ChatGPT (sigh) the fastest-growing web app in history (sigh) claim analysts
Two months to reach 100 million active monthly users, but how many will stay?
WINE Windows translation layer has matured like a fine... you get the picture
Along with DXVK 2.1, more and better compatibility comes to Linux – we'll drink to that
Chinese 'surveillance balloon' over US causes fearful gasbagging
Updated
Floats over missile silos, shooting it down ruled more dangerous than whatever it's up to
Prepare to be shocked: Employees hate this One Weird Clause
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Activision-Blizzard pays $35m to send SEC away, Microsoft merger still in doubt
Allegations of stifled whistleblowing and disclosure failures end with no admission of guilt, as usual
Personal Tech03 Feb 2023 |
Google works on Blink-based iOS browser contrary to Apple's WebKit rule
Chocolate Factory insists project is an internal testing tool, isn't extending middle finger at Cupertino
Applications03 Feb 2023 | 1
Microsoft swears it's not coming for your data with scan for old Office versions
Don't mind us, we'll just have a quick look for unsupported installs and then disappear, we pwoooomise
Software03 Feb 2023 | 2
Fast-evolving Prilex POS malware can block contactless payments
... forcing users to insert their cards into less-secure PIN systems
Research03 Feb 2023 |
Guy accused of wrecking crypto exchange now hauled into court
Mango Markets still offline for now ... but v4 comeback release looms
Cyber-crime03 Feb 2023 | 2
It's your human hubris holding back AI acceptance
Boffins find Dunning-Kruger effect makes us think we know better
AI + ML03 Feb 2023 | 13
As Apple sales slide, Tim Cook says fanbois will tolerate higher iPhone prices
As for Macs, CEO admits PC industry is shrinking
Personal Tech03 Feb 2023 | 10
LibreOffice 7.5 update: A great time to jump on this FOSS productivity suite
Decent upgrade from older versions, essential if you're still on OpenOffice
Applications03 Feb 2023 | 9
The first RISC-V shot across the datacenter bow
Closed ecosystems? What is this, the 1990s?
British government torched over lack of chips strategy
When you say it's gonna happen now... when exactly do you mean?
Systems03 Feb 2023 | 12
Wow, turns out cloud sales can slow down – eh, Amazon, Google?
As tech giants 'optimize' workforces, world optimizes amount of money it spends on computing services
PaaS + IaaS03 Feb 2023 | 4
Generative AI is out of control: Nothing, Forever is a Seinfeld spoof about nothing... forever
It's... actually kind of funny, though
AI + ML03 Feb 2023 | 10
ALT OS
System76 teases features coming in homegrown Rust-based desktop COSMIC
Meanwhile, Xfce takes its first steps toward Wayland support
helloSystem 0.8: A friendly, all-graphical FreeBSD
Not complete yet, but getting closer to welcoming Mac migrants and systemd scorners
Linux Mint 21.2 includes a bit of feature creep from the GNOME world
Plus Xfce flavor desktop based on latest version 4.18
Version 5 of the Endless OS enters testing
This may show a future direction for Linux desktops
FOSS could be an unintended victim of EU crusade to make software more secure
Opinion Don't throw the open source baby out with the bathwater
What changed? New Relic thinks it can help with the eternal DevOps question
Netlify acquires Gatsby Inc, with focus on plugin ecosystem and Valhalla content hub
GitHub revokes stolen code-signing certs, invalidates some versions of Atom and GitHub Desktop for Mac
Docker BuildKit 0.11 adds supply chain security features and more
Qualcomm feels the squeeze because you don't want a new smartphone right now
Stop us if you've heard this one
Systems03 Feb 2023 | 5
Another RAC staffer nabbed for storing, sharing car crash data
Once is an accident. Twice is coincidence. Surely there won't be a third for roadside assistance biz
Security03 Feb 2023 | 27
Prepare to be shocked: Employees hate this One Weird Clause
Poll Wish you could IP Freely? What's the wording holding you back in your current job?
On-Prem03 Feb 2023 | 98
WINE Windows translation layer has matured like a fine... you get the picture
Along with DXVK 2.1, more and better compatibility comes to Linux – we'll drink to that
OSes03 Feb 2023 | 30
No, you cannot safely run a network operations center from a corridor
On Call Rack full of kit predictably became a network disruption center
Off-Prem03 Feb 2023 | 42
LockBit brags it pumped ION full of ransomware
Crims put a February 4 deadline for software slinger to pay up
Cyber-crime03 Feb 2023 | 2
ChatGPT (sigh) the fastest-growing web app in history (sigh) claim analysts
Two months to reach 100 million active monthly users, but how many will stay?
AI + ML03 Feb 2023 | 20
Chinese 'surveillance balloon' over US causes fearful gasbagging
Updated Floats over missile silos, shooting it down ruled more dangerous than whatever it's up to
Security03 Feb 2023 | 99
Hi, Pakistan? You do know anyone can edit Wikipedia, right? You don't have to ask
Telecoms authority has 'degraded' access and threatened total ban while it waits for 'blasphemous' content to be removed
Personal Tech03 Feb 2023 | 28
China unveils massive blockchain cluster running homebrew tech
1,000 servers capable of 240 million transactions a second, because Beijing wants to watch everything
On-Prem03 Feb 2023 | 14
New year, new storage challenge
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Intel inside a world of pain as revenue plunges by a third
U OK Pat? Asking cos client sales are down, server sales are down, and your forecasts are grim
After less than half a year, Intel quietly kills RISC-V dev environment
Did Pathfinder get lost in sea of red ink? Or is Chipzilla becoming RISC averse?
Intel kills $700M liquid cooling lab amid chip slump
Someone's got no chill
As wafer demand dries up, foundry revenues head for a cliff, we all celebrate
Some potential good news for those unhappy with pandemic-era lead times, prices
AMD's Epyc server chips give strong revenue growth, but profits drop 98%
CEO Lisa Su's job is vastly more fun that Pat Gelsinger's right now, at least on the balance sheet
We are the weakest link
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Latest Windows 11 build shares desktop real estate with, er, Spotify
Third party widgets are on the march in latest Windows Preview, which fixes some Arm64 FAILs too
Software03 Feb 2023 | 22
Former Ubiquiti dev pleads guilty in data theft and extortion case
Nickolas Sharp now faces up to 35 years in prison
Cyber-crime03 Feb 2023 | 4
US government calls foul on Apple and Google over walled gardens for apps
As for actually doing anything about it - that'll have to wait
Software03 Feb 2023 | 11
Meta, which pays for web scraping, sues to stop web scraping
Social ad behemoth insists what it does it okay ... and what others do is not
Personal Tech02 Feb 2023 | 19
AMD's pricy cache-packed Ryzen 7000X3D CPUs ship this month
Who needs 6GHz when you can have 128MB of L3
Systems02 Feb 2023 | 4
FTC prescribes GoodRx a $1.5m pill after 'sharing health info' with web giants
Facebook, Google, Twilio had a look-see of that data, we're told
Personal Tech02 Feb 2023 | 8
Southwest promotes internal IT executive to CIO in wake of that Christmas meltdown
She's got a lot of work to do
On-Prem02 Feb 2023 | 6
Malvertising attacks are distributing .NET malware loaders
The campaign illustrates another option for miscreants who had relied on Microsoft macros
Research02 Feb 2023 | 7
GPT-4 could pop up in Bing, as Google races to build chatbot search products
Plus: ChatGPT Plus now available for $20 a month in the US
AI + ML02 Feb 2023 | 11
Fossil brain undoes 350 million years of scientific understanding
'Stunning' scans reveal how ray-finned fish diverged from other vertebrates
Science02 Feb 2023 | 21
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Microsoft injects AI into Teams so no one will ever forget what the meeting decided
In the virtual corporate world, slackers have nowhere to hide
SaaS02 Feb 2023 | 44
Google opens arms to VMware in the cloud and Microsoft 365 on ChromeOS
From the Department of Improbable Alliances
Off-Prem02 Feb 2023 | 9
No more free API access, says Twitter: You pay for that data
Surely this is the trick to profitability
Software02 Feb 2023 | 83
BT keeps the faith in 'like fury' fiber broadband buildout as revenues dip
Almost 10 million premises hooked up but cost-cutting campaign continues
Networks02 Feb 2023 | 41
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AWS Supercharges Amazon RDS at re:Invent 2022
The AWS open-source database commitment
AWS doubles down on innovations that redefine the database management experience
Unveiling Amazon Aurora zero-ETL integration with Amazon Redshift and much more
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Super Bock says 'cyber' nasty 'disrupting computer services'
Portugal's biggest exporter of beer warns of restrictions to supply chain
Cyber-crime02 Feb 2023 | 11
GPU slowdown earns Discord weird bug of the week
A fix is coming eventually, Nvidia says
Systems02 Feb 2023 | 4
BT taps Kyndryl to migrate mainframe apps to the cloud
Applications to do with legacy copper and consumer broadband 'cannot be shut down'
On-Prem02 Feb 2023 | 19
Meta trims datacenter build bills by $4 billion with new 'phased' design
Zuck declares 2023 the 'year of efficiency' - code for breaking leases and firing thousands
Off-Prem02 Feb 2023 | 6
Scientists develop AI algorithms to hunt for cancer-fighting antibodies
System identified a candidate that appears more effective than FDA-approved drugs
Wind, solar power outstrip fossil fuel generation for EU
Coal cooked, gas dissipating as renewables power up
Microsoft warns some Azure usage notifications – including abnormalities – are broken
There's a lot of manual work to do from now to March to make sure you don't break the cloud bank
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Datadog allegedly asked developer to kill open source data export tool
Updated But the code creator has revived the abandoned code for OpenTelemetry
Microsoft injects AI into Teams so no one will ever forget what the meeting decided
In the virtual corporate world, slackers have nowhere to hide
No more free API access, says Twitter: You pay for that data
Surely this is the trick to profitability
China reportedly producing quantum computers – good luck observing one
More supposition than superposition as local media goes on Sci-Fi journey
No, you cannot safely run a network operations center from a corridor
On Call Rack full of kit predictably became a network disruption center
System76 teases features coming in homegrown Rust-based desktop COSMIC
Meanwhile, Xfce takes its first steps toward Wayland support
Fossil brain undoes 350 million years of scientific understanding
'Stunning' scans reveal how ray-finned fish diverged from other vertebrates
Microsoft warns some Azure usage notifications – including abnormalities – are broken
There's a lot of manual work to do from now to March to make sure you don't break the cloud bank
DARPA's quantum computing is powered by ... FOMO
Microsoft and friends happy to assuage Uncle Sam's anxiety — for a price
Meta, which pays for web scraping, sues to stop web scraping
Social ad behemoth insists what it does it okay ... and what others do is not
STORIES
India sidelines Big Tech in push for farming cloud, goes open source instead
Also cuts import duties to attract EV-battery makers and keep smartphone factories humming
Software02 Feb 2023 | 1
China reportedly producing quantum computers – good luck observing one
More supposition than superposition as local media goes on Sci-Fi journey
Systems02 Feb 2023 | 14
Datadog allegedly asked developer to kill open source data export tool
Updated But the code creator has revived the abandoned code for OpenTelemetry
Devops02 Feb 2023 | 6
Cybersecurity professionals upskill in Brazil and Mexico
SANS Institute meets fast-growing demand for cyber security training in Latin America
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Google boosts bounties for open source flaws found via fuzzing
Max reward per project integration is now $30k
OpenText completes Micro Focus buy, CEO says bye to 8% of workforce
Here's your new desk, phone, security card, and an unpleasant missive for some
Bankruptcy probe: Celsius cheated investors 'from the start'
If it walks like a Ponzi, quacks like a Ponzi, guess what it is?
Oracle, Microsoft barely compete for a quarter of their US Federal contracts
Vendor lock-in: savings of up to $750m a year possible if Uncle Sam didn't predetermine the victor
Software01 Feb 2023 | 11
Microsoft sweeps up after breaking .NET with December security updates
XPS doc display issues fixed – until the next patch, at least
Patches01 Feb 2023 | 3
200MP smartphone and first premium PC spearhead Samsung's pro push
Updated Galaxies dive into Apple territory
Personal Tech01 Feb 2023 | 32
Public sector shifts: from legacy tech to long-lasting latitude
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