RIP: Frank Borman, NASA commander of first Moon mission (2023/11/13) Obit Former Air Force officer - also involved in first crewed rendezvous in space - dies aged 95
Introducing the tech that keeps the lights on (2023/11/13) Opinion Genuinely new ideas are rare in IT – this superhero is ready to make a real difference
Kubernetes' Tim Hockin on a decade of dominance and the future of AI in open source (2023/11/13) Interview Going back to a time before autocomplete
48-nation bloc to crack down on using crypto assets to avoid tax (2023/11/13) Blockheaded cheats given four years to find new schemes
Bright spark techie knew the drill and used it to install a power line, but couldn't outsmart an odd electrician (2023/11/13) Who, Me? Shocking problem turned out to be a frame-up
Royal Mail cybersecurity still a bit of a mess, infosec bods claim (2023/11/13) Infosec in brief Also: Most Mainers are MOVEit victims, NY radiology firm fined for not updating kit, and some critical vulnerabilities
Foxconn launches its first satellites on a SpaceX rideshare, to advance Microsoft space plan (2023/11/13) Musky launch outfit teases possible Friday fling for its colossal Starship
China’s annual e-tail frenzy broke records – trust us, say government, Alibaba and JD.com (2023/11/13) 5.26 billion packages shipped, 639 million on Saturday alone. But nobody's puffing up the cash pile
Australia declares 'nationally significant cyber incident' after port attack (2023/11/13) Asia in brief PLUS: Citrix quits China; Cambodia deports Japanese scammers; Chinese tech CEO disappears; and more
Apple might have to pay that €13B EU tax bill after all (2023/11/11) Also, the US DoJ says iMaker owes $25M for years of hiring discrimination
Google dragged to UK watchdog over Chrome's upcoming IP address cloaking (2023/11/11) Exclusive Marketers tell antitrust cops privacy proxy will make it harder to protect kids online, etc etc
Meta, YouTube face criminal spying complaints in Ireland (2023/11/11) Exclusive Tracking code and ad-block blocking breaks Euro computer law, privacy advocate claims
Google, Amazon among big names in tech axing jobs this week (2023/11/11) Hiring boom followed by firing bust?
US Air Force wants to see some atomic motors for future spacecraft (2023/11/11) Take this $34M, Lockheed Martin, and give us an uranium fission engine for electricity, heat, propulsion
Impatient LockBit says it's leaked 50GB of stolen Boeing files after ransom fails to land (2023/11/10) Aerospace titan pores over data to see if dump is legit
Tipsy tongues tell all: How your sloshed speech could snitch to Siri (2023/11/10) Alexa, am I wasted?
Poloniex crypto-exchange offers 5% cut to thieves if they return that $120M they nicked (2023/11/10) White hat bounty looks more like a beg bounty
Amazon's Project Kuiper thrusters deliver Prime orbit adjustments (2023/11/10) Custom Hall-effect propulsion system makes sure satellites won't trip over space junk – like Starlink
Qualcomm and Iridium's satellite link-up loses signal (2023/11/10) Updated Tech was proven, but nobody wanted to put it in their Snapdragon devices
Strangely enough, no one wants to buy a ransomware group that has cops' attention (2023/11/10) Ransomed.vc shuts after 20% discount fails to entice bids