Oh, and happy Twitter acquisition day eve to Elon. Will year 2 be better? Not if the bankers get ahold of him, it seems Don't want to start being bombarded by video calls from Xitter? Then you'd better disable this new "feature" added to the platfor…
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Lees meerCompetition and Markets Authority needs more time to consider 'complex case', new deadline set for February 2024 Updated Britain's competition regulator is extending into 2024 its prolonged investigation of Adobe's $20 billion purchase of Figma, up…
Lees meerCompetition and Markets Authority needs more time to consider 'complex case', new deadline set for February 2024 Britain's competition regulator is extending into 2024 its prolonged investigation of Adobe's $20 billion purchase of Figma, upending th…
Lees meerDon't panic – it's just for testing Microsoft's Raymond Chen took to his "Old New Thing" blog this week to explain why Windows has a hash of a weak password in its cryptographic libraries.…
Lees meerIrish eyes may not be smiling Interview Last week, privacy advocate (and very occasional Reg columnist) Alexander Hanff filed a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) decrying YouTube's deployment of JavaScript code to detect the…
Lees meerEveryone's wanting a slice of this spectrum pie Vodafone says tests of frequencies in the upper 6 GHz band for mobile phone calls were successful, and is pushing for it to be available for cellular networks. The problem? Wi-Fi vendors also want this…
Lees meerResearcher who publicized issue brands company’s communication 'appalling' ServiceNow is issuing a fix for a flaw that exposes data after a researcher published a method for unauthenticated attackers to steal an organization's sensitive files.…
Lees meerUpstream policy change for LTS kernels Ubuntu doesn't use Canonical has addressed customer concerns over the reduction in long term support (LTS) of its code – but there is no real change here, and you'll still need Ubuntu Pro to keep the rest of th…
Lees meerMake Webex more collaborative and secure, while you enjoy its AI additions and active noise cancellation Cisco has co-branded a pair of high-end electronics vendor Bang & Olufsen's earbuds, and suggested they'll make Webex videoconferences more prod…
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Lees meerRegulator reckons letting scam texts through is a culpable act Singapore's government has proposed making telcos compensate their customers if they're phished via text messages that should have been blocked.…
Lees meerShareholders rejoice! Apple TV+, News+ raises prices over 40% Subscription pricing has been on the rise for nearly every service imaginable, and Apple isn't about to miss the opportunity to squeeze its customers for a little more.…
Lees meer$65 million cable project to connect US to Australia by way of Fiji and French Polynesia Google will build a pair of subsea cables connecting the US to Australia by way of Fiji and French Polynesia.…
Lees meerTwo thumbs down as ACLU lawsuit yields uncomfortable results The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has used an AI-powered data-scanning tool called Giant Oak Search Technology (GOST) to scour social media looking for post containing "dero…
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