Misguided call for a 7-Zip boycott brings attention to FOSS archiving tools
Analysis It's good to highlight some alternatives, but security issues are overblown
Software27 Jun 2022 | 12
Software
NASA's Psyche mission: 2022 launch is off after software arrives late
Launch window slides into 2023 or 2024 for asteroid-probing project
Applications27 Jun 2022 | 3
Can SONiC be the Linux of Networking?
Webinar Hear how Dell’s latest open source NOS offers Linux for deployment on any scale
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Cloudflare menaces virtual desktops with isolated browser access to internal networks
Gives cloudy email a kicking, too – but VDI should be safe in its bastions
Virtualization27 Jun 2022 | 3
Manufacturers realize quantifiable gains - Analytics, cloud, edge intelligence & 5G
It’s time for factories to get smart
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Cerebras sets record for 'largest AI model' on a single chip
In brief Plus: Yandex releases 100-billion-parameter language model for free, and more
AI + ML27 Jun 2022 | 5
Zendesk sold to private investors two weeks after saying it would stay public
Private offer 34 percent above share price is just the thing to change minds
Software27 Jun 2022 | 9
The importance of unifying database backup and recovery…
...and why you don’t necessarily need the help of specialist DBAs
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Now Amazon debuts an AI programming assistant – CodeWhisperer
Did they get GitHub Copilot to write it?
AI + ML23 Jun 2022 | 6
Linus Torvalds says Rust is coming to the Linux kernel 'real soon now'
Maintainer lack of familiarity won't be an issue, chief insists, citing his own bafflement when faced with Perl
OSes23 Jun 2022 | 57
Train once, run anywhere, almost: Qualcomm's drive to bring AI to its phone, PC chips
Software toolkit offered to save developers time, effort, battery power
AI + ML23 Jun 2022 | 2
Ubuntu Touch OTA-23 is coming: Do you have one of the older model phones that can test it?
Linux fondleslab effort continues to update 16.04-based phone/tablet distro
OSes23 Jun 2022 | 12
Want your data flowing to every part of your company? You need to get it to the cloud first
Join this webinar to hear how HCI can help
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Original Acorn Arthur project lead explains RISC OS genesis
Paul Fellows describes how it beat the overambitious ARX to Acorn's Archimedes computer
OSes23 Jun 2022 | 38
Windows 11 22H2 is almost here. Is it ready for the enterprise?
The Start Menu has been tweaked, but Smart App Control will appeal to the security conscious
OSes23 Jun 2022 | 48
Broadcom sketches out VMware ambitions that stretch from mainframe to cloud
Engineers, sales teams told to stick around, customers promised more 'choice' – to buy from Symantec or CA
Virtualization23 Jun 2022 | 11
WSL2 on Windows Server 2022 hits Windows Update
Devs who like a Linux flavor to their server code get a gift from Redmond
OSes22 Jun 2022 | 1
TypeScript joins 5 most used languages in 2022 lineup
Stackoverflow survey: JavaScript still in lead. Plus, you may hate COBOL, but users saw a salary jump
Software22 Jun 2022 | 15
Rows, columns, and the search for a database that can do everything
Analysis Snowflake last week promised analytics and transactions in the same system. For some it was déjà vu all over again
Databases22 Jun 2022 | 6
Graphical desktop system X Window just turned 38
Down but not yet on its Way(land) just yet
Software22 Jun 2022 | 74
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Singapore promises 'brutal and unrelentingly hard' action on dodgy crypto players
But welcomes fast cross-border payments in central bank digital currencies
Software-defined silicon is coming for telecom kit later this year
Interview Startup EdgeQ believes pay-for-what-you-use model will make 5G transition more cost-effective
You need to RTFM, but feel free to use your brain too
Who, Me? But I was only following the procedures!
Zendesk sold to private investors two weeks after saying it would stay public
Private offer 34 percent above share price is just the thing to change minds
Contractor loses entire Japanese city's personal data in USB fail
In brief Also, Chrome add-ons are great for fingerprinting, and hacked hot tubs splurge details
Cloudflare's outage was human error. There's a way to make tech divinely forgive
Opinion Don't push me 'cos I'm close to the edge. And the edge is safer if you can take a step back
Tropical island paradise ponders tax-free 'Digital Nomad Visa'
Live and work in Bali, pay tax at home
Beijing probes security at academic journal database
It's easy to see why – the question is, why now?
Cerebras sets record for 'largest AI model' on a single chip
In brief Plus: Yandex releases 100-billion-parameter language model for free, and more
Small in Japan: Hitachi creates its own (modest) cloud
VMware-powered sovereign cloud not going to challenge hyperscalers, but probably won't be the last such venture
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Leading Arch Linux derivative Manjaro puts out version 21.3
A simpler, easier remix sounds like a good thing, but glitches like these shouldn't be in a point release
OSes22 Jun 2022 | 8
Tencent's WeChat wants no more talk of cryptocurrency and NFTs
In unrelated news, China's rollout of a central bank digital currency continues
Software22 Jun 2022 | 10
HCL to end all support for old versions of Notes and Domino in 2024
As if users needed any more reminders they’re stuck on a dying platform
Software22 Jun 2022 | 13
Samsung invests in ML chip startup NeuReality
Coining the term hardware-based 'AI hypervisor' has to be worth several million, dontcha think?
AI + ML21 Jun 2022 | 1
Microsoft promises to tighten access to AI it now deems too risky for some devs
Deep-fake voices, face recognition, emotion, age and gender prediction ... A toolbox of theoretical tech tyranny
AI + ML21 Jun 2022 | 10
For a few days earlier this year, rogue GitHub apps could have hijacked countless repos
A bit of a near-hit for the software engineering world
Devops21 Jun 2022 | 5
GitHub's AI code assistant Copilot takes flight. And that'll be $10 a month, please
You wanna bug fix and chill?
AI + ML21 Jun 2022 | 19
RISC OS: 35-year-old original Arm operating system is alive and well
1980s refugee, open source, and runs on modern kit
OSes21 Jun 2022 | 110
Microsoft pulls Windows 10/11 installation websites in Russia
Big Tech sanctions continue to roll in, Putin retaliates with counter sanctions
OSes21 Jun 2022 | 65
UK's Post Office shells out for SAP software it thought it had
'Significantly under-licenced' but didn't factor in Customer Success Manager when dealing with reseller
Applications21 Jun 2022 | 15
Wi-Fi hotspots and Windows on Arm broken by Microsoft's latest patches
Updated Only way to resolve is a rollback – but update included security fixes
OSes20 Jun 2022 | 57
If AI chatbots are sentient, they can be squirrels, too
In Brief Plus: FTC warns against using ML for automatic content moderation, and more
AI + ML20 Jun 2022 | 16
SpiralLinux: Anonymous creator of GeckoLinux puts out new Debian remix
Yes, yet another Debian downstream, but a particularly interesting one
Software20 Jun 2022 | 14
Unbelievably clever: Redbean 2 – a single-file web server that runs on six OSes
'Write once, run anywhere' finally came true, thanks to APE and the Cosmopolitan libc
Applications20 Jun 2022 | 38
AI's most convincing conversations are not what they seem
Opinion It's time to toss the Turing test – it's not really about the machines at all
AI + ML20 Jun 2022 | 126
Telegram adds paid tier as it cracks 700 million users
Without so much as a mention of encryption, but with a pastel-hued emoji-heavy nod to ‘sustainable monetization’
Applications20 Jun 2022 | 7
Microsoft readies Windows Autopatch to free admins from dealing with its fixes
I got 99 problems but a patch ain't one? Well, that is the hope anyway
Software17 Jun 2022 | 47
Adobe lowers 2022 forecast, blames Ukraine war, strong dollar
Extended 'summer season' also at fault, says software slinger as share price slides
Software17 Jun 2022 | 8
Leave that sentient AI alone a mo and fix those racist chatbots first
Something for the Weekend Cue robot armies of whiny digital seven-year-olds complaining they're being 'cancelled'
AI + ML17 Jun 2022 | 85
Ubuntu releases Core 22: Its IoT and edge distro
A tougher nut to crack than the regular flavor, some will find it very tasty
OSes17 Jun 2022 | 11
How did you mourn Internet Explorer's passing?
Tombstones, memes, Clippy, and probably a cat or two. The web pays its respects
Software16 Jun 2022 | 85
If you really want to transform your business, get AI to transform your infrastructure first
ITOps isn’t enough anymore reckons HPE. You need AIOps
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Back to the Future of Collaboration Applications
Can a Domino change its spots?
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Microsoft warns IT admins on EU data processing, fixes File Explorer flaws
Surface Pro X users advised to dodge another Dev Channel build or risk the ultimate Dark Mode
OSes16 Jun 2022 | 1
Microsoft CRM tool to pull sales data from email, Teams calls, Office 365
Out-of-the-box integration with Salesforce and Dynamics: SAP, Oracle CRM customers must wait
Applications16 Jun 2022 | 5
RubyGems polishes security practices with multi-factor authentication push
Faced with rising software supply-chain attacks, package registries are locking things down
Devops16 Jun 2022 | 1
Not a GNOME fan, and like the look of Windows? Try KDE Plasma or Cinnamon
New versions of both desktops drop... with one the oldest FOSS 'top around
OSes16 Jun 2022 | 40
Look to insects if you want to build tiny AI robots that are actually smart
Flying, swarming, decision making already in production in nature
AI + ML16 Jun 2022 | 21
GPUs aren’t always your best bet, Twitter ML tests suggest
Graphcore processor outperforms Nvidia rival in team's experiments
AI + ML16 Jun 2022 | 5
NoSQL player Aerospike links up with Starburst for SQL-based access to edge data
'We’re not necessarily replacing Snowflake' is an interesting choice of words
Databases15 Jun 2022 |
Cassandra vendor DataStax secures $115m investment for $1.6b valuation
Tech stock crash fails to deter Goldman Sachs as it leads funding round in the real-time data specialist
Databases15 Jun 2022 | 1
Tesla Autopilot accounts for 70% of driver assist crashes, says US traffic safety body
First of its kind report from NHTSA comes with caveats, though – the new tech also saves lives
AI + ML15 Jun 2022 | 58
Disaster management needs a well-planned pipeline
Find out what that looks like by listening into our webinar
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End-of-life smartphone? Penguins at postmarketOS aim to revive it
Alpine-based distro runs on old mobiles abandoned by Android and their manufacturers
OSes15 Jun 2022 | 39
Thunderbird is coming to Android – in K-9 Mail form
Rumble heard as two faithful friends merge into lycanthropic chimæra
Applications15 Jun 2022 | 62
Travis CI exposes free-tier users' secrets – new claim
API can be manipulated to reveal tokens in clear text log data
Devops14 Jun 2022 | 4
Database from the 1980s needs time travel says author
It's back to the future for PostgreSQL as Michael Stonebraker lists priorities for the popular open-source system he helped create
Databases14 Jun 2022 | 4
Internet Explorer 11 limps to the end of Windows 10 road
Going from the semi-annual channel, but you'll never really wash it off the internals
Software14 Jun 2022 | 42
Microsoft's sought-after tabbed File Explorer gets closer to release
Users hopeful of waving bye to window overload as staggered rollout moves from Dev to Beta Channel
OSes14 Jun 2022 | 8
Xen patches three bugs that allow guest-host takeover
Paravirtualized guests on old x86s are the risk – just the sort of thing that gets forgotten
Virtualization14 Jun 2022 | 3
MongoDB wants to grab work from other databases
Analysis Goal is to bring analytics to its transactional workloads but there are places where this might fall short
Databases13 Jun 2022 | 4
Google engineer suspended for violating confidentiality policies over 'sentient' AI
Blake Lemoine began to believe that LaMDA, Language Model for Dialogue Applications, exhibited self-awareness
AI + ML13 Jun 2022 | 193
Concerns that £360m data platform for NHS England is being set up to fail
Delays said to favor Palantir as health service seeks suppliers to support its top-down data revolution
Databases13 Jun 2022 | 43
Whatever you do, don't show initiative if you value your job
Who, Me? If I delete all these duplicate files, everything will run much smoother!
Software13 Jun 2022 | 99
Meta slammed with eight lawsuits claiming social media hurts kids
In brief Plus: Why safety data for self-driving technology is misleading, and more
AI + ML12 Jun 2022 | 46
For the average AI shop, sparse models and cheap memory will win
Massive language models aren't for everyone, but neither is heavy-duty hardware, says AI systems maker Graphcore
AI + ML10 Jun 2022 | 1
openSUSE Leap 15.4: The best desktop on the RPM side of the Linux world
Review The Reg FOSS desk takes the latest stable distro for a spin
OSes10 Jun 2022 | 40
DevFest for Ukraine, June 14-15
DevFest for Ukraine is back to bring the global tech community together to raise funds for Ukraine!
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Oracle plans US database for electronic health records
Based in the Big Red cloud, the system will suck up records from hospitals and physicians, says CTO Larry Ellison
Databases10 Jun 2022 | 18
Microsoft brings tabs to File Explorer
New Insider build adds a few toys, but leaves Pro X users reaching for the power button
OSes10 Jun 2022 | 26
How one techie ended up paying the tab on an Apple Macintosh Plus
On Call Oh my word, do you remember MacWrite? It just works, right?
Applications10 Jun 2022 | 167
NHTSA upgrades Tesla Autopilot probe, could lead to recall
Up for debate is whether Autopilot, or humans behaving badly, is the reason for Tesla's iffy safety record
Applications09 Jun 2022 | 20
Apple offers improved Linux support in macOS Ventura
Penguin fans will be able to use Rosetta 2 to run x86 binaries in forthcoming update
OSes09 Jun 2022 | 7
Microsoft accidentally turned off hardware requirements for Windows 11
Zero day? Yeah, we'll get to it. Running Windows 11 on old CPUs? OMG WE MUST FIX THIS NOW!
OSes09 Jun 2022 | 75
Indian developer educator Scaler moves to America with $11k online courses
MOOC dropouts, boot camp avoiders, and college-averse students sought
Software09 Jun 2022 | 5
Vivaldi email client released 7 years after first announcement
Multiple accounts, local storage, calendars, and feeds make it worth the wait
Software09 Jun 2022 | 56
Linux Mint adopts Timeshift from overworked original developer
Team lead Clement Lefebvre takes over maintaining backup tool from UMix creator
Applications09 Jun 2022 | 22
Good news for GNOME fans as Adaptive Sync displays come to Mutter
It may sound like a trivial feature, but this sort of thing matters, and not only to gamers
OSes09 Jun 2022 | 1
Infosys celebrates first birthday of glitchy Indian tax portal by fixing another bug
Search fail added to list of embarrassing issues since debut
Software09 Jun 2022 | 4
AI to help study first images from James Webb Space Telescope
To find dark matter and early galaxies, Morpheus could be The One
AI + ML09 Jun 2022 | 7
AI chatbot trained on posts from web sewer 4chan behaved badly – just like human members
Bot was booted for being bothersome
AI + ML09 Jun 2022 | 30
Singapore's Grab enters maps-as-a-service market
Takes on global players with data sourced from customers, plus paid contributions from delivery drivers
Software09 Jun 2022 | 3
VMware customers fear Broadcom acquisition will stall innovation, increase cost
Gartner advises renegotiating subscriptions now to avoid ‘dramatic’ and ‘extraordinary’ price rises
Virtualization09 Jun 2022 | 21
Apple dev roundup: Weather data meets privacy, and other good stuff
WWDC No AR/VR glasses but at least RoomPlan will let you make rapid 3D room maps
Applications08 Jun 2022 | 5
GitHub drops Atom bomb: Open-source text editor mothballed by end of year
Embrace, extend technology into other products ... and extinguish
Devops08 Jun 2022 | 56
IBM CEO explains why he offloaded Watson Health: Not enough domain expertise
And not enough customers, Shirley?
AI + ML08 Jun 2022 | 15
Oracle closes $28.3b Cerner buy amid warnings of commercial challenges
Database titan 'does not buy companies and then lowers costs'
Software08 Jun 2022 | 4
Next major update of Windows 11 prepares for launch
Microsoft's flagship OS still leagues behind predecessor in terms of adoption
OSes08 Jun 2022 | 70
Windows on Arm users finally receive Native PowerToys
A full two years after the release of Surface Pro X, but they're ready for action
Applications08 Jun 2022 | 4
AI and ML could save the planet – or add more fuel to the climate fire
'Staggering amount of computation' deployed to solve big problems uses a lot of electricity
AI + ML08 Jun 2022 | 31
I love the Linux desktop, but that doesn't mean I don't see its problems all too well
Comment Fragmentation has put paid to the dream of this OS ever being bigger than Windows
OSes08 Jun 2022 | 261
Enemies Waymo, Uber now friends making self-driving-ish trucks for US highways
When you think about it, it makes cents
AI + ML07 Jun 2022 | 14
US Copyright Office sued for denying AI model authorship of digital image
What do we want? Robot rights! When do we want them? 01001110 01101111 01110111!
AI + ML07 Jun 2022 | 31
IBM AI boat to commemorate historic US Mayflower voyage finally lands… in Canada
Nearly two years late and in the wrong country, we welcome our robot overlords
AI + ML07 Jun 2022 | 25
Nvidia taps Intel’s Sapphire Rapids CPU for Hopper-powered DGX H100
A win against AMD as a much bigger war over AI compute plays out
AI + ML07 Jun 2022 |
MongoDB announces columnstore indexing for its document database
Boost to in-database analytics should help replace some human decision-making, vendor claims
Databases07 Jun 2022 | 1
Microsoft updates Azure Form Recognizer: Invoices go multi-language
Power Apps Express Design doesn't get to have all the AI fun
Applications07 Jun 2022 | 1
GitLab spots huge opportunity for DevOps platform as revenue soars
All companies will need to embrace modern software development, says CEO, and we'll be waiting for them
Devops07 Jun 2022 | 3
SUSE releases Service Pack 4 for Linux Enterprise 15
Update should help users combat software supply chain issues. openSUSE Leap 15.4 to follow a day later
OSes07 Jun 2022 | 4
Mars helicopter needs patch to fly again after sensor failure
NASA engineers continue to show Ingenuity as uplinking process begins
Software07 Jun 2022 | 16
