Linus Torvalds couldn't find an excuse to hold back Linux 6.5, so here it is (2023/08/28) Summer push proved less disruptive than feared
Tor turns to proof-of-work puzzles to defend onion network from DDoS attacks (2023/08/26) No miners were involved in this story
MariaDB's revenue grows as new CEO settles in, but bank loan discussions continue (2023/08/25) New exec works on 'strategic, operational and financial reviews' as existing loan maturity nears
Amazon Linux 2023 virtual machine images still MIA (2023/08/25) Enterprise Linux users question web giant's commitment to hybrid cloud
Profits just keep rolling in at T-Mobile US. So only thing to do is axe 5,000 workers (2023/08/25) From Un-carrier to Un-employed
Uncle Sam accuses SpaceX of not considering asylees and refugees for employment (2023/08/25) Discrimination lawsuit claims company's 'ITAR' excuse was badly wrong
US Republican party's spam filter lawsuit against Google dimissed (2023/08/25) Argument that Mountain View is politically biased against RNC 'pure speculation,' says judge
Bodhi Linux 7 brings Enlightenment to Ubuntu (2023/08/25) With a choice of kernel versions, and even a 32-bit edition
Hope for nerds! ChatGPT's still a below-average math student (2023/08/25) Detection algorithms also fail to distinguish between answers from real people and large language models
We'll show you our patents if you show us yours, say Huawei and Ericsson (2023/08/25) Analysts reckon extension of 2016 deal will be good for industry – as long there are no gotchas
Microsoft still prohibits Google or Alibaba from running O365 Windows Apps (2023/08/25) Almost a month after AWS concession, Redmond keeping mum on reason for locking rivals out
Meta lets Code Llama run riot under almost-open terms (2023/08/25) Was this source-generating model used to bang out Threads in a week or something?
Getting meshy: BAE scores £89m deal with MoD to build new battlefield network (2023/08/25) It'll replace the old one, also built by BAE, on a very tight schedule: The old junk's due to be ripped out in 2026
Windows screensaver left broadcast techie all at sea (2023/08/25) On Call A Love Boat story that almost didn't have a happy ending
Europe's tough new rules for Big Tech start today. Is anyone ready? (2023/08/25) Google says it is. Amazon's swerves the rules, for now. And tests suggest consumer protections aren't yet strong
Huawei reportedly building 'secret' semiconductor fabs (2023/08/25) Semiconductor Industry Association downplays the intel
India's Moon mission continues to triumph, Japan's waits for better weather (2023/08/25) JAXA's SLIM scheduled to arrive after Chandrayaan-3 says goodnight
Microsoft makes some certification exams open book (2023/08/25) Realistically you're going to look stuff up anyway, so you might as well learn how to do it right
FBI: Who was going around hijacking Barracuda email boxes? China, probably (2023/08/25) Joins in the chorus of advice to bin the gear instead of trying for a fix
Big Tech pumps $235M into AI model depot Hugging Face (2023/08/25) Upstart now valued at $4B after Salesforce, Nvidia, Google, Amazon, and pals dish out dosh