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)

UK bans Chinese CCTV cameras on 'sensitive' government sites

(2022/11/25)

Updated Agencies told to rip 'em off core networks and replace 'em whenever and wherever possible



Google and Microsoft add more renewable energy for datacenters

(2022/11/24)

Both announce green power purchase agreements for UK and Irish DCs as European worries over power continue



Bright light from black holes found to be caused by particle shock waves

(2022/11/24)

NASA's IXPE space telescope pays off with 'dazzling' observation of intergalactic X-rays



EU still getting its act together on European Chips Act funding

(2022/11/24)

Leaders give unanimous support to unlocking €43 billion – but industry says it's nowhere near enough



CT scanning tech could put an end to 100ml liquid limit on flights by 2024

(2022/11/24)

Scrapping 'temporary' measure will slash queue times at airports... but don't ditch your baggie yet, say officials



Meta links US military to fake social media influence campaigns

(2022/11/24)

Didn't say they were good, though – covert ops apparently got 'little to no engagement' from targets



Japanese cubesat sends home pics from the far side of the Moon

(2022/11/24)

JAXA hopes second lost lander can be recovered for radiation experiments



Massive energy storage system goes online in UK

(2022/11/24)

196MWh installation has capacity to power 300,000 homes for two hours



Too soon? Amazon commissions FTX mini-series

(2022/11/24)

Spoiler alert: court proceedings suggest crypto exchange was a mess and investors will be out of pocket



AI giant Baidu shrugs off US chip export restrictions as having 'little impact'

(2022/11/24)

Says sanctions could even accelerate China's drive for silicon self-sufficiency



European Parliament Putin things back together after cyber attack

(2022/11/24)

DDoS started not long after Russia was declared a state sponsor of terrorism



India seeks global standards to stop AI harming humanity

(2022/11/24)

Takes over presidency of global AI group, and uses G20 leadership to flex manufacturing muscle



China declares victory over teenage video game addiction

(2022/11/24)

Suddenly discovers that game-adjacent tech has its uses – and it's a huge export industry



San Francisco politicians to vote on policy endorsing lethal force for robots

(2022/11/24)

Asimov would like a word



Intel makes it harder for Gelsinger to earn beaucoup bucks as CEO

(2022/11/24)

Shares have already been moving in the wrong direction for Gelsinger's stock awards



US military goes zero-trust on software and government gets busy

(2022/11/23)

CISA updates security framework, tech industry calls it 'confusing'



FAA wants pilots to be less dependent on computer autopilots

(2022/11/23)

US aviation advisory addresses concerns raised follow 2013 Asiana Airlines crash



GPU shipments saw biggest nosedive since noughties recession

(2022/11/23)

A sign of the computer industry’s sad state, but at least there’s supply!



Still using a discontinued Boa web server? Microsoft warns of supply chain attacks

(2022/11/23)

Flaws in the open-source tool exploited – and India's power grid was a target



Study suggests AI cruise control could kill traffic jams by cutting out the 'intuition' factor

(2022/11/23)

The reason your morning drive sucks is because of you, the impulsive human behind the wheel



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