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)

Forget these apps and AI, where's my flying car? Ah, here's one with an FAA license

(2023/06/30)

Also: No comment on that choice of name for a wee leccy chopper



Virgin Galactic finally gets its first paying customers to edge of space

(2023/06/30)

Video It only took nearly 20 years and one death to get there



Google accused of ripping off advertisers with video ads no one saw. Now, the expert view

(2023/06/29)

Analysis Web giant also hits back ... right as YouTube steps up war on advert blockers



It's 2023 and memory overwrite bugs are not just a thing, they're still number one

(2023/06/29)

Cough, cough, use Rust. Plus: Eight more exploited bugs added to CISA's must-patch list



This Windows update is snarling up some endpoint security tools

(2023/06/29)

Malwarebytes and Trellix upgrades to the rescue



Chinese balloon that US shot down was 'crammed' with American hardware

(2023/06/29)

Blasted from the sky in February, device never transmitted photos, videos, or radar data it collected, officials say



Databricks puts cards on the table format as Snowflake looks for more players

(2023/06/29)

Analysis Enterprises want a single data platform for data lakes and warehouse, but tech's not there yet, say analysts



Mummy and Daddy Musk think Elon's cage fight against Zuck is a terrible idea

(2023/06/29)

Bizarrely, there's been no suggestion that the bout won't happen



Memory chipmaker Micron's sales down 57% as market bottoms out

(2023/06/29)

Company eyes return to memory growth, but warns life on the China ban-list could be hard



Linux Mint cuts slice of 'Victoria' as 21.2 beta lands with dash of fresh Cinnamon

(2023/06/29)

Desktop Ubuntu, but without the nonsense



Bosses face losing 'key' workers after forcing a return to office

(2023/06/29)

Survey says most would prefer a gentle request



Europe's largest city council runs parallel systems to cover Oracle rollout mess

(2023/06/29)

Decision to adapt software now subject of an independent management investigation



UK's dream of fusion power by 2040s will need GPUs

(2023/06/29)

Boffins plan 'digital twin' to help hit deadline, recruit heavy-hitting partners



Now Apple takes a bite out of encryption-bypassing 'spy clause' in UK internet law

(2023/06/29)

Not the iPhone maker's first think-of-the-children rodeo



Google uses India to test ‘deliver to the house near the post office’ feature

(2023/06/29)

Ads and search giant also open sources offensive stereotype database, and gives Amazon a poke



Samsung to start mass producing 2nm silicon in 2025, first for mobile devices

(2023/06/29)

Forms a packaging posse to do the chiplet thing



Oracle certifies its database for Arm architecture on-prem and in cloud

(2023/06/29)

Only for Ampere – but with a licencing twist that means Intel and AMD can't relax



Network security guy in extradition tug of war between US and Russia

(2023/06/29)

Group-IB spinout confirms Kislitsin is wanted by both Washington and Moscow



Guess who's quietly bankrolling a legal fight against Montana's TikTok ban. Why yes, it's TikTok

(2023/06/29)

Psst, some American user data still stored in China, too



Microsoft, OpenAI sued for $3B after allegedly trampling privacy with ChatGPT

(2023/06/29)

Where did they get the idea this bot was potentially spitting out personal info? Oh, from The Register



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