ARM Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life (Terry Pratchett, Jingo)

England keeping pen and paper exams despite limited digital expansion

(2025/12/17)

Regulator proposes strict limits on screen-based testing, cites infrastructure concerns and lack of evidence for benefits



UK plans right for flat owners to demand gigabit broadband

(2025/12/17)

Changes to Electronic Communications Code would bypass landlord objections to fiber installations



Cisco decides its homegrown AI model is ready to power its products

(2025/12/17)

Apparently you’re about to get better advice on any identity issues lurking in your infrastructure



India unveils a homegrown dual-core 1GHz RISC-V processor, the DHRUV64

(2025/12/17)

No details on power consumption, lots of patriotic pride



China's Ink Dragon hides out in European government networks

(2025/12/17)

Misconfigured servers are in, 0-days out



Hot for its bot, McKinsey may cut thousands of jobs

(2025/12/16)

The company has reportedly consulted itself and decided it needs fewer people



Analytics provider: We didn't expose smut site data to crims

(2025/12/16)

An employee of the adult site could be responsible.



Meta's SAM bot keeps 'em separated as it isolates voices and instruments from audio clips

(2025/12/16)

No mention of protections to stop it being used to snoop on people



Browser 'privacy' extensions have eye on your AI, log all your chats

(2025/12/16)

More than 8 million people have installed extensions that eavesdrop on chatbot interactions



Why do bit barns keep bumping up our bills, Senators ask DC operators

(2025/12/16)

Amazon, meanwhile, claims its datacenters are helping ratepayers despite tons of evidence to the contrary



Nvidia fills the void of American open-weights models with some of its own

(2025/12/16)

Nemotron 3 is a grab bag of 2025's top machine learning advancements



SantaStealer stuffs credentials, crypto wallets into a brand new bag

(2025/12/16)

All I want for Christmas … is all of your data



Nvidia pledges more openness as it slurps up Slurm

(2025/12/16)

And parades its latest trio of Nemotron models



Devs say Apple still flouting EU's Digital Markets Act six months on

(2025/12/16)

Coalition for App Fairness warns App Store fees remain unlawful despite non-compliance ruling



US freezes $42B trade pact with UK over digital tax row

(2025/12/16)

Tech Prosperity Deal paused after London resists pressure on online services levy



From Georgia to Essex, AI datacenters are testing public goodwill

(2025/12/16)

Communities on both sides of the Atlantic push back against rapid build-outs



Smartphones face a memory cost crunch – and buyers aren't in the mood

(2025/12/16)

AI-nflation Rising DRAM and NAND prices are squeezing handset makers and threatening a fragile market recovery



Mozilla Corporation installs Firefox driver in CEO reboot

(2025/12/16)

Anthony Enzor-DeMeo picked to replace interim boss Laura Chambers



Intel hires ex-Trump fixer as Washington whisperer

(2025/12/16)

But when will Chipzilla bring back will.i.am?



From pr0n to playlists and paperclips, trio of breaches spills data of millions

(2025/12/16)

Adult site, streaming platform, and Japanese retailer expose user info, but not credentials



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The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that, it's all learned.
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