NHS WannaCrypt postmortem: Outbreak blamed on lack of accountability

Plus systemic underspending in IT. Imagine that A lack of accountability and investment in cyber-security has been blamed for the recent WannaCrypt virus that hobbled multiple hospital NHS IT systems last month, a report by The Chartered Institute f…

AMC launches an HBO Go-like service with AMC Premiere

A new internet safety bill would ban swatting, doxxing, and sextortion all at once

Here’s what the Echo Show's innards look like

Instagram now uses AI to block offensive comments

How the iPhone won over Japan and gave the world emoji

We're starting to reclaim the spaces the iPhone conquered

Western Digital ontwikkelt vierde generatie 3d-nand

WD heeft, samen met zijn partner Toshiba, de vierde generatie 3d-nand voor ssd's met hoge capaciteit ontwikkeld. De bedrijven maken bics4-flash met 96 lagen, veel meer dan de 64 lagen van de derde generatie.

How to avoid getting hoodwinked by a DevOps hustler

If they’re a 'DevOps Expert', they probably aren’t Comment  We’re almost halfway through this year, and how’s progress on those Digital Transformation Initiative slides doing? Maybe you need a quick jump in improvement to buy some time for August va…

Nations 'ethically obliged' to ensure public health data is up to scratch

High-income countries told to help those that can’t afford to collect data The World Health Organisation has issued what it says is the first international framework for ethical public health data collection and use.…

Windows 10 will hide your important files from ransomware soon

Watch the first trailer for Marvel’s Inhumans

VS verplicht luchthavens en maatschappijen om laptops strenger te controleren

De Amerikaanse regering gaat luchthavens en luchtvaartmaatschappijen verplichten strengere veiligheidsmaatregelen in te stellen voor reizigers die naar de VS vliegen. Zo wordt elektronica strenger gecontroleerd. Door deze maatregelen komt er geen la…

Ziggo brengt patch uit voor gedeeltelijk oplossen packet loss Connect Box

Ziggo is bezig met het uitbrengen van een patch die problemen met jitter en packet loss met de Connect Box gedeeltelijk moet oplossen. Dat laat het bedrijf weten aan Tweakers. Een patch die het probleem helemaal oplost volgt later.

The bloke behind Star Fox is building a blockchain based casino. No, really

Jez 'Argonaut' San puts on his poker face for El Reg grilling One of the brains behind classic Nintendo game Star Fox is launching a blockchain-based online gambling service that could leave regulators stumped – and says he has raised $200,000 from …

NetApp HCI: More converged than hyperconverged?

Separate compute and storage environments inside Analysis  I have come to the conclusion that NetApp's new HCI system is more converged than hyperconverged: in essence the boxes just add compute nodes and networking to SolidFire (storage) nodes.…

NetApp HCI: More converged than hyperconverged?

Separate compute and storage environments inside Analysis  I have come to the conclusion that NetApp's new HCI system is more converged than hyperconverged: in essence the boxes just add compute nodes and networking to SolidFire (storage) nodes.…

Watch the first trailer for Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Robots will enable a sustainable grey economy

Oldies will retain mobility and independence when Teslas can self-drive them to work or be sent out to do the shopping My uncle Amadeo turns 79 this week and bought himself a luxe Model S Tesla as a present.…

The French president’s official photo features two smartphones

The iPhone killed my inner nerd