Cybersecurity snafu sends British Library back to the Dark Ages (2023/10/31) Internet, phone lines, websites, and more went down on Saturday morning
NASA and Boeing try to chase the contrail clouds away (2023/10/31) The sky isn't the limit when it comes to greener fuel alternatives
UK policing minister urges doubling down on face-scanning tech (2023/10/31) 'No question' it will solve more crimes, Tory MP claims
Unit4 ditching on-prem in favor of SaaS come 2025 (2023/10/31) Exclusive Clients have a little over a year to get their affairs in order
Microsoft's 11-year itch: The uncelebrated anniversary of Windows 8 (2023/10/31) Lots to like under the covers, but what was on top made it truly unforgettable
The UK government? On the right track with its semiconductor strategy? (2023/10/31) Oh, you're not joking
Meta's ad-free scheme dares you to buy your privacy back, one euro at a time (2023/10/31) If you're in the EU, EEA, or Switzerland
To prevent 'lost' nukes, scientists suggest storing them in a hall of mirrors (2023/10/31) Radio bouncing off multiple reflectors is a hard-to-defeat method of monitoring a weapons cache
Google formally gets to work on Android on RISC-V (2023/10/31) Emulators coming in 2024, first for wearables
Canada to remove China’s top messaging app WeChat from government devices (2023/10/31) Kaspersky also on the way out due to ‘unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security'
Australian video-streamer lets users opt out of ads for burgers, booze, and betting (2023/10/31) All without reducing the effectiveness of data-driven targeting, dammit
Stop what you’re doing and patch this critical Confluence flaw, warns Atlassian (2023/10/31) Risk of ‘significant data loss’ for on-prem customers
Vietnam becomes latest nation to pitch itself as a chip biz hub (2023/10/31) 50,000-strong alt.China talent pool promised, with Google, Samsung, SpaceX, and Intel interested
Apple lifts the sheet on a trio of 'scary fast' M3 SoCs built on a 3nm process (2023/10/31) MacBook Pro and iMac get the new silicon, and price tags up to a terrifying $7,199
SolarWinds charged after SEC says biz knew IT was leaky ahead of SUNBURST attack (2023/10/31) Developer labels action 'unfounded' after company and CISO slapped with suit for misleading investors
Help, Android 14 ate my Pixel! Bug causes endless reboots, loss of storage access (2023/10/31) Fix on the way but for those trapped in boot loop hell, data recovery isn't certain
Florida man jailed after draining $1M from victims in crypto SIM swap attacks (2023/10/30) Not old enough to legally rent a car, old enough for a 30-month term
Alphabet CEO testifies in Google Search trial: We pay billions to keep Apple at bay (2023/10/30) As Uncle Sam releases internal docs on Chrome strategy, MSN, more
Yeah, that oughta do the trick, Joe... Biden hopes to tackle AI safety with exec order (2023/10/30) ML players must alert Uncle Sam if they're training a foundation model, and more