iPhones will start reporting car accidents
What could possibly go wrong
From next year, iPhone users who are in a car accident could have their phone dial 911 automatically.
Daft US telcos are ripping out Huawei and ZTE gear
And replacing it with something more expensive thanks to the tax payer
US telcos are having to rip out perfectly good Chinese networking gear and replace it with something more expensive and patriotic.
Apple OS update breaks older machines
You must buy a new one
Fruity cargo cult Apple’s new Monterey operating system has the added feature of turning older machines into iBricks so users will have to buy something a bit newer.
All source code is vulnerable to old bidis
University of Cambridge boffins urge panic
Virtually all compilers are vulnerable to an insidious attack in which an adversary can introduce targeted vulnerabilities into any software without being detected.
Boffins produce super storage
Music and porn collection will last longer than 13.8 billion years
Researchers from the University of Southampton "have developed a fast and energy-efficient laser-writing method for producing high-density nanostructures in silica glass.
Amazon plans to deliver prototype broadband satellites
Since there is no one in space it will leave them with a neighbouring galaxy
Amazon plans to launch its first prototype broadband satellites in Q4 2022, which would be nearly four years after SpaceX launched its first prototype Starlink satellites.
Apple explains to world why third-party payment options are bad
Expects to get the Epic Games case thrown out
Fruity cargo cult Apple outlined its objections to allowing app developers to link to third-party payment options ahead of a hearing next month that could determine whether a set of antitrust court orders is put on pause.
Courts slow to catch up with data stored by companies
Trends have changed and some companies have nothing
While a federal grand jury subpoena is not something a company would make PR capital over, Signal has made much hay over a silly attempt to get data from its servers.
Trump social media already in hot water
Dodgy funding and breaking open sauce rules
Donald Trump’s attempts to create his own social media after getting kicked off twitter for arranging an armed coup are running up against a few legal hurdles.
Oracle JDK is free for production use
Apparently users wanted it
The Oracle JDK is available free of charge for production use again under a new Oracle No-Fee Terms and Conditions license.