The Eclipse Foundation has announced the release of the Jakarta EE 8, the first truly open-source, vendor-neutral version of Java Enterprise Edition. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Not to worry, UK.gov has put a few pennies into faster ‘leccy car chargers The UK Treasury is making £70m available to fund an additional 3,000 rapid charging points for electric vehicles, doubling the UK total to 5,000.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Mozilla is resurrecting its recently expunged Test Pilot program with a renewed focus on privacy-focused tools and products. The Firefox developer today lifted the lid on the first product to emerge from the new Test Pilot, and it appears to be something akin to a virtual private network (VPN) in all but name. From a…

In the late 1980s, the French musician [Jean-Michel Jarre] famously toured with a laser harp. The word among teenage fans was that he had to wear special gloves to stop his hands getting burned, because 1980s teens were both impressionable and didn’t know much about lasers. In fact we’re told by a member of our…

The country’s Ministry of Justice argues the firm is collecting data belonging to underage users for targeted ads. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Now you too can re-enact the diving scenes from Das Boot As the world’s arms sales folk and protestors alike gather in London’s Docklands for the Defence and Security Expo International, one small business has what appears to be the perfect accessory for your Bond-villainesque lair: namely, a mini submarine.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

An anonymous reader shares a report: Here’s another reminder to be wary of what you share online: BuzzFeed News noticed on Monday that the way Instagram and its owner Facebook serve up media content allows for anyone who has access to a private photo or video to root around in the HTML code and copy-paste…

No roof? No problem at all. …read more Source:: CNet

In a surprise move, the new European Commission has reappointed Margrethe Vestager to be its antitrust chief. From a report: As Europe’s chief of competition, Vestager has over the past several years led a crusade against many of the biggest U.S. tech companies for abuses of power. But following recent elections for the European Parliament…

More than 50 CEOs of companies including Amazon, Comcast and Qualcomm signed a letter to Congress calling for a data privacy law. …read more Source:: CNet