Geomagnetic Storm takes out 40 of 49 new starlink satellites.
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10 February 2022
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ON-PREMToshiba reveals 30TB disk drive to arrive from 2024I want to be your SledgeMAMR Samsung reveals new smartphones, tablets… and yes. The S22 Ultra is undeniably goodShiny new kit a bit more environmentally conscious 5G masts will be strapped to lampposts and traffic lights – once £4m project figures out who owns themUK.gov flings cash at software solution to local planning problem Your data centre UPS could feed power to the smart grid, suggests researchDon’t all rush to sign up, DC operators HMRC: Contractors, don’t worry about IR35 reforms in private sector ‘cos it all went so well in public sectorFinds half of public-sector orgs determine contractors’ IR35 tax status without outside help Raspberry Pis gain power to flash their own OSes with new network install functionBeta for now, but Pi from the cloud will eventually become a factory option |
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SECURITYUK, US, Australia issue joint advisory: Ransomware on the loose, critical national infrastructure affectedDon’t pay extortionists? Firms shelled out $5bn in Bitcoin in 6 months Critical ‘remote escalation’ flaw in Android 12 fixed in Feb security patch batchThis is the final software update from Google for the Pixel 3, 3 XL, too Sri Lanka to adopt India’s Aadhaar digital identity schemeBiometric IDs for all, cross-border interoperability not on the table |
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SOFTWARECar radios crashed by station broadcasting images with no file extensionVideo killed the radio star, pictures came and broke your car Microsoft proposes ‘open’ app store to keep regulators away from Activision takeoverWindows giant will say anything at this point to protect $69bn deal We kick the tires on Qubes 4.1.0 and indeed, it’s still a ‘reasonably secure’ OSUEFI support adds attractions for the security-minded, GUI goes fully virtual KDE Community releases Plasma 5.24: It’s eccentric, just like many old-timersNew version of the desktop brings in major new features to rival GNOME UK pins hopes on ‘latest technology’ to whittle down massive National Health Service waiting lists£500m tech consultancy procurement in the offing Why you should read Section 8 of the Unix User’s ManualHow could you put down a chapter that intones: The information here is not of great interest to most users The bill comes due: Securing open-source software isn’t going to be cheapDevs and maintainers getting paid – but not to concentrate on security Siri: Who’s first to offer voice search on Chinese TikTok?ByteDance’s Douyin strikes up a conversation with Apple’s digital assistant |
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OFFBEATJoint European Torus more than doubles fusion record with 59 megajoulesNext stop, ITER? Geomagnetic storm takes out 40 of 49 brand new Starlink satellitesSpaceX launched even though the space weatherman predicted tricky conditions could follow a solar flare |
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