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What is this computing industry anyway? The dawning era of 32-bit micros

(2024/09/04)

Part 3 And you may ask yourself, 'How do I work this?' And you may ask yourself, 'Where is that large computer?'



WHO-backed meta-study finds no evidence that cellphone radiation causes brain cancer

(2024/09/04)

The signal may not rot your mind, we can't say the same for the content



European chip lobby seeks more government cash and policy clout

(2024/09/04)

Last year's €43B was a nice snack. Now for a feast of regulatory capture



Telegram apologizes to South Korea and takes down smutty deepfakes

(2024/09/04)

Unclear if this is a sign controversial service is cleaning up its act everywhere



OpenAI allegedly wants TSMC 1.6nm for in-house AI chip debut

(2024/09/04)

Another job for Broadcom, then



DoJ reportedly advances Nvidia antitrust probe

(2024/09/04)

Updated Uncle Sam apparently worried GPU giant may be punishing customers who shop around



Ex-senior New York State staffer charged in cash-for-favors scandal with China

(2024/09/04)

Bagging two posh properties, three luxury cars on a govt salary a bit of a giveaway – allegedly



US govt halts medical study into Havana Syndrome, cites 'coercion' of participants

(2024/09/04)

What was screwing with minds of US diplomats – wait, is that a black helicopt...



White House thinks it's time to fix the insecure glue of the internet: Yup, BGP

(2024/09/04)

Better late than never



UK trio pleads guilty to running $10M MFA bypass biz

(2024/09/03)

Updated Crew bragged they could help crooks raid victims' bank accounts



Intel's 120 TOPS Lunar Lake AI PC chips have landed

(2024/09/03)

And all it took was some good old fashioned outsourcing to TSMC



Spamouflage trolls pretend to be American patriots on X, TikTok ahead of US presidential election

(2024/09/03)

No, Abbey is not really a "pure patriotic girl"



Mercury probe BepiColombo thrusters are acting up, but science marches on

(2024/09/03)

Trajectory tweak means a delay of almost a year, though 165 km flyby should produce eye candy



Deadline looms: Google Workspace mandates OAuth by September 30

(2024/09/03)

27 days to get your users' third-party apps on Google’s sign-in



Dow-ward spiral: Intel share price drop could see it delisted from blue-chip index

(2024/09/03)

50% dive in market cap during 2024 forcing CEO Pat Gelsinger to revisit strategy



Data watchdog fines Clearview AI $33M for 'illegal' data collection

(2024/09/03)

Selfie-scraper again claims European law does not apply to it



GNU screen 5 proves it's still got game even after 37 years

(2024/09/03)

First major version in two decades is worth getting to know



Brace for glitches and GRUB grumbles as Ubuntu 24.04.1 lands

(2024/09/03)

Now the Numbat has been neatened, you can replace your Jellyfish – if you dare



China outspending US, Taiwan, and South Korea combined on chipmaking kit

(2024/09/03)

$25B semiconductor shopping spree leaves rivals in the dust



Cloud computing hits the nuclear button amid energy crisis

(2024/09/03)

Analysis Other options considered too as the power draw on electricity grids continues unabated



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