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