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)

The death of the sysadmin has been predicted for years – we're not holding our breath

(2023/06/28)

Register Kettle We'd sure like to see a bot unpick a failed update or handle users struggling to find the 'any' key



Microsoft's GitHub under fire for DDoSing crucial open source project website

(2023/06/28)

A tale of emergency firewalling, a little bit of victim blaming, and workflow scripts gone berserk



It's time to mark six decades of computer networking

(2023/06/28)

Systems Approach As we yearn for a return to a truly decentralized internet



SAE says yes to making Tesla EV chargers an American standard

(2023/06/28)

Another win for Musk: Ford, GM, Rivian and Volvo have already announced plans to dump CCS



California man jailed after manure-to-methane scheme revealed as bull

(2023/06/28)

Fraudulent cash cow milked investors for almost $9M



US mulls tightening ban on AI chips to China

(2023/06/28)

To protect against weapons or economic interests – either way, it's bad news for some vendors



Rocky Linux claims to have found 'path forward' from CentOS source purge

(2023/06/28)

Ripples rebounding and reflecting from Red Hat's rebuff of RHEL rebuilds



Comms watchdog to probe errors that left Brits unable to make emergency calls

(2023/06/28)

Police reported backlog of 999 calls after unspecified technical error



EU launches 4 testbeds to put AI tech through its paces before it goes to market

(2023/06/28)

The labs will look at AI and robotics for manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture, and cities



Fire-resistant drones promise to help rescuers in a hot spot

(2023/06/28)

NASA space suits provide inspiration to Swiss and Brit boffins



Metaverses are flopping – hard – says Gartner

(2023/06/28)

Clunky, costly, literally sickening data silos just aren't better than the real world



You may have heard about AI defeating voice authentication. This research kinda proves it

(2023/06/28)

Proof-of-concept study shows it's possible to bypass high levels of security, sometimes, sorta



Five billion phones are dead in drawers – carriers want to mine them

(2023/06/28)

There's gold in them thar mobes. Also copper, silver and cobalt



Microsoft postpones death date for personally licensed Teams Rooms hardware

(2023/06/28)

The 'upgrade' is free, yet an amnesty is needed despite months of warning



Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-job, no-worries work permits

(2023/06/28)

They're vetted, almost acculturated, and will be booted from the US if they lose their gig



Microsoft's Activision fight with FTC turned up a Blizzard of docs: Here's your summary

(2023/06/28)

Windows PCs in the cloud, spending Sony out of business, mobile woes, and more – and the files to read



Cisco buys SamKnows to give ThousandEyes a look at millions of endpoints

(2023/06/28)

Packets you make at home or on mobile devices are in Switchzilla's sights, to make hybrid workers happy



Think of our cafes and dry cleaners, says Ohio as budget slashes WFH for govt workers

(2023/06/28)

These expensive office buildings aren't for decoration – and that goes for the rest of ya, too



Miscreants leak texts and info siphoned by Android stalkerware app LetMeSpy

(2023/06/28)

Just as America's Supremes set a high bar for cyberstalking



Cops' total pwnage of 'secure' EncroChat nets 6,500+ arrests, €740m in funds – so far

(2023/06/27)

Or so the Europlod says



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