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Chin up, weary key workers: Google's pushing out a Workspace for frontliners
But the Chocolate Factory has workers' privacy at heart. No, really Google is nudging its G Suite Workspace tools further toward a hybrid workplace with the addition of services aimed at frontline workers, among other tweaks and enhancements.…
Would you Looker that: Google bakes in BigQuery caching layer to boost BI interactivity
'BigQuery is pretty fast anyway so you'd really need to value the extra speed' Google has introduced a caching layer in Big Query - its cloud data warehouse - designed to speed up responses to users as they explore and experiment with data.…
Jailbreaking app gets update to support iOS 14.3 and iPhone 12
Hmm. Fancy new phone you've got there... shame if nothing were to happen to it Fed up with Apple’s walled garden? Fancy running some unauthorised code on your shiny new iPhone? Unafraid of major security risks? The team behind iOS jailbreaking tool unc0ver just released version 6.0.0, bringing with it support for iOS versions 11 to 14.3.…
Rocket Lab goes large with Neutron – a big rocket for big constellations. Oh, and it confirms a merger proposal
Something for rocket fans and rocket financiers to chew on Small-satellite flinger Rocket Lab today confirmed a merger with Vector Acquisition Corporation, as well as plans for a considerably heftier launcher.…
Malware attack that crippled Mumbai's power system came from China, claims infosec intel outfit Recorded Future
The fun started at the same time as border skirmishes Security intelligence firm Recorded Future's Insikt Group has written a paper alleging China was behind attacks on India's electricity grid.…
IBM Cloud Satellite now available, 'rooted in Red Hat OpenShift,' says CTO
Big Blue extends its cloud to run anywhere - including competing public clouds Interview IBM's multi-cloud (and on-premise) Satellite service is now available, a managed Kubernetes product "rooted in Red Hat OpenShift," according to the company's Cloud CTO Jason McGee.…
After spending $45bn on 5G licences, Verizon tells customers to turn off 5G to save battery life
You've just got to have 5G... except when you don't US telco Verizon is advising customers to not access its 5G network – for the sake of their phone's battery life – mere days after spending $45bn on new radio spectrum.…
Google seeks to placate AI researchers complaining of Big Brother-like working conditions
Plus: Deepfake Tom Cruise has arrived on TikTok, and new ML algo that beats humans at classic Atari games In Brief Lawyers at Google have been criticised by the company’s AI researchers for watering down negative language in their academic papers.…
UK government may force online retailers to pick up e-waste from consumers
Future punters won't need to comb landfill for their bitcoin, we suppose Britain's government is mulling a proposal from the cross-party Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) that would force online retailers to collect old electronics from customers for recycling.…
Users wail over neverending queue: Nope, not the supermarket. GitHub Actions is having a workflow wobble
Pinch, punch, first day of the month Code automation stalwarts have endured a frustrating start to the week after GitHub Action began tottering this morning, taking a number of carefully crafted workflows down with it.…
Retro Microlympics concludes with possible reopening dates for UK computer museums
Vulture trounced at Revs and Elite, hopes to admire ancient kit in May The UK's cathedrals of geekdom are set to reopen in May as The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) celebrated the successful conclusion of its retro-themed Microlympics.…
Palantir and UK policy: Public health, public IT, and – say it with me – open public contracts
Nope, COVID-19 is not a catch-all excuse for backdoor deals Column The news that openDemocracy is calling for a legal review of Matt Hancock’s allegedly illegal deal with Palantir is a sign of two things: that things have gone wrong and are going wronger in government health policy; and that there are still ways to start to put it right.…
Rookie's code couldn't have been so terrible that it made a supermarket spontaneously combust... right?
We'll never know but he was spared the whiteboard of shame Who, Me? It's March again and we're still (mostly) indoors. Let us take your mind off the long, dark teatime of the soul (to paraphrase Douglas Adams) with another reader confession in The Register's Who, Me? column.…
China creates a $50bn tech 'aircraft carrier' by merging two state-controlled entities
Merged Potevio and CETC do drones, 5G, satnav, lots of military software, and have been told to accelerate R&D Late last Wednesday evening a regulatory announcement appeared on the Shanghai Stock Exchange that may well have signaled a major change in China’s approach to developing key technologies.…
Cyber-attackers work 24/7 … but what about your security team?
If you want the lowdown on managed detection and response, clock this Promo One thing you can say about cyber-attackers. They don’t keep office hours. They – or their code – will chip away at your systems, all day, every day, looking for a way in before quietly exploiting it for as long as possible.…
Mobile spyware fan Saudi Crown Prince accused by US intel of Khashoggi death
Plus: Critical Cisco flaw, NSA advice, and someone hacked Gab? In Brief The murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, which is said to be have been aided by digital surveillance, was ordered by the head of the Saudi Arabian government, US intelligence has publicly asserted.…
Singapore reveals open-source blockchain COVID-test result tracker, eyes uses as vaccine passport app
Tech already used to verify university degrees, will soon be compulsory at the border Singapore has proposed a blockchain-based document verification system developed by its GovTech agency to provide proof of recent negative COVID-19 tests, and hopes it becomes used to offer proof of vaccination status around the world.…
Splunk junks 'hanging' processes and suggests you don't 'hit' a key to fix 'em if more peaceful words can work
Biased words can't be ‘Grandfathered’ in – that’s also a term on vendor's new list of words best avoided Analytics vendor Splunk has followed up on its 2020 decision to stop using the terms “master” and “slave” with a new guide to writing “unbiased documentation”.…
Linus Torvalds went six days without electricity, swears smaller 5.12 kernel is co-incidental
Devs told if they really, really, need more time for merges they can have it Linux overlord Linus Torvalds has revealed that inclement weather in the USA meant he recently endured six electricity-free days in his Portland, Oregon, home during which he was unable to tend to the kernel. As a result he therefore pondered adding an extra week to the merge window for version 5.12 of the Linux kernel.…
Two ransomware strains target VMware’s ESXI hypervisor through stolen vCenter creds
CARBON SPIDER and SPRITE SPIDER give you extra reasons to patch last week’s critical vCenter bug Two strains of ransomware have recently been updated to target VMware’s ESXi hypervisor and encrypt virtual machine files, says security vendor CrowdStrike.…
Apple, forced to rate product repair potential in France, gives itself modest marks
Never mind the glue and soldered RAM Apple, on its French website, is now publishing repairability scores for its notoriously difficult to repair products, in accordance with a Gallic environmental law enacted a year ago.…
Biden nixes Trump immigrant visa ban as clock runs down on H-1B suspension
Keeping family members out of the country deemed harmful President Biden has issued a proclamation revoking a series of Trump administration proclamations that halted the issuance of green cards for immigrants. The rule change, however, left in place limitations on temporary work visas for skilled foreign workers.…
TikTok to cough up $92m to settle data privacy sueballs over harvesting too much data
Or about five days of annual operating profit ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, has offered to pay less than $100m to settle multiple privacy class-action lawsuits in the US.…
Choose your fighter! March Mammal Madness pits poor, innocent critters against each other in mortal combat
Not literally and all in the name of education Ever idly wonder if a marmot could bring down an ant-eater? Would a fox be foxed by a badger? Could a badger out-badger a fox?…
Imperva pretty adamant that security analytics aggregator product Sonar is not 'one dashboard to rule them all'
Uh huh... it's a good time to be in enterprise security analytics Tired of keeping up with security alerts from your system? Worried that your Security Operations Centre (SOC) is getting deluged in low-level reporting? Fear not: Imperva has produced an aggregator aggregation product that sits over the top of all your other alert-generating security software.…
Apple's latest macOS Big Sur update stops cheapo USB-C hubs bricking your machine
Still, it's probably best to stick with eye-wateringly expensive official peripherals In addition to various minor bug fixes, Apple's 11.2.2 update to macOS Big Sur addresses an issue where newer MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models could be damaged by dodgy third-party USB-C accessories.…
Bezos denied: New Glenn launch pushed into 2022 after Space Force says no
Also: Old age a bigger risk for Branson's passengers as Virgin Galactic slips again What do you buy the richest man in the world? A ticket to ride on Elon Musk's rocket, judging by the latest delay announced by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin.…
Huawei to Hell: Embattled Chinese comms giant said to be revving up for a move into the electric vehicle market
Though company insists it is 'not a car manufacturer' With its carrier and mobile businesses in turmoil, and no sign of a reprieve from crushing US sanctions, China's Huawei is reportedly lurching into the growing electric vehicle market.…
Bloody Dell! The humble notebook made the difference between a crappy fiscal 2021 and a good one
Yes, we will never mention the death of the PC again, at least until next time Dell Technologies spent tens billions of dollars to diversify its kit bag beyond computers, yet it was the humble notebook that broke its sales records in 2020.…
Valheim: How the heck has more 'indie shovelware with PS2 graphics' sold 4 million copies in a matter of weeks?
Now, this might shock you, but it's something we like to call 'fun' (if you have friends) The RPG Greetings, traveller, and welcome back to The Register Plays Games, our monthly gaming column. Loath as I am to feature another early access survival-exploration-crafting adventure for the second month in a row, February's sleeper smash-hit, Valheim, has forced my hand. So onwards, now, to the 10th realm of Norse mythology. Yeah, there was an extra one, didn't you hear?…
Rude awakening for SaaS giants Salesforce, Workday as both find 20% growth isn't good enough for market
Yeah, you did great, but you should have done better Salesforce shares slid yesterday despite posting revenues of $5.82bn for Q4 of its fiscal '21, up 20 per cent on the same period last year.…
USA, Germany, UK: From systems engineer to data centre mechanics guru, here are this week's jobs
Worldwide vacancies if you're looking for work – and free ads if you want workers Job Alert We're running free job ads to try and keep techies in gainful employment during these testing times.…
EDB tries to crowbar graph, JSON, and time-series data models into PostgreSQL – but can they pull it off?
Specialist databases will still be necessary, analyst says EDB, a prominant backer of the PostgreSQL open-source database, expects to focus on graph, JSON, and time-series data in the upcoming autumn release. Analysts, however, are sceptical about its ability to optimise for different data models ahead of built for purpose databases.…
HPE urges judge to pick through Deloitte-bashing report it claims demolishes Autonomy founder's defence
Plus: Full ruling in $5bn High Court case expected by end of Q1 Hewlett Packard Enterprise wants a High Court judge to formally consider a damning report which found that Deloitte auditors committed misconduct when they signed off British software firm Autonomy's annual accounts.…
ESA mulls sending waves of robot explorers into dark depths of lunar lava tubes
Lidar-equipped spherical probes or solar panel-powered cranes, perhaps? The European Space Agency is investigating sending an army of autonomous rovers into underground caves and lava tubes on the Moon.…
Google looks at bypass in Chromium's ASLR security defense, throws hands up, won't patch garbage issue
Engineers write off GC abuse because Spectre broke everything anyway In early November, a developer contributing to Google's open-source Chromium project reported a problem with Oilpan, the garbage collector for the browser's Blink rendering engine: it can be used to break a memory defense known as address space layout randomization (ASLR).…
Seagate UK customer stung by VAT on replacement drive shipped via the Netherlands
Well, Brexit meant Brexit One of the consequences of Brexit came back to bite a Seagate customer in the UK who was forced to pay import VAT and brokerage fees on a replacement drive still under warranty that was this month shipped from the Netherlands.…
Half a million stolen French medical records, drowned in feeble excuses
A bitter pill best swallowed with eight gallons of swimming pool water Something for the Weekend, Sir? Those files I promised you? Oh, I'm sorry, they accidentally got taken out with the recycling. A gull swooped down and snatched them out of my hands. They were lost in a tsunami. No, a forest fire. An earthquake. Actually, to tell the truth, my mum put them in the washing machine.…
A word to the Wyse: Smoking cigars in the office is very bad for you... and your monitor
A matte-black terminal? Neat! Where can I get one? On Call Dark Mode is all the rage nowadays, but screens of the blackest black go back further than you might think, as we'll discover in another episode of On Call.…
We need a 20MW 20,000-GPU-strong machine-learning supercomputer to build EU's planned digital twin of Earth
And this machine will be used to *check notes* study climate change. Study it or cause it? Computer scientists attempting to build computational replicas of Earth to tackle climate change and environmental disasters reckon they will need a 20MW supercomputer with 20,000 GPUs to run a full-scale simulation.…
Zuck chucks Myanmar military out of Facebook and Instagram
Is The Social Network™ finally declaring a stance in democracy and politics In the latest instalment of Myanmar vs. the internet, Myanmar's military junta has been banned from both Facebook and Instagram. Businesses affiliated with military personnel were also banned.…
VMware reports ‘progress on potential spinoff from Dell’, beats expectations for Q4 and full FY2021
Containerised Tanzu portfolio starts to make serious sales progress VMware has closed its 2021 financial year with $11.8bn of annual revenue, $3.3bn of it earned in Q4.…
New Nutanix CEO hints at mid-year product bundle launch
And reckons subscription acceleration means flat revenue is nothing to worry about Nutanix’s new CEO Rajiv Ramaswami has teased new bundles that make it easier to buy and implement more of the company’s products at once.…
In YouTube's world, parental supervision means: 'Everyone sign in to Google, click once, and trust we get it right'
That's what's on offer in new 'supervised' YouTube mode for tweens and teens YouTube has introduced features that allow for "supervision" of tweens and teenagers, but it only works if kids use their parent or guardian’s Google account and only offers pre-programmed filters.…
India's demand to identify people on chat apps will 'break end-to-end encryption', say digital rights warriors
Announced rules also require fast takedowns of content, online profile verification, and more After a three-year review process, India has announced strict regulations for instant chat services, social network operators, and video-streaming companies.…
Red Hat returns with another peace offering in the wake of the CentOS Stream affair: More free stuff
Approved open-source projects to get no-cost subscriptions (if they haven't already got one) Red Hat today further extended its olive branch to open-source groups with another freebie of sorts: this time, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for Open Source Infrastructure.…
Digital trust-busting time? US lawmakers mull how to tame giga-corps Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook
Remedies to gatekeepers range from nothing to an antitrust breakup US antitrust legislators held a hearing on Thursday to consider how to limit the power of technology gatekeepers like Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook in order to promote competition.…
Stop us if you've heard this one before: Microsoft to lure users with industry-specific solutions in the cloud
Redmond taking a leaf out of the enterprise app makers' book Microsoft has followed enterprise application vendors' lead and put together a bunched of pre-packaged software to be hosted in the cloud for specific vertical industries.…
1Password has none, KeePass has none... So why are there seven embedded trackers in the LastPass Android app?
Third-party code in security-critical apps is obviously suboptimal, but company says you can opt out A security researcher has recommended against using the LastPass password manager Android app after noting seven embedded trackers. The software's maker says users can opt out if they want.…
Google admits Kubernetes container tech is so complex, it's had to roll out an Autopilot feature to do it all for you
More expensive, less flexible, but easier and safer to use Google has recognised that users struggle to configure Kubernetes correctly and introduced a new Autopilot service in an attempt to simplify deployment and management.…
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