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)

Native Americans urge Apache Software Foundation to ditch its name

(2023/01/11)

Open source org called out for ignoring own code of conduct



AI-generated phishing emails just got much more convincing

(2023/01/11)

Did a criminally minded robot write this? In part, yes.



Fedora 38 is finally taking shape

(2023/01/11)

New Budgie and Sway spins, Xfce 4.18, and initial support for Unified Kernel Images



Stranded ISS astronauts are getting a new Soyuz to ride home

(2023/01/11)

The coolant-deprived vessel that got them there will return to Earth alone



Microsoft fixes Windows database connections it broke in November

(2023/01/11)

January Patch Tuesday update resolves issue caused by Patch Tuesday update late in '22



German cartel watchdog objects to the way Google processes user data

(2023/01/11)

Not transparent, not specific, and too easy to say yes to



Robot seal tested for stress relief on pretend Mars mission

(2023/01/11)

Anything to avoid interacting with Elon Musk



That NHS England patient data platform procurement, FDP, is live. And worth up to £480m

(2023/01/11)

References to Palantir use cases, 'unique tools' litter the tender docs as critics mull legal action



FAA grounds all US departures after NOTAM goes down

(2023/01/11)

Updated 'Damaged database file' blamed, no evidence of cyberattack found, as air travel chaos continues



PC sales slump to pre-pandemic level in Q4. 'Boom' is over, says IDC

(2023/01/11)

Vendors lower prices to stimulate demand but inflation, fears of recession trump discounts



Meta develops AI targeting system to show housing ads to wider range of users

(2023/01/11)

Part of a settlement with US Department of Justice after ads discrimination case



Haiku beta 4: BeOS rebuild / almost ready for release / A thing of beauty

(2023/01/11)

Open source reimplementation could be even better than the original in its prime



Government tech spending in England more than doubles in five years

(2023/01/11)

Researchers see pandemic boom in computer-related tech spend



New software sells new hardware – but a threat to that symbiosis is coming

(2023/01/11)

Comment Complex software packages need ever gruntier specs... and Koomey’s Law awaits



Swiss Army's Threema messaging app was full of holes – at least seven

(2023/01/11)

At least the penknives are still secure



Asia’s digital divides mean some can’t afford tech upgrade they need to compete

(2023/01/11)

International Monetary Fund report suggests 'diffusion' - a kind of tech trickle-down - might sort things out



Microsoft to move some Teams features to more costly 'Premium' edition

(2023/01/11)

Wants around $10 a month for stuff you get free today, plus plenty more new features



Citrix and Tibco staff report sweeping redundancies

(2023/01/11)

Future is cloudy at the Cloud Software Group



Health insurer Aflac blames US partner for leak of Japanese cancer policy info

(2023/01/11)

Zurich’s Japanese outpost also leaks a couple of million records



Privacy on the line: Boffins break VoLTE phone security

(2023/01/11)

Call metadata can be ferreted out



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"Multiply in your head" (ordered the compassionate Dr. Adams) "365,365,365,
365,365,365 by 365,365,365,365,365,365". He [ten-year-old Truman Henry
Safford] flew around the room like a top, pulled his pantaloons over the
tops of his boots, bit his hands, rolled his eyes in their sockets, sometimes
smiling and talking, and then seeming to be in an agony, until, in not more
than one minute, said he, 133,491,850,208,566,925,016,658,299,941,583,225!"
An electronic computer might do the job a little faster but it wouldn't be
as much fun to watch.
-- James R. Newman, "The World of Mathematics"