Google Drive misplaces months' worth of customer files
Updated
The horror of logging in only to find everything since May has vanished
Microsoft, Databricks double act tries to sew up the data platform market
Analysis
But the one-stop shop vision fails to take it far beyond the competition
Do we really need another non-open source available license?
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No, but here comes the Functional Source License to further muddy the open-source licensing waters
Groq says it can deploy 1 million ML inference chips in two years
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Ukraine cyber spies claim Putin's planes are in peril as sanctions bite
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Public Sector28 Nov 2023 |
Samsung creates a group dedicated to inventing whatever comes next
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After bashing Nvidia for ‘arming’ China, Cerebras's backer G42 alarms US govt with suspected Beijing ties
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India's CERT given exemption from Right To Information requests
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Security28 Nov 2023 | 1
AWS previews AppFabric for productivity – pitched as AI-powered glue between apps
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Devops28 Nov 2023 | 2
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Nvidia’s China-market H20 chips hit another speed bump
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Systems27 Nov 2023 | 2
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Trio of major holes in ownCloud expose admin passwords, allow unauthenticated file mods
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Server shipments to fall 20% this year, but AI means vendors still raking it in
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Japanese tech startups testing cash incentives for office return
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UK and US lead international efforts to raise AI security standards
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Amazon plays with Fire TV Cube, turns it into a thin client for cloudy desktops
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Neuralink pockets extra VC cash in computer-brain interface quest
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Science27 Nov 2023 | 2
Tiny11 shrinks Windows 11 23H2 down to pocket size
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OSes27 Nov 2023 | 39
Alibaba shuts down quantum lab, donates it to university
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HPC27 Nov 2023 | 1
Data-destroying defect found after OpenZFS 2.2.0 release
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Google Drive misplaces months' worth of customer files
Updated The horror of logging in only to find everything since May has vanished
Storage27 Nov 2023 | 76
Microsoft, Databricks double act tries to sew up the data platform market
Analysis But the one-stop shop vision fails to take it far beyond the competition
Databases27 Nov 2023 |
Leader of pro-Russia DDoS crew Killnet 'unmasked' by Russian state media
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Security27 Nov 2023 | 8
Amazon says it's ready to train future AI workforce
AI in Brief Plus: Russia will soon be Putin up with lagging West, fake influencers and more
AI + ML27 Nov 2023 | 4
Ransomware-hit British Library: Too open for business, or not open enough?
Opinion Unique institutions need unique security. Instead, they're fobbed off with the same old, same old
Cyber-crime27 Nov 2023 | 15
Videoconferencing fatigue is real, study finds
Your brain and heart do not enjoy Zooming, Teamsing, or Webexing
Personal Tech27 Nov 2023 | 27
IT sent the intern to sort out the nasty VP who was too important to bother with backups
Who, Me? Kid escaped from the executive suite without screwing things up
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Datacenter architect creates bonkers designs to illustrate the craft, and quirks, of building bit barns
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Crypto crasher Do Kwon's extradition approved, but destination is unclear
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Beijing fosters foreign influencers to spread its propaganda
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Security27 Nov 2023 | 15
Foxconn founder Terry Gou quits Taiwan presidential race
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Why an SBOM needs the X factor
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Surface Duo crashes the party as Doctor Who celebrates 60th birthday
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Bootnotes25 Nov 2023 | 52
FFmpeg 6.1 drops a Heaviside dose of codec magic
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Tata Consultancy Services ordered to cough up $210M in code theft trial
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Legal24 Nov 2023 | 9
OpenCart owner turns air blue after researcher discloses serious vuln
Web storefront maker fixed the flaw, but not before blasting infoseccer
Patches24 Nov 2023 | 47
China lobs tech demo into orbit for People's Republic version of Starlink
Another mega-constellation incoming
Networks24 Nov 2023 | 3
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PHP 8.3 is released with new features as 8.0 heads for end of life
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India's space gatekeepers pick Eutelsat OneWeb to provide satellite broadband
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