ARM Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life (Terry Pratchett, Jingo)

Ground equipment failure scrubs latest ISS SpaceX launch

(2023/02/27)

Crew-6 will have to wait to go to space, and everyone in orbit will have to wait that much longer to come home



Linux app depot Flathub may offer paid-for software

(2023/02/27)

Latest twist in long saga of trying to monetize desktop penguinistas



To the Moon? Emojis can be financial advice, says judge

(2023/02/27)

QED, NFTs are securities



Salesforce under investor pressure to dump more staff

(2023/02/27)

Promised 10,000 cull unlikely to be enough to satisfy gaggle of activist investors



HMD offers Nokia phone with novel concept: Designed to be repaired by its owner

(2023/02/27)

With spares and tools coming from iFixit, no less



Pop open a cask: Homebrew version 4.0.0 is here

(2023/02/27)

FOSS Fest Add-on package manager for macOS (and Linux if you need it)



China makes it even harder for data to leave its shores

(2023/02/27)

Many foreign companies had already given up – now there's more red tape



Microsoft pushed 'inaccurate' Windows 11 upgrade to unsupported devices

(2023/02/27)

Softening requirements to spur hardware sales? Nope, it was an error



Russian charged with smuggling US counterintel tech to Motherland

(2023/02/27)

In brief Also, don't download that 'ChatGPT Windows client,' and this week's critical vulnerabilities to keep an eye on



Official: Lomiri desktop now runs on Debian

(2023/02/27)

Converged environment formerly known as Unity 8 breaks free from Ubuntu – and indeed, from tablets



What's really up with data disconnects in the deep blue sea?

(2023/02/27)

Opinion There's always a catch if you blame it on trawlers



Backup tech felt the need – the need for speed. And pastries and Tomb Raider

(2023/02/27)

Who, Me? Ignoring the manual led to near-failure of mission to escape with precious pile of verified DVDs



Arm has legs: VMware's Bitnami starts packaging apps for Graviton and Ampere

(2023/02/27)

Customers are keen on the lower cloudy database prices available after dropping x86



Germany to court Indian IT talent – starting with easier visa application processes

(2023/02/27)

Perhaps just in time to give H-1B holders affected by US tech layoffs somewhere to go other than home



Global finance wonks worry financial services too invested in outsourcers, Big Tech

(2023/02/27)

Not keen on crypto, either – and looking forward to consistent language on cyber incidents



Chinese defence boffins ponder microwaving Starlink satellites to stop surveillance

(2023/02/27)

Beijing has filed the paperwork for its LEO constellation, but SpaceX is already there



Infosys founder slams working from home, side hustles, as slowing India's growth

(2023/02/27)

Asia in brief PLUS: Australia to appoint cyber-coordinator; FTX Japan resumes operations; India's PC market bucks trend with growth; and more



Microsoft’s Mr Smith goes to Europe in quest to win Activision deal

(2023/02/26)

Analysis Trust us, we're no monopolists



Microsoft: For better security, scan more Exchange server objects

(2023/02/26)

Software giant takes some files and processes off the exclusion list



Signal says it'll shut down in UK if Online Safety Bill approved

(2023/02/25)

Plan to scan encrypted content to protect children could drive businesses away



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The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson