Since when did my SSD need water cooling?
Feature As next-gen storage gets hotter, designs are getting wacky
Storage27 May 2023 | 22
On-Prem
Mozilla so sorry for intrusive Firefox VPN popup ad
'We accomplished the exact opposite of what we intended...'
Personal Tech26 May 2023 | 21
US and China trade chiefs aim for cool heads as chip wars heat up
Commerce Secretary Raimondo asks WTF is going on with the Micron ban
Systems26 May 2023 | 6
Meta promises UK it won't pilfer rivals' ad data to build Facebook Marketplace
Once it knows how to stop, anyway
Personal Tech26 May 2023 | 6
That old box of tech junk you should probably throw out saves a warehouse
On Call When all seemed lost, here comes the Sun … workstation
On-Prem26 May 2023 | 136
When it comes to liquid and immersion cooling, Nvidia asks: Why not both?
Promises demo of new ways to chill out in the datacenter by 2026
Systems26 May 2023 | 1
Minnesota governor OKs broad right-to-repair tech law
Walz's war on walls stopping us from fixing our own stuff
Personal Tech25 May 2023 | 14
Twitter Spaces groans under weight of Ron DeSantis and Elon Musk's egos
It should really take more than half a million people to melt your servers
Personal Tech25 May 2023 | 29
Intel mulls cutting ties to 16 and 32-bit support
Hypothetical x86S architecture would boot straight into 64-bit mode
Systems25 May 2023 | 96
AMD undercuts Nvidia's 4060 launch with a $269 GPU
Maybe the years of accelerators being hard to find and harder to pay for are behind us?
Personal Tech25 May 2023 | 16
Leaked Kyndryl files show 55 was average age of laid-off US workers
Special report As one ousted staffer claims the IBM spin-off is in disarray
On-Prem24 May 2023 | 43
All Microsoft Surface Pro X cameras just stopped working
Facial authentication, video meetings may have to wait, dead security cert blamed
Personal Tech24 May 2023 | 36
Supreme Court leaves warrantless camera surveillance an open book
Can police just set up CCTV and press record? In some places, yes
Personal Tech24 May 2023 | 9
US mulls retaliation for China blacklisting Micron without evidence of security threat
Sound like anyone you know?
Systems24 May 2023 | 15
Lenovo profits sink 75% as PC demand continues nosedive
Bottom line weight driven by job cut costs
Personal Tech24 May 2023 | 10
UK watchdog won't block Openreach’s discount fiber pricing
Nation's overwhelmingly dominant broadband plumber can run copper migration promo, despite rivals' pleas
Networks24 May 2023 | 18
Samsung's screens will check your blood pressure if the movie's too scary
Video Also: phones that fold through 360 degrees, rollable tablets, and an expanded OLED detector
Personal Tech24 May 2023 | 11
RAN intelligence and the pursuit of 5G energy-efficiency
ZTE Radio Composer, PowerPilot Pro among initiatives toward greener, intent-driven networks
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SF cops got warrant-free OK to watch protest via private security cameras
Officers said they didn't use live feed in the end. So that's all right then?
Personal Tech23 May 2023 | 8
AMD scours parts bin for old CPUs, GPUs to put in Chromebooks
Do you really need the latest and greatest cores to doomscroll the web?
Personal Tech23 May 2023 | 7
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Windows XP activation algorithm cracked, keygen now works on Linux
The unkillable OS rises from the grave… Again
Microsoft has made Azure Linux generally available. Repeat, Azure Linux
Come for the Kubernetes, stay for the containers
Since when did my SSD need water cooling?
Feature As next-gen storage gets hotter, designs are getting wacky
Why you might want an email client in the era of webmail
New beta versions of Thunderbird (and Firefox, while we're at it) to help set you up
Subpoenaed PyPI says bye-bye to as much IP address data as it can
Python package pile prefers protecting programmer privacy
Alien versus Predator? No, this Android spyware works together
Phone-hugging code can record calls, read messages, track geolocation, access camera, other snooping
US govt pushes spyware to other countries? Senator Wyden would like a word
Uncle Sam confirms it's saying nothing
Mozilla so sorry for intrusive Firefox VPN popup ad
'We accomplished the exact opposite of what we intended...'
LIGO cranks up the sensitivity to sniff out gravitational waves
The instrument that proved Einstein right is back
AI menaces superbug by identifying potent antibiotic
Take that, Acinetobacter baumannii! You may hide on hospital doorknobs but you can't outrun binary brainboxes
STORIES
Social media may harm kids. US Surgeon General says so
That's a warning and not permission, in case you were wondering
Personal Tech23 May 2023 | 19
Meta forced to sell Giphy, takes 87% loss in Shutterstock deal
Zuck and Co face Brexit bonus
Personal Tech23 May 2023 | 8
SambaNova injects a little AI mojo into US supercomputer lab's nuke sims
LLNL harnesses DataScale platform with aim to improve predictive models
HPC23 May 2023 | 2
Lenovo Thinkpad Z13 just has this certain Macbook Air about it...
Hands-on World's largest laptop vendor releases whizzy x86 - but we could do with a better Windows rescue party
Personal Tech23 May 2023 | 119
Billionaire BT stalker Patrick Drahi increases stake to 24.5%
Just a shade under the 25% threshold that would spark investigation, but he still doesn't want to take over, honest
Networks23 May 2023 | 8
IBM asks UChicago, UTokyo for help building a 100K qubit quantum supercomputer
For $100 million it better beat an Nvidia A100
HPC23 May 2023 | 10
WeChat makes facial recog payment systems talk to the hand
Wave-to-pay tech seems ideal for Jedi cosplay – if palmprints and veins are the biometrics you're looking for
Personal Tech23 May 2023 | 5
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 |
FBI abused spy law but only like 280,000 times in a year
Well, well, well, if it isn't the Leaning Tower of FISA again
Personal Tech22 May 2023 | 36
AT&T warns T-Mobile US, Starlink may disrupt terrestrial cellphones
Certain people don't have to jump through the same hoops that SpaceMobile did, opines analyst
Networks22 May 2023 | 5
That Meta GDPR fine is €1.2B. Plus biz must stop sending EU data to US
Zuckercorp says the EU-US Data Privacy Framework will pass before its penalties enacted, so why worry?
Personal Tech22 May 2023 | 69
Intel abandons XPU plan to cram CPU, GPU, memory into one package
ISC AMD now has clear runway to conquer datacenter APU market
Systems22 May 2023 | 6
HPE bags contracts to build HPC beasts for UK and Japan boffins
TSUBAME4.0 ordered for Tokyo Institute of Tech, and Isambard 3 to live in Bristol & Bath Science Park
HPC22 May 2023 |
Digital transformation expert on mass layoffs: I would have expected more from tech
Interview It doesn't add up when IT is 'not really in a dire situation financially'
Personal Tech22 May 2023 | 14
Excess profits on Motorola's Airwave estimated to be £1.3B
UK competition regulator begins consultation on price controls for controversial blue light network
Networks22 May 2023 | 12
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
Nvidia GPUs fly out of the fabs – and right back into them
Comment Let's use AI to make better chips for AI, what could go wrong?
Systems20 May 2023 | 3
Privacy Sandbox, Google's answer to third-party cookies, promised within months
Winter in July for some of those in the web ad world
Personal Tech20 May 2023 | 31
Phones' facial recog tech 'fooled' by low-res 2D photo
Someone who looks a lot like you could also unlock it, says Which?
Personal Tech19 May 2023 | 39
Guess who is collecting and sharing abortion-related data?
Basically everyone at this point. But developer Easy Healthcare has promised to stop
Personal Tech19 May 2023 | 27
Nvidia's RTX 4060 and 4060TI are actually priced like mid-tier cards
Maybe Jensen finally got the memo about the whole GPU shortage being over
Systems19 May 2023 | 15
UK government prays that size doesn't matter as it chips in £1B for semiconductor sector
Domestic industry 'will never be wholly sovereign' say critics as Blighty hooks up with Japan
Systems19 May 2023 | 36
Microsoft offers electrical engineers a lifeline as it pursues custom cloud silicon
Redmond see, Redmond do... what AWS and Google are also doing
Systems19 May 2023 | 3
Cheapest, oldest, slowest part fixed very modern Mac
On Call Making different generations of tech work in harmony sometimes requires a strange dance
Personal Tech19 May 2023 | 158
UK and Japan ink agreement for semiconductor and security cooperation
Hiroshima Accord promises 'ambitious joint research and development collaboration'
On-Prem19 May 2023 | 8
SCOTUS rules Google and Twitter didn't contribute to terrorist attacks
And holds off on Section 230 for another time
Personal Tech19 May 2023 | 11
In a stand against authoritarianism, Montana bans TikTok downloads
Updated Dare we say, Broke App Mountain ... and yes, we know that was Wyoming
Personal Tech18 May 2023 | 41
Ex-Twitter sextet sues Elon Musk for 'stiffing' them on severance
Seems someone really is living in la-la-la land, but who...
Personal Tech18 May 2023 | 42
Amazon a prime target of warehouse law protecting bathroom breaks
Glad these lawmakers didn't bottle it
On-Prem18 May 2023 | 31
Meta facing third fine of 2023 for mishandling EU user data under GDPR
This one could set a new record for penalties against US companies doing business on the continent
Networks18 May 2023 | 19
Ampere heads off Intel, AMD's cloud-optimized CPUs with a 192-core Arm chip
Just don't look too closely at the benchmarks
Systems18 May 2023 | 19
Micron, Kyocera, Samsung bet billions on Japan chip plants
Meanwhile, Fujifilm pursues photolithography interests in Taiwan
Systems18 May 2023 | 3
BT is ditching workers faster than your internet connection with 55,000 for chop by 2030
FTTP build to be done by then, network will be more 'efficient,' AI to take over in customer services
Networks18 May 2023 | 110
Up to £895M up for grabs in UK Emergency Services procurement
Here we go again: Next piece in troubled ESN upgrade
Networks18 May 2023 | 15
Logitech, iFixit to offer parts to stop folks binning their computer mouse
Stick with me and the mice live ... with pads, batteries and screws for two models
Personal Tech17 May 2023 | 44
EU passes world's first regulatory framework for cryptocurrency
Gone are the days of unlicensed exchanges and anonymous transactions – for EU citizens, at least
Personal Tech17 May 2023 | 54
Europe vows it won't let US and Asia treat it as a source of museum-grade chip tech
With €43 billion at stake, Thierry Breton says that Europe should get advanced fabs
Systems17 May 2023 | 28
Modest Apple talks up these 'incredible' advances in iOS
It's 2023 so of course it involves machine learning
Personal Tech16 May 2023 | 29
Google sued over 'interception' of abortion data on Planned Parenthood website
Plaintiff claims they didn't consent to analytics tracking
Personal Tech16 May 2023 | 16
Telco giant Vodafone to cut 11,000 staff as part of its turnaround plan
Company 'more complex' than it needs to be, thousands set to lose jobs
Networks16 May 2023 | 42
Samsung's Galaxy S23 Ultra is a worthy heir to the Note
First Look And just about worth the pain of a cross-platform migration. Eventually
Personal Tech16 May 2023 | 60
AFRINIC warns members of fake news campaign, voting rights grab
Mysterious society fingered as source
Networks16 May 2023 | 2
Remember those millions of fake net neutrality comments? Fallout continues
Trio of digital marketing firms cough up $600K to make astroturfing brouhaha just go away
Networks15 May 2023 | 33
Boss fight cleared: Europe approves Microsoft's Activision takeover
Completing a tough level doesn't mean squat if you can't defeat UK and USA
Personal Tech15 May 2023 | 7
Tech companies cut jobs to chase growth, but watch out for those shareholder returns
Beancounters underestimate financial and cultural cost of mega redundancy programs
On-Prem15 May 2023 | 10
IBMer on medical leave since 2008 sues over lack of pay rise – and loses
Inflation is eating my benefits, former systems architect told employment tribunal
On-Prem15 May 2023 |
OPPO abandons custom chip design ambitions
Asia In Brief PLUS: India gets blood from a drone; Toshiba sets a date; Australia floats metaverse standards
Personal Tech15 May 2023 | 2
Kyndryl, IBM sued for age discrimination by former global software director
Lawyers claim separated IT giants are reading from the same page
On-Prem13 May 2023 | 12
Elon Musk finally finds 'someone foolish enough to take the job' of Twitter CEO
Opinion Though we're not sure NBCUniversal ad exec Linda Yaccarino appreciates the description
Personal Tech12 May 2023 | 102
Is there anything tape can’t fix? This techie used it to defeat the Sun
On call In cloudy Yorkshire, a ray of light can become the enemy
Personal Tech12 May 2023 | 125
Google accused of stomping on rivals as it stamps out annoying Calendar spam
Talk about going against the Grain
Personal Tech11 May 2023 | 22
EU still set to OK Microsoft's Activision slurp, UK disagrees
We've got four words for you: Insert coin to continue
Personal Tech11 May 2023 | 8
Nvidia CEO pay falls ten percent in FY23 on missed sales targets
He still gets paid 94 times what his median workers do
Systems11 May 2023 | 7
India calls for all mobile phones to include FM radios
Where feature phones remain prevalent, Spotify is not an option and the 'net is little use in an emergency
Personal Tech11 May 2023 | 57
So much for Pakistan’s plan for digital economy – it’s turned off the internet
As protests roil, connectivity has been cut with no relief in sight
Networks11 May 2023 | 10
Cisco to manufacture telecoms gear in India – but not much and not soon
‘To further strengthen and diversify the supply chain’ which is just what India loves to hear
Networks11 May 2023 | 2
YouTube's 'Ad blockers not allowed' pop-up scares the bejesus out of netizens
Just a small experiment – for now?
Personal Tech10 May 2023 | 160
What you need to know from today's Google IO: PaLM 2, Pixel Fold, AI everywhere
We sat through the Chocolate Factory's PR blitz so you don't have to
Personal Tech10 May 2023 | 8
Don't turn it off and on again: Expired Cisco cert cripples vEdge SD-WAN kit
Updates said to be rolling out now... if your gateway hasn't already bricked itself
Networks10 May 2023 | 14
Open source at America's famous Los Alamos Lab: Pragmatism as its nucleus
Its 20,000-node cluster uses outdated MariaDB – for very good reasons
HPC10 May 2023 | 10
Cut the DRAM waste, cut the energy bill
How ZeroPoint optimizes performance and energy use in datacenters with memory compression
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Dell reneges on remote work promise, tells staff to wear pants at least 3 days a week
Some say return to the office is a soft layoff, others blame Gen Z
On-Prem10 May 2023 | 107
Money starts to flow as liquid cooling gets hot in datacenters
Global investment company KKR picks up CoolIT Systems for $270M
On-Prem10 May 2023 |
Google Cloud's watery Parisian outage enters third week, with no end in sight
To make matters worse, other bits of the same region have wobbled
Networks10 May 2023 | 20
Meta wheels out Deloitte to plug the metaverse. Is anyone actually convinced?
Comment All these analysts know is that their gut says... maybe
Personal Tech10 May 2023 | 37
Apple finally pro giving Pro iPads these Pro apps
Final Cut, Logic to land on fondleslabs – in subscription form
Personal Tech10 May 2023 | 9
Nutanix de-converges by allowing dedicated nodes for compute and storage
This could be the way to get HCI out of its ghetto
Systems09 May 2023 | 1
EV truck maker Nikola stalls in 2023, pulls out of Europe, hits brakes on production
If Q1 was 'very solid,' what does a bad quarter look like?
Personal Tech09 May 2023 | 23
Musk decides to bury dead Twitter accounts, warns users follower counts could sink
Why do this? Freeing up abandoned handles is 'important'
Personal Tech09 May 2023 | 44
Climate agenda slips at TSMC, Greenpeace says
Analyst responds: perhaps not a fair fight as semiconductors cannot ever transition to 100% renewable
Systems09 May 2023 | 5
LinkedIn links out of China with 716 roles for the chop
Basic InCareers app perfect candidate to be included in cost cutting
Networks09 May 2023 | 5
UK's NS&I extends Atos contract as procurement drags on
Delays to $1 billion replacement will see March 2024 contract deadline missed
On-Prem09 May 2023 | 3
Cloudflare opposes Europe's plan to make Big Tech help pay for networks
Prefers open peering – from which it profits
Networks09 May 2023 | 14
Spectre of layoffs looms over Intel following dismal sales
Shareholders gotta get their dividends somehow, right?
On-Prem09 May 2023 | 4
The future of cars may be self-driving EVs gossiping about their humans and traffic
Which might explain what Qualcomm wants with Autotalks
Networks08 May 2023 | 21
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
You'll [BZZ] like Intel’s [BZZ] NUC 13 Pro once the fan [BZZ] stops blowing
Desktop Tourism Big i7 performance, tiny, tiny size
Personal Tech08 May 2023 | 40
New York AG offers law to crack down on backfire-happy cryptocurrencies
It's time to take out the trash
Personal Tech06 May 2023 | 28
Court gives FTC 30 days to swing again in privacy bout with location data slinger
Second time's a charm?
Personal Tech06 May 2023 | 11
Telcos need another $3B in Uncle Sam's cash to remove Chinese network kit, says FCC
Take it Huawei? Not if they don't think Feds will refund them
Networks05 May 2023 | 30
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