Voltron Data revs up hyper-speed analytics, leaves Snowflake in the dust GPU-based system offers high performance off Parquet files Databases19 Mar 2024 | 2
Linux kernel 4.14 gets a life extension, thanks to OpenELA Could this be the first green shoot of enterprise vendors paying for long-term maintenance? OSes19 Mar 2024 | 3
VMware by Broadcom offers a lifeline to small cloud service providers Exclusive 'White label' program also means retaining customers Virtualization19 Mar 2024 | 3
Dell adds Nvidia's next GPUs to its portfolio of AI platforms Nvidia is a kingmaker, and who wouldn't want to be king? On-Prem19 Mar 2024 |
Apple to settle class action for $490 million after Tim overcooked China outlook CEO's optimism was not reflected in the supply chain Legal19 Mar 2024 | 9
Ker-Splunk! Cisco closes $28 billion analytics acquisition Job one: Splunkify Talos threat intelligence, then do the same all over the Cisco portfolio Software19 Mar 2024 | 5
India celebrates rapid adoption of its internet of livestock Latest piece of digital public infrastructure is positively beastly Public Sector19 Mar 2024 | 3
What strange beauty is this? Microsoft commits to two more non-subscription Office editions Just the apps, none of the cloud, forever – for one payment Software19 Mar 2024 | 44
Don't be like these 900+ websites and expose millions of passwords via Firebase Warning: Poorly configured Google Cloud databases spill billing info, plaintext credentials CSO18 Mar 2024 | 5
Fujitsu reveals malware installed on internal systems, risk of customer data spill Sneaky software slips past shields, spurring scramble Security18 Mar 2024 | 3
Nvidia turns up the AI heat with 1,200W Blackwell GPUs Five times the performance of the H100, but you'll need liquid cooling to tame the beast Systems18 Mar 2024 | 7
YouTube creators must now 'fess up to using AI in vids Not everything requires tagging so feel free to maintain unrealistic beauty standards Personal Tech18 Mar 2024 | 9
More than 133,000 Fortinet appliances still vulnerable to month-old critical bug A huge attack surface for a vulnerability with various PoCs available Patches18 Mar 2024 |
Grok-1 chatbot code released – open source or open Pandora's box? What hasn't been released by Elon Musk's xAI is also of note AI + ML18 Mar 2024 | 11
Investment advisors pay the price for selling what looked a lot like AI fairy tales SEC bags $400K in settlements AI + ML18 Mar 2024 | 7
Cyber baddies leak 70M+ files online, claim they're from AT&T Telco reckons data is old, isn't from its systems Security18 Mar 2024 | 1
HashiCorp reportedly considering sale amid growing challenges Who would want to snap up Terraform? Devops18 Mar 2024 | 2
UK tech titan Mike Lynch's US fraud trial begins today 13-year saga continues as jury set to hear claims on both sides of HP's Autonomy acquisition disaster Applications18 Mar 2024 | 8
US CHIPS Act set to electrify semiconductor scene with billions National Strategy focuses on four goals for silicon heaven Systems18 Mar 2024 | 8
Sorry, Siri: Apple may be eyeing Google Gemini for future iPhones Famous for keeping everything in-house, Apple may be carving AI-shaped door in its garden wall AI + ML18 Mar 2024 | 20
Cyberattack gifts esports pros with cheats, forcing Apex Legends to postpone tournament Updated Virtual gunslingers forcibly became cheaters via mystery means Cyber-crime18 Mar 2024 | 2
Microsoft reseller Bytes says more than 100 undisclosed share trades linked to ex-CEO Surprise resignation of chief exec happened after FCA probe began, claims filing Channel18 Mar 2024 | 10
TrueNAS CORE 13 is the end of the FreeBSD version Debian-based TrueNAS SCALE is the future primary focus Storage18 Mar 2024 | 43
Microsoft promises Copilot will be a 'moneymaker' in the long term Exec tells investors to 'temper' expectations as mission to convince customers of price tag continues AI + ML18 Mar 2024 | 45
The last mile's at risk in our hostile environment. Let’s go the extra mile to fix it Opinion The web doesn’t work ‘cos the vandals used a candle Networks18 Mar 2024 | 64
Yes, I did just crash that critical app. And you should thank me for having done so Who, Me? Quick thinking turned poor judgement into genius proactivity Software18 Mar 2024 | 62
Infosec teams must be allowed to fail, argues Gartner But failing to recover from incidents is unforgivable because 'adrenalin does not scale' Security18 Mar 2024 | 13
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 with Eye-of-Sauron camera Wherever you go, whatever you do, your phone is watching Personal Tech18 Mar 2024 | 11
Filipino police free hundreds of slaves toiling in romance scam operation 875 workers liberated after falling for promises of lucrative work, nine arrested Cyber-crime18 Mar 2024 | 29
Uber Australia to pay $178M to settle cabbies' class action Nice payday for some, but plenty of Australians still pay extra to help drivers Personal Tech18 Mar 2024 | 13
Protecting distributed branch office environments from ransomware As ransomware becomes more sophisticated, detection tools should be upgraded to cover every site and location Sponsored Feature
ChatGPT side-channel attack has easy fix: Token obfuscation Infosec in brief Also: Roblox-themed infostealer on the prowl, telco insider pleads guilty to swapping SIMs, and some crit vulns Security18 Mar 2024 | 2
India quickly unwinds requirement for government approval of AIs Asia in brief Also: US woos Thailand, Philippines, for tech trade; China's Fukushima rage glows; Alibaba targets South Korea AI + ML18 Mar 2024 | 2
How to run an LLM on your PC, not in the cloud, in less than 10 minutes Hands On Cut through the hype, keep your data private, find out what all the fuss is about Systems17 Mar 2024 | 68
In the rush to build AI apps, please, please don't leave security behind Feature Supply-chain attacks are definitely possible and could lead to data theft, system hijacking, and more AI + ML17 Mar 2024 | 18
Ahead of IPO, Reddit blends advertising into user posts As FTC starts asking questions about that mega-deal with Google to train AI Personal Tech16 Mar 2024 | 49
Microsoft defends barging in on Chrome with pop-up ads pushing Bing, GPT-4 We thought you people wanted choice, IT colossus sniffs Applications15 Mar 2024 | 54
Biden to inject Intel with CHIPS fab cash 'next week' Samsung and TSMC apparently slated to receive $6B and $5B On-Prem15 Mar 2024 | 10
Microsoft license shuffle means Power Apps users could break the bank Updated New restrictions seem to usher users toward expensive Dynamics 365 subscriptions Applications15 Mar 2024 | 21
As if working at Helldesk weren't bad enough, IT helpers now targeted by cybercrims Wave of Okta attacks mark what researchers are calling the biggest security trend of the year Research15 Mar 2024 | 15
Raspberry Pi OS 5.2 is here, with pleasant tweaks to Wayland-based desktop Kernel 6.6 and small refinements, plus less visible, but meaningful adjustments OSes15 Mar 2024 | 35
FCC ups broadband benchmark speeds, says rural areas still underserved Previous goals were 25Mbps download and a paltry 3Mbps for upload ... and some places don't even have that Networks15 Mar 2024 | 49
We talk to W3C board vice-chair Robin Berjon about the InterPlanetary File System Interview The decentralized web is alive and well despite Web3 financial scheming Networks15 Mar 2024 | 8
Bernie Sanders clocks in with 4-day workweek bill thanks to AI and productivity tech Don't start planning your long weekend yet – proposal is likely to be a hard sell in work-obsessed America Offbeat15 Mar 2024 | 72
Microsoft says AI alliances are needed to compete with Google Only the Chocolate Factory is 'vertically integrated' to win at 'every AI layer from chips to a thriving mobile app store' AI + ML15 Mar 2024 | 6
IBM CEO pay jumps 23% in 2023, average employee gets 7% And the party extends to shareholders with an overall $6B payout Software15 Mar 2024 | 17
McDonald's ordering system suffers McFlurry of tech troubles Global meltdown turns fast food slow Off-Prem15 Mar 2024 | 106
Cop shop rapped for 'completely avoidable' web form blunder Made public highly sensitive data on complaints about Metropolitan Police Service Security15 Mar 2024 | 14
RISE with SAP plan fails to hit go-live date in West of England council Updated Delays spark fears of £500K legacy support bill, plans for new financial year Databases15 Mar 2024 | 11
Fresh version of Windows user-friendly Zorin OS arrives to tempt the Linux-wary Adding extra shine to Ubuntu Jammy… with the lightweight edition to follow OSes15 Mar 2024 | 108
UK minister tells telcos to share telegraph poles if they can't lay cable underground The NIMBYs are fed up, and it's an election year Networks15 Mar 2024 | 51
Ad agency boss owned two Ferraris but wouldn't buy a real server On Call Resulting cycle of rushed repairs and recriminations did wonders for the IT/user relationship Systems15 Mar 2024 | 116
Claims emerge that Citrix has doubled price of month-to-month partner licenses Reaction from channel was 'stunned silence followed by anger and disbelief' Channel15 Mar 2024 | 28
Alibaba pits people against AI in its annual mathematics competition Thankfully the prizes for human winners are far higher than those for machines AI + ML15 Mar 2024 |
Broadcom boss Hock Tan acknowledges 'some unease' among VMware community But rates his first 100 days in charge a 'strong start' Virtualization15 Mar 2024 | 33
NASA missions are being delayed by oversubscribed, overburdened, and out-of-date supercomputers Flagship facility has just 48 GPUs Public Sector15 Mar 2024 | 40
Forget TikTok – Chinese spies want to steal IP by backdooring digital locks Updated Uncle Sam can use this snooping tool, too, but that's beside the point Security14 Mar 2024 | 21
Here's another thing AI can do: Spark a boom in edge infrastructure spending IDC forecasts spend to grow 15.4% in 2024 to $232B – then add another $100B in three years Edge + IoT14 Mar 2024 |
Intel's $699 Core i9-14900KS turbos to 6.2GHz – assuming you can keep it cool If you can live with a measely 6GHz the standard i9 is a $110 cheaper Personal Tech14 Mar 2024 | 19
FTC goes undercover to probe suspected antivirus scam, scores $26M settlement Imagine trying to trick folks into buying $500 of unnecessary repairs – and they turn out to be federal agents Cyber-crime14 Mar 2024 | 9
Caffeine makes fuel cells more efficient, cuts cost of energy storage Boffins show less platinum may be needed for long-lived power source Science14 Mar 2024 | 58
LockBit ransomware kingpin gets 4 years behind bars Canadian-Russian said to have turned to a life of cybercrime during pandemic, now must pay the price – literally Cyber-crime14 Mar 2024 | 11
Google gooses Safe Browsing with real-time protection that doesn't leak to ad giant Rare occasion when you do want Big Tech to make a hash of it Personal Tech14 Mar 2024 | 14
Oracle adds GenAI to Fusion with a whopping 50 use cases But is there one that can sort out failing ERP projects? Well Larry, is there? AI + ML14 Mar 2024 | 2
Google brains plumb depths of the uncanny valley with latest image-to-video tool VLOGGER needs just a still photo and an audio recording to generate footage, but it's far from perfect Software14 Mar 2024 | 12
Record breach of French government exposes up to 43 million people's data Zut alors! Department for registering and helping unemployed people broken into Cyber-crime14 Mar 2024 | 28
Third time is almost the charm for SpaceX's Starship Booster hit the water hard and monster rocket lost during re-entry, but otherwise a success! Science14 Mar 2024 | 92
International effort to disrupt cybercrime moves into operational phase Will the WEF experiment work? Cyber-crime14 Mar 2024 | 22
Developers beware, Microsoft's domain shakeup is coming soon If you don't pay attention, your lovely little Teams app will stop working Applications14 Mar 2024 | 37
US to probe Change Healthcare's data protection standards as lawsuits mount Services slowly coming back online but providers still struggling Cyber-crime14 Mar 2024 | 3
Voyager 1 starts making sense again after months of babble Veteran spacecraft shows signs of sanity with poke from engineers Science14 Mar 2024 | 98
Former US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin thinking about buying TikTok SteveTok? TikMnuch? Personal Tech14 Mar 2024 | 20
AI and wearables are scaring the wellbeing out of workers We thought everyone was thrilled about being spied on and having their jobs taken by bots AI + ML14 Mar 2024 | 21
Exchange Online blocked from sending email to AOL and Yahoo Microsoft IP addresses on the spam naughty step Applications14 Mar 2024 | 47
Rancher faces prison for trying to breed absolute unit of a sheep Ewe-nique endeavor aimed to create Jurassic Baaa-rk experience for hunters Bootnotes14 Mar 2024 | 109
SAP accused of age discrimination, retaliation by US whistleblower Complainant moved to 'retire in place' role after Sarbanes Oxley Act report, filing alleges SaaS14 Mar 2024 | 10
Oh look, cracking down on Big Tech works. Brave, Firefox, Vivaldi surge on iOS Thanks to Europe forcing Apple to offer a browser choice screen. Now, about ditching WebKit ... Applications14 Mar 2024 | 64
Microsoft forges One Teams App To Rule Them All Windows preview delivers one app to handle multiple accounts, boosts Copilot's capabilities Software14 Mar 2024 | 40
Ten nations tell social media, banks, and telcos to get better at stopping scams Australian minister singles out Meta – where Zuck has 600,000 Nvidia GPUs ready to roll Public Sector14 Mar 2024 | 26
Korea's SK Innovation liquidates Chinese battery subsidiary The Chaebol that also runs chipmaker SK hynix lacks energy to run multiple middle kingdom entities Offbeat14 Mar 2024 |
South Korea goes out on a limb to manage forests with AI, satellites Plans to digitally transform trees Public Sector14 Mar 2024 | 1
US Congress goes bang, bang, on TikTok sale-or-ban plan Bill proposes to do to China what China already does to the US – make life hard for foreign social networks Public Sector14 Mar 2024 | 60
Nissan to let 100,000 Aussies and Kiwis know their data was stolen in cyberattack Akira ransomware crooks brag of swiping thousands of ID documents during break-in Cyber-crime14 Mar 2024 | 7
Microsoft decides it's done with Azure egress ransoms Cloud exit toll booth bypass built by EU regulators Off-Prem13 Mar 2024 | 14
Leaked docs hint Google may use SiFive RISC-V cores in next-gen TPUs Opinion Would put those AI accelerators out of Arm's reach, at least AI + ML13 Mar 2024 | 8
From quantum AI to photonics, what OpenAI’s latest hire tells us about its future Analysis What's good for quantum optimization could help make models leaner Systems13 Mar 2024 | 10
Poking holes in Google tech bagged bug hunters $10M A $2M drop from previous year. So … things are more secure? Security13 Mar 2024 | 4
First Armv9 automotive CPUs aim to power AI-enabled vehicles Vehicle electronics and software becoming ever more complex Systems13 Mar 2024 | 6
Cryptocurrency laundryman gets hung out to dry Bitcoin Fog washed hundreds of millions for criminals Cyber-crime13 Mar 2024 | 27
Microsoft Copilot for Security prepares for April liftoff Automated AI helper intended to make security more manageable Security13 Mar 2024 | 22
European Union lawmakers line up to defend world's first AI Act Rules were not bent for Big Tech, politicians say AI + ML13 Mar 2024 | 10
'Chemical cat' on the loose in Japanese city Unlikely to survive hexavalent chromium dip, officials ask residents to keep an eye out Bootnotes13 Mar 2024 | 68
New York Times: OpenAI’s claim we 'hacked' its products both 'irrelevant' and 'false' Media giant's counterfiling accuses AI darling of 'spin' in copyright infringement case AI + ML13 Mar 2024 | 3
Pentagon said to have pulled $2.5B Intel defense chips grant Updated Plus: Trump reportedly gave chipmaker license to sell to Huawei back in the day... Systems13 Mar 2024 | 8
Generative AI and the wizardry of the wide-open ecosystem Organizations struggling to launch generative AI initiatives have magic tricks at their disposal Commissioned
The end of classic Outlook for Windows is coming. Are you ready? Microsoft prepares to replace an old faithful with something shiny, new, and lacking key features. Sound familiar? Applications13 Mar 2024 | 222
Nvidia rival Cerebras says it's revived Moore's Law with third-gen waferscale chips Startup is also working with Qualcomm on optimized models for its Cloud AI 100 Ultra inference chips Systems13 Mar 2024 | 10
Oracle AI buzz means Larry Ellison's worth $15B more today And here you were saying tech hadn't yet made a difference to someone special Offbeat13 Mar 2024 | 12
Stanford University failed to detect ransomware intruders for 4 months 27,000 individuals had data stolen, which for some included names and social security numbers Cyber-crime13 Mar 2024 | 4
Can AI shorten PC replacement cycles? Dell seems to think so Might be wishful thinking from finance exec following two-year computer sector recession Personal Tech13 Mar 2024 | 74
Sunak's defunct SaaS scheme spent seven percent of budget designed to help 100,000 SMEs Unicorn Kingdom prime minister fails to provide £300 million of magic software beans promised SaaS13 Mar 2024 | 26
Fedora 41's GNOME to go Wayland-only, says goodbye to X.org Don't worry, you can still put it back, but it's an accessibility snag OSes13 Mar 2024 | 32
Reducing the cloud security overhead Why creating a layered defensive strategy that includes security by design can help address cloud challenges Sponsored Feature
Whizkids jimmy OpenAI, Google's closed models Infosec folk aren’t thrilled that if you poke APIs enough, you learn AI's secrets AI + ML13 Mar 2024 | 42
Your PC can probably run inferencing just fine – so it's already an AI PC Opinion Language models are entirely happy on the desktop Personal Tech13 Mar 2024 | 37
Japan's first private satellite launch imitates SpaceX's giant explosions Video KAIROS detonated a few seconds after clearing the launchpad Science13 Mar 2024 | 17
Chinese smartphone brand Xiaomi adds electric vehicle to its mobility offerings 100,000 Chinese drivers join queue just to check out the 'SU7' in a showroom Personal Tech13 Mar 2024 | 18
South Korea cracks down on offshore e-commerce, with seeming focus on China Seoul wants AliExpress and Temu to step up customer service, maybe Meta too Public Sector13 Mar 2024 |
Dirty data shocks Indian taxpayers with huge bills Extra zeroes added to transaction values, just a handful of days before a payment deadline Public Sector13 Mar 2024 | 13
GitHub fixes pull request delay that derailed developers Went down yesterday, too, longer and harder. Maybe we should call it GitFlub? Software13 Mar 2024 | 5
Meet the Proxinator: A hyperbox that puts SATA at the heart of VMware migrations Exclusive Proxmox box sees fresh dedicated hardware become part of the market for Virtzilla alternatives Systems13 Mar 2024 | 11
March Patch Tuesday sees Hyper-V join the guest-host escape club Patch Tuesday Critical bugs galore among 61 Microsoft fixes, 56 from Adobe, a dozen from SAP, and a fistful from Fortinet Patches13 Mar 2024 | 8