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)

BOFH: An 'AI PC' for an Acutely Ignorant user

(2024/06/14)

Episode 11 The Boss won't know the difference



We need a volunteer to literally crawl over broken glass to fix this network

(2024/06/14)

On Call Downside: High chance of injury. Upside: Permanent bragging rights at performance reviews



Microsoft cancels universal Recall release in favor of Windows Insider preview

(2024/06/14)

Wider release coming real soon – promise – after the Windows faithful give it a thrashing



Pakistan punishes tax dodgers with new measures to ensure telcos cut off their mobile phones

(2024/06/14)

Already doxxed and ordered disconnection for half a million of its own citizens suspected of not paying their share



Japan's space agency helps to target advertising with satellite photos of crops

(2024/06/14)

Some would say ads for cabbage are futile – can pics from space at least make them timely?



Microsoft bigwig says the Feds catching Chinese spies in Exchange Online is the cloud working as intended

(2024/06/14)

'It's not our job to find the culprits – That's what we're paying you for' lawmaker scolds Brad Smith



US Space Force wanted $77M to reinforce GPS – and Congress shot it down

(2024/06/14)

Can't we do this another way, like without these mini-sats costing $1B over 5 years, House reps wonder



Wells Fargo fires employees accused of faking keyboard activity to pretend to work

(2024/06/13)

Homer Simpson was ahead of his time



Oracle Ads have had it: $2B operation shuts down after dwindling to $300M

(2024/06/13)

Analysis In this slightly more private era, your data ain't as profitable as it once was



World's first RISC-V laptop with Ubuntu preloaded touts AI smarts and octa-core chip

(2024/06/13)

Might be more of a paper tiger given it runs at 2 GHz and has just 2 TOPS



Google datacenters in Nevada to go full steam ahead with geothermal energy

(2024/06/13)

Part of Mountain View's aim for carbon-free power by 2030



X marks the spot where Twitter's severance math doesn't add up

(2024/06/13)

Surely an everything app includes a working currency converter?



Ukrainian cops collar Kyiv programmer believed to be Conti, LockBit linchpin

(2024/06/13)

28-year-old accused of major ransomware attacks across Europe



Startup Diraq taps GlobalFoundries to forge silicon-based quantum chips

(2024/06/13)

Vows to have a 'commercially relevant' system within five years



China miffed over electric vehicle tariff tiff with EU

(2024/06/13)

Trade body bemoans move as 'notably unfair' but no countermeasures yet



Google's Privacy Sandbox more like a privacy mirage, campaigners claim

(2024/06/13)

Updated Chocolate Factory accused of misleading Chrome browser users



US senators propose guardrails for government AI purchases and operations

(2024/06/13)

Bill proposes appointment of chief AI officers, privacy safeguards, and lots of testing



NASA hits wrong button, broadcasts ISS emergency training by mistake

(2024/06/13)

Simulation stimulates social media panic



UK Labour Party promises end to datacenter planning 'barriers'

(2024/06/13)

With a strong lead going into general election, opposition claims it will 'supercharge' tech sector



Student's flimsy bin bags blamed for latest NHS data breach

(2024/06/13)

Confidential patient information found by member of the public



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