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)

Techies ask PM to 'prepare UK chip strategy as a matter of urgency'

(2023/01/26)

Yeah, and make it something better than just asking Arm to dual-list in London...



Lockheed Martin demos 50kW anti-aircraft frickin' laser beam

(2023/01/26)

Updated Looks like a reboot of SWIV



Bloke allegedly stole, sold private info belonging to 'tens of millions' globally

(2023/01/26)

If true, was it worth the $500k and prison jumpsuit?



Microsoft shells out for 2.5GW of solar. Not that it'll make a big dent in its emissions

(2023/01/26)

Unless it's hooking up all those panels to your PCs and servers



James Webb Space Telescope suffers another hitch: Instrument down

(2023/01/26)

Second system to be knocked offline



NIST dreams of cellular networks free from 5G vendor lock in, supply chain pain

(2023/01/26)

Nokia radio units working with Ericsson distribute units? What's next? Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!



Months after NSA disclosed Microsoft cert bug, datacenters remain unpatched

(2023/01/26)

You know when we all said quit using MD5? We really meant it



Watch Rocket Lab lift off from US for first time, put radio-sniffing sats into orbit

(2023/01/26)

Video Nice of someone to give SpaceX a little competition



If your Start menu or apps are freezing up on Windows, Microsoft has a suggestion

(2023/01/26)

No, it's not install Fedora Linux, sadly



Tesla's Autopilot is losing out to Ford, GM in self-driving tech

(2023/01/26)

Life in the fast lane, surely make you lose your mind



Microsoft closes another door to attackers by blocking Excel XLL files from the internet

(2023/01/25)

More of them used by baddies since Redmond blocked VBA macros



Walmart runs creepy 'advergame' on Roblox, where kids can make toy wish lists

(2023/01/25)

Toys that can then be purchased at... you guessed it, say critics in letter to watchdog



Oracle engineering exec quits after tryst with health division

(2023/01/25)

Reports suggest Don Johnson left after 6 months in charge of strategic unit



Tesla eyes Nevada for Semi electric truck plant, battery factory

(2023/01/25)

Two facilities to cost $3.6B, some truckers unimpressed with the machines



Developers: What if someone said you’d never have to meet with marketing again?

(2023/01/25)

Atlassian thinks it’s made that possible by extending automation from Jira to Confluence



ASML forecasts growth this year, but chipmakers expect pain

(2023/01/25)

Netherlands still facing pressure from US to ban exports to China



Software glitch revokes copyright protection for AI-generated comic book

(2023/01/25)

So is AI artwork copyrightable? Not quite as case remains up in the air



Flutter now has less stutter and plays nicer with the web

(2023/01/25)

Version 3.7 shows Google's cross-platform, Dart-based UI framework maturing



Amazon warehouse workers 'make history' with first official UK strike

(2023/01/25)

GMB union demands 45% pay rise as members struggle with cost of living



Google institutional investor calls for wider cuts: 30k jobs

(2023/01/25)

TCI Fund run by Brit billionaire Chris Hohn also wants ad biz to slash salaries



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