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)

Identity thieves can hunt us for 'rest of our lives,' claims suit after university data leak

(2023/06/06)

Crooks steal Social Security numbers and post them on dark web, victims blame holes in Mercer's security



Healthcare org with over 100 clinics uses OpenAI's GPT-4 to write medical records

(2023/06/06)

The doctor, and their steno-bot, will see you now. Then see another patient quickly because they don't have to stop and scrawl notes



Cisco promises to unify its net management silos in the next three to five years

(2023/06/06)

Stop us if you've heard this one before



James Webb smells someone having barbecue in galaxy 12 billion light years away

(2023/06/06)

Most distant smoke and smog discovery could help explain star formation in the early universe



Bit barn biz Cyxtera files for Chapter 11, hopes to bounce back after reboot

(2023/06/06)

Overseas subsidiaries unaffected, sale still on the table



Election Excel blunder declared a 'low point' for Austrian social democracy

(2023/06/06)

Next time you mess up a spreadsheet, take heart that you didn't destroy someone's political hopes and dreams



Oh Snap... Desktop Ubuntu Core to arrive in 2024

(2023/06/06)

Changes are happening in Fedora and openSUSE immutable distros, too



The challenges Intel faces to compete with TSMC, Samsung

(2023/06/06)

Analysis Fabs still need to be built, process tech needs to be proven – and Pat's gotta make it price competitive



Netherlands digital minister smacks down Big Tech over AI regs

(2023/06/06)

Many people die in car crashes but we don’t outlaw cars, so bad AI might be OK, says Microsoft Asia president



Users accuse Intuit of 'heavy-handed' support changes on QuickBooks for Desktop

(2023/06/06)

Customers either face update cliff edge or loss of access in licensing shift



Microsoft Windows edges closer to SMB security signing fully required by default

(2023/06/06)

'This is certainly the biggest change we've made since the campaign to remove SMB1'



Dell down under dinged for dodgy display discounts

(2023/06/06)

Promoted bundled monitors are bargains, but actually sold them for above regular prices



Stanford Internet Observatory raises alarm over 'serious failings with the child protection systems at Twitter'

(2023/06/06)

Updated Researchers find 100,000 accounts spamming child abuse material



SEC drops 42 cases after staff bungle data protection

(2023/06/06)

Corporate watchdog fouled its info-separation regime, let the wrong people read sensitive docs



M2 Ultra chip lands in 'cheese grater' Mac Pro to displace Apple's last Intel holdout

(2023/06/06)

WWDC Workstations boosted, MacBook Air embiggened, iOS embraces web apps, and all the rest of Cupertino's new stuff



Microsoft battles through two 365 outages in one day

(2023/06/06)

Updated Windows titan blames technical problems while hacktivists claim it woz them wot did it



Metaverse? Apple thinks $3,500 AR ski goggles are the betterverse

(2023/06/06)

WWDC iGiant's turn to roll the dice on VR next year after Facebook, Microsoft, Google blow billions on the unloved tech



Cry-pto: Feds bury Bitcoin exchange giant Binance in 13-count fraud lawsuit

(2023/06/05)

'We are operating as a fking unlicensed securities exchange in the USA bro'



British Airways, Boots, BBC payroll data stolen in MOVEit supply-chain attack

(2023/06/05)

Microsoft blames Russian Clop ransomware crew for theft of staff info



Crypto catastrophe strikes some Atomic Wallet users, over $35M thought stolen

(2023/06/05)

Victims nursing huge losses haven't the foggiest how heist happened, yet



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