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)

Boffins claim invention of rechargable, biodegradable, supercapacitor drug pump

(2023/11/21)

Lab rats absorb widget after getting their dose



With all eyes on OpenAI, Meta drags its Responsible AI team to the recycle bin

(2023/11/20)

Ethics staff shifted to generative ML and infrastructure units



MOVEit victim count latest: 2.6K+ orgs hit, 77M+ people's data stolen

(2023/11/20)

Real-life impact of buggy software laid bare – plus: Avast tries to profit from being caught up in attacks



Microsoft pushes Azure Government Cloud as homefront defender

(2023/11/20)

All your national security are belong to us!



IBM-led advertising X-odus gains steam as more flee Musk's platform

(2023/11/20)

Ad execs have reportedly urged CEO Yaccarino to step down in protest to save her reputation



Former infosec COO pleads guilty to attacking hospitals to drum up business

(2023/11/20)

Admits to taking phones used for 'code blue' emergencies offline and more



OpenAI staff threaten to leave if ousted CEO Altman is not reinstated

(2023/11/20)

OpenAI is nothing without its people, say staffers who signed letter



License to thrill BSL refuseniks? Sentry introduces Functional Source License

(2023/11/20)

Yet another attempt to create better balance for devs and users



Microsoft dials back Bing after users manage to recreate Disney logo in fake AI-generated images

(2023/11/20)

AI In Brief Plus: Amazon lays off hundreds of employees working on Alexa, and more



Researchers weigh new benchmarks for Green500 amid shifting workload priorities

(2023/11/20)

SC23 Just because it's super efficient at Linpack doesn't mean it'll be in everything



Royal Navy flies first mega Mojave drone from aircraft carrier

(2023/11/20)

Pilotless plane said to be next generation of naval air power



Europe says Adobe's $20B buy of Figma will kill competition

(2023/11/20)

Updated Software duo must respond with remedies – plus: closing deal in '23 likely a Figma of their imagination



Rhysida ransomware gang: We attacked the British Library

(2023/11/20)

Crims post passport scans and internal forms up for 'auction' to prove it



Fired OpenAI boss Sam Altman may join Microsoft

(2023/11/20)

Updated Worst season of Succession ever



Ubuntu Budgie switches its approach to Wayland

(2023/11/20)

Exclusive Elementary OS going full speed ahead, but Parachutist Parakeet considers a new, post-Enlightenment glide path



Linux Deepin's big brother claims it's hit three million installs

(2023/11/20)

The other big Chinese distro, after Kylin, seems to be thriving



Net privacy wars will be with us always. Let's set some rules

(2023/11/20)

Opinion Size matters, and what you do with it. But keep it safe



Why have just one firewall when you can fire all the walls?

(2023/11/20)

Who, Me? 'Support monkey' turned network isolation job into a banana skin



SpaceX celebrates Starship launch as a success – even with the explosion

(2023/11/20)

Test, progress, or mishap – take your pick



CEO of self-driving cab outfit Cruise parks his career

(2023/11/20)

Updated After string of self-driving crashes, Kyle Vogt plans to 'spend time with my family and explore some new ideas'



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It is not enough that I should succeed. Others must fail.
-- Ray Kroc, Founder of McDonald's
[Also attributed to David Merrick. Ed.]

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-- Gore Vidal
[Great minds think alike? Ed.]