Top 10 IR35 stories of 2022
The extension of the IR35 reforms to the private sector in April 2021 came coupled with a promise that for the first 12 months the government would be taking...
Make your noisy recording sound like pro audio with Adobe’s free AI tool
Enlarge / Adobe's Enhance Speech service can remove background noise from certain voice recordings.Adobe Recently, Adobe released a free AI-powered audio processing tool that can enhance some poor-quality voice recordings...
Swatters used Ring cameras to livestream attacks, taunt police, prosecutors say
Federal prosecutors have charged two men with allegedly taking part in a spree of swatting attacks against more than a dozen owners of compromised Ring home security cameras and using...
Critical Windows code-execution vulnerability went undetected until now
Researchers recently discovered a Windows code-execution vulnerability that has the potential to rival EternalBlue, the name of a different Windows security flaw used to detonate WannaCry, the ransomware that shut...
Lobbyists have held up nation’s first right-to-repair bill in New York
Enlarge / Tech companies, including Apple, have lobbied hard to prevent a New York bill that would require them to make repair information and parts available to individuals and non-affiliated...
A retail tech tour of the Battersea Power Station development
Digital out-of-home (DOOH) media firm Ocean Outdoor has been awarded the rights to develop and market 43 digital advertising screens, murals and experiential spaces at the Battersea Power Station...
The risk of escalation from cyberattacks has never been greater
In 2022, an American dressed in his pajamas took down North Korea’s Internet from his living room. Fortunately, there was no reprisal against the United States. But Kim Jong Un...
Top 10 datacentre stories of 2022
The unprecedented energy price and supply crisis blighting Europe, in the wake of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, has cast a long shadow on the UK datacentre market in...
Riffusion’s AI generates music from text using visual sonograms
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of musical notes exploding forth from a computer monitor.Ars Technica On Thursday, a pair of tech hobbyists released Riffusion, an AI model that generates music...
Defence lawyers claim NCA witness gave unreliable evidence on EncroChat hacking operation
The intelligence officer who played a key role in the National Crime Agency (NCA)’s work on its Operation Venetic investigation into criminals using EncroChat encrypted phones had not given...