UK-US data deal could hinge on fate of legal challenges to EU arrangement So much for sovereignty then Databases22 Sep 2023 | 35
Vodafone claims first space-based 5G phone call – no modifications needed The roaming charges must be out of this world Networks21 Sep 2023 | 13
VCs lay $52.5M golden egg for MotherDuck's serverless analytics platform Database service vendor based on open source DuckDB fattens up to $400M valuation Databases21 Sep 2023 |
Lawsuit claims Google Maps led dad of two over collapsed bridge to his death Web giant accused of gross negligence by not updating app despite complaints Legal21 Sep 2023 | 193
Menacing marketeers fined by ICO for 1.9M cold calls Five businesses facing half a million in collective penalties for illegally phoning folk registered with TPS Security21 Sep 2023 | 29
EE touts next-gen broadband Smart Hub with Wi-Fi 7 for 2024 Sure to lure in a few in the WFH crowd ... but no pricing yet Networks21 Sep 2023 | 20
Intel CTO suggests using AI to port CUDA code to – surprise! – Intel chips This is about ending Nvidia's vendor lock-in, insists Greg Lavender AI + ML21 Sep 2023 | 6
Authors Guild sues OpenAI for using Game of Thrones and other novels to train ChatGPT Class action alleges pirated novels were fed into binary brainbox AI + ML21 Sep 2023 | 54
India's biggest tech centers named as cyber crime hotspots Global tech companies' Bharat offices attract the wrong sort of interest Security21 Sep 2023 | 1
Data breach reveals distressing info: People who order pineapple on pizza Pizza Hut Australia says 190,000 customers' info – including order history – has been accessed Security21 Sep 2023 | 92
Zuck uses India visit to increase Meta's transactional traction WhatsApp gets better at taking money and so does Meta with verified accounts for biz Software21 Sep 2023 |
Toshiba succeeds at selling itself, delisting set for September 27 Acquiring entity Japan Industrial Partners hasn't said what it plans for the sprawling conglomerate Systems21 Sep 2023 | 2
ServiceNow upgrade goes from AI to Zero Trust You can’t not do GenAI in 2023, and 'Vancouver' release has gone there – but its detours may be more worthy SaaS21 Sep 2023 | 1
Uncle Sam names three Amazon execs as Prime suspects in subscription ripoff case Dark patterns 'knowingly duped millions of consumers' Personal Tech21 Sep 2023 | 30
Google on trial: Feds challenge deals that set your web search defaults Big G wheels out its old argument that its products are better - and look, there they are, pre-installed and in your face Personal Tech20 Sep 2023 | 27
Feds raise alarm over Snatch ransomware as extortion crew brags of Veterans Affairs hit Invasion of the data snatchers Cyber-crime20 Sep 2023 | 3
Signal adopts new alphabet jumble to protect chats from quantum computers X3DH readied for retirement as PQXDH is rolled out Security20 Sep 2023 | 18
International Criminal Court hit in cyber-attack amid Russia war crimes probe Right as judges issued warrants against Putin Cyber-crime20 Sep 2023 | 19
Salesforce engineers roll back change after breaking own cloud for hours today Updated Services said to be returning to normal from downtime though Tableau Cloud still MIA SaaS20 Sep 2023 | 3
Core blimey, Intel's answer to AMD and Ampere's cloudy chips has 288 of them And they're all tailored for efficiency Systems20 Sep 2023 | 7
Neuralink's looking for participants willing to be part of human trials Musk company gets FDA's OK for six-year assessment of its brain implants Science20 Sep 2023 | 26
Pot calls the kettle hack as China claims Uncle Sam did digital sneak peek first Beijing accuses US of breaking into Huawei servers in 2009 Cyber-crime20 Sep 2023 | 14
GNU turns 40: Stallman's baby still not ready for prime time, but hey, there's cake It turned the software industry upside down regardless Applications20 Sep 2023 | 81
Apple pairs well with profits, not repair shops iFixit demotes iPhone 14 from 7/10 to 4 after reality of software locks hit home Personal Tech20 Sep 2023 | 22
UK Online Safety Bill to become law – and encryption busting clause is still there Admits it's 'not technically feasible' ... but with no promise not to invoke it Networks20 Sep 2023 | 90
Robocall scammers sentenced in US after netting $1.2M via India-based call centers Part of network of crims who used 'trickery and threats' to target elderly, says US Attorney Cyber-crime20 Sep 2023 | 15
Sysadmin and spouse admit to part in 'massive' pirated Avaya licenses scam Could spend 20 years in prison after selling $88M in ADI software keys Cyber-crime20 Sep 2023 | 20
Chan Zuckerberg org to spin up 1,000+ H100 GPU cluster for AI medical research Plus: DeepMind trained model to predict genetically mutated DNA strings AI + ML20 Sep 2023 | 6
As TikTok surveils staff's office hours, research indicates WFH is good for planet Not leaving home for work cuts an individual's carbon footprint by 54%, says research On-Prem20 Sep 2023 | 59
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Scientists suggest possible solution to space-induced bone loss Douglas Adams was right! Mice may hold key to exploring the universe Science20 Sep 2023 | 42
AWS spins up more cloudy Mac Minis, now with M2 Pro silicon Andy Jassy's rent-a-Macs have no love for the vanilla M2, and the Max and Ultra aren't used in the Mini PaaS + IaaS20 Sep 2023 | 8
Singapore may split liability for phishing losses between banks and victims Won't someone please think of the banks? Cyber-crime20 Sep 2023 | 14
Hong Kong authorities cuff six in connection with floundering crypto platform JPEX Special Adminstrative Region aspires to be a crypto hub, is making an example of allegedly unlicensed operator Personal Tech20 Sep 2023 | 3
A chip off the old block: The 200mm fab supply chain breaker Southeast Asia, China spearheading factory capacity growth for foreseeable future On-Prem20 Sep 2023 |
Google Bard can now tap into your Gmail, Docs, more Web giant promises personal info and files won't be used to train this chatbot AI + ML20 Sep 2023 | 34
So what if China has 7nm chips now, there's no Huawei it can make them 'at scale' Updated Or so says US Commerce Secretary Personal Tech19 Sep 2023 | 76
Intel slaps forehead, says I got it: AI PCs. Sell them AI PCs People try to put us down, talkin' 'bout ML generation AI + ML19 Sep 2023 | 27
Judge sides with Meta and Google, puts California child privacy law on hold NetChoice 'likely to prevail' in First Amendment argument, court rules Personal Tech19 Sep 2023 | 24
DoD hopes $30M BEACONS will light the way to next-gen American battery designs And less than half the cost of a single F-35 – bargain! Science19 Sep 2023 | 8
Marvell disputes claim Cavium backdoored chips for Uncle Sam Allegations date back a decade to leaked Snowden docs Research19 Sep 2023 | 8
Russian allegedly smuggled US weapons electronics to Moscow Feds claim sniper scope displays sold in sanctions-busting move Cyber-crime19 Sep 2023 | 23
Starlink speeds ahead in the satellite race but rivals aren't starstruck just yet Download rates stabilize after influx of users dragged on service Networks19 Sep 2023 | 12
SCREAM resonates in the race for the Gordon Bell Climate Prize A look at America's next top model ... in fine resolution HPC19 Sep 2023 | 8
Venture capital firm makes 'unsolicited' bid for MariaDB buyout Database company, which went through an IPO in December last year, was still in search of credit facility as of August Databases19 Sep 2023 | 4
Rocket Lab launch streak goes up in smoke with 41st mission Electron rocket was lost when reusable first stage separated early this morning Science19 Sep 2023 | 10
Tabular's Iceberg vision goes from Netflix and chill to database thrill Promise of neutral data layer between vendors' vested interests attracts $26M Databases19 Sep 2023 |
'Small monthly payment' only thing that stands between X and bot chaos, says Musk Comment Yes, because automated accounts are really the problem here Personal Tech19 Sep 2023 | 115
Unity talks of price cap and fees for only largest games developers That sound? It's the screeching noise of a massive U-turn as games engine biz admits mistakes Software19 Sep 2023 | 16
Nvidia's 900 tons of GPU muscle bulks up server market, slims down wallets Fewer boxes shipped, but with 8 H100s apiece, revenue is up amid AI frenzy Systems19 Sep 2023 | 4
The Clorox Company admits cyberattack causing 'widescale disruption' Back to 'manual' order processing for $7B household cleaning biz, financial impact will be 'material' Cyber-crime19 Sep 2023 | 7
Schneider Electric warns that existing datacenters aren't buff enough for AI You're going to need liquid-cooled servers, 415V PDUs, two-ton racks, and plenty of software management On-Prem19 Sep 2023 | 9
GitHub Copilot, Amazon Code Whisperer sometimes emit other people's API keys Final update AI dev assistants can be convinced to spill secrets learned during training AI + ML19 Sep 2023 | 9
UK courts award CGI £60M deal to keep ancient tech alive Legacy – sorry 'heritage' – support contract includes case managements systems Applications19 Sep 2023 | 4
Ubuntu's 'Mantic Minotaur' peeks out of the labyrinth As outline becomes visible, including the return of ZFS, kernel 6.4 glides across the Styx into eternity OSes19 Sep 2023 | 12
BT confirms it's switching off 3G in UK from Jan next year Time to retire that Nokia N97 at last? Networks19 Sep 2023 | 120
Buiding Excel-like UI for Uber's China ops exposed Microsoft calculation quirks Updated Developer recounts rideshare outfitattempts to crack the Middle Kingdom market Applications19 Sep 2023 | 28
Desktop AI isn’t happening, says AMD, and might not for quite a while Chip designer has extended support for modest desktop CPUs, citing Intel setting expectations for cheap and not-so-speedy silicon Personal Tech19 Sep 2023 | 9
China to set standards for the metaverse because it's not sure what one is Beijing reckons they could be handy for manufacturing, but for now they're just a mess Software19 Sep 2023 | 5