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)

Meta trims datacenter build bills by $4 billion with new 'phased' design

(2023/02/02)

Zuck declares 2023 the 'year of efficiency' - code for breaking leases and firing thousands



Scientists develop AI algorithms to hunt for cancer-fighting antibodies

(2023/02/02)

System identified a candidate that appears more effective than FDA-approved drugs



Wind, solar power outstrip fossil fuel generation for EU

(2023/02/02)

Coal cooked, gas dissipating as renewables power up



Microsoft warns some Azure usage notifications – including abnormalities – are broken

(2023/02/02)

There's a lot of manual work to do from now to March to make sure you don't break the cloud bank



India sidelines Big Tech in push for farming cloud, goes open source instead

(2023/02/02)

Also cuts import duties to attract EV-battery makers and keep smartphone factories humming



China reportedly producing quantum computers – good luck observing one

(2023/02/02)

More supposition than superposition as local media goes on Sci-Fi journey



Datadog allegedly asked developer to kill open source data export tool

(2023/02/02)

Updated But the code creator has revived the abandoned code for OpenTelemetry



Should Google location data be a tool for cops?

(2023/02/02)

Updated ACLU, EFF, public defenders say that's a hard no



What happens when you host code and git clone turns into a DDoS? Let's ask SourceHut

(2023/02/02)

OK Google, whatever you're doing, please don't



DARPA's quantum computing is powered by ... FOMO

(2023/02/02)

Microsoft and friends happy to assuage Uncle Sam's anxiety — for a price



Google boosts bounties for open source flaws found via fuzzing

(2023/02/02)

Max reward per project integration is now $30k



OpenText completes Micro Focus buy, CEO says bye to 8% of workforce

(2023/02/01)

Here's your new desk, phone, security card, and an unpleasant missive for some



Bankruptcy probe: Celsius cheated investors 'from the start'

(2023/02/01)

If it walks like a Ponzi, quacks like a Ponzi, guess what it is?



Oracle, Microsoft barely compete for a quarter of their US Federal contracts

(2023/02/01)

Vendor lock-in: savings of up to $750m a year possible if Uncle Sam didn't predetermine the victor



Microsoft sweeps up after breaking .NET with December security updates

(2023/02/01)

XPS doc display issues fixed – until the next patch, at least



200MP smartphone and first premium PC spearhead Samsung's pro push

(2023/02/01)

Updated Galaxies dive into Apple territory



Tesla admits it was asked to hand over Autopilot, Full Self-Driving docs to investigators

(2023/02/01)

Yes, we may end up being criminally charged, but we haven't been yet



Linux Mint 21.2 includes a bit of feature creep from the GNOME world

(2023/02/01)

Plus Xfce flavor desktop based on latest version 4.18



Castrol immerses itself deeper into liquid cooling with researcher

(2023/02/01)

They're a 'liquid engineering' biz, and applications include bit barns



SK hynix reports first loss in a decade as memory prices fall

(2023/02/01)

Chip giant holding out hope that demand rebounds once supplies dry up



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There is no choice before us. Either we must Succeed in providing the
rational coordination of impulses and guts, or for centuries civilization
will sink into a mere welter of minor excitements. We must provide a
Great Age or see the collapse of the upward striving of the human race.
-- Alfred North Whitehead