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)

Buggy app for insulin-delivery device puts diabetes patients at risk of hypoglycemia

(2023/12/05)

No fix available yet for over 100,000 Omnipod 5 customers



Steve Jobs' $4.01 RadioShack check set to fetch small fortune at auction

(2023/12/05)

Talk about inflation – bids are now closing in on $30K



YouTuber who crashed plane for sponsorship dollars earns 6 months behind bars

(2023/12/05)

There's an idiotic stunt, then there's obstructing a federal investigation



CISA details twin attacks on federal servers via unpatched ColdFusion flaw

(2023/12/05)

Tardy IT admins likely to get a chilly reception over the lack of updates



Tech world forms AI Alliance to promote open and responsible AI

(2023/12/05)

Everyone from Linux Foundation to NASA and Intel ... but some big names in AI are MIA



Microsoft confirms Smart App issue renaming everyone's printers to HP

(2023/12/05)

Not only turning up uninvited, but telling folks they suddenly have a LaserJet



Microsoft touts Visual Studio Code as a Java juggernaut

(2023/12/05)

2.5 million devs can't be wrong – or can they?



DoE watchdog warns of poor maintenance at home of Frontier exascale system

(2023/12/05)

Report says new QA plan currently being worked up



UK immigration rules hit science just as it rejoins €100B Horizon program

(2023/12/05)

Salary regs could limit the hiring of postdocs from abroad



BlackCat ransomware crims threaten to directly extort victim's customers

(2023/12/05)

Accounting software firm Tipalti says it’s investigating alleged break-in of its systems



Dell CTO says enterprises will have GenAI in production next year – what could go wrong?

(2023/12/05)

It seems many a sleepless night lie ahead for CIOs



Branson's wallet snaps shut for Virgin Galactic

(2023/12/05)

Suborbital space tourism outfit to move forward without beardy bailouts



It's ba-ack... UK watchdog publishes age verification proposals

(2023/12/05)

Won't somebody think of the children?



Government and the latest tech don't mix, says UK civil servant of £11B ESN mess

(2023/12/05)

Opinion Public sector might want to 'wait a bit' before buying into bleeding edge, Sir Matthew Rycroft muses



Tiny bits of space junk reveal their wherabouts when they collide, boffins hope

(2023/12/05)

It's hard to see, but when they rendezvous in orbit sparks ignite



Spanish media sues Meta for ignoring GDPR and harvesting data

(2023/12/05)

€550 million lawsuit seeks recompense for 'systemic and massive' disregard for privacy laws



UK government denies China/Russia nuke plant hack claim

(2023/12/05)

Report suggests Sellafield compromised since 2015, response seems worryingly ignorant of Stuxnet



China gamifies censorship and surveillance with national internet law quiz

(2023/12/05)

I'm not a regular government, I'm a cool government



Korean peninsula space race sees South and North launch tit for tat spy sats

(2023/12/05)

North claims it took photos of stuff. South points to success of homegrown booster



Amazon on the hook for predictably revolting use of concealed clothes hook spy cam

(2023/12/05)

Judge finds plaintiff's claim – that Amazon knew about illicit usage – credible enough for case to proceed



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In most countries selling harmful things like drugs is punishable.
Then howcome people can sell Microsoft software and go unpunished?
(By hasku@rost.abo.fi, Hasse Skrifvars)