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)

Server shipments to fall 20% this year, but AI means vendors still raking it in

(2023/11/27)

Less is more, as hyper heterogeneous computing heats up



Japanese tech startups testing cash incentives for office return

(2023/11/27)

Bonuses for bums on seats is a new one for us at Vulture Towers



UK and US lead international efforts to raise AI security standards

(2023/11/27)

17 countries agree to adopt vision for artificial intelligence security as fears mount over pace of development



Neuralink pockets extra VC cash in computer-brain interface quest

(2023/11/27)

Funding follows FDA approval for human trial



Tiny11 shrinks Windows 11 23H2 down to pocket size

(2023/11/27)

An option when sun sets on Windows 10, but Microsoft might have a problem



Alibaba shuts down quantum lab, donates it to university

(2023/11/27)

Three guesses where DAMO plans to focus research from now on. Yep, you guessed it...AI



Data-destroying defect found after OpenZFS 2.2.0 release

(2023/11/27)

Updated Earlier and later versions may be affected – worth your while reading the advisories



Google Drive misplaces months' worth of customer files

(2023/11/27)

Updated The horror of logging in only to find everything since May has vanished



Microsoft, Databricks double act tries to sew up the data platform market

(2023/11/27)

Analysis But the one-stop shop vision fails to take it far beyond the competition



Leader of pro-Russia DDoS crew Killnet 'unmasked' by Russian state media

(2023/11/27)

Infosec in Brief Also: NXP China attack, Australia can't deliver on ransom payment ban (yet), and Justin Sun's very bad month



Amazon says it's ready to train future AI workforce

(2023/11/27)

AI in Brief Plus: Russia will soon be Putin up with lagging West, fake influencers and more



Ransomware-hit British Library: Too open for business, or not open enough?

(2023/11/27)

Opinion Unique institutions need unique security. Instead, they're fobbed off with the same old, same old



Videoconferencing fatigue is real, study finds

(2023/11/27)

Your brain and heart do not enjoy Zooming, Teamsing, or Webexing



IT sent the intern to sort out the nasty VP who was too important to bother with backups

(2023/11/27)

Who, Me? Kid escaped from the executive suite without screwing things up



Datacenter architect creates bonkers designs to illustrate the craft, and quirks, of building bit barns

(2023/11/27)

They’re basically skyscrapers, says Charles Fortin. But they could be ships, cars, or rocks



Crypto crasher Do Kwon's extradition approved, but destination is unclear

(2023/11/27)

Hey Google, are the jails nicer in South Korea or the US?



AWS plays with Fire TV Cube, turns it into a thin client for cloudy desktops

(2023/11/27)

re:Invent $195 a pop, delivered, pre-provisioned ready to stream desktops or apps



Beijing fosters foreign influencers to spread its propaganda

(2023/11/27)

They get access to both China's internet and global platforms, and cash in on both



Foxconn founder Terry Gou quits Taiwan presidential race

(2023/11/27)

Asia In Brief PLUS: Japan, UK, Italy, collab on new fighter jet; Korea's CBDC trial; Toshiba to delist



USB Cart of Death: The wheeled scourge that drove Windows devs to despair

(2023/11/25)

Stout heart a requisite for software engineers in days of yore



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