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)

Japanese boffins build solar-powered, remote-controlled cyborg cockroach

(2022/09/22)

Neat idea until you remember that roaches and sunlight, not a good mix



Equinix tests out fuel cells as alternative for datacenter power

(2022/09/22)

Teams up with National University of Singapore on proof-of-concept designs



Meta told to pay $175m to walkie-talkie techies for infringing IP

(2022/09/22)

Facebook and Instagram Live use same programming described in Voxer patents, says jury



Satellite operators want option to exceed deorbiting rules

(2022/09/22)

The sky is getting crowded, but some think the FCC is moving too fast to clean it up



GNOME hits 43: Welcome To Guadalajara

(2022/09/22)

Love it or loathe it? Plus: KDE 5.26 here soon, and both desktops still working on mobile support



Cambodian authorities crack down on cyber slavery amid international pressure

(2022/09/22)

Lured by fake jobs, victims are isolated abroad and forced to carry out crypto and romance scams, and more



Larry Page's flying taxi startup Kittyhawk calls it a day

(2022/09/22)

More proof, if it were needed, that not everything connected to Google is gold



Fake sites fool Zoom users into downloading deadly code

(2022/09/22)

Ah, the human touch



DXC Technology linked with private equity takeover talks

(2022/09/22)

The cloud has forever changed infrastructure services landscape – just ask IBM, HPE, CSC and Atos



IT services giant Wipro fires 300 for moonlighting

(2022/09/22)

Labor org points out hypocrisy of chairman with multiple directorships sacking workers for similar



UK launches competition probe into cloud giants in digital services

(2022/09/22)

All right, what's all this, then? Three of you, are there?



You've heard of the cost-of-living crisis, now get ready for the cost-of-working crisis

(2022/09/22)

As employers herd staff back to the office with few perks, workers are concerned about what it'll cost them



Bank of England seeks partner to support Oracle Cloud implementation

(2022/09/22)

After venturing into HCM, UK's central bank embarks on finance and procurement journey with Big Red



Another UK tech company bought out: Schneider Electric grabs rest of Aveva

(2022/09/22)

Analysis French industrial conglomerate pays $10.75b, but already owned lion's share of industrial software specialist



The years were worth the wait. JWST gives us an amazing view of Neptune's rings

(2022/09/22)

Pic But uh-oh, friction faults already starting on distant probe



Autumn's GTC shows who Nvidia really cares about

(2022/09/22)

GTC Hint: It’s not necessarily gamers



Alert: 15-year-old Python tarfile flaw lurks in 'over 350,000' code projects

(2022/09/22)

Oh cool, a 5,500-day security hole



San Francisco cops can use private cameras to live-monitor 'significant events'

(2022/09/22)

All eyes on you, and you, and you



Meta, Google learn the art of the quiet layoff

(2022/09/22)

You're not being fired, we're just unable to facilitate your sustained employment



Tongues wag that Softbank's Son may sell Arm to Samsung

(2022/09/21)

Japanese super-tycoon to discuss 'stategic alliance' with electronics chaebol



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