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)

EU AI Act still in infancy, but those with 'intelligent' HR apps better watch out

(2024/07/31)

Users and developers warned to prepare for what's coming with human resources a focus in 'high-risk' category



It is 60 years since a US spacecraft first took a close-up of the Moon

(2024/07/31)

Ranger 7 finally gets its shot. Five years later, humans would follow



OpenTofu hits version 1.8 with more crowd-pleasing features

(2024/07/31)

Open source TerraForm rival introduces a new file extension so users can 'keep older code around for compatibility'



Compared to other distros, Vanilla OS 2 'Orchid' is rewriting how Linux works

(2024/07/31)

In front, unmodified GNOME; underneath, it's all a bit strange, but purposefully so



UK Electoral Commission slapped for basic cybersecurity fails

(2024/07/31)

It took 13 months to notice 40 million voters' data was compromised



Microsoft Dynamics 365 called out for 'worker surveillance'

(2024/07/31)

Insight Redmond disputes some claims made in Cracked Labs probe



China stops worrying about lack of GPUs and learns to love the supercomputer

(2024/07/31)

The workaround is going to be inevitable in the future anyway, say Chinese boffins



Canceled meeting between US and UAE throws fresh scrutiny on Microsoft-G42 deal

(2024/07/31)

All a simple misunderstanding, we're told



Microsoft remains massively profitable, investors await AI payoff

(2024/07/31)

Everyone loves Copilot, execs claim – and hope they can say the same for Copilot Plus PCs



Ridesharing makes new and unique mess in Japan's taxi industry

(2024/07/31)

Minister accuses cab drivers of gaming algos to score more lucrative fares



Asia's regional internet registry APNIC names new director general

(2024/07/31)

ICANN's local boss Jia Rong Low gets the gig – and a challenging to-do list



AMD sold $1B of Instinct GPUs last quarter, driving triple-digit datacenter growth

(2024/07/31)

Which is nice, but way behind Nvidia, while other segments are soft and supply-chain pain persists



DigiCert gives unlucky folks 24 hours to replace doomed certificates after code blunder

(2024/07/31)

For the want of an underscore



Amazon, you will do a total recall of bad stuff sold through your site, watchdog barks

(2024/07/31)

E-super-souk isn't having any of it



No love lost between Apple and Nvidia as iGiant chooses Google chips for AI training

(2024/07/31)

Things are getting Tensor between Cupertino and Nv



Can't get Minecraft, MongoDB Cloud, others to work today? Blame that Azure outage

(2024/07/30)

Shut the Front Door!



Meta to cough up $1.4B to end fight over 'unlawful' facial recognition of friends

(2024/07/30)

Everything's bigger in Texas – even the settlement deals



Delta Air Lines dials up Microsoft's legal nemesis over CrowdStrike losses

(2024/07/30)

Oh, Boies, here we go again



Qualcomm goes budget with Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 5G chipset

(2024/07/30)

Latest silicon aims to bring Gigabit connectivity to sub-$100 handsets



Zuck dreams of personalized AI assistants for all – just like email

(2024/07/30)

SIGGRAPH A model finetuned on your social media profile? What could possibly go wrong?



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