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)

HP-Autonomy: Attorneys wrap up arguments in Mike Lynch's stateside criminal fraud trial

(2024/06/04)

And we await the San Francisco jury's verdict



NIST turns to IT consultants to clear National Vulnerability Database backlog

(2024/06/03)

Aims to get CVE logjam cleared by the end of FY 24



Crooks threaten to leak 3B personal records 'stolen from background check firm'

(2024/06/03)

Turns out opting out actually works?



Arm CEO aims to conquer half the Windows world in 5 years

(2024/06/03)

Computex That's probably wishful thinking, say chip analysts



Windows 11's Recall feature is on by default on Copilot+ PCs

(2024/06/03)

Disabling the AI snapshotter requires a trip into Settings for ordinary users



Energy buffs give small modular reactors a gigantic reality check

(2024/06/03)

Too expensive, slow, and risky for investors, and they're taking focus off renewables, say IEEFA experts



Arm chief exec scored $70M in New York IPO bonanza

(2024/06/03)

Brit chip design outfit sets sights on dominating AI market



Microsoft to spend $3.2B on expanding cloud and AI in green energy-rich Sweden

(2024/06/03)

Budget to be blown on construction and 20K GPUs among other things in the next 2 years



NYSE technical error sends stocks tumbling

(2024/06/03)

Updated Exchange said the problem involves limit bands designed to prevent volatility



Russia takes gold for disinformation as Olympics approach

(2024/06/03)

Featuring Tom Cruise deepfakes and multiple made-up terrorism threats



US standards agency reports back on just how good age verification software is

(2024/06/03)

Getting better, but more work needed



Microsoft could be about to write a fat check to stave off cloud antitrust complaint

(2024/06/03)

'No agreement has been reached,' Euro cloud lobby insists



It's make your mind up time as Atos sets deadline to pick rescue package

(2024/06/03)

June 5 the day to opt for Onepoint-led consortium or Daniel Křetínský's EPEI



Boeing's Starliner finds yet another way to not reach space

(2024/06/03)

'Unfortunately a power supply generally does not fail ... until it does'



Check Point warns customers to patch VPN vulnerability under active exploitation

(2024/06/03)

Infosec in brief Also, free pianos are the latest internet scam bait, Cooler Master gets pwned, and some critical vulnerabilities



Huawei to go: China's tech giant No1... in foldable smartphones

(2024/06/03)

Still struggling to pull in supplies for homegrown 5G SoC, though



UK may not hit goal of 95% mobile coverage, commons committee warns

(2024/06/03)

Sitting in a not-spot in the countryside? It's not great news



JAXA's Akatsuki probe goes silent after more than a decade studying Venus

(2024/06/03)

Plus: Japanese billionaire cancels joyride with artists around the Moon



Broadcom’s VMware strategy looks ever more shaky - and less relevant

(2024/06/03)

ICYMI Yes, it’s that darned AI again



Qualcomm wants to target all ‘all form factors’ with SoCs that power Copilot+ PCs

(2024/06/03)

Computex As Arm CEO declares his architecture is now the de facto Windows standard



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