Nova Launcher’s Founder and Sole Developer Has Left
Nova Launcher’s Founder and Sole Developer Has Left Summary Kevin Barry, the founder and sole developer of Nova Launcher, has left parent company Branch Metrics after reportedly being told to…
Research misconduct: how the scientific community is fighting back
Research misconduct: how the scientific community is fighting back Summary Episode two of the Nature podcast Self Correction examines research misconduct: why it happens, how hard it is to measure,…
Microsoft, Linode, warn of cloud latency spikes due to Middle East submarine cable problems
Microsoft, Linode, warn of cloud latency spikes due to Middle East submarine cable problems Summary Microsoft and Linode have warned customers that cloud services may experience increased latency after undersea…
VMware’s in court again. Customer relationships rarely go this wrong
VMware’s in court again. Customer relationships rarely go this wrong Summary The Register’s opinion piece examines Tesco’s lawsuit against Broadcom, VMware and reseller Computacenter after Tesco alleges support and patches…
UK tech minister booted out in weekend cabinet reshuffle
UK tech minister booted out in weekend cabinet reshuffle Summary UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer carried out a weekend cabinet reshuffle that moved Peter Kyle out of his role…
Pre-owned software trial kicks off in UK as Microsoft pushes resale ban
Pre-owned software trial kicks off in UK as Microsoft pushes resale ban Summary The long-running dispute between UK reseller ValueLicensing and Microsoft has returned to the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal.…
Red Hat back-office team to be Big and Blue whether they like it or not
Red Hat back-office team to be Big and Blue whether they like it or not Summary IBM is moving Red Hat’s General & Administrative (G&A) staff — primarily HR, finance,…
French datacenter biz signs 12-year nuclear pact with EDF
French datacenter biz signs 12-year nuclear pact with EDF Summary Data4 has signed a 12-year Nuclear Production Allocation Contract (CAPN) with EDF to secure a 40 MW allocation of nuclear-generated…
Ubuntu users left waiting after Canonical’s servers take weekend off
Ubuntu users left waiting after Canonical’s servers take weekend off Summary Canonical’s status page showed brief disruptions to security.ubuntu.com and archive.ubuntu.com on 5 and 7 September that lasted minutes, but…
Linus has had enough of links that point to ‘stupid useless garbage’
Linus has had enough of links that point to ‘stupid useless garbage’ Summary Linus Torvalds, in the run-up to the Linux 6.17 release candidate, publicly complained on the kernel mailing…