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)

US government excoriates Microsoft for 'avoidable errors' but keeps paying for its products

(2024/04/05)

Analysis In what other sphere does a bad supplier not feel pain for its foulups?



VMware customer reaction to Broadcom may set the future of software licensing

(2024/04/05)

Opinion Enterprise tech slingers want to see what Hock Tan can get away with – and replicate it



Hotel check-in terminal bug spews out access codes for guest rooms

(2024/04/05)

Attacks could be completed in seconds, compromising customer safety



Blue Origin to fly another 90-year-old into outer space

(2024/04/05)

Ed Dwight, almost America's first Black astronaut, will ride New Shepard rocket



404 Day celebrates the internet's most infamous no-show

(2024/04/05)

Nothing is forever, not even a web page



Local councils struggle with ill-fitting software despite spending billions with suppliers

(2024/04/05)

Even when tech crew gets the tweaks approved, vendor lead times are bonkers, says report



Microsoft hiring Inflection team triggers interest from EU's antitrust chief

(2024/04/05)

All sorts of levers being pulled to lure AI developers from here, there, everywhere



Techie saved the day and was then criticized for the fix

(2024/04/05)

On Call You can prove them wrong, but they'll still get you on a non-technicality



Tough luck, bosses, AI is coming for your job, too

(2024/04/05)

Algorithms as PHBs – who wouldn't want that?



Academics probe Apple's privacy settings and get lost and confused

(2024/04/05)

Just disabling Siri requires visits to five submenus



Chinese schools testing 10,000 locally made RISC-V-ish PCs

(2024/04/05)

Today's lesson covers the potential for Loongson's made-in-China architecture to hurt Microsoft and Intel



Taiwan quake to hit chipmakers' capex, not chip supply

(2024/04/05)

Some equipment suffered minor damage, but the silicon show must go on



World's second-largest eyeglass lens-maker blinded by infosec incident

(2024/04/05)

Japan's Hoya also makes components for chips, displays, and hard disks, and has spent four days groping for a fix



Lambda borrows half a billion bucks to grow its GPU cloud

(2024/04/05)

Will buy tens of thousands of Nvidia's prized accelerators, which will be collateral for the loan



Tech titans assemble to decide which jobs AI should cut first

(2024/04/04)

But don't worry, if tech takes your job, we'll retrain you



Feds probe alleged classified US govt data theft and leak

(2024/04/04)

Updated State Dept keeps schtum 'for security reasons'



Sleuths who cracked Zodiac Killer's cipher thank the crowd

(2024/04/04)

Fifty-one years of community contributions, software, and clever cryptanalysis contributed



NASA taps trio of companies to build the next generation of lunar rover

(2024/04/04)

At $4.6 billion, this Moon malarkey is getting expensive



Thank the bots, your blue check is back on X

(2024/04/04)

If you're popular enough at Elon's party, that is



Google ponders making AI search a premium option

(2024/04/04)

Ad-free search experience might not be on the cards



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