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)

SpaceX set to surpass Gemini 11's altitude record with Polaris Dawn mission

(2024/08/20)

Let's hope the spacesuits hold up for extravehicular activity



PostgreSQL in line for DuckDB-shaped boost in analytics arena

(2024/08/20)

Microsoft-backed extension aims to address open source database's perceived weaknesses



Plane tracker app FlightAware admits user data exposed for years

(2024/08/20)

Updated Privacy blunder alert omits number of key details



Elon Musk's X Corp faces $61M lawsuit over unpaid tech tabs

(2024/08/20)

Taiwanese IT infrastructure provider claims platform ghosted it



Console yourself – research finds gaming may actually boost mental health

(2024/08/20)

Digital athletes enjoy positive effects in Japan study, but too much screentime sees diminishing returns



Oreon Lime is AlmaLinux with a desktop twist

(2024/08/20)

Enterprise-level long-term stability, but a little friendlier



Rocket Factory Augsburg engine test ends in explosion at SaxaVord spaceport

(2024/08/20)

First stage destroyed during hot fire in Scotland



'Right to switch off' initiative aims to boost economy by beating burnout

(2024/08/20)

Your country needs you… to quit it with all those sick days



Cloudflare calls for regulatory harmonization amid rising internet challenges

(2024/08/20)

Interview Removing security services not always the best way to tackle problematic content



City council faces £216.5M loss over Oracle system debacle

(2024/08/20)

Europe's largest local authority canceled expected savings baked into financial plans



Euro antitrust cop Margrethe Vestager to depart after decade of reining in Big Tech

(2024/08/20)

Her legacy hinges on her successor – will they double down?



Iran named as source of Trump campaign phish, leaks

(2024/08/20)

Political stirrer Roger Stone may have been a weak link after personal emails cracked



Pakistan’s internet slows to uncomfortable levels, allegedly due to new China-style firewall

(2024/08/20)

Minister issues denial – it's just an upgrade to the 'web-management system'



Alibaba and Tencent clouds see demand for CPUs level off, GPUs accelerate

(2024/08/20)

Lenovo also cashes in on AI demand, without being able to turn it into profit



Missing scissors cause 36 flight cancellations in Japan

(2024/08/20)

Plus a further 200 delays, rockstars knocked off stage … all on a holiday weekend



Digital wallets can allow purchases with stolen credit cards

(2024/08/20)

Researchers find it's possible to downgrade authentication checks, and shabby token refresh policies



Nvidia's latest AI climate model takes aim at severe weather

(2024/08/19)

That tornado warning couldn't possibly be a hallucination... could it?



OpenAI kills Iranian accounts using ChatGPT to write US election disinfo

(2024/08/19)

12 on X and one on Instagram caught in the crackdown



Multiple flaws in Microsoft macOS apps unpatched despite potential risks

(2024/08/19)

Windows giant tells Cisco Talos it isn't fixing them



GM axes 1,000+ jobs in software and service division, majority in US

(2024/08/19)

Automaker claims it has to ‘make bold choices’



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TOO BAD YOU CAN'T BUY a voodoo globe so that you could make the earth spin
real fast and freak everybody out.
-- Jack Handey, The New Mexican, 1988.