Working from home could kill career advancement, says IBM CEO (2023/05/04) Just like turning 40, eh Arvind?
American, British monopoly watchdogs probe AI to make sure we don't get screwed (2023/05/04) Review will also look at barriers to entry where hyperscalers hold all the cards
Shopify sees $1.5B loss turn into $68M profit, celebrates by firing 20% of staff (2023/05/04) Thanks for your service, now push off
Ten-day optical burst shows star eating giant planet, scientists say (2023/05/04) Twelve-year interaction ended with a bang
Strike three: FTC says Meta still failing to protect user privacy (2023/05/04) Deals between Zuckercorp + FTC in 2012 and 2020 are being ignored, so time to get stricter, says commish
Pixies keep switching off my morning alarm, says Google Pixel owner (2023/05/04) That's certainly one of the stranger headlines we've written
Fresh GDPR ruling says even 'minor anxiety' could mean payouts for EU folks (2023/05/04) Lawyers quip: 'The definition of hell is European legislation with American enforcement'
Miffed Googlers meme on CEO's $226M pay award amid cost-cutting campaign (2023/05/04) And $70B in share repurchases didn't calm matters
Qualcomm chips are down as smartphones stay on the shelf, looks to AI for rescue (2023/05/04) Yes, maybe ChatGPT can write them a better earnings report next time
Fed up with Python setup and packaging? Try a shot of Rye (2023/05/04) For those envious of Rust and Cargo
I've seen things you wouldn't believe, like an atom about to photosynthesize (2023/05/04) Paper details previously unknown step in process of converting light energy to chemical energy
OpenText CEO: Micro Focus buy is an enterprise portfolio play (2023/05/04) Interview Climbing the software stack, new owner sees IBM and ServiceNow as rivals
AWS, Microsoft make finding important admin info less frustrating (2023/05/04) It's 2023 and tech giants have discovered email and unified dashboards
Python still has the strongest grip on developers (2023/05/04) And a reminder that experience points matter a lot
Biden proposes 30% tax on cryptominers' power bills (2023/05/04) Digi-dollars are toxic in many ways and the administration wants the sector to clean up its act
TSMC and pals dream of €10B German chip fab (2023/05/04) UK not included, too busy enjoying Brexit's sunlit uplands instead
Broadcom CEO promises $2 billion annual R&D boost to make VMware better at the things it already does (2023/05/04) Hock Tan thinks hybrid multicloud can be made much easier to use
Beware of geeks bearing gifts, so check the fine print on Cisco's latest financing deal (2023/05/04) Buy now, even services or second-hand kit, and pay in 2024 … if you feel lucky
Storing the Quran on your phone makes you a terror suspect in China (2023/05/04) Human Rights Watch details mass surveillance and repression
Uncle Sam probes H-1B abuse surge: What do our vultures make of it? (2023/05/04) Register Kettle Two Limeys and two Yanks in immigration situation conversation