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)

AWS adds browser access to its cloudy WorkSpaces desktops – but not for Linux

(2021/08/02)

Microsoft's Windows 365 will do much the same when it launches



Wanna use your Nvidia GPU for acceleration but put off by CUDA? OpenAI has a Python-based alternative

(2021/08/02)

Plus: Software-detected gunshot withdrawn as evidence from trial



Jack Dorsey's side hustle – payments outfit Square – acquires buy now pay later darling Afterpay for $29bn

(2021/08/02)

Plans to make partial payments for almost anything the new normal



Tech spec experts seek allies to tear down ISO standards paywall

(2021/07/31)

Open letter drafted against what's seen as unjustified profiteering



Sysadmins: Why not simply verify there's no backdoor in every program you install, and thus avoid any cyber-drama?

(2021/07/31)

Just 'validate third-party code before using it', says Euro body



Euro watchdog will try to extract $900m from Amazon for breaking data privacy laws

(2021/07/31)

You miss every shot you don't take, we guess



Russia says software malfunction caused Nauka module to unexpectedly fire thrusters, tilt space station

(2021/07/30)

You call this a glitch?



HP Inc slurps Teradici to get better at delivering remote PCs

(2021/07/30)

Apparently quite a few people haven't been in the office as much lately



'$6 in every $10' spent on cloud infrastructure is with AWS, Microsoft, or Google

(2021/07/30)

Fewer and fewer orgs want to run their own data centre



Here's 30 servers Russian intelligence uses to fling malware at the West, beams RiskIQ

(2021/07/30)

Biden-Putin summit went well, then



Google picked as yet another 'strategic partner' for SAP's RISE, Microsoft still lingers on the scene

(2021/07/30)

German software giant's relationships are anything but exclusive



UK regulator waves through SK Hynix's $9bn acquisition of Intel's NAND and SSD biz

(2021/07/30)

Number of 'strong remaining competitors' within the market planning expansions of their own, says CMA



Happy 60th, Sinclair Radionics: We'll remember you for your revolutionary calculators and crap watches

(2021/07/30)

ZX Spectrum was pretty cool too



Telefónica's cloud limb slurps Cancom's UK&I biz to cash in on Brit enterprise tech market

(2021/07/30)

There's a tasty NHS contract in there



Contractors argue umbrella companies need improved regulation, not outright ban

(2021/07/30)

Trades Union Congress proposals miss the point, say campaigners



On this most auspicious of days, we ask: How many sysadmins does it take to change a lightbulb?

(2021/07/30)

Protip: Don't treat the IT department like this if you value your life



London class-action sueball against Google is a lot like Epic's case except fandroids might win enough for a pint

(2021/07/30)

Hundreds of millions in damages, Play Store in the sights etc. etc.



Ordinary salaried Brits: Sweet! Payday! Banking giant HSBC: Oh no it isn't

(2021/07/30)

Customers hacked off as online and mobile service wobbles



What to do with our leftover Saturn V Lego? Why, build another rocket, of course

(2021/07/30)

This time the Saturn 1B



You MUST present your official ID (but only the one that's really easy to fake)

(2021/07/30)

I can show you my Three Widths swimming certificate if it helps



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"We are not endeavoring to chain the future but to free the present. ... We are
the advocates of inquiry, investigation, and thought. ... It is grander to think
and investigate for yourself than to repeat a creed. ... I look for the day
when *reason*, throned upon the world's brains, shall be the King of Kings and
the God of Gods.
-- Robert G. Ingersoll