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)

BASIC co-creator Thomas Kurtz hits END at 96

(2024/11/20)

Obit Pioneering Dartmouth College mathematician died last week



Steam cuts the cord for legacy Windows and macOS

(2024/11/20)

Don't say you weren't warned



Study suggests X turned right just in time for election season

(2024/11/20)

Significant uptick in visibility for Musk, Republican account posts from July 13



Data is the new uranium – incredibly powerful and amazingly dangerous

(2024/11/20)

Column CISOs are quietly wishing they had less data, because the cost of management sometimes exceeds its value



European Cloud Competition Observatory created to keep an eye on software licensing

(2024/11/20)

Exclusive Initiative follows Microsoft settlement with CISPE consortium



China wants mobile devices to limit usage time for minors, ensure they only see nice content

(2024/11/20)

Seeks grand alliance between manufacturers, developers and content providers – all in the name of socialism



Google changes Android release cycle so new versions arrive in Q2

(2024/11/20)

Version 16 developer preview starts the new cycle, with warnings for devs to test sooner rather than later



Japan looks to nuclear energy to power AI-powered datacenter boom

(2024/11/20)

Shuttered reactor's operator says it's needed - once giant seawall is finished



Healthcare org Equinox notifies 21K patients and staff of data theft

(2024/11/20)

Ransomware scum LockBit claims it did the dirty deed



China-linked group abuses Fortinet 0-day with post-exploit VPN-credential stealer

(2024/11/20)

No word on when or if the issue will be fixed



Russian suspected Phobos ransomware admin extradited to US over $16M extortion

(2024/11/19)

This malware is FREE for EVERY crook ($300 decryption keys sold separately)



Microsoft 365 Copilot trips over angle brackets, frustrating coders

(2024/11/19)

updated Chatbot seems to choke when fed tricky less-than character



America's drinking water systems have a hard-to-swallow cybersecurity problem

(2024/11/19)

More than 100M rely on gear rife with vulnerabilities, says EPA OIG



Microsoft breaks timezones in Settings and calls on an unlikely ally for help

(2024/11/19)

Control Panel hobbles to the rescue!



Microsoft Fabric promises transactions, analytics on one database service

(2024/11/19)

Ignite Windows giant also improving Iceberg support after throwing lot in with Delta Parquet



Supermicro hot-swaps auditor in hope of dodging Nasdaq delisting

(2024/11/19)

Server maker tries accounting reboot amid reports of customers bailing



Palo Alto Networks tackles firewall-busting zero-days with critical patches

(2024/11/19)

Amazing that these two bugs got into a production appliance, say researchers



Microsoft goes thin client with $349 Windows 365 Link mini PC

(2024/11/19)

Ignite Just as good as Apple at making squat boxes, but this one doesn't do very much



Database warhorse SQL Server 2025 goes all-in on AI

(2024/11/19)

Ignite Better locking, improved query optimization, and... Copilot



Microsoft unleashes autonomous Copilot AI agents in public preview

(2024/11/19)

Ignite They can learn, adapt, and make decisions – but don't worry, they're not coming for your job



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