Someone else has a go at reforming US Section 702 spying powers – and nope, no warrant requirement
Back to plan A, then, eh?
Good luck finding competent Copilot help, warns Microsoft MVP
Almost nobody has used it, or knows it well, so beware of consultants bearing cred
That time a JPL engineer almost killed a Mars Rover before it left Earth
Forget Martian dust devils, it's the peril of the blue smoke you have to worry about
No link between internet use and poor mental health, according to Oxford boffins
'We looked very hard for a smoking gun linking technology and well-being and we didn't find it'
Six pack of sub-Neptune exoplanets hang tight around nearby star
Their resonant orbits have remained unchanged for some 4 billion years
Science30 Nov 2023 |
Nostalgia for XP sells out Microsoft's 2023 'Windows Ugly Sweater'
Bliss not your thing? You could win the Paint version
Bootnotes30 Nov 2023 | 3
SAP faces more accusations of breaching on-prem customers' trust
Cloud-only innovation strategy slammed as users opt for on-prem and hosted support for S/4HANA
Databases30 Nov 2023 | 3
We challenged you to come up with tech predictions for 2024 (wrong answers only) – here are some favorites so far
Kettle Plus some of our own and the ugly Microsoft sweater one of you will win. Please take it off our hands...
Bootnotes30 Nov 2023 |
Honda cooks up an electric motorbike menu, with sides of connectivity
Plans buffet of components you can assemble into a dream machine
Personal Tech30 Nov 2023 | 12
Weak session keys let snoops take a byte out of your Bluetooth traffic
BLUFFS spying flaw present in iPhones, ThinkPad, plenty of chipsets
Research30 Nov 2023 | 3
AI offers some novel crystal materials that could form future chips, batteries, more
What's more, a robot managed to cook some of them up. So, y'know, it might not be entirely science fiction
AI + ML30 Nov 2023 | 4
OpenAI makes it official: Sam Altman is back as CEO
Microsoft joins the board in non-voting role
AI + ML30 Nov 2023 | 11
AI won't take your job, might shrink your wages, European Central Bank reckons
ICYMI In the US, however, folks are ready and willing to bin you for a bot
China's Loongson debuts processor that 'matches Intel silicon circa 2020'
Best not to dismiss it, as Asus looks to be onboard and advances are promised
On-Prem30 Nov 2023 | 7
US lawmakers have Chinese LiDAR on their threat-detection radar
Amid fears Beijing could harvest spatial data, letter suggests Huawei-style bans may be needed
Security30 Nov 2023 | 5
Rogue ex-Motorola techie admits cyberattack on former employer, passport fraud
Pro tip: Don't use your new work email to phish your old firm
Cyber-crime30 Nov 2023 | 3
Meta yanks VR headset's strap-on booster battery after charging bricks it
A misbehaving Li-ion on your noggin - what could possibly go wrong?
Personal Tech30 Nov 2023 | 3
Meta: If you're in our house running AI-massaged political ads, you need to 'fess up
Facebook titan vows to protect two billion voters ... but US gets more protection than India, Indonesia, Mexico, EU
AI + ML29 Nov 2023 | 3
Goldman sacked: Apple 'wants out' of credit card collab
Don't be too shocked: Financial giant has been fleeing normie banking lately after failing to find footing
Personal Tech29 Nov 2023 | 14
Locking down Industrial Control Systems
SANS unveils online hub with valuable tools and information for cybersecurity professionals defending ICS
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Now AWS gets a ChatGPT-style Copilot: Amazon Q to be your cloud chat assistant
AI Anthropic CEO also rocks up on stage for reasons
AWS radically speeds up small S3 object access with new tier
Storage The pricing is the usual Amazon maze of numbers, we note
AWS unveils core-packed Graviton4 and beefier Trainium accelerators for AI
Silicon Also hedging its bets with a healthy dose of Nvidia chips too
AWS previews AppFabric for productivity – pitched as AI-powered glue between apps
Code Park user data in Amazon's servers for ML-generated insights and actions – yea or nay for you?
AWS loads up CodeWhisperer: AI for infrastructure as code, Visual Studio C# support, more added
Cloud The programming buddy Amazon wishes you wanted
Car dealers openly beg Biden to put brakes on electric vehicle drive
No one's buying these things. Just, uh, ignore the massive markups
Personal Tech29 Nov 2023 | 41
Uncle Sam probes cyberattack on Pennsylvania water system by suspected Iranian crew
CISA calls for stronger IT defenses as Texas district also hit by ransomware crew
Cyber-crime29 Nov 2023 | 6
Time to take action: Google's inactive account purge begins Friday
You should've received an email if you're affected, but here's a reminder just in case
Networks29 Nov 2023 | 7
Dragonfly delayed – formal confirmation of journey to Saturn's moon slips into 2024
Titan trip postponed while NASA awaits the FY 2025 budget request
Science29 Nov 2023 |
IBM's vintage Db2 database jumps on AWS's cloud bandwagon
Users on the mainframe will have to wait for their system to become available in the cloud service, though
Databases29 Nov 2023 | 2
Okta data breach dilemma dwarfs earlier estimates
All customer support users told their info was accessed after analysis oversight
Security29 Nov 2023 | 11
That time a JPL engineer almost killed a Mars Rover before it left Earth
Forget Martian dust devils, it's the peril of the blue smoke you have to worry about
Science29 Nov 2023 | 30
Wayland takes the wheel as Red Hat bids farewell to X.org
Firefox 121, freshly in beta test, will default to the protocol too
OSes29 Nov 2023 | 35
Server sales down 31% at HPE as enterprises hack spending
Customers still 'digesting' shipments bought in 2022, says exec in mixed fiscal year for hardware biz
On-Prem29 Nov 2023 | 8
Microsoft .NET MAUI devs vent over bugs backlog, response times
New features are great and all, but maybe fix some of the issues too?
Software29 Nov 2023 | 13
AI threatens to automate away the clergy
Is divine intervention next on the tech to-do list?
Bootnotes29 Nov 2023 | 67
British Library begins contacting customers as Rhysida leaks data dump
CRM databases were accessed and library users are advised to change passwords
Cyber-crime29 Nov 2023 | 5
Digital transformation in the age of uncertainty
Two businesses reveal how they respond to today’s commercial challenges.
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Google goes geothermal to power some bitbarns
Search giant exploring more locations to squeeze watts from rocks
On-Prem29 Nov 2023 | 24
UK government rings the death knell for SIM farms
Acts under the guise of protecting the public from fraud, yet history suggests Home Office has other motives
Security29 Nov 2023 | 64
Adobe's buy of Figma is 'likely' bad for developers, rules UK regulator
Competition Markets Authority claims merger will reduce innovation for designers and other creative types
Software29 Nov 2023 | 9
AWS SDKs for Rust and Kotlin are production-ready after more than two years of development
AWS adds features to CodeWhisperer stables: AI for infrastructure as code, Visual Studio C# support and more
PHP 8.3 is released with new features as 8.0 heads for end of life
Ubuntu chiselled containers arrive for .NET – smaller, more secure, but beware ‘sharp edges’
Brit borough council apologizes for telling website users to disable HTTPS
Planning portal back online with a more secure connection
Security29 Nov 2023 | 35
No link between internet use and poor mental health, according to Oxford boffins
'We looked very hard for a smoking gun linking technology and well-being and we didn't find it'
Science29 Nov 2023 | 32
Japan's space agency suffers cyber attack, points finger at Active Directory
JAXA is having a tough time in cyberspace and outer space, the latter thanks to an electrical glitch
Cyber-crime29 Nov 2023 | 4
Helping companies defend what attackers want most - their data
Varonis introduces Athena AI to transform data security and incident response
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Good luck finding competent Copilot help, warns Microsoft MVP
Almost nobody has used it, or knows it well, so beware of consultants bearing cred
AI + ML29 Nov 2023 | 31
Two sats, one customer: Japan's NTT signs up for Amazon's space internet
Take that, Elon
Off-Prem29 Nov 2023 | 1
VMware president Sumit Dhawan out – scores gig as CEO of infosec vendor Proofpoint
Amid accounts of wider layoffs and Broadcom doing a 'strategic review' of end-user compute and Carbon Black products
Virtualization29 Nov 2023 |
Japan's digital minister flamed and shamed for using his smartphone in Parliament
His job is to modernise Japan but Googling electoral trivia to ensure accurate answers is not allowed
Offbeat29 Nov 2023 | 9
Zuckerberg accused of OK'ing Insta plastic surgery filters despite fears of harm to kids
'Meta knows what it is doing is bad for children ... it is now there in black and white'
Bootnotes29 Nov 2023 | 15
Someone else has a go at reforming US Section 702 spying powers – and nope, no warrant requirement
Back to plan A, then, eh?
Public Sector29 Nov 2023 | 5
Either the FBI is recruiting in Iran – or some govt Google ad buyers are getting a lousy deal
Advertisers may be surprised to find where their banners appear
Bootnotes29 Nov 2023 | 5
Plex gives fans a privacy complex after sharing viewing habits with friends by default
Updated Grandma is watching what?!
Security28 Nov 2023 | 46
Virgin Atlantic flies 'world's first fossil-fuel free' transatlantic commercial flight
Sustainable kerosene-alt is hot right now as low-emission aviation takes off
Bootnotes28 Nov 2023 | 36
Vertiv goes against the grain with wooden datacenters for greener bytes
Will timber tech take root or just go up in flames?
On-Prem28 Nov 2023 | 15
They did it for science: 40 years since Spacelab module first launched
The legacy lives on, but best not mention that landing, eh?
Science28 Nov 2023 | 1
AI agents can copy humans to get closer to artificial general intelligence, DeepMind finds
Google’s AI offshoot finds copy-cat robots capable of aping living mentors
AI + ML28 Nov 2023 | 33
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Networks28 Nov 2023 | 13
Meta sued by privacy group over pay up or click OK model
Scrolling through endless humblebrags without targeted ads is a fundamental right, according to privacy expert
Legal28 Nov 2023 | 83
Europol shutters ransomware operation with kingpin arrests
A few low-level stragglers remain on the loose, but biggest fish have been hooked
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Brits turn off Twitter, although teens and tweens keen on generative AI
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Meta sued by privacy group over pay up or click OK model
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AI agents can copy humans to get closer to artificial general intelligence, DeepMind finds
Google’s AI offshoot finds copy-cat robots capable of aping living mentors
Plex gives fans a privacy complex after sharing viewing habits with friends by default
Updated Grandma is watching what?!
UK government rings the death knell for SIM farms
Acts under the guise of protecting the public from fraud, yet history suggests Home Office has other motives
Good luck finding competent Copilot help, warns Microsoft MVP
Almost nobody has used it, or knows it well, so beware of consultants bearing cred
Brit borough council apologizes for telling website users to disable HTTPS
Planning portal back online with a more secure connection
Wayland takes the wheel as Red Hat bids farewell to X.org
Firefox 121, freshly in beta test, will default to the protocol too
Brits turn off Twitter, although teens and tweens keen on generative AI
Bing grows but Google remains top dog, according to Ofcom report
Japan's space agency suffers cyber attack, points finger at Active Directory
JAXA is having a tough time in cyberspace and outer space, the latter thanks to an electrical glitch
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Couchbase takes fight to MongoDB with columnar side store upgrade
DBaaS update aimed at customers looking for live analytics on apps
Databases28 Nov 2023 |
Microsoft opens sources ThreadX under MIT license
The 'Azure RTOS' used in millions of Raspberry Pis is now FOSS
OSes28 Nov 2023 | 19
Share your 2024 tech forecasts (wrong answers only) to win a terrible sweater
Competition OpenAI led by the Swedish Chef? Musk aims for Mars and hits Venus instead? What are your predictions?
Bootnotes28 Nov 2023 | 212
Finding sustainable strategies that work
How to meet the need for ESG and the demands of living with economic volatility
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Logitech's Wave Keys tries to bend ergonomics without breaking tradition
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Personal Tech28 Nov 2023 | 40
Ukraine cyber spies claim Putin's planes are in peril as sanctions bite
Aeroflot fleet still has a smoking section, but not for tobacco
Public Sector28 Nov 2023 | 104
Samsung creates a group dedicated to inventing whatever comes next
Exec who led memory and battery businesses to global dominance gets the job of defining Chaebol's future
Personal Tech28 Nov 2023 | 2
After bashing Nvidia for ‘arming’ China, Cerebras's backer G42 alarms US govt with suspected Beijing ties
What was it they say about folks in silicon houses?
HPC28 Nov 2023 | 5
India's CERT given exemption from Right To Information requests
Activists worry investigations may stay secret, and then there's those odd incident reporting requirements
X/Twitter booted out of Australia's disinformation-fighting club
Ghosted authorities after complaint during hotly contested referendum
DevTernity conference collapses amid claims women speakers were faked
Anna? Oh, she was just a demo persona, says organizer
'Serial cybercriminal and scammer' jailed for 8 years, told to pay back $1.2M
Crook did everything from SIM swaps to fake verified badge scams
Cyber-crime28 Nov 2023 | 3
Game over for ByteDance's big video game studio dream?
TikTok parent reportedly gives hundreds the tintack
Personal Tech27 Nov 2023 | 1
Nvidia’s China-market H20 chips hit another speed bump
Integration woes delay Nvidia's hopes of maintaining grip on Middle Kingdom
Systems27 Nov 2023 | 2
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