Could RISC-V become a force in high performance computing?
Analysis Meanwhile, Euro supercomputer project makes a call for developing an HPC ecosystem based on the architecture
HPC08 Feb 2023 | 4
On-Prem
China's Yangtze Memory reportedly lays off staff, evicts them from company housing
So much for the workers' paradise: Big Tech gives its discards months of severance pay
On-Prem08 Feb 2023 | 13
China to stop certifying fax machines, ISDN and frame relay kit
Modems and pagers soon to beep their last, ATM switches on the outer too
Networks08 Feb 2023 | 5
Google pushes fake abortion clinic ads to lower-income women, report says
At least those who live in Phoenix and Atlanta
Personal Tech08 Feb 2023 | 14
FTC backs down over Meta's acquisition of VR biz Within
Meta said it plans to close deal soon
Personal Tech08 Feb 2023 |
US environment agency says it can regulate crypto farms - are datacenters next?
First Bitcoin, next bit barns? Unlikely
On-Prem07 Feb 2023 | 2
Big three cloud giants tighten grip as overall spending slows
The big get bigger
Networks07 Feb 2023 | 1
Fortinet's latest ASIC promises 2.5Gbps of SSL inspection at the edge
New entry-level firewalls to follow
Systems07 Feb 2023 | 6
Mitsubishi gives up on Japan's first domestically manufactured passenger jet
Lessons learned could be applied to a next-gen fighter, says company
Systems07 Feb 2023 | 30
Arm still strong despite SoftBank loss as shipments pass a quarter of a trillion
Meanwhile, parent company continues to bleed billions
Systems07 Feb 2023 | 6
US stalkerware developer fined $410,000 and ordered to modify apps so they reveal spying
Creepy developer offers evasive apps that track victims, crack their cloud storage, enable harassment and worse
Personal Tech07 Feb 2023 | 12
Power grid worries force Amazon to run Oregon datacenters using fuel cells
And not the green hydrogen kind
Systems06 Feb 2023 | 9
Microsoft is changing how it handles device diagnostic data to keep EU sweet
Data sovereignty – the Windows maker has heard of it
Networks06 Feb 2023 | 10
Dell planning job cuts as PC demand jumps off a cliff
Memo tells staff freeze on hiring and travel expenses are no longer enough
Personal Tech06 Feb 2023 | 7
Eager young tearaway almost ruined Christmas with printer paper
Who, Me? In the age of tractor-fed printers and perforated paper, telling a junior to tear it up was close to negligence
On-Prem06 Feb 2023 | 95
Wikimedia Foundation confirms, and bemoans, Pakistan ban
Dear government, this thing is written by volunteers. Take it up with them. Also: shouldn't you know this already ?
Personal Tech06 Feb 2023 | 32
Semiconductor world in for a rough ride as chip bubble bursts at the high end
Analysis Just don't expect foundry spending to stop anytime soon
Systems04 Feb 2023 | 26
Musk, Tesla win securities fraud battle over that 'funding secured' tweet
'Wisdom of the people has prevailed' SpaceX supremo beams
Personal Tech04 Feb 2023 | 35
Activision-Blizzard pays $35m to send SEC away, Microsoft merger still in doubt
Allegations of stifled whistleblowing and disclosure failures end with no admission of guilt, as usual
Personal Tech03 Feb 2023 | 4
As Apple sales slide, Tim Cook says fanbois will tolerate higher iPhone prices
As for Macs, CEO admits PC industry is shrinking
Personal Tech03 Feb 2023 | 35
Popular
Mozilla, like Google, is looking ahead to the end of Apple's WebKit rule
Updated Work on a Gecko-based version of Firefox for iOS is underway, again
Surprise! China's top Android phones collect way more info
Best to revisit that plan to bring home a cheap OnePlus, Xiaomi, Oppo, or Realme handset from your holiday
Take the morning off because Outlook has already
We're down to Microsoft 364 again by first week of February
Warning: Microsoft Teams Free (classic) will be gone in 2 months
You may have already known this... but did you know you'll lose data migration unless you switch to paid?
Here's a list of proxy IPs to help block KillNet's DDoS bots
Put pro-Putin bots on the do not call list
Power grid worries force Amazon to run Oregon datacenters using fuel cells
And not the green hydrogen kind
GitHub claims source code search engine is a game changer
When grep isn't good enough, try Blackbird
Google unleashes fightback against ChatGPT, a Bard by any other name
Competition for AI-powered search between Microsoft and Google heats up
China’s Baidu reveals generative AI chatbot based on language model bigger than GPT-3
Probably bilingual bot will be called ERNIE outside China, Wenxin Yiyan within
Embarrassment as US cyber ambassador's Twitter account is hacked
'Perils of the job' we're told
STORIES
British government torched over lack of chips strategy
When you say it's gonna happen now... when exactly do you mean?
Systems03 Feb 2023 | 40
Qualcomm feels the squeeze because you don't want a new smartphone right now
Stop us if you've heard this one
Systems03 Feb 2023 | 7
Prepare to be shocked: Employees hate this One Weird Clause
Poll Wish you could IP Freely? What's the wording holding you back in your current job?
On-Prem03 Feb 2023 | 158
Hi, Pakistan? You do know anyone can edit Wikipedia, right? You don't have to ask
Telecoms authority has 'degraded' access and threatened total ban while it waits for 'blasphemous' content to be removed
Personal Tech03 Feb 2023 | 42
China unveils massive blockchain cluster running homebrew tech
1,000 servers capable of 240 million transactions a second, because Beijing wants to watch everything
On-Prem03 Feb 2023 | 15
Meta, which pays for web scraping, sues to stop web scraping
Social ad behemoth insists what it does it okay ... and what others do is not
Personal Tech02 Feb 2023 | 21
AMD's pricy cache-packed Ryzen 7000X3D CPUs ship this month
Who needs 6GHz when you can have 128MB of L3
Systems02 Feb 2023 | 6
FTC prescribes GoodRx a $1.5m pill after 'sharing health info' with web giants
Facebook, Google, Twilio had a look-see of that data, we're told
Personal Tech02 Feb 2023 | 8
Southwest promotes internal IT executive to CIO in wake of that Christmas meltdown
She's got a lot of work to do
On-Prem02 Feb 2023 | 7
BT keeps the faith in 'like fury' fiber broadband buildout as revenues dip
Almost 10 million premises hooked up but cost-cutting campaign continues
Networks02 Feb 2023 | 44
GPU slowdown earns Discord weird bug of the week
A fix is coming eventually, Nvidia says
Systems02 Feb 2023 | 4
BT taps Kyndryl to migrate mainframe apps to the cloud
Applications to do with legacy copper and consumer broadband 'cannot be shut down'
On-Prem02 Feb 2023 | 21
China reportedly producing quantum computers – good luck observing one
More supposition than superposition as local media goes on Sci-Fi journey
Systems02 Feb 2023 | 15
Should Google location data be a tool for cops?
Updated ACLU, EFF, public defenders say that's a hard no
Personal Tech02 Feb 2023 | 56
Bankruptcy probe: Celsius cheated investors 'from the start'
If it walks like a Ponzi, quacks like a Ponzi, guess what it is?
Personal Tech01 Feb 2023 | 20
200MP smartphone and first premium PC spearhead Samsung's pro push
Updated Galaxies dive into Apple territory
Personal Tech01 Feb 2023 | 32
Castrol immerses itself deeper into liquid cooling with researcher
They're a 'liquid engineering' biz, and applications include bit barns
On-Prem01 Feb 2023 | 11
SK hynix reports first loss in a decade as memory prices fall
Chip giant holding out hope that demand rebounds once supplies dry up
Systems01 Feb 2023 |
Japan's NTT Docomo uses invisibility cloak tech to fix 5G reception
Giving windows a transmissive metasurface can improve coverage from a single base station
Networks01 Feb 2023 | 8
Atos and Nest part company two years into 18-year £1.5bn contract
Exclusive Insiders claim investment trust demanded design changes but didn't adjust deadlines, job cuts loom
On-Prem01 Feb 2023 | 28
French lawmakers say oui to Olympic video surveillance, but non for faces
Pas le visage, merci
Personal Tech01 Feb 2023 | 16
Intel cuts some workers’ pay to fund its future
Still plans a ‘competitive dividend’ for investors
Systems01 Feb 2023 | 20
Counterfeit crud crooks crossed over to e-commerce during COVID
Piracy-as-a-service, 'bulletproof' ISPs, fake influencers, and big Chinese e-tailers turned a blind eye
Networks01 Feb 2023 | 3
AMD's Epyc server chips give strong revenue growth, but profits drop 98%
CEO Lisa Su's job is vastly more fun that Pat Gelsinger's right now, at least on the balance sheet
Systems01 Feb 2023 | 1
Watchdog: There just may be something in these claims Apple broke labor laws
You're holding staff meetings wrong?
On-Prem01 Feb 2023 | 12
Landlord favorite Twitter sued for allegedly not paying rent on Market Square HQ
Genius move: You can't lose money if you don't pay your bills
Personal Tech31 Jan 2023 | 26
Any iPad is foldable if you try hard enough but Apple guru says a hinged one is coming
Cupertino commentators split over foldable fondleslab predictions
Personal Tech31 Jan 2023 | 14
A moment of silence for all the drives that died in the making of this Backblaze report
Cloud backup outfit finds that older HDDs fail more – who knew?
Storage31 Jan 2023 | 37
NetApp ditches 8% of staff as customers put away wallets
210,000+ people in IT now lost their job since start of 2022
Storage31 Jan 2023 | 6
White House pushes for total ban on US exports to Huawei
Beijing watching developments closely as death knell rings for company's foreign supply chain
Networks31 Jan 2023 | 15
Sweating the assets: Techies hold onto PCs, phones for longer than ever
Discounts coming to clear inventory as device makers hit by inflation, interest rates, conflict in Ukraine
Personal Tech31 Jan 2023 | 66
BT in tests to beam down 5G coverage from the stratosphere
Bet is to use UAV to plug not-spots in mobile coverage with 150Mbps across 15,000 square km
Networks31 Jan 2023 | 47
Samsung profits and sales slump, hopes for a jump start from cars
Record income for foundry business offers sole bright spot
Personal Tech31 Jan 2023 | 1
UK spy agency violated Snooper's Charter with 'unlawful' data retention
Turns out even MI5 has to comply with retention rules
Personal Tech31 Jan 2023 | 38
US Department of Energy solicits AMD's help with nuke sims
Chips were just Epyc, but now they're the bomb and Intel's inside the tent too
Systems31 Jan 2023 | 6
Phone the rich: Premium handsets sole survivors of slump in India, China
Market shifts from volume-driven to value-driven
Personal Tech31 Jan 2023 | 3
China shops around US bans to power its nuclear weapons research program
Entity List proves to be a non-entity once Beijing's buyers get busy
Systems31 Jan 2023 | 27
Former Facebooker alleges Meta drained users' batteries to test apps
You are the product
Personal Tech30 Jan 2023 | 47
New York again mulls letting people pay the state in crypto
Ah, the 2020s, in which we fund public roads and schools with Dogecoin
Personal Tech30 Jan 2023 | 17
Killed EU antitrust fine could still come back to haunt Intel
European Commission says findings about payments intended to prevent sales of rival products still stand
Systems30 Jan 2023 | 2
WAN router IP address change blamed for global Microsoft 365 outage
Command line not vetted using full qualification process, says Redmond. We think it involved chewing gum somewhere
Networks30 Jan 2023 | 65
Labyrinth of 371 legacy systems hindered hospital's IT meltdown recovery
Guy's and St Thomas' in London spent two months getting back on its feet after heatwave fried datacenter
Systems30 Jan 2023 | 36
Shag pile PC earned techies a carpeting from HR
Who, Me? Thankfully a veep with a sense of humor pulled the rug out
Personal Tech30 Jan 2023 | 47
Oh, 07734! Internet Archive debuts vintage calculator emulator
MAME adapted to bring your favorite TI and HP graphing machines back to life
Personal Tech30 Jan 2023 | 46
Japan, Netherlands reportedly join US in China tech export ban
But the first rule of Chip Fight Club must be observed. Meanwhile Beijing may have its own shadow bans
Systems30 Jan 2023 | 25
China stops recognizing online study, orders kids back to foreign unis
Asia In Brief PLUS: NTT’s haptics advance; Australia cracks down on influencers; Korean Uni websites hit by Chinese protestors; and more
On-Prem30 Jan 2023 | 6
Chrome bug bedevils file storage in the cloud
'I'm sorry, Dave. I can't do that'
Storage29 Jan 2023 | 5
Apple sued for promising privacy, failing at it
What's allowed for Cupertino is verboten for everyone else
Personal Tech28 Jan 2023 | 38
California toys with digital vehicle titles on private DMV blockchain
Because this is necessary, definitely can't go wrong
On-Prem28 Jan 2023 | 43
You there, boffins and tech giants, take this $50m and figure out better chips
Yes, the Chinese will never think of doing something like this, muhaha
Systems27 Jan 2023 | 20
Home Depot sent my email, details of stuff I bought to Meta, customer complains
DIY store didn't get 'valid consent,' says Canada's regulator
Personal Tech27 Jan 2023 | 69
US in talks with critical chip tech countries Netherlands, Japan. Topic? China sanctions
Uncle Sam well aware of strategic importance of lithography industry crucial to production nodes
Systems27 Jan 2023 | 14
AWS, Microsoft, Google among businesses owed money after FTX collapse
Join the queue, eh?
Personal Tech27 Jan 2023 | 5
Intel inside a world of pain as revenue plunges by a third
U OK Pat? Asking cos client sales are down, server sales are down, and your forecasts are grim
Systems27 Jan 2023 | 47
Have we hit a climate tipping point? Green power attracts big money
As much cash went into low-carbon as fossil fuels last year, apparently
Systems27 Jan 2023 | 19
US ban on China chip exports rebounds, causes 2,700 job losses
California-based chipmaking kit-maker Lam hit by DRAM decline, inability to export to Middle Kingdom
Systems27 Jan 2023 | 14
Musk: Tesla's doing great. I mean, have you seen my Twitter follower count?
Elon conflates 'popularity' on unrelated platform with successful year for EV maker
Personal Tech26 Jan 2023 | 60
Smart ovens do really dumb stuff to check for Wi-Fi
Pinging search services in the US, China, Russia perhaps not ideal for privacy
Personal Tech26 Jan 2023 | 165
Aviation overhaul bill passes US House... for the third time
Maybe it'll be different this year as clamors of 'I told you so' accompany the proposal
Networks26 Jan 2023 | 16
Automotive industry is driving revenue for at least one chip company: STMicroelectronics
Look, a semiconductor manufacturer that isn't whining about weak demand
Systems26 Jan 2023 | 3
Microsoft shells out for 2.5GW of solar. Not that it'll make a big dent in its emissions
Unless it's hooking up all those panels to your PCs and servers
Systems26 Jan 2023 | 24
ASML forecasts growth this year, but chipmakers expect pain
Netherlands still facing pressure from US to ban exports to China
Systems25 Jan 2023 | 1
Amazon warehouse workers 'make history' with first official UK strike
GMB union demands 45% pay rise as members struggle with cost of living
Personal Tech25 Jan 2023 | 56
Global network outage hits Microsoft: Azure, Teams, Outlook all down
Redmond rolls back network change after cloud services dip in sympathy with profits
Networks25 Jan 2023 | 114
IPv6 for Dummies: NSA pushes security manual on DoD admins
There's good advice here for any IT pro dealing with the transition
Networks25 Jan 2023 | 26
SK hynix debuts 'world's fastest mobile DRAM', predicts it will move to power AI/ML and AR/VR
Something to keep manufacturers happy while they wait for the joy of LPDDR6
Systems25 Jan 2023 | 3
Intel chairman exits just ahead of next financial report
Comment And within days of scrapping about a billion dollars in projects
Systems24 Jan 2023 | 12
Break up Google now, says US govt in ad monopoly lawsuit
I'm feeling yucky
Personal Tech24 Jan 2023 | 18
Germany probes PayPal over cartel claims
Bundeskartellamt already had a bite at FAANG firms, now former Musk co is starting to look appetizing
Personal Tech24 Jan 2023 | 1
WFH can get you 40% salary boost in UK and US tech jobs
Web developer is the most likely role to be offered the arrangement
On-Prem24 Jan 2023 | 29
Seattle: Home of grunge, Starbucks… and now, a quantum computer manufacturing plant
Unclear where IonQ’s funding for its $1 billion investment plans will come from
Systems24 Jan 2023 | 7
8K? That’s cute. This display has 600 million pixels
My god, it's full of TVs
Systems24 Jan 2023 | 36
Apple wants a quarter of its products manufactured in India, claims minister
Take that, China
Personal Tech24 Jan 2023 | 12
Chinese mobe-makers play a long game with homebrew chips
Modest, low-volume chips will pay off over time, apparently
Personal Tech24 Jan 2023 | 14
Microsoft’s mixed reality dream meets harsh reality of job cuts
Updated Just so, so much enthusiasm for Second Life 2.0 right now
Personal Tech24 Jan 2023 | 8
Intel kills $700M liquid cooling lab amid chip slump
Someone's got no chill
Systems23 Jan 2023 | 5
Hundreds of Spotify staff stream out the door in latest layoffs
CEO Ek admits he never stopped to consider whether pandemic boom was temporary
Personal Tech23 Jan 2023 | 19
It's not Google's 12,000, but Intel plans to prune California headcount by 544
$20b investment in Ohio semiconductor fabs is all go, though
Systems23 Jan 2023 | 1
Twitter stiffed us on $2m bill, claim consultants in lawsuit
These are the litigation specialists hired to get Musk to acquire the platform
Personal Tech23 Jan 2023 | 30
Atlassian CEO's bonkers scheme to pipe electricity from Australia to Singapore collapses
Analysis 4,000km extension cords are hard to build
On-Prem22 Jan 2023 | 62
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