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)

Google Bard can now tap into your Gmail, Docs, more

(2023/09/20)

Web giant promises personal info and files won't be used to train this chatbot



So what if China has 7nm chips now, there's no Huawei it can make them 'at scale'

(2023/09/20)

Updated Or so says US Commerce Secretary



Intel slaps forehead, says I got it: AI PCs. Sell them AI PCs

(2023/09/20)

People try to put us down, talkin' 'bout ML generation



Judge sides with Meta and Google, puts California child privacy law on hold

(2023/09/20)

NetChoice 'likely to prevail' in First Amendment argument, court rules



DoD hopes $30M BEACONS will light the way to next-gen American battery designs

(2023/09/19)

And less than half the cost of a single F-35 – bargain!



Marvell disputes claim Cavium backdoored chips for Uncle Sam

(2023/09/19)

Allegations date back a decade to leaked Snowden docs



Russian allegedly smuggled US weapons electronics to Moscow

(2023/09/19)

Feds claim sniper scope displays sold in sanctions-busting move



Starlink speeds ahead in the satellite race but rivals aren't starstruck just yet

(2023/09/19)

Download rates stabilize after influx of users dragged on service



SCREAM resonates in the race for the Gordon Bell Climate Prize

(2023/09/19)

A look at America's next top model ... in fine resolution



Venture capital firm makes 'unsolicited' bid for MariaDB buyout

(2023/09/19)

Database company, which went through an IPO in December last year, was still in search of credit facility as of August



Rocket Lab launch streak goes up in smoke with 41st mission

(2023/09/19)

Electron rocket was lost when reusable first stage separated early this morning



Tabular's Iceberg vision goes from Netflix and chill to database thrill

(2023/09/19)

Promise of neutral data layer between vendors' vested interests attracts $26M



'Small monthly payment' only thing that stands between X and bot chaos, says Musk

(2023/09/19)

Comment Yes, because automated accounts are really the problem here



Unity talks of price cap and fees for only largest games developers

(2023/09/19)

That sound? It's the screeching noise of a massive U-turn as games engine biz admits mistakes



Nvidia's 900 tons of GPU muscle bulks up server market, slims down wallets

(2023/09/19)

Fewer boxes shipped, but with 8 H100s apiece, revenue is up amid AI frenzy



The Clorox Company admits cyberattack causing 'widescale disruption'

(2023/09/19)

Back to 'manual' order processing for $7B household cleaning biz, financial impact will be 'material'



Schneider Electric warns that existing datacenters aren't buff enough for AI

(2023/09/19)

You're going to need liquid-cooled servers, 415V PDUs, two-ton racks, and plenty of software management



GitHub Copilot, Amazon Code Whisperer sometimes emit other people's API keys

(2023/09/19)

Updated AI dev assistants can be convinced to spill secrets learned during training



UK courts award CGI £60M deal to keep ancient tech alive

(2023/09/19)

Legacy – sorry 'heritage' – support contract includes case managements systems



Ubuntu's 'Mantic Minotaur' peeks out of the labyrinth

(2023/09/19)

As outline becomes visible, including the return of ZFS, kernel 6.4 glides across the Styx into eternity



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