Juha Saarinen

Juha Saarinen has been covering the technology sector since the mid-1990s for publications around the world. In addition to techpartner.news, he has written for iTnews since 2010 and also contributes to the New Zealand Herald, the Guardian and Wired's Threat Level section.

He is based in Auckland, New Zealand.

Recent articles by Juha Saarinen

Microsoft revamps Office 365 with new look, ribbon and AI search

Microsoft revamps Office 365 with new look, ribbon and AI search

Customer-driven redesign.
Juha Saarinen Jun 14 2018 11:00AM Software
Locked Win10 PCs can leak sensitive data via Cortana

Locked Win10 PCs can leak sensitive data via Cortana

Users urged to patch now against threat.
Juha Saarinen Jun 14 2018 6:14AM Security
Google pulls direct Chrome extension installations

Google pulls direct Chrome extension installations

Follows failure to stop large scale abuse.
Juha Saarinen Jun 13 2018 11:16AM Security
Apple clamps down on cryptocurrency mining apps

Apple clamps down on cryptocurrency mining apps

Sets new developer rules.
Juha Saarinen Jun 12 2018 11:57AM Software
US claims exascale compute record

US claims exascale compute record

New supercomputer hits 1.88 exaflops with GPUs.
Juha Saarinen Jun 10 2018 5:06PM Hardware
Researcher who blunted WannaCry faces further charges

Researcher who blunted WannaCry faces further charges

Accused of creating second piece of malware.
Juha Saarinen Jun 8 2018 10:52AM Security
Adobe patches Flash 0day used by nation-state hackers

Adobe patches Flash 0day used by nation-state hackers

Used Excel spreadsheets in attacks.
Juha Saarinen Jun 8 2018 10:03AM Security
Microsoft trials Scottish subsea data centre

Microsoft trials Scottish subsea data centre

Edge computing off the coast.
Juha Saarinen Jun 7 2018 6:10AM Storage
Apple focuses attention on core software updates

Apple focuses attention on core software updates

Outs macOS Mojave and iOS 12.
Juha Saarinen Jun 5 2018 10:31AM Software
Google debates re-engineering Chrome in wake of Spectre

Google debates re-engineering Chrome in wake of Spectre

Focuses on Site Isolation to mitigate against attacks.
Juha Saarinen May 31 2018 5:01PM Security
Blue Note audio attack corrupts hard drives

Blue Note audio attack corrupts hard drives

Audible and inaudible sounds wreck data.
Juha Saarinen May 31 2018 11:17AM Security
Intel trials microcode for browser-exploitable Spectre bug

Intel trials microcode for browser-exploitable Spectre bug

Spectre Variant 4 can be triggered with Javascript.
Juha Saarinen May 22 2018 11:20AM Security
Aussie 19-year-old takes Intel prize for building drone

Aussie 19-year-old takes Intel prize for building drone

Washes commercial office windows autonomously.
Juha Saarinen May 21 2018 6:58AM Hardware
Chrome to remove 'secure' and padlock icon for HTTPS

Chrome to remove 'secure' and padlock icon for HTTPS

Treating the web as safe by default.
Juha Saarinen May 18 2018 8:05AM Security
AI's compute hunger outpaces Moore's law

AI's compute hunger outpaces Moore's law

Expect trend to continue.
Juha Saarinen May 17 2018 12:00PM Hardware
Pawsey trials NVIDIA GPUs for Nimbus cloud

Pawsey trials NVIDIA GPUs for Nimbus cloud

Kicks off early adopter program.
Juha Saarinen May 16 2018 10:16AM Cloud
'Efail' vulnerability lies in apps, not PGP and GnuPG

'Efail' vulnerability lies in apps, not PGP and GnuPG

Early fears over research largely unfounded.
Juha Saarinen May 15 2018 6:07AM Security
Researchers hide attacks against voice recognition

Researchers hide attacks against voice recognition

Subliminal sounds issue commands without users knowing.
Juha Saarinen May 11 2018 12:01PM Security
'Misunderstanding' causes serious vulnerability in every OS

'Misunderstanding' causes serious vulnerability in every OS

Emergency patches appear from all vendors.
Juha Saarinen May 10 2018 8:22AM Hardware
Apple iOS update to block mobile forensics

Apple iOS update to block mobile forensics

Disables USB port after a week of device remaining locked.
Juha Saarinen May 9 2018 9:28AM Security

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