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)

Hacked Fast Company sends 'obscene and racist' alerts via Apple News

(2022/09/28)

Someone going by 'Thrax' claims responsibility for 'incredibly easy' breach



Oracle's NetSuite tests automation, warehouse management waters

(2022/09/28)

Analyst says challenges remain in attracting partners to roll out products



Uncle Sam to unmask anonymous writers using AI

(2022/09/28)

Along with revealing authors, IARPA also wants bot to disguise scribes



Microsoft among software titans under spotlight for restrictive licensing

(2022/09/28)

US campaign group forms as customers complain of lock-in, unclear terms, problems using wares in cloud



Those screws on the Apple Watch Ultra are a red herring

(2022/09/28)

Thinking about shelling out $800? If you break it you're 'screwed'



Late but lustrous, a fresh remix of Ubuntu emerges

(2022/09/28)

UbuntuDDE 22.04 is colorful, and with slightly less Chinese flavor than Ubuntu Kylin



Chipmakers still shoveling cash into new fabs as demand slows

(2022/09/28)

Worldwide investment set to grow 9% to new high of $99b



Ever suspected bankers could just use WhatsApp comms? $1.8b says you're right

(2022/09/28)

Updated Thought shadow IT at your office was bad? Try enforcing workplace device policies on hedge fund traders



How one Ukrainian software maker planned for survival as invaders approached

(2022/09/28)

Set priorities, expect confusion, keep emergency instructions simple – that's just for starters



Russia's Facebook-like VK removed from Apple App Store

(2022/09/28)

Apps still available on Google Play, digital ministry says it's investigating



Post-Brexit 'science superpower' UK still hasn't appointed a science minister

(2022/09/28)

And if and when it does, role lacks Cabinet position, complain Lords



Intel has a secret club in the cloud for devs to try out new chips – and you ain't in it

(2022/09/28)

Beta trial for select, chosen customers – gee, so generous and open



Is it time to retire C and C++ for Rust in new programs?

(2022/09/28)

Column Mark Russinovich, Microsoft Azure CTO, thinks so



Here's how crooks will use deepfakes to scam your biz

(2022/09/28)

Need some tools of deception? GitHub's got 'em



India reportedly asks smartphone makers to add local satnav silicon

(2022/09/28)

Manufacturers allegedly told to connect to NavIC by 2023, which did not make them happy at all



Save the whales – with, uh, artificial intelligence?

(2022/09/28)

When a Klingon Bird-of-Prey just won't cut it



IBM updates desktop mainframe emulator

(2022/09/28)

For just $5,500 and the cost of a quad-core x86 box, z/OS 16 for test and dev on the desktop can be yours



Ford buys into Middle Kingdom market with China EV subsidiary

(2022/09/28)

As Intel expands its collaboration with Chinese car-maker Geely



China's central bank declares victory over online lenders, Bitcoin speculators

(2022/09/28)

Just in time for the Party Congress, whatever the reality of the situation



Australia asks FBI to help find attacker who stole data from millions of users

(2022/09/28)

+Comment Apparent perp claims to have deleted swiped info as carrier Optus struggles to get its story straight



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IT MAKES ME MAD when I go to all the trouble of having Marta cook up about
a hundred drumsticks, then the guy at Marineland says, "You can't throw
that chicken to the dolphins. They eat fish."

Sure they eat fish if that's all you give them! Man, wise up.
-- Jack Handey, The New Mexican, 1988.