When red flags are just office decoration: Edinburgh Uni's Oracle IT disaster Management either weren't told about risks or ignored them, report finds Systems08 Feb 2024 | 91
In its tantrum with Europe, Apple broke web apps in iOS 17 beta, still hasn't fixed them PWAs demoted to OWB: Operating Within Browser Software08 Feb 2024 | 60
Rust can help make software secure – but it's no cure-all Security is a process, not a product. Nor a language Security08 Feb 2024 | 36
Twitter spinout Bluesky ends invite-only phase and opens its doors to all comers Dorsey-backed federated social media alternative promises custom feed algos, and more SaaS06 Feb 2024 | 21
Mozilla adds paid-for data-deletion tier to Monitor, its privacy-breach radar Firefox maker promises to lean on personal info brokers to scrub records Personal Tech06 Feb 2024 | 15
KDE 6 misses boat to make it into Kubuntu 24.04 'Noble Numbat' users will face a major post-install upgrade, which isn't ideal OSes06 Feb 2024 | 14
AI models just love escalating conflict to all-out nuclear war 'We have it! Let’s use it' proclaims the most warlike GPT-4-Base AI + ML06 Feb 2024 | 73
Google throws $1M at Rust Foundation to build C++ bridges Chocolate Factory matches Microsoft money for memory safety Devops05 Feb 2024 | 14
Building a 16-bit CPU in a spreadsheet is Excel-lent engineering But can it run Doom? Bootnotes02 Feb 2024 | 23
Cloudflare sheds more light on Thanksgiving security breach in which tokens, source code accessed by suspected spies Atlassian systen compromised via October Okta intrusion CSO02 Feb 2024 | 14
JetBrains' unremovable AI assistant meets irresistible outcry Some devs just don't want anything to do with neural-network code serfs Software01 Feb 2024 | 83
Brit watchdog thinks Google's tweaked Privacy Sandbox still isn't cricket Good start, but we want further reassurance, says Competition and Markets Authority Applications01 Feb 2024 | 15
Web devs fear Apple's iOS shakeup for Europe will be a nightmare for support Still, there's hope for actual browser competition on iPhones Software31 Jan 2024 | 24
Oracle is hiring two new teams to build its cloud faster and stronger Infrastructure Delivery Engineering team to help build datacenters, data team to create new services Off-Prem31 Jan 2024 | 5
It's true, LLMs are better than people – at creating convincing misinformation More human than human, eh? AI + ML30 Jan 2024 | 26
SAP dangles juicy carrot to pull users on board with cloud-first vision Limited-time offer may reduce cost of migration by up to 50% Databases30 Jan 2024 | 2
SparkyLinux harbors a flamboyant array of desktops Both stable and rolling releases, Pi versions, and some very unusual customizations OSes28 Jan 2024 | 60
What is Model Collapse and how to avoid it Feature We chat to AI expert Ilia Shumailov about the pitfalls of using machines to train machines Software26 Jan 2024 | 16
Google's AI-fueled IDE Project IDX tries to show you how your app runs on Android, iOS Work in progress, approach with caution Software26 Jan 2024 | 3
FTC drills into Amazon, Microsoft, Google over billions pledged to OpenAI, Anthropic Updated Khaaaaaaan! Khaaaaaaaaaaan! AI + ML25 Jan 2024 | 2
Top Linux distros drop fresh beats PC unsupported in Windows 11? Start 2024 with a new OS OSes25 Jan 2024 | 84
ServiceNow banks double digit sales gains amid push into enterprise workflow Beats analyst estimates, talks up genAI and yet share price wobbles briefly Databases25 Jan 2024 |
Microsoft hits $3 trillion as investors drink AI Kool-Aid That's not to say Redmond hasn't had significant Windows of misfortune AI + ML25 Jan 2024 | 12
Wait, hold on, everyone – Mozilla thinks Apple, Google, Microsoft should play fair Firefox maker about five years too late Software25 Jan 2024 | 63
Software troubles delay F-35 fighter jet deliveries ... again There's more than one way for these things to crash Public Sector24 Jan 2024 | 62
Simon Willison interview: AI software still needs the human touch Feature Code assistance is like having a weird intern who memorized the docs Software24 Jan 2024 | 9
€2B SAP restructure program will affect 8,000 roles Plans announced as profits fall and revenues rise Databases24 Jan 2024 | 1
The rise and fall of the standard user interface Retro Tech Week IBM's SAA and CUA brought harmony to software design… until everyone forgot Software24 Jan 2024 | 222
Intuit ordered to use the word 'free' less freely in its ads FTC slams TurboTax's marketing as deceptive Public Sector24 Jan 2024 | 10
Oracle continues GenAI push into enterprise data Don't leave us for LLM systems in other clouds, says Big Red Databases23 Jan 2024 |
Asda's delayed SAP migration forces extension to Walmart's backend support contract Three years after leveraged buyout, $240M ERP plan yet to bear fruit Databases23 Jan 2024 | 19
AI PC hype seems to be making PCs better – in hardware terms, at least Comment 16GB of RAM should be enough for anyone that wants to run models locally. GPUs, NPUs and more kit will be needed, too Personal Tech23 Jan 2024 | 40
Meta accused of enrolling undecided EU users in ad-sponsored platform Choice between seeing pitches or paying on Facebook and Instagram might break the law Legal23 Jan 2024 | 26
Burnout epidemic proves there's too much Rust on the gears of open source Spotting and tackling a widespread problem is a challenge Software22 Jan 2024 | 84
How artists can poison their pics with deadly Nightshade to deter AI scrapers Models will need to swallow a lot of it, mind you AI + ML20 Jan 2024 | 44
For a moment there, Lotus Notes appeared to do everything a company needed Retro Tech Week Now its functions are shattered between innumerable vendors Applications19 Jan 2024 | 70
Insurance website's buggy API leaked Office 365 password and a giant email trove Pen-tester accessed more than 650,000 sensitive messages, and still can, at Indian outfit using Toyota SaaS Security18 Jan 2024 | 3
Could immutability be a Leap too far for openSUSE users? Updated Update on Linux distro's next major version heralds big changes ahead OSes17 Jan 2024 | 42
How 'sleeper agent' AI assistants can sabotage your code without you realizing Analysis Today's safety guardrails won't catch these backdoors AI + ML16 Jan 2024 | 32
KDE 6 hits RC-1 while KDE 5 brings fresh spin on OpenBSD New versions and ports of the Plasma desktop ahoy OSes15 Jan 2024 | 34
GitHub Copilot copyright case narrowed but not neutered Microsoft and OpenAI fail to shake off AI infringement allegations AI + ML12 Jan 2024 | 13
The week in weird: Check out the strangest CES tech of 2024 CES Cat flap fever, a streaming service for dogs, and other oddities on display in Vegas this week Personal Tech12 Jan 2024 | 27
Not even poor Notepad is safe from Microsoft's AI obsession Power user excavates evidence of experimental 'Cowriter' feature OSes11 Jan 2024 | 71
Memtest86+, the little RAM tester, flexes FOSS muscles with v7.0 Essential tool for PC troubleshooting, even if you never run anything but Windows Storage11 Jan 2024 | 19
It's a preview party at Microsoft, but do you really want an invite? Developers are not alone in losing track of which platform to back Software11 Jan 2024 | 26
SAP to cough up $220M to drag bribery charges into recycle bin Enterprise software giant claims it has cut ties with bad apples Public Sector10 Jan 2024 | 17
SAP reshuffles leadership as cloud crusade continues New moves follow year where customers complained it broke their trust Databases10 Jan 2024 | 3
Biggest Linux kernel release ever welcomes bcachefs file system, jettisons Itanium Farewell IA64, hello snapshots and Rusty refinements OSes10 Jan 2024 | 55
Europe's monopoly cops suddenly rather curious about Microsoft's $13B for OpenAI Updated Redmond's three Es strike again: Embrace, Extend... EU AI + ML09 Jan 2024 | 7
OpenAI: 'Impossible to train today’s leading AI models without using copyrighted materials' As IEEE study shows super lab's neural nets can emit 'plagiaristic output' AI + ML08 Jan 2024 | 125
UK PM promises faster justice for Post Office Horizon victims Renewed focus follows TV drama Software08 Jan 2024 | 181
NIST: If someone's trying to sell you some secure AI, it's snake oil You really think someone would do that? Go on the internet and tell lies? AI + ML05 Jan 2024 | 20
Microsoft pulls the plug on WordPad, the world's least favorite text editor Throwback word processor ditched from clean installs, soon to be removed on upgrade OSes05 Jan 2024 | 98
Code archaeologist digs up oldest known ancestor of MS-DOS 86-DOS version 0.1-C found and archived – all nine files of it OSes05 Jan 2024 | 45
Late model: OpenAI GPT Store may debut next week Devil is in the as-yet-undisclosed revenue sharing details AI + ML05 Jan 2024 |
RIP: Software design pioneer and Pascal creator Niklaus Wirth Obit Evangelist of lean software and devisor of 9 programming languages and an OS was 89 Software04 Jan 2024 | 129
Google to start third-party cookie cull for 30 million Chrome users One of the ad APIs that will fill the void – Protected Audience – arguably may offer better privacy anyway Personal Tech04 Jan 2024 | 46
Microsoft kills off Windows app installation from the web, again Unpleasant Christmas package lets malware down the chimney Security04 Jan 2024 | 23
Intel and VCs form Articul8 to push chip giant's AI kit and IP 'Independent' biz unsurprisingly uses in Xeon and Habana, and patent libraries Systems03 Jan 2024 |
Windows boss takes on taskbar turmoil, pledges to 'make Start menu great again' Users aren't the only ones questioning the Windows 11 feature's utility OSes03 Jan 2024 | 131
X reverses course on headlines in article links, kinda Updated Meanwhile: Fidelity downgrades social network's valuation by 71%, so far Personal Tech03 Jan 2024 | 67
Supreme Court supremo ponders AI-powered judges, concludes he's not out of a job yet Justice Roberts thinks ML can help in legal cases, if humans keep their hands on the tiller AI + ML02 Jan 2024 | 6