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Social network for web outcasts can be downloaded again from next week for iThings, we're told Katyanna Quach Tue 20 Apr 2021 // 00:24 UTC Share Copy Parler is set to return to Apple's App Store next week after the social network agreed to moderate hate speech on its platform. In a letter [PDF] to Congress on Monday, Apple’s senior director of government affairs in the Americas, Tim Powderly, confirmed a duly updated version of Parler will be allowed into the iGiant's software souk. The decision comes months after the self-described “free speech social network” w...

Where's the PowerShell command to ban all meetings forever? Tim Anderson Tue 20 Apr 2021 // 19:23 UTC Share Copy Straight from Microsoft's Department of Stating the Bleeding Obvious come tweaks to its online productivity software based on research that found back-to-back meeting cause stress. As such, Microsoft has introduced settings in Office 365 that promote breaks by making these corporate congregations start late or finish early. Administrators can set three values in Microsoft Exchange Online which determine what happens when meetings are scheduled. The first, Sh...

NASA’s JPL lab speaks to The Reg Share Copy NASA's Ingenuity today hovered in the skies of Mars making the equipment the first human-made helicopter to take flight on another planet. Amid cheers in the control room, engineers confirmed the diminutive helicopter had spun up its rotors, taken off, landed, and spun everything down, leaving the stage set for further tests. An image from the helicopter's onboard navigation camera showing its shadow on the surface of Mars was swiftly followed by another sequence from the Perseverance rover showing the helicopter hovering. Ingenuity's sha...

Irish privacy watchdog sticks GDPR probe into Facebook after that online giveaway of 533 million profiles Oh, you mean the 'features that make it easier for people to find and connect with friends on our services'? Katyanna Quach Thu 15 Apr 2021 // 07:26 UTC Share Copy Ireland’s Data Protection Commission this week launched an investigation into whether Facebook failed to adequately protect users' personal info – and whether it fell foul of GDPR – when a package of 533 million profiles was given away for free online. Phone numbers, email addresses, birthdays, and...

LSE document confirms AI infosec company's plans Gareth Corfield Mon 12 Apr 2021 // 16:15 UTC Share Copy British AI-powered infosec biz Darktrace is to go public in England's capital city, the company told the London Stock Exchange this morning. Sky News reported last night that chief exec Poppy Gustafsson is expected to make around £20m from the initial public offering, with shares trading on Darktrace expected to open “at around the end of this month.” A filing lodged with the London Stock Exchange and published on its website stated that Darktrace’s revenues ...