java, Python
(2020/06/12)
Using machine learning to get rid of those awkward code breaks
Wailing Wednesday follows Patch Tuesday as versions of Windows 10 stop playing nicely with plugged-in printers
(2020/06/12)
Networked devices work just fine, however
Facebook's cool with sharing the President's nonsense on its mega-platform – but don't you dare mention 'unionize' in its Workplace app
(2020/06/12)
Zuck pauses plan to roll out topic moderation tools for its FB-for-biz
Enterprises slam pause button on data centre spending, flatten pockets of old world tech crowd
(2020/06/12)
ODMs in Far East make bank as public cloud slingers buy yet more infrastructure
Posh Spice's perfume people pop up in Maze ransomware gang extortion effort
(2020/06/12)
♫ Now don't go wasting my precious time! Pay the ransom quickly and we'll be just fine ♫ (no, don't)
NASA shoves Astrobotic $199.5m to sling water-hunting VIPER trundlebot at Moon
(2020/06/12)
We're gonna need it if we ever live up there – and it looks like a tempting option right now
In Hancock's half-hour, Dido Harding offers hollow laughs: Cake distracts test-and-trace boss at UK COVID-19 briefing
(2020/06/12)
Comment Ex-TalkTalk CEO fails to convince public everything's going swimmingly
Bloke rolls up to KFC drive-thru riding horse-drawn cart only to be told: Neigh
(2020/06/12)
They were served at Maccie Ds, which will enrage mobility scooter punter who was turned away – twice!
Logitech Zone Wireless: Swanky headset means business, but that also means it comes with a hefty price tag
(2020/06/12)
Review Qi charging and ANC for those constant videoconferences from home
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