Intel wants another €3.2b from German gov for Magdeburg mega fab (2023/02/09) It turns out electricity and heat aren't the only things getting more expensive
Glasgow staff form UK's first Apple union after historic vote (2023/02/09) Hey, Glaswegians, care to share those negotiating secrets with your counterparts in the US?
Xen hypervisor port to RISC-V moving – slowly, but moving (2023/02/09) Far from ready, but developer thinks it's helping the whole codebase
Not so good morning Vietnam, as government announces, then buries news of Intel investment (2023/02/09) $3.3 billion may or may not be on its way to expand Chipzilla's Ho Chi Minh City presence
Cloudflare engineer broke rules – and a customer's website – with traffic throttle (2023/02/09) Updated Those who think Big Tech has its thumb on the scales are going to love this
The Twitpocalypse may have begun, as datacenter migration reportedly founders (2023/02/09) Glitches hit Elon’s social media mess, as it announces 4,000-character tweets for paying customers
Japan may go easy on China over export bans on chipmaking equipment (2023/02/09) Report suggests lawmakers are struggling to balance strategic and economic impacts
Americans have the right to livestream police traffic stops … probably (2023/02/09) Handy thing, that First Amendment. Now, about the Second …
Uncle Sam wants to strip the IoS out of IoT with light crypto (2023/02/09) NIST weighs up algorithms for small devices – and an architecture for massive systems
Biden attacks Big Tech's data addiction, wants more protection for kids (2023/02/09) Old man yells at cloud, literally
Google's AI search bot Bard makes $120b error on day one (2023/02/08) 'This highlights the importance of a rigorous testing process' says Choc Fact. No sh%t...
Among the thousands of ESXiArgs ransomware victims? FBI and CISA to the rescue (2023/02/08) Evil code hits more than 3,800 servers globally, according to the Feds
Used EV car batteries find new life storing solar power in California (2023/02/08) Putting theory into practice, hopefully without a lithium fire
Microsoft-Activision deal will hurt UK gamers, says watchdog (2023/02/08) Competition and Markets Authority isn't buying promises of equal access to Call of Duty
Google shows off upcoming AI search features, leaves Bard waiting in the wings (2023/02/08) If you were hoping for more info about the ChatGPT competitor, keep hoping
US and EU looking to create 'critical minerals club' to ensure their own supplies (2023/02/08) Euro players unhappy about American green tech subsidies... and everybody's worried about China
Meta sees off another logo complaint from blockchain player Dfinity (2023/02/08) What would possess a nonprofit to go after Mark Zuckerberg's empire?
Transmission FOSS BitTorrent client hits version 4.0 (2023/02/08) Torrenting is still a thing, it still works, and it's not just for illegal downloads to get around streaming restrictions
5% of the cloud now runs on Arm as chip designer plans 2023 IPO (2023/02/08) Growing indication power-sipping CPUs are catching on in crowded datacenters
Scammers steal $4 million in crypto during face-to-face meeting (2023/02/08) Demand to display wallet full of coin facilitated mystery heist