Intel spins off FPGA biz with DC boss Sandra Rivera at the helm (2023/10/04) x86 giant eyes outside cash injections, IPO for Programmable Systems Group within three years
Supreme Court doesn't want to hear union's beef about STEM grad work visas (2023/10/03) End of the road for those hoping to cut 3-year permit back down to 12 months
Arm patches GPU driver bug exploited by spyware to snoop on targets (2023/10/03) As Qualcomm warns of similar fixes coming for its chips
If you want to fund open source code via Patreon with GitHub, well now you can (2023/10/03) Exploited open source maintainers get broader payment pleading options
ChattyG takes a college freshman C/C++ programming exam (2023/10/03) Compiles learning and code to pass – but not necessarily with flying colors
$17k solid gold Apple Watch goes from Beyoncé's wrist to the obsolete list (2023/10/03) You can't bling out the inevitable
AMD graphics card users report gremlins with Windows 11 (2023/10/03) It looks like you spent hours tuning your settings – shall I reset them for you?
Uncle Sam to tighten chip export chokehold on China... again (2023/10/03) Red dragon's semiconductor market share continues to grow
Microsoft takes concrete steps (literally) toward greener datacenter construction (2023/10/03) Plan is to mix a dose of sustainability into bit barn foundations
DISH must pay for bungled orbit change in landmark space debris penalty (2023/10/03) FCC wants $150K after EchoStar-7 missed its orbital graveyard
Microsoft CEO whinges about Google's default search deals (2023/10/03) Alleges it achieved dominance through nefarious means – but who would do such a thing?
From vacuum tubes to qubits – is quantum computing destined to repeat history? (2023/10/03) Analysis Having seen how conventional computers changed the world, can you really afford to bet against it?
5G satellite briefly becomes brightest object in night sky (2023/10/03) With more constellations on the horizon, scientists call for better approval of launches
CISA adds latest Chrome zero-day to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog (2023/10/03) Chrome’s second zero-day of the month puts fed security at 'significant risk'
Microsoft kills classic Azure DaaS, because it isn't really Azure (2023/10/03) Users get three-year deprecation and migration warning
And now for something completely different: Python 3.12 (2023/10/03) Nobody expects more flexible string parsing
UK splashes £4B to dive into next-gen nuclear submarines (2023/10/03) Detailed design and long lead contracts signed off for SSN-AUKUS project
MongoDB promises to keep its hands off application building (2023/10/03) Yet history tells us it's an ever present temptation to grab greater chunks of the stack
UK IaaS market: Deeper probe by competition regulator lands soon (2023/10/03) Updated Ofcom to refer findings to CMA – which insiders say will home in on egress fees, interoperability and licensing