DARPA suggests turning old C code automatically into Rust – using AI, of course (2024/08/03) Who wants to make a TRACTOR pull request?
San Francisco set to ban rent-hiking algorithms used by landlords (2024/08/02) Automated price-fixing software screwing over tenants? Fog off!
Intel tacks two years onto Raptor Lake CPU warranty after voltage crash fiasco (2024/08/02) It’s starting to sink in for Chipzilla that it’s losing some credibility
Say 'ahhhh' – AI robots are now gunning for your gums (2024/08/02) Perceptive turns its automated dental dynamo on humans, and Zuck's dad thinks it's great
Uncle Sam sues TikTok for 'extensive' data harvesting from millions of kids (2024/08/02) Remember that promise to be nice? You broke it, say prosecutors
Microsoft's results are in, but the E7 subscription remains mythical. For now (2024/08/02) Comment Does the Windows giant's love of 365 add-ons spell doom for a super premium tier?
Israeli hacktivist group brags it took down Iran's internet (2024/08/02) WeRedEvils alleges successful attack on infrastructure, including data theft
Boeing's Starliner proves better at torching cash than reaching orbit (2024/08/02) Perhaps those thrusters actually burn dollars after all
Breaking the economy of trust: How busts affect malware gangs (2024/08/02) Feature It's hard to track down individuals, so why not disrupt the underground market itself?
Azure Linux 3 hits general availability – but don't expect any frills (2024/08/02) Microsoft's distribution gets a new LTS kernel
DoJ launches probes as AI antitrust storm clouds gather round Nvidia (2024/08/02) Updated US regulator reportedly not happy about Run:ai buy... nor industry dominance
Fortune 50 biz coughed up record-breaking $75M ransom to halt leak of stolen data (2024/08/02) They say crime doesn't pay. They're right – it's the victims doing the paying
UK plans to revamp national cyber defense tools are already in motion (2024/08/02) Work aims to build on the success of NCSC's 2016 initiative – and private sector will play a part
50 years ago, CP/M started the microcomputer revolution (2024/08/02) In 1974, Gary Kildall got the first version working and changed the world of operating systems
Microsoft whiz dishes the dirt on the Blue Screen Of Death's colorful past (2024/08/02) CrowdStrike reminded the public that BSODs still exist. Their origins go back decades
Yes, I am being intolerably smug – because I ignored you and saved the project (2024/08/02) On Call The minutes before a maintenance window closes are maybe not the best time to re-learn obscure router syntax
UK crimebusters shut down global call-spoofing outfit that claimed 170K-plus victims (2024/08/02) Suspected devs behind Russian Coms cuffed – now to find the users of the nastyware
Japan mandates app to ensure national ID cards aren't forged (2024/08/02) First delays, then data leaks – now fraud detection needed at point of use
Amazon: Our cloud growth just sped up. Did you know we are also quite a big retailer? (2024/08/02) Reveals Kuiper broadband sats to fly later this year and solid Q2 sales
First-time buyers, especially in China, help Apple to quarterly revenue record (2024/08/02) iPhone cash is a little off, but AI might just turn that around