Apple’s AirTag feature is a security nightmare
Connects to iCloud phishing page
Security experts have discovered a flaw in Apple’s $30 AirTag which could sign people up to phishing sites.
US wants to stop Chinese coming up with interesting new technology
Europe invented stuff and the US stole it first
US Commerce Secretary Gina Marie Raimondo has told the world+dog that the country that invented paper and gunpowder must not be allowed to invent any new stuff, because that is Western society's job.
Software reliability a key problem during 2021
You just can’t get the staff any more
There are mounting concerns about software reliability, according to engineering productivity company Haystack Analytics.
Alder Lake likely to appear November 4
Rumoured to arrive sooner than expected
Intel’s Alder Lake launch is rumoured to be sooner than expected – MSI and Videocardz say the chip might be in the shops on November 4.
Micron warns memory chips will dip
Shortages in other places
Micron forecast current quarter revenue below analysts' expectations and warned that shipments for its memory chips were set to dip in the near term as its customers making personal computers face shortages of other parts.
Russia arrests top Russian cybersecurity company boss
Charges him with treason
Russia has arrested Ilya Sachkov, the chief executive of top Russian cybersecurity company Group IB, on suspicion of state treason and will hold him in custody for two months.
Brexit Brits investigate electric cars
Because you can't get the petrol any more
British people are investigating electric cars now that it is impossible for them to get petrol now that they are out of the EU.
AI spots London's National Gallery overpriced fake
Samson’s haircut
AI has detected that a hugely expensive painting of Samson and Delilah thought to be painted by Peter Paul Rubens, one of the most influential artists of the 17th century is a fake.
Microsoft opens app store
While Google and Apple try to lock them down
While Apple and Google are fighting regulators to keep their app store monopolies, Software King of the World Microsoft is doing the opposite.
Amazon’s Astro robot is a suicidal privacy nut job
Pricey and flimsy too
Amazon’s pricey Astro robot appears to have issues with privacy and is so depressed that it will ignore the existence of stairs and chuck itself down them.