Voice assistants failed because they serve their makers more than they help users (2022/12/14) Opinion Siri? Google? Alexa? Could ChatGPT save us from this data harvesting nightmare?
Apple preps for 'third-party iOS app stores' in Europe (2022/12/14) Despite dire predictions about sideloading, iGiant said to be ready to comply with EU law
Citrix patches critical ADC flaw the NSA says is already under attack from China (2022/12/14) Yet more pain for the software formerly known as NetScaler
Rivian abandons electric van partnership with Mercedes-Benz (2022/12/14) Oh Lord, won't you buy me a ... oh
China publishes first images captured by Kuafu-1 solar probe (2022/12/14) Initial attempt at longitudinal magnetic map of our local star
America's nuclear fusion 'breakthrough' is super-hot ... yet far from practical (2022/12/14) First ignition is awesome, but economics and engineering to deliver clean energy promise are nowhere
IBM to help Japan’s government-funded chipmaker produce 2nm CPUs, GPUs (2022/12/14) Just as Tokyo reportedly agrees to back US chip sanctions against China
Airbnb hosts less likely to accept bookings from Black people than Whites (2022/12/14) Ah c'mon, we've gotta be better than this
US Air Force tests its first fully functional hypersonic missile (2022/12/14) I used to be a missileer like you, then I took an ARRW in the knee
KaRIn to hitch a ride on NASA's water-tracking sat (2022/12/14) I demand to speak to the space manager
Microsoft ain't the only one squashing exploited-in-the-wild bugs this month (2022/12/14) Patch Tuesday Plus there's a PoC for this unpatched Cisco bug
LockBit threatens to leak confidential info stolen from California's beancounters (2022/12/14) Databases, details of 'sexual proceedings in court' and more apparently pilfered from finance IT
Uber staff info leaks after supplier Teqtivity gets pwned (2022/12/13) Thankfully no customer info – but the spotlight is back on third-party attacks
Samsung slaps processing-in-memory chips onto GPUs for first-of-its-kind supercomputer (2022/12/13) Korean tech giant claims big performance, energy efficiency gains with memory tech
FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried charged with fraud by just about everyone (2022/12/13) Billions in people's private funds siphoned off to bankroll hedge fund, watchdogs say
Twitter dismantles its Trust and Safety Council moments before meeting (2022/12/13) Comment Plus: Elon Musk is now a number 2
Where are EU going with that Teams antitrust probe? Microsoft wants a word (2022/12/13) Updated Software behemoth reportedly wants a chat with the regulators – on the other side of the pond this time
Boffins hear Martian dust devils' rumbles for first time (2022/12/13) Audio recordings of local whirlwinds provide data on Mars weather, wear and tear of space hardware
What did Unix fans learn from the end of Unix workstations? (2022/12/13) Feature The 'good old days' were sometimes ugly, but please let us experience their good bits
Oracle clouds never go down, says Oracle's Larry Ellison (2022/12/13) That summer heatwave in Britain? Our servers were just resting