Something Hunter Biden probably wishes computers had ages ago Samsung has added a "repair mode" to its Galaxy smartphones, hiding users' data when they entrust an ailing device to a technician.…
Lees meerLocal manufacturer to build modest kit for modestly sized supers India's ambition to become self-sufficient in hardware has taken a small step forward after the nation's Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) contracted a local manufact…
Lees meerPLUS: India open to space tourism; China/Indonesia infosec pact; Paytm denies breach; Infosys dodges government again; and more Asia In Brief Australia's federal police (AFP) on Friday charged a man with creating and profiting from spyware that all…
Lees meerHails the combo as finally making Arm 'usable as a development platform' Linus Torvalds has released version 5.19 of the project, and hailed Apple's homebrew silicon – and the Asahi Linux distribution that runs on it – for making Arm-powered compute…
Lees meerAlso, malicious VBA macros are out and container files are in, Robin Banks helps criminals rob banks, and more In brief Canadian fast food chain Tim Hortons is settling multiple data privacy class-action lawsuits against it by offering something it…
Lees meerMSP should just stand for My Server's Pwned! A Russian-language miscreant claims to have hacked their way into a managed service provider, and has asked for help monetizing what's said to be access to the networks and computers of that MSP's 50-plus…
Lees meerWait, what's an eye pad? On the one hand, Apple Mac and iPad revenues are shrinking and the tech goliath is doing less business in China and Japan.…
Lees meerPopcorn stocks soar The legal showdown between Twitter and Elon Musk is finally set to go to trial on October 17 and will last five days, according to a court schedule published this week.…
Lees meerJust in time for the midterms The Feds have put up a $10 million reward for information about foreign interference in US elections in general, and more specifically a Russian oligarch and close friend of President Vladimir Putin accused of funding a…
Lees meerP2P file system makes it more difficult to detect and take down malicious content Threat groups are increasingly turning to InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) peer-to-peer data sites to host their phishing attacks because the decentralized nature of …
Lees meerWith $52 billion on the table, everyone wants their fair share Micron wants a piece of the $52 billion in chips subsidies approved by US Congress this week. The company Friday promised to ramp up domestic memory production over the next few years.…
Lees meerQuest to reduce environmental impact finds pulp solution Scientists in Switzerland have developed a battery made out of paper which will release its charge when splattered with water.…
Lees meerPower transmission bottlenecks could delay Northern Virginia DC projects into 2026 Updated The largest datacenter market in the US is running into trouble: There isn't enough power transmission capacity in the region to handle all the bit barn proj…
Lees meerChateau Lafite? Unexpected day off? Unplugging users phones? System Administrator Appreciation Day is here – so what lovely gifts did your employer lavish you with today? Did you arrive at work to a guard of honor? A case of Château Lafite Rothschil…
Lees meerAmazing how you find the money when military needs a reliable supply Google has linked up with chip fabrication company, SkyWater Technology, on an open source chip technology program with funding from the US Department of Defense (DoD) to build a r…
Lees meerSupports liquid desiccant tech to store energy to smooth bumps in demand, lower greenhouse gas impact A fund founded by Bill Gates is leading a $20 million investment round into an aircon startup which promises to slash the carbon impact of keeping …
Lees meerBags of splashy fun for astronauts in SMEAT's simulation Feature Remember Skylab? How about SMEAT? Fifty years ago, a trio of US astronauts took part in 56-day simulation of a Skylab mission that would prove critical to the success of the US's firs…
Lees meerA new generation learns the hard way that everything is ephemeral Something for the Weekend I have misplaced Britain. A wicked entity has made off with an entire group of islands and all its inhabitants.…
Lees meerA little hint from a Helldesk friend is all you need Episode 14 "So what's causing it?" the Boss asks, looking down at his screen.…
Lees meerWe would have got away with it too, if hadn't been for your perfectly reasonable user request On Call Do you know where that computer came from? Or that chair? Or that desk? Today's On Call concerns another brush with the long arm of the law that a…
Lees meerPrepaid one-, three-, or five-year terms preferred for very big bundle VMware will not publicly disclose the price of its vSphere+ and VSAN+ subscription bundles secret from the public, but the virtualization giant’s partners have been given a price…
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