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)

Hype versus reality: What you can't do with DeepMind's AlphaFold in drug discovery

(2022/09/08)

Analysis Protein prediction it can do, the next steps not so much – not that it was trained for this



Forrester rates virtual machine infrastructure ‘stale or risky’

(2022/09/08)

So are ITSM tools that can’t spread, data tools, and private 5G. But outsourcing is cool again



Asus packs 12-core Intel i7 into a Raspberry Pi-sized board

(2022/09/08)

Or if you're looking for something lower power, it can be had with a pentacore Celeron



DoJ charges pair over China-linked attempt to build semi-autonomous crypto haven on nuked Pacific atoll

(2022/09/08)

Yes, that’s a lot to digest: Marshall Islands legislators allegedly bribed to make it possible



Regulators approve Citrix/Tibco merger

(2022/09/08)

Odd couple will tie the knot in late September – but there's still no sign what's in store



Apple Silicon takes a back seat at iPhone-heavy launch event

(2022/09/08)

We guess new chips are only for Pros



Judge tells Elon Musk he can't stall Twitter trial

(2022/09/08)

Tech billionaire can tap into Mudge whistleblower complaint, though



Apple debuts iPhone 14, Watch 8, other sparkly things

(2022/09/07)

With Crash Detection (no, not that kind) and satellite-powered SOS when cell service is absent



Microsoft warns of bugs after nation pushes back DST switchover

(2022/09/07)

Some of the hardest things in programming: Handling times and dates



Amazon expands end-to-end video encryption to battery-powered Ring devices

(2022/09/07)

Whether this works as advertised is key



AMD admits its Ryzen mobile naming scheme is a mess, promises to clean it up

(2022/09/07)

Finding Zen just got a little easier



US school year opens with reading, writing, and ransomware

(2022/09/07)

FBI warns that Vice Society threat group is ramping up attacks on the education sector



Australian quantum startup enlists GlobalFoundries to develop mass qubit production

(2022/09/07)

Company claims tech can detect quantum information at room temperature



Scientists pull hydrogen from thin air in promising clean energy move

(2022/09/07)

Could replace fossil fuels in several energy-hungry industries in hot climates without water use



Google CEO Pichai: We need to up productivity by a fifth

(2022/09/07)

Ideas include restructuring key goals and expunging needless meetings



Mandiant links APT42 to Iranian 'terrorist org'

(2022/09/07)

'It's hard to imagine a more dangerous scenario,' Mandiant Intel VP told The Reg



Taking CHIPS Act cash? You're banned from planting advanced fabs on Chinese soil

(2022/09/07)

Rules apply for next decade, warns Commerce Department, which can claw back cash



Cybercriminals target games popular with kids to distribute malware

(2022/09/07)

Kaspersky research finds Minecraft and Roblox have the most malicious files associated with them



Qualcomm targets mid-range and volume smartphones with fresh Snapdragon SoCs

(2022/09/07)

Both platforms based on Kyro semi-custom Arm CPUs



OVHcloud opens up Bring Your Own IP service for IPv4 failover

(2022/09/07)

Anyone planning to migrate to IPv6 then? Bueller?



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