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)

New York cracks down on carbon fuel-based crypto-mining operations

(2022/11/23)

Two-year ban comes as state attempts to reduce emissions by 85%



Meta faces lawsuit to stop 'surveillance advertising'

(2022/11/23)

Case claims collecting personal data breaches UK GDPR, but implications could be wider



Foxconn workers protest over pay and lockdowns at iPhone factory in China

(2022/11/23)

Updated Contractor apologizes for 'technical error occurred during the onboarding process'



University orders investigation into Oracle finance disaster

(2022/11/23)

Staff forced to make their own purchases after suppliers walk away due to payment failures



Waiting for speedy broadband? UK's Openreach prioritizing existing work over fiber expansion

(2022/11/23)

Broadband plumber's BT Group parent is determined to cut costs



Tech companies in the crosshairs as China proposes antitrust law revisions

(2022/11/23)

After a mysterious pause in crackdowns, it looks like the Beijing everyone knows is back



Someone has to say it: Voice assistants are not doing it for big tech

(2022/11/23)

Comment Alexa, how does Amazon decide when the grand plan for conversational commerce has failed?



If Apple's environmental rhetoric is meaningful, Macs and iPads should converge

(2022/11/23)

Opinion An Apple a day keeps the doctor away, but too many might be a burden on the planet.



SQL Server license prices rise ten percent as version 2022 debuts

(2022/11/23)

Udpated Azure SQL pay-as-you-go rate is the only rate that won't change, and it was already expensive



UK competition watchdog investigates Apple and Google 'stranglehold' over the mobile market

(2022/11/23)

Apple doesn't want to bite



Apple to end policy that charged South Korean devs higher App Store commissions

(2022/11/23)

Korea's antitrust org to develop a platform to respond to Big Tech’s sneaky ways



HP Inc to lay off up to 6,000 staff, cut costs by $1.4 billion

(2022/11/23)

‘Portfolio optimization’ plan aims to cull some PCs, sell more pricey subscriptions



Windows Subsystem for Linux now packaged as a Microsoft Store app

(2022/11/23)

Nothing says 'We love open source and want it to be available in Windows' like only delivering updates from a closed digital tat bazaar



JWST snaps first chemical profile of an exoplanet atmosphere

(2022/11/23)

We knew Wasp 39b was rich in CO 2 , but now we have the full molecular picture



Meta's Cicero chatbot can probably beat you at Diplomacy

(2022/11/23)

AI agent proves better than most people in classic game of trust and betrayal



'Pig butchering' romance scam domains seized and slaughtered by the Feds

(2022/11/23)

'We allege these fraudsters bled dry each of their victims' of $10m



DraftKings gamblers lose $300,000 to credential stuffing attack

(2022/11/23)

Users of the sports betting site rolled the dice on reusing passwords and lost



AWS fixes 'confused deputy' vulnerability in AppSync

(2022/11/22)

Datadog security researchers found the flaw before miscreants did



Intel reveals pay-to-play Xeon features with software-defined silicon

(2022/11/22)

Updated Pay for features like SGX through OEMs



FTC urged to clamp down on businesses' voracious appetite for data

(2022/11/22)

ACLU agrees that the only way to protect consumers is to control what can be collected



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