It has been described in various evocative ways across popular culture, reflecting its vastness and potential for discovery. But, as the industrialisation of space starts to become a reality, Scotland finds itself at the vanguard of a flourishing sector. As a global leader in the manufacture of CubeSats (a class of small satellite), backed by…
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Out of the world’s 2,000 largest companies, 1,980 have a direct connection to a technology supplier that has experienced a recent cyber security incident or data breach, highlighting escalating risk levels to the global economy presented by multi-party supply chain attacks. In research released to mark the opening day of the annual Black Hat security…
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Kubernetes is 10! Mid-2024 sees the 10th birthday of the market-leading container orchestration platform. Jan Safranek, principal software engineer at Red Hat, was there during the flurry of activity that saw Docker and then Kubernetes explode onto the scene and businesses and developers grapple with how to provide it with persistent storage. Safranek was there when…
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Cyber researchers at Google Cloud’s Mandiant has upgraded a North Korean cyber threat nexus tracked over the years as Andariel, aka Onyx Sleet, Plutonium and Silent Chollima, to an official advanced persistent threat (APT) group, warning that it is targeting closely guarded atomic secrets and technology as North Korea continues its efforts to acquire nuclear…
North Korean cyber APT targeting nuclear secrets Read More »
Security leaders and software developers will benefit from deeper visibility into their organisations’ software development security posture as they work, bolstering moves towards the nirvana of so-called secure-by-design code, with the introduction of an industry-first solution from sector specialist Secure Code Warrior (SCW). SCW Trust Agent comes hot on the heels of the introduction of…
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It would seem that the adoption of cloud databases – those delivered via a cloud consumption model – is ramping up. Referred to as dbPaaS (database platform as a service) by analyst Gartner, the market for cloud databases is dominated by public cloud providers. Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, Google, Oracle and Alibaba are among…
Riding the cloud database wave Read More »
Samsung unveiled several wearables at its Unpacked event in Paris over a week ago, including the new Galaxy Buds 3 Pro and Galaxy Buds 3. The wireless earphones got a major redesign and new features that prompted many to say that Samsung is copying Apple again.That’s because Samsung’s decision to add a stem to the…
Galaxy Buds 3 Pro release date postponed over quality issues Read More »
Today’s Microsoft outages, linked to a Crowdstrike update, shows the immense risk we face if we put all our eggs into one huge world-spanning basket. Some colleagues initially suggested this was part of a co-ordinated attack on Microsoft’s infrastructure which, though it turns out is most likely not the case, was a reasonable first guess…
What happens when the IT infrastructure is too big to fail? Read More »
A new report from Ming-Chi Kuo relays that there’s been a slight design change to Apple’s plans for its iPhone 17. Though not slated to arrive until 2025, it’s no secret that Apple begins work on upcoming iPhone models years in advance.Regarding the change, Kuo writes that Apple’s iPhone 17 will not incorporate a resin-coated…
An important iPhone 17 design change was reportedly put on hold Read More »
It is often said that politicians campaign in poetry and govern in prose, but as we contemplate the new government, trying to predict regulatory intentions in every policy announcement and ministerial appointment, what tech prose can the tech bros expect? In his speech on the steps of Number 10, our new Prime Minister highlighted his…
Week one of a new government and it’s time to talk tech Read More »
