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)

Ubuntu upgrade had our old Nvidia GPU begging for a downgrade

(2025/01/29)

If you need legacy drivers, you might want to keep your older OS version – possibly indefinitely



Microsoft signs eviction notice on Dev Home

(2025/01/29)

Development dashboard destined for ditching



Memories fade. Archives burn. All signal eventually becomes noise

(2025/01/29)

Column But where are the comprehensive archives to protect digital works, or allow us to memorialize friends?



Spending watchdog blasts UK govt over sloth-like progress to shore up IT defenses

(2025/01/29)

Think government cybersecurity is bad? Guess again. It’s alarmingly so



AI revoir, Lucie: France's answer to ChatGPT paused after faux pas overdrive

(2025/01/29)

Slew of embarrassing answers sends open source chatterbox back for more schooling



The curious story of Uncle Sam's HR dept, a hastily set up email server, and fears of another cyber disaster

(2025/01/29)

Lawsuit challenges effort to create federal-wide centralized inbox expected to be used for mass firings



SLAP, Apple, and FLOP: Safari, Chrome at risk of data theft on iPhone, Mac, iPad Silicon

(2025/01/29)

It's another cousin of Spectre, here to read your email, browsing history, and more



Baguette bandits strike again with ransomware and a side of mockery

(2025/01/28)

Big-game hunting to the extreme



You probably have more CIO experience than the incoming White House CIO

(2025/01/28)

From AI startup CISO to running federal IT - sure, why not?



OpenAI cozies up to Uncle Sam with ChatGPT government edition

(2025/01/28)

Pay no attention to the DeepSeek behind the headlines



Trump eyes up to 100% tariffs on foreign semiconductors, TSMC in crosshairs

(2025/01/28)

No wonder OpenAI needs $500B for Stargate



DARPA asking for ideas on automating money laundering detection

(2025/01/28)

With all the AI hype swirling around, you'd think someone would've cracked this one already



US AI shares battered, bruised, and holding after yesterday's DeepSeek beating

(2025/01/28)

Nvidia says its chips are still needed, OpenAI says it'll keep buying them en masse, but shares are still down



Google Maps to roll out Trump-approved Denali and Gulf of Mexico rebrands

(2025/01/28)

Updated Official is official



SAP extends support deadline for getting off legacy software – in very special circumstances

(2025/01/28)

Qualifying orgs may get 2033 extension, just don’t call it a U-turn



Cloud market working well ... if you're AWS and Microsoft

(2025/01/28)

Brit monopoly plod files report on health of local sector, says technical barriers and Redmond's licensing practices hurting smaller rivals + customers



Microsoft admits January's Windows Update broke USB Digital to Audio Convertor

(2025/01/28)

In Redmond, no one can hear the audiophiles scream



Security pros more confident about fending off ransomware, despite being battered by attacks

(2025/01/28)

Data leak, shmata leak. It will all work out, right?



Fear of the unknown keeps Broadcom's VMware herd captive. Don't be cowed

(2025/01/28)

Opinion Prisoners of ware can’t escape by looking at each other. Form a committee, soldiers



Meta blocked Distrowatch links on Facebook while running Linux servers

(2025/01/28)

Popular community site became unmentionable – the irony is thick enough to compile



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