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)

SK hynix CEO says CHIPS Act red tape may be too sticky to bother

(2023/03/30)

Updated Korean chipmaker created an org to keep it ahead of geopolitical messes



Malware disguised as Tor browser steals $400k in cryptocash

(2023/03/30)

Beware of third party downloads



This US national lab turned to AI to hunt rogue nukes

(2023/03/30)

All it needs to do is detect ■■■■■■■■■■ in the ■■■■■ at ■■■■■■ when the ■■■■■■■■



Diving DRAM prices are a problem not even AI can solve

(2023/03/30)

Analysts just don't see digi-brains making a difference to dismal demand that's caused deep discounting



Lockheed Martin launches biz to build lunar satellite network

(2023/03/30)

Crescent Space will be 'well positioned' to get a piece of NASA's cash pie, no contract yet



Judge grants subpoena to ID Twitter source code leaker

(2023/03/29)

Unmasking also in store for anyone who's 'posted, uploaded, downloaded or modified' tweet biz code



Exasol: Taking a bet on the affordability of in-memory analytics

(2023/03/29)

Interview German startup reconned on hardware economics favouring a specialist database



Had enough of Android? First 'Focal' based Ubuntu Touch is out

(2023/03/29)

First version built on 20.04 hits smartphones and tablets of UBPorts fans



Microsoft Defender shoots down legit URLs as malicious

(2023/03/29)

Updated Those hoping to use nefarious websites like, er, Zoom are overrun by alerts. Redmond 'investigating'



UK seeks light-touch AI legislation as industry leaders call for LLM pause

(2023/03/29)

Steve Wozniak and Elon Musk find something to agree on



Broadcom-VMware merger probe to enter deeper second stage

(2023/03/29)

Competition regulators in Britain opt for Phase II discovery over worries about prices and rival tech access



US bans good for Chinese chipmakers, and bad for us, says Taiwanese rival

(2023/03/29)

Beijing investing locally in advanced nodes will mean it buys locally, says MediaTek chairman



EU mandated messaging platform love-in is easier said than done: Cambridge boffins

(2023/03/29)

Digital Market Act interoperability requirement a social challenge as well as a technical one



Scientists speak their brains: Please don’t call us boffins

(2023/03/29)

Quirky Brit idiom, or confusing and gendered term that could deter people from studying the field?



Micron writes off $1.43B in inventory as sales dive, claims only way is up

(2023/03/29)

AIs are going to need memory and storage silicon, you know



Germany sours on Microsoft again, launches antitrust review

(2023/03/29)

Welcome to the club, says Google, Meta, and Amazon



FTX cryptovillain Sam Bankman-Fried charged with bribing Chinese officials

(2023/03/29)

Court gives him new rules: Use one laptop, while living with the 'rents.



Oh, really? Microsoft worries multicloud complicates security and identity

(2023/03/29)

Coincidentally lays off techies in its identity team



Intel pours Raptor Lake chips into latest NUC Mini PC line

(2023/03/29)

Big is not always beautiful



SHEIN has the look of America's next tech-meets-geopolitics fit-up

(2023/03/29)

Chinese fast fashion vendor could be this season's TikTok thanks to alleged tax evasion, slave labour, toxic goods, and an outsized carbon footprint



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I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve
immortality through not dying.
-- Woody Allen