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)

'Ethical hacker' among ransomware suspects cuffed by Dutch cops

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Beware the Dark Side



Cause for a LLaMA? Meta reckons its smaller text-emitting AI is better than rivals

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Ericsson pulls plug on 8,500 workers

(2023/02/25)

Updated At least we know who isn't going to suffer Stockholm syndrome



Telus source code, staff info for sale on dark web forum

(2023/02/25)

$50k buys you '1,000 unique repositories' that may or may not be legit



Bitcoin mining rig found stashed in school crawlspace

(2023/02/25)

Pics Don't blame the kids! Ex-city employee charged with $17k power theft



Google destroyed evidence for antitrust battle, Feds complain

(2023/02/24)

rm -rf'ing staff chat logs can't go unpunished, says Uncle Sam



CEO Elon Musk wants out of Tesla tweet jail. Lol, no, says SEC

(2023/02/24)

Uncle Sam still wants lawyer to vet EV tycoon's meme emissions



Microsoft wants to export 'grid-interactive' Dublin datacenter setup

(2023/02/24)

It's all about being 'aware' of effect power consumption has on energy networks



Fujitsu to reveal terabit optical transport system at MWC

(2023/02/24)

MWC Promises 6,000km without regeneration – cutting down on transponders



It's getting crowded on the ISS: SpaceX Crew-6 to launch Monday

(2023/02/24)

NASA is used to dealing with extra guests: just sleep on the ceiling



Companies can't shut you up using severance pay, at least in the US

(2023/02/24)

Watchdog reverses Trump era decision upholding ability to stop ex-staffers talking smack about you



Rugged satellite messaging phone Bullitt fired out ahead of MWC

(2023/02/24)

MWC Plus Bluetooth gadget that gives your Android or iPhone the same ability



UK courts' £1.3B case management platform hit with failures

(2023/02/24)

System caused issues in fitting electronic tags to dozens of criminals after new tech rolled out



Uncle Sam to block Adobe absorption of Figma over monopoly fears

(2023/02/24)

Some investors and creative pros may cheer, but Photoshop giant's not done yet



Microsoft strokes UK's ego by pooh-poohing EU approach to AI regulation

(2023/02/24)

Representative even given opportunity to pitch tech to government during science committee hearing



Who writes Linux and open source software?

(2023/02/24)

Opinion Developers and, more to the point, the companies that employ them



BOFH: The PFY has won an award … for outstanding service?

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PC tech turns doctor to diagnose PC's constant crashes as a case of arthritis

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On Call Customer with a magnetic personality also had a significantly magnetic wristband



European Commission bans TikTok from staff gadgets

(2023/02/24)

Cyber Europe cyber worried about cyber threats, doesn't cyber use the other C word (China)



Mozilla says 80 percent of Google Play's app safety labels are inaccurate

(2023/02/24)

Labelling scheme offers developers easy loopholes to play down personal info spreading



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When dreams become more important than reality, you give up travel,
building, creating; you even forget how to repair the machines left
behind by your ancestors. You just sit living and reliving other lives
left behind in the thought records.
-- Vina, "The Menagerie" ("The Cage"), stardate unknown