Don't worry, folks. Big Tech pinky swears it'll build safe, trustworthy generative AI
White House bags more voluntary commitments
AI + ML12 Sep 2023 | 6
Federal government of the United States
Chinese meme-makers crown US Commerce Secretary as Huawei brand ambassador
Well, well, well, if it isn't the consequences of Uncle Sam's actions
Personal Tech06 Sep 2023 | 10
The Pentagon has the worst IT helpdesk in the US govt
Updated DoD is dead last for tech support, equipment, communication, and function, say staff
On-Prem31 Aug 2023 | 12
Biden to bolster boondocks broadband with a billion bonus bucks (barely)
ISPs in 22 states and Marshall Islands get to split nine-figure pot
Networks22 Aug 2023 | 20
Get a $25 gift card if you help the US check whether these facial logins really work
NB: That will involve handing over your selfies and other personal info to AI outfits to experiment with
AI + ML21 Aug 2023 | 8
Hold the Moon – NASA's buildings are crumbling amid 200-year upgrade cycles
If a facility falls down, 'the microscope inside it is useless to you'
Science18 Aug 2023 | 64
US shovels cash into supercomputers hoping to stoke fusion future
$112M for 12 projects announced on heels of LLNL's second successful fusion ignition
HPC15 Aug 2023 | 2
AMD says it'll jump through Uncle Sam's hoops to sell AI chips to China
Set to join Intel, Nvidia in observing bus speed limits
AI + ML03 Aug 2023 | 2
Biden urged to completely cripple AI chips to China
Give them Z80s, Joe, and tell 'em to like it
AI + ML28 Jul 2023 | 53
Aliens crash landed on Earth – and Uncle Sam is covering it up, this guy tells Congress
Poll Men in Black snatched Little Green Men's spacecraft, allegedly
Science27 Jul 2023 | 322
Senator trying to force Uncle Sam to share everything it knows about UFOs
The truth is... somewhere in these piles of government documents. Maybe
Offbeat14 Jul 2023 | 77
Biden lines up $42.5B for US broadband boost
You get funding, you get funding, everybody gets funding
Networks26 Jun 2023 | 14
Missing Titan sub likely destroyed in implosion, no survivors
Debris points to 'catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber,' says Coast Guard
Science22 Jun 2023 | 315
Oracle Cerner bleeds jobs as Veterans Affairs project stalls
Health acquisition freezes recruitment after $10 billion contract put on hold
Databases16 Jun 2023 | 13
Intel details coral-shaped immersion cooler that bubbles like Mentos in Coke
In the future, you may boil your servers to keep them happy
Systems15 Jun 2023 | 15
Microsoft injects ChatGPT into 'secure' US government Azure cloud
What could possibly go wrong?
AI + ML08 Jun 2023 | 11
US govt now bans TikTok from contractors' work gear
BYODALAINGTI (as long as it's not got TikTok installed)
CSO06 Jun 2023 | 11
Get ready for Team America: AI Police
Biden Admin expands plan for 'responsible' ML research and seeks to drive international talks on making binary brainboxes behave
AI + ML25 May 2023 | 6
Applied Materials wants Uncle Sam's help with $4B chip R&D nerve center
Step right up and let us help you become dependent on us
Systems22 May 2023 |
US supers maintain grip on Top500 list as China seemingly hides its powers
ISC Meanwhile, Europe awaits a seat at the exascale table
HPC22 May 2023 | 4
VA, Oracle's Cerner agree on renegotiated health records contract
Long, costly wars not the only thing US government good at getting stuck in
Databases17 May 2023 | 4
Top AI execs tell US Senate: Please, please pour that regulation down on us
Devs should need a license to build powerful models, OpenAI CEO adds
AI + ML17 May 2023 | 19
US Dept of Transport security breach exposes info on a quarter-million people
Not the first time Uncle Sam has had the wheels come off its IT systems
Security16 May 2023 | 4
Exhibit 3,021: Millions wasted on US govt IT due to poor oversight, audit finds
$24M was paid out incorrectly - and that's just from a close look at 5 out of 48 orders under ENCORE III
Software12 May 2023 | 10
VA's Cerner EHR platform fails to deliver medications to veterans
Messy system is forcing VA pharmacies to work overtime to deal with poor IT, committee told
Databases11 May 2023 | 4
Here's what the US Army picked for soldier-worn tactical USB hubs
That kit ain't for chargin' your iPhone, Private!
On-Prem08 May 2023 | 36
Uncle Sam mulls dumping monolithic software stacks for modular blocks
Anyone else heard of these microservices?
PaaS + IaaS08 May 2023 | 11
President Biden urged to appoint AI officers to regulate this shiny-shiny tech
And a pin to pop this hype bubble would be nice, too
AI + ML27 Apr 2023 | 7
Pentagon advised to get agile if it wants to keep up with evolving threats
I feel the need, the need for code speed
Defense Tech Week07 Apr 2023 | 14
US Veterans Affairs department didn't check with CIO for 39% of IT projects
Contracts could be duplicate and poorly conceived, accountability report finds
Defense Tech Week03 Apr 2023 | 5
Hands up who DIDN'T exploit this years-old flaw to ransack a US govt web server...
Why patching matters: Everyone seemingly had a crack at security bug
Security15 Mar 2023 | 16
Biden wants to claw back, flog off 1.5GHz of spectrum
Good news, unless trees or walls get in the way
Networks15 Mar 2023 | 10
The US would sooner see TSMC fabs burn than let China have them
Successful invasion would make China 'the OPEC of silicon chips'
Systems14 Mar 2023 | 100
Sandia opens up ultra-fast X-ray cameras to speedy shutterbugs
Seriously, this tech makes your phone camera look like it's from the stone age
Science14 Mar 2023 | 7
Silicon Valley Bank's UK arm bought by HSBC for 1 British pound in rescue deal
$2.9 trillion-asset globo corp's local subsidiary buys Silicon Roundabout fave
Legal13 Mar 2023 | 49
Secret Service, ICE break the law over and over with fake cell tower spying
Investigations 'at risk' from sloppy surveillance uncovered by audit probe
Security04 Mar 2023 | 28
Pushers of insecure software in Biden's crosshairs
Analysis Just-revealed US cybersecurity strategy 'has fangs' for catching crafty criminals and crummy coders
Security03 Mar 2023 | 22
Funnily enough, FDA forbids Elon Musk's Neuralink human experiments
It's still coming soon ... just like it was in 2019, and 2020, and 2021, and 2022
Science02 Mar 2023 | 25
Havana Syndrome definitely (maybe) not caused by brain-scrambling energy weapons
Pre-existing mental health issues and the stress of working in Cuba are more likely culprits
Bootnotes02 Mar 2023 | 36
US Marshals Service leaks ‘law enforcement sensitive information’ in ransomware incident
It’s not just another data breach when the victim oversees witness protection programs
Cyber-crime28 Feb 2023 | 5
The second dust bowl cometh for America, supercomputer warns
Droughts, flash floods the future for the Midwest ... probably
Science18 Feb 2023 | 90
Biden: I want standard EV chargers made in America by 2024 – get on it
So Tesla's gonna open up its proprietary tech?
Personal Tech16 Feb 2023 | 89
Chipmakers threaten to defect to US, EU if UK doesn't get its semiconductor plans sorted
Where's the Brexit bonus?
On-Prem14 Feb 2023 | 131
'Private cloud server' Jira upgraded for wider teams, dragged into culture wars
Atlassian wants it used more widely … but probably not for reporting misinformation to social networks
Devops13 Feb 2023 | 8
Japan may go easy on China over export bans on chipmaking equipment
Report suggests lawmakers are struggling to balance strategic and economic impacts
Systems09 Feb 2023 | 2
US warns aging air-traffic control code won't be fixed until 2030
NOTAM chance in hell this stuff is getting sorted soon despite outage
Software07 Feb 2023 | 13
Embarrassment as US cyber ambassador's Twitter account is hacked
'Perils of the job' we're told
Security06 Feb 2023 | 9
Oracle, Microsoft barely compete for a quarter of their US Federal contracts
Vendor lock-in: savings of up to $750m a year possible if Uncle Sam didn't predetermine the victor
Software01 Feb 2023 | 11
Uncle Sam slaps $10m bounty on Hive while Russia ban-hammers FBI, CIA
New meaning to sweetening the pot
Cyber-crime27 Jan 2023 | 5
How to shave years off the journey from military lab to real-world use
Interview DARPA's Blake Bextine talks us through taking inventions commercial
Government Tech Week26 Jan 2023 |
Aviation overhaul bill passes US House... for the third time
Maybe it'll be different this year as clamors of 'I told you so' accompany the proposal
Networks26 Jan 2023 | 16
US authorities release asylum seekers after leaking their data online
In brief Also: US terrorist no-fly list found left on unsecured server, Russian dark web drug markets go to war
Security23 Jan 2023 | 4
Biden seeks out Dutch support for blockade on Chinese chip industry
Cooperation could cost Netherland's ASML a billion + in sales
Systems18 Jan 2023 | 8
US pressures Asian allies to join crusade against Chinese chipmakers
American ambassador to Japan wants a unified front against the Middle Kingdom
Government Tech Week09 Jan 2023 | 12
Quantum entanglement discovery could enable futuristic comms tech, Nuclear physicists say
So that must be why the Russians might have hacked the DoE, right?
Science07 Jan 2023 | 47
US House boots TikTok from government phones
ByteDance ban for federal devices awaits Biden’s signature
Security28 Dec 2022 | 13
NASA infosec again falls short of required US government standard
Good thing space agency doesn’t have any state secrets … oh, hang on
CSO21 Dec 2022 | 13
US postal service electrifyies its next-gen delivery fleet
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor lack of gas will stay these NGDVs from carbon-free completion of their appointed rounds
Personal Tech20 Dec 2022 | 31
Anti-money laundering bill targeting cryptocurrency introduced in US Senate
Frankly my dear, I do give a DAAML
Personal Tech15 Dec 2022 | 11
TikTok could be banned from America, thanks to proposed bipartisan bill
If you listen really closely, you can hear Mark Zuckerberg's excitement
Security14 Dec 2022 | 27
Uncle Sam needs novel memory for nuke sims. So why did it choose Intel?
Didn't the x86 giant just blow up its data storage biz?
Storage13 Dec 2022 | 14
World's governments to keep spending to erase technical debt
Never mind the corporate sector slowdown, taxpayers' wallets open for business
On-Prem12 Dec 2022 | 4
Biting the hand that feeds IT
