Bosses weren’t being paranoid: Remote workers more likely to start their own biz All those return to office mandates make a lot more sense now CxO12 May 2025 | 1
CISA mutes own website, shifts routine cyber alerts to Musk’s X, RSS, email Cripes, we were only joking when we called Elon's social network the new state media Security12 May 2025 | 7
FreeBSD fans rally round zVault upstart Community fork picks up where TrueNAS CORE left off Storage12 May 2025 | 4
US, China agree to roll back tariffs – but only for 90 days world war fee IT projects may remain in limbo due to deal being far from final, but markets are up, so Trump'll declare a win Personal Tech12 May 2025 | 24
So your [expletive] test failed. So [obscene participle] what? Who, Me? It was acceptable in the '80s Software12 May 2025 | 76
US Copyright Office found AI companies sometimes breach copyright. Next day its boss was fired Some see an action to benefit Elon. The White House sees an agency obsessed with DEI AI + ML12 May 2025 | 67
TikTok's Chinese app - Douyin - in trouble after spat over the price of jade Asia In Brief PLUS: Huawei's Windows-free PC appears; Robo-car rentals come to China; Europe, India, collab in space; and more Legal12 May 2025 | 4
UK Ministry of Defence is spending less with US biz, and more with Europeans France's share of MOD cash is growing while the US's shrinks Offbeat10 May 2025 | 53
Nip chip smugglers by building trackers into GPUs, US Senator suggests AI phone home On-Prem09 May 2025 | 66
US govt's science foundation purges 37 divisions, equity unit among casualties DEI another day: Trump priorities bite as $1B in grants vanish, layoffs loom Science09 May 2025 | 79
US Transpo Sec wants air traffic control rebuild in 3 years, asks Congress for blank check Price tag unknown Public Sector09 May 2025 | 103
Microsoft wants us to believe AI will crack practical fusion power, driving future AI This BS ends at some point, right? AI Infrastructure Month09 May 2025 | 46
If Google is forced to give up Chrome, what happens next? Opinion It's going to be very, very interesting in a 'May you live in interesting times' way Software09 May 2025 | 69
People find amazing ways to break computers. Cats are even more creative On Call PC repair chap turned pet detective to diagnose the defective Personal Tech09 May 2025 | 140
37signals is completing its on-prem move, deleting its AWS account to save millions Industry ‘pulled a fast one convincing everyone cloud is the only way’ says CTO David Heinemeier Hansson PaaS + IaaS09 May 2025 | 156
Why complex networks need additional support Network ops, maintenance issues don’t solve themselves – AI-powered automation can help deal with them Sponsored feature
Stop Pakistani content at the border, India tells media, tech biz Songs, social network vids threaten national security, apparently Public Sector08 May 2025 | 12
Workday handed no-bid deal to fix staffing meltdown at Uncle Sam's uber-HR agency Do we smell DOGE? Yup SaaS08 May 2025 | 17
‘Infuriated’, ‘disappointed' ... Ex-VMware customers explain why they migrated to Nutanix Next As Broadcom flings legal nastygrams at its own punters Virtualization08 May 2025 | 34
OpenAI drafts Instacart boss as CEO of Apps to lure in the normies A B2B, API move this ain't, in our view AI + ML08 May 2025 | 8
US Copyright Office found AI companies sometimes breach copyright. Next day its boss was fired Some see an action to benefit Elon. The White House sees an agency obsessed with DEI
You think ransomware is bad now? Wait until it infects CPUs RSAC Rapid7 threat hunter wrote a PoC. No, he's not releasing it
Unending ransomware attacks are a symptom, not the sickness Opinion We need to make taking IT systems 'off the books' a problem for corporate types
DOGE worker's old creds found exposed in infostealer malware dumps Infosec in brief PLUS: Celsius scammer sent to slammer; Death-by-hacking victim warns you're never safe; and more
Paul McCartney, Elton John, other creatives demand AI comes clean on scraping Musicians, artists, writers, actors urge government to protect copyright
So your [expletive] test failed. So [obscene participle] what? Who, Me? It was acceptable in the '80s
Britain's cyber agents and industry clash over how to tackle shoddy software CYBERUK Providers argue that if end users prioritized security, they'd get it
LegoGPT is here to make your blocky dreams come true As long as those fit into a 20 x 20 x 20 grid and can be built from 8 basic bricks
OS-busting bug so bad that Microsoft blocks Windows Insider release Canary fans told it hurts functionality to the point that it makes 'using your PC to do even basic things difficult'
TikTok's Chinese app - Douyin - in trouble after spat over the price of jade Asia In Brief PLUS: Huawei's Windows-free PC appears; Robo-car rentals come to China; Europe, India, collab in space; and more
Arm says it isn’t worried by tariffs, but won't give guidance for FY'26 World War Fee No direct impact on royalty, licensing biz but device end demand in firing line Systems08 May 2025 | 3
Arista cats purr over $2B quarter while tariff time bomb ticks World War Fee Networking biz cashes in on AI hysteria, warns trade tensions could disrupt supply and margins Networks08 May 2025 | 2
Nvidia boss gets 45% pay bump, but is the billionaire happy? Jenson Huang's compensation package swells to $49.8M, firm reveals younger Huangs on the payroll too Systems08 May 2025 | 20
Elon Musk’s xAI to pull about half of its smog-belching turbines powering Colossus Updated Newly completed substation will help bear the load AI Infrastructure Month08 May 2025 | 40
India ready to greenlight Starlink – as long as it lets New Delhi censor, snoop Officials demand device registration, location locking, logs of user activity Networks07 May 2025 | 9
Apple exec sends Google shares plunging as he calls AI the new search Updated Eddy Cue tells DC court Safari to rope in Anthropic, OpenAI and co Personal Tech07 May 2025 | 42
You'll never guess which mobile browser is the worst for data collection We were shocked – SHOCKED – by the answer Security07 May 2025 | 58
90-second Newark blackout exposes parlous state of US air traffic control United Airlines canceling flights as chaos mounts Networks07 May 2025 | 58
Human error and power glitches to blame for most outages Blackouts less frequent in 2024, still a PITA when the datacenter downtime demons visit AI Infrastructure Month07 May 2025 | 7
Microsoft moved the goalposts once. Will Windows 12 bring another shift? Comment Windows 11's hardware requirements: Sales ploy or security play? Personal Tech07 May 2025 | 131
Linux kernel to drop 486 and early 586 support Get in the bin: For the first time since 2012, some older CPU generations are being chopped OSes07 May 2025 | 72
Citrix finds new use for virtualization: Avoiding PC price hikes caused by tariffs World War Fee Seeing as IT giant's CEO is big at DOGE, this is delicious Virtualization07 May 2025 | 28
New Zealand kind-of moves to ban social media for under-16s, require age checks for new accounts Prime Minister bemoans bullying, addiction, and inappropriate content – but isn’t planning a rapid vote Public Sector07 May 2025 | 30
Trump's trade war with China to cost AMD $1.5B in lost rev But a multi-billion dollar contract with Oracle for a pile of Instincts and Epycs should take the edge off AI Infrastructure Month07 May 2025 | 4
Trump's wind farm funding freeze is so much hot air, say states as they blow sueball to Washington We'd be shocked, just shocked, if Big Tech's renewable energy ambitions aren't known in the White House On-Prem07 May 2025 | 62
Feeling dumb? Let Google's latest AI invention simplify that wordy writing for you Zog brain hurt. Zog want Google help make read easier AI + ML06 May 2025 | 41
Computacenter IT guy let girlfriend into Deutsche Bank server rooms, says fired whistleblower What was the plan, showing her his big iron? CSO06 May 2025 | 78
FYI: Most AI spending driven by FOMO, not ROI, CEOs tell IBM, LOL Just 1 in 4 bets paying off so far AI + ML06 May 2025 | 13
Pentagon declares war on 'outdated' software buying, opens fire on open source (If only that would keep folks off unsanctioned chat app side quests) Public Sector06 May 2025 | 70
Palantir loves the smell of DOGE budget cuts in the morning Data giant backs federal austerity push, saying it's 'the right thing' for US Databases06 May 2025 | 33
Cerebras CEO actually finds common ground with Nvidia as startup notches IBM win Feldman calls US's AI Diffusion rules ‘bad policy’ AI Infrastructure Month06 May 2025 | 1
Brain-inspired neuromorphic computer SpiNNaker overheated when coolers lost their chill Exclusive Too much hot air brings down Manchester Uni based neural network project AI Infrastructure Month06 May 2025 | 28
Microsoft will let partners get creative with pay-when-you-want SaaS plans A few million here, a few million there, pretty soon you're talking real money SaaS06 May 2025 | 2
Omnissa, VMware’s old end-user outfit, moves to manage servers and … Apple Watches? And declares hypervisor independence after being tied to vSphere Virtualization06 May 2025 | 4
CISA slammed for role in 'censorship industrial complex' as budget faces possible $500M cut Because who needs cybersecurity when there’s culture wars to win Public Sector06 May 2025 | 38
IT pros are caught between an AI rock and an economic hard place Tech gigs slide, or so this analysis of US jobs data claims On-Prem05 May 2025 | 17
Signal chat app clone used by Signalgate's Waltz was apparently an insecure mess Updated No, really? That's a shocking surprise Security05 May 2025 | 38
Trump promises protection for TikTok, for which he has a ‘warm spot in my heart’ Hails DOGE operatives for computer skills during interview in which he also flubbed some tech investment figures Public Sector05 May 2025 | 73
India’s chipmaking ambitions hurt by Zoho’s no-go and Adani unease Asia in brief PLUS: China spring cleans its AIs; South Korea fines Meta, probes Broadcom; and more! Public Sector05 May 2025 | 7
Trump wants to fire quarter of NASA budget into black hole – and not in a good way Proposed cuts would mean: No Lunar Gateway, Artemis hardware to retire, ISS toast in 2030 Science02 May 2025 | 120
Meta blames Trump tariffs for ballooning AI infra bills World War Fee Capex could jump by $7B to $72B, Zuckercorp says AI Infrastructure Month02 May 2025 | 36
Can't get no satisfaction in cyber recovery? Minimum viability is the answer You might find you can get what you need. At least with a little planning Sponsored feature
Raspberry Pi slices Compute Module 4 prices Grab more headroom with the 4 and 8 GB variants Personal Tech02 May 2025 | 19
TikTok fined €530M after EU user data ends up on servers in China Ireland privacy watchdog says transfers violated GDPR, as Chinese app confirms €1B datacenter in Finland Personal Tech02 May 2025 | 17
UK's smaller broadband operators face tough road ahead, consolidation possible Report into alternative networks says competition with BT and co making life harder than ever Networks02 May 2025 | 47
Techie solved supposed software problem by waving his arms in the air On Call Used his loaf and found sweet solution for bakery borkage On-Prem02 May 2025 | 125
China turns on ‘minors mode’ that ensures kids only see wholesome socialist content online Content players and smartphone makers made it happen six months after regulator floated the idea Public Sector02 May 2025 | 23
Siri? Will tariffs hurt Apple? Tim Cook says brace for a $900M whack, for starters World War Fee iGiant shifted production to India and Vietnam but has no idea if that will help after tariff pause ends Public Sector02 May 2025 | 18
Liz Warren, Trump admin agree on something: Army should have right to repair As military memo makes it official policy Public Sector02 May 2025 | 26
Dems look to close the barn door after top DOGE dog has bolted House Oversight probes missing Musk disclosures, background checks, data mess at NLRB Public Sector01 May 2025 | 101
Zuck ghosts metaverse as Meta chases AI goldrush Seriously, HTF does Reality Labs bleed SIXTY BILLION US DOLLARS in FIVE years? Personal Tech01 May 2025 | 60
AI success starts with the right IT infrastructure Nutanix AI solutions make it easy to tailor IT infrastructure for your AI needs, says product lead Ashwini Vasanth Sponsored post
Red, white, and blew it? Trump tariffs may cost America the AI race World War Fee Whole thing gonna be a real PITA for tech sector, says ABI Research AI Infrastructure Month01 May 2025 | 53
X marks the drop for European users Xitter sheds EU users. Musk's Grok suggests 'misinformation, hate speech, and a perceived decline in content moderation' to blame Personal Tech01 May 2025 | 48
Chris Krebs loses Global Entry membership amid Trump feud President's campaign continues against man he claims covered up evidence of electoral fraud in 2020 Security01 May 2025 | 36
Google details plans for 1 MW IT racks exploiting electric vehicle supply chain Switching voltage allows search giant to swap out power delivery system AI Infrastructure Month01 May 2025 | 43
HMRC's Making Tax Digital scheme also made tax more expensive – by £300M Watchdog says transformation effort added costs instead of savings for most businesses Public Sector01 May 2025 | 74
Samsung customers buying now to avoid future tariffs – and may slow purchases once they arrive Datacenter build slowdown hurt storage sales but Korean giant sees bit barn rebound Systems01 May 2025 | 2
Cook'd: Judge says Apple lied to court in Epic case, asks Feds to mull criminal charges CEO, senior execs ‘at every turn chose the most anti-competitive option’ Personal Tech01 May 2025 | 47
Anthropic calls for tougher GPU export controls as Nvidia's CEO implores Trump to spread the AI love +Comment This couldn't possibly be about Chinese model builders taking some of the shine off US rivals, could it? AI Infrastructure Month01 May 2025 | 10
Musk’s DOGE probed by top watchdog after poking around Uncle Sam's systems Oligarch's crew makes audits harder, US comptroller general tells Congress Public Sector30 Apr 2025 | 16
Brewhaha: Turns out machines can't replace people, Starbucks finds Caffeine addicts evidently not thrilled to see cafes become walk-in vending machines Personal Tech30 Apr 2025 | 160
Ex-CISA chief decries cuts as Trump demands loyalty above all else RSAC Cybersecurity is national security, says Jen Easterly Spotlight on RSAC30 Apr 2025 | 10
Your graphics card's so fat, it's got its own gravity alert Asus implements droop detector for PCIe slots as GPUs now so heavy they risk toppling out Personal Tech30 Apr 2025 | 87
Microsoft gets twitchy over talk of Europe's tech independence Brad Smith commits org to facing off with US govt in court to protect them PaaS + IaaS30 Apr 2025 | 105
Does UK's Online Safety Act cover misinformation? Well, that depends Minister, platform providers disagree on whether law would have helped avoid last summer's riots Public Sector30 Apr 2025 | 75
AWS creates EC2 instance types tailored for demanding on-prem workloads What? Why? It’s an update to its Outposts racks hybrid cloud rigs aimed at bankers and telcos On-Prem30 Apr 2025 | 2
Chinese carmaker Chery using DeepSeek-driven humanoid robots as showroom sales staff And of course – sigh – they look like women with long blonde hair AI + ML30 Apr 2025 | 38
Supermicro warns of massive revenue miss as buyers pause purchasing plans Yet more strife for server-maker sees its share price slump by 15 percent Systems30 Apr 2025 | 3
Homeland Security boss says CISA has gone off the rails, vows to set it right RSAC Kirsty Noem argues cyber-agency's job is defending America, not becoming 'Ministry of Truth' Spotlight on RSAC30 Apr 2025 | 27
Intel tweaks its 18A process with variants tailored to mass-market chips, big AI brains Direct Connect If Lip Bu Tan can't sell you his LLM accelerator, he's more than willing to build yours On-Prem30 Apr 2025 | 1
Trump admin freaks out over mere suggestion Amazon was going to show tariff impact on prices World War Fee Revealing import taxes would be 'hostile and political' to Dear Leader Personal Tech30 Apr 2025 | 231
Meta bets you want a sprinkle of social in your chatbot Sharing is caring when your entire business is built on it AI + ML29 Apr 2025 | 3
TAKE IT DOWN Act? Yes, take the act down before it's too late for online speech Good intentions, terrible wording – and Trump can't wait to use it because 'nobody gets treated worse than I do' Personal Tech29 Apr 2025 | 48
Backblaze denies 'sham accounting' claims as short sellers circle Cloud storage biz says 'baseless allegations' are attempts by analysts to profit Storage29 Apr 2025 | 16
808 lines of BBC BASIC and a dream: Arm architecture turns 40 'We thought it was a really obvious way to build a processor and everybody would be doing it' Systems29 Apr 2025 | 70
After leaving citizens on hold for 798 years, UK tax authority has £1B for CRM upgrade HMRC kicks off procurement to modernize customer service after scathing reports Public Sector29 Apr 2025 | 23
Generative AI is not replacing jobs or hurting wages at all, economists claim 'When we look at the outcomes, it really has not moved the needle' AI + ML29 Apr 2025 | 34
Amazon’s first 27 Kuiper broadband sats make it into orbit on an Atlas V One launch down, 80-plus to go, for a pittance compared to planned AWS spending Networks29 Apr 2025 | 12
How to survive as a CISO aka 'chief scapegoat officer' RSAC Whistleblowing, email is evidential mail, HR is not your friend, and more discussed by CxO panel Spotlight on RSAC28 Apr 2025 | 9
Admission impossible: NSA, CISA brass absent from RSA Conf RSAC Homeland Security boss Noem added as last-minute keynote, mind you Spotlight on RSAC28 Apr 2025 | 11
DOGE may help Elon Musk's biz empire dodge $2.4B in liabilities – Senate probe Dem Sens demand action to stop SpaceX oligarch from turning watchdogs into corporate yes-men Public Sector28 Apr 2025 | 71
State Dept reorg could harm US in tech battle with China Demotion of cyberspace policy team, closure of others, not a great look Public Sector28 Apr 2025 | 12
Artist formerly known as Indian Business Machines pledges $150B for US ops, R&D Comment Did we says offshore? We meant, er, hardcore. Amirite, DOGE bros? On-Prem28 Apr 2025 | 33
Why brave the jet lag? KubeCon + CloudNativeCon China have the answers The cloud native world is evolving fast — and not just in Silicon Valley. Why your next stop should be Hong Kong Partner content
EU Chips Act heading for failure, time for Chips Act 2.0 Damning report says it set a moving target that was way too ambitious Systems28 Apr 2025 | 10
Windows profanity filter finally gets a ******* off switch No more asterisks. Voice typing now reflects the true spirit of your rage OSes28 Apr 2025 | 37
Fujitsu and its no public sector bids promises... what happened to them? Comment Government procurement process is very involved Public Sector28 Apr 2025 | 19
Even untouched by tariffs, UK financial IT braces for the blow Spend will come under scrutiny, but projects with good returns still likely to get backing, analyst says On-Prem28 Apr 2025 | 2
Elon Musk's X revenues in the UK crashed in 2023, down 66% Latest profit and loss accounts carry scars of ad spending exodus, but things improving. Maybe not everywhere though Personal Tech28 Apr 2025 | 94