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Source: IBM disguised Watson Health layoffs as a 'redeployment initiative'

(2022/08/29)

Exclusive Funnily enough, most of those hit were aged over 40, it is claimed



Microsoft adds virtual core licensing to Windows Server

(2022/08/29)

Yes, we're totally doing this as a favor for partners and not because we were being sued in Europe



Euro watchdogs 'abandon $1b fine' against Qualcomm

(2022/08/29)

Snapdragon giant was accused of bribing Apple not to use rival modems



Critical hole in Atlassian Bitbucket allows any miscreant to hijack servers

(2022/08/29)

Grab and deploy this backend update if you offer even repo read access



LG makes a TV roughly the size of a queen-sized bed

(2022/08/29)

Claims it has 'the world’s largest' OLED



NASA scrubs Artemis SLS Moon rocket launch

(2022/08/29)

Boffins wish this one engine would just chill out



Waferscale startup says it can stitch chips together with light

(2022/08/29)

Hot Chips Interconnect tech promises 96TB/s die-to-die communications



You can never have too many backups. Also, you can never have too many backups

(2022/08/29)

Who, Me? A Reg reader comes to appreciate the value of paper



Facebook settles Cambridge Analytica class action for undisclosed amount

(2022/08/29)

Zuckerberg and Sandberg won't have to testify – worth much more than cash for Meta



Germany orders Sept 1 shutdown of digital ad displays to save gas

(2022/08/29)

Something to thank Putin for … unless you’re the admin trying to implement buggy and fast-changing rules while avoiding Bork



Indian services giants fight over moonlighting employees

(2022/08/29)

Asia In Brief PLUS: Trustwave's Singapore owners selling?; Pakistan's suspiciously political internet brownout; Indonesian data leaks; and more!



Record label drops AI rapper after backlash over stereotypes

(2022/08/28)

In brief Plus: Changing call center workers' voices, why we need to do more to get women in ML, and more



AMD smartNICs to meld ASICs, FPGAs, Arm cores

(2022/08/27)

Hot Chips Why choose one when you can use them all?



77% of security leaders fear we’re in perpetual cyberwar from now on

(2022/08/27)

In brief Also, Charming Kittens from Iran scrape email inboxes, France could fine Google again, and more



Sephora to pay $1.2m to settle Cali privacy law claims – and why this is a big deal

(2022/08/27)

Online shops sharing data about you with others qualifies as a sale in AG's book – and that means rules apply



PyPI warns of first-ever phishing campaign against its users

(2022/08/26)

On the bright side, top devs are getting hardware security keys



Micron wants tax breaks for '$160b' Texas chip fab plant

(2022/08/26)

If it ever gets built, that is



James Webb Space Telescope finds first evidence of CO2 in exoplanet atmosphere

(2022/08/26)

This same tech could someday help us discover strange, new – and habitable – worlds



Now Oktapus gets access to some DoorDash customer info via phishing attack

(2022/08/26)

Double check who exactly you're sending your username and password to, eh?



Nichelle Nichols' ashes set for trek to the stars

(2022/08/26)

The memorial 'Enterprise Flight' later this year will also include ashes from other Star Trek alumni



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