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by Gareth Corfield on (#5P2CA)
Sophos gazes into the abyss A dropper-as-a-service, which cyber-crime newbies can use to easily get their malware onto thousands of victims' PCs, has been dissected and documented this week.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#5P29W)
Regulator says it's happy book, music, newspaper programs can now whisper of the universe beyond the iOS walled garden Updated Apple has said it will make a small but important change to its App Store worldwide after Japan's Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) stuck a probe into the US giant's treatment of so-called reader apps.…
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by Katyanna Quach on (#5P27W)
Joby hopes to push its ambitious service live in 2024 NASA is testing electric flying cars for a business that wants to launch a commercial air taxi service in 2024.…
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Fired credit union employee admits: I wiped 21GB of files from company's shared drive in retaliation
by Thomas Claburn on (#5P267)
Access should have been revoked ... but wasn't, court told On Tuesday, a woman from Brooklyn, New York, pleaded guilty to destroying computer data at an unidentified credit union from which she had recently been fired.…
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by Paul Kunert on (#5P24N)
Ten-year agreement kicks off in 2022 to help spies do spying Hewlett Packard Enterprise has scored a $2bn contract with the US National Security Agency to provide the cyber-spies a high-performance-computing-as-a-service via the cloudy biz's GreenLake platform.…
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by Thomas Claburn on (#5P22H)
Data scientist told he faces ban, biz insists otherwise after pushback On Tuesday, Tariq Rashid, a UK-based data scientist and author, tried to create a t-shirt design using on-demand print shop Spring to celebrate the Riemann zeta function, which is widely known among mathematicians and technical types.…
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by Tim Anderson on (#5P1YD)
Workaround available for problem which started a week ago Microsoft is still completing a fix for an issue with its OneDrive cloud storage that "affects a large subset of users worldwide, who have a storage quota that exceeds 1TB," in which files become read-only.…
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by Gareth Corfield on (#5P1W6)
Then again, it would say that America's National Security Agency has published an FAQ about quantum cryptography, saying it does not know "when or even if" a quantum computer will ever exist to "exploit" public-key cryptography.…
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by Gareth Halfacree on (#5P1JZ)
Qualcomm, Texas Instruments alleged to be leaving Bluetooth chips open to attack White-hat hackers have disclosed a bunch of security vulnerabilities, dubbed BrakTooth, affecting commercial Bluetooth devices - and are raising red flags about some vendors' unwillingness to patch the flaws.…
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by Tim Anderson on (#5P1FV)
Browser-based editor will open files on GitHub, Azure repositories or from the local device Microsoft is previewing Visual Studio Code for the Web, a code editor that runs entirely in the browser.…
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by Matt Dupuy on (#5P1CV)
Environmentally damaging old bangers to be replaced with greener veggie versions.. in 1 of its canteens, at least Updated German motor manufacturing megalith Volkswagen has been involved in a major collision with public sentiment over the future of its most popular product: its VW-branded currywurst sausage.…
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by Chris Williams on (#5P1A2)
Startup co-founded by former Applied Micro X-Gene execs emerges from stealth A Silicon Valley startup is stepping out of stealth mode today, publicly vowing to supply high-performance data-center-class RISC-V processors.…
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by Tim Anderson on (#5P1A3)
First experiences suggest connection strength less good than claimed Logitech has introduced a new range of business peripherals supporting Bolt, a secure Bluetooth Low Energy protocol - but they will not connect to the existing "Unifying Receiver".…
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by Gareth Halfacree on (#5P17M)
New flash-and-platter architecture offers 'breakthrough in storage that works differently,' firm claims Western Digital has announced a "breakthrough in storage that works differently," in the form of a new architecture combining traditional platters with solid-state flash: OptiNAND.…
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by Gareth Halfacree on (#5P15M)
'Universal processor' startup still no nearer to proving bold claims of tenfold performance gain over Chipzilla, AMD Tachyum has announced a milestone on the road to finally launching its much-vaunted high-performance "universal processor," Prodigy, with a first-boot into Linux - but its FPGA prototype is still a long way away from proving the company's bold claims.…
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by Lindsay Clark on (#5P13G)
Hold onto your hats, tinfoil brigade! Researchers in Japan have developed a means of wireless charging that would enable electronic devices to be pumped with power anywhere within a room.…
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by Paul Kunert on (#5P11Z)
Makes prediction as revenue sinks and profits evaporate at UK trading arm IBM reckons both the pandemic and Brexit could play to its strengths in 2021 – making a claim about turning threats into opportunity in the latest profit and loss accounts filed for its loss-making UK operation.…
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by Laura Dobberstein on (#5P102)
Hey kids? Wanna play with the future of electro-robotic transport? You get to do it two years before Lyft South Korean automaker Hyundai has unveiled its fully driverless electric IONIQ 5 Robotaxi.…
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by Katyanna Quach on (#5P103)
Gadget due to be tested this week Video Space-flight researchers are ready to test a prototype drag sail that could one day be used to prevent spacecraft turning into hazardous junk stuck for years in Earth's orbit.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#5P0Y9)
Apple's growth outpaces Android's, and 5G shipments are surging despite hefty prices 1.37 billion smartphones will ship in 2021, says analyst firm IDC, and 570 million of them will be 5G-ready.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#5P0X7)
64-core AMD Epycs win again as upgrade delivers performance boost without slurping more 'leccy Internet-grooming company Cloudflare has revealed that it was unable to put Intel inside its new home-brew servers, because they just used too much energy.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#5P0VW)
Someone didn't secure an Elasticsearch database, researchers allege Indonesia's Ministry of Communications and Informatics is investigating a leak of over a million records from the nation's COVID-19 quarantine management app.…
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by Laura Dobberstein on (#5P0T1)
HackerOne gets the gig Singapore's governmental digital services arm, GovTech, has launched a "rewards programme" to further crowdsource tests of the nation's cybersecurity.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#5P0RE)
Big Tech warns favoring SK players won't go down well – yet South Korea loves its software South Korea's parliament has passed a law that requires Apple and Google to offer third-party payment options in their app stores.…
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by Thomas Claburn on (#5P0QE)
Judge asks prospective jurors whether they have experience with intimate partner violence The long anticipated fraud trial of Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of biomed upstart Theranos, got underway in San Jose, California, on Tuesday with Judge Edward Davila asking prospective jurors whether they have experienced "intimate partner violence or abuse" or know anyone has.…
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by Katyanna Quach on (#5P0MP)
Head of Russia's segment says it's time for Roscosmos to build its own orbiting lab Cracks characterized as superficial by Russia have been discovered in the nation's portion of the International Space Station.…
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IBM sued again by its own sales staff: IT giant accused of going back on commission payments promise
by Thomas Claburn on (#5P0H4)
When it a contact not a contract? When it's an incentive plan letter IBM has been sued by sales manager Mark Briggs for allegedly capping sales commission payments despite a written commitment not to do so, joining dozens of cases claiming Big Blue screws its sales staff.…
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by Iain Thomson on (#5P0F5)
Chocolate Factory says never-ending pandemic threw spanner in October plan Google has delayed recalling its staff to their office desks until at least January 10, 2022.…
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by Iain Thomson on (#5P0D9)
Plus: T-Mobile US apologizes, security holes found in medical pumps, and more In brief The massive attack on Microsoft Exchange servers in March may have been China harvesting information to train AI systems, according to US government officials and computer-security experts who talked to NPR.…
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by Tim Anderson on (#5P05S)
Staged updates mean potential wait till 2022 – particularly for those looking forward to Android app support Microsoft has named October 5 as rollout day for Windows 11, though the IT giant's determination to support only relatively recent hardware will limit adoption.…
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by Tim Anderson on (#5P008)
Search for sustainable business model continues, but most usage will still be free Docker will restrict use of the free version of its Docker Desktop utility to individuals or small businesses, and has introduced a new more expensive subscription, as it searches for a sustainable business model.…
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by Gareth Corfield on (#5P009)
Bang out of order Updated The names and home addresses of 111,000 British firearm owners have been dumped online as a Google Earth-compatible CSV file that pinpoints domestic homes as likely firearm storage locations – a worst-case scenario for victims of the breach.…
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by Lindsay Clark on (#5NZX9)
'Unprecedented public demand' as dear leaders heave services for world+dog online Gartner is forecasting that governments the world over will splash more than half a trillion dollars on IT next year, a year-on-year growth in spending of 6.5 per cent.…
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by Lindsay Clark on (#5NZQM)
Bach to basics: The well-funded IPO-er Enterprise application minnow Freshworks has filed for IPO in the hopes that its SaaSy software can take on the likes of Salesforce.…
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by Lindsay Clark on (#5NZNE)
Critics, meanwhile, voice incredulity over how little data has been shared The National Data Guardian declined to endorse NHS England's effort to be transparent with its recently published detail on data flows from a patient medical information project that put US spy-tech firm Palantir at the heart of the government's response to the pandemic.…
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by Tim Anderson on (#5NZKA)
Use third-party tools 'at your own risk' – but what of the risk of Exchange itself? Comment Microsoft customers who use Exchange Online for all their email still often have to run on-premises Exchange to be supported – and that is a burden they could do without as new vulnerabilities appear.…
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by Richard Speed on (#5NZHV)
He's not just a Big Cheese. He's a very naughty boy Who, Me? "Be careful what you wish for." Words that might strike a chord with the IT boss in today's edition of Who, Me?…
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by Laura Dobberstein on (#5NZGS)
Lean in for a tale of shell companies, fake CEOs, bribes, prison time and $3.6m in fines A former Cisco executive was this month sentenced to 36 months in a US prison, and ordered to pay more than $3.6m in fines, for wire fraud and tax violations.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#5NZFC)
Orbiter nearly built ahead of ride with SpaceX in August '22. But first, a home-grown rocket launch in a month or so South Korea's first lunar expedition is on track for lift-off in August 2022.…
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by Laura Dobberstein on (#5NZE7)
Partial credit card numbers appear and, worse still, passengers' meal preferences Bangkok Airways has revealed it was the victim of a cyberattack from ransomware group LockBit on August 23rd, resulting in the publishing of stolen data.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#5NZCR)
Yet again, Microsoft tries to make your world more Azure-centric Analysis Microsoft won't ship a new version of Hyper-V Server – the free tool it offers alongside Windows Server to build hybrid clouds and manage fleets of virtual machines – with Windows Server 2022.…
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by Katyanna Quach on (#5NZB0)
Meanwhile, Amazon gripes about SpaceX's constellation plans It's claimed Apple’s upcoming iPhone 13 can use satellites in low Earth orbit for communication.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#5NZ99)
Beijing limits kids to three hours a week, suggests they use it to play Chess, Go or coding China has introduced regulations that restrict children under 18 to just three hours of online gaming each week, one hour max each day.…
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by Thomas Claburn on (#5NZ8H)
Reentrancy attack siphoned off millions CREAM Finance, a decentralized loan platform, lost at least $18m in cryptocurrency on Monday to an unidentified thief.…
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by Katyanna Quach on (#5NZ7W)
More human guides recruited, trained to keep eyes on machines, athletes Toyota’s autonomous shuttle service at the Paralympic games in Japan this year has recruited more humans to oversee its vehicles after one of the machines ran over an athlete.…
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Boffins find if you torture AMD Zen+, Zen 2 CPUs enough, they are vulnerable to Meltdown-like attack
by Thomas Claburn on (#5NZ4R)
Chip biz's fix involves performance-inhibiting LFENCE, if warranted Computer scientists at TU Dresden in Germany have found that AMD's Zen processor family is vulnerable to a data-bothering Meltdown-like attack after all.…
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by Laura Dobberstein on (#5NYBN)
'996' culture and its assumption of six twelve hour days - without overtime - labelled abusive and illegal China's Supreme People's Court and Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security have released a lengthy document condemning China's "996" work culture as labour violations that deprive workers of overtime payments.…
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by Rupert Goodwins on (#5NY9R)
You've gotta have standards Opinion We are teetering on the brink of a golden age of AI. It must be true, we keep being told so. This week's preacher is Samsung, which says it has integrated processors with memory to achieve stellar AI numbers: "Approximately twice the performance in AI-based recommendation applications and a 40 per cent decrease in system-wide energy usage."…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#5NY7M)
297M are rural, 983M use instant messaging, 469M order food online, and they average 26.9 hours online every week More than a billion Chinese citizens now use the internet, according to the China Internet Network Information Centre's 48th Statistical Report on Internet Development in China.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#5NY5C)
Ancient 'Who owns Unix?' case puts a $14.25M price tag on making some claims go away One strand of the ancient and convoluted SCO versus IBM legal mess that sought to determine who owns UNIX – and perhaps has a claim over Linux – may be about to end.…
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