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)

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



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