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)

Deplatforming hate forums doesn't work, British boffins warn

(2023/04/18)

Updated Industry intervention alone can't deal with harassment



Capita IT breach gets worse as Black Basta claims it's now selling off stolen data

(2023/04/18)

No worries, outsourcer only handles government tech contracts worth billions



EU lawmakers fear general purpose AI like ChatGPT has already outsmarted regulators

(2023/04/18)

Rules proposed in EU AI Act are not enough to control 'very powerful AI'



European datacenters worried they can't get cheap, reliable juice

(2023/04/18)

UK operators are sweating about price, Nordics chill thanks to low ambient temperatures



US alleges China created troll army that tried to have dissidents booted from Zoom

(2023/04/18)

Charges laid against 44, including officers of China’s Cyberspace Administration



Military helicopter crash blamed on failure to apply software patch

(2023/04/18)

A rather nice beach in Australia now briefly hosted an unusual feature



Tencent Cloud says it's mass producing custom video chips

(2023/04/18)

Chinese tech giant claims better performance than competing GPUs



Stem cells to be made on orbiting space station to test micrograv manufacturing

(2023/04/18)

Kinda feels like living in the future we thought we'd have, for a change



Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 surprisingly still a thing, will get Windows 11 treatment

(2023/04/18)

This is, we're told, a good thing



US changes rules on tax credits for electric cars to cover American-made only

(2023/04/18)

Everyone else, tough luck



LockBit crew cooks up half-baked Mac ransomware

(2023/04/17)

Please, no need to fix these problems



Rust Foundation so sorry for scaring the C out of you with trademark crackdown talk

(2023/04/17)

Should have wrapped proposed rules on name and logo use in unsafe {} ?



More ads in Windows 11 Start Menu could be last straw for some

(2023/04/17)

Others are resigned to inevitability and argue it's better than a subscription



Google crams more AI into search as Apple, Samsung sniff around Bing

(2023/04/17)

Mountain View may have nothing to fear, though – Microsoft's browser is still the underdog



UK government scraps smart motorway plans, cites high costs and low public confidence

(2023/04/17)

14 projects canceled as Prime Minister Sunak fulfills a campaign promise



NHS England considered using Palantir tech to manage strike disruption

(2023/04/17)

But then opted for spreadsheets instead



Germany to examine China-made kit in its 5G networks over security concerns

(2023/04/17)

Do you like American music? I like American music



SpaceX feels the pressure, scraps first orbital launch of Starship

(2023/04/17)

Another attempt is possible later this week, depending on how the troubleshooting goes



Marketing biz sent 107 million spam emails... to just 437k people

(2023/04/17)

Recruitment company fined £130,000 by data regulator for breaking PECR



Brits start 'em young with 20% of tots 'owning' a smartphone

(2023/04/17)

And what are they doing with them? YouTube, lots of YouTube



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