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)

DataVita declares sovereignty with 'National Cloud' for UK

(2024/08/29)

Scottish provider promises no hidden fees, full control, and safe haven for data



Brit teachers are getting AI sidekicks to help with marking and lesson plans

(2024/08/29)

Updated Isn't the education system in enough trouble already?



Hangover from messy Walmart tech divorce ongoing at Asda

(2024/08/29)

UK grocer suffers IT issues with clothing orders, self-scanning, and store picker app



Sweet 16 and making mistakes: More of the computing industry's biggest fails

(2024/08/29)

Part 2: The 16-bit era As the hardware got more capable, the messes got more expensive



Astronomers back call for review of bonkers rule that means satellite swarms fly without environment checks

(2024/08/29)

Space boffins want pollution from the likes of Starlink regulated



EU tries to pin down China on definition of 'important data'

(2024/08/29)

Rules on cross border data transfers have European businesses scratching their heads



Nvidia's growth slows to a mere 122 percent but it’s still topping expectations

(2024/08/29)

Still growing in China, ramping Hopper prods and predicting Blackwell billions soon



CrowdStrike's meltdown didn't dent its market dominance … yet

(2024/08/29)

Total revenue for Q2 grew 32 percent



Public clouds are 'dirty' about VMware's on-prem push, says Broadcom CEO Hock Tan

(2024/08/29)

VMware Explore Virtzilla's sales swing decisively to the Cloud Foundation bundle



AT&T to shell out $950,000 after quad-state 911 outage

(2024/08/29)

Service takes another dive just as settlement is announced



Microsoft hosts a security summit but no press, public allowed

(2024/08/29)

op-ed CrowdStrike, other vendors, friendly govt reps…but not anyone who would tell you what happened



Proof-of-concept code released for zero-click critical IPv6 Windows hole

(2024/08/28)

If you haven't deployed August's patches, get busy before others do



Supermicro delays 10-K filling due to accounting issues

(2024/08/28)

Financial research org labels server-maker a ‘serial recidivist’, alleges quality product problems



Google trains a GenAI model to simulate Doom's game engine in real-ish time

(2024/08/28)

The proof of concept shows promise despite big limitations



Warren Buffett’s favorite insurer GEICO drops VMware for OpenStack

(2024/08/28)

Seeks customizable cloud and less lock-in



Iran's Pioneer Kitten hits US networks via buggy Check Point, Palo Alto gear

(2024/08/28)

The government-backed crew also enjoys ransomware as a side hustle



Elon Musk reins in Grok AI bot to stop election misinformation

(2024/08/28)

Because who needs yet another lawsuit?



TikTok isn't protected by Section 230 in 10-year-old’s ‘blackout challenge’ death

(2024/08/28)

Want a bot to pick engaging content and immunity from liability? Sorry, no



Dick's Sporting Goods discloses cyberattack

(2024/08/28)

Authorities probing unwanted intrusion; hard questions ahead



HP secures $50M CHIPS Act boost to adapt inkjet tech for life sciences

(2024/08/28)

Major funding backs printer giant's microfluidics work as market waits to see if regular printing revs recover



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