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)

Dell cosies up to Meta to tame Llama 2 AI beast on-prem

(2023/10/31)

Spitting in the cloud's eye



Cybersecurity snafu sends British Library back to the Dark Ages

(2023/10/31)

Internet, phone lines, websites, and more went down on Saturday morning



NASA and Boeing try to chase the contrail clouds away

(2023/10/31)

The sky isn't the limit when it comes to greener fuel alternatives



UK policing minister urges doubling down on face-scanning tech

(2023/10/31)

'No question' it will solve more crimes, Tory MP claims



Unit4 ditching on-prem in favor of SaaS come 2025

(2023/10/31)

Exclusive Clients have a little over a year to get their affairs in order



Microsoft's 11-year itch: The uncelebrated anniversary of Windows 8

(2023/10/31)

Lots to like under the covers, but what was on top made it truly unforgettable



The UK government? On the right track with its semiconductor strategy?

(2023/10/31)

Oh, you're not joking



Meta's ad-free scheme dares you to buy your privacy back, one euro at a time

(2023/10/31)

If you're in the EU, EEA, or Switzerland



To prevent 'lost' nukes, scientists suggest storing them in a hall of mirrors

(2023/10/31)

Radio bouncing off multiple reflectors is a hard-to-defeat method of monitoring a weapons cache



Google formally gets to work on Android on RISC-V

(2023/10/31)

Emulators coming in 2024, first for wearables



Canada to remove China’s top messaging app WeChat from government devices

(2023/10/31)

Kaspersky also on the way out due to ‘unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security'



Australian video-streamer lets users opt out of ads for burgers, booze, and betting

(2023/10/31)

All without reducing the effectiveness of data-driven targeting, dammit



Stop what you’re doing and patch this critical Confluence flaw, warns Atlassian

(2023/10/31)

Risk of ‘significant data loss’ for on-prem customers



Vietnam becomes latest nation to pitch itself as a chip biz hub

(2023/10/31)

50,000-strong alt.China talent pool promised, with Google, Samsung, SpaceX, and Intel interested



Apple lifts the sheet on a trio of 'scary fast' M3 SoCs built on a 3nm process

(2023/10/31)

MacBook Pro and iMac get the new silicon, and price tags up to a terrifying $7,199



SolarWinds charged after SEC says biz knew IT was leaky ahead of SUNBURST attack

(2023/10/31)

Developer labels action 'unfounded' after company and CISO slapped with suit for misleading investors



Help, Android 14 ate my Pixel! Bug causes endless reboots, loss of storage access

(2023/10/31)

Fix on the way but for those trapped in boot loop hell, data recovery isn't certain



Florida man jailed after draining $1M from victims in crypto SIM swap attacks

(2023/10/30)

Not old enough to legally rent a car, old enough for a 30-month term



Alphabet CEO testifies in Google Search trial: We pay billions to keep Apple at bay

(2023/10/30)

As Uncle Sam releases internal docs on Chrome strategy, MSN, more



Yeah, that oughta do the trick, Joe... Biden hopes to tackle AI safety with exec order

(2023/10/30)

ML players must alert Uncle Sam if they're training a foundation model, and more



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