Python Package Index had one person on-call to hold back weekend malware rush (2023/05/22) We speak to infra director after project temporarily freezes new user accounts
FBI abused spy law but only like 280,000 times in a year (2023/05/22) Well, well, well, if it isn't the Leaning Tower of FISA again
AT&T warns T-Mobile US, Starlink may disrupt terrestrial cellphones (2023/05/22) Certain people don't have to jump through the same hoops that SpaceMobile did, opines analyst
That Meta GDPR fine is €1.2B. Plus biz must stop sending EU data to US (2023/05/22) Zuckercorp says the EU-US Data Privacy Framework will pass before its penalties enacted, so why worry?
Intel abandons XPU plan to cram CPU, GPU, memory into one package (2023/05/22) ISC AMD now has clear runway to conquer datacenter APU market
Russian businesses want to party like it's 1959 with 6-day workweek (2023/05/22) In Putin's Russia, the work does you
Google settles location tracking lawsuit for only $39.9M (2023/05/22) in brief Also, more OEM Android malware, Google's bug reports (mostly) ditch CVEs, and this week's critical vulns
Parent discovers the cost of ignoring Roblox: £2,500 and heart palpitations (2023/05/22) 10-year-old hacks family iPad and goes on in-game bling shopping spree
HPE bags contracts to build HPC beasts for UK and Japan boffins (2023/05/22) TSUBAME4.0 ordered for Tokyo Institute of Tech, and Isambard 3 to live in Bristol & Bath Science Park
More UK councils caught by Capita's open AWS bucket blunder (2023/05/22) As for March megabreach? M&S and Guinness maker Diageo warn pension members about data risks
Digital transformation expert on mass layoffs: I would have expected more from tech (2023/05/22) Interview It doesn't add up when IT is 'not really in a dire situation financially'
Excess profits on Motorola's Airwave estimated to be £1.3B (2023/05/22) UK competition regulator begins consultation on price controls for controversial blue light network
Microsoft and Helion's fusion deal has an alternative energy (2023/05/22) Opinion It’s about power and money alright, just not like that
G7 nations admit they're nowhere on AI regulation (2023/05/22) Now they want to catch up, prevent crooks, protect IP ... real soon now … after more talking
Rigorous dev courageously lied about exec's NSFW printouts – and survived long enough to quit with dignity (2023/05/22) Who, Me? Log files don't lie and in this case one nasty incident spoke to a far deeper malaise
US supers maintain grip on Top500 list as China seemingly hides its powers (2023/05/22) ISC Meanwhile, Europe awaits a seat at the exascale table
VMware again extends formal deadline for Broadcom deal (2023/05/22) Meanwhile, rivals circle and the hybrid cloud management market morphs
One of the world's most prominent blockchain apps looks like being binned (2023/05/22) The Australian Securities Exchange became a poster child for seriously serious distributed ledgers, but now wants to walk away
China seeks space cargo launches well below prices NASA pays SpaceX (2023/05/22) Asia In Brief Plus: ChatGPT hallucinates Japan's PM; Infosys scores huge BP deal; Grab on the way to becoming a bank; and more
Sci-fi author 'writes' 97 AI-generated tales in nine months (2023/05/22) In brief Plus: Official ChatGPT iPhone app debuts; Debt collectors using chatbots to chase debtors