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)

IBM takes a crack at 'utility scale' quantum processing with Heron processor

(2023/12/05)

Big Blue's roadmap prioritizes circuit size over qubit quantity



US warns Iranian terrorist crew broke into 'multiple' US water facilities

(2023/12/05)

There's a war on and critical infrastructure operators are still using default passwords



AstraZeneca bets $247M AI can create a cancer-fighting antibody

(2023/12/04)

Startup Absci will turn to its generative AI algorithms to design synthetic protein



Researcher claims Harvard nixed social media research after getting Zuck bucks

(2023/12/04)

University says ties to Meta execs and a $500 million donation played no role



Intel scores a reprieve in $2.18B VLSI patent case after court orders retrial

(2023/12/04)

Updated The never-ending IP story goes on



California commission says Cruise withheld data about parking atop of a pedestrian

(2023/12/04)

Stalled self-driving car biz up to its axles in problems



Hershey phishes! Crooks snarf chocolate lovers' creds

(2023/12/04)

Stealing Kit Kat maker's data?! Give me a break



Remember when the Hubble Space Telescope was more punchline than science powerhouse?

(2023/12/04)

30 years ago astronauts embarked on ambitious mission to fix Hubble ... and NASA's reputation



17% of Spotify employees face the music in latest cost-cutting shuffle

(2023/12/04)

This despite hitting profit high note – and right on time for Christmas



Two new versions of OpenZFS fix long-hidden corruption bug

(2023/12/04)

Version 2.2.2 and also 2.1.14, showing that this wasn't a new issue in the latest release



Now is a good time to buy memory because prices rise next year, Gartner predicts

(2023/12/04)

To blame? The usual suspect – AI's appetite for chips



Tech renders iconic rockers Kiss genuinely immortal

(2023/12/04)

Final farewell show unveils the band's digital form



Exposed Hugging Face API tokens offered full access to Meta's Llama 2

(2023/12/04)

Updated With more than 1,500 tokens exposed, research highlights importance of securing supply chains in AI and ML



Amazon hitches a ride with SpaceX for Project Kuiper launches

(2023/12/04)

Working rockets are needed, and only a direct rival can provide for now



AWS exec: 'Our understanding of open source has started to change'

(2023/12/04)

Interview Apache Foundation president David Nalley on Amazon Linux 2023, Free software, and more



You can't deepfake diversity, and that's a good thing

(2023/12/04)

Opinion Fresh thinking and new approaches can only come from varied cohorts of people



Steam client drops support on macOS, but adds it on Linux

(2023/12/04)

Signs of the times: Linux's compatibility improves, while x86-32 recedes from Apple



HP exec says quiet part out loud when it comes to locking in print customers

(2023/12/04)

Funny how marketing messages change depending on the audience



40 years of Turbo Pascal, the coding dinosaur that revolutionized IDEs

(2023/12/04)

The legacy can still be felt today



World's largest nuclear fusion reactor comes online in Japan

(2023/12/04)

JT-60SA produces largest volume of plasma ever made by humans, paves way for ITER



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