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)

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



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