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IBM deliberately misclassified mainframe sales to enrich execs, lawsuit claims

Special report Lawsuit accuses Big Blue of cheating investors by shifting systems revenue to trendy cloud, mobile tech

SaaS07 Apr 2022 | 84

First Light says it's hit nuclear fusion breakthrough with no fancy lasers, magnets

We talk to CEO about projectile-based implosion design

Science07 Apr 2022 | 149

India's tech manufacturing growth stalled as COVID raged

Inventors, assemble!

On-Prem07 Apr 2022 |

Another big Toshiba shareholder calls for major change

3D Investment Partners wants to sell, labels company a 'governance embarrassment for Japan'

Legal07 Apr 2022 | 1

China, India face tech brain drain through US universities

Foreign nationals who earn STEM PhDs stateside mostly stick around

Software07 Apr 2022 | 7

VMware reveals a swarm of serious bugs – some critical

Meanwhile changes the name of its major customer-facing event... probably a coincidence

Virtualization07 Apr 2022 | 6

OpenAI test drives caption-to-image-generating DALL·E 2

It paints, it edits, it potentially misleads people with faked pictures

AI + ML07 Apr 2022 | 6

NASA: Telework doesn't work when you're building a Moon rover

VIPER mission running late thanks to WfH orders, also bitten by tech supply chain woes

Software07 Apr 2022 | 2

Cryptocurrency-mining AWS Lambda-specific malware spotted

From serverless to server, yes!

Security07 Apr 2022 | 4

Google makes outdated apps less accessible on Play Store

Company cites data security and privacy as reasons for cleaning house

Applications07 Apr 2022 | 21

Rivals aren't convinced by Microsoft's one-click default browser change

Optional update should apply to all users, says Vivaldi boss

Software07 Apr 2022 | 67

How do China's cyber-spies snoop on governments, NGOs? Probably like this

Cicada's months-long global espionage campaign marks an expansion of team's capabilities

Security07 Apr 2022 | 8

South Yorkshire to test fiber broadband through water pipes

No actual users harmed yet as dept tests safety of pushing water, telecoms services in single pipeline

Networks07 Apr 2022 | 90

This may seem weird but don't give us all the chip funding, say Intel and friends

Semiconductor Alliance wants US R&D billions to be dished out fairly, broadly, objectively

Systems07 Apr 2022 | 11

Happy birthday Windows 3.1, aka 'the one that Visual Basic kept crashing on'

30-year-old software that first introduced Windows Registry and killed Real Mode

OSes07 Apr 2022 | 108

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway buys 11.4% stake in HP

Even notoriously tech averse stock market gambler can't resist piece of pandemic-boosted PC extravaganza

Systems07 Apr 2022 | 14

European Right to Repair resolution headed for vote

Motion calls for repairability ratings and expected lifetime of products

Personal Tech07 Apr 2022 | 64

Broader investment in cybersecurity beginning to pay dividends

Improved defenses give organizations more room to negotiate but won't protect from lawsuits, says law firm

Security07 Apr 2022 |

Congressional pressure mounts to pass $52b CHIPS Act

Pressure on Congress to submit the America COMPETES Act ASAP

Legal07 Apr 2022 | 11

Fintech platform flaw could have allowed bank transfers, exposed data

Fintech provider flaw could have hit dozens of U.S. banks, says Salt Security

Security07 Apr 2022 | 9

Colocation firm Cyxtera may put itself up for sale

Datacenter operator with $2.3b value said to be discussing options a year after SPAC merger

Off-Prem07 Apr 2022 | 3

Google focuses Lens on combined image and text searching

Want that thing, but in a different color, and don't know the name? Multisearch has your back

SaaS07 Apr 2022 | 12

Adobe Creative Cloud Experience makes it easier to run malware

Bundled version of Node.js simplifies executing downloaded code

Security07 Apr 2022 | 7

AMD: Pensando gives us better-than-AWS networking tech to rule the cloud

Equip Amazon rivals with flexible networking chips? Sounds Epyc

Networks07 Apr 2022 | 2

Russia (still) trying to weaponize Facebook for spying, Ukraine-war disinfo

Plus: More financially motivated miscreants try to monetize invasion

Security07 Apr 2022 | 15

California suggests taking aim at AI-powered hiring software

Automated HR in the cross-hairs over discrimination law

AI + ML07 Apr 2022 | 16

FIN7 crime-gang pen tester headed to US prison for five years

He's the third gangster in crew to face time behind bars

Security07 Apr 2022 | 6

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