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)

Windows Server 2022 update gave ESXi host VMs the blue screen blues

(2023/11/16)

Wild idea: Maybe Microsoft could introduce a Quality Copilot to stop pushing broken patches



BlackCat plays with malvertising traps to lure corporate victims

(2023/11/16)

Updated Ads for Slack and Cisco AnyConnect actually downloaded Nitrogen malware



Databricks' lakehouse becomes foundation under fresh layer of AI dreams

(2023/11/16)

Mega startup serves slice of GenAI with data engineering main as it tries to upstage Microsoft’s Fabric showpiece



Japan Airlines fuels up on hydrogen hype with eye on cleaner skies

(2023/11/16)

Jet-setting to a greener future?



Royal Mail’s recovery from ransomware attack will cost business at least $12M

(2023/11/16)

First time hard figure given on recovery costs for January incident



NASA geeks code new tricks to model rocket plumes and avoid a lunar dust-up

(2023/11/16)

Supersonic hot gas not that awesome for rocky, dusty surface



Canonical intros Microcloud: Simple, free, on-prem Linux clustering

(2023/11/16)

As Ubuntu approaches its 20th anniversary, some more of its pieces may be Snapping together



Cerebras CEO puts Nvidia on blast for 'arming' China with top-tier GPUs

(2023/11/16)

SC23 Calls biz rival 'un-American' for weaving around chip export ban



Scientists use Raspberry Pi tech to protect NASA telescope data

(2023/11/16)

Sneakernet for the stars?



Airbus to test sat-stabilizing 'Detumbler' to simplify astro-garbage disposal

(2023/11/16)

Dead spin is a dangerous orbital dance that can be stopped with magnets and friction, apparently



Rights warriors claim online ad auction data a danger to national security

(2023/11/16)

'The industry can not be allowed to put elected leaders, military personnel at risk'



Cisco has a new problem: You take too long to implement its products and stop buying more kit

(2023/11/16)

Supply chain is back to pre-COVID normal, just in time for big clouds to spend $1 billion on networks for AI



Use AI to accelerate adoption of central bank digital currencies, says IMF head

(2023/11/16)

No turning back for cash replacement tokens, especially if they make credit more accessible



Hundreds of websites cloned to run ads for Chinese football gambling outfits

(2023/11/16)

Linked to org that UK authorities found once failed its anti-money-laundering obligations



AI copyright row deepens: Stability VP quits in protest over 'fair use' excuse

(2023/11/16)

Refuses to sing from the corporate songbook on the legal grounds for training neural nets on people's work



Clorox CISO flushes self after multimillion-dollar cyberattack

(2023/11/16)

Plus: Ransomware crooks file SEC complaint against victim



Google, Amazon, Microsoft make the Mozilla naughty list for Christmas shopping

(2023/11/15)

Big Tech's toys have privacy problems. Why not buy utterly unconnected dead-tree books instead?



Meta's fix for teen online mental health? Hold Apple and Google responsible

(2023/11/15)

Facebook: If only we had a national law to ensure kids get parental permission to indulge in damaging social media



Cruise parks entire US fleet over safety fears

(2023/11/15)

Roadblocks ahead as external watchdog hired for full audit of self-driving biz



Right-to-repair fight going national as FTC asked to lay down the law

(2023/11/15)

Why shouldn't you be able to fix your own kit? Clue: Profit is involved



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Steady movement is more important than speed, much of the time. So long
as there is a regular progression of stimuli to get your mental hooks
into, there is room for lateral movement. Once this begins, its rate is
a matter of discretion.
-- Corwin, Prince of Amber