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)

Francis Maude mulls mulligan on muddled merger of UK govt tech services

(2023/11/17)

Former Whitehall axe wielder wants Cabinet Office to undo his great work



Windows users can soon ditch Bing, Edge, other bundleware – but only in the EU

(2023/11/17)

On the other hand, Europeans have to wait for Copilot



Civo CEO on free credits, egress fees, and hauling it all back on-prem

(2023/11/17)

Interview And why the UK cloud industry can't ape the energy sector and make it easier to swap suppliers



Lawyer guilty of arrogance after ignoring tech support

(2023/11/17)

On Call When users decline to answer 'have you tried turning it on?' surely no judge would fail to convict?



UK won't rush to regulate AI, says first-ever minister for digital brainboxes

(2023/11/17)

One does not wish to slow innovation, Viscount Jonathan Camrose opines



Qualcomm promises 'premium performance' in Gen 3 Snapdragon 7 phone chips

(2023/11/17)

Higher end SoCs for midrange mobes as Honor and Vivo sink it into their next devices



Samsung UK discloses year-long breach, leaked customer data

(2023/11/17)

Updated Chaebol already the subject of suits for a pair of past indiscretions



Tencent shrugs off effect of US sanctions and says Chinese suppliers will fill GPU gap

(2023/11/17)

Ordered enough Nvidia kit to keep evolving its AI and has plans to work around bans



South Korea opens the door for robots to roam among pedestrians

(2023/11/17)

They'll have a top speed of 15km/h and need insurance before they roll



Amazon bankrolling industry lobbying against Microsoft Azure should surprise no one

(2023/11/17)

Updated Coalitions battling Windows giant's software licensing are funded by AWS, report indicates



Wish you could sing like Charli XCX or possess any musical talent? YouTube AI might make that happen

(2023/11/17)

Fake it (with a neural network) until you make it



Look out, Scattered Spider. FBI pumps 'significant' resources into snaring data-theft crew

(2023/11/17)

Absence of arrests doesn't mean nothing's happening, cyber-cops insist



HP sued over use of forfeited 401(k) retirement contributions

(2023/11/16)

If IT giant loses this lawsuit, it might just upset every plan in America



White House hopes to power up American battery factories with $3.5B fund

(2023/11/16)

Now that's the kind of current affairs we're into



How much to clean up a ransomware infection? For Rackspace, about $11M

(2023/11/16)

And that's not counting the incoming lawsuits. Thank goodness for insurance, eh?



Microsoft's Swiss army knife app hopes to cut through cloud clutter

(2023/11/16)

Ignite A 'win' for Windows or just another pane in the glass?



FCC probes rise of AI robocall armies

(2023/11/16)

'Hello, our records indicate that you had an accident with a massively overhyped technology that wasn't your fault...'



Alibaba cancels cloud spinoff, blames US chip sanctions

(2023/11/16)

Export curbs strike again and stock prices come tumbling down



Microsoft takes aim at on-desk, non-cloudy developers with Windows AI Studio

(2023/11/16)

Ignite Yes, it's true, not everyone uses Azure – shock



50 years ago, Skylab's accidental rebels put Mission Control on mute

(2023/11/16)

Final mission to space station revolutionized orbital labor management



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