Screencastify fixes bug that would have let rogue websites spy on webcams Updated School-friendly Chrome extension still not fully protected, privacy guru warns Patches24 May 2022 | 3
Broadcom to buy VMware 'on Thursday for $60 billion' Think we speak for everyone when we say: Seriously, what the f...? Virtualization24 May 2022 | 23
Nvidia brings liquid cooling to A100 PCIe GPU cards for ‘greener’ datacenters Computex For those who want to give their racks an air cut Systems24 May 2022 | 14
Nvidia teases server designs for Grace-Hopper Superchips Computex x86 still 'very important' we're told as lid lifted on Arm-based kit Systems24 May 2022 |
Beijing reverses ban on tech companies listing offshore Announcement comes as Chinese ride-hailing DiDi Chuxing delists from NYSE under pressure Legal24 May 2022 | 2
AWS puts latest homebrew Graviton3 Arm processor in production Just one instance type for now, cheaper than third-gen Xeons and Epycs PaaS + IaaS24 May 2022 | 12
Amazon puts 'creepy' AI cameras in UK delivery vans Updated Big Bezos is watching you AI + ML24 May 2022 | 142
Nvidia promises annual updates across CPU, GPU, DPU lines Computex Arm one year, x86 the next, and always faster than a certain chip shop that still can't ship even one standalone GPU Systems24 May 2022 | 1
VMware claims 'bare-metal' performance on virtualized GPUs Is... is that why Broadcom wants to buy it? Virtualization24 May 2022 | 1
New audio server Pipewire coming to next version of Ubuntu What does that mean? Better latency and a replacement for PulseAudio OSes24 May 2022 | 54
It's 2022 and there are still malware-laden PDFs in emails exploiting bugs from 2017 Crafty file names, encrypted malicious code, Office flaws – ah, it's like the Before Times Research24 May 2022 | 23
Leica and Huawei terminate trading agreement amid US sanctions German optics giant jumps ship to make smartphone cameras for Xiaomi instead Personal Tech24 May 2022 | 14
Neuromorphic chips 'up to 16 times more energy efficient' for deep learning Graz University findings will become more significant as more AI work is done AI + ML24 May 2022 | 6
SAP attracts further criticism for Russia presence, despite promise to leave The software giant's 'orderly exit' appears to be ongoing Applications24 May 2022 | 11
Version 251 of systemd coming soon to a Linux distro near you 'Experimental' systemd-sysupdate feature likely to get the most attention Software24 May 2022 | 151
CockroachDB adds command line tool as database hits version 22.1 The Register speaks to Jim Walker about maturity and super regions Databases24 May 2022 | 5
Microsoft shows off Windows updates at Build dev event Microsoft Build Amazon Appstore preview goes wider, plus Windows on Arm platform with Neural Processing Units – Project Volterra OSes24 May 2022 | 10
Toyota cuts vehicle production over global chip shortage Just as Samsung pledges to invest $360b to shore up next-gen industries Systems24 May 2022 | 17
Facebook opens political ad data vaults to researchers Social network builds FORT to protect against onslaught of regulation, investigation Security24 May 2022 |
Google says it would release its photorealistic DALL-E 2 rival – but this AI is too prejudiced for you to use It has this weird habit of drawing stereotyped White people, team admit AI + ML24 May 2022 | 23
Patch now: Zoom chat messages can infect PCs, Macs, phones with malware Google Project Zero blows lid off bug involving that old chestnut: XML parsing Patches24 May 2022 | 4
DigitalOcean sets sail for serverless seas with Functions feature Might be something for those who find AWS, Azure, GCP overly complex Devops24 May 2022 | 1
If you're using the ctx Python package, bad news: Vandal added info-stealing code Updated Domain associated with maintainer email expired, taken over in supply-chain attack Devops24 May 2022 | 9
Predator spyware sold with Chrome, Android zero-day exploits to monitor targets Or so says Google after tracking 30+ vendors peddling surveillance malware Research24 May 2022 | 6