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)

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(2024/08/30)

Claims about much-hyped tech show flawed understanding of language and cognition, research argues



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France charges Telegram CEO with multiple crimes

(2024/08/30)

Testing the idea that a platform boss can be responsible for the acts of others, or not helping to investigate them



Crypto boss finds fraud trial a serious pain in the neck

(2024/08/30)

Thankfully his injuries are not life threatening



Iran hunts down double agents with fake recruiting sites, Mandiant reckons

(2024/08/30)

Farsi-language posts target possibly-pro-Israel individuals



China is beating the world at scientific research, think tank finds

(2024/08/30)

Could monopolise 24 key techs if current trends continue



SETI boldly looks beyond the Milky Way in latest alien hunt

(2024/08/30)

Civilizations detectable at galactic distances could harness all of a star's energy output, boffins reckon



Broadcom has brought VMware down to earth and that’s welcome

(2024/08/30)

VMware Explore But users aren’t optimistic it will land softly



US indicts duo over alleged Swatting spree that targeted elected officials

(2024/08/30)

Apparently made over 100 fake crime reports and bomb threats



Nvidia admits Blackwell defect, but Jensen Huang pledges Q4 shipments as promised

(2024/08/29)

The setback won't stop us from banking billions, CFO insists



What a coincidence. Spyware makers, Russia's Cozy Bear seem to share same exploits

(2024/08/29)

Google researchers note similarities, can't find smoking-gun link



AMD's Victor Peng: AI thirst for power underscores the need for efficient silicon

(2024/08/29)

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Feds claim sinister sysadmin locked up thousands of Windows workstations, demanded ransom

(2024/08/29)

Sordid search history 'evidence' in case that could see him spend 35 years for extortion and wire fraud



Yelp accuses Google of being a local search bully in antitrust lawsuit

(2024/08/29)

Chocolate Factory claims rival is trying to revive cases it's already lost



Salesforce mulls charging per AI chat as investors sweat over fewer seats

(2024/08/29)

Benioff sees 'very high margin opportunity' in bid to 'monetize' productivity gains



Rock Chrome hard enough and get paid half a million

(2024/08/29)

Google revises Chrome Vulnerability Rewards Program with higher payouts for bug hunters



Verizon taps another satellite operator to make texting from the middle of nowhere easier

(2024/08/29)

iPhone-like functionality coming to other devices on the network soon



Ex-Windows boss who tried to save the Start Menu now Shopify tech wizard

(2024/08/29)

Time to make e-commerce great again instead?



Fintech outfit Klarna swaps humans for AI by not replacing departing workers

(2024/08/29)

Insists it's not cutting jobs and pays harder-to-automate people more with AI savings



Brain Cipher claims attack on Olympic venue, promises 300 GB data leak

(2024/08/29)

French police reckon financial system targeted during Summer Games



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> In short, now you need filesystem versioning at a per-page level etc.

*ding* *ding* *ding* we have a near winner. Remember, folks, Hurd had been
started by people who not only don't understand UNIX, but detest it.
ITS/TWENEX refugees. And semantics in question comes from there -
they had "open and make sure that anyone who tries to modify will get
a new version, leaving one we'd opened unchanged".

- Al Viro on linux-kernel