Fairphone 5 scores a perfect 10 from iFixit for repairability Middling performance, but check out the longevity Personal Tech07 Dec 2023 | 8
Raspberry Pi OS goes goth First post-Pi 5 update brings dark mode among numerous bug fixes Personal Tech07 Dec 2023 | 5
Accelerate time to insight for AI and HPC Sponsored Feature Why few AI projects can get off the ground unless data flows freely Sponsored Feature
Yet another UK public sector data blab, this time info of pregnant women, cancer patients NHS Trust admits highly sensitive data left online for nearly three years Public Sector07 Dec 2023 | 7
Cisco delivers a powerup to its switches for small and medium biz Catalyst 1200 and 1300 keep perpetual licenses, PoE and stackability Networks07 Dec 2023 | 1
Chromebooks are problematic for profits and planet, says Lenovo exec CANALYS APAC FORUMS Also: India's PC ban didn't take into account needs of ecosystem Personal Tech07 Dec 2023 | 42
Dell APJ chief: Industry won't wait for Nvidia H100 CANALYS APAC FORUM Canalys mostly agrees, but thinks GPU giant still has a way to go Systems07 Dec 2023 |
Dump C++ and in Rust you should trust, Five Eyes agencies urge Memory safety vulnerabilities need to be crushed with better code Public Sector07 Dec 2023 | 94
US senator claims Google and Apple reveal push notification data to foreign govs Cupertino promises to reveal its data deliveries, ending silence on the matter Personal Tech06 Dec 2023 | 6
AMD slaps together a silicon sandwich with MI300-series APUs, GPUs to challenge Nvidia’s AI empire Chips boast 1.3x lead in AI, 1.8x in HPC over Nv's H100 Systems06 Dec 2023 | 6
Nvidia sees Huawei, Intel in rear mirror as it grapples with China ban Commerce Sec threatens redesigned AI-capable chips will be curtailed 'the very next day' Systems06 Dec 2023 | 5
Google unveils TPU v5p pods to accelerate AI training Need a lot of compute? How does 8,960 TPUs sound? Systems06 Dec 2023 | 2
Brit bendy chip firm Pragmatic scores funding to boost production Semiconductor bods get cash injection after threatening to quit UK over lack of government support Systems06 Dec 2023 | 12
Digital memories are disappearing and not even AI or Google can help Column Technology allows us to keep more of our stuff than previously possible – but what use is it if we can't find it? Storage06 Dec 2023 | 65
NTT Data to monitor ten million hotel guests and sell data about their sleep It'll be opt-in at a capsule hotel chain Personal Tech06 Dec 2023 | 14
Meta killing off Instagram, Messenger cross-platform chatting How could you, Mark? Oh, right - gotta avoid those pesky EU gatekeeper rules Personal Tech05 Dec 2023 | 5
DoE watchdog warns of poor maintenance at home of Frontier exascale system Report says new QA plan currently being worked up HPC05 Dec 2023 | 4
Government and the latest tech don't mix, says UK civil servant of £11B ESN mess Opinion Public sector might want to 'wait a bit' before buying into bleeding edge, Sir Matthew Rycroft muses Networks05 Dec 2023 | 34
Upscaling smaller businesses with optimised ICT How Intel vPro brings enterprise class IT within reach of SMBs Sponsored Feature
Spanish media sues Meta for ignoring GDPR and harvesting data €550 million lawsuit seeks recompense for 'systemic and massive' disregard for privacy laws Personal Tech05 Dec 2023 | 26
Microsoft issues deadline for end of Windows 10 support – it's pay to play for security Limited options will be available into 2028, for an undisclosed price
Dump C++ and in Rust you should trust, Five Eyes agencies urge Memory safety vulnerabilities need to be crushed with better code
Swedish Tesla strike goes international as Norwegian and Danish unions join in 'He can't just make his own rules,' Danish labor leader says of Musk
Iran launches 'biological capsule' to low Earth orbit Precursor to crewed flight can reportedly carry animals
Veteran editors Notepad++ and Geany hit milestone versions There are still good, modern, graphical text editors that are not Electron-based
Atlassian security advisory reveals four fresh critical flaws – in mail with dead links Bitbucket, Confluence and Jira all in danger, again. Sigh
Digital memories are disappearing and not even AI or Google can help Column Technology allows us to keep more of our stuff than previously possible – but what use is it if we can't find it?
Boffins devise 'universal backdoor' for image models to cause AI hallucinations Data poisoning appears open to all
India's Moon mission pulled off another trick: an experimental orbital sequel Swift software development effort saw Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module make an unexpected return to Earth
Amazon on the hook for predictably revolting use of concealed clothes hook spy cam Judge finds plaintiff's claim – that Amazon knew about illicit usage – credible enough for case to proceed Personal Tech05 Dec 2023 | 99
IBM takes a crack at 'utility scale' quantum processing with Heron processor Big Blue's roadmap prioritizes circuit size over qubit quantity Systems05 Dec 2023 | 5
Researcher claims Harvard nixed social media research after getting Zuck bucks University says ties to Meta execs and a $500 million donation played no role Personal Tech04 Dec 2023 | 10
Intel scores a reprieve in $2.18B VLSI patent case after court orders retrial Updated The never-ending IP story goes on Systems04 Dec 2023 | 4
California commission says Cruise withheld data about parking atop of a pedestrian Stalled self-driving car biz up to its axles in problems Personal Tech04 Dec 2023 | 43
17% of Spotify employees face the music in latest cost-cutting shuffle This despite hitting profit high note – and right on time for Christmas Personal Tech04 Dec 2023 | 33
Now is a good time to buy memory because prices rise next year, Gartner predicts To blame? The usual suspect – AI's appetite for chips Systems04 Dec 2023 | 7
HP exec says quiet part out loud when it comes to locking in print customers Funny how marketing messages change depending on the audience Personal Tech04 Dec 2023 | 143
Sysadmin's favorite collection of infallible utilities failed … foully who, me? Unnecessary 'maintenance' turned into a fragging foul-up Storage04 Dec 2023 | 53
'Return to Office' declared dead Remote work is here to stay despite in-person mandates, this economist says On-Prem03 Dec 2023 | 210
Elon is the bakery owner swearing in the street about Yelp critics canceling him Kettle First he was speed-running moderation, now internet advertising. Welcome to the party, pal Personal Tech02 Dec 2023 | 167
UK competition watchdog wins appeal – investigation into Apple will go on iPhone maker tried to legally kill mobile browser, gaming probe by CMA Personal Tech02 Dec 2023 | 9
No new top boss at NSA until it answers questions about buying up location, browsing data Senator Ron Wyden puts his foot down – for as long as he can Public Sector02 Dec 2023 | 36
Senate bill aims to stop Uncle Sam using facial recognition at airports Legislation would eliminate TSA permission to use the tech, require database purge in 90 days Public Sector01 Dec 2023 | 39
Electric vehicles earn shocking report card for reliability Legacy auto makers struggle with new tech, and upstarts suffer teething problems with first cars Personal Tech01 Dec 2023 | 148
HPE to start pumping AI capabilities into Greenlake under Project Ethan HPE Discover EMEA OpsRamp now natively available through IT-as-a-service platform On-Prem01 Dec 2023 |
Bank boss hated IT, loved the beach, was clueless about ports and politeness On Call At the dawn of the dialup age, making a connection could be complicated Networks01 Dec 2023 | 177
Thirty-nine weeks: That's how long you'll be waiting for an AI server from Dell Revenue and net income down, server market flickers, PCs fail to ignite On-Prem01 Dec 2023 | 19
Ex-school IT admin binned student, staff accounts and trashed phone system After getting the tintack, IRL BOFH went rogue Public Sector01 Dec 2023 | 56
Watchdog claims retaliation from military after questioning cushy federal IT contracts Special report IT-AAC had a hand in scrutinizing JEDI, now faces probe for challenging $300M+ single-source deals Public Sector30 Nov 2023 | 12
Meta goes to war with FTC over right to profit from kids' personal data Awkward hill to die on, but OK Personal Tech30 Nov 2023 | 22
Bitcoin's thirst for water is just as troubling as its energy appetite A single transaction chugs 6.2 million times more than a credit card swipe Personal Tech30 Nov 2023 | 41
Musk tells advertisers to 'go f**k' themselves as $44B X gamble spirals into chaos Comment Hello, police? I'd like to report a murder Personal Tech30 Nov 2023 | 334
Broadcom's latest Trident switch silicon packs neural net processor to terminate congestion Chip promises better telemetry, security, and traffic engineering, vendor claims Systems30 Nov 2023 |
Rackspace runs short of Cloud Files storage in LON region Updated Rackspace? More like Lackspace as customers face upload and delete problems Storage30 Nov 2023 | 23
HPE targets enterprises with Nvidia-powered platform for tuning AI HPE Discover EMEA 'We feel like enterprises are either going to become AI powered, or they're going to become obsolete' On-Prem30 Nov 2023 | 5
Honda cooks up an electric motorbike menu, with sides of connectivity Plans buffet of components you can assemble into a dream machine Personal Tech30 Nov 2023 | 36
China's Loongson debuts processor that 'matches Intel silicon circa 2020' Best not to dismiss it, as Asus looks to be onboard and advances are promised On-Prem30 Nov 2023 | 36
Meta yanks VR headset's strap-on booster battery after charging bricks it A misbehaving Li-ion on your noggin - what could possibly go wrong? Personal Tech30 Nov 2023 | 6
Goldman sacked: Apple 'wants out' of credit card collab Don't be too shocked: Financial giant has been fleeing normie banking lately after failing to find footing Personal Tech29 Nov 2023 | 22
Car dealers openly beg Biden to put brakes on electric vehicle drive No one's buying these things. Just, uh, ignore the massive markups Personal Tech29 Nov 2023 | 128
Time to take action: Google's inactive account purge begins Friday You should've received an email if you're affected, but here's a reminder just in case Networks29 Nov 2023 | 8
Server sales down 31% at HPE as enterprises hack spending Customers still 'digesting' shipments bought in 2022, says exec in mixed fiscal year for hardware biz On-Prem29 Nov 2023 | 12
Google goes geothermal to power some bitbarns Search giant exploring more locations to squeeze watts from rocks On-Prem29 Nov 2023 | 31
Someone else has a go at reforming US Section 702 spying powers – and nope, no warrant requirement Back to plan A, then, eh? Public Sector29 Nov 2023 | 13
AWS unveils core-packed Graviton4 and beefier Trainium accelerators for AI Re:Invent Also hedging its bets with a healthy dose of Nvidia chips too Systems28 Nov 2023 | 2
Vertiv goes against the grain with wooden datacenters for greener bytes Will timber tech take root or just go up in flames? On-Prem28 Nov 2023 | 15
Activist Investor Elliott calls for a management reboot at Crown Castle Urges US cell tower giant to reverse 'value-destructive strategy' Networks28 Nov 2023 | 14
Brits turn off Twitter, although teens and tweens keen on generative AI Bing grows but Google remains top dog, according to Ofcom report Networks28 Nov 2023 | 92
Logitech's Wave Keys tries to bend ergonomics without breaking tradition Review Or your wallet Personal Tech28 Nov 2023 | 46
Ukraine cyber spies claim Putin's planes are in peril as sanctions bite Aeroflot fleet still has a smoking section, but not for tobacco Public Sector28 Nov 2023 | 112
Samsung creates a group dedicated to inventing whatever comes next Exec who led memory and battery businesses to global dominance gets the job of defining Chaebol's future Personal Tech28 Nov 2023 | 2
After bashing Nvidia for ‘arming’ China, Cerebras's backer G42 alarms US govt with suspected Beijing ties What was it they say about folks in silicon houses? HPC28 Nov 2023 | 6
Game over for ByteDance's big video game studio dream? TikTok parent reportedly gives hundreds the tintack Personal Tech27 Nov 2023 | 1
Nvidia’s China-market H20 chips hit another speed bump Integration woes delay Nvidia's hopes of maintaining grip on Middle Kingdom Systems27 Nov 2023 | 2
Server shipments to fall 20% this year, but AI means vendors still raking it in Less is more, as hyper heterogeneous computing heats up On-Prem27 Nov 2023 | 1
Alibaba shuts down quantum lab, donates it to university Three guesses where DAMO plans to focus research from now on. Yep, you guessed it...AI HPC27 Nov 2023 | 2
Google Drive misplaces months' worth of customer files Updated The horror of logging in only to find everything since May has vanished Storage27 Nov 2023 | 100
Videoconferencing fatigue is real, study finds Your brain and heart do not enjoy Zooming, Teamsing, or Webexing Personal Tech27 Nov 2023 | 34
IT sent the intern to sort out the nasty VP who was too important to bother with backups Who, Me? Kid escaped from the executive suite without screwing things up Personal Tech27 Nov 2023 | 89
Datacenter architect creates bonkers designs to illustrate the craft, and quirks, of building bit barns They’re basically skyscrapers, says Charles Fortin. But they could be ships, cars, or rocks On-Prem27 Nov 2023 | 36
China lobs tech demo into orbit for People's Republic version of Starlink Another mega-constellation incoming Networks24 Nov 2023 | 3
Taxing times: UK missed out on £1.75B because of digitization delays Public Accounts Committee slams progress and questions plans Public Sector24 Nov 2023 | 25
German budget woes threaten chip fab funding for Intel and TSMC Constitutional court tells govt: Er, about that €60B you handed out... it's not legal Systems24 Nov 2023 | 39
India's space gatekeepers pick Eutelsat OneWeb to provide satellite broadband Bharti Enterprises-backed outfit beats Kuiper and Starlink Networks24 Nov 2023 | 1
Simplify and secure operations at the edge The shift to decentralized IT environments and why only a dedicated edge management platform can solve it Commissioned
Lenovo's USB-C Power Banks pack more heat than expected Recall issued for fiery surprise Personal Tech23 Nov 2023 | 15
AI chip outfit Graphcore's sales to China hit by US export rules Company hopes more folks needing AI compute globally will offset pain Systems23 Nov 2023 | 4
How to accelerate intelligent outcomes and unleash AI for modern enterprises Why Dell PowerEdge servers can be a good choice for organizations that need systems purpose-built for AI/ML workloads Commissioned
Tesla, Musk likely aware of Autopilot deficiencies behind Florida fatality, says judge Decision means family of man killed in 2019 cross-traffic collision can take carmaker to trial Personal Tech22 Nov 2023 | 68
Cisco whips up modded switch to secure Ukraine grid against Russian cyberattacks GPS-jamming tactics were doing much more than simply scrambling missile guidance systems Networks22 Nov 2023 | 13
HP chief throws about AI fairy dust in hopes of reviving slumbering PC giant What is double of 15% sales shrinkage? Personal Tech22 Nov 2023 | 6
Robocar tech biz sues Nvidia, claims stolen code shared in Teams meeting blunder Two companies both online when slide was viewed at presentation Systems22 Nov 2023 | 27
Arm's tiny Cortex-M52 packs AI punch for small devices Helium tech to end up on $1-$2 SoCs claimed to bring big performance gains for ML workloads Systems22 Nov 2023 | 4
Meeting the global need for greener data How new server CPUs have been optimised for performance per watt to improve datacenter sustainability metrics Sponsored Feature
Nvidia revenue explodes, led by datacenter products and … InfiniBand? A certain Big Red Communist country looms as a dampener – but not a big one On-Prem22 Nov 2023 | 7
Lenovo sues Asus for patent infringement, seeks US ZenBook ban Updated Why can't we be FRANDS? Personal Tech22 Nov 2023 | 11
US govt pays AT&T to let cops search Americans' phone records – 'usually' without a warrant At least get a court order before mining Hemisphere Project data, says Senator Public Sector22 Nov 2023 | 15
Firefox slow to load YouTube? Just another front in Google's war on ad blockers Search giant says delays not specific to any browser – just those evading advert breaks. YMMV Personal Tech21 Nov 2023 | 112
X's legal eagles swoop on Media Matters over antisemitic content row Case filed in Texas, where anti-SLAPP provisions don't apply in federal court Personal Tech21 Nov 2023 | 74
Washington pours $3B into silicon smackdown to outpackage Asia Uncle Sam rolls up sleeves to onshore work and protect supply chain Systems21 Nov 2023 | 6
Nvidia intros the 'SuperNIC' – it's like a SmartNIC, DPU or IPU, but more super If you're doing AI but would rather not do InfiniBand, this NIC is for you Networks21 Nov 2023 | 6
Capita scores £239M contract to manage mega public sector pension scheme Cabinet Office clearly over Capita's breach in March that saw pension data exposed to criminals Public Sector21 Nov 2023 | 33
Top Ukrainian cyber officials fired after allegedly pocketing kickbacks from govt IT deals Duo probed over alleged $2M embezzlement plot Public Sector21 Nov 2023 | 2
Microsoft pushes Azure Government Cloud as homefront defender All your national security are belong to us! Public Sector20 Nov 2023 | 5
IBM-led advertising X-odus gains steam as more flee Musk's platform Ad execs have reportedly urged CEO Yaccarino to step down in protest to save her reputation Personal Tech20 Nov 2023 | 88
Researchers weigh new benchmarks for Green500 amid shifting workload priorities SC23 Just because it's super efficient at Linpack doesn't mean it'll be in everything HPC20 Nov 2023 |
Net privacy wars will be with us always. Let's set some rules Opinion Size matters, and what you do with it. But keep it safe Networks20 Nov 2023 | 29
Why have just one firewall when you can fire all the walls? Who, Me? 'Support monkey' turned network isolation job into a banana skin Networks20 Nov 2023 | 88
Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo sign up for $42 billion scheme to make kit in India ASIA IN BRIEF PLUS: Tata orders staff to move cities; Singapore okays stablecoins; Australia trials CoPilot; and more Systems20 Nov 2023 | 4