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)

China caught – again – with its malware in another nation's power grid

(2023/09/13)

'Obtaining a disruptive capability could be one possible motivation behind this surge in attacks'



Don't worry, folks. Big Tech pinky swears it'll build safe, trustworthy generative AI

(2023/09/12)

White House bags more voluntary commitments



Grab those updates: Microsoft flings out fixes for already-exploited bugs

(2023/09/12)

Patch Tuesday Plus: Adobe and Android also tackle abused-in-the-wild flaws



TSMC gobbles up $430M slice of Intel's IMS Nanofab unit

(2023/09/12)

Taiwanese also plot $100M investment in Arm IPO, x86 giant gets real about Thunderbolt 5



Lightning struck: Apple switches to USB-C for iPhone 15 lineup

(2023/09/12)

Video Thanks, Europe. Couldn't have done it without EU



US amends hypersonic weapons strategy: If you can't zoom with 'em, boom 'em

(2023/09/12)

DARPA awards Boeing $70.5M to develop intercept technology



OpenSSL 1.1.1 reaches end of life for all but the well-heeled

(2023/09/12)

$50k to breathe new life into its corpse. The rest of us must move on to OpenSSL 3.0



Washington left with chip on shoulder after Huawei exposes export loophole lapses

(2023/09/12)

Back to the drawing board with those China sanctions then, eh?



James Webb spies distant exoplanet that could be wet, wild, and Hycean

(2023/09/12)

That or it's just really gassy



Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Chabon and others sue OpenAI

(2023/09/12)

Another would be copyright class action



Chrome, Firefox and more caught with their WebP down, offer hasty patch-up

(2023/09/12)

Updated Exploit observed in the wild against codec lib in browsers, apps



Chat2024 stuffs US election hopefuls into generative AI so you can be an 'informed voter'

(2023/09/12)

Comment Jean Baudrillard would've LOVED this



Oracle disappoints market with revenue miss as Ellison hints at Azure database move

(2023/09/12)

Don't expect 'armies of programmers' to rewrite Cerner, says Larry, talking up low-code app dev platform APEX



Apple extends Qualcomm contract to 2026 as homebrew 5G chip dream still on snooze

(2023/09/12)

Chipmaker reigns supreme, at least until iGiant gets its house in order



Despite the hype, generative AI is not a significant chunk of enterprise cloud spend

(2023/09/12)

Not to be a buzzkill, but let's take a deep dive into the disparity



Friends don't let friends use AI to chat

(2023/09/12)

Science shocker: Real BFFs understand authenticity and sincerity can't be machine-generated



The future of the cloud sure looks like it'll be paved in even more custom silicon

(2023/09/12)

You're probably using cloud providers bespoke chips already and not even know it



Microsoft's Surface Duo phone hangs up, drops out of support

(2023/09/12)

Remember Microsoft's first attempt at an Android foldable? Of course you don't



Lawyer's Microsoft email snafu goes from $1.75M lawsuit to Ctrl+Alt+Settle

(2023/09/12)

Accused software giant of MFA error that rendered work address useless



Automating cloud infrastructure: Do you want APIs with that?

(2023/09/12)

Interview Flipping the script to a control plane



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The Vet Who Surprised A Cow
In the course of his duties in August 1977, a Dutch veterinary
surgeon was required to treat an ailing cow. To investigate its internal
gases he inserted a tube into that end of the animal not capable of facial
expression and struck a match. The jet of flame set fire first to some
bales of hay and then to the whole farm causing damage estimate at L45,000.
The vet was later fined L140 for starting a fire in a manner surprising to
the magistrates. The cow escaped with shock.
-- Stephen Pile, "The Book of Heroic Failures"