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)

BASF looks to quantum computing to improve weather modeling

(2022/07/20)

Chemical giant's work with Pasqal could help improve climate change models too



Microsoft harnesses third-gen AMD Epyc processors for locked-down VMs

(2022/07/20)

Blockchain-based Azure Confidential Ledger rounds out latest additions to confidential computing



DoJ, FBI recover $500,000 in ransomware payments to Maui gang

(2022/07/20)

Money paid by healthcare facilities to North Korean group traced through blockchain and Chinese launderers



Tavis Ormandy ports WordPerfect for UNIX to Linux

(2022/07/20)

Two ways to run the classic word processor on a modern open-source box



Microsoft floats Cloud for Sovereignty

(2022/07/20)

More transparency or just the cost of doing business? For customers whose data must remain



NASA pulls together pieces for its most powerful supercomputer yet

(2022/07/20)

Space agency plays the long game by adding performance over time... now with mix of Intel, AMD



Global chip shortage far from over and now semiconductor market faces slowdown

(2022/07/20)

Plus: ASML cuts growth forecast and US CHIPS Act in limbo



Israel aims to build its own upgradable quantum computer

(2022/07/20)

Crop of cutting-edge companies from home and abroad contributing tech to Israel National Quantum Initiative



Yocto Project gets big backer and second LTS release – but what is it?

(2022/07/20)

You may not realize it, but you probably already use things made with this build system for embedded Linux



Singapore distances itself from local crypto companies

(2022/07/20)

Consumer protection regulation coming soon as anti-crypto rhetoric ratchets



UK chemicals multinational to build hydrogen 'gigafactory'

(2022/07/20)

Johnson Matthey receives government backing to scale-up fuel cell production



Is Microsoft going back to the future on release cadences?

(2022/07/20)

Comment Further spacing out Windows builds is only part of the quality story



UK government refuses public review before launch of NHS data platform

(2022/07/20)

Patients must have the right to decide what information is taken from health records, say privacy campaigners



Google, Oracle clouds still affected by UK heatwave

(2022/07/20)

Some hard disks appear to have cooked, along with bit barn designers' best laid plans



Court OKs billion-dollar Play Store gouging suit against Google

(2022/07/20)

Just as web giant accepts third-party payment platforms, reduces fees in the EU



After 40 years in tech, I see every innovation contains its dark opposite

(2022/07/20)

Column From modems to the Metaverse, Mark Pesce has seen it all



Amazon sues 10,000 Facebook Group admins for offering fake reviews

(2022/07/20)

Good luck deciding which toxic monopolist deserves your sympathy in this fight



Microsoft lures SMBs to Cloudy PCs by connecting them to Xbox accounts

(2022/07/20)

Windows as a service is getting more mature and manageable



Belgium says Chinese cyber gangs attacked its government and military

(2022/07/20)

China, as usual, says it just wants a peaceful and prosperous internet



Security flaws in GPS trackers can be abused to cut off fuel to vehicles, CISA warns

(2022/07/20)

About '1.5 million' folks and organizations use these gadgets



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