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)

Critical hardcoded SolarWinds credential now exploited in the wild

(2024/10/16)

Another blow for IT software house and its customers



FTC drops hammer on unwanted subscriptions with 'click to cancel' rule

(2024/10/16)

It 'will end these tricks and traps, saving Americans time and money'



Amazon makes $500M bet on itty-bitty nuclear reactors to fuel cloud empire

(2024/10/16)

The duo eyes a target of 5 GW online in US by 2039, assuming tech comes to fruition



Parents take school to court after student punished for using AI

(2024/10/16)

Claims their child will 'suffer irreparable harm' if the record stays



Viable fusion power in a decade? Tokamak Energy dares to dream

(2024/10/16)

Brit biz updates world on why tech might not be forever 30 years away



FCC probes whether it can pop a cap in ISP data caps

(2024/10/16)

'Our networks have the capacity to meet consumer demand without these restrictions,' says chair



IBM: Insurance industry bosses keen on AI. Customers, not so much

(2024/10/16)

Fewer than 30% of clients happy dealing with a generative AI virtual agent



Testing spacecraft material the Sandia way: Setting it on fire with mirrors

(2024/10/16)

Who said Archimedes' death ray was a busted myth?



Productivity suites, Exchange servers in path of Microsoft's end-of-support wave

(2024/10/16)

Less than a year to go – is your enterprise ready for the change?



Inexorable march of progress at SAP threatens to leave users behind

(2024/10/16)

AI hardly a hot topic with some customers calling for more innovation on-prem



Windows 7 finally checks out as POSReady 7 closes the till on an era

(2024/10/16)

Embedded versions live longer – including Windows 10 LTSC



Opening up the WinAmp source to all goes badly as owners delete entire repo

(2024/10/16)

As badly as the later development of the player itself, really



'Newport would look like Dubai' if guy could dumpster dive for lost Bitcoin drive

(2024/10/16)

To Wales now, where crypto bro sues to be allowed to excavate landfill site



NHS England warned about plans to extend Covid-era rules for patient data access

(2024/10/16)

Governance and public consultation need work before rule change goes ahead



Openreach reveals latest locations facing the copper chop

(2024/10/16)

A reminder to get fiber (eventually) or get left behind



Internet Archive wobbles back online, with limited functionality

(2024/10/16)

DDoS detectives deduce Mirai used to do the deed, using home entertainment boxes in Korea, China, and Brazil



Google's memory safety plan includes rehab for unsafe languages

(2024/10/16)

Large C and C++ codebases will be around for the 'foreseeable future'



IBM acquires Indian SaaS startup Prescinto to shine a light on renewable energy assets

(2024/10/16)

Also: Crypto-hub Binance helps Delhi police shut down solar power scam



WhatsApp may expose the OS you use to run it – which could expose you to crooks

(2024/10/16)

Updated Meta knows messaging service creates persistent user IDs that have different qualities on each device



AT&T and Broadcom may settle VMware support case

(2024/10/16)

Fresh filing sees Broadcom admit it discounts deeply – music to the ears of all Virtzilla users coming off contract



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