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)

Boffins claim discovery of the first piezoelectric liquid

(2023/03/29)

Move over, magic crystals – electric syrup is here



Apple sued for allegedly firing, threatening union organizers

(2023/03/29)

iGiant urged to think different about workers' rights



Baidu's AI chatbot ducks out of public demo

(2023/03/29)

Please, let's not go all Skynet on this: Baidu has previously said ERNIE just isn't that impressive up close



Alibaba to separate into six parts. Take that HP and IBM, with your puny two-way splits

(2023/03/29)

Cloud and AI bundled into an entity that’s free to seek its own funds or list



China urges Apple to improve security and privacy

(2023/03/29)

It's a juicy market that welcomes foreign investment, National development boss reminds Tim Cook



US cyber spymaster calls TikTok China's 'Trojan horse'

(2023/03/29)

It's not a smoking gun, it's 'a loaded gun' suggests NSA's Rob Joyce



Amazon opens its ad-hoc Wi-Fi-sipping Sidewalk mesh to all manner of gadgets

(2023/03/29)

A reminder you can still opt-out



Google reminds everyone it too can offer an AI code-suggestion bot

(2023/03/29)

Replit after me



Apple patches all the iThings, including iOS 15 hole under attack right now

(2023/03/29)

Issue identified in February but owners of older kit weren't warned



Microsoft enlarges its cockpit of Copilots to include security

(2023/03/28)

It starts with chat bots inventing D&D campaigns and ends with AI all over your Excel and network logs



Google again accused of willfully destroying evidence in Android antitrust battle

(2023/03/28)

Updated Starting to see a pattern here? Judge seems to think so



AWS security exec: You don't want to win this database popularity contest

(2023/03/28)

Interview Data guarding requires better 'education, better technology, and better automation'



Investment bank forecasts LLMs could put 300 million jobs at risk

(2023/03/28)

Meanwhile technology-driven job creation is possible, Goldman Sachs says



US police have run nearly 1M Clearview AI searches, says founder

(2023/03/28)

Crimes Clearview has helped solve include murder and the devastating scourge of ... shoplifting



Oh, Snap. openSUSE downloads increasing, and Leap 15.5 is coming soon

(2023/03/28)

Could have something to do with Ubuntu kicking Flatpak. Meanwhile, SUSE may be pulling up closer to rival Red Hat



Nexperia claims Newport Wafer may close if sale goes ahead

(2023/03/28)

Staff may head for exit, followed by customers, it would 'decimate' ops, says CEO



For whom the bell polls: Twitter voting is for Blue users only now

(2023/03/28)

Opinion Is there a role for a poll for just Blue Tickers, not proles, or is this troll a social media own goal?



British Prime Minister Sunak’s plans for UK NFT on ice

(2023/03/28)

Consultation with the Treasury puts non-fungible token proposals under review



Rackspace racks up job cuts amid market downturn and talk of offshoring

(2023/03/28)

Exclusive Everything from inflation, to war in Ukraine and high interest rates 'point to recession', says CEO in memo to staff



Moon's glass beads contain enough water to support a mission

(2023/03/28)

Thought Icelandic glacier water was rare? How about chugging down some Moon water



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Waking a person unnecessarily should not be considered a capital crime.
For a first offense, that is.