Slackware wasn't the first Linux distro, but it's the oldest still alive and kicking (2023/07/20) Who needs a graphical desktop manager anyway?
Always on the Horizon, UK must wait for megabucks EU science deal (2023/07/20) Rishi Sunak fails to secure place in €95.5B program before Parliament packs up for holiday
Social media is too much for most of us to handle (2023/07/20) Column I know, because I let it all flood in. And it was damaging to my mental health
Ukraine busts bot farm spreading Russian infowar propaganda and fraud (2023/07/20) Plus: Spanish cops arrest Ukrainian scareware dev after ten-year hunt
ChatGPT study suggests its LLMs are getting dumber at some tasks (2023/07/20) Behavior of OpenAI models about as consistent as Office 364's uptime
Russia's tiny quantum computer is (probably) nothing to worry about (2023/07/20) 16 qubit system capable of modeling simple molecules, Kremlin says
Samsung makes big promises about GDDR7 RAM (2023/07/20) Too bad GPU slingers keep shrinking the memory bus
Days before its earnings call, Infosys announces $2B in new business (2023/07/20) Results were anticipated to be dim, so where does this put outsourcer now?
Google toys with internet air-gap for some staff PCs (2023/07/20) Fewer than 2% of workstations will be cut off in 'experiment'
Energy efficiency, staffing keep datacenter operators awake at night (2023/07/20) Outages are declining, but when one does hit, it's expensive
Tech support scammers go analog, ask victims to mail bundles of cash (2023/07/19) The approach is the same, but never mind the crypto or gift cards
Computer scientist calls for new layers in the tech stack to make generative AI accurate (2023/07/19) Temasek's head of ML is optimistic about 'overhyped' technology
Rocket Lab wants to dry off and reuse Electron booster recovered from the ocean (2023/07/19) Appears to have given up the idea of catching the component midair with a helicopter
UK greenlights Broadcom's $61B VMware takeover (2023/07/19) Only obstacle left is the FTC, which is still licking its wounds from other recent antitrust defeats
Antitrust clouds continue to gather over Microsoft's European business (2023/07/19) Regional trade group applies to partake in Germany's probe of Redmond's cloud software policies
Opportunity NUCs for Asus to continue Intel's mini PC line (2023/07/19) Though chip giant is only referring to deal as a 'proposed agreement' for now
Mint 21.2 is desktop Linux without the faff (2023/07/19) Nifty new features mostly go to Cinnamon users, though
AI maybe on everyone's lips, but it's not what's driving IT spending (2023/07/19) Software expected to top $1 trillion next year, according to analysts
With limited space for tourist attractions, Singapore bets on augmented reality (2023/07/19) Will people really hop on a plane to gaze at their phone?
Meet the guy trying to drag HM Treasury's data strategy into the 21st century (2023/07/19) Interview John Kelly is building approach around Microsoft, but there's room for flexibility