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)

Biden to inject Intel with CHIPS fab cash 'next week'

(2024/03/15)

Samsung and TSMC apparently slated to receive $6B and $5B



Microsoft license shuffle means Power Apps users could break the bank

(2024/03/15)

Updated New restrictions seem to usher users toward expensive Dynamics 365 subscriptions



As if working at Helldesk weren't bad enough, IT helpers now targeted by cybercrims

(2024/03/15)

Wave of Okta attacks mark what researchers are calling the biggest security trend of the year



Raspberry Pi OS 5.2 is here, with pleasant tweaks to Wayland-based desktop

(2024/03/15)

Kernel 6.6 and small refinements, plus less visible, but meaningful adjustments



FCC ups broadband benchmark speeds, says rural areas still underserved

(2024/03/15)

Previous goals were 25Mbps download and a paltry 3Mbps for upload ... and some places don't even have that



We talk to W3C board vice-chair Robin Berjon about the InterPlanetary File System

(2024/03/15)

Interview The decentralized web is alive and well despite Web3 financial scheming



Bernie Sanders clocks in with 4-day workweek bill thanks to AI and productivity tech

(2024/03/15)

Don't start planning your long weekend yet – proposal is likely to be a hard sell in work-obsessed America



Microsoft says AI alliances are needed to compete with Google

(2024/03/15)

Only the Chocolate Factory is 'vertically integrated' to win at 'every AI layer from chips to a thriving mobile app store'



IBM CEO pay jumps 23% in 2023, average employee gets 7%

(2024/03/15)

And the party extends to shareholders with an overall $6B payout



McDonald's ordering system suffers McFlurry of tech troubles

(2024/03/15)

Global meltdown turns fast food slow



Cop shop rapped for 'completely avoidable' web form blunder

(2024/03/15)

Made public highly sensitive data on complaints about Metropolitan Police Service



RISE with SAP plan fails to hit go-live date in West of England council

(2024/03/15)

Updated Delays spark fears of £500K legacy support bill, plans for new financial year



Fresh version of Windows user-friendly Zorin OS arrives to tempt the Linux-wary

(2024/03/15)

Adding extra shine to Ubuntu Jammy… with the lightweight edition to follow



UK minister tells telcos to share telegraph poles if they can't lay cable underground

(2024/03/15)

The NIMBYs are fed up, and it's an election year



Ad agency boss owned two Ferraris but wouldn't buy a real server

(2024/03/15)

On Call Resulting cycle of rushed repairs and recriminations did wonders for the IT/user relationship



Claims emerge that Citrix has doubled price of month-to-month partner licenses

(2024/03/15)

Reaction from channel was 'stunned silence followed by anger and disbelief'



Alibaba pits people against AI in its annual mathematics competition

(2024/03/15)

Thankfully the prizes for human winners are far higher than those for machines



Broadcom boss Hock Tan acknowledges 'some unease' among VMware community

(2024/03/15)

But rates his first 100 days in charge a 'strong start'



NASA missions are being delayed by oversubscribed, overburdened, and out-of-date supercomputers

(2024/03/15)

Flagship facility has just 48 GPUs



Forget TikTok – Chinese spies want to steal IP by backdooring digital locks

(2024/03/15)

Updated Uncle Sam can use this snooping tool, too, but that's beside the point



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It took a while to surface, but it appears that a long-distance credit card
may have saved a U.S. Army unit from heavy casualties during the Grenada
military rescue/invasion. Major General David Nichols, Air Force ... said
the Army unit was in a house surrounded by Cuban forces. One soldier found
a telephone and, using his credit card, called Ft. Bragg, N.C., telling Army
officers there of the perilous situation. The officers in turn called the
Air Force, which sent in gunships to scatter the Cubans and relieve the unit.
-- Aviation Week and Space Technology