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)

Hot DRAM, Micron promises $100b for 'largest chip fab in US history'

(2022/10/05)

Memory maker says plant will help to boost memory production in America



UK politico proposes site for prototype nuclear fusion plant

(2022/10/05)

British minister famed for love of imperial measures picks a spot in center of industrial decline



Modified version of Tor Browser spies on Chinese users

(2022/10/05)

Patiently gathers data that can be used to identify the victims, says Kaspersky



IceWM reaches version 3 after a mere 25 years

(2022/10/05)

And it's not the only venerable window manager still in development



Waxworm's spit shows promise in puncturing plastic pollution

(2022/10/05)

Scientists believe moth larvae saliva can oxidize, degrade polyethylene



Arm job cuts hit UK harder than global rationalization

(2022/10/05)

Anyone remember SoftBank's pledge to double headcount in Britain?



Physics Nobel Prize in a superposition between three quantum physicists

(2022/10/05)

How apt



India's IT services sector wants workers back in offices – but not all the new hires

(2022/10/05)

Industry insists it needs new blood, yet offers are being rescinded, pay rises delayed, and workers are furious



Boss of Chinese memory maker Yangtze departs for no obvious reason

(2022/10/05)

No 'corruption' alleged, rumours of a big win selling to Apple make shunting a little odd



DoJ ‘very disappointed’ with probation sentence for Capital One hacker Paige Thompson

(2022/10/05)

‘This is not what justice looks like’ says official on sanction for leak of 100 million records



VideoLAN to India: If you love FOSS so much, why have you blocked our downloads?

(2022/10/05)

Activists help pen letter to New Delhi demanding answers



No Shangri-La for you: Top hotel chain confirms data leak

(2022/10/05)

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure-dome decree



Rather than take the L, Amazon sues state that dared criticize warehouse safety

(2022/10/05)

Somebody missed the memo – this internet giant always gets its own way



IBM battles to settle yet more age discrimination claims

(2022/10/05)

While accused of already breaking terms of an earlier deal



Uncle Sam orders federal agencies to step up scans for govt IT security holes

(2022/10/05)

Good time to be selling automation tools



Google burns few hours of profit to disappear location privacy lawsuit

(2022/10/04)

Phrasing, Arizona... AG claims deal is 'historic'



Nvidia finally pulls shutters down on its Russian offices

(2022/10/04)

Remaining employees can continue work in different countries, though they'll struggle to get a flight out



Elon Musk tells Twitter: My takeover deal is back on

(2022/10/04)

Updated World's richest man wants to kill trial – and presumably end more text message embarrassment



USB-C iPhone, anyone? EU finalizes charging standard rule

(2022/10/04)

It's officially official: Mobile devices will be required to use USB-C from 2024, with laptops following in 2026



Microsoft: Watch out for password spray attacks – especially you, Basic Auth

(2022/10/04)

Exchange Online users should have authentication policies in place



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Do you suffer painful elimination?
-- Don Knuth, "Structured Programming with Gotos"

Do you suffer painful recrimination?
-- Nancy Boxer, "Structured Programming with Come-froms"

Do you suffer painful illumination?
-- Isaac Newton, "Optics"

Do you suffer painful hallucination?
-- Don Juan, cited by Carlos Casteneda