Is tech team remuneration opening up a new form of cyber risk?
It has always a difficult balance for any CTO to ensure that remuneration and reward are spread evenly and fairly across a tech team that encompasses many different skills...
HMRC CEO claims email querying legal basis for loan charge ‘overplayed’ at committee hearing
An email sent by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) CEO Jim Harra where he admits to having “very little success” with finding legal backing for the government’s controversial loan...
Reliance acquires majority stake in local search engine Just Dial
Reliance Retail venture, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited, has announced that it is acquiring a majority stake in a local search engine Just Dial. The deal is worth Rs....
Hackers got past Windows Hello by tricking a webcam
Clearly the quickest way to bypass Microsoft facial recognition, no? Biometric authentication is a key piece of the tech industry's plans to make the world password-less. But a new method...
Facebook catches Iranian spies catfishing US military targets
Getty Images If you’re a member of the US military who's gotten friendly Facebook messages from private-sector recruiters for months on end, suggesting a lucrative future in the aerospace or...
Disable the Windows print spooler to prevent hacks, Microsoft tells customers
Getty Images Microsoft hit yet another snag in its efforts to lock down the Windows print spooler, as the software maker warned customers on Thursday to disable the service to...
What enterprises need to know
Microservices is an approach to software development that has seen a rising tide of interest over the last decade or so, going hand-in-hand with other trends such as cloud-native,...
For years, a backdoor in popular KiwiSDR product gave root to project developer
Enlarge / A spectrum painted image made using KiwiSDR.xssfoxKiwiSDR is hardware that uses a software-defined radio to monitor transmissions in a local area and stream them over the Internet. A...
Feeding the machine: We give an AI some headlines and see what it does
Enlarge / Turning the lens on ourselves, as it were. Is Our Machine Learning? View more stories There's a moment in any foray into new technological territory when you realize...
TSMC signals global chip crunch may be easing
Enlarge / TSMC's headquarters, seen here, are in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Carmakers can expect a sharp upturn in chip supplies in the coming weeks, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) said, signaling...