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)

Foreign Office IT chaos: Shocking testimony reveals poor tech support hindered Afghan evac attempts

(2021/12/07)

Contributed to dysfunction as diplomats and soldiers struggled to get Afghan helpers out of reach of Taliban



Samsung splits itself in two... internally: Semiconductor biz and then everything else

(2021/12/07)

Smartphones and consumer electronics now under one roof



Self-driving towards an IPO? Intel unveils plans for Mobileye offering

(2021/12/07)

Chipzilla to keep its hands on the wheel



Thought NHS Digital's wind-down meant it would stop writing cheques? Silly you. It's gone on an IT buying spree

(2021/12/07)

£37m signed up for soon-to-be-defunct non-dept public body



Why we will not have a unified HPC and AI software environment, ever

(2021/12/07)

No good reason for vendors to play ball with each other



The nub of the issue: Has your ThinkPad's TrackPoint gone TITSUP*? You aren't alone

(2021/12/07)

A post-Halloween spooktacular as users face the 'Ghost in the Machine'



Questions over timetable slippage in UK taxman's £7bn 'cliff edge' IT procurement

(2021/12/07)

Watchdog says tenders to be published by September – but HMRC procurement show that's not going to plan



Blogfight! Blogfight! Blogfight! Fastly flames Cloudflare's serverless stats

(2021/12/07)

We're faster than you. No you're not. Are too. No way! Yes way … can someone take this pair to the principal's office?



Tech Bro CEO lays off 900 people in Zoom call and makes himself the victim

(2021/12/07)

'The last time I did this, I cried' says Better.com CEO Vishal Garg



Microsoft wins court approval to take over sites run by Chinese crime gang

(2021/12/07)

'Nickel' back in trouble for trying to lift secrets, often by exploiting Microsoft snafus



LINE Pay leaks around 133,000 users' data to GitHub, of all places

(2021/12/07)

Someone just accidentally put it there, says the messaging service company



Indian government committee slams 'gross misuse' of internet shutdowns – even in Kashmir

(2021/12/07)

Officials use them for mundane matters, not big emergencies as laws intend



It's primed and full of fuel, the James Webb Space Telescope is ready to be packed up prior to launch

(2021/12/07)

Fingers crossed the telescope will finally take to space on 22 December



China to upgrade mainstream RISC-V chips every six months

(2021/12/07)

Home-baked silicon is the way forward



The SEC is investigating whistleblower claims that Tesla was reckless as its solar panels go up in smoke

(2021/12/06)

Tens of thousands of homeowners and hundreds of businesses were at risk, lawsuit claims



Fail: Exam paper marked by Elon Musk up for auction

(2021/12/06)

Sweary test on sale as Tesla CEO forgets where he parked his car



Spar shops across northern England shut after cyber attack hits payment processing abilities

(2021/12/06)

Franchisees' closures also affect petrol stations



AWS DocumentDB not MongoDB-compatible, says MongoDB Inc

(2021/12/06)

MongoDB CTO Mark Porter: 'It is 34 per cent compatible, through our tests'



Enterprise AI is too important to be ‘experimental’. Here’s how to speed your way into production

(2021/12/06)

This webinar will show you how to get a (Open) shift on



Miscreants make off with $150m of digital assets in BitMart security breach

(2021/12/06)

Or it might be nearer $200m. Even the amounts stolen seem to be volatile in the crypto world



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