Meta trials Purple Llama project for AI developers to test safety risks in models
Security boosted and inappropriate content blocked in large language models
AI + ML07 Dec 2023 | 3
Software
Broadcom to divest VMware's end-user computing and Carbon Black units
Updated Warns of $1.3 billion charge for cutting Virtzilla's costs, rapid shift to subs and sales of the whole vStack rather than individual pieces
Virtualization07 Dec 2023 | 5
Meta starts rolling out end-to-end encryption in Facebook Messenger
Surfing the cryptographic wave
Applications07 Dec 2023 | 2
GitLab admits IT ineptitude in finance reporting is ongoing
Code shack has had two years since auditor's 'adverse opinion' to get house in order
Devops07 Dec 2023 | 7
Accelerating software delivery while keeping a close check
Why upgrading and streamling your approach can pay long term business dividends
Webinar
Microsoft's code name for 64-bit Windows was also a dig at rival Sun
Should have called Vista 'Shitterton' and had done with it
OSes07 Dec 2023 | 43
Google teases AlphaCode 2 – a code-generating AI revamped with Gemini
Don't worry, your developer jobs are safe … for now
AI + ML07 Dec 2023 | 9
Google launches Gemini AI systems, claims it's beating OpenAI and others - mostly
Gemini accepts text, images, audio, and video and comes in three flavors
AI + ML06 Dec 2023 | 4
Mere minority of orgs put GenAI in production after year of hype
Folks are dipping their toes in without a full commitment
AI + ML06 Dec 2023 | 14
Elon Musk's xAI wants $1B cash infusion in exchange for equity shares
What, spent all your liquid assets on Twitter, Elon?
AI + ML06 Dec 2023 | 47
Red Hat greases migration to RHEL for CentOS 7 holdouts
Insights tool aims to simplify conversion process, but it'll probably cost you
OSes06 Dec 2023 | 17
EU running in circles trying to get AI Act out the door
Bloc risks missing out on first-to-legislate status if timetable slips
AI + ML06 Dec 2023 | 15
Veteran editors Notepad++ and Geany hit milestone versions
There are still good, modern, graphical text editors that are not Electron-based
Applications06 Dec 2023 | 80
Getty's image-scraping sueball against Stability AI will go to trial in the UK
Computer-generated image maker fails to quash case on its claimed home turf
AI + ML06 Dec 2023 | 25
Boffins devise 'universal backdoor' for image models to cause AI hallucinations
Data poisoning appears open to all
AI + ML06 Dec 2023 | 21
Microsoft fixes Copilot multi-monitor issues in Windows 11 update
Alt+Tab support added and more in latest update to OS
AI + ML05 Dec 2023 | 5
Buggy app for insulin-delivery device puts diabetes patients at risk of hypoglycemia
No fix available yet for over 100,000 Omnipod 5 customers
Software05 Dec 2023 | 58
Optimizing GenAI for your business
How RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) could be the best way forward
Webinar
Tech world forms AI Alliance to promote open and responsible AI
Everyone from Linux Foundation to NASA and Intel ... but some big names in AI are MIA
AI + ML05 Dec 2023 | 1
Microsoft confirms Smart App issue renaming everyone's printers to HP
Not only turning up uninvited, but telling folks they suddenly have a LaserJet
OSes05 Dec 2023 | 55
Popular
Iran launches 'biological capsule' to low Earth orbit
Precursor to crewed flight can reportedly carry animals
Dump C++ and in Rust you should trust, Five Eyes agencies urge
Memory safety vulnerabilities need to be crushed with better code
Swedish Tesla strike goes international as Norwegian and Danish unions join in
'He can't just make his own rules,' Danish labor leader says of Musk
Veteran editors Notepad++ and Geany hit milestone versions
There are still good, modern, graphical text editors that are not Electron-based
Fairphone 5 scores a perfect 10 from iFixit for repairability
Middling performance, but check out the longevity
Apple and some Linux distros are open to Bluetooth attack
Issue has been around since at least 2012
Microsoft's code name for 64-bit Windows was also a dig at rival Sun
Should have called Vista 'Shitterton' and had done with it
Digital memories are disappearing and not even AI or Google can help
Column Technology allows us to keep more of our stuff than previously possible – but what use is it if we can't find it?
HP TV ads claim its printers are 'made to be less hated'
Apparently they're being serious
Chromebooks are problematic for profits and planet, says Lenovo exec
CANALYS APAC FORUMS Also: India's PC ban didn't take into account needs of ecosystem
STORIES
Microsoft touts Visual Studio Code as a Java juggernaut
2.5 million devs can't be wrong – or can they?
Software05 Dec 2023 | 11
Dell CTO says enterprises will have GenAI in production next year – what could go wrong?
It seems many a sleepless night lie ahead for CIOs
AI + ML05 Dec 2023 | 7
AstraZeneca bets $247M AI can create a cancer-fighting antibody
Startup Absci will turn to its generative AI algorithms to design synthetic protein
AI + ML04 Dec 2023 | 28
You can't deepfake diversity, and that's a good thing
Opinion Fresh thinking and new approaches can only come from varied cohorts of people
Devops04 Dec 2023 | 26
Steam client drops support on macOS, but adds it on Linux
Signs of the times: Linux's compatibility improves, while x86-32 recedes from Apple
OSes04 Dec 2023 | 26
40 years of Turbo Pascal, the coding dinosaur that revolutionized IDEs
The legacy can still be felt today
Software04 Dec 2023 | 104
Linus Torvalds flags holiday-mode changes to next kernel merge window
Penguin emperor ponders whether kernel contributors will code across the festive season, or humbug it
OSes04 Dec 2023 |
Creating a single AI-generated image needs as much power as charging your smartphone
AI in brief PLUS: Microsoft to invest £2.5B in UK datacenters to power AI, and more
AI + ML04 Dec 2023 | 15
Law secretly drafted by ChatGPT makes it onto the books
'Unfortunately or fortunately, this is going to be a trend'
AI + ML02 Dec 2023 | 53
HPE says impact of AI on enterprise not 'overstated.' It must be hoping so
HPE Discover EMEA Company counting on widespread business adoption to counter server declines
AI + ML01 Dec 2023 | 1
Boehringer Ingelheim swaps lab coats for AI algorithms in search for new drugs
Mixing IBM's foundation models and proprietary data to discover novel antibodies
AI + ML01 Dec 2023 | 2
Health crusaders prep legal challenge over NHS mega contract with Palantir
Updated Groups claim Federated Data Platform requires new legislation to go ahead
Databases01 Dec 2023 | 8
Cinnamon and KDE sync version numbers in desktop sibling rivalry
Expect the former in a Linux Mint point release later this year
OSes01 Dec 2023 | 9
Boffins find asking ChatGPT to repeat key words can expose its training data
This one weird trick will blow the large language model's artificial mind
AI + ML01 Dec 2023 | 46
Small but mighty, 9Front's 'Humanbiologics' is here for the truly curious
Programmers developing what is essentially UNIX 2.0 are still busy bunnies
OSes01 Dec 2023 | 46
Scribbling limits in free version of Evernote set to test users' patience
Deckchairs continue to be rearranged on the jotting platform?
Applications30 Nov 2023 | 27
HP printer software turns up uninvited on Windows systems
No escape from bloat, even without relevant hardware attached
OSes30 Nov 2023 | 59
The AI everything show continues at AWS: Generate SQL from text, vector search, and more
re:Invent Invisible watermarks on AI-generated images? Sure. But major tools in the stack matter most
Databases30 Nov 2023 | 6
SAP faces more accusations of breaching on-prem customers' trust
Cloud-only innovation strategy slammed as users opt for on-prem and hosted support for S/4HANA
Databases30 Nov 2023 | 11
AI offers some novel crystal materials that could form future chips, batteries, more
What's more, a robot managed to cook some of them up. So, y'know, it might not be entirely science fiction
AI + ML30 Nov 2023 | 13
OpenAI makes it official: Sam Altman is back as CEO
Microsoft joins the board in non-voting role
AI + ML30 Nov 2023 | 19
Meta: If you're in our house running AI-massaged political ads, you need to 'fess up
Facebook titan vows to protect two billion voters ... but US gets more protection than India, Indonesia, Mexico, EU
AI + ML29 Nov 2023 | 3
IBM's vintage Db2 database jumps on AWS's cloud bandwagon
Updated Users on the mainframe will have to wait for their system to become available in the cloud service, though
Databases29 Nov 2023 | 7
Wayland takes the wheel as Red Hat bids farewell to X.org
Firefox 121, freshly in beta test, will default to the protocol too
OSes29 Nov 2023 | 49
Microsoft .NET MAUI devs vent over bugs backlog, response times
New features are great and all, but maybe fix some of the issues too?
Software29 Nov 2023 | 27
Adobe's buy of Figma is 'likely' bad for developers, rules UK regulator
Competition Markets Authority claims merger will reduce innovation for designers and other creative types
Software29 Nov 2023 | 11
AI won't take your job, might shrink your wages, European Central Bank reckons
In the US, however, folks are ready and willing to bin you for a bot
AI + ML29 Nov 2023 | 22
Experienced Copilot help is hard to find, warns Microsoft MVP
Almost nobody has used it, or knows it well, so beware of consultants bearing cred
AI + ML29 Nov 2023 | 40
VMware president Sumit Dhawan out – scores gig as CEO of infosec vendor Proofpoint
Amid accounts of wider layoffs and Broadcom doing a 'strategic review' of end-user compute and Carbon Black products
Virtualization29 Nov 2023 |
Now AWS gets a ChatGPT-style Copilot: Amazon Q to be your cloud chat assistant
Re:Invent Anthropic CEO also rocks up on stage for reasons
Devops28 Nov 2023 | 6
AI agents can copy humans to get closer to artificial general intelligence, DeepMind finds
Google’s AI offshoot finds copy-cat robots capable of aping living mentors
AI + ML28 Nov 2023 | 35
Couchbase takes fight to MongoDB with columnar side store upgrade
DBaaS update aimed at customers looking for live analytics on apps
Databases28 Nov 2023 |
Microsoft opens sources ThreadX under MIT license
The 'Azure RTOS' used in millions of Raspberry Pis is now FOSS
OSes28 Nov 2023 | 22
AWS previews AppFabric for productivity – pitched as AI-powered glue between apps
Re:Invent Park user data in Amazon's servers for ML-generated insights and actions – yea or nay for you?
Devops28 Nov 2023 | 1
DevTernity conference collapses amid claims women speakers were faked
Anna? Oh, she was just a demo persona, says organizer
Devops28 Nov 2023 | 21
UK and US lead international efforts to raise AI security standards
17 countries agree to adopt vision for artificial intelligence security as fears mount over pace of development
AI + ML27 Nov 2023 | 14
Tiny11 shrinks Windows 11 23H2 down to pocket size
An option when sun sets on Windows 10, but Microsoft might have a problem
OSes27 Nov 2023 | 53
DBaaS takes the trouble out of cloud databases
How open-source databases operating in the cloud can deliver performance, flexibility, scalability and cost savings
Sponsored Feature
Data-destroying defect found after OpenZFS 2.2.0 release
Updated Earlier and later versions may be affected – worth your while reading the advisories
OSes27 Nov 2023 | 32
Microsoft, Databricks double act tries to sew up the data platform market
Analysis But the one-stop shop vision fails to take it far beyond the competition
Databases27 Nov 2023 | 2
Amazon says it's ready to train future AI workforce
AI in Brief Plus: Russia will soon be Putin up with lagging West, fake influencers and more
AI + ML27 Nov 2023 | 5
FFmpeg 6.1 drops a Heaviside dose of codec magic
You may never have heard of it, but you almost certainly use it, possibly many times a day
Software24 Nov 2023 | 49
Do we really need another non-open source available license?
Opinion No, but here comes the Functional Source License to further muddy the open-source licensing waters
OSes24 Nov 2023 | 69
User read the manual, followed instructions, still couldn't make 'Excel' work
On Call When is a spreadsheet not a spreadsheet?
Software24 Nov 2023 | 134
India diplomatically debuts digital public infrastructure repository with international contributions
Russia's Unified Digital Platform could be yours, along with many other less controversial projects
Software23 Nov 2023 |
Revival of Medley/Interlisp: Elegant weapon for a more civilized age sharpened up again
ANTIQUE CODE SHOW Restoration project described in BCS talk is gathering steam
OSes23 Nov 2023 | 90
NTT adapts AI network analysis tool to detect faults in nuclear fusion reactors
Here comes the Sun
AI + ML23 Nov 2023 | 4
Broadcom re-orgs VMware into four divisions – none of which mention end-user compute products
Community programs retained but CEO waves farewell
Virtualization23 Nov 2023 | 26
US watchdog gives itself power to demand documents in AI probes
And offers $25,000 prize to stop voice deepfakes from catching on
AI + ML22 Nov 2023 | 2
Author hopes to throw the book at OpenAI, Microsoft with copyright class action
Stop us if you've heard this one before
AI + ML22 Nov 2023 | 28
OpenAI's CEO merry-go-round tosses out voice feature for ChatGPT
Unsurprisingly, the app doesn't know what's going on at the company either
AI + ML22 Nov 2023 | 11
No more staff budget for UK civil service, but worry not – here's an incubator for AI
Today's story was brought to you by the words politician and silly
AI + ML22 Nov 2023 | 62
Palantir bags £330M NHS data bonanza despite privacy fears
Award follows £1 deal during pandemic and £60 million in non-competitive contracts
Databases22 Nov 2023 | 34
Fake views for the win: Text-to-image models learn more efficiently with made-up data
Future neural nets will probably use a mix of AI-generated and real info
AI + ML22 Nov 2023 | 1
Sam Altman set to rejoin OpenAI as CEO – seemingly with Microsoft's blessing
New board includes former Salesforce boss and Treasury Secretary
AI + ML22 Nov 2023 | 78
China's regulator paused VMware purchase probe before desired close date
Analysis Competitors predict price gouging as employees await news
Virtualization22 Nov 2023 | 1
Baidu joins Tencent in downplaying impact of US chip bans on AI ambitions
Stockpiled silicon, improving efficiency, and looking for alternative suppliers – while maybe taking a dig at Microsoft and OpenAI
AI + ML22 Nov 2023 | 1
Ex-OpenAI staff launch new chatbot – yup, it's Anthropic with Claude 2.1
Half as many hallucinations, startup claims, and it admits when it's wrong
AI + ML21 Nov 2023 | 1
OpenAI meltdown: Where does this leave the upstart, Microsoft, and you?
Kettle Tune in, hear or watch our vultures wrap up this fiasco, before it goes out of date
AI + ML21 Nov 2023 | 5
Rocky Linux and Oracle Unbreakable Linux also hit 9.3
Other big names among the RHELatives catch up with Big Purple Hat ... but the future is unclear
OSes21 Nov 2023 | 9
China relents: Broadcom-VMware merger approved at last
Final boss legal level cleared as SAMR says yes ...
Virtualization21 Nov 2023 | 3
Three quarters of software engineers face retaliation for whistleblowing
Staff afraid to raise alarm when they see negligence, discrimination and more
Software21 Nov 2023 | 16
Microsoft unleashes Copilot preview on Windows 10 insiders
Teething issues show up as operating system gets a taste of the future
OSes21 Nov 2023 | 9
Will anybody save Linux on Itanium? Absolutely not
Analysis It's doomed to sink... but the how and why is interesting
OSes21 Nov 2023 | 81
CompSci teachers panic as Replit pulls the plug on educational IDE
It 'was losing a ton of money for the business,' CEO complains
Devops21 Nov 2023 | 36
OpenAI meltdown: How could Microsoft have let this happen after betting so many billions?
Comment A quick summary of the past three days of chaos. And Redmond has questions to answer
AI + ML21 Nov 2023 | 100
With all eyes on OpenAI, Meta drags its Responsible AI team to the recycle bin
Ethics staff shifted to generative ML and infrastructure units
AI + ML20 Nov 2023 | 10
OpenAI staff threaten to leave if ousted CEO Altman is not reinstated
OpenAI is nothing without its people, say staffers who signed letter
AI + ML20 Nov 2023 | 18
License to thrill BSL refuseniks? Sentry introduces Functional Source License
Yet another attempt to create better balance for devs and users
Software20 Nov 2023 | 5
Microsoft dials back Bing after users manage to recreate Disney logo in fake AI-generated images
AI In Brief Plus: Amazon lays off hundreds of employees working on Alexa, and more
AI + ML20 Nov 2023 | 38
Europe says Adobe's $20B buy of Figma will kill competition
Updated Software duo must respond with remedies – plus: closing deal in '23 likely a Figma of their imagination
Software20 Nov 2023 | 9
Fired OpenAI boss Sam Altman may join Microsoft
Updated Worst season of Succession ever
AI + ML20 Nov 2023 | 21
Ubuntu Budgie switches its approach to Wayland
Exclusive Elementary OS going full speed ahead, but Parachutist Parakeet considers a new, post-Enlightenment glide path
OSes20 Nov 2023 | 50
Linux Deepin's big brother claims it's hit three million installs
The other big Chinese distro, after Kylin, seems to be thriving
OSes20 Nov 2023 | 5
CEO of self-driving cab outfit Cruise parks his career
Updated After string of self-driving crashes, Kyle Vogt plans to 'spend time with my family and explore some new ideas'
AI + ML20 Nov 2023 | 22
Xen Project improves the art of virtual machine maintenance with annual hypervisor release
Version 4.18 brings first ports to RISC-V and PowerPC, support for next-gen datacenter CPUs
Virtualization20 Nov 2023 |
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's ejection sparks theories as odd as some ChatGPT output
Updated Interim CEO appointed as rumours swirl about comebacks, doing a startup, or even hardware with Jony Ive
AI + ML19 Nov 2023 | 29
Control Altman delete: OpenAI fires CEO, chairman quits
Final update Chief gets upgraded to customer – LLMs may be coming for your job but the board came for his
AI + ML17 Nov 2023 | 73
IBM pauses advertising on X after ads show up next to antisemitic content
Updated Twitter, meanwhile, tells us its brand safety controls are just as strong – or stronger – than other platforms
Applications17 Nov 2023 | 170
Copilot coming to Windows 10 to help navigate the OS's twilight years
Microsoft has listened, but only to people who like its AI assistant
OSes17 Nov 2023 | 50
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