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)

Intel coughs up for something other than stock buybacks: Avoiding wafer spoilage

(2023/02/17)

Defect-detecting Swiss biz inhales a cool $14 mill



Nations agree to curb enthusiasm for military AI before it destroys the world

(2023/02/17)

Some rules and whatnot about taking responsibility, tackling unreliability would be ace, yes



'Russian hacktivists' brag of flooding German airport sites

(2023/02/17)

In other words, script kiddies up to shenanigans again



Still waiting for Intel's Aurora? Borealis will give you a taster

(2023/02/17)

Supercomputer deadline's been and Argonne, but for now, here's a testbed for boffins



systemd 253: You're looking at the future of enterprise Linux boot processes

(2023/02/17)

The init system many love to hate intros tool to create Unified Kernel Image files



Infineon given the green light for €5B Dresden chip fab

(2023/02/17)

Still waiting for word on those sweet, sweet subsidies



Heads to roll at Lenovo amid 'severe downturn' in PC sales

(2023/02/17)

World's largest PC maker aims for $150m in cost controls, says never been a worse time to sell smart devices



Ubuntu Advantage is being wired deeper into the distro

(2023/02/17)

Dislike those messages about Ubuntu Pro? Then you won't like this



Cry Havoc and let slip dogs of war ... there's an upgraded malware server in town

(2023/02/17)

ThreatLabz finds free alternative to Cobalt Strike and other tools used in the wild



EU lawmakers argue against signing US data-transfer pact

(2023/02/17)

Committee: Something about complaints process being dealt with in total secrecy doesn't sit right



If you have a fan, and want this company to stay in business, bring it to IT now

(2023/02/17)

On Call It ain’t half hot in the datacenter when an errant aircon engineer leaves the tech team to take the heat



What Brit watchdog redacted: Google gives Apple cut of Chrome iOS search revenue

(2023/02/17)

Exclusive Those billions just may have dissuaded iPhone giant from building rival search, beefing up Safari



Tesla's self-driving code may ignore stop signs, act unsafe. Patch coming ... soon

(2023/02/17)

Musk takes issue again with 'recall' given this will be an over-the-air update



Antivirus apps are there to protect you – Cisco's ClamAV has a heckuva flaw

(2023/02/17)

Switchzilla hardware and software need attention, unless you fancy arbitrary remote code execution



Norway finds a way to recover crypto North Korea pinched in Axie heist

(2023/02/17)

Meanwhile South Korea's Do Kwon is sought for fraud by US authorities



APNIC warns members to watch out for fake election phone calls

(2023/02/17)

The Register finds evidence of astroturfing in governance stoush



Microsoft makes Windows-on-Arm in VMs on Macs official – with Parallels for starters

(2023/02/17)

VMware approves even if it's not yet on the approved list



Microsoft's new AI BingBot berates users and can't get its facts straight

(2023/02/17)

+Comment Ask it more than 15 questions in a single conversation and Redmond admits the responses get ropey



Unplug that Anker battery pack now: House blaze sparks recall

(2023/02/17)

Send them back? God no, throw them away, says maker



Tesla fires gigafactory staff after someone made the mistake of mentioning unions

(2023/02/17)

From organizing plans to filing a watchdog complaint in just a day - that's gotta be some sort of record



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