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)

Come work at HQ... or find a new job, Roblox CEO tells staff

(2023/10/18)

Games developer latest to row back on WFH flexibility. 'Zoom fatigue is real,' says bigwig



Hyperscale datacenter capacity set to triple because of AI demand

(2023/10/18)

And it's going to suck... up more power too



Moonstruck Modi wants lunar Indian crew by 2040

(2023/10/18)

A space station, Venus, and Mars also on the cards but the budget is TBD



Take Windows 11... please. Leaks confirm low numbers for Microsoft's latest OS

(2023/10/18)

Time to rethink Windows 10 support cycle then?



D-Link clears up 'exaggerations' around data breach

(2023/10/18)

Who knew 3 million actually means 700 in cybercrime forum lingo?



Amazon to drop a cool $1B on Microsoft 365 cloud suite

(2023/10/18)

Over a million licenses for office software to be used by corporate and frontline workers



You snooze, you lose? It's not quite as simple as that

(2023/10/18)

Actually it might give you a brief edge on those weird morning people



CIA exposed to potential intelligence interception due to X's URL bug

(2023/10/18)

Musk's mega-app-in-waiting goes from chopping headlines to profile URLs



Boris Johnson's mad hydrogen for homes bubble bursts

(2023/10/18)

It was a gas while it lasted but 'no public policy' to replace natural gas for heating



US prosecutors slam Autonomy tycoon's attempt to get charges tossed

(2023/10/18)

Allege that 'greed and hubris' led Mike Lynch and co to 'pretend Autonomy thrived'



Governments resent their dependence on Big Tech

(2023/10/18)

Singapore summit hears how private sector's constant security sins create risk for sovereigns



Five Eyes intel chiefs warn China's IP theft program now at 'unprecedented' levels

(2023/10/18)

Spies come in from the cold for their first public chinwag



Malware crooks find an in with fake browser updates, in case real ones weren't bad enough

(2023/10/18)

Researchers say ransomware could be on the horizon if success continues



Buyer's remorse haunts 3 in 5 business software purchases

(2023/10/18)

They never do tell you about the unexpected costs and overly complex implementations



Ampere leads a pack of AI startups to challenge Nvidia's 'unsustainable' GPUs

(2023/10/18)

AI Platform Alliance probably has Jensen Huang in tears...of laughter



Atlassian users complain of cloud migration dead ends, especially in UK

(2023/10/18)

Lack of local clouds and inflexible offers see users depart. Maybe the new ‘Compass’ developer experience tool will be more to their liking



Sony, Honda tease EV that aims to be a lounge on wheels

(2023/10/18)

Video 'Afeela' packs Qualcomm kit, screens galore, runs Android and will have an app ecosystem



Apple finds another use for USB-C – a cheaper Pencil

(2023/10/18)

It’s also shorter, lousy under pressure, and needs a dongle on the cheapest iPad



X marks the bot: Musk thinks spammers won't pay $1 a year

(2023/10/18)

Annual fee won't be profitable, will require registration of phone number



Google and Qualcomm to bring RISC-V to the wrist in next-gen wearable platform

(2023/10/18)

Wear OS is basically Android, so this effort may do some heavy lifting to evade Arm SoCs in future phones



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