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)

No-boom supersonic flights could slide through US skies soon

(2025/05/17)

Feature As long as you're quiet about it



Google backs down after locking out Nextcloud Files app

(2025/05/17)

Search giant to restore critical Android permission after user outcry



Fired US govt workers, Uncle Xi wants you! – to apply for this fake consulting gig

(2025/05/17)

Phony LinkedIn recruitment ads? Groundbreaking



America’s consumer watchdog drops leash on proposed data broker crackdown

(2025/05/17)

Crooks must be licking their lips at the possibilities



Whodunit? 'Unauthorized' change to Grok made it blather on about 'White genocide'

(2025/05/16)

Agitprop? Protest? An attempt to suck up to the boss?



Microsoft winnows: Layoffs hit software engineers hard

(2025/05/16)

Python, TypeScript, Azure SDK devs among those let go



CoreWeave may have built a house of (graphics) cards

(2025/05/16)

Comment An overdependence on hyperscalers and a mountain of debt could pull the rug out



Dems are upset about DOGE's IRS hackathon, but the IRS says it never happened

(2025/05/16)

Tax bods characterize it more as a brainstorming session, says Elon's unit wasn't involved



Apple slams door on Fortnite's stateside iOS comeback

(2025/05/16)

Epic's latest submission blocked right after CEO offered truce with Cupertino



Microsoft pulls MS365 Business Premium from nonprofits

(2025/05/16)

Microsoft giveth and Microsoft taketh away



Defamation case against DEF CON terminated with prejudice

(2025/05/16)

'We hope it makes attendees feel safe reporting violations'



Annual electronic waste footprint per person is 11.2 kg

(2025/05/16)

Extending all the dumped devices' lives by 12 months? Like taking 2M cars off the road each year



Broadcom employee data stolen by ransomware crooks following hit on payroll provider

(2025/05/16)

Updated Tech giant was in process of dropping payroll biz as it learned of breach



Microsoft proposes sweeping global concessions to Teams for up to a decade

(2025/05/16)

Beast of Redmond runs scared from EC antitrust cops half decade after rivals complained



AWS says Britain needs more nuclear power to feed AI datacenter surge

(2025/05/16)

CEO warns energy demands will overwhelm grid without extra generation capacity



Good luck to Atos' 7th CEO and its latest biz transformation

(2025/05/16)

We suspect Philippe Salle will need it, not to mention staff and customers



How sticky notes saved 'the single biggest digital program in the world'

(2025/05/16)

Success of UK's Universal Credit has lessons for government IT projects, former minister claims



UK government overrules local council’s datacenter refusal on Green Belt land

(2025/05/16)

DPM signs off 96MW bit barn, citing national policy shift



Some English hospitals doubt Palantir's utility: We'd 'lose functionality rather than gain it'

(2025/05/16)

After UK spends hundreds of millions, several say existing systems are better



Dilettante dev wrote rubbish, left no logs, and had no idea why his app wasn't working

(2025/05/16)

On Call Self-taught coders who work in HR and have a doctorate in English tend to do that



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XLI:
The more one produces, the less one gets.
XLII:
Simple systems are not feasible because they require infinite testing.
XLIII:
Hardware works best when it matters the least.
XLIV:
Aircraft flight in the 21st century will always be in a westerly
direction, preferably supersonic, crossing time zones to provide the
additional hours needed to fix the broken electronics.
XLV:
One should expect that the expected can be prevented, but the
unexpected should have been expected.
XLVI:
A billion saved is a billion earned.
-- Norman Augustine