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)

Sysadmin's favorite collection of infallible utilities failed … foully

(2023/12/04)

who, me? Unnecessary 'maintenance' turned into a fragging foul-up



EU lawmakers finalize cyber security rules that panicked open source devs

(2023/12/04)

Infosec in brief PLUS: Montana TikTok ban ruled unconstitutional; Dollar Tree employee data stolen; critical vulnerabilities



New Relic's cyber-something revealed as attack on staging systems, some users

(2023/12/04)

Ongoing investigation found evidence of stolen employee creds and social engineering



Linus Torvalds flags holiday-mode changes to next kernel merge window

(2023/12/04)

Penguin emperor ponders whether kernel contributors will code across the festive season, or humbug it



Creating a single AI-generated image needs as much power as charging your smartphone

(2023/12/04)

AI in brief PLUS: Microsoft to invest £2.5B in UK datacenters to power AI, and more



China's first undersea datacenter sinks – as planned

(2023/12/04)

Asia In Brief PLUS: India's landmark digital law delayed; Singaporean banks de-digitize some accounts; AUKUS to unleash AI



'Return to Office' declared dead

(2023/12/03)

Remote work is here to stay despite in-person mandates, this economist says



Law secretly drafted by ChatGPT makes it onto the books

(2023/12/02)

'Unfortunately or fortunately, this is going to be a trend'



Elon is the bakery owner swearing in the street about Yelp critics canceling him

(2023/12/02)

Kettle First he was speed-running moderation, now internet advertising. Welcome to the party, pal



UK competition watchdog wins appeal – investigation into Apple will go on

(2023/12/02)

iPhone maker tried to legally kill mobile browser, gaming probe by CMA



From Joaquin Phoenix to Rowan Atkinson, we enjoyed your Musk movie casting calls

(2023/12/02)

Although since it's the height of ridiculousness why not just Will Farrell?



No new top boss at NSA until it answers questions about buying up location, browsing data

(2023/12/02)

Senator Ron Wyden puts his foot down – for as long as he can



Scores of US credit unions offline after ransomware infects backend cloud outfit

(2023/12/02)

Supply chain attacks: The gift that keeps on giving



Duke Uni libraries decamp from 37Signals' Basecamp over CTO's blogs

(2023/12/01)

We're canceling our subscriptions, say librarians citing co-founder's views



Senate bill aims to stop Uncle Sam using facial recognition at airports

(2023/12/01)

Legislation would eliminate TSA permission to use the tech, require database purge in 90 days



Apple slaps patch on WebKit holes in iPhones and Macs amid fears of active attacks

(2023/12/01)

Two CVEs can be abused to steal sensitive info or execute code



HPE says impact of AI on enterprise not 'overstated.' It must be hoping so

(2023/12/01)

HPE Discover EMEA Company counting on widespread business adoption to counter server declines



UEFI flaws allow bootkits to pwn potentially hundreds of devices using images

(2023/12/01)

Exploits bypass most secure boot solutions from the biggest chip vendors



Electric vehicles earn shocking report card for reliability

(2023/12/01)

Legacy auto makers struggle with new tech, and upstarts suffer teething problems with first cars



Boehringer Ingelheim swaps lab coats for AI algorithms in search for new drugs

(2023/12/01)

Mixing IBM's foundation models and proprietary data to discover novel antibodies



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