by David Gordon on (#5BQW4)
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by Tim Anderson on (#5BQW5)
Error message leads to cancelled emails, unverified accounts, potential email loss A Google Mail outage yesterday saw the cloud giant's server respond with the message "the email account that you tried to reach does not exist," potentially causing the sending server to give up, or remove the email address from lists, rather than trying again later.…
by Tim Anderson on (#5BQRT)
Plus: Managed Grafana service for observability re:Invent Amazon Web Services CTO Dr Werner Vogels has opened up on CloudShell, a Linux environment accessed through the browser which gives users a command-line and scripting environment for all AWS services.…
by Matthew Hughes on (#5BQP0)
Revenue from web biz surges 145% A surge in online sales helped push Dixons Carphone into profitability during the first half of 2020 as it reported its results [PDF] for the six months ended 31 October 2020.…
by Gareth Corfield on (#5BQKA)
Autothrottle cuts to idle and flight computers fail after latest updates, warns FAA Software updates to Boeing's Jumbo Jet, Dreamliner, and 777 introduced flaws that degraded flight safety and caused the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to publish warnings to aviators.…
by Kieren McCarthy on (#5BQG2)
Boris can’t manage a US trade deal, so antisocial media giant has done it for him As Brits wake up to Brexit next month, most will no longer find themselves stuck on an island in the Atlantic but ensconced in sunny California, courtesy of Facebook.…
by Richard Speed on (#5BQDH)
President Donald Trump ████ AWS in the ████ by ████ ████ to ████ A heavily redacted version of Amazon Web Services' latest protest against Microsoft getting the lucrative Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud computing contract has been unsealed. Unsurprisingly, AWS reckons the decision is total ███.…
by Gareth Corfield on (#5BQDJ)
Suffered 'loss or damage' as a customer? Get Ofcom's permission and sue away Britain's Telecommunications Security Bill will allow anyone to sue their telco if they suffer "loss or damage" as a result of a system breach – but only if they get Ofcom's permission.…
by Matthew Hughes on (#5BQBB)
Dual-screen Android phone released from period of US exclusivity Microsoft will give the Surface Duo an international release, bringing the dual-screen phone to the UK, Canada, France, and Germany in "early 2021".…
by Lindsay Clark on (#5BQ90)
Regularised linear and Gaussian process regression thrown into predictive models too Data visualisation big fish Tableau is promising users the ability to get their hands dirty without having to download its seriously weighty desktop client.…
by Gareth Corfield on (#5BQ74)
One? Two? Nope. Six CVEs patched after being found in Dualog Communications Suite A software suite intended to let merchant ships’ crews digitally communicate with the world ashore was riddled with security vulnerabilities including undocumented admin accounts with hardcoded passwords and widespread use of Adobe Flash.…
by Kieren McCarthy on (#5BQ5K)
Online Harms draft gets most things right, still gives Facebook and friends too much leeway Analysis Tech giants face massive fines of up to 10 per cent of their annual revenue if they fail to follow new rules aimed at reducing the amount of harmful content on their platforms, the UK government has decided.…
by Thomas Claburn on (#5BQ43)
Another nail in the coffin of assuming that airgapped means secure Mordechai Guri, an Israeli cyber security researcher who focuses on covert side channel attacks, has devised yet another way to undermine air gapping – the practice of keeping computers disconnected from any external network for the sake of security.…
by Simon Sharwood on (#5BQ31)
Promised it was free and safe, but Facebook’s promises about privacy aren’t worth the mouse you click ‘em with Australia’s competition and consumer commission (ACCC) has hauled Facebook into the nation’s Federal Court for alleged false, misleading or deceptive conduct.…
CEO of China’s largest chipmaker 'possibly' resigns over hiring of Taiwanese rival's production guru
by Simon Sharwood on (#5BQ1S)
SMIC in turmoil as TCMS legend reportedly elevated beyond non-exec role China’s largest chipmaker, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), has advised investors that its co-CEO has “possibly” resigned.…
by Simon Sharwood on (#5BQ00)
84-minute brownout and eight-hour VPN vanishment caused by update that left systems unable to access config files Google has explained how it took a big slab of its Euro-cloud offline last week, and as usual the problem was of its own making.…
by Simon Sharwood on (#5BPY8)
Predicts massive data centre builds to add 50 million petabytes of capacity by 2025 as 60 percent of workloads run in clouds A key Chinese policy think tank has delivered its full vision for how the nation can build a “smart economy” by the year 2035.…
by Thomas Claburn on (#5BPVS)
'solarwinds123' won't inspire confidence, if true Updated SolarWinds, the maker of the Orion network management software that was subverted to distribute backdoored updates that led to the compromise of multiple US government bodies, was apparently told last year that credentials for its software update server had been exposed in a public GitHub repo.…
by Kieren McCarthy on (#5BPQD)
De-FAAMG'd tech outfits fear being steamrolled The second tier of tech giants have formed a new coalition focused on making sure changes coming to platform liability don’t squash them.…
by Iain Thomson on (#5BPQE)
It's great being king Last week, Larry Ellison wished staff well as his IT giant Oracle prepares to move its headquarters from Silicon Valley, California, to Austin, Texas... though he apparently will be going in the opposite direction, to Hawaii.…
by Richard Speed on (#5BPFN)
Fellow industry giants shuffle feet nervously Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Twitter €450,000 after ruling a bug in the firm's Android app that allowed users private messages to be publicly viewed infringed the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).…
by Lindsay Clark on (#5BPCG)
Nope, it just makes them worse RoTM AI and automation in the workplace risk creating new forms of bias and unfairness, worsening inequalities in the world of work, according to a UK think tank report published today.…
by Tim Anderson on (#5BP9F)
Big Red: This is not some gimmick so that you buy support from us In the wake of Red Hat's decision to end support for CentOS Linux comes a raft of alternatives to fill the void, including Project Lenix - an offshoot of Cloud Linux - and Oracle's free Linux, which Big Red is heavily promoting.…
by Matthew Hughes on (#5BP9G)
New Ofcom rules require ISPs to give more personalised measures New Ofcom rules will require ISPs to provide prospective customers with personalised speed estimates specific to their premises, rather than guesses derived from properties with similar characteristics.…
by David Gordon on (#5BP5X)
The cloud can make life easier. Here’s how... Webcast Keeping track of your data is always a worry, whether it’s a question of where it is, or, more existentially, what it is.…
by Matthew Hughes on (#5BP32)
Down from original estimate of $60m, and Apple is investigating if supplier guidelines were breached On Saturday workers at an iPhone production facility in India rioted over a pay dispute, smashing windows and damaging equipment. The damage has since been valued at about $7m, according to the facility's Taiwanese owner, Wistron.…
by Richard Speed on (#5BP04)
We're not taking cues from Windows now, are we? Updated Hopefully not shooting for parity with Windows, the Linux team followed the weekend release of version 5.10 of the kernel with... an update barely a day later.…
by Richard Speed on (#5BNXM)
Stop us if you've heard this one before Good news: the UK enjoys cheaper broadband compared to its European neighbours. Bad news: it is slower and poor value for money.…
by Tim Anderson on (#5BNVF)
Google has a better track record but the same issue: when authentication breaks, everything breaks Google has posted more details about its 50 minute outage yesterday, though promising a "full incident report" to follow. It was authentication that broke, reminiscent of Microsoft's September cloud outage caused by an Azure Active Directory failure.…
by Gareth Corfield on (#5BNVG)
23,000 Britons' data was among unsecured info, finds research Two thousand servers containing 45 million images of X-rays and other medical scans were left online during the course of the past twelve months, freely accessible by anyone, with no security protections at all.…
by Iain Thomson on (#5BNSC)
Andromeda Strain anyone? Scientists at Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have confirmed they have samples from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu in the lab and may have more than they originally thought.…
by Lindsay Clark on (#5BNQM)
Firebolt says it can do it better while the cloud giants talk up services tweaks Analysis Tech stock sailed through an era-defining moment last week as recently IPO'd cloud data warehouser Snowflake surpassed IBM in market capitalisation.…
by Kieren McCarthy on (#5BNP1)
As UK govt mulls eye-watering 10% penalties for goliaths that don't scrub away illegal content Tech giants Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple will face massive fines under proposed European Union rules, up to six per cent of annual turnover, if they abuse their market dominance to crush competition.…
by David Gordon on (#5BNMD)
Judges looked for innovative concepts, clear positioning and a feasible business plan Promo Since kicking off a new life with its own mobile ecosystem and app store – App Gallery – Huawei has been searching for trailblazing app concepts it hopes will reimagine the way we use smartphones. Launched in July, Huawei’s AppsUp competition was open to developers across the world, with a prize fund of US$1m.…
by Kieren McCarthy on (#5BNDG)
Orion networking monitoring users need to take action as we summarize what the hell is going on Analysis As the debris from the explosive SolarWinds hack continues to fly, it has been a busy 48 hours as everyone scrambles to find out if, like various US government bodies, they're been caught in the blast. So, where are we at?…
by Thomas Claburn on (#5BNAG)
Every three years, people try to patch a poorly crafted copyright law Analysis Right-to-repair advocates are arguing with the US government over what legal powers people have to fix or upgrade their own kit without paying manufacturers.…
by Kieren McCarthy on (#5BN4R)
Mind your MANRS as politics meets network security China Telecom has joined the global routing security group MANRS, just as America's communications regulator decided to formally investigate whether the company was a national security threat.…
by Matthew Hughes on (#5BN28)
Only joking – we're surely still below Gawker in his estimations Tim Cook reportedly intervened personally to stop Apple TV from producing a series loosely inspired by the antics of Gawker – the controversial and infamously combative blog, which routinely lambasted figures in media, tech, and entertainment.…
by Thomas Claburn on (#5BN29)
Miscreants threaten to make files, source code public within 72 hours The Pay2Key ransomware group on Sunday posted what appear to be details of internal files obtained from Habana Labs, an Israel-based chip startup acquired a year ago by Intel.…
by Matthew Hughes on (#5BMZG)
Chocolate Factory hopes it will 'lead to greater productivity, collaboration and well-being' for staffers Google will allow the majority of its staffers to work from home until September 2021, and the search giant will experiment with a hybrid model that combines office-based and remote working after that.…
by Gareth Corfield on (#5BMWS)
And what's the impact of months-long compromise? UK.gov won't say – as CISA orders shutdown of machines Concern is gathering over the effects of the backdoor inserted into SolarWinds' network monitoring software on Britain's public sector – as tight-lipped government departments refuse to say whether UK institutions were accessed by Russian spies.…
by Matthew Hughes on (#5BMPV)
Tired: Pholdables. Wired: Pholdables you can fold eleventeen times OPPO has shown off its latest concept foldable phone, produced in conjunction with Japanese design studio Nendo, which uses three hinges to create a slider-style effect.…
by Gareth Corfield on (#5BMKP)
Yes, the one that cost the British Army 25,000 new soldiers when IT went live Capita has scored a payday after the British Army quietly handed it a £140m extension to its shambolic DRS military recruiting contract and tacked on a project to migrate certain systems to Microsoft Azure.…
by Richard Speed on (#5BMKQ)
Ofqual publishes for the sake of 'transparency' but it's clear as mud UK exams body Ofqual has published the code behind the summer's results fiasco. Sort of.…
by Richard Speed on (#5BMGY)
Also: ESA signs contracts for the Space Rider and Boeing's Calamity Capsule aims for March 2021 In brief Richard Branson might have to wait a little longer to ride in Virgin Galactic's sub-orbital jalopy, SpaceShip Two VSS Unity, after an aborted test flight saw the spacecraft return to Spaceport America in New Mexico.…
by Richard Speed on (#5BMDH)
Also: PowerShell Crescendo, Visual Studio Code C++ on Pi, and a milestone for SharePoint In Brief Microsoft's Teams continues to play catch-up to Zoom with the long-overdue implementation of Breakout rooms.…
by Paul Kunert on (#5BMDJ)
Price believed to be £100m lower than initial estimates Capita has agreed to offload its Education Software Solutions (ESS) biz to a private equity buyer for around £400m, which is understood to be £100m below its lowest valuation when the unit was put up for sale.…
by Richard Speed on (#5BMB4)
Gmail and co go TITSUP* Google services such as YouTube and Gmail started the week with an almighty bang as the Chocolate Factory's cloud came crashing to the ground.…
by Richard Speed on (#5BMB5)
The Reg takes sneak peek at source tour, hosted by engineer who wrote it Retired Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer has continued his series of Windows insights with a rummage around historical Task Manager source code.…
by Lindsay Clark on (#5BM9C)
Animal cognition may be better fit for AI devs than human, adds prof Researchers in Germany have shown that cognitive abilities among four-month-old ravens are about equal to that of great apes at the same age.…