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<h4>While the Touch Bar is to be banished</h4> <p>Renowned Apple soothsayer Ming-Chi Kuo reckons the iGiant is bringing back its beloved MagSafe charging standard with the next generation of MacBook Pro machines.…</p> Full story >>>

<h4>We'll drink to that</h4> <p>The compatibility layer for Windows applications, Wine, has celebrated the start of 2021 in the traditional manner – <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.winehq.org/news/2021011401">with a substantial update</a>.…</p… Full story >>>

<h4>Parting shot by Trump – but 'bi-partisan' push against China will continue, says analyst</h4> <p>With five days left before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, the Trump administration has delivered a parting blow to China's tech industry by designating Xiaomi as a… Full story >>>

<h4>A blue day on the Red Planet</h4> <p>Hot on the heels of a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theregister.com/2021/01/13/nasa_juno_insight/">mission extension</a> comes news that scientists <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8836… Full story >>>

<h4>Install base explodes following WhatsApp 'privacy' update, Musk endorsement</h4> <p><strong>Updated</strong> Signal is experiencing a partial outage as tens of millions of netizens flood the free secure messaging service.…</p> Full story >>>

<h4>Commercial involvement in open source is essential, says CMS boss</h4> <p><strong>Interview</strong> Content management system Drupal is 20 years old, prompting its founder to talk to about its evolving role, why it shifted from a policy of breaking compatibility wi… Full story >>>

<h4>Epic by name, epic (lawsuit) by nature</h4> <p>Epic Games intends to file a competition lawsuit against Google in the UK as part of the ongoing <i>Fortnite</i>-kicked-off-platforms saga, according to documents lodged with the Competition Appeal Tribunal.…</p>… Full story >>>

<h4>Uphill battle shifting business applications to the cloud laid bare</h4> <p>SAP today reported <a target="_blank" href="https://news.sap.com/2021/01/sap-pre-announces-strong-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2020-results/">preliminary results</a> for 2020, showing the Ge… Full story >>>

<h4>Spoiler: It's quantum. And who knew? 5G isn't for the peasants</h4> <p>Dell's global chief technology officer, John Roese, shared his thoughts on where technology will go in 2021 at a roundtable event this week. Short version? Anywhere it likes – so long as it's on Dell kit.â… Full story >>>

<h4>Hybrid? Multi-cloud? Big Blue has a consultant for that</h4> <p>IBM <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.taos.com/ibm-boosts-its-hybrid-cloud-consulting-capability-with-taos">is to snaffle</a> San Jose-based consulting outfit Taos as it seeks to bolst… Full story >>>