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Tight-lipped bank has fixed the weirdness - but not said why it happened Barclays Bank appears to have been using no less than the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine as a "content distribution network" to serve up a Javascript file.…

Great problem of our time solved: Classic FM won't have to rebrand as Classic DAB…

Microsoft emits a fix for those fearful of Registry tinkering While Microsoft was showing off its new OneDrive toys, the company also slipped out a fix for brave souls running Windows 10 2004 and finding Files On-Demand a little borked.…

Plus: IBM emits BlueGene/Q CPU blueprints – and 'fastest' open-source RISC-V core emerges If you're doodling your own computer chip yet wondering if you'll ever see it physically manufactured, Google is offering to fabricate it for you for free.…

Whitehall buddies up with Bharti to complete constellation The ongoing saga of OneWeb and the UK's ambition to be a major space player took another twist today with the confirmation that $500m will be splurged by Whitehall on the satelite biz.…

Bezos' bunch beats Microsoft to the punch, though it has limited use for now…

Tees Valley mayor expresses his love for two-wheelers The UK's first trial of rented electic scooters will be in Teesside, according to Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen.…

Tech stands on own two feet rather than 4G infrastructure Vodafone has switched on its first 5G SA (standalone) network in the UK.…

Something for everyone this week, including wannabe Vultures Job Alert It's that time of week again people, our job column is back with another list of opportunities in the world of tech.…

€1.7bn Estonian company is first on store to have a global presence Huawei has signed its first major ride-sharing platform to its AppGallery app store – and no, it's not the one you're thinking of. Unless, of course, you were thinking of Bolt.…

100 people have lost their jobs, COVID-19 blamed…

Brave browser's policy officer questions efficacy of personalised ads…

We said, we hope you get some downtime. Oh never mind. Come on, it's just once a year Hang the bunting, ice the cupcakes, and wrap the presents: it comes but once a year but today, as you beautiful people well know, is international DBA Appreciation Day.…

Thinking in binary, dreaming in hexadecimal, and this is what they'll remember you for…

No wonder J2157 clocks in at 34 billion solar masses The greediest supermassive black hole spotted by us Earthlings is an eye-popping 34 billion times more massive than our Sun, and gobbles nearly a solar mass of nearby gas and dust every day.…

It's only downloaded 26.5m times a week, NBD A lingering vulnerability in lodash, a popular JavaScript helper library distributed through package manager npm, has prompted developers to kvetch about the fragile state of security.…

Not to worry, there are only *searches* several thousand devices apparently exposed online Network administrators are urged to patch their F5 BIG-IP application delivery controllers following the disclosure of a pair of critical remote takeover bugs.…

Is that listed phone number going direct to a professional or a call center?…

Best get updating pronto, folks The Apache Project's popular Guacamole open-source remote desktop software contained vulns allowing remote attackers to steal login creds and hijack targeted machines, researchers have said.…

Continental capers lead to 750 UK arrests French and Dutch police have boasted of infiltrating and killing off encrypted chat service EncroChat, alleging it was used by organised crime gangs to plot murders, sell drugs, launder criminal profits and more.…

Redmond also praised for blocking malware control systems on its clouds…

Hunting for the right file is the 'bane to anyone's productivity' allegedly Microsoft is rolling out a swathe of updates to OneDrive, increasing the upload file limit for the cloudy bit barn from 15GB to 100GB.…

Surprise! The UK has been shut out of an EU-led project From the department of "chickens coming home to roost" is news that the European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded prime contracts for the next six Copernicus missions, and the UK has missed out.…

Privacy-focused Librem 14 laptop available for pre-order Purism, a San Francisco social purpose company that emphasises privacy and free software, today flung out its latest notebook: the Librem 14.…

Plus: Apple declares first-gen Retina MacBook Pro 'obsolete'…

Record 53.6 million tonnes produced last year - that's 7.3kg per person on the planet…

Undisclosed amount of money to change hands VMware is buying Datrium, a business that started out in the cut-throat world of HCI and then switched to disaster recovery in the cloud.…

VPN gear vulnerable to remote hijackings Cisco has patched a cross-site scripting vulnerability in two VPN routers it sells to small businesses and branch offices.…

It's like the Chocolate Factory isn't dominant enough already Updated Twenty consumer and citizen rights groups have published an open letter [PDF] urging regulators to pay closer attention to Google parent Alphabet's planned acquisition of Fitbit.…

Icon backgrounds banished, but some Insiders may have to wait for new toys Microsoft has unveiled a long-teased update to the Windows 10 Start Menu for its loyal fans... or at least some of them.…