Dell jumps on personalized GenAI biz wagon with 'customizable' pitch
Flags up enterprise customer adoption 'hesitancy,' though, as data governance worries persist
AI + ML04 Oct 2023 | 1
Software
Clearing a path to success
Webinar The benefits of simplifying AI operations from cloud to edge
Webinar
Mint freshens up its Linux garden for Ubuntu and Debian fans
One version's edgier than the other
OSes04 Oct 2023 | 3
City council Oracle megaproject got a code red – and they went live anyway
Poor security and segregation of duties also worry auditors
Databases04 Oct 2023 | 21
Ex-Microsoft maverick takes us on a trip through vintage Task Manager code
Plus: Have you updated to the latest version of Bloated Fetal Sacs?
OSes04 Oct 2023 | 14
Human knocks down woman in hit-and-run. Then driverless Cruise car parks on top of her
Victim in critical condition
AI + ML04 Oct 2023 | 84
If you want to fund open source code via Patreon with GitHub, well now you can
Exploited open source maintainers get broader payment pleading options
Devops03 Oct 2023 | 3
ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam
Compiles learning and code to pass – but not necessarily with flying colors
AI + ML03 Oct 2023 | 16
AMD graphics card users report gremlins with Windows 11
It looks like you spent hours tuning your settings – shall I reset them for you?
OSes03 Oct 2023 | 6
Microsoft CEO whinges about Google's default search deals
Alleges it achieved dominance through nefarious means – but who would do such a thing?
Software03 Oct 2023 | 23
And now for something completely different: Python 3.12
Nobody expects more flexible string parsing
Devops03 Oct 2023 | 17
MongoDB promises to keep its hands off application building
Yet history tells us it's an ever present temptation to grab greater chunks of the stack
Databases03 Oct 2023 | 1
Watermarking AI images to fight misinfo and deepfakes may be pretty pointless
Exclusive Basically, it's 'not going to work'
AI + ML02 Oct 2023 | 27
Fuming Tom Hanks says he had nothing to do with that AI dental ad clone of him
Updated I'm not a smart man, but I know it should be cast away
AI + ML02 Oct 2023 | 27
openSUSE offers Slowroll distro for those scared by the speed of Tumbleweed
Keep rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
OSes02 Oct 2023 | 8
NSA hopes AI Security Center will help US outsmart, outwit, and outlast adversaries
Agency boss warns enemies trying to nick AI advances and 'corrupt our application of it'
AI + ML02 Oct 2023 | 1
Outlook's clingy 'reopen last session' prompt gets the boot
It looks like you're a perpetual Office user who needs a hidden feature disabled. Would you like help?
Applications02 Oct 2023 | 15
Lost your luggage? That's nothing – we just lost your whole flight!
Who, me? Tech's second day on the job nearly saw his high-flying career grounded
Databases02 Oct 2023 | 93
OpenAI warns folks over GPT-4 Vision's limits and flaws
AI In Brief Plus: Mistral emits uncensored model, Meta expands Llama 2's context window, Alexa drills into your voice
AI + ML02 Oct 2023 | 4
What's next for VMware? Long-term Virtzilla-watchers predict Broadcom's moves
Consensus is cuts and spin-offs are coming, whether they'll help is another matter
Virtualization02 Oct 2023 | 4
Popular
And now for something completely different: Python 3.12
Nobody expects more flexible string parsing
Microsoft kills classic Azure DaaS, because it isn't really Azure
Users get three-year deprecation and migration warning
5G satellite briefly becomes brightest object in night sky
With more constellations on the horizon, scientists call for better approval of launches
Fuming Tom Hanks says he had nothing to do with that AI dental ad clone of him
Updated I'm not a smart man, but I know it should be cast away
Human knocks down woman in hit-and-run. Then driverless Cruise car parks on top of her
Victim in critical condition
Apple blames iOS 17 bug for overheating iPhone 15 woes
Fixes about to flow, perhaps along with an iSearch engine
CERN swells storage space beyond 1EB for LHC's latest ion-whacking experiments
A petabyte or more a day of readings? No problem, pal
Watermarking AI images to fight misinfo and deepfakes may be pretty pointless
Exclusive Basically, it's 'not going to work'
US State Dept has no idea if its IT security actually works, say auditors
Updated End-of-life systems still in use, poor inventory control, and China's hunting
From vacuum tubes to qubits – is quantum computing destined to repeat history?
Analysis Having seen how conventional computers changed the world, can you really afford to bet against it?
STORIES
Free software pioneer Richard Stallman is battling cancer
A changed RMS appeared at the GNU 40th anniversary event in Switzerland
OSes29 Sep 2023 | 43
UTM: An Apple hypervisor with some unique extra abilities
Friday FOSS Fest Fancy running Windows, Linux and Classic MacOS on your modern x86-64 or Arm64 Mac? Walk this way
Virtualization29 Sep 2023 | 18
Bringing AI to reality
How DeepBrain made the most of Lenovo's AI Innovators Program
Sponsored Feature
Contract for England's controversial health data platform delayed
NHS also launches £2M project to engage patients with data strategy
Databases29 Sep 2023 | 14
CNCF's chief techie talks WebAssembly, AI and licenses
Interview Or how one pesky press release ruined a vacation
Software29 Sep 2023 | 2
Infosys launches aviation cloud it claims can halve lost luggage
Also optimizes routes and tames crowds, but can't stop that person who just reclined into your knees
Software29 Sep 2023 | 22
Red Hat bins Bugzilla for RHEL issue tracking, jumps on Jira
Just in time to get Atlassian’s latest cross-team collab bits
Software29 Sep 2023 | 51
Medium asks AI bot crawlers: Please, please don't scrape bloggers' musings
OpenAI and Google might respect robots.txt but how about the others?
AI + ML29 Sep 2023 | 7
OpenAI in talks with Jony Apple Ive and Softbank over iPhone-but-for-AI monster
So, a portable Alexa or Google Home-esque gadget?
AI + ML28 Sep 2023 | 3
More and more LLMs in biz products, but who'll take responsibility for their output?
ServiceNow and SAP join the genAI frenzy, but users advised to 'keep a human in the loop'
AI + ML28 Sep 2023 | 9
NTT will take those SAP licenses off your hands if it helps ease cloud migration
Bid to break impasse where boards only see costs
Databases28 Sep 2023 | 5
Cloudflare loosens AI from the network edge using GPU-accelerated Workers
Isn't that how Skynet took over?
AI + ML28 Sep 2023 |
If the Linux Foundation was a software company, it'd be the biggest in the world
Kubecon The Kubernetes circus hits Shanghai and ponders how to connect engineers
Software28 Sep 2023 | 13
The only way is WebKit: Vivaldi's browser arrives on iOS
Render unto Apple what is Apple's
Software28 Sep 2023 | 21
OpenAI reinstates ChatGPT's internet browsing privileges
If the chatbot doesn't know what you need, it'll 'Bing It!' for paying customers
AI + ML28 Sep 2023 | 9
Unions claim win as Hollywood studios agree generative AI isn't an author
The pen is (slightly) mightier than the algorithm
AI + ML27 Sep 2023 | 17
Routers have been rooted by Chinese spies, US and Japan warn
BlackTech crew looking to steal sensitive data traffic
Software27 Sep 2023 | 8
Ubuntu and Fedora clash in beta race, but who wears GNOME better?
Big two corporate-backed free distros are nearly ready for their close-ups
OSes27 Sep 2023 | 12
Spotify now using AI to clone podcaster’s voice into Spanish
Meanwhile Google pushes podcast listeners toward YouTube Music
AI + ML27 Sep 2023 | 4
Linux interop is maturing fast… thanks to a games console
Open Source Summit Valve's work on Steam OS 3 for the Steam Deck helps everyone, corporate users included
OSes27 Sep 2023 | 36
MongoDB's SQL-to-NoSQL converter uses AI to smash the language barrier
Tell it what you want to do, and it spits out the relevant code
Databases27 Sep 2023 | 7
Rusty revenant Servo returns to render once more
Open Source Summit Mozilla gave it the boot, but the Linux Foundation Europe gave it the kiss of life instead
Software27 Sep 2023 | 10
It looks like you’re a developer. Would you like help upgrading Windows 11?
Microsoft adds a PC setup option and tools just for coders in Win 11 23H2, which debuted Tuesday
OSes27 Sep 2023 | 49
OpenAI could be valued up to $90 billion if deal to sell employee shares closes
ChatGPT makers allegedly in talks with investors to let employees sell out
AI + ML26 Sep 2023 | 6
Report: CIA eyes building AI chatbot to rival China
CIA, FBI and friends using AI to uncover threats? What could possibly go wrong?
AI + ML26 Sep 2023 | 8
Amazon accused of being a monopolist in FTC lawsuit
Khan's been waiting for years to file this case - she better hope her aim is good
Software26 Sep 2023 | 20
Allocating AI and other pieces of your workload placement puzzle
Consider performance, latency, security costs and other factors as you mull where to place your applications
Commissioned
Long-term support for Linux kernels is about to get a lot shorter
Open Source Summit Despite the OS's success, maintainers are short-staffed and under-appreciated
OSes26 Sep 2023 | 47
Oracle's $130M-plus payday still looms on horizon for Larry and Safra
And shareholders – presumably not Ellison who still owns 42% – are still not happy about it
Databases26 Sep 2023 | 11
Driving down the cost of Office applications
How perpetual software licences are here to stay as firms avoid SaaS and snap up second hand bargains
Sponsored Feature
Getty delivers text-to-image service it says won't get you sued, may get you paid
Trained on its own image library that's clear of copyright complications
AI + ML26 Sep 2023 | 16
Doom developer John Carmack thinks artificial general intelligence is doable by 2030
Suggests we might not have AI at all if it weren't for Quake
AI + ML26 Sep 2023 | 90
No joke: Cloudflare takes aim at Google Fonts with ROFL
Reckons it can deliver Comic Sans faster and keep your shame a secret
Software26 Sep 2023 | 38
Alexa's future is pay-to-play, departing Amazon exec predicts
This just after Amazon started charging for Alexa's free home security Guard
AI + ML25 Sep 2023 | 15
California governor vetoes bill requiring human drivers in robo trucks
Route 404: Human driver requirement not found
AI + ML25 Sep 2023 | 60
ChatGPT will soon accept speech and images in its prompts, and be able to talk back to you
Update Yakety Yak - AI talks back
AI + ML25 Sep 2023 | 5
Uncle Sam mulls spying on clouds being used to train AI
Big Brother wants to watch your big data
AI + ML25 Sep 2023 | 7
No customer left behind, SAP's Klein tells users angered by cloud-only decision
Data quality, system complexity and SAP’s future rely on cloud adoption, CEO relays to German-speaking user group
Databases25 Sep 2023 | 15
Amazon to sink $4B into AI dev Anthropic, become its cloud provider
One way to get preferential access to OpenAI rival's tech
AI + ML25 Sep 2023 | 2
OpenAI's DALL·E 3 teams up with ChatGPT to turn brainfarts into art
AI in brief Plus: Microsoft GitHub release Copilot Chat to all developers on VS Code, and more
AI + ML25 Sep 2023 | 8
Google killing Basic HTML version of Gmail In January 2024
The blind think this is not a visionary decision
Software25 Sep 2023 | 60
Europe wants easy default browser selection screens. Mozilla is already sounding the alarm on dirty tricks
Can you blame it?
Applications23 Sep 2023 | 67
Colleges snub Turnitin's AI-writing detector over fears it'll wrongly accuse students
By the time they graduate, employers will be making them use LLMs anyway
AI + ML23 Sep 2023 | 30
Unity apologizes, tweaks runtime install fees after gaming world outrage
Is this the engine maker's final continue?
Software22 Sep 2023 | 16
IBM's Weather Company leaked my personal info to analytics, thunders netizen
Video watching habits and other data just handed over, lawsuit claims
Software22 Sep 2023 | 4
UK-US data deal could hinge on fate of legal challenges to EU arrangement
So much for sovereignty then
Databases22 Sep 2023 | 50
FYI: Those fancy 'Google-designed' TPU AI chips had an awful lot of Broadcom help
Comment And Meta's tapping up Big B too – it's big bucks for this silicon giant
AI + ML22 Sep 2023 | 1
CMA says new Microsoft-Activision deal addresses concerns
Meet gaming's power couple, with Ubisoft the third wheel. Now competition watchdog must ensure Windows biz keeps promises
Software22 Sep 2023 | 2
Why Chromebooks are the new immortals of tech
Opinion A decade of support is a much better deal than what Microsoft or Apple will give you
OSes22 Sep 2023 | 96
If you're cautious about using ML and bots at work, that's not a bad idea
DataGrail Summit Alex Stamos: 'We don't really know what's gonna go wrong with AI yet'
AI + ML22 Sep 2023 | 33
Mastodon makes a major move amid Musk's multiple messes
Federated social network adds n00b-friendly features to the 'Fediverse'
Software22 Sep 2023 | 48
Amazon 'protects' against junk AI e-books by limiting author-bots to three a day
Somehow still 'committed to providing the best possible reading and publishing experience'
AI + ML22 Sep 2023 | 30
Beneath Microsoft's Surface event, AI spreads everywhere
Windows gets its own Copilot to help operate the operating system – Edge, Bing, Outlook, 365 not spared, either
AI + ML21 Sep 2023 | 44
VCs lay $52.5M golden egg for MotherDuck's serverless analytics platform
Database service vendor based on open source DuckDB fattens up to $400M valuation
Databases21 Sep 2023 |
Intel CTO suggests using AI to port CUDA code to – surprise! – Intel chips
This is about ending Nvidia's vendor lock-in, insists Greg Lavender
AI + ML21 Sep 2023 | 6
Authors Guild sues OpenAI for using Game of Thrones and other novels to train ChatGPT
Class action alleges pirated novels were fed into binary brainbox
AI + ML21 Sep 2023 | 54
Zuck uses India visit to increase Meta's transactional traction
WhatsApp gets better at taking money and so does Meta with verified accounts for biz
Software21 Sep 2023 |
GNU turns 40: Stallman's baby still not ready for prime time, but hey, there's cake
It turned the software industry upside down regardless
Applications20 Sep 2023 | 85
Chan Zuckerberg org to spin up 1,000+ H100 GPU cluster for AI medical research
Plus: DeepMind trained model to predict genetically mutated DNA strings
AI + ML20 Sep 2023 | 6
Terraform fork OpenTF renamed and relocated as OpenTofu
Open wide!
Software20 Sep 2023 | 10
Google Bard can now tap into your Gmail, Docs, more
Web giant promises personal info and files won't be used to train this chatbot
AI + ML20 Sep 2023 | 34
Intel slaps forehead, says I got it: AI PCs. Sell them AI PCs
People try to put us down, talkin' 'bout ML generation
AI + ML19 Sep 2023 | 29
Venture capital firm makes 'unsolicited' bid for MariaDB buyout
Database company, which went through an IPO in December last year, was still in search of credit facility as of August
Databases19 Sep 2023 | 4
Tabular's Iceberg vision goes from Netflix and chill to database thrill
Promise of neutral data layer between vendors' vested interests attracts $26M
Databases19 Sep 2023 |
Unity talks of price cap and fees for only largest games developers
That sound? It's the screeching noise of a massive U-turn as games engine biz admits mistakes
Software19 Sep 2023 | 16
GitHub Copilot, Amazon Code Whisperer sometimes emit other people's API keys
Final update AI dev assistants can be convinced to spill secrets learned during training
AI + ML19 Sep 2023 | 9
UK courts award CGI £60M deal to keep ancient tech alive
Legacy – sorry 'heritage' – support contract includes case managements systems
Applications19 Sep 2023 | 4
Ubuntu's 'Mantic Minotaur' peeks out of the labyrinth
As outline becomes visible, including the return of ZFS, kernel 6.4 glides across the Styx into eternity
OSes19 Sep 2023 | 12
Buiding Excel-like UI for Uber's China ops exposed Microsoft calculation quirks
Updated Developer recounts rideshare outfitattempts to crack the Middle Kingdom market
Applications19 Sep 2023 | 28
China to set standards for the metaverse because it's not sure what one is
Beijing reckons they could be handy for manufacturing, but for now they're just a mess
Software19 Sep 2023 | 5
VMware staff reportedly told job cuts may start before Broadcom acquisition
CVs are starting to appear on social media because staff think it's a sensible time to be in the shop window
Virtualization19 Sep 2023 | 5
Sonos secures a victory in audio patent fight against Google
ITC judge rules you can't sue over invalid patents, but the fight goes on
Software18 Sep 2023 | 6
CERN swaps out databases to feed its petabyte-a-day habit
Run 3 reboot provoked challenges for Europe's particle-smashing project
Databases18 Sep 2023 | 3
Oracle at Europe's largest council didn't foresee bankruptcy
Auditors unable to sign off accounts partly due to lack of IT controls amid challenging ERP deployment
Databases18 Sep 2023 | 57
Having read the room, Unity goes back to drawing board on runtime fee policy
But the damage has already been done
Software18 Sep 2023 | 36
UK judge rates ChatGPT as 'jolly useful' after using it to help write a decision
AI in brief PLUS: Coca-Cola's AI-designed drink to debut; chip startups struggle to compete with Nvidia as funding flees
AI + ML18 Sep 2023 | 22
Gandalf chatbot security game counters privacy fireballs
You shall not pass judgement, Lakera AI insists, because exposed player info was harmless
AI + ML17 Sep 2023 |
Unity closes offices, cancels town hall after threat in wake of runtime fee restructure
Backlash has spilled offline and into potential violence
Software15 Sep 2023 | 99
Big Tech offers free training courses on India's new digital skills platform
Mobile-first service aims to bring e-learning to the masses, covering tech and plenty more
Software15 Sep 2023 | 1
Adobe's AI tools may paint a pretty picture, but they also cost a pretty penny
At least artists are being paid to train its models
AI + ML14 Sep 2023 | 4
Biting the hand that feeds IT
