HMRC launches £500M procurement for new ERP, though project's already a 'red' risk (2023/12/19) Rivals will need to dislodge incumbent SAP in competition for 5-year deal across three departments
Qakbot's backbot: FBI-led takedown keeps crims at bay for just 3 months (2023/12/19) Experts say malware strain make take years to die off completely
ValueLicensing tries to smack down Microsoft defenses in license reselling spat (2023/12/19) UK software reseller alleges 'no real prospect of success' of Windows giant's arguments
Japanese brewery using generative AI to dream up new beverages (2023/12/19) Maybe check the label before you next sip a Kirin alcopop?
VMware's end-user compute products are for sale. Who might buy 'em? (2023/12/19) Would you rather a cloud that not-so-gently migrates you, or a retirement home like HCL?
Pakistani politician deepfakes himself to deliver a speech from behind bars (2023/12/19) Grammar might be off, but use case remains groundbreaking
India's long-awaited telecoms bill drops language that would have regulated social media (2023/12/19) OTT apps in the clear. Indian citizens, not so much – law proposes registration, surveillance, and shutdown powers
Beijing demands government apps must shed their bureaucratic skins (2023/12/19) Its hard to disagree with a mandate to make government digital services fit for people, not box-tickers
Internet's deep-level architects slam US, UK, Europe for pushing device-side scanning (2023/12/19) Someone needs to think of the children ... and the consequences of breaking encryption and trashing privacy
Hacktivists boast: We shut down Iran's gas pumps today (2023/12/18) Predatory Sparrow previously knocked out railways and a steel plant
Apple pops blue bubbles of Beeper Mini's iMessage service again (2023/12/18) Anticompetitive ... or simply keeping iDevice users nice and safe?
Mr Cooper cyberattack laid bare: 14.7M people's info stolen, costs hit $25M (2023/12/18) Mortgage lender says no evidence of identity theft (yet) after SSNs, DoBs, addresses, more swiped
Southwest Airlines lands $140M fine for that Christmas IT meltdown (2023/12/18) Wrist, meet slap: Only a quarter will be paid to Treasury, the rest is vouchers and credits
Cyber-crooks slip into Vans, trample over operations (2023/12/18) IT systems encrypted, personal data pilfered from North Face parent, we're told
Adobe ditches $20B Figma takeover under pressure from monopoly cops (2023/12/18) Now Photoshop giant needs to cough up that $1B break-up fee
Zuckerberg hunkers down in Hawaii to wait out apocalypse (2023/12/18) $270M secret building project includes 5,000 sq ft bunker
Apple pulls Watch Series 9, Ultra 2 from shelves in US after Masimo patent brawl (2023/12/18) Get those holiday orders wrapped up now, because the bell tolls for iStrap
Facing stiff competition, Intel's Lisa Spelman reflects on Xeon hurdles, opportunities (2023/12/18) Interview With Emerald Rapids, Chipzilla's Xeon roadmap is back on track – now it just needs to stay there
EU launches investigation into X under Digital Services Act (2023/12/18) Musk-owned platform first to face freshly minted rules
Apple's easiest to replace battery is in... an iMac (2023/12/18) iFixit tears down the M3 workstation