ReactOS shows off SMP support in open-source take on Windows (2022/03/14) Huge step towards the project's goal of being a drop-in replacement for older Microsoft operating systems
Ukraine uses Clearview AI facial-recognition technology (2022/03/14) Controversial search engine being used to identify dead and Russian operatives
Google introduces new Cloud infrastructure pricing (2022/03/14) New, in this case, meaning generally more expensive
Microsoft proposes type syntax for JavaScript (2022/03/14) Long overdue innovation or an affront to all that developers hold dear?
Congress earmarks cash for fusion energy development (2022/03/14) When it comes to smashing atoms, things are really starting to heat up
Wi-Fi 6E unaffected by chip shortages, claims Wi-Fi Alliance (2022/03/14) Move along, people. Nothing to see here. Go home
Ukraine president namechecks software giants to end support in Russia (2022/03/14) Oracle states it is agreeing to request while SAP and Microsoft decline to comment
Driver in Uber's self-driving car death goes on trial, says she feels 'betrayed' (2022/03/14) Plus: Clearview slapped with €20m from Italy's data regulator for scraping selfies, and more
New US law: Cyberattacks to be reported within 72 hours (2022/03/14) Plus: Criminals use contact forms to spread BazarBackdoor, ServiceNow leaks, and more
Microsoft, OpenAI method could make training large neural networks cheaper (2022/03/14) Cost of tuning hyperparameters using μTransfer was 7% of what it would be to pre-train GPT-3
Brit techie shows us life in Ukraine amid Russian invasion (2022/03/14) Martial law, no booze sales, big queues for trains westwards
Canonical: OpenStack is dead, long live OpenStack (2022/03/14) It might not be trendy anymore, but apparently it keeps on selling
114 billion transistors, one big meh. Apple's M1 Ultra wake-up call (2022/03/14) What if we've built the future, but nobody wants to come?
Prototype app outperforms and outlasts outsourced production version (2022/03/14) Behind every successful company there is that one weird Visual Basic 3 app still running the show
China: Attacks from US IP addresses hit us, moved on to Russia and Ukraine (2022/03/14) Offers list of addys that look like they're hosted at carriers and colos – hardly the stuff of super-spies
Russia labels Meta an 'extremist' organization, bans Instagram (2022/03/14) As Ukraine calls for big tech to end support for its products in Russia
Taiwan rounds up 60 Chinese tech workers on suspicion of poaching tech and people (2022/03/14) The fight against economic espionage and skullduggery continues
Linus Torvalds ponders limits of automation as kernel release delayed (2022/03/14) Spectre-related weakness has made an eighth release candidate necessary
China's top tech city Shenzhen locks down completely for at least a week (2022/03/14) iPhone plants closed and so have plenty more - brace for tech supply chain trouble