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)

Our AI habit is making us less environmentally friendly, Google admits

(2023/07/25)

Just 6% of the water it consumed last year was replenished, report says



Debian 12.1 released with bug fixes aplenty and excitement still in short supply

(2023/07/25)

The next version, 'Trixie', is starting to take shape and boasts an additional official CPU architecture



GlobalFoundries claims German chip subsidies will 'distort competition'

(2023/07/25)

US semiconductor manufacturer unhappy rival TSMC is bagging billions



Logitech reports broad declines as pre-pandemic buying cycles return

(2023/07/25)

Inventory holding reduced in Q1, hunt for new CEO continues



Intel: Here, have some AI reference kits ... now please buy our silicon

(2023/07/25)

With 34 designs to pick from, you can choose your own ML adventure



James Webb spots water vapor in rocky planet-forming disk

(2023/07/25)

Turns out proto-Earths may bring their own drinks



Digital revolution at HMRC left 99,000 UK taxpayers on hold over five-day fiasco

(2023/07/25)

Technology resilience gets red rating in tax collector's annual report



Too many bytes and not enough bricks for datacenters

(2023/07/25)

More than 3,000 needed to meet demand, and that won't be easy, says Aggreko



Apple owes Brit iOS app devs millions from excessively high commission, lawsuit claims

(2023/07/25)

Lawyers look to scale the walled garden



Germany raids climate piggy bank for €20B to bankroll chip fabs

(2023/07/25)

Less than a quarter will go to locals though



Tokkers can Tok like Tweeters can Tweet – for now

(2023/07/25)

Scavenging for disgruntled former Twitter users? Fellow vulture, we honor thee.



Google's next big idea for browser security looks like another freedom grab to some

(2023/07/25)

Analysis Safe to say, this proposal has gone down like a poweroff -fn



TETRA radio comms used by emergency heroes easily cracked, say experts

(2023/07/25)

Updated If it looks like a backdoor, walks like a backdoor, maybe it's ... export control



Jury orders Google to pay $340M patent-infringement damages over Chromecast

(2023/07/25)

Something something don't cross the streams



AMD Zenbleed chip bug leaks secrets fast and easy

(2023/07/24)

Zen 2 flaw more simple than Spectre, exploit code already out there – get patching when you can



Want to live dangerously? Try running Windows XP in 2023

(2023/07/24)

The pain and joy of using an old OS on hardware newer than it is



Ultra-rare Apple sneakers from the 1990s on sale for $50,000

(2023/07/24)

Meanwhile, Einstein dismantles the creation myth in $125,000 letter



Oracle's revised Java licensing terms 2-5x more expensive for most orgs

(2023/07/24)

One in five users can expect an audit in the next three years



AMD mulls new chip manufacturing partners amid supply chain jitters

(2023/07/24)

TSMC has too much capacity when China has made no secret of its desire for Taiwan



Twitter name and blue bird logo to be 'blowtorched' off company branding

(2023/07/24)

X marks the rot: It's Elon's fave letter and way forward for the 'everything app'



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I got my driver's license photo taken out of focus on purpose. Now
when I get pulled over the cop looks at it (moving it nearer and
farther, trying to see it clearly)... and says, "Here, you can go."
-- Steven Wright