3 Quick Q: Er, why is the Moon emitting carbon? And does this mean it wasn't formed from Theia hitting Earth? By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 04:58:05 GMT Decades-old theory may require a rethink thanks to Japanese probe The Moon is believed to have formed from the leftovers of a proto-Earth smashing into a Mars-sized Theia nearly 4.5 billion years ago.… Full Article
3 Dad to kids: I've decided you don't get to take over the family business. Kids to Dad: Who wants to run Samsung anyway? By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 06:29:06 GMT Lee Jae-yong ends dynastic control and will even let staff join a union Samsung's heir has said that he will not pass down management of the South Korean conglomerate to his children, ending three generations dynastic rule.… Full Article
3 What do you call megabucks Microsoft? No really, it's not a joke. <i>El Reg</i> needs you By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 09:00:12 GMT It is time. We need a new Regism and cannot go to the pub to think of one. Can you help? It is no secret that we like to use the odd bit of shorthand at The Register when biting the hand that feeds IT. Now we need a fresh one for Microsoft.… Full Article
3 Senior MP tells UK Defence Committee on 5G security: Russia could become China's cyber-attack dog By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 10:30:07 GMT One has the vulns, the other has the brass neck to pull off heists. Right? Russia might begin carrying out cyber attacks against Britain's 5G networks "at the behest of China", the chairman of a Parliamentary Select Committee has ventured.… Full Article
3 'A' is for ad money oddly gone missing: Probe finds middlemen siphon off half of online advertising spend By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 12:04:14 GMT 'B' is for basic controls that up and disappeared A study of the UK online advertising market, conducted by global accounting firm PwC, has found that publishers get just half of what advertisers spend, with the other half siphoned off by ad-supply chain intermediaries.… Full Article
3 O2 be a fly on the wall during BT and Vodafone's video calls: Telefónica's UK biz, Virgin Media officially merge By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 13:30:04 GMT Multinationals' UK arms pair up to take on Voda and former state-owned telco Telcos Telefónica and Liberty Global today confirmed plans to join their O2 UK and Virgin Media subsidiaries into one combined entity in a deal analysts branded a "blockbuster merger".… Full Article
3 Keeping up with the Joneses: Cloud hosting biz UKFast's founders sell up By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 15:30:09 GMT Secarma may be next for Inflexion buyout Cloud hosting biz UKFast's founders, Laurence and Gail Jones, have "exited the business" as a private equity firm ups its stake – all as UKFast itself starts eyeing up Jones-owned infosec biz Secarma.… Full Article
3 BT suspends shareholder payments as folk forgo pricey sports TV deals for matches that won't happen anyway By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 16:00:06 GMT We all need to tighten our belts For the first time in over three decades, BT has suspended its dividend scheme as the former state-owned teleco grapples with the fallout from the novel coronavirus pandemic, and the financial uncertainty that'll inevitably ensue.… Full Article
3 A lot has changed since Android 11 was but a twinkle in Google's eye – so mobile OS has been delayed a month By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 17:45:06 GMT 'Extra time for you to test,' you lucky, lucky developers Google has applied the brakes to Android 11, pushing things out by a month as it grapples with a world that is much changed since planning for the release began.… Full Article
3 As coronavirus catches tech CEOs with their pants down, IBM's Ginni Rometty warns of IT's new role post-pandemic By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 18:35:05 GMT Middle management is about to learn just how necessary they are Last night, one of the most senior figures in the IT industry from one of the biggest companies gave the strongest indication that when COVID-19 lockdowns gradually begin to lift, people will not return to the jobs they once had. That means both tech jobs, and how technology supports other business roles.… Full Article
3 Surge in Zoom support requests was 'unexpected', says tool team as it turns taps down By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 19:25:09 GMT John Cena!* Online resources only for free and end users due to the 'unprecedented period' Video conferencing darling of the hour, Zoom, has tightened up support rules in order to "better serve" users.… Full Article
3 GitHub Codespaces: VS Code was 'designed from the get-go' for this, says Microsoft architect By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 20:21:08 GMT A compelling addition to repo house – but is the Redmond flavour too strong? GitHub had a lot to say about its plans at its virtual Satellite event yesterday, but the most far-reaching was the advent of Codespaces, the ability to edit code online, integrated into the GitHub user interface.… Full Article
3 FYI: Your browser can pick up ultrasonic signals you can't hear, and that sounds like a privacy nightmare to some By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 21:24:21 GMT High-frequency audio could be used to stealthily track netizens Technical folks looking to improve web privacy haven't been able to decide whether sound beyond the range of human hearing poses enough of a privacy risk to merit restriction.… Full Article
3 If it feels like the software world is held together by string and a prayer, we don't blame you: Facebook SDK snafu breaks top iOS apps By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:13:07 GMT Update used wrong data type, causing Tinder to Spotify to fall over A change in the Facebook SDK backend managed to crash many popular iOS apps that integrated the code library, used for implementing various Facebook services.… Full Article
3 Go on, hit Reply All. We dare you. We double dare you. Because Office 365 will defeat your server-slamming ways By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 01:12:06 GMT Even Exchange’s marketing bod reckons tests of new Reply-All-stopper could be a career-defining moment Microsoft may just have made Reply All storms a thing of the past, by adding a suitable blocker to Exchange in Office 365 environments.… Full Article
3 The point of containers is they aren't VMs, yet Microsoft licenses SQL Server in containers as if they were VMs By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 06:01:11 GMT And now to avoid container sprawl costing you plenty Microsoft has slipped out licensing details for SQL Server running in containers and it will likely encourage developers to be pretty diligent in their use of Redmond’s database.… Full Article
3 If you miss the happier times of the 2000s, just look up today's SCADA gear which still has Stuxnet-style holes By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 10:56:08 GMT Schneider Electric patches vulns after Trustwave raises alarm Two Schneider Electric SCADA products had vulnerabilities similar to the ones exploited in the Iran-bothering Stuxnet worm, an infosec outfit has claimed.… Full Article
3 DEF CON is canceled... No, for real. The in-person event is canceled. We're not joking. It's canceled. We mean it By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 20:18:35 GMT Virus knocks hackers online: Show will try going virtual amid pandemic Annual Las Vegas hacker gathering DEF CON has officially called off its physical conference for this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.… Full Article
3 We dunno what's more wild: This vid of Japan's probe bouncing off an asteroid to collect a sample – or that the rock was sun-burnt By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 21:36:30 GMT Hayabusa 2 expected to return with out-of-this-world material in December Video Close-up footage of asteroid Ryugu, taken by the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft as it touched down to retrieve a sample, reveals the near-Earth object’s surface may have been torched by the Sun as its orbit changed over time.… Full Article
3 Need some weekend reading? How about the source code for UK, Australia's coronavirus contact-tracing apps By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 01:29:41 GMT Problems aside, no one is sure how useful phone-based tracking will be The NHSX, a technology group within the UK government's National Health Service, has released the source code for its Android and iOS COVID-19 coronavirus contact-tracing apps in an effort to allay privacy concerns and improve the code.… Full Article
3 I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Spacecraft with graphene sails powered by starlight and lasers By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 10:03:13 GMT Nice way to get to Alpha Centauri though boffin tells us: 'Such a laser system could be used as a weapon' Coin-sized pieces of graphene can be accelerated by firing low-powered lasers at them in micro-gravity conditions, say scientists. The technology could be a stepping stone to graphene solar sails, which could propel future spacecraft using starlight or a laser array.… Full Article
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