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)

Rarest, strangest, form of Windows saved techie from moment of security madness

(2024/04/22)

Who, Me? For once, Redmond's finest saved the day - by being rubbish in unexpectedly useful ways



Microsoft foresees a new type of AI PC: A Surface designed with help from machines

(2024/04/22)

For now, Redmond is dogfooding Azure for product simulations



Zilog to end standalone sales of the legendary Z80 CPU

(2024/04/22)

The processor that gave the world the ZX Spectrum and so much more is out of wafers



Researchers claim Windows Defender can be fooled into deleting databases

(2024/04/22)

BLACK HAT ASIA Two rounds of reports and patches may not have completely closed this hole



China creates 'Information Support Force' to improve networked defence capabilities

(2024/04/22)

A day after FBI boss warns Beijing is poised to strike against US infrastructure



MITRE admits 'nation state' attackers touched its NERVE R&D operation

(2024/04/22)

Infosec In Brief PLUS: Akira ransomware resurgent; Telehealth outfit fined for data-sharing; This week's nastiest vulns



Elon Musk's X to challenge Australian content takedown orders in court

(2024/04/22)

Asia In Brief PLUS: Samsung in 'emergency mode'; Tim Cook's Asian charm tour; APAC AI spend to surge



Microsoft is a national security threat, says ex-White House cyber policy director

(2024/04/21)

Interview With little competition at the goverment level, Windows giant has no incentive to make its systems safer



Microsoft teases deepfake AI that's too powerful to release

(2024/04/20)

VASA-1 framework can turn a still image and a cloned voice file into a plausible video of a person talking



Lightweight LXQt 2.0.0 updates to same toolkit as KDE Plasma 6

(2024/04/20)

4-letter survivor's move to Qt 6 means that, love it or hate it, Wayland is looming



Tesla Cybertruck turns into world's most expensive brick after car wash

(2024/04/20)

Bulletproof? Is it waterproof? Ts&Cs say: 'Failure to put Cybertruck in Car Wash Mode may result in damage'



A knotty problem: Boffins working on fuel-efficient trajectories for space travel

(2024/04/20)

Not yet the London Underground style efficient schematic we want, but it's a start



Google squashes AI teams together in push for fresh models

(2024/04/20)

You can leave your personal vendettas at home – we have work to do, Pichai warns



SpaceX, Northrop Grumman reportedly working on US spy sat program

(2024/04/20)

LEO rising in US military: Close encounters of the recon kind



Sacramento airport goes no-fly after AT&T internet cable snipped

(2024/04/19)

Police say this appears to be a 'deliberate act.'



NASA solar sail to be Siriusly visible in orbit from Earth

(2024/04/19)

Updated Look out for a new star next week



Qt Ubuntu 24.04 betas show that there's room to innovate

(2024/04/19)

Hot on the heels of Ubuntu Noble beta come the betas of the Qt-based remixes, with some interesting differences



AI energy draw from Chicago datacenters to rise ninefold

(2024/04/19)

No wonder industry is exploring nuclear as an alternative to electricity



WhatsApp, Threads, more banished from Apple App Store in China

(2024/04/19)

Still available in Hong Kong and Macau, for now



Unintended acceleration leads to recall of every Cybertruck produced so far

(2024/04/19)

That isn't what Tesla meant by Full Self-Driving



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The sunlights differ, but there is only one darkness.
-- Ursula K. LeGuin, "The Dispossessed"