Someone has to say it: Voice assistants are not doing it for big tech
Comment Alexa, how does Amazon decide when the grand plan for conversational commerce has failed?
Personal Tech23 Nov 2022 | 210
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France says non to Office 365 and Google Workspace in school
Hey, teacher, leave those apps alone
Software22 Nov 2022 | 78
Orion snaps 'selfie' with the Moon as it prepares for distant retrograde orbit
Insertion burn scheduled to take place today then engineers have six days to see how spacecraft fares in deep space
Science25 Nov 2022 | 61
Head of Intel Foundry Services resigns just as chip biz gets going
Exclusive Randhir Thakur led Intel’s big bet to take on Asian foundry giants TSMC and Samsung
Systems21 Nov 2022 | 2
Microsoft's attempts to harden Kerberos authentication broke it on Windows Servers
Emergency out-of-band updates to the rescue
Patches21 Nov 2022 | 36
University orders investigation into Oracle finance disaster
Staff forced to make their own purchases after suppliers walk away due to payment failures
PaaS + IaaS23 Nov 2022 | 42
Elon Musk to abused Twitter users: Your tormentors are coming back
Promises restoration of suspended accounts, despite previous pledge to do no such thing
Security25 Nov 2022 | 380
Massive energy storage system goes online in UK
196MWh installation has capacity to power 300,000 homes for two hours
Systems24 Nov 2022 | 155
Boss broke servers with a careless bit of keyboarding, leaving techies to sort it out late on a Sunday
On-Call Keeping things tidy is a thankless but critical task
On-Prem25 Nov 2022 | 132
IBM sues Micro Focus, claims it copied Big Blue mainframe software
Updated It's all kicking off around company's CICS service
Systems22 Nov 2022 | 36
Bright light from black holes found to be caused by particle shock waves
NASA's IXPE space telescope pays off with 'dazzling' observation of intergalactic X-rays
Science24 Nov 2022 | 23
UK bans Chinese CCTV cameras on 'sensitive' government sites
Agencies told to rip 'em off core networks and replace 'em whenever and wherever possible
Security25 Nov 2022 | 73
Windows Subsystem for Linux now packaged as a Microsoft Store app
Nothing says 'We love open source and want it to be available in Windows' like only delivering updates from a closed digital tat bazaar
Virtualization23 Nov 2022 | 50
Japanese cubesat sends home pics from the far side of the Moon
JAXA hopes second lost lander can be recovered for radiation experiments
Science24 Nov 2022 | 15
Time Lords decree an end to leap seconds before risky attempt to reverse time
Remember that one time the Linux kernel couldn't cope for a moment? That sort of thing should be behind us now
Software22 Nov 2022 | 176
Twitter set for more layoffs as Musk mulls next move
Plus: He ran a poll 51.8% in favor of overturning Donald Trump's ban... but some must be bots, right Elon?
Networks21 Nov 2022 | 134
Two arrested in massive $575m cryptocurrency 'Ponzi scheme'
Yet another cautionary tale of diving into crypto investment opps
Personal Tech22 Nov 2022 | 25
Guess the most common password. Hint: We just told you
In brief Also, Another red team tool at risk of turning to the darkside, and Meta catches the US military behaving badly
CSO25 Nov 2022 | 92
FAA wants pilots to be less dependent on computer autopilots
US aviation advisory addresses concerns raised follow 2013 Asiana Airlines crash
Software23 Nov 2022 | 85
Aviation regulators push for more automation so flights can be run by a single pilot
This is despite a wealth of evidence showing the value of having two in the cockpit
Personal Tech21 Nov 2022 | 156
Intel reveals pay-to-play Xeon features with software-defined silicon
Updated Pay for features like SGX through OEMs
Systems22 Nov 2022 | 48
European Parliament Putin things back together after cyber attack
DDoS started not long after Russia was declared a state sponsor of terrorism
Cyber-crime24 Nov 2022 | 55
'Pig butchering' romance scam domains seized and slaughtered by the Feds
'We allege these fraudsters bled dry each of their victims' of $10m
Security23 Nov 2022 | 13
JWST snaps first chemical profile of an exoplanet atmosphere
We knew Wasp 39b was rich in CO2, but now we have the full molecular picture
Science23 Nov 2022 | 42
SQL Server license prices rise ten percent as version 2022 debuts
Udpated Azure SQL pay-as-you-go rate is the only rate that won't change, and it was already expensive
Databases23 Nov 2022 | 25
Low code is no replacement for software development, say German-speaking SAP users
'It remains to be seen to what degree of process depth the offer will prove itself in practice'
SaaS25 Nov 2022 | 35
DraftKings gamblers lose $300,000 to credential stuffing attack
Users of the sports betting site rolled the dice on reusing passwords and lost
Security22 Nov 2022 | 15
US military goes zero-trust on software and government gets busy
CISA updates security framework, tech industry calls it 'confusing'
Software23 Nov 2022 | 13
AWS fixes 'confused deputy' vulnerability in AppSync
Datadog security researchers found the flaw before miscreants did
Security22 Nov 2022 |
Chinese Loongson chips coming in 2023, on par with 2020 x86 kit
Homegrown chips remain behind for now, but for how much longer?
Systems21 Nov 2022 | 15
Meta links US military to fake social media influence campaigns
Didn't say they were good, though – covert ops apparently got 'little to no engagement' from targets
Research24 Nov 2022 | 20
Jaguar Land Rover courts coders caught in big tech layoffs
Got the boot from Musk or Zuck? Automaker has 800 techie vacancies to fill
Devops22 Nov 2022 | 52
World Cup phishing emails spike in Middle Eastern countries
That's where the money is
Security21 Nov 2022 | 6
HP Inc to lay off up to 6,000 staff, cut costs by $1.4 billion
‘Portfolio optimization’ plan aims to cull some PCs, sell more pricey subscriptions
Personal Tech23 Nov 2022 | 41
San Francisco politicians to vote on policy endorsing lethal force for robots
Asimov would like a word
Personal Tech24 Nov 2022 | 64
Still using a discontinued Boa web server? Microsoft warns of supply chain attacks
Flaws in the open-source tool exploited – and India's power grid was a target
Research23 Nov 2022 | 9
CT scanning tech could put an end to 100ml liquid limit on flights by 2024
Scrapping 'temporary' measure will slash queue times at airports... but don't ditch your baggie yet, say officials
Systems24 Nov 2022 | 64
Intel makes it harder for Gelsinger to earn beaucoup bucks as CEO
Shares have already been moving in the wrong direction for Gelsinger's stock awards
Systems23 Nov 2022 | 9
IBM manager sues for $5m claiming postnatal demotion
Congratulations on the twins! By the way, our discrimination laws are 'subject to interpretation'
On-Prem21 Nov 2022 | 12
Software company wins $154k for US Navy's licensing breach
Court lands on less than the millions asked for after sailors made copies of 3D modeling suite 'hundreds of thousands' of times
Legal22 Nov 2022 | 43
If Apple's environmental rhetoric is meaningful, Macs and iPads should converge
Opinion An Apple a day keeps the doctor away, but too many might be a burden on the planet.
Personal Tech23 Nov 2022 | 48
US offshore oil and gas installation at 'increasing' risk of cyberattack
GAO says 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster will look like a walk in the park
Cyber-crime21 Nov 2022 | 7
China declares victory over teenage video game addiction
Suddenly discovers that game-adjacent tech has its uses – and it's a huge export industry
Personal Tech24 Nov 2022 | 27
Waiting for speedy broadband? UK's Openreach prioritizing existing work over fiber expansion
Broadband plumber's BT Group parent is determined to cut costs
Networks23 Nov 2022 | 49
Study suggests AI cruise control could kill traffic jams by cutting out the 'intuition' factor
The reason your morning drive sucks is because of you, the impulsive human behind the wheel
AI + ML23 Nov 2022 | 56
Meta faces lawsuit to stop 'surveillance advertising'
Case claims collecting personal data breaches UK GDPR, but implications could be wider
Applications23 Nov 2022 | 21
Quest VR glasses back on sale in Germany – but watchdog has eye on Meta
Goggles unhooked from Facebook login, but officials still watching for antitrust abuse
Personal Tech25 Nov 2022 | 14
Europe to have 2 of the 4 most powerful supercomputers as Leonardo comes online
Pre-exascale system will be officially inaugurated at the Bologna Technopole in Italy on November 24
HPC22 Nov 2022 | 12
UK competition watchdog investigates Apple and Google 'stranglehold' over the mobile market
Apple doesn't want to bite
Software23 Nov 2022 | 27
Foxconn workers protest over pay and lockdowns at iPhone factory in China
Updated Contractor apologizes for 'technical error occurred during the onboarding process'
Personal Tech23 Nov 2022 | 27
NASA's meteor avoidance plan for James Webb Space Telescope: Turn it around
When a grain of sand moves fast enough to crack a mirror, it's best to put your back to the wind
Science21 Nov 2022 | 15
AI giant Baidu shrugs off US chip export restrictions as having 'little impact'
Says sanctions could even accelerate China's drive for silicon self-sufficiency
AI + ML24 Nov 2022 | 9
French cloud operator OVHcloud gets datacenter funds from EU lending arm
Using loan for expansion as political bloc pursues tech autonomy strategy
Systems25 Nov 2022 | 31
Amazon quits India's frenzied edtech market
Plenty of top tech CEOs graduated from the country's unis, which are seen as a ticket to prosperity
Personal Tech25 Nov 2022 | 1
Doctors call for greater scrutiny of bidders for platform that pools UK's health info
Supplier 'ethics' in the spotlight after Palantir makes multimillion competition a 'must-win'
PaaS + IaaS25 Nov 2022 | 39
GPU shipments saw biggest nosedive since noughties recession
A sign of the computer industry’s sad state, but at least there’s supply!
Systems23 Nov 2022 | 13
TSMC confirms 3nm fab in Arizona to make neighbor Intel sweat a little more
Analysis Next-gen chip plant could appeal to customers for supply chain, national security reasons
Systems21 Nov 2022 | 5
AWS gives older EC2 instances a legacy lifeline
Preserves pre-2017 servers on its newer Nitro hardware
PaaS + IaaS22 Nov 2022 | 4
Locked out of Horizon Europe, UK commits half a billion to post-Brexit research
EU still fixated with Britain keeping its word on trading arrangement
Science22 Nov 2022 | 178
EU still getting its act together on European Chips Act funding
Leaders give unanimous support to unlocking €43 billion – but industry says it's nowhere near enough
Systems24 Nov 2022 | 26
Meta's Cicero chatbot can probably beat you at Diplomacy
AI agent proves better than most people in classic game of trust and betrayal
AI + ML23 Nov 2022 | 13
New SI prefixes clear the way for quettabytes of storage
Why I yotta... be happy there's somewhere to ronto when I need to express 10^−27
Science22 Nov 2022 | 51
Orion reaches the Moon, buzzes surface, gets ready to orbit
We're back - for the first of many missions to come
Science21 Nov 2022 | 26
Tech companies in the crosshairs as China proposes antitrust law revisions
After a mysterious pause in crackdowns, it looks like the Beijing everyone knows is back
Personal Tech23 Nov 2022 | 6
Asia's superapps follow another hot tech trend: mass layoffs
Grab reveals caps on car numbers make ride-sharing miserable
Site News22 Nov 2022 | 3
Watchdog warns UK health data platform could damage patients' trust
'This store of confidential data is a national treasure that must never be compromised or treated carelessly'
Personal Tech22 Nov 2022 | 30
Microsoft bulks up Linux on Windows at the IoT edge in Azure
EFLOW makes the open source OS a full partner of Windows at the far reaches of the cloud
Software22 Nov 2022 |
UK authorities open preliminary probe into Broadcom's VMware acquisition
Hard to see multi-cloud management, hypervisors, or enterprise security triggering public interest test to can the deal
Virtualization22 Nov 2022 | 3
Too soon? Amazon commissions FTX mini-series
Spoiler alert: court proceedings suggest crypto exchange was a mess and investors will be out of pocket
Personal Tech24 Nov 2022 | 27
New York cracks down on carbon fuel-based crypto-mining operations
Two-year ban comes as state attempts to reduce emissions by 85%
Networks23 Nov 2022 | 29
FTC urged to clamp down on businesses' voracious appetite for data
ACLU agrees that the only way to protect consumers is to control what can be collected
Personal Tech22 Nov 2022 | 4
Google and Microsoft add more renewable energy for datacenters
Both announce green power purchase agreements for UK and Irish DCs as European worries over power continue
PaaS + IaaS24 Nov 2022 | 10
FAA asks for vendor feedback on $10b tech contract
But keen to avoid any mf bespoke software on the mf planes (and other hardware)
Personal Tech22 Nov 2022 | 4
Apple to end policy that charged South Korean devs higher App Store commissions
Korea's antitrust org to develop a platform to respond to Big Tech’s sneaky ways
Software23 Nov 2022 | 1
India seeks global standards to stop AI harming humanity
Takes over presidency of global AI group, and uses G20 leadership to flex manufacturing muscle
AI + ML24 Nov 2022 | 3
ESA names first Parastronaut: paralympian and aspiring surgeon John McFall
23,000 applied, just 17 made the list of potential crew
Science25 Nov 2022 | 26
Biden administration earmarks $13b to modernize electric grid
We need more transmission capacity, and we needed it yesterday
Networks21 Nov 2022 | 48
Yandex plans to break up with its Russian motherland
'Geopolitical environment' leads to spin-out of cloud, self-driving and other tech
Personal Tech28 Nov 2022 | 4
Azure extends DDoS attack protection down to small business users, for a fee
Microsoft moves IP Protection into public preview
Software22 Nov 2022 | 2
Arm confirms IPO delay till later in 2023, blames global markets
Just look at the 'state' of them, says UK semiconductor designer, but says float will still happen
Systems21 Nov 2022 | 2
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