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UK government may force online retailers to pick up e-waste from consumers
Britain’s government is mulling a proposal from the cross-party Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) that would force online retailers to collect…
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Users wail over neverending queue: Nope, not the supermarket. GitHub Actions is having a workflow wobble
Code automation stalwarts have endured a frustrating start to the week after GitHub Action began tottering this morning, taking a…
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Retro Microlympics concludes with possible reopening dates for UK computer museums
The UK’s cathedrals of geekdom are set to reopen in May as The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) celebrated the…
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Palantir and UK policy: Public health, public IT, and – say it with me – open public contracts
Column The news that openDemocracy is calling for a legal review of Matt Hancock’s allegedly illegal deal with Palantir is…
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Rookie’s code couldn’t have been so terrible that it made a supermarket spontaneously combust… right?
Who, Me? It’s March again and we’re still (mostly) indoors. Let us take your mind off the long, dark teatime…
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China creates a $50bn tech ‘aircraft carrier’ by merging two state-controlled entities
Late last Wednesday evening a regulatory announcement appeared on the Shanghai Stock Exchange that may well have signaled a major…
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Cyber-attackers work 24/7 … but what about your security team?
Promo One thing you can say about cyber-attackers. They don’t keep office hours. They – or their code – will…
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Mobile spyware fan Saudi Crown Prince accused by US intel of Khashoggi death
In Brief The murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, which is said to be have been aided by digital…
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Singapore reveals open-source blockchain COVID-test result tracker, eyes uses as vaccine passport app
Singapore has proposed a blockchain-based document verification system developed by its GovTech agency to provide proof of recent negative COVID-19…
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Splunk junks ‘hanging’ processes and suggests you don’t ‘hit’ a key to fix ’em if more peaceful words can work
Analytics vendor Splunk has followed up on its 2020 decision to stop using the terms “master” and “slave” with a…
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