ISP's ads 'misleadingly implied' existence of 6G, says watchdog (2023/08/17) Biz says folks know the difference between fixed and mobile broadband. Do they, though, asks ASA
Cisco close to clearing the backlog of hardware orders a certain virus caused (2023/08/17) Subscriptions and software surge – just the way boss Chuck Robbins planned
Google reportedly designing chatbots to do all sorts of jobs – including life coach (2023/08/17) Machines have no experience in the real world, so why would you turn to them for advice?
Japan's digital minister surrenders salary to say sorry for data leaks (2023/08/17) The My Number card mess remains unsolved as trust in e-government remains muted
Vietnam admits it has just ten percent of the infosec pros it needs (2023/08/17) Which is a problem, because local orgs are leaking data and shadowy traders are cashing in
Western Digital sued over claims of data-trashing SanDisk, My Passport SSDs (2023/08/17) Drives are anything but solid, allegedly
Discord.io pulls the cord after crooks steal 760K users' info (2023/08/17) Cleanup will involve 'complete rewrite of our website's code'
Humans stressed out by content moderation? Just use AI, says OpenAI (2023/08/17) Tired? Drink coffee, says Starbucks. Bored? Try whiskey, says Jameson. Lazy? Why not drive, says Ford. Etc etc
PowerShell? More like PowerHell: Microsoft won't fix flaws in package gallery ripe for supply chain attacks (2023/08/16) Updated Billions of downloads and no defense against typosquatting feels like a bad combination in this day and age
DARPA wants interoperability standard for Moon living (2023/08/16) Less lunacy? LunA-10 is seeking designs for 'optimized and integrated lunar infrastructure'
Musk's X caught throttling outbound links to websites he doesn't like (2023/08/16) Elon, curing the world of imposter syndrome one decision at a time
It's not just spin – boffins give quantum computing a room-temp makeover (2023/08/16) Another team is harnessing nature's own algorithm to solve problems faster than classical computers
Cruise self-driving taxi gets wheels stuck in wet cement (2023/08/16) This is not the robotaxi future that was promised
Red Hat redeploys one of its main desktop developers (2023/08/16) Big Purple may be moving away from the desktop or it could be more strategic
Downloading the Webb Scope's data starts with a 6-month scheduling scramble (2023/08/16) Missions bid to secure comms time on Deep Space Network
US task force to look into how military could use generative AI (2023/08/16) 'Hey our enemies are going to use this technology, so why shouldn't we?'
Beijing's silent treatment topples Tower Semiconductor merger with Intel (2023/08/16) Termination fee of $353 million wipes out Intel Foundry Services' revenue for last quarter
OpenZFS 2.2 is nearly here, and ZFSBootMenu 2.2 already is (2023/08/16) A menu-driven, snapshot-enabled bootloader for Linux with root on ZFS
Why securing East-West network traffic is so important – and how it can be done (2023/08/16) Systems Approach You don't want to hand your datacenter over to an intruder quite so easily
Lost voices, ignored words: Apple's speech recognition needs urgent reform (2023/08/16) Opinion A plea for improvements for disabled people who rely on accessibility features