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)

The Guardian ransomware attack hits week two as staff told to work from home

(2023/01/04)

UK data watchdog would like a word over failure to systems



Japan lacks the expertise for renewed nuclear power after Fukushima

(2023/01/04)

No staff and no equipment ready after over a decade of nuclear denial



Calculate Linux: It's like Gentoo, but for businesses

(2023/01/04)

Russian distro transforms source-based rolling release into stable, versioned product… theoretically



China may have to reassess chip strategy in face of US sanctions

(2023/01/04)

Beijing's dreams of producing advanced semiconductors could take much longer than hoped



Doom QA testers form Microsoft's first labor union in the US

(2023/01/04)

And the largest such group in the gaming industry, says Communications Workers of America



Ireland fines Meta $414m for using personal data without asking

(2023/01/04)

Updated Facebook, Insta told to pay up, make changes to data slurping process within 3 months



Google accuses Indian antitrust watchdog of plagiarizing EU ruling

(2023/01/04)

At least it was Ctrl C, Ctrl V and not ChatGPT



Taiwan's Gigabyte spins off server biz as wholly owned subsidiary

(2023/01/04)

Consumer motherboard tech will reside in unit that's left behind



PyTorch dependency poisoned with malicious code

(2023/01/04)

System data was exfiltrated during attack, but an anonymous person says it was a research project gone wrong



Salesforce to chop 10% of workforce in $1.4 billion restructuring blueprint

(2023/01/04)

CRM specialist to 'reduce operating costs, improve operating margins' as pandemic catches up with tech industry



Nvidia chips and sensors to feature in Foxconn electric vehicles

(2023/01/04)

CES Foxconn targets EV portfolio growth and brings Nvidia along for the ride



Palantir's Covid-era UK health contract extended without competition

(2023/01/04)

US spy-tech firm's controversial work with patient data pushed out 6 months due to delayed data platform procurement



OneDrive back on its feet, but ongoing Skype credit problem hasn't gone away

(2023/01/04)

Updated Happy New year mum... no I'm calling from the landline



Some engineers are being paid between $250k and $1m, says salary survey

(2023/01/04)

San Francisco is highest salaried city for tech pros (if you can afford to live there)



Cops chase Tesla driver 'dozing' with Autopilot on

(2023/01/04)

Freeze, Muskhole!



Literally, look who's back: A comet that last swung by Earth 50,000 years ago

(2023/01/04)

All right, C/2022 E3, we know what you're thinking – and we can explain everything, kinda



India's fix for its online gaming indust... Oh. Self-regulation

(2023/01/04)

House always wins



NASA boss says US may lose latest space race with China

(2023/01/04)

Beijing could dent Yank efforts to colonize Moon if it gets there first



LockBit: Sorry about the SickKids ransomware, not sorry about the rest

(2023/01/04)

Blame it on the affiliate



Man wrongly jailed by facial recognition, lawyer claims

(2023/01/04)

Suspected purse snatcher snatched 'in error'



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