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)

Biden’s antitrust crackdown on tech M&As may linger into Trump’s reign

(2024/12/21)

Analysis Lina Khan’s tenure may end, but the regulatory hurdles she helped build aren’t going anywhere



Apple called on to ditch AI headline summaries after BBC debacle

(2024/12/20)

'Facts can't be decided by a roll of the dice'



Microsoft investigating 365 Office activation gremlin

(2024/12/20)

Says it's not sure what the issue is but points at admins tweaking licensing options



Adélie Linux 1.0 – small, fast, but not quite grown up

(2024/12/20)

Remarkably compact, remarkably cross-platform, remarkably long beta period



The Automattic vs WP Engine WordPress wars are getting really annoying

(2024/12/20)

Opinion Forks at dawn.... but it's not great sign for open source



BOFH: Printer's festive bips herald a merry mystery for the Boss's budget

(2024/12/20)

Episode 24 Merry as in see you down the pub



Fedora Asahi Remix 41 for Apple Macs is out

(2024/12/20)

New shiny if you run Linux on an M1 or M2



Techie fluked a fix and found himself the abusive boss's best friend

(2024/12/20)

On Call And there his troubles began …



Rocks from Chinese Moon mission suggest Luna's history needs revision

(2024/12/20)

Meanwhile, NASA signs off on Artemis software upgrade



Infosec experts divided on AI's potential to assist red teams

(2024/12/20)

CANALYS FORUMS APAC Yes, LLMs can do the heavy lifting. But good luck getting one to give evidence



Microsoft coughs up yet more Windows 11 24H2 headaches

(2024/12/20)

Users report the sound of silence from operating system update



Axiom Space shuffles space station assembly sequence – to get it standalone sooner

(2024/12/19)

Aiming to be freeflying by 2028. Handy if anything should happen to the ISS



US bipartisan group publishes laundry list of AI policy requests

(2024/12/19)

Chair Jay Obernolte urges Congress to act – whether it will is another matter



Million GPU clusters, gigawatts of power – the scale of AI defies logic

(2024/12/19)

Comment It's not just one hyperbolic billionaire – the entire industry is chasing the AI dragon



Stranded in space: Starliner crew to remain in orbit even longer as SpaceX faces delays

(2024/12/19)

Week-long mission set to stretch into ninth month



Apple and Meta trade barbs over interoperability requests

(2024/12/19)

Both are only thinking about the best interests of users, of course



Watchdog deep-sixes job ad that was actually pay-to-play training course

(2024/12/19)

Misleading listing on a recruitment site? Whatever next?



Asda decided on a 'no go' for 'mass rollout' of store IT conversion

(2024/12/19)

Exclusive Amid plans to convert smaller stores, retailer opted to stall December shift as Walmart tech divorce continues



Humanoid robots coming soon, initially under remote control

(2024/12/19)

Feature Dodgy AI chatbots as brains – what could go wrong?



Don't fall for a mail asking for rapid Docusign action – it may be an Azure account hijack phish

(2024/12/19)

Recent campaign targeted 20,000 folk across UK and Europe with this tactic, Unit 42 warns



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I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If
people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth.
-- Charlie Chaplin