Twitter must pay over half a million to unfairly dismissed Irish exec Remember the 'go hardcore or go home' email? Turns out: not super compatible with Irish employment law Personal Tech15 Aug 2024 | 60
Cisco slashes thousands of staff, 7% of entire workforce, pivots into AI Reorg of entire biz as tech giant addresses downturn in core networking segment Networks15 Aug 2024 | 8
IRS has loads of legacy IT, still has no firm plans to replace it Treasury questions the retirement of the, er, Technology Retirement Office Public Sector14 Aug 2024 | 19
Delays? We're still shipping 'small quantities' of Nvidia's GB200 in Q4, Foxconn insists Production ramp won't kick off until Q1 2025 Systems14 Aug 2024 | 1
Building high performance fabrics with Ethernet How Dell is helping its customers to be GenAI ready Sponsored Feature
SiFive offers potential Neoverse N2 rival – the P870-D RISC-V core for datacenters Chip upstart takes aim at Arm with design that can scale up to 256 cores Systems14 Aug 2024 | 3
UK's 'electricity superhighway' gets green light just in time for AI to gobble it all up 500 km transmission cable promises enough power for two million homes, or a heck of a lotta GPUs On-Prem14 Aug 2024 | 121
Still waiting for a Pi 500 and wondering what do this summer? The team knows you want one, but in the meantime why not make one yourself? Personal Tech14 Aug 2024 | 48
Microsoft pushing, pushing, pushing Edge in Defender slammed as a 'dark pattern' Is it an ad? Or serious infosec advice? Personal Tech14 Aug 2024 | 46
Indian telcos to cut off scammy, spammy, telemarketers for two whole years There's a blockchain involved so it's totally going to stop you getting those calls Public Sector14 Aug 2024 | 27
India shuffles away draft law treating influencers like real broadcasters Online celebs might find that flattering – but not if it means a committee must approve their next livestream Public Sector14 Aug 2024 | 12
Biden tries to cut through fog of confusion caused by deliberately deceptive customer service tricks Targets impossible unsubscribes, elusive human assistance, and other wallet-draining time sinks Public Sector13 Aug 2024 | 42
Google brings more Gemini AI features to Android, saves the best for Pixel 9 Video And four more phones. Woo. Yay. Personal Tech13 Aug 2024 | 17
Akeana debuts RISC-V CPU designs on $100M budget, longs for an Arm wrestle Whatever happened to the team behind Marvell’s ThunderX2 chips? Oh, hello Systems13 Aug 2024 | 2
Another GPU cloud emerges. This time, upstart Foundry Biz set sights beyond just another rent-an-accelerator cluster provider Systems13 Aug 2024 | 1
Huawei's Ascend 910 launches this October to challenge Nvidia's H100 US sanctions may make things hard for Huawei, but the tech titan still has big GPU ambitions Systems13 Aug 2024 | 1
Demand for AI servers causing a run on enterprise SSDs, hiking prices Bad news if you're buying personal kit as consumer flash starts getting $$$ Storage13 Aug 2024 | 4
UK semi industry exposed to supply chain risk, China state ownership Report suggests govt get cracking on a proper ownership structure survey and ... hang on, did they forget the Midlands? Systems13 Aug 2024 | 14
Small datacenters face the axe under China's new energy policy Tech industry told to clean up its act – and help others to do likewise – in pursuit of 2035 'Beautiful China' goal Off-Prem13 Aug 2024 |
Apple is coming to take 30% cut of new Patreon subs on iOS You don't get to be the biggest business in the world by being nice Applications12 Aug 2024 | 100
Palo Alto Networks execs apologize for 'hostesses' dressed as lamps at Black Hat booth Biz admits turning human women into faceless, sexualized furniture was a 'tone deaf' marketing ploy
Microsoft tweaks fine print to warn everyone not to take its AI seriously Don't use LLMs for anything important and don't try to reverse engineer it
Microsoft patches scary wormable hijack-my-box-via-IPv6 security bug and others Patch Tuesday Plus more pain for Intel which fixed 43 bugs, SAP and Adobe also in on the action
Is Lenovo a blind spot in US anti-China security measures? Opinion Questions raised as one of the world's largest PC makers joins America's critical defense team
Google is a monopoly. The fix isn't obvious Comment A business breakup may be coming – but what comes after may not be better
Microsoft pushing, pushing, pushing Edge in Defender slammed as a 'dark pattern' Is it an ad? Or serious infosec advice?
US accuses man of being 'elite' ransomware pioneer they've hunted for years Authorities allege 'J.P. Morgan' practiced ‘extreme operational and online security’
Indian telcos to cut off scammy, spammy, telemarketers for two whole years There's a blockchain involved so it's totally going to stop you getting those calls
Still waiting for a Pi 500 and wondering what do this summer? The team knows you want one, but in the meantime why not make one yourself?
Before we put half a million broadband satellites in orbit, anyone want to consider environmental effects? SpaceX 'WasteX' Starlink said to make up 60% of sats circling Earth Networks12 Aug 2024 | 64
Intel's microcode fix to save Raptor Lake chips may only work with default power settings All those BIOS options that promise better performance? Enabling them might kill your processor Systems12 Aug 2024 | 27
Cisco plans to slash thousands more jobs amid AI, cybersecurity push Updated Cuts reportedly to come as soon as Wednesday's earnings release Networks12 Aug 2024 | 13
Twitter's former chairman sues X over unpaid options Seeks $23 million in damages over Musk's alleged reluctance to pay his bills Personal Tech12 Aug 2024 | 31
India’s Bharti Enterprises now largest shareholder in UK's BT Group 'Surprising move' for Indian megacorp but less so for French seller Altice Networks12 Aug 2024 | 8
Cigarette break burned out a huge chunk of Africa's internet who, me? A fake hacker trying to take credit didn't help much, either Networks12 Aug 2024 | 66
Former YouTube CEO, Susan Wojcicki, 56, succumbs to cancer A career and life so classically Silicon Valley Personal Tech12 Aug 2024 | 28
Gas pipeline players in talks to fuel AI datacenter demand Utility tapped out? Why not build your own? Systems11 Aug 2024 | 27
Raptor Lake microcode limits Intel chips to a mere 1.55 volts to prevent CPU destruction Is that a lot? Depends on the context. GHz, no. Voltage, yes Personal Tech09 Aug 2024 | 27
Intel's annus horribilis continues as AMD gains ground Rival making its biggest inroads in server CPU segment Systems09 Aug 2024 | 8
What's going on with AMD funding a CUDA translation layer, then nuking it? Analysis We guess the House of Zen wants all you HIP kids to ROCm out with its own runtimes instead Software09 Aug 2024 | 9
HP Inc loves China – but wants to reduce the risks it presents Amid reports that plenty of PC production will shift elsewhere, supply chain boss emphasizes agility Personal Tech09 Aug 2024 | 9
Report slams Boeing and NASA over shoddy quality that's delayed SLS blastoff Space Launch System project overspent, under-built, and is overdue, government probe finds Science09 Aug 2024 | 51
Delta: CrowdStrike's offer to help in Falcon meltdown was too little, too late Airline unimpressed with 'unhelpful and untimely' phone call from CEO, Falcon maker says claims untrue CxO08 Aug 2024 | 32
Intel's legal troubles mount after plunging stock sparks yet another court battle Pension fund claims CEO, CFO covered up truth about money-pit foundry Systems08 Aug 2024 | 15
US 'laptop farm' man accused of outsourcing his IT jobs to North Korea to fund weapons programs American and Brit firms thought they were employing a Westerner, but not so, it's alleged CSO08 Aug 2024 | 18
Intel finally has a new GPU – for cars Chipzilla takes its Arc Alchemist A750, gives it some more RAM, and says it’s for AI-powered jalopies Systems08 Aug 2024 | 7
Raptor Lake microcode patch arrives for Intel motherboards this month, ASUS and MSI say Updated MSI even claims all of its LGA 1700 motherboards will get updated before month end Systems08 Aug 2024 | 2
80 years ago, IBM gave Harvard University one of the world's earliest computers Feature In celebration of US Navy funded electromagnetic wonder that is the Automated Sequence Controlled Calculator On-Prem08 Aug 2024 | 19
Raspberry Pi Pico 2 lands with (drum roll) RISC-V cores Beefier Arms next to RV rival CPUs, offering a glimpse of the future Personal Tech08 Aug 2024 | 32
Nokia goes from phones to drones with Swiss service rollout No pricing disclosed but plan allows users to order hands-off flights without operating any units Networks08 Aug 2024 | 3
Report: Tech misconceptions plague the IT world Just snapping the webcam shutter closed won't keep a user safe online Personal Tech08 Aug 2024 | 74
UK Royal Mint mining PCBs for precious metals in e-waste recovery effort There's gold in them thar boards Personal Tech08 Aug 2024 | 62
Easing the pressure on datacenter infrastructure How Nokia’s SR Linux NOS enhances automation to even out performance and maintain business continuity Sponsored Post
Rickety Raptor Lake CPUs won't lose Turbo-boosted speeds after microcode medicine, Intel claims Chipzilla still has ways to stop these processors cooking in their own juices On-Prem08 Aug 2024 | 8
Rising AI tide lifts price of all chips - HBM, natch, but also slower memory and storage Thank binary brainboxes for helping to inflate PC and Smartphone prices Systems08 Aug 2024 |
Would you rather buy space broadband from a billionaire, or Communist China? Beijing's first Starlink-slayers are in orbit, and buyers beyond the Great Firewall are on the agenda Networks08 Aug 2024 | 47
Angstrom age angst ameliorated as ASML's High NA EUV chipmaking kit delivers Imec tests show Dutch master etcher has markedly boosted transistor density On-Prem08 Aug 2024 | 1
AMD’s latest desktop CPUs feature lower prices yet again as Intel readies a fightback Brand-new Ryzen 9000 processors are about 10% cheaper than their Ryzen 7000 counterparts Personal Tech07 Aug 2024 | 5
NASA mulls using SpaceX in 2025 to rescue Starliner pilots stuck on space station Officials may overhaul next year's Dragon mission if Boeing's Calamity Capsule proves too risky to return with crew Science07 Aug 2024 | 90
Under-fire Elon Musk urged to get a grip on X and reality – or resign Exclusive Chamber of Progress pens open letter pressing billionaire to behave better amid UK riots Personal Tech07 Aug 2024 | 378
Tesla recalls over 1.6M electric cars in China for faulty hood lock Across China and the US, more than 3.5 million cars have been recalled Personal Tech07 Aug 2024 | 37
Low orbit satellites for phone service may cause more light pollution Radiance much greater than current models, suggests paper Networks07 Aug 2024 | 14
HPE's $14B bid for Juniper waved through by UK regulator Probe began in June and was over by August, no need for corporate lobbying (you hearing this Microsoft?) Networks07 Aug 2024 | 4
Intel: Our balance sheet is a smoking ruin, but we think our new chips work 18A process delivers bootable Panther Lake AI PC processor and Clearwater Forest server silicon Systems07 Aug 2024 | 18
Huawei Cloud built a network monitor so sensitive it spotted the impact of a single faulty chip Sigcomm 2024 Focus on physical ports helped spot issues across 100,000 switches and a million servers Networks07 Aug 2024 | 4
Japan's Fugaku supercomputer released in virtual version that runs in AWS Graviton processors get the job of helping RIKEN achieve HPC world domination HPC07 Aug 2024 | 6
Microsoft punches back at Delta Air Lines and its legal threats SatNad himself offered CrowdStrike recovery help, Redmond says, before suggesting airline's IT is in a mess CxO07 Aug 2024 | 39
Twitter tells advertisers to go fsck themselves, now sues them for fscking the fsck off Updated CEO claims 'illegal boycott' was attack on Musk's version of free speech Personal Tech06 Aug 2024 | 205
All y'all love AI, right? Get ready for Gemini in Nest cameras, Google Assistant And you're replacing Chromecast with TV Streamer? Great! That's a logical step for the evolving landscape of ... Personal Tech06 Aug 2024 | 14
AMD hopes to unlock MI300’s full potential with fresh code Devs invited to ROCm out with FP8 precision, quantize to their heart's delight HPC06 Aug 2024 | 1
Verisign under fire for increasing .com prices each and every year it can Registry happy to chat about caps, just don't consider it a commitment to actually do anything Networks06 Aug 2024 | 8
Backblaze sees drive failure rates tick up, asks if AI can help Puts drive models into focus to assess how often they fall over in their lifetime Storage06 Aug 2024 | 5
Nvidia's subscription software empire is taking shape Comment $4,500 per GPU per year adds up pretty quick – even faster when you pay by the hour Cloud Infrastructure Month06 Aug 2024 | 23
EVs continue to grow but private buyers are steering clear, say motor trade figures Hybrids snap at heels of battery-only vehicles in UK, but petrol is still king... for now Personal Tech06 Aug 2024 | 207
Dell starts new round of layoffs while it looks to 'unlock modern AI' HR apparently overwhelmed by attempt to sack 12.5K people in one day Systems06 Aug 2024 | 17
Samsung labor union orders members back to work and a 'tactical transition' to ongoing action Actions haven't stopped Chaebol from commencing mass production of new mobile memory On-Prem06 Aug 2024 | 1
Michigan probes Musk-backed PAC website that weirdly tried and failed to help register people to vote Updated It claimed to have one job and couldn't do it Public Sector05 Aug 2024 | 44
Another law firm piles on Intel for Raptor Lake CPU failures as complaints grow louder Meanwhile, a boutique PC builder says Intel didn’t even need to chase high clock speeds Systems05 Aug 2024 | 12
Infineon announces layoffs as Q3 results disappoint Follows 15% job cuts from chip giant Intel, with CEO blaming weak economy Systems05 Aug 2024 | 8
Nvidia reportedly delays Blackwell GPUs until 2025 over packaging issues Updated Backdrop of multi-billion dollar orders to support AI services, but unlikely to hurt NVDA long term Systems05 Aug 2024 | 4
Second patient receives the Neuralink implant Almost half the electrodes are working... for now Networks05 Aug 2024 | 18
Punkt MC02: As private, and pricey, as a Swiss bank account A de-Googled Android phone with extra security – and a subscription Personal Tech05 Aug 2024 | 34
UK axes plans for Edinburgh-based exascale computer Shortsighted or a chance to refocus? Tech sector is not happy HPC05 Aug 2024 | 45
Keir Starmer says facial recognition tech is the answer to far-right riots The technology remains highly controversial despite widespread rollout Public Sector05 Aug 2024 | 292
Hello? Emergency services? I'd like to report a wrong number Who, Me? 911 is no joke Networks05 Aug 2024 | 112
Tencent Cloud's home-grown traffic-tamer halves WAN latency Sigcomm 2024 MegaTE can arrange things so each endpoint gets just the network it needs Cloud Infrastructure Month05 Aug 2024 | 3
China starts testing national cyber-ID before consultation on the idea closes Eighty-one apps signed up to pilot facial recognition and real name ID system Public Sector05 Aug 2024 | 12
India migrates 25,000 small lenders to ERP in just five months ASIA IN BRIEF Plus: Food poisoning hits ByteDance Singapore; Indonesia bans DuckDuckGo; and more Public Sector05 Aug 2024 | 3
San Francisco set to ban rent-hiking algorithms used by landlords Automated price-fixing software screwing over tenants? Fog off! Software02 Aug 2024 | 39
Intel tacks two years onto Raptor Lake CPU warranty after voltage crash fiasco It’s starting to sink in for Chipzilla that it’s losing some credibility Personal Tech02 Aug 2024 | 8
Uncle Sam sues TikTok for 'extensive' data harvesting from millions of kids Remember that promise to be nice? You broke it, say prosecutors Personal Tech02 Aug 2024 | 30
DoJ launches probes as AI antitrust storm clouds gather round Nvidia Updated US regulator reportedly not happy about Run:ai buy... nor industry dominance Systems02 Aug 2024 | 3
First-time buyers, especially in China, help Apple to quarterly revenue record iPhone cash is a little off, but AI might just turn that around Personal Tech02 Aug 2024 | 4
Appeals court kicks fate of net neutrality in America further down the road Judges wonder out loud: If Congress wanted this, it would have passed a law, no? Networks02 Aug 2024 | 8
Intel to shed at least 15% of staff, will outsource more to TSMC, slash $10B in costs Analysis Share price in meltdown as Pat hopes buyers, investors, board can wait for 2026 turnaround Systems01 Aug 2024 | 44
Here we go again with more AI crime prediction for policing Hold that thought, citizen AI + ML01 Aug 2024 | 34
Bring the hammer down on Nvidia, US progressive and antitrust orgs urge the Feds Lobbyists would love for rumors of a monopoly probe into GPU goliath to become reality Personal Tech01 Aug 2024 | 11
Legal eagles target Intel for class action over cooked Raptor Lake CPUs If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with elevated voltage, you may be entitled to compensation Systems01 Aug 2024 | 10
Uber and China's BYD agree deal to roll out 100,000 EV fleet No timeline yet, but drivers beware: Plans include collaboration on autonomous-capable vehicles Personal Tech01 Aug 2024 | 32
Qualcomm bullish on AI, teases flagship platform coming in October Chip outfit boosted by Chinese market, but goals for smartphones, PCs are ambitious Personal Tech01 Aug 2024 | 3
UK court rules in Intel's favor in R2 Semi power patent case Legal woes are still ongoing in Italy, France, and Germany Systems01 Aug 2024 | 11
Arm's lackluster Q2 outlook overshadows strong Q1 revenue growth Execs blame gap in licensing revenues for lost momentum, while hawking AI Systems01 Aug 2024 |
Infosys denies it owes $4B in taxes to India Taxman disagrees with the outfit that built the tax portal Off-Prem01 Aug 2024 | 5
Tesla that killed motorcyclist was in Full Self-Driving mode 28-year-old mowed down in US state where cars ordinarily aren't allowed to operate autonomously AI + ML31 Jul 2024 | 180
More than 83K certs from nearly 7K DigiCert customers must be swapped out now Small stay of execution in 'exceptional circumstances' promised – amid legal action to pause digital bonfire CSO31 Jul 2024 | 18
Russia takes aim at Sitting Ducks domains, bags 30,000+ Eight-year-old domain hijacking technique still claiming victims Research31 Jul 2024 |
Intel prepares to cut 'thousands' of workers Employees hate this one simple trick to fix failing business empires Systems31 Jul 2024 | 9
Remember Nokia? Amazon's lawyers do, in patent infringement suit Updated Finnish firm started the networking and cloud fight, Amazon could finish it Networks31 Jul 2024 | 9
Upcoming US export rules on chipmaking tools won't apply to friendly countries 37 nations on good terms with Uncle Sam spared incoming restrictions, report claims Systems31 Jul 2024 | 6