Waymo robotaxi drives down wrong side of street after being alarmed by unicyclists Strange tales from San Francisco AI + ML23 Apr 2024 | 5
Banned Nvidia GPUs sneak into sanction-busting Chinese servers Graphics giant and partners say they're clean - it's all technically legit Systems23 Apr 2024 | 3
Miles of optical fiber crafted aboard ISS marks manufacturing first ZBLAN fibers made in space hopefully don't crystallize and are far less brittle, opening the path to faster photonics Networks23 Apr 2024 | 1
Seagate joins the HDD price hike party, blames AI for spike in demand Expect ongoing supply shortages this year, say storage analysts Storage23 Apr 2024 | 1
iPhone sales dive 19.1% in China as Huawei comeback hits Apple in the high end From first place to third as local brands grow Personal Tech23 Apr 2024 | 8
AI at the edge: from theory to practice How AI at the edge offers potential to provide valuable, real-time insights to better navigate complex data and opportunities Commissioned
Digital Realty wants to turn Irish datacenters into grid-stabilizing power jugglers Electricity goes both ways as bit barns in Dublin aim to cut emissions and boost the bank On-Prem23 Apr 2024 | 11
Don't rent out that container ship yet: CIOs and biz buyers view AI PCs with some caution Risky bet? Premium price with 'no demonstrable benefits'? It doesn't sound like an order avalanche Personal Tech23 Apr 2024 | 5
Meta comms chief handed six-year Russian prison sentence for 'justifying terrorism' Memo to Andy Stone: Don't go to Moscow for your holidays Public Sector23 Apr 2024 | 26
European Commission to suspend TikTok's new rewards program, open second probe For some reason the world's most notorious app decided not to tick all boxes under the world’s toughest digital law Personal Tech23 Apr 2024 | 2
Australia secures takedown order for terror videos, which Elon Musk wants to fight +Comment Yet X remains a supporter of The Christchurch Call, an international agreement to stop video nasties Personal Tech23 Apr 2024 | 46
Japan to draw up routes for roads dedicated to robot trucks Digital reform conference sees PM repeat calls to get online government services right at last Public Sector23 Apr 2024 | 9
FBI and friends get two more years of warrantless FISA Section 702 snooping Senate kills reform amendments, Biden swiftly signs bill into law Public Sector22 Apr 2024 | 9
Tesla slashes vehicle and self-driving-ish software prices as shares plummet Because nothing reassures investors like discounting some inventory Personal Tech22 Apr 2024 | 75
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman invests in solar power firm Exowatt to fuel AI datacenters $20m to keep the industry from having to rely on fossil fuels On-Prem22 Apr 2024 | 3
Germany arrests trio accused of trying to smuggle naval military tech to China Prosecutors believe one frikkin' laser did make its way to Beijing Public Sector22 Apr 2024 |
Gone in 35 seconds – the Cybertruck's misbehaving acceleration pedal Riveting conclusion to Tesla recall saga Personal Tech22 Apr 2024 | 67
More than a third of enterprise datacenters expect to deploy liquid cooling by 2026 Survey Which one of you is already running 100-plus kilowatt racks? On-Prem22 Apr 2024 | 2
Microsoft foresees a new type of AI PC: A Surface designed with help from machines For now, Redmond is dogfooding Azure for product simulations AI + ML22 Apr 2024 | 5
Zilog to end standalone sales of the legendary Z80 CPU The processor that gave the world the ZX Spectrum and so much more is out of wafers Systems22 Apr 2024 | 81
Ex-Amazon exec claims she was asked to ignore copyright law in race to AI High-flying AI scientist claims unfair dismissal following pregnancy leave
Rarest, strangest, form of Windows saved techie from moment of security madness Who, Me? For once, Redmond's finest saved the day - by being rubbish in unexpectedly useful ways
Researchers claim Windows Defender can be fooled into deleting databases BLACK HAT ASIA Two rounds of reports and patches may not have completely closed this hole
Zilog to end standalone sales of the legendary Z80 CPU The processor that gave the world the ZX Spectrum and so much more is out of wafers
Google all at sea over rising tide of robo-spam Opinion What if it's not AI but the algorithm to blame?
Huawei wants to take homegrown HarmonyOS phone platform worldwide Chinese tech juggernaut eyes global expansion despite US tech restrictions
Fedora 40 is just around the corner with more spins and flavors than ever KDE edition has the most conspicuous changes, and could become future flagship
MITRE admits 'nation state' attackers touched its NERVE R&D operation Infosec In Brief PLUS: Akira ransomware resurgent; Telehealth outfit fined for data-sharing; This week's nastiest vulns
Gone in 35 seconds – the Cybertruck's misbehaving acceleration pedal Riveting conclusion to Tesla recall saga
China creates 'Information Support Force' to improve networked defence capabilities A day after FBI boss warns Beijing is poised to strike against US infrastructure Public Sector22 Apr 2024 | 8
Elon Musk's X to challenge Australian content takedown orders in court Asia In Brief PLUS: Samsung in 'emergency mode'; Tim Cook's Asian charm tour; APAC AI spend to surge Public Sector22 Apr 2024 | 48
Microsoft is a national security threat, says ex-White House cyber policy director Interview With little competition at the goverment level, Windows giant has no incentive to make its systems safer Public Sector21 Apr 2024 | 109
Microsoft teases deepfake AI that's too powerful to release VASA-1 framework can turn a still image and a cloned voice file into a plausible video of a person talking AI + ML20 Apr 2024 | 39
Tesla Cybertruck turns into world's most expensive brick after car wash Bulletproof? Is it waterproof? Ts&Cs say: 'Failure to put Cybertruck in Car Wash Mode may result in damage' Personal Tech20 Apr 2024 | 165
SpaceX, Northrop Grumman reportedly working on US spy sat program LEO rising in US military: Close encounters of the recon kind Networks19 Apr 2024 | 5
AI energy draw from Chicago datacenters to rise ninefold No wonder industry is exploring nuclear as an alternative to electricity On-Prem19 Apr 2024 | 16
A quarter of 5-7 year olds now use smartphones, says regulator Social media use and gaming show steep increases within the age group, after UK comms watchdog given new powers Personal Tech19 Apr 2024 | 57
Germany cuffs alleged Russian spies over plot to bomb industrial and military targets Apparently an attempt to damage Ukraine's war effort Security19 Apr 2024 | 5
Some smart meters won't be smart at all once 2/3G networks mothballed UK reckoning with prospect of millions of homes with obsolete hardware Networks19 Apr 2024 | 274
Your trainee just took down our business and has no idea how or why On Call Oh, to have been a fly on the wall in the debrief meeting On-Prem19 Apr 2024 | 122
Huawei's latest flagship smartphone contains no world-shaking silicon surprises Kirin 9010 SoC powering the Pura 70 is impressive, but doesn't indicate unforeseen prowess Personal Tech19 Apr 2024 | 13
IBM accused of cheating its own executive assistants out of overtime pay Big Blue bosses retaliate against those seeking overtime, lawsuit claims On-Prem18 Apr 2024 | 30
Microsoft aims to triple datacenter capacity to fuel AI boom And it's far from the only hyperscaler getting in on the act On-Prem18 Apr 2024 | 2
911 goes MIA across multiple US states, cause unclear Updated Some say various cell services were out, others still say landlines were affected. What just happened? Networks18 Apr 2024 | 36
TSMC expects customers to pay more for chips fabbed overseas It'll be pricier, but there are geopolitical benefits, says CEO Systems18 Apr 2024 | 9
Micron scores $6.1B CHIPS Act cash for New York and Idaho fabs Memorymaker to park mega plant in Syracuse, says senator Systems18 Apr 2024 |
Novelty flip phone strips out almost every feature possible to be as boring as possible Only good for calls and texts pretty much, and that's no mistake Personal Tech18 Apr 2024 | 57
Prolific phishing-made-easy emporium LabHost knocked offline in cyber-cop op Feature Police emit Spotify Wrapped-style videos to let crims know they're being hunted Security18 Apr 2024 | 13
AI PCs are here but a killer application for biz users? Nope Resist the pressure to jump on the bandwagon just yet warns, warns Forrester AI + ML18 Apr 2024 | 37
Cisco creates architecture to improve security and sell you new switches Hypershield detects bad behavior and automagically reconfigures networks to snuff out threats Security18 Apr 2024 | 11
Europe gives TikTok 24 hours to explain 'addictive and toxic' new app Commissioner Thierry Breton likens click-to-earn version to cigarettes Software18 Apr 2024 | 53
Taiwanese film studio snaps up Chinese surveillance camera specialist Dahua Stymied by sanctions, it had to go … but where? Security18 Apr 2024 |
HPE sues China's Inspur Group over server patents Middle Kingdom biz accused of IP theft and changing names to evade sanctions Systems18 Apr 2024 | 1
Hugely expanded Section 702 surveillance powers set for US Senate vote Opponents warn almost anyone could be asked to share info with Uncle Sam Public Sector17 Apr 2024 | 18
Snowmobile, Amazon's truck-powered migration service, reaches the end of the road Demand for bulk storage on wheels turned out to be wan Storage17 Apr 2024 | 12
Uncle Sam earmarks $54M of CHIPS funding for small-biz semiconductor boffinry Up to 24 outfits to bag taxpayer cash for projects 'developing a viable product or service' for US chip industry Public Sector17 Apr 2024 | 1
Psst, hey. It's the NSA. You want some AI security advice? You can trust us, we're the good guys AI + ML17 Apr 2024 | 2
America may end up with paid-for 5G fast lanes under net neutrality anyway Damn you, network virtualization Networks17 Apr 2024 | 22
ASML ships another high NA EUV lithography machine to mystery client The cutting-edge chipmaking tool for a secret customer Systems17 Apr 2024 | 10
Kremlin's Sandworm blamed for cyberattacks on US, European water utilities Water tank overflowed during one system malfunction, says Mandiant Research17 Apr 2024 | 10
Future Roku TVs may inject tailored ads into anything and everything when you pause Updated Muted the audio? That's an advert. Paused a video? That's an advert Personal Tech17 Apr 2024 | 60
Tesla asks shareholders to reinstate Musk's voided $56B pay package Given the electric car maker's annus horribilis so far in 2024, does the chief even deserve it? Personal Tech17 Apr 2024 | 79
Samsung boosts LPDDR5X to 10.7 Gbps, ups efficiency and capacity for mobile and servers Guess what it's great for? Go on, have a guess... 20 points if you muttered an abbreviation starting with A and ending in I Storage17 Apr 2024 | 2
ASML profits plunge 40% amid dip in chipmaking tool orders Except in China, where customers accounted for almost half of the photolithography giant's top line Systems17 Apr 2024 | 6
Logitech intros free tool for ChatGPT prompts... plus a mouse with an AI button For when the AI service cannot grok what it's being asked Personal Tech17 Apr 2024 | 15
Global IT spending forecast to reach $5.0T this year Comms services and AI contributing to increase, but vendors are taking 'risks' Networks17 Apr 2024 | 3
RISC-V AI chip upstart Rivos plans to undercut Nvidia, helped by a quarter-billion in VC lucre With Apple lawsuit behind it, focussed on finalizing its designs On-Prem17 Apr 2024 |
Fire in the Cisco! Networking giant's Duo MFA message logs stolen in phish attack Also warns of brute force attacks targeting its own VPNs, Check Point, Fortinet, SonicWall and more Security17 Apr 2024 | 6
FYI: This site claims to have harvested 4B+ Discord chats, today all yours for a price Updated Of course there's an enterprise plan for the Feds and AI trainers Personal Tech16 Apr 2024 | 18
MGM says FTC can't possibly probe its ransomware downfall – watchdog chief Lina Khan was a guest at the time What a twist! Cyber-crime16 Apr 2024 | 19
YouTube now sabotages ad-blocking apps that stream its vids EFF lambastes latest 'lazy and deliberately malicious move' Applications16 Apr 2024 | 67
China scientists talk of powering hypersonic weapon with cheap Nvidia chip Analysis Jetson module can efficiently process computational fluid dynamics models Systems16 Apr 2024 | 6
Latest AMD Ryzen Pro chips are similar silicon, more smarts That other processor company really wants you to use AI at work Systems16 Apr 2024 | 3
Micron says it's first to QLC NAND with over 200 layers Enhanced data density and speed upgrades, though challenges in endurance remain Storage16 Apr 2024 | 5
Blackstone wants to plug hyperscale datacenter into former Britishvolt battery site Plans to plant $12B bitbarn where homegrown renewables hope once lived On-Prem16 Apr 2024 | 49
KPMG bags £8.5M NHS gig as cheerleader for Federated Data Platform rollout Consultancy tasked with helping local services get on board Public Sector16 Apr 2024 | 7
AI cloud startup TensorWave bets AMD can beat Nvidia Starts racking MI300X systems - because you can actually buy them and they beat the H100 on many specs Systems16 Apr 2024 | 4
Intel's effort to build a foundry biz is costing far more – and taking longer – than expected Analysis If you wanna make money you've gotta spend money. And against Samsung it's gonna cost a lot On-Prem16 Apr 2024 | 13
Alibaba Cloud reveals network telemetry tool that helped cut number of engineers needed by 86% Exclusive Zoonet employs 'elegant generalization of ping and traceroute' among other tricks Off-Prem16 Apr 2024 | 3
Konica Minolta and Fujifilm ponder JV to cut costs of printer businesses Japanese giants have big brands, but tiny shares of a shrinking market Personal Tech16 Apr 2024 | 10
Los Alamos Lab powers up Nvidia-laden Venado supercomputer Promises up to ten AI exaFLOPs of grunt – if you turn down the resolution a bit Systems16 Apr 2024 | 4
CISA in a flap as Chirp smart door locks can be trivially unlocked remotely Hard-coded credentials last thing you want in home security app Security15 Apr 2024 | 49
What's up with AI lately? Let's start with soaring costs, public anger, regulations... 'Obtaining genuine consent for training data collection is especially challenging' industry sages say AI + ML15 Apr 2024 | 12
Senator Warren slams Intuit's 'junk fees' as America's Tax Day rolls around again Says the IRS can do this stuff for free Applications15 Apr 2024 | 67
Samsung snags $6.4B in CHIPS Act funds for Texas fabs Work in Austin, Taylor will include new 2nm facility, packaging plant, and Pentagon partnership Systems15 Apr 2024 | 4
US lawmakers rage over Intel Meteor Lake-powered Huawei PC Special export license granted to Intel by President Trump unlikely to be renewed Systems15 Apr 2024 | 8
Japan turns up heat on Apple, Google with threat of hefty fines Antitrust proposals could stretch to 30% of annual revenues for law-breaking app store monopolies Applications15 Apr 2024 | 3
Tesla decimates staff amid ongoing performance woe Shares of the worst performing member of the S&P 500 slide some more as news unlikely to please investors Personal Tech15 Apr 2024 | 85
Backblaze cloud storage buzzes with added Event Notifications If you want open system to automate workflows over platform of your choosing, join the queue Storage15 Apr 2024 | 1
World is finally buying more phones and prices are rising Someone forgot to tell Apple and Samsung as Chinese brands rebound Personal Tech15 Apr 2024 | 14
Tired techie 'fixed' a server, blamed Microsoft, and got away with it who, me? If you're too exhausted to think, maybe you shouldn't be doing tech support On-Prem15 Apr 2024 | 66
AI spam is winning the battle against search engine quality interview 'Not all AI content is spam, but I think right now all spam is AI content' AI + ML13 Apr 2024 | 36
China orders its telcos to rip and replace US chips with homegrown silicon by 2027 There's no Huawei we saw that coming Networks13 Apr 2024 | 92
Loongson CPU that performs like 2020 Core i3 makes its way to Chinese mini PCs Slow but bona fide made in China Personal Tech13 Apr 2024 | 71
Intel preps export-friendly lower-power Gaudi 3 AI chips for China Beijing will be thrilled by this nerfed silicon AI + ML12 Apr 2024 | 5
Zero-day exploited right now in Palo Alto Networks' GlobalProtect gateways Out of the PAN-OS and into the firewall, a Python backdoor this way comes Cyber-crime12 Apr 2024 | 13
Google One VPN axed for everyone but Pixel loyalists ... for now Another one bytes the dust Personal Tech12 Apr 2024 | 8
Apple's failure to duck UK antitrust probe could bring £785M windfall for devs That 30% app tax may turn out to be a hefty liability Legal12 Apr 2024 | 18
Amazon search results now less self-centered, boffin says Self-preferencing pushback in Europe and US seems to have had some effect Networks12 Apr 2024 | 8
IT biz trials gadget deliveries by drone to sidestep traffic and emissions It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a hard drive! Personal Tech12 Apr 2024 | 10
Support contract required techie to lounge around in a $5,000/night hotel room On Call And be paid danger money while he did it Storage12 Apr 2024 | 128
French issue alerte rouge after local governments knocked offline by cyber attack Embarrassing, as its officials are in the US to discuss Olympics cyber threats Security12 Apr 2024 | 9
Space Force boss warns 'the US will lose' without help from Musk and Bezos China, Russia have muscled up, and whoever wins up there wins down here Security11 Apr 2024 | 41
Where there's a will, there's Huawei to develop one's own chipmaking kit Export restrictions and sanctions working well, we see Systems11 Apr 2024 | 26
Apple to allow some iPhones to be repaired with used parts 'A strategy of half-promises and unnecessarily complicated hedges' Personal Tech11 Apr 2024 | 15
Intel fuels Huawei's AI PC ambitions with Meteor Lake CPUs in MateBook X Pro But for how much longer? Personal Tech11 Apr 2024 | 1
Next Vision, or Vision Next? What we really thought about Google and Intel's AI events Kettle We sat through these conferences so you didn't have to Systems11 Apr 2024 | 2
Dell shaves months off lead times for GPU-powered AI servers TSMC turns advanced packaging production knob to 11 HPC11 Apr 2024 | 2
We never agreed to only buy HP ink, say printer owners Complainants smack back after hardware giant moves to dismiss lawsuit Personal Tech11 Apr 2024 | 229