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)

US senator victim-blames Microsoft for Chinese hack

(2023/07/31)

Infosec in brief ALSO: China says US hacked it right back, BreachForums users have been pwned, and this week's critical vulns



Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's pop artifact stash now heads to a museum

(2023/07/29)

Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix's guitars, Vader's helmet, Captain Kirk's chair, and more



Apple demands app makers explain use of sensitive APIs

(2023/07/29)

Privacy ritual aims to deter fingerprinting of the iFaithful



Florida man accused of hoarding America's secrets faces fresh charges

(2023/07/29)

Mar-a-Lago IT director told 'the boss wanted the server deleted'



Millions of people's data stolen because web devs forget to check access perms

(2023/07/29)

IDORs of the storm



Biden urged to completely cripple AI chips to China

(2023/07/29)

Give them Z80s, Joe, and tell 'em to like it



School for semiconductors? Arm tries to address chip talent shortages

(2023/07/28)

US, Europe and China all rushing to create next gen of experts and upskill existing workforce



FBI boss: Congress must renew Section 702 spy powers – that's how we get nearly all our cyber intel

(2023/07/28)

Also: China's 'got a bigger hacking program than that of every major nation combined'



Chinese companies evade sanctions, fuel Moscow’s war on Ukraine, says report

(2023/07/28)

PRC semiconductor exports curiously rose 19% y-o-y for first 9 months of 2022



Latest version of Canonical's Wayland compositor arrives

(2023/07/28)

Mir 2.14 and its easily installable sibling Miriway



Creator of the Unix Sysadmin Song explains he just wanted to liven up a textbook

(2023/07/28)

When you get to Chapter 15 of a Unix book you're ready for a laugh



Friendly AI chatbots will be designing bioweapons for criminals 'within years'

(2023/07/28)

Watch out, mad scientists – your careers are over



Sysadmins are being left out of AI implementation

(2023/07/28)

Sounds to us like the beginning of an entertaining, but tragic, Who Me tale



Oracle copyright battle: Rimini Street ordered to correct 'false' statements

(2023/07/28)

Both support biz and vendor claim victories in latest chapter in 13-year legal saga



OctoX is a radical Rust implementation of a very old OS for RISC-V

(2023/07/28)

There's still life in the wider Version 6 Unix family – and 9front too



Microsoft places huge cap-ex bets on datacenters for cloud and AI

(2023/07/28)

CFO says paying customers expected to flood in from 2024



Infineon to offer recyclable circuit boards that dissolve in water

(2023/07/28)

Phasing out epoxy resin laminate with biodegradable substrate might be costly, though



The choice: Pay BT megabucks, or do something a bit illegal. OK, that’s no choice

(2023/07/28)

On Call We’ve dipped into the mailbag for more tales of rogue cabling and keyboard confusion



On the record: Apple bags patent for iDevice to play LPs

(2023/07/28)

From Norman Cook to Tim Cook



Meltdown avoided: Intel rediscovers profitability

(2023/07/28)

Pat on the back for Pat who's back in the black after getting costs whacked and demand stacked



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Come live with me, and be my love,
And we will some new pleasures prove
Of golden sands, and crystal brooks,
With silken lines, and silver hooks.
-- John Donne