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)

You have a fake North Korean IT worker problem – here's how to stop it

(2025/07/13)

Thick resumes with thin LinkedIn connections are one sign. Refusing an in-person interview is another



The price of software freedom is eternal politics

(2025/07/12)

Comment Many don't realize or forget, but the FOSS world has ideological wings, too



From A2A to MCP, a look at the protocols that might one day help AI automate you out of a job

(2025/07/12)

Tell me, Mr. Smith ... what good is an agent if it's unable to speak?



Looks like 1,300 Indeed and Glassdoor staffers will need their former employer's websites

(2025/07/12)

No reason given for the 6% cull, but the CEO has previously talked up AI taking jobs



AI coding tools make developers slower but they think they're faster, study finds

(2025/07/12)

Predicted a 24% boost, but clocked a 19% drag



Hegseth signs flying memo to expand military use of cheap drones in oddball video

(2025/07/11)

video An announcement so weird it could only come from the Trump administration



Tech to protect images against AI scrapers can be beaten, researchers show

(2025/07/11)

ai-pocalypse Data poisoning, meet data detox



ICANN fumes as AFRINIC offers no explanation for annulled election

(2025/07/11)

As allegations fly regarding fraudulent powers of attorney, one member wants to wind up AFRINIC and start again



CVSS 10 RCE in Wing FTP exploited within 24 hours, security researchers warn

(2025/07/11)

Intruders looked up how to use curl mid-attack - rookie errors kept damage minimal



Rimini Street, Oracle edge toward truce after years of legal warfare

(2025/07/11)

Hush-hush settlement follows decision to wind down PeopleSoft support



British Perl guru Matt Trout dead at 42

(2025/07/11)

obituary A controversial and polarizing figure, but also widely hailed



Pentagon snaps up ownership stake in America's only rare earths mine

(2025/07/11)

Rare earth metals are vital to electronics, and most of them are mined in China



Datacenters feeling the heat as climate risk boils over

(2025/07/11)

A warmer world will affect bit barn resilience, warn consultants



Users of PostgreSQL in the cloud say the uptime just ain't up to it

(2025/07/11)

One in five users hit by service failures in the last year, research finds



Microsoft fixes the ESU blues for Windows 10 users

(2025/07/11)

WIndows 11 might have a bigger market share, but Windows 10 is still alive. Kind of



More license upheaval to come after SAP kills RISE with SAP products, users warn

(2025/07/11)

Intro of package for cloud ERP is creating challenges, and more changes likely next year



Telefónica Germany offloads VMware support to Spinnaker due to high renewal costs

(2025/07/11)

'Our offer from Broadcom was five times higher than we expected'



UK Online Safety Act 'not up to scratch' on misinformation, warn MPs

(2025/07/11)

Last summer's riots show how some content can be harmful but not illegal



Microsoft offers EU cloud providers fresh commercial terms, staves off risk of litigation

(2025/07/11)

Exclusive Agreement or otherwise expected from CISPE top brass before August



BOFH: The auditor is asking too many questions. We have just the laptop for that

(2025/07/11)

Episode 13 Sale, skip, or blackmail – your asset disposal options explained



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