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)

NASA engineers got their parachute wires crossed for OSIRIS-REx mission

(2023/12/06)

'Inconsistent wiring label definitions' resulted in drogue being cut before it was deployed



EU running in circles trying to get AI Act out the door

(2023/12/06)

Bloc risks missing out on first-to-legislate status if timetable slips



Brit bendy chip firm Pragmatic scores funding to boost production

(2023/12/06)

Semiconductor bods get cash injection after threatening to quit UK over lack of government support



'Wobbly spacetime' is latest stab at unifying physics

(2023/12/06)

Grudge match between quantum mechanics and general relativity attracts new effort to find harmony



Veteran editors Notepad++ and Geany hit milestone versions

(2023/12/06)

There are still good, modern, graphical text editors that are not Electron-based



Europe signs off on up to €1.2B in state aid for homegrown cloud project

(2023/12/06)

Vendor to speak unto vendor with first results expected in 2027



And the winner of the horrible Microsoft Paint sweater is ...

(2023/12/06)

Competition Sure, we'll send you to the Moon. But a return will cost you



Digital memories are disappearing and not even AI or Google can help

(2023/12/06)

Column Technology allows us to keep more of our stuff than previously possible – but what use is it if we can't find it?



Getty's image-scraping sueball against Stability AI will go to trial in the UK

(2023/12/06)

Computer-generated image maker fails to quash case on its claimed home turf



Atlassian security advisory reveals four fresh critical flaws – in mail with dead links

(2023/12/06)

Bitbucket, Confluence and Jira all in danger, again. Sigh



Microsoft issues deadline for end of Windows 10 support – it's pay to play for security

(2023/12/06)

Limited options will be available into 2028, for an undisclosed price



NTT Data to monitor ten million hotel guests and sell data about their sleep

(2023/12/06)

It'll be opt-in at a capsule hotel chain



Cisco intros AI to find firewall flaws, warns this sort of thing can't be free

(2023/12/06)

Predicts cyber crims will find binary brainboxes harder to battle



India's Moon mission pulled off another trick: an experimental orbital sequel

(2023/12/06)

Swift software development effort saw Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module make an unexpected return to Earth



Boffins devise 'universal backdoor' for image models to cause AI hallucinations

(2023/12/06)

Data poisoning appears open to all



Fancy Bear goes phishing in US, European high-value networks

(2023/12/06)

GRU-linked crew going after our code warns Microsoft - Outlook not good



Citrix pulls the plug on its User Group Community

(2023/12/06)

To be replaced by virtual community and ‘in-person event experience’ hosted by vendor



Meta killing off Instagram, Messenger cross-platform chatting

(2023/12/05)

How could you, Mark? Oh, right - gotta avoid those pesky EU gatekeeper rules



Microsoft fixes Copilot multi-monitor issues in Windows 11 update

(2023/12/05)

Alt+Tab support added and more in latest update to OS



Half a century ago, NASA's Pioneer 10 visited Jupiter, then just kept going

(2023/12/05)

And going and going until the probe squeaked its last in 2003



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For three years, the young attorney had been taking his brief
vacations at this country inn. The last time he'd finally managed an
affair with the innkeeper's daughter. Looking forward to an exciting
few days, he dragged his suitcase up the stairs of the inn, then stopped
short. There sat his lover with an infant on her lap!
"Helen, why didn't you write when you learned you were pregnant?"
he cried. "I would have rushed up here, we could have gotten married,
and the baby would have my name!"
"Well," she said, "when my folks found out about my condition,
we sat up all night talkin' and talkin' and finally decided it would be
better to have a bastard in the family than a lawyer."