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)

UK data watchdog fines TikTok £12.7M for failing to protect kids

(2023/04/04)

Some 1.4 million under-13s used the app in 2020 by the ICO's estimates



Virgin Obit: Launch company files for bankruptcy in US

(2023/04/04)

Just as namesake ISP Virgin Media* falls silent out of respect



Ubuntu 23.04 'Lunar Lobster' beta is here in all its glitchy glory

(2023/04/04)

That means next version of the most popular Linux distro is getting close



Microsoft adds chatbots to Teams for the Pentagon

(2023/04/04)

Yes, DoD admins, your users can ask for this now, but make sure your bots are in compliance



Parts of UK booted offline as Virgin Media suffers massive broadband outage

(2023/04/04)

Updated Even managed to kick its own website into touch in spectacular fail



'Slow AI' needed to stop autonomous weapons making humans worse

(2023/04/04)

It's you, hi, you're the problem, it's you



Why UK watchdog abandoned its Apple monopoly probe

(2023/04/04)

Analysis You win this round, Cook – but Europe has already lined up changes Britain fluffed



Twitter blocks Pakistan government account, boosts state-run media from Russia and China

(2023/04/04)

Block complies with Indian policy, but boost may violate avian network's state-sponsored media rules



Euro privacy regulators sniff Italy's ChatGPT ban, consider a pizza the action

(2023/04/04)

Germany may follow, France and Ireland look for guidance from Rome



Bank rewrote ads for infosec jobs to stop scaring away women

(2023/04/04)

Blokes happily bluffed; women played it by the book, leaving the bank struggling to hire



Australia takes its turn to kick TikTok off government kit

(2023/04/04)

Even a politician who visited China last week has binned the app



Australian bank stops handling cash at the counter in some branches

(2023/04/04)

Crikey! Get those banknotes to an ATM, mate!



Hey Siri, use this ultrasound attack to disarm a smart-home system

(2023/04/04)

We speak to the boffins behind latest trick to fool Google Assistant, Cortana, Alexa



China aims to pair J-20 stealth fighter with 'loyal wingman' battle drone

(2023/04/04)

Reports suggest Beijing may speed past rivals with supersonic helper for its air superiority weapon



ChatGPT is coming for your jobs – the terrible ones, at least

(2023/04/04)

OpenAI tech outperforms digital serfs toiling away on Amazon's estate



NASA names astronauts picked for next Artemis Moon test flight

(2023/04/03)

First for women, people of color, Canucks



Uber driver info stolen yet again: This time from law firm

(2023/04/03)

Never mind software supply chain attacks, lawyers are the new soft target?



Tesla Semi, out since December, already facing a recall over brakes

(2023/04/03)

Only 35 of the trucks affected, but that might be most of the ones on the road



US chip sanctions may push Brazil, others right into China's arms

(2023/04/03)

Comment Hope you're all looking forward to another cold war



New models of IBM Model F keyboard Mark II incoming

(2023/04/03)

New layouts for the original 'clickier than the Model M' keyboard



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