Winter is coming, and with it the UK's COVID-19 contact-tracing app – though health minister says it's not a priority
(2020/06/18)
'Focus' now on call centre-based system run by outsourcers, it seems
Intel bets big on AI with third-gen Xeons tuned for deep learning, VMs, in-memory databases, analytics
(2020/06/18)
There's also a Stratix FPGA designed with AI tasks in mind
NASA to send Perseverance, a new trundle bot, and Ingenuity, the first interplanetary helicopter, to sniff out life on Mars in July
(2020/06/18)
Mars2020 mission will scout for interesting rocks to bring back to Earth
How do you run a military court over Zoom? With 28 bullet points and a ceremonial laptop flunkey, of course!
(2020/06/18)
Britain's Military Court Service mixes ancient and modern in the most jarring way
Smartwatches win the consumer tech sector for Q1 2020 as locked-down folk take up fight against corona-carbs
(2020/06/18)
Shipments up 12%, says Canalys
IT self-service provisioning and access: Productivity enabler – or huge headache?
(2020/06/18)
Are you happy with staff picking and choosing what they want, when they want it? We'd love to hear your views, please
Customers of Brit ISP Virgin Media have downloaded an extra 325GB since March, though we can't think why
(2020/06/18)
That's a lot of... Netflix. Yes, that's it
If Fairphone can support a 5-year-old handset, the other vendors could too. Right?
(2020/06/18)
Biz model isn't good for consumers or the environment, but Google holds all the cards for Android
Hayfever in Haymarket, or has Windows sneezed out a BSOD?
(2020/06/18)
The spectre of bork returns to Newcastle
Facebook's $500k deepfake-detector AI contest drama: Winning team disqualified on buried consent technicality
(2020/06/18)
Oh OK, so NOW the social network cares about getting people's permission before using their data to train computer systems
Uber turns SaaS vendor with deal that bakes public transport authority into its app
(2020/06/18)
Given the scoundrels in the world of software, could Uber be worse?
Bad Audio Dynamite: How poor sound and vision messes up the working day
(2020/06/18)
Removing the emote from remote
AWS scoops Intel silicon and 8TB of storage into new Snowcone edge box
(2020/06/18)
Shoebox-sized server is water-resistant and runs EC2 instances and Greengrass
Ah lovely, here's something you can do with those Raspberry Pis, NUC PCs in the bottom of the drawer: Run Ubuntu Appliances on them
(2020/06/18)
Choose between five options
Amazon's not saying its warehouse staff are dumb... but it feels they need artificial intelligence to understand what 'six feet' means
(2020/06/18)
The yellow markings on the floor aren't enough for real neural networks
Bricks and mortar chemists take down Indian contact-tracing website
(2020/06/18)
On grounds that it favoured online chemists in a nation that forbids online drug sales
Google’s Fitbit lift strains competition laws says Australian regulator
(2020/06/18)
Worries that wearable and web combo makes for unbeatable diagnostics duo
For years, the internet giants have held on dear to their get-out-of-jail-free card. Here are those trying to take that away
(2020/06/18)
Soon it'll be known as Section 230 because there are 230 suggested solutions to overhaul it
FCC boss orders probe into 'unacceptable' T-Mobile US outage after carrier plays dog-ate-my-homework card
(2020/06/17)
Yup, the old 'leased fiber line broke' excuse
The girl with the dragnet tattoo: How a TV news clip, Insta snaps, a glimpse of a tat and a T-shirt sold on Etsy led FBI to alleged cop car arsonist
(2020/06/17)
Woman tracked down, accused of torching patrol vehicles amid protests
Between the idea
And the reality
Between the motion
And the act
Falls the Shadow
-- T. S. Eliot, "The Hollow Man"
[Quoted in "VMS Internals and Data Structures", V4.4, when
referring to system service dispatching.]