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)

Apple quietly removed 60 more VPNs from Russian app store, researchers claim

(2024/09/26)

iThing-maker is Putin Kremlin repression ahead of privacy, rights orgs argue



Infosys scores deal to write code for EV-maker Polestar

(2024/09/26)

HQ in Sweden, made in China, programmed in Bengaluru, but with a traditional offshoring marque



India extends IT hardware import license scheme that enraged Big Tech

(2024/09/26)

And hints at revised rules to come later this year



Uncle Sam accuses Aussie AI startup boss of financial fakery that duped investors

(2024/09/26)

Crikey! $40M of investments in 'digital employees' allegedly went down faster than a frosty Fosters



WordPress.org denies service to WP Engine, potentially putting sites at risk

(2024/09/26)

Updated That escalated quickly



OpenAI to reveal secret training data in copyright case – for lawyers' eyes only

(2024/09/26)

Counsel for aggrieved authors will view info in a secure room, without internet access, and no devices present



If your AI does the crime, you'll do the time, warns DoJ

(2024/09/26)

Add compliance requirements to your AI to-do list



China's Salt Typhoon cyber spies are deep inside US ISPs

(2024/09/25)

Updated Expecting a longer storm season this year?



Unions 2, Apple 0: Cupertino caves after fresh strike threat

(2024/09/25)

You're doin' fine, Oklahoma!



91% of polled Amazon staff unhappy with return-to-office, 3-in-4 want to jump ship

(2024/09/25)

'Decisions like the one from Jassy are a big reason why I don’t want kids'



Altman reportedly asks Biden to back a slew of multi-gigawatt-scale AI datacenters

(2024/09/25)

With 2.5 million Blackwell GPUs, would gobble enough energy to power millions of homes



US Army drafts AI to combat recruitment shortfall

(2024/09/25)

No more cold calls: Recruit 360 pinpoints top prospects from millions



A look under the hood of the 3D-printed, Raspberry Pi powered 'suicide pod'

(2024/09/25)

Design files will be available soon, but no word yet on the software



RansomHub genius tries to put the squeeze on Delaware Libraries

(2024/09/25)

Extorting underfunded public services for $1M isn't a good look



Google's Rust belts bugs out of Android, helps kill off unsafe code substantially

(2024/09/25)

Memory safety flaws used to represent 76% of 'droid security holes. Now they account for 24%



The early bird gets a touch of nostalgia as Ubuntu 24.10 hits beta

(2024/09/25)

Fun retro tweaks, App Center facelift, and more as Oracular Oriole moves into view



ESA spending €17M on spacecraft just to watch it go up in flames

(2024/09/25)

DRACO will be born to die in the fires of atmospheric re-entry



US may exempt latest chip fabs from eco red-tape, but power is still a trip

(2024/09/25)

Comment AC/DC: America's grid might need to brace itself



Campaigners claim 'Privacy Preserving Attribution' in Firefox does the opposite

(2024/09/25)

Updated Tracking alternative is less invasive than other methods, but is opt out by default



Apple ropes off at least 4 GB of iPhone storage to house AI

(2024/09/25)

Better or worse than a surprise U2 album?



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