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

IBM makes Watson available for Apple iOS apps

IBM makes Watson available for Apple iOS apps

Initially targets field force uses.
Juha Saarinen Mar 21 2018 11:04AM Software
Intel rearchitects new CPUs in wake of Spectre flaw

Intel rearchitects new CPUs in wake of Spectre flaw

Processor-protecting partitioning.
Juha Saarinen Mar 16 2018 8:34AM Hardware
China delayed flaw notification to exploit them: researchers

China delayed flaw notification to exploit them: researchers

Flaws backdated in national database.
Juha Saarinen Mar 10 2018 1:30AM Security
Tesla left its cloud servers open to cryptomining hackers

Tesla left its cloud servers open to cryptomining hackers

Kubernetes admin console exposed.
Juha Saarinen Feb 21 2018 8:15AM Security
Intel offers bounties for Meltdown, Spectre bug hunters

Intel offers bounties for Meltdown, Spectre bug hunters

Up to US$250,000 for side-channel flaws.
Juha Saarinen Feb 15 2018 7:45AM Hardware
Microsoft tries again with Spectre fix for Windows

Microsoft tries again with Spectre fix for Windows

Also patches Adobe Flash zero-day.
Juha Saarinen Feb 14 2018 8:45AM Security
Intel releases Spectre fix for Skylake CPUs only

Intel releases Spectre fix for Skylake CPUs only

Promises versions for other processors.
Juha Saarinen Feb 9 2018 6:40AM Hardware
US bill would allow cross-border data access demands

US bill would allow cross-border data access demands

Could break Microsoft Ireland vs US govt impasse.
Juha Saarinen Feb 7 2018 2:05PM Strategy
Facebook patents solution to predict how rich or poor you are

Facebook patents solution to predict how rich or poor you are

Automated socio-economic ratings.
Juha Saarinen Feb 5 2018 10:15AM Training & Development
North Koreans deploy zero-day Adobe Flash attacks

North Koreans deploy zero-day Adobe Flash attacks

As Adobe promises a patch next week.
Juha Saarinen Feb 2 2018 9:30AM Security
Cisco ASA VPN feature allows remote code execution

Cisco ASA VPN feature allows remote code execution

Not the sort of remote access customers would like.
Juha Saarinen Jan 30 2018 2:00PM Security
Lenovo's fingerprint scanner has a hardcoded password

Lenovo's fingerprint scanner has a hardcoded password

And admin creds can be snagged.
Juha Saarinen Jan 30 2018 9:20AM Security
Apple culls most functionality from macOS Server

Apple culls most functionality from macOS Server

Focus changed to device management.
Juha Saarinen Jan 30 2018 6:35AM Software
Microsoft issues patch to disable Spectre fix

Microsoft issues patch to disable Spectre fix

Buggy microcode causes data loss and corruption.
Juha Saarinen Jan 29 2018 8:50AM Hardware
CSIRO to deploy unmanned ocean drones for research

CSIRO to deploy unmanned ocean drones for research

Windpowered sail drones last a year at sea.
Juha Saarinen Jan 25 2018 8:30AM Hardware
Popular web app framework allows remote code execution

Popular web app framework allows remote code execution

Slack, Skype, Signal, Node JS Package Manager, Shopify affected.
Juha Saarinen Jan 25 2018 6:30AM Security
Apple releases Meltdown patches for macOS Sierra, OS X El Capitan

Apple releases Meltdown patches for macOS Sierra, OS X El Capitan

As other vendors back off Spectre fixes.
Juha Saarinen Jan 24 2018 8:00AM Security
Telstra trial claims world's fastest transmission speeds

Telstra trial claims world's fastest transmission speeds

400Gpbs per wavelength.
Juha Saarinen Jan 24 2018 6:30AM Telco/ISP
Microsoft partners with Lenovo for cheap school laptops

Microsoft partners with Lenovo for cheap school laptops

Targets Chromebooks in education market.
Juha Saarinen Jan 23 2018 7:00AM Training & Development
Intel promises fixed Spectre patch to stop PCs rebooting

Intel promises fixed Spectre patch to stop PCs rebooting

As Torvalds declares patches "complete garbage".
Juha Saarinen Jan 23 2018 6:35AM Hardware

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