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)

Apple and Samsung tussle over whose gizmos are hardest to fix

(2024/02/08)

Chromebooks earn 'Least Likely to Survive a Screwdriver' award



Raspberry Robin devs are buying exploits for faster attacks

(2024/02/08)

One of most important malware loaders to cybercrims who are jumping on vulnerabilities faster than ever



Europe's deepest mine to become Europe's deepest battery

(2024/02/08)

2 MWh of energy storage using dirt, winches, and cables set to be installed in Finland



Leaked memo: Microsoft employees should be using Copilot too

(2024/02/08)

It's all part of a push to get more devs using AI tools



Work to resolve binary babble from Voyager 1 is ongoing

(2024/02/08)

You think your latency is bad? How about 45 hours to see if a command worked?



Microsoft embraces its inner penguin as sudo sneaks into Windows 11

(2024/02/08)

Linux users have enjoyed such functionality for decades



Fintech engineer grounded by crypto fraud caper, including $300m spoof trades

(2024/02/08)

Fourth conviction in South Africa-linked scheme



Cybercrime duo accused of picking $2.5M from Apple's orchard

(2024/02/08)

Security researcher buddies allegedly tag team a four-month virtual gift card heist at Cupertino tech giant



5G network slicing finally shown to be more than pipe dream

(2024/02/08)

Telcos demonstrate configuration in action at research facility. Now to find customers that want to buy one



European cloud providers locked in talks with Microsoft over licensing complaint

(2024/02/08)

Redmond has until end of this quarter to make 'substantive progress'



Microsoft seeks patent for tech to put words into your mouth

(2024/02/08)

Remember that satnav that spoke like Homer Simpson? Now imagine AI doing that in any language, on any device



Saturnian moon Mimas: Crunchy on the outside, sub-surface ocean on the inside

(2024/02/08)

Data from Cassini suggests hidden depths beneath crater-ridden body



When red flags are just office decoration: Edinburgh Uni's Oracle IT disaster

(2024/02/08)

Management either weren't told about risks or ignored them, report finds



In its tantrum with Europe, Apple broke web apps in iOS 17 beta, still hasn't fixed them

(2024/02/08)

PWAs demoted to OWB: Operating Within Browser



Rust can help make software secure – but it's no cure-all

(2024/02/08)

Security is a process, not a product. Nor a language



Arm share price bulges after AI pumped revenue to a new record

(2024/02/08)

Smartphones surge, but chip design champ isn't ready to predict its cloudy future



CERN is training robot dogs to spot radiation hazards at Large Hadron Collider

(2024/02/08)

Vid CERNquadbot can go off the rails – unlike science org's existing inspector bots



Alibaba Cloud posts modest growth, mostly thanks to other Alibaba business units

(2024/02/08)

Customers from beyond the Chinese giant are being let go if they've signed for low-margin contracts



Japan's second-ranked mobile telco to buy convenience store chain from Mitsubishi

(2024/02/08)

KDDI wants to snack on data about who buys what at which of Lawson's 14,600 stores



OpenAI latest to add 'Made by AI' metadata to model work

(2024/02/08)

Content Credentials: It's better than nothing™



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Francis Ford Coppola presents a George Lucas Production:
"Fortune Cookie"
Directed by Steven Spielberg.
Starring Harrison Ford Bette Midler Marlon Brando
Christopher Reeves Marilyn Chambers
and Bob Hope as "The Waiter".
Costumes Designed by Pierre Cardin.
Special Effects by Timothy Leary.
Read the Warner paperback!
Invoke the Unix program!
Soundtrack on XTC Records.
In 70mm and Dolby Stereo at selected theaters and terminal
centers.