Imagination GPU cleared for RISC-V CPU compatibility, licensed to chip designers (2022/01/27) We love it when a plan comes together
Hardware boffin starts work on simulation of an entire IBM S/360 Model 50 mainframe (2022/01/27) With microcode intact so it can talk to an original operator's console
Regulations and compliance are 'a curate's egg' for digital transformation, say IT pros in finance, telecoms and public sector (2022/01/27) Hurdle or driver for modernisation? A bit of both, apparently
Something 4,000 light years away emitted strange radio bursts. This is where we talk to scientists for actual info (2022/01/27) 'This experience has taught me that it's worth trying out looking at the sky in entirely new ways'
Shooting for the cloud? Make sure you're squeezing the right trigger (2022/01/27) Here are the new rules for data centre consolidation
Indonesia bars financial institutions from offering crypto services (2022/01/27) Advises citizens to avoid 'Ponzi schemes'
Twelve years after Intel was fined $1.2bn for unfairly running over rivals, an EU court says: No need to pay (2022/01/27) Ah, y'know what, maybe those rebates for not using AMD chips weren't so anti-competitive after all, eh?
How US sanctions slugged Huawei and helped Apple top China's Q4 smartphone sales (2022/01/27) Cupertino cut prices and cleaned up
China orders web operators to spring clean its entire internet (2022/01/27) Purveyors of rumours, flirty teens, dodgy infomercials, or bloody violence all told to get in the bin – yet again
Indian government floats idea of home-grown challenger for Android and iOS (2022/01/27) May not be the smartest move seeing as alternative OSes crater – and Google promised to spend billions in India
In a first, FTC extracts millions of dollars from online store accused of blocking bad reviews on its website (2022/01/27) Glad rags merchandiser denies wrongdoing, says it coughed up $4.2m to 'avoid distraction'
5nm? Pah. Texas Instruments focuses on 45nm+ analog, embedded electronics – and makes bank (2022/01/27) Most electronics in the things you use are on old-school-gen process nodes, after all
Alert: Let's Encrypt to revoke about 2 million HTTPS certificates in two days (2022/01/26) Relatively small number of certs issued using verification method that doesn't comply with policy
Windows boss Panos Panay talks up 'new era of the PC' – translation: An era of new PCs (2022/01/26) 1.4 billion devices running Redmond's OS, Android apps coming, and more
Refresh? No, F5 says supply of networking chips is still awful, getting worse... (2022/01/26) More than 400 orders for components cancelled by suppliers, says CEO
ESA's Solar Orbiter sneaks in bonus science by choking on the dust of a comet tail (again) (2022/01/26) Plucky probe due to make closest pass to the Sun in March
US President Joe Biden reminds the White House he is serious about repairability (2022/01/26) Tech giants will voluntarily do the right thing because of course they always do
How to polish the bottom line? Microsoft makes it really hard to claim expenses, say staffers (2022/01/26) If even Captain PowerShell can't automate this, what hope is there for the rest of us?
Korea gives a $7.5bn nod to the metaverse and AI projects (2022/01/26) Move over K-pop, the K-metaverse is coming
SCC bags £91m deal after contract to support HMRC system initially set at £85m (2022/01/26) Take a hike