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 | 1
Software
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 | 1
Routers have been rooted by Chinese spies, US and Japan warn
BlackTech crew looking to steal sensitive data traffic
Software27 Sep 2023 | 2
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 | 1
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 help everyone, corporate users included
OSes27 Sep 2023 | 26
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 | 4
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 | 9
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 | 41
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 | 5
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 | 5
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 | 19
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 | 30
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 | 10
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
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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 | 15
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 | 85
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
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Teardown reveals iPhone 15 to be series of questionable design decisions
Video High cost and hard to work with? Yep, that's Apple all over
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
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
No joke: Cloudflare takes aim at Google Fonts with ROFL
Reckons it can deliver Comic Sans faster and keep your shame a secret
Devs learn rival Godot engine in a week to poke fun at Unity
The result? Install Fee Tycoon
Linux interop is maturing fast… thanks to a games console
Open Source Summit Valve's work on Steam OS 3 for the Steam Deck help everyone, corporate users included
Do SSD failures follow the bathtub curve? Ask Backblaze
Check out the raw data yourself... if you dare
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
Switch to hit the fan as BT begins prep ahead of analog phone sunset
Vows it won't 'proactively' shift folks who only use a landline or have no mobile signal
AI startup Lamini bets future on AMD's Instinct GPUs
Oh MI word: In the AI race, any accelerator beats none at all
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California governor vetoes bill requiring human drivers in robo trucks
Route 404: Human driver requirement not found
AI + ML25 Sep 2023 | 52
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 | 57
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 | 15
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 | 1
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 | 47
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 | 41
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 | 83
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 | 20
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
Databricks shakes VC money tree and $500M falls out
Who needs an IPO when you have Series I?
Databases14 Sep 2023 |
Amazon unleashes Gen AI for product descriptions, curbs it for Kindle
When you’re shopping from 'TBMPOY' or 'CARWORNIC' will you even notice the difference?
AI + ML14 Sep 2023 | 18
GitHub alienates developers by force feeding them AI recommendations
Decision to combine user-curated feed with algorithmic stuff leaves coders fuming
Devops13 Sep 2023 | 40
Linux Mint Debian Edition 6 hits beta with reassuringly little drama
Think Debian 12 plus Mint's polish and a friendlier UX for non-techies
OSes13 Sep 2023 | 13
UK government awards chunk of mega-billions tech framework
Exclusive Deal for tax collector’s legacy application services goes to troupe of suppliers including Accenture, Capgemini and IBM
Applications13 Sep 2023 | 10
Don't worry, folks. Big Tech pinky swears it'll build safe, trustworthy generative AI
White House bags more voluntary commitments
AI + ML12 Sep 2023 | 6
Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Chabon and others sue OpenAI
Another would be copyright class action
AI + ML12 Sep 2023 | 28
Oracle disappoints market with revenue miss as Ellison hints at Azure database move
Don't expect 'armies of programmers' to rewrite Cerner, says Larry, talking up low-code app dev platform APEX
Databases12 Sep 2023 | 13
Friends don't let friends use AI to chat
Science shocker: Real BFFs understand authenticity and sincerity can't be machine-generated
AI + ML12 Sep 2023 | 14
Lawyer's Microsoft email snafu goes from $1.75M lawsuit to Ctrl+Alt+Settle
Accused software giant of MFA error that rendered work address useless
Software12 Sep 2023 | 31
Microsoft Edge still forcing itself on users in Europe
Updated Promised change to allow Windows system links open in the actual default browser not yet evident
OSes12 Sep 2023 | 31
Alibaba set to unleash AI that offers financial advice – do you feel lucky?
Claims it's already comparable to finance industry pros and capable of recommending insurance plans
AI + ML12 Sep 2023 | 8
Arm's lawyers want to check assembly expert's book for trademark missteps
IPO-hungry chip biz promises to donate copies to universities – may also demand a reprint
Software12 Sep 2023 | 50
Billions of 'custobots' are coming online. Marketers may need to learn SEO for AI
You can't take a machine to lunch or put it to sleep with PowerPoint, but you can try to shape its worldview
AI + ML12 Sep 2023 | 14
OpenAI boss Sam Altman receives Indonesia's first golden visa
Open AI boss to get 'red carpet' at immigration
AI + ML12 Sep 2023 | 1
Morgan Stanley values Tesla's super-hyped supercomputer at up to $500B
Musk snaps up Nvidia GPUs even as he builds Dojo. Finance bods foresee SaaSy AI, rivers of cash
AI + ML12 Sep 2023 | 21
Google thinks $20M ought to be enough to figure out how or if AI can be used responsibly
Mull it over, think tanks, while we roll out this tech into every corner of life
AI + ML11 Sep 2023 | 4
Get ready to say hello to new Windows and goodbye to an old friend
The clock is ticking for Windows troubleshooters, plus Microsoft's preparing a new OS release
Software11 Sep 2023 | 17
Linux 6.6's in-kernel SMB networking server graduates
Samsung's KSMBD server hitting primetime has several significant implications
OSes11 Sep 2023 | 18
Microsoft to kill off third-party printer drivers in Windows
Go native or go home: End of servicing plan rolled out for legacy printer drivers in fresh update
OSes11 Sep 2023 | 134
IRS using AI to catch rich people and tax-dodging corps
AI in brief Plus: Google CEO says AI will be biggest tech shift in our lives, new official AI words on Dictionary.com
AI + ML11 Sep 2023 | 10
Local governments aren't businesses – so why are they force-fed business software?
Opinion Oracle's repeated public sector failures prove a different approach is needed
Databases11 Sep 2023 | 101
G20 sets 2027 as the year in which it hopes members can tax crypto transactions
Leaders settle for modest action on issues including AI, stablecoins, cross-border payments
Software11 Sep 2023 | 6
IBM Software tells workers: Get back to the office three days a week
Managers warn company goals can't be achieved unless coders get more face time and less FaceTime
AI + ML11 Sep 2023 | 156
GenAI proponents exploring its use alongside infrastructure-as-code
It’s not 'Alexa: build me a K8s cluster' but could become Ansible or Chef using models trained on log files to recommend what your app needs
AI + ML11 Sep 2023 | 3
NixCon drops Palmer Luckey's AI combat drone maker Anduril as sponsor due to military ties
NixOS event organizers say community unhappy about funding from Pentagon contractor
AI + ML08 Sep 2023 | 8
GNOME 45 formalizes extensions module system
As it reaches Release Candidate status, one change among many will have more visible impact
OSes08 Sep 2023 | 36
TSMC warns AI chip crunch will last another 18 months
Boss Mark Liu says silicon ready but advanced packaging isn't
AI + ML08 Sep 2023 | 4
PEBCAK problem transformed young techie into grizzled cynical sysadmin
On Call Banks aren't very creative, which became an issue for one customer
Software08 Sep 2023 | 143
India warns ecommerce 'basket sneaks' and 'confirm shamers' their days are numbered
Amazon, Google, and Meta helped it to draft guidelines on preventing 'dark patterns'
Software08 Sep 2023 | 19
Microsoft to shield paid-up Copilot customers from any AI copyright brawls it starts
Tough luck, freeloaders: You're on your own
AI + ML07 Sep 2023 | 8
Windows August update plays Blue Screen bingo – and MSI boards got the winning ticket
BIOS update issued with tweaked Intel microcode
OSes07 Sep 2023 | 18
Linux distros drop their feelgood hits of the summer
A quiet period for the IT industry is a good time to rebuild and refresh, apparently
OSes07 Sep 2023 | 12
Microsoft to kill off Outlook REST API v2.0 in 2024 – for real this time
Learn to love Microsoft Graph or say hello to Mr 404
Software07 Sep 2023 | 10
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