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)

Microsoft feels the need, the need for speed in Teams

(2022/11/04)

Desktop app buckles up for faster switching between chats or channels or join a meeting



Vonage to pay $100m for making it nearly impossible to cancel internet phone services

(2022/11/04)

Ericsson's VoIP biz used 'a panoply of hurdles' to keep customers on the hook



Twitter employees sue over lack of 60-day layoff notice

(2022/11/04)

Musk-owned companies have now faced 3 WARN Act lawsuits alleging the same thing



Double-check demand payment emails from law firms: Convincing fakes surface

(2022/11/04)

Crimson Kingsnake impersonates legit attorneys, fakes email threads from your colleagues in far-reaching BEC campaign



Mozilla Foundation launches ethical venture capital fund

(2022/11/04)

An unexpected move, but we suspect that Carl Sagan might have approved



Boeing's Starliner launch pushed back again... to April 2023

(2022/11/04)

The official word is 'scheduling conflicts,' but NASA's safety panel has expressed concerns too



UK government set to extract hospital data to Palantir system without patient consent

(2022/11/04)

'You'll be hearing from us,' say privacy campaigners who previously forced the government to back down



US chip industry worried it may lose out to rivals over China ban

(2022/11/04)

Just hang on while we convince the rest of the world, Commerce Sec tells makers



Google cut contractors off from online 'Share My Salary' spreadsheet, union claims

(2022/11/04)

Alphabet Workers Union says it's an illegal block of workers' right to discuss pay



Dell hit with Oz court case for misleading prices on monitors

(2022/11/04)

Watchdog claims add-ons to computer purchases appeared to be discounted but did not reflect the standalone RRP



BT re-enters pay talks to prevent further strikes, says union

(2022/11/04)

What forced the change in attitude? The impact on 40,000 broadband connections possibly



NFT vending machine appears in London

(2022/11/04)

Don't everyone rush at once



Microsoft gives away '$400m in cloud support' to Ukraine

(2022/11/04)

Freedom isn't free



All of the norths are about to align over Britain

(2022/11/04)

Magnetic north is on a walkabout, and your OCD will benefit



Hot, sweaty builders hosed a server – literally – leaving support with an all-night RAID repair job

(2022/11/04)

On Call Extension cords are good for power. Extension tubes? Not so good for air



You fire 'em, we'll hire 'em: Atlassian sees tech layoffs as HR heaven

(2022/11/04)

But investors aren't impressed by losses and unpleasant outlook



French-speaking voleurs stole $30m in 15-country bank, telecoms cyber-heist spree

(2022/11/04)

Smooth 'OPERA1ER' hit orgs around the world over four or more years



Xiaomi reveals bonkers phone with bolted-on Leica lens that will make you look like a dork

(2022/11/04)

A weighty lens, placed off-centre on a lightweight smartphone – what could possibly go wrong?



After years of losses, Lenovo's infrastructure group posts 12 months of profits

(2022/11/04)

Execs say enterprise hardware biz is flying – don't mention the sub-one-percent profit



Elon Musk reportedly outlines horrible Twitter layoff process

(2022/11/04)

Email to your personal account is bad news, email to your work account means you still work at Twitter



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can leave in a huff. If that's too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff.
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