You have one job, Australian PM tells contact-tracing app, and that’s talking to medicos
Still no definitive word on open sourcing or how it will solve Singapore's Apple problem
23 Apr 06:36 |
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I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Light-powered nanocardboard robots dancing in the Martian sky searching for alien life
'We’re proposing an entirely different approach' lead prof tells The Reg
23 Apr 06:11 | 1
IBM Watson GPU cluster Brexits from London to Frankfurt – because GDPR
Users have migration work to do in the next month. Good thing nobody's busy right now, eh?
23 Apr 05:31 |
If you want to take social distancing to the next level, and go to the Moon, take this: A complete lunar geology map
VideoFirst-of-its-kind blueprint of materials and structures shared online
23 Apr 04:52 | 1
Vietnam alleged to have hacked Chinese organisations in charge of COVID-19 response
Apparently everyone's cyber-spooks are mad for this right now
23 Apr 03:51 |
Google shifting workloads to run when the sun will shine and the wind will blow
Already time-shifting inside some bit barns with electricity-source-predict-ometer
23 Apr 02:32 | 1
Zero-click, zero-day flaws in iOS Mail 'exploited to hijack' VIP smartphones. Apple rushes out beta patch
Senior execs, journos, managed security service providers among those targeted, we're told
22 Apr 23:59 | 3
We're all stuck indoors, virtual reality tech should be hot. So why is Magic Leap chopping half its workforce?
AnalysisUpstart will make 'targeted changes to how we operate' ... like, oh, say, making something that actually lives up to the hype?
22 Apr 22:59 | 8
Stripe is absolutely logging your mouse movements on websites' payment pages – for your own good, says CEO
Online transaction biz intends to clarify its analytics harvesting habit
22 Apr 21:50 | 8
After intense scrutiny, Zoom tightens up security with version 5. New features include not, er, spilling video calls to network snoops
No dog-eared National Geographic for those left in the virtual waiting room
22 Apr 20:54 | 9
Looks like Benioff will go without new Italian shoes for a month: Details of Salesforce's $5m small biz grant emerge
Need $10k off CRM giant? Read on, though it's not a silver bullet
22 Apr 19:01 |
Microsoft 365 invites users to 'Ask Me Anything' – as long as it doesn't require a clued-up exec to deliver clear answers
OpinionUnsatisfying AMA ends up mainly being about Teams
22 Apr 18:03 | 18
How's your night sky looking? The Reg chats to astroboffin Mark McCaughrean about Starlink and leaving a mark
InterviewESA chap on astronomy and demagoguery as SpaceX readies the next batch of satellites
22 Apr 17:19 | 9
Are U sure it's all going a bit V-shaped, SAP? ERP giant goes own way, seems optimistic about third quarter bounce
AnalysisNo plans to lay off staff or freeze recruitment, apparently
22 Apr 16:38 | 1
Web pages a little too style over substance? Behold the Windows 98 CSS file
Buttons hewn from battleship-grey stone the way they should be, right?
22 Apr 15:53 | 56
Flippin' Dell! Texan giant wins single seat on £1bn direct NHS tech framework
Two-year deal penned by English hospital trust
22 Apr 15:00 | 3
Just because we're letting Zoom into Parliament doesn't mean you can have fun, House of Commons warns Brit MPs
Formal attire, no 'BBC Dad' episodes, and absolutely no funky backgrounds
22 Apr 14:20 | 15
Attention, lockdown DIY fans: UK hardware flinger Robert Dyas had credit card data and more skimmed from website
Payment page malware infection live for most of March, snares 20k punters
22 Apr 13:40 | 6
AWS rolls out 'Linux 2 Ready' scheme to lure penguins into using its homegrown distro
'Many customer workloads perform better on Amazon Linux 2' firm claims, but where is the source?
22 Apr 13:02 | 7
Fright at the museum: Bored curators play spooky Top Trumps on Twitter over who has the creepiest object
Bring the eye bleach – humans are weird
22 Apr 12:29 | 17
ICE cold: Microsoft's GitHub wrings hands over US prez's Trump immigration ban plan
Yeah, about that contract you signed with Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
22 Apr 11:56 | 38
Attack of the clones: If you were relying on older Xilinx FPGAs to keep your product's hardware code encrypted and secret, here's some bad news
Decrypted configuration bitstream can be siphoned from chips via side-channel flaw
22 Apr 11:25 | 6
Internet root keymasters must think they're cursed: First, a dodgy safe. Now, coronavirus upends IANA ceremony
Pandemic lockdown forces new measures on crucial crypto process than underpins world's DNS
22 Apr 10:49 | 34
Yes, there's lots of COVID-19-themed scuminess around – but otherwise the level of cybercrime is the same
A shift in badness doesn't mean more badness overall, says Secureworks
22 Apr 10:10 | 2
Vivaldi browser to perform a symphony of ad and tracker blocking with version 3.0
Oslo outfit also unveils first stable release for Android
22 Apr 09:26 | 39
Adobe’s Flash fade may force vCenter upgrades unless you run dodgy browsers
What? Why? This one’s all about an eleven-month window of client complications
22 Apr 08:44 | 4
News sure to ex-Zeit: Next.js company reborn as Vercel
LogowatchRebrand Field Book reveals it's versatile as well as 'accelerate' and 'excel'
22 Apr 08:10 | 8
Google and Cisco, sitting in a (spanning) tree, cloud N-E-T-W-O-R-K-I-N-G
Borg SD-WANS can now drive Chocolate Factory virty cloud networks and the workloads therein
22 Apr 07:32 | 1
Free ebook for every reader: Unleash the power of your Apple fleet with Jamf
PromoGet ahead of the trend: Home is the new office
22 Apr 07:00 |
Singapore's corona-crushing superhero squad grounded by football fans
Liverpool followers were Kryptonite for Must Always Walk Alone Man, Dr Disinfector and the rest of the Virus Vanguard
22 Apr 05:52 | 16
Facebook takes $5.7bn stake in Jio – India's largest mobile telco
WhatsApp gets a leg-up into m-commerce
22 Apr 04:22 | 5
Zuck loves free speech so much Facebook will censor 'anti-state' content in Vietnam after telcos 'crippled' access
UpdatedFine, fine, we'll ban whatever the government says is illegal, just give us back access, says US giant
22 Apr 04:11 | 16
Netflix says subscriptions just boomed but tells investors it's no money heist and they should expect stranger things
And starts deploying TLS1.3 to make streams faster and more secure
22 Apr 03:02 | 23
New York Attorney General probes Charter over claims it forced staff to work in offices amid coronavirus pandemic
Workers complain to The Register of unnecessary COVID-19 risk
21 Apr 23:57 | 8
Python 2 bows out after epic transition. And there was much applause because you've all moved to version 3, right? Uh, right?
Version 2.7.18 is the last official Python 2 release, but it'll live on
21 Apr 23:15 | 65
Somewhere, way out there, two black holes, one large and one small, merged. And here on Earth, we detected the gravitational wave blast
When science fact is better than science fiction
21 Apr 22:34 | 14
Video game cloud streaming shaken up as Nvidia loses more big names, Microsoft readies its market killer
It's all about the content. And where you can – and can't – get it
21 Apr 21:39 | 16
IBM == Insecure Business Machines: No-auth remote root exec exploit in Data Risk Manager drops after Big Blue snubs bug report
IT giant admits it made 'a process error, improper response' to flaw finder
21 Apr 19:04 | 21
House of Commons agrees to allow Zoom app in Parliament, British MPs will still have to dress smartly
How long till this gets hacked?
21 Apr 17:45 | 84
Watch live online: How to build the next iteration of your business using hybrid cloud
WebcastIt’s time to strengthen your enterprise apps with the help of Nutanix
21 Apr 17:00 |
Investors splash £100m on robotic process automation vendor in hopes RPA holds up in wake of COVID-19
Cash-flingers see dollars through a Blue Prism
21 Apr 16:33 |
Frippin' heck: Watch out, chin-stroking prog rock fans. King Crimson distributor Burning Shed says it's been hacked
Crims slope off with a slice of dabatase including emails and encrypted passwords but no credit card deets
21 Apr 15:45 | 10
Do not adjust your set: Here are three stories about the IT industry doing some good during COVID-19 pandemic
RoundupLet's stow the snark a mo and acknowledge this helpful tech
21 Apr 14:58 | 1
What's vexing Linux-loving Gophers? A few things: Go devs want generics, easier debugging
Survey shows preference for Linux, some aversion to Microsoft Azure
21 Apr 14:15 | 17
Who can we count on to slow Huawei's continuous growth? US prez Donald Trump and COVID-19
The world's crappest superheroes
21 Apr 13:30 | 18
Microsoft puts a stop to auto-updates of Azure Service Fabric 'until further notice'
Redmond reckons you've probably got enough on your plate right now
21 Apr 12:52 |
Something a bit phishy in your inbox? You can now email suspected frauds straight to Blighty's web takedown cops
National Cyber Security Centre publishes scam-busting address
21 Apr 12:20 | 26
Self-isolation champions fresh home from a jaunt in orbit wonder if they've returned to the wrong version of Earth
RoundupAlso: Asteroid landing dress rehearsal, 'new' Russian module for the ISS, another Starlink volley ready to go
21 Apr 11:50 | 4
Boffins examine interstellar comet Borisov to find out what its home was like. Pretty unpleasant, it seems
No wonder it came all the way over to our Solar System
21 Apr 11:17 | 18
Facebook sort-of blocks anti-quarantine events – how many folks are actually behind these 'massive' protests online?
OpinionDomain names, astroturfing, gun rights, FB groups... and lots and lots of shouting
21 Apr 10:29 | 82
Typosquatting RubyGems laced with Bitcoin-nabbing malware have been downloaded thousands of times
'Seemingly no transactions were made' but problem highlights risks of software supply chain
21 Apr 09:45 | 2
There are always two sides to every story – except this one, which is just a big billboard borked in all directions
Bork!Bork!Bork!The apocalypse may have started, but we'll always have artisanal bread... and BSODs
21 Apr 09:00 | 22
Are you fixing that switch? Or setting it up as a Minecraft server?
Cisco shows off how you can brick it on a Catalyst 9300
21 Apr 08:27 | 24
Weeks before US oil contract prices went negative, a spear-phishing crew went after oil firms. What did they get?
Who wants to know about their biz plans? Someone determined
21 Apr 08:00 | 9
Google productises its own not-a-VPN secure remote access tool
Zero-trust access to web applications with very fine-grained access controls
21 Apr 07:33 | 21
UK's Cleveland Police: We want to fling our HR wares into the cloud. Oh, and IT can move back in
Outsourcing deal with Sopra Steria ending, and good times ahead for in-sourced tech crew propping up crumbly software
21 Apr 07:02 | 4
AWS announces new single-purpose on-prem hardware and tie-in storage tier
Cloud colossus has gone very niche with video-shifter
21 Apr 06:32 | 4
Free demo: See how Comarch plans to ease your cloud journey
PromoFollow a step-by-step guide to the Cloud Infraspace suite
21 Apr 06:00 |
Fomalhaut b exoplanet may have been cloud in a trench coat: Massive 'world' formed after 'mid-space super-prang'
Another one bites the dust
21 Apr 05:30 | 12
Scaleway disarms its ARM64 cloud, cites unreliable hardware as the reason
So why not just buy new servers? That’s where this gets curly
21 Apr 04:58 | 11
China Mobile reveals COVID-19 scarcely touched Q1 revenue and profit
Although it did kick a hole in product sales and put a rocket under TXT
21 Apr 04:01 |
SAP decides one head is better than two in a crisis, parts ways with co-CEO Jennifer Morgan
Christian Klein to fly solo just six months after dual-driver approach was hailed as perfect combination
21 Apr 02:23 | 11
Bad news: Cognizant hit by ransomware gang. Worse: It's Maze, which leaks victims' data online after non-payment
IT services biz warns customers could be at risk of infection, too
21 Apr 01:36 | 15
Three years ago, IBM ordered staff to work in central hubs. Now its new CEO ponders mid-pandemic: Is there a better way of doing things?
Plus sales down, guidance scrapped. What else is new? Well OK, apart from the 'unprecedented business climate'
21 Apr 00:34 | 19
CFAA latest: Supremes to tackle old chestnut of what 'authorized use' of a computer really means in America
And it's all thanks to a stripper and a corrupt cop. No, seriously
20 Apr 23:33 | 26
Google pre-pandemic: User-Agent strings are so 1990s. Time for a total makeover. Google mid-pandemic: Ah, we'll reschedule to 2021
Web disruption delayed due to coronavirus lockdown challenges
20 Apr 21:11 | 29
Lockdown endgame? There won't be one until the West figures out its approach to contact-tracing apps
CommentWhat are the options, and who can we learn from?
20 Apr 18:56 | 66
With the economy in turmoil, Alibaba to spend big on pipes and plumbing to catch up with Western rivals
Chinese retail-'n'-cloud giant to splash $28bn as coronavirus pushes the online markets up
20 Apr 18:01 | 2
Rapid and risk-free Active Directory backup and recovery with Quest Software
SponsoredAutomated restoration plans should be just as important as the directories themselves
20 Apr 17:00 |
Police drone fliers' wings clipped to prevent them bumping into real aircraft
The Civil Aviation Authority giveth the CAA and taketh away
20 Apr 16:30 | 18
Talk to me: The new Windows Insider boss speaks as the gang fixes Fast Ring reliability
RoundupAlso: naming the next PowerToys toy and a look at the latest Visual Studio preview
20 Apr 15:30 | 4
Academics: We hate to ask, but could governments kindly refrain from building giant data-slurping, contact-tracing coronavirus monsters?
Decentralise over Bluetooth, say 300 scholars
20 Apr 14:48 | 75
In Rust we trust? Yes, but we want better tools and wider usage, say devs
Official survey reveals barriers to adoption: Challenging learning curve and limited IDE support
20 Apr 14:01 | 29
US judge puts Amazon's challenge to Pentagon JEDI deal into force stasis
Giving military time to look at aspects of decision
20 Apr 13:16 | 19
Baby, I swear it's déjà vu: TalkTalk customers unable to opt out of ISP's ad-jacking DNS – just like six years ago
UpdatedHave you tried turning it off and on again? Yes!
20 Apr 12:30 | 89
Coronavirus lockdown forces UK retailers to shut 382 million square feet of floor space
At a cost of £14.5bn and counting
20 Apr 11:45 | 45
Tor Project loses a third of staff in coronavirus cuts: Unlucky 13 out as nonprofit hacks back to core ops
RoundupAlso, Zoom assembles security dream team to fix its ongoing woes
20 Apr 11:01 | 9
During this stay-at-home virus pandemic, you need to lock down the home office – and AI can help you
WebcastFind out how to build a WFH security policy without resorting to wielding an iron fist
20 Apr 10:15 |
Hana-hana-hana: No it's not your dad trying to start a motorboat... It's Northern Gas, renewing its SAP software
No competitive tenders for northern pipeline company, and here's why
20 Apr 09:42 | 20
20 years deep into a '2-year' mission: How ESA keeps Cluster flying
Space ExtendersGrowing extra instruments, reducing fuel spend and those clever, clever hacks
20 Apr 09:00 | 36
Ministry of Defence lowers supplier infosec standards thanks to COVID-19 outbreak
UpdatedCan't get assessors on-site to check SMEs' antivirus updates
20 Apr 08:15 | 4
Contact-tracing or contact sport? Defections and accusations emerge among European COVID-chasing app efforts
Debate seems to centre over where data needs to reside to get the job done
20 Apr 07:50 | 39
Getting a pizza the action, AS/400 style
Who, Me?It looks like you need some pepperoni and cheese. Do you want some help with that?
20 Apr 07:15 | 177
XCP-ng celebrates six-figure download milestone
Now incubated as part of Xen project and has plenty of plans for hyperconverged and storage fun
20 Apr 06:52 |
Who knows the secret of the black magic box? Boffins seek the secrets of AI learning by mapping digital neurons
RoundupAnd Zoox setlles with Elon's Musketeers over purloined IP
20 Apr 06:32 | 4
UK government to take equity in struggling startups with £250m 'Future fund'
Borrowers can score between £500k and £5m if they have a track record, co-investors, and can afford eight percent interest
20 Apr 05:58 | 21
Tata Consultancy Services predicts hot viral mess for the next nine months
CEO says ‘pandemic completely reversed the positive momentum’ but at least its healthcare biz is strong
20 Apr 03:28 | 3
Australia to make Google and Facebook disclose ranking algorithms and pay for local content
Months of negotiation on voluntary code of conduct didn’t make progress
20 Apr 00:31 | 35
This hurts a ton-80: British darts champ knocked out of home tourney by lousy internet connection
Bet you thought the rural internet gap wouldn't cause this kind of disruption
18 Apr 09:20 | 90
Google calls a halt on Chrome 82, but the version 83 beta has arrived early – so it's coding and bug finding time ahead
Plus some interesting new side-channel attack possibilities for crims to play with
17 Apr 23:20 | 8
Intelsat orbital comms satellite is back online after first robo-recovery mounting and tug job gets it back into position
No fuel, no problem! Older space kit to gets new lease of life with extentions
17 Apr 20:31 | 52
Grab your Bitcoin while you can because Purse.io is shutting up shop in June and you could lose the lot
Amazon, the government, economics? Startup schtum on sudden closure
17 Apr 20:00 | 26
NASA makes May 27 its US independence day from Russian rockets: America's back in the astronaut business after nearly nine years
Thanks to a South African immigrant
17 Apr 19:19 | 46
That critical VMware vuln allowed anyone on your network to create new admin users, no creds needed
Reason behind murky CVSS 10 score revealed by Guardicore
17 Apr 15:59 | 16
Paranoid Android reboots itself with new Android 10 builds
It's baaaaaack: Devs polishing off Quartz
17 Apr 15:04 | 22
Iran military manages to keep a straight face while waggling miracle widget that 'can detect coronavirus from 100m away'
VideoNothing says serious engineering like a collapsible radio aerial
17 Apr 14:59 | 99
Open letter to Internet Engineering Task Force: Back off Cisco, not all members want to 'play to your tune'
A mini revolution against Switchzilla takes form in a corner of industry group
17 Apr 14:01 | 6
Don't Zoom off elsewhere: Google plugs video-chat service Meet into Gmail as user eyes start wandering
G Suite boss promises gallery view on the way for cyber-meeting platform
17 Apr 13:12 | 20
As nice as Pai: FCC chairman comes out in favour of Ligado Networks' 5G proposal, despite criticism from airlines and military
UpdatedBacking for use of L-Band spectrum for 5G
17 Apr 12:17 | 27
Mayday! Mayday! The next Windows 10 update is finally on approach to a PC near you
New version of Microsoft's OS shuffles into the Release Preview spotlight
17 Apr 11:30 | 69
Looking for a tech job? Have a browse – there are plenty of roles in our biggest listing yet
Job AlertEmployers seek devs, support, and engineers all over the world
17 Apr 10:45 | 6
Google: We've blocked 126 million COVID-19 phishing scams in the past week
240 million daily virus themed spams as 'bad actors' feed on people's fear
17 Apr 10:01 | 18
Data science alliance in talks with UK Cabinet Office to help ease economic impact of COVID-19 pandemic
IBM and Google join the Rolls-Royce programme
17 Apr 09:15 | 10
Google's cross-platform UI toolkit has a Flutter on 'social development' with CodePen
Online editing support for Chocolate Factory's open-source dev framework
17 Apr 08:30 |
Amazon assembles team of boffins, devs, project managers and more to figure out mass coronavirus testing
Jeff Bezos imagines the negatives can go out to work and spend, the infected can watch more Amazon Prime Video at home
17 Apr 07:46 | 17
A paper clip, a spool of phone wire and a recalcitrant RS-232 line: Going MacGyver in the wonderful world of hotel IT
On CallPart 1: No one expects the construction crew
17 Apr 07:15 | 201
Europe publishes draft rules for coronavirus contact-tracing app development, on a relaxed schedule
No phone numbers needed – but you’ll need Notifications and Bluetooth on all the time
17 Apr 06:33 | 129
Star's rosette orbit around our supermassive black hole proves Einstein's Theory of General Relativity correct
27 years of watching the Milky Way's core – that's how proper science is done
17 Apr 06:17 | 76
AWS rolls faster and more secure Snowballs
Identity and access management comes to movable edge
17 Apr 05:27 | 2
Nvidia's $6.9bn Mellanox munch gets closer after Chinese regulators sign off
On track to do the deed towards the end of the month
17 Apr 04:52 |
Activist investor Elliot Management departs Citrix’s board
Turnaround mission accomplished? Looks like it
17 Apr 03:58 | 7
India says 'Zoom is a not a safe platform' and bans government users
Holey vid chat service reveals 're-architect' of bug bounty program to 'get overall security house in order'
17 Apr 02:07 | 15
