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)

The day has a 'y' in it, so Virgin Galactic has announced another delay

(2021/09/13)

A potentially iffy component in the flight actuation system this time



Tech widens the educational divide. And I should know – I'm a teacher in a pandemic

(2021/09/13)

Teaching online is like talking to a brick wall



AI caramba, those neural networks are power-hungry: Counting the environmental cost of artificial intelligence

(2021/09/13)

(And, also worryingly, its increasing financial cost)



You can 'go your own way' over GDPR, says UK's new Information Commissioner

(2021/09/13)

Tells committee: I know I said Facebook was 'morally bankrupt' but...



Ghosts in the machine learning pipeline will be impossible to exorcise

(2021/09/13)

Who wants to live forever? It could be the offer you can't refuse



You want us to make a change? We can do it, but it'll cost you...

(2021/09/13)

How does $100k per character sound? And that's just for labour



Off yer bike: Apple warns motorcycles could shake iPhone cameras out of focus forever

(2021/09/13)

Claims they're 'designed for durability' but users report kit dies in months – even on mountain bikes



IBM's former Chinese Power Systems partner sues for theft of customer data

(2021/09/13)

Alleges IBM China staff had access to confidential info and took it with them to new Inspur operation



Linus Torvalds admits to 'self-inflicted damage' with -Werror as Linux 5.15 rc1 debuts

(2021/09/13)

'One of the messier merge windows' means the new stuff might sneak in next week



This is not the tech unicorn you are looking for... and other stories

(2021/09/12)

Another weekly digest of strangeness from around the world that you may have missed



WhatsApp to offer end-to-end encrypted backups in iCloud, Google Drive with user-managed keys

(2021/09/11)

Funny how 'privacy-focused' Apple and Google haven't managed that



DoorDash, Grubhub, Uber Eats sue NYC for trying to permanently cap delivery fees

(2021/09/11)

We'll just hike the prices for customers, otherwise. Happy now?



Sort-of Epic win as judge kills Apple ban on apps linking to outside payment systems

(2021/09/10)

Games maker weakens iGiant's control over iOS, loses its antitrust claims



Kubernetes means local storage for local apps just isn’t good enough

(2021/09/10)

Find out just how flashy your applications really could be



Hey – how did you get in here? Number one app security weakness of 2021 was borked access control, says OWASP

(2021/09/10)

Org releases its top ten list of bad things software vendors do



Microsoft releases new Windows 11 builds, confirms running on an Apple M1 'is not a supported scenario'

(2021/09/10)

Old proverb: If Windows crashes on a Surface Pro X, will anyone see the bugcheck?



RAF chief: Our Reaper drones (sorry, SkyGuardians) stand ready to help British councils

(2021/09/10)

There's no council tax infringement a Brimstone missile can't punish



Lenovo blames 'firmware' issue for blank-screened Smart Displays, says Google's working on a fix – 6 months after complaints started

(2021/09/10)

Home assistant little more than an expensive plastic brick for some owners



Right to contest automated AI decision under review as part of UK government data protection consultation

(2021/09/10)

Right not to be subjected to solely automated decisions might not be keeping pace with 'data-driven economy' says document



The magic TUPE roundabout: Council, Wipro, Northgate all deny employing Unix admins in outsourcing muddle

(2021/09/10)

Employment judge points finger at Northgate – trial to follow



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Take your dying with some seriousness, however. Laughing on the way to
your execution is not generally understood by less advanced life forms,
and they'll call you crazy.
-- "Messiah's Handbook: Reminders for the Advanced Soul"