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)

Satellite slinger AST reckons newer birds won't outshine stars in night sky

(2025/04/28)

As astronomers gripe about sats screwing observations



CNCF tells main NATS contributor Synadia that it's free to fork off

(2025/04/28)

But what it can't do is 'unilaterally claw back a community project and its infrastructure, assets, and branding'



State Dept reorg could harm US in tech battle with China

(2025/04/28)

Demotion of cyberspace policy team, closure of others, not a great look



Artist formerly known as Indian Business Machines pledges $150B for US ops, R&D

(2025/04/28)

Comment Did we says offshore? We meant, er, hardcore. Amirite, DOGE bros?



From PlayStation to routers, you've probably been using FreeBSD without knowing it

(2025/04/28)

Interview The OS came first, the foundation later – so what does it do?



EU Chips Act heading for failure, time for Chips Act 2.0

(2025/04/28)

Damning report says it set a moving target that was way too ambitious



Nationwide power outages knock Spain, Portugal offline

(2025/04/28)

Updated Cyberattack? Bad software update? International oopsie? The cause is unclear, but Iberia is dark



Windows profanity filter finally gets a ******* off switch

(2025/04/28)

No more asterisks. Voice typing now reflects the true spirit of your rage



From 112K to 4M folks' data – HR biz attack goes from bad to mega bad

(2025/04/28)

It took a 1 year+ probe, plenty of client calls for VeriSource to understand just how much of a yikes it has on its hands



Back online after 'catastrophic' attack, 4chan says it's too broke for good IT

(2025/04/28)

Image board hints that rumors of a poorly maintained back end may be true



Fujitsu and its no public sector bids promises... what happened to them?

(2025/04/28)

Comment Government procurement process is very involved



Even untouched by tariffs, UK financial IT braces for the blow

(2025/04/28)

Spend will come under scrutiny, but projects with good returns still likely to get backing, analyst says



Elon Musk's X revenues in the UK crashed in 2023, down 66%

(2025/04/28)

Latest profit and loss accounts carry scars of ad spending exodus, but things improving. Maybe not everywhere though



Windows isn't an OS, it's a bad habit that wants to become an addiction

(2025/04/28)

Opinion Think that next refresh is going to get better? The first step to freedom is admitting there's a problem



What the **** did you put in that code? The client thinks it's a cyberattack

(2025/04/28)

Who, Me? When your customers work in super-sensitive situations, bad jokes make for bad business



Microsoft pitches pay-to-patch reboot reduction subscription for Windows Server 2025

(2025/04/28)

Redmond reckons $1.50/core/month hotpatch service is worth it to avoid eight Patch Tuesday scrambles each year



Google goes cold on Europe: Stops making smart thermostats for continental conditions

(2025/04/28)

And just-about bricks some of its older models everywhere



Samsung admits Galaxy devices can leak passwords through clipboard wormhole

(2025/04/28)

Infosec in brief PLUS: Microsoft fixes messes China used to attack it; Mitre adds ESXi advice; Employee-tracking screenshots leak; and more!



Toyota picks Huawei’s Android-killer HarmonyOS for its Chinese electric sedan

(2025/04/28)

Asia In Brief PLUS: Korea's SK Telecom replacing SIMs after attack; India automates satellite docking; China greens its datacenters; and more



New APNIC director general steps up to steer the internet for 4 billion users

(2025/04/27)

Interview Jia Rong Low hopes to make registries interesting again



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The difference between art and science is that science is what we
understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else.
-- Donald Knuth, "Discover"