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)

TSA wants to expand facial recognition to hundreds of airports within next decade

(2023/07/04)

Digital rights folks, as you can imagine, want the tech grounded



Prepare for a meme massacre: Snap snuffs out Gfycat in September

(2023/07/03)

Hey, Zuck – still want your own meme factory?



China chokes exports of semiconductor secret sauces gallium and germanium

(2023/07/03)

Don't panic but beware the blowback effect



Twitter rate-limits itself into a weekend of chaos

(2023/07/03)

Hey Elon – here's an idea for your next poll: 'Should I step down as CTO of Twitter?'



California man's business is frustrating telemarketing scammers with chatbots

(2023/07/03)

Will you choose Salty Sally or Whitey Whitebeard? It doesn't matter; they're both intolerable



Dublin Airport staff pay data 'compromised' by criminals

(2023/07/03)

Attackers accessed it via third-party services provider, says management group



No, GPT-4 cannot get a computer science degree at MIT

(2023/07/03)

AI in brief Also: OpenAI to open a new office in London, and why the FTC has its eye on the generative AI market



Microsofties still digesting pay freeze upset by Nadella's 'landmark year' memo

(2023/07/03)

Will someone please think of the poor shareholders? Oh, they already have



UK government hands CityFibre £318M for rural broadband builds

(2023/07/03)

Openreach rival promises first live connections by next summer



Mozilla Developer Network adds AI Help that does the opposite

(2023/07/03)

Firefox-maker presses pause on generative AI assistant as complaints mount



The number’s up for 999. And 911. And 000. And 111

(2023/07/03)

Opinion When the world’s on fire, what number do you call?



Semiconductor execs try to push UK government to do more for industry

(2023/07/03)

The national strategy was released in May – but execs say it's not nearly enough



Hacking a Foosball table scored an own goal for naughty engineers

(2023/07/03)

Who, Me? Such a blatant offside the manager couldn't see a funny side



US authorities warn on China's new counter-espionage law

(2023/07/03)

Almost anything you download from China could be considered spying, but at least one analyst isn't worried



Russian military satellite comms provider offline after hack

(2023/07/03)

Infosec in brief ALSO: Ransomware hit on Mancunian Uni spills NHS patient deets, USPTO leaks inventor info, and this week's crit vulns



How a dispute over IPv4 addresses blew the lid off an effort to reshape global allocation

(2023/07/03)

Special report Who is behind this lobby group calling for a stock market of network resources?



Mars helicopter phones home after 63 days of silence

(2023/07/03)

If Japanese space boffins have their way, it could be joined by a robotic hummingbird



Japan rebukes Fujitsu for cloud security fails

(2023/07/03)

Asia In Brief PLUS: Philippines cyber-slave raid; South Korea’s crypto crackdown; AWS boosts Chinese exports; and more



Europe's Euclid telescope launches to figure out dark energy, the universe, and everything

(2023/07/01)

Interview We speak to project scientist on effort to build 3D map of space going back ten billion years



H-1B fraud consultancies grow, with application abuse openly discussed online

(2023/07/01)

In depth How do you solve a problem like a visa? How do you catch a fraud and bring it down?



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In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun.
Find the fun and snap! The job's a game.
And every task you undertake, becomes a piece of cake,
a lark, a spree; it's very clear to see.
-- Mary Poppins