Kaspersky: Clumsy NSA leak snoop’s PC was packed with malware
Lab suspects Chinese spyware was on home computer Kaspersky Lab, the US government's least favorite computer security outfit, has published its full technical report into claims Russian intelligence...
View ArticleApple’s iOS 11.1.2 fixes the cold weather input bug on the iPhone X
Apple Pay Cash is still coming in a later update.
View ArticleAfter fan outcry, EA kicks real-money purchases out of Battlefront II
Feature will return, but “only after wersquo;ve made changes to the game.”
View ArticleA first look at Tesla’s promised electric semi
The company already has a ton of competition.But it could arrive fashionably late.
View ArticleRobocalls from spoofed Caller IDs may soon be blocked by phone companies
FCC authorizes aggressive blocking of spoofed and invalid numbers.
View ArticleDigital certs authority StartCom to shut up shop
Chairman tells El Reg nobody will even notice its passing Controversial certificate authority StartCom is going out of business.…
View ArticleNew Tesla Roadster sounds impressive but it’s not the only game in town
Begun, the electric hypercar performance war has.
View ArticleThe world of Skyrim is thrilling and flawed in VR
A nice place to visit, but I'm not sure about spending 100 hours.
View ArticleDJI left private keys for SSL, cloud storage in public view and exposed...
A bug bounty hunter shared evidence; DJI called him a hacker and threatened with CFAA.
View ArticleTax bill that passed the House would cripple training of scientists
Researchers-in-training would be taxed on any tuition they're excused from.
View ArticleNASA IceBridge “flying lab” aids in search for missing Argentine Navy sub
Sub San Juan went missing Wednesday; NASA's Antarctic P-3 is now flying a search pattern.
View ArticleMassive US military social media spying archive left wide open in AWS S3 buckets
Dozens of terabytes exposed, your tax dollars at work Three misconfigured AWS S3 buckets have been discovered wide open on the public internet containing "dozens of terabytes" of social media posts and...
View ArticleIDG Contributor Network: Get started with Twilio’s Programmable Voice API to...
When you want to get ahold of someone, there’s nothing quite like giving someone a call. When that someone is a business, you want to connect to the right place with the minimum of fuss.That’s where...
View ArticleHairy situation: DC’s rail system may be taken down by human shedding
The fuzzy coating from riders' heads could cause electrical sparks and fires.
View ArticleWhat’s next for Microsoft’s .Net CLR
Microsoft’s Common Language Runtime, the virtual machine that anchors the .Net Framework, is due for a makeover, with the company announcing plans to make the CLR more efficient and scalable.Key to...
View ArticleWeekend code warriors prepare to clash in Codewarz
Pick your language and take on programming challenges for fun and coder cred.
View ArticleIconic hacker booted from conferences after sexual misconduct claims surface
Professor, reporter say meetings with Draper years ago turned inappropriate.
View ArticlePandemic Legacy: Season 2—The world’s “best board game” gets better
The sequel to mega-hit Pandemic: Legacy is finally here.
View ArticleSome ‘security people are f*cking morons’ says Linus Torvalds
Linux Lord fires up over proposal to secure Linux by shutting down wonky processes Linux overlord Linus Torvalds has offered some very choice words about different approaches security, during a...
View ArticleUser experience test tools: a privacy accident waiting to happen
Researchers watch publishers watching you, ignore privacy settings, run over mere HTTP Researchers working on browser fingerprinting found themselves distracted by a much more serious privacy breach:...
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