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)

Untangling Meta's plan for its homegrown AI chips, set to actually roll out this year

(2024/02/02)

So that's where all the laid-off semiconductor engineers went!



Blackbaud settles with FTC after that IT breach exposed millions of people's info

(2024/02/02)

Cloud software slinger admits no guilt, promises better basic security hygiene



US starts 'emergency' checks on cryptocurrency power use, citing winter power demands

(2024/02/02)

Up until now watchdogs say they've just been guesstimating consumption



Critical vulnerability in Mastodon is pounced upon by fast-acting admins

(2024/02/02)

Danger of remote account takeovers leaves lead devs scared of releasing many details



Tesla power steering probe upgraded after thousands more incidents reported

(2024/02/02)

Probe that started with 12 records six months ago has ballooned to 2,191 claims of failed 2023 Model 3 and Y steering



Save the Mars Sample Return mission, plead Congresscritters

(2024/02/02)

Letter: Budget cuts will 'essentially cancel' daring multi vehicle project unless reversed



Is critical infrastructure prepared for OT ransomware?

(2024/02/02)

Feature As extortion tactics evolve, operational shutdowns are the next step



Windows 11 24H2 is coming so we can all shut up about Windows 12 for another year

(2024/02/02)

References to future update found in Microsoft documentation



Intel delays Ohio fab build, blames semiconductor slowdown

(2024/02/02)

US govt isn't exactly in a hurry with the Chips Act money either



Interpol's latest cybercrime intervention dismantles ransomware, banking malware servers

(2024/02/02)

Efforts part of internationally coordinated operations carried out in recent months



Restrictive licensing keeps businesses grounded in cloud vendor vortex

(2024/02/02)

Microsoft named – again – by EU trade groups seeking to level the playing field



Return to Office mandates boost company profits? Nope

(2024/02/02)

Biz boffins say bottom line and market cap didn't change post directive – but staff mood did



Building a 16-bit CPU in a spreadsheet is Excel-lent engineering

(2024/02/02)

But can it run Doom?



Techie climbed a mountain only be told not to touch the kit on top

(2024/02/02)

On Call Twelve very cold hours and many miles after being told to ignore the power button, guess what happened?



Mozilla slams Microsoft for using dark patterns to drive Windows users toward Edge

(2024/02/02)

Asks why only one Bing ad – the one you see when searching for other browsers – looks like a Windows popup



Amazon extends the life of its servers to six years, expects $900m benefit in 90 days

(2024/02/02)

Cloud optimization efforts ebb, and migrations resume



Wikileaks source and former CIA worker Joshua Schulte sentenced to 40 years jail

(2024/02/02)

'Vault 7' leak detailed cyber-ops including forged digital certs



The FCC wants to criminalize AI robocall spam

(2024/02/02)

The only thing worse than a telemarketer is a robo-telemarketer



Cloudflare sheds more light on Thanksgiving security breach in which tokens, source code accessed by suspected spies

(2024/02/02)

Atlassian systen compromised via October Okta intrusion



OpenAI reassures: GPT-4 gives 'a mild uplift' to creators of biochemical weapons

(2024/02/01)

Good to know that boffins can't easily prompt their way to new careers as supervillains



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